OOC Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=229377.0)<br/>Character Thread (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=229506.0)<br/><br/>The impressively realistic looking virtual wolf leaped through the air, snarling as it lunged towards its target, a tall man dressed in a white and blue outfit with long blonde hair that had been tied back in a ponytail.  Before it could reach its target however the spear in the man's hands glowed azure and was thrust forward, striking the wolf in the chest and knocking it backwards.  It quickly recovered and lunged forward again, but this time the glowing spear thrust caught it in the throat, and it shattered into a multitude of glowing fragments and disappeared.<br/><br/>The spear wielding man straightened up as the fragments of the wolf's body disappeared.  Actually, it might have been a mistake to call the spear wielder a man.  It looked masculine, but the player controlling it was Sara McMillan, a university student from Canada who was definitely not a man.  Her avatar -which was named "Artemis" despite it's apparent gender, since according to Sara everyone in Japan probably thought it was a masculine name anyway thanks to the cat in Sailor Moon- shared her height, her long blonde hair, and her blue eyes, but not her curvaceous and well endowed figure.  It did, however, have a face that was perhaps even prettier than Sara's real life one.  After all, she was pretending to be prince charming.  And having an absolute blast with it despite how incredibly weird it felt.<br/><br/>"His" foe defeated, Artemis turned to see if "his" companion -whose screen name was "Achima"- needed any help.  "Princess Achima" as Sara had been calling her was played by Aiko, the girl from Sara's university who had first told her about Sword Art Online.  The two of them had been friends for about a year now, and Sara sometimes got the impression their relationship had the potential to be more than just a friendship.  She was certainly attracted to Aiko, and got the impression the Japanese girl was attracted to her as well.  But despite being a generally confident person, Sara was reluctant to actually broach that subject with her friend.  Perhaps that was part of why she was having so much fun playing at being prince charming -it gave her an excuse to act romantic without making herself vulnerable by actually asking Aiko her feelings.