<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/kvLr2if.jpg)</div><strong>Sayaka Mizuki</strong><br/><strong>Username:</strong>Ayaka<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Konoha outskirts<br/><hr/><br/>Ayaka was getting the hang of it. For half an hour, she was just playing throwing kunais and trying to hit the exact same spot, over and over and as quick as possible. Whenever she got tired, just standing still for a few seconds catching her breath would be enough for her to be as rested as new. Exactly the opposite from an full afternoon of training at the gym. The game system was amazing, she felt unstoppable in this virtual world and the feeling was really intoxicating. After a brief rest, she threw a kunai and a shuriken at the same time. With a solid thud they hit the tree, almost at the same time, with a few inches of distance from one another.<strong>"Yay!"</strong>celebrated the girl, raising and clenching her fist.<br/><br/>She took her spear once again to try a few moves. Melee combat seemed to be a bit harder to learn, but she would get there, eventually. Maybe a partner would speed up things, but social interaction could wait for a while. The girl tried a few blows at nothing, just to get used with the weapon's weight. Strangely enough, she seemed to know already how to handle the weapon, the correct posture to use, how to move properly with it, although she wasn't able to recreate the moves with perfection, far from it. Maybe the game system already taught her the basics of combat. How she improved from there, it was entirely upon her. And practice, as she already noticed, really helped with improvement. Ayaka tried another few blows again and this time, her body showed confidence and grace. A satisfied smirk adorned her face.<br/><br/><em><strong>"Your pretty good. Name's Hakuro."</strong></em><br/><br/>She looked at the side, surprised, noticing the young man for the first time.<strong>"Ah... T-Thank you! I-I'm Ayaka,"</strong>she said, a bit disconcerted for being caught off guard. How he managed to do that, he did use some sort of skill? Maybe a genjutsu? Or it was her fault, for no being aware enough of her surroundings? That would be bad in case of a PVP, she had to be more careful, even more now while she was still a newbie learning how to play the game.<br/><br/>She noticed when the man showed the golden headband for a moment, though. It did mean something special, she wouldn't recall for sure, but he was one of the game staff, as much as she knew. Perhaps a GM. He walked closer, but not that close to be in her spear range. And then he asked:<strong>"I'm still working on tweaking my UI settings, as well as the game's automatic settings. Do you have any questions about the game, or need help with anything in general?"</strong><br/><br/>Ayaka calmed down knowing the young man wasn't a threat.<strong>"Ano... I-I don't know..."</strong>She scratched the back of her head, figuring out what she could ask. She did have a lot of questions, but it would be more fun to discover it by herself. However, some tips would surely come in handy. Hakuro glanced over at the trees nearby and Ayaka could notice his beautiful purple eyes looking with interest at the scenery.<em><strong>"Though it seems you don't really need any combat experience...."</strong></em>he observed. It was the first time she was looking at another avatar so close and it was amazing how it looked so real. The young man was cute, she asked herself for a moment if he made that avatar or just made a copy from his real self as she did.<br/><br/><strong>"Ah, t-thank you."</strong>The girl said and held her spear behind her with both hands, a bit embarrassed by the sudden praise. Then, as Hakuro came close, she noticed him getting a bit red faced while looking at her... bodysuit. The young man looked aside and said:<em><strong>"You...may also want to be careful who you show that outfit too. If someone wanted to try to take advantage of you, they could....until you hit the logout function."</strong></em><br/><br/>Ayaka's face was now deep red. She looked down, completely embarrassed. It felt like Hakuro took a peek at her naked body! What she could say about that attire? Confess she just forgot to put some underwear while making the avatar was out of question.<strong>"S-Sorry,"</strong>she muttered, while trying to find a proper excuse to explain her clothes, her voice getting weaker at each word:<strong>"I... hmm... I... I... like... to... use... it... like... this."</strong><br/><br/>Damn, from all the excuses, she came up with the worst! But now she said it and trying to explain further would only getting things worse. Ayaka wanted to cover herself, but now she had to resist the urge. The only solution that came up was using the same tactic she used when forced to face a crowd while using those leotards, whenever she made any of her artistic gymnastics performances: just focus on her choreography and do it.<br/><br/>Suddenly, the girl bowed and asked Hakuro:<strong>"Please, can you teach me how to properly fight? I-I still didn't figure out how to use chakra among other things."</strong>She stood in the position until the man gave his answer. Trying to change the subject back to the combat could distract them from her attire, at least at the moment. Ayaka had to endure being exposed like that fornow.