A soft<em>gasp</em>parted Alexis's lips, her brown eyes going wide as she peered about herself~ The digital landscape seeming to stretch on<em>forever</em>, her gaze going up, up and<em>up</em>- sliding across the towering skyscrapers, the neon highlights of the city before her...<br/><br/>She took a deep, steeling breath, her ponytail caressing the sleek curve of her back~ The air felt cool, but oddly charged- like the sizzle before a storm- even as took her first tentative steps forward, her high-heeled slippers<em>clacking</em>on the walkway underfoot. "This is...A<em>lot</em>to take in," she mused aloud, cupping her chin in slim fingers...<br/><br/>-She certainly hadn't expected that her System Admin job would lead her<em>here</em>, of all places. She'd spent the last six months as a roving Adminstrator for Flow, ENCOM's seminal MMORPG...Which meant crazy, 16-hour working days, patching the system as quickly as it'd fallen apart, finding workaround for lag and player ingenuity- Alexis had thought a promotion was<em>way</em>overdue...But this was far, far more than she could have *dreamed*.<br/><br/>Even on her first glance, though- Alexis could tell that this place had *clearly* seen better days. "Wow," she murmured- Her voice seeming to<em>echo</em>, off the buildings, as she tried to look every way at once- not really noticing that the walkways glowed a little brighter as she brushed past. "-Is<em>this</em>my new workplace?" There was a bright, but disbelieving smile on her lips~ One that clearly said<em>Pinch me, I'm dreaming.</em><br/><br/>Overhead, lightning flickered from ICP towers in a digital sky- Far, far in the distance, from the jagged edge of a trunctuated platform, the roiling waves of a ink-black sea was vaguely visible...Only the weak lights of the Grid preventing it from being enveloped in absolute darkness. A whole new world, literally...