<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/de/Sara1.jpg)</div>"I could use a drink about now," Artemis noted wryly as she sat down across from Hoshino.  The blonde eyed Hoshino's kimono -as well as the considerable amount of skin the garment revealed.<br/><br/>"That's a nice outfit," she commented.  "Did you pick it up while you were waiting for me to log in?"<br/><br/>That had only been a few hours ago, but it felt like it had been much longer than that.  This whole mess with Kayaba's announcement was thoroughly exhausting... though the present moment wasn't so bad.  If she tried hard enough to ignore the circumstances that had wrought it, it was actually rather pleasant.<br/>