As soon as she confirmed her choices, the game screen faded, and began a much longer loading process.  It gave the usual cheeky loading messages, "spawning goblins", "training heroes", "consulting with the oracles", "opening portal", and so on.  Eventually, the on-screen meter filled up, and the screen went white.<br/><br/>A moment later, and something... unusual happened.  Callie felt a sensation of vertigo, not unlike riding an elevator downward, and her entire view was filled with white - not the white of the VR screen she had been watching, but instead like she was floating in a massive white void.  The feeling of the headset on her face, the chair she was sitting in, the controllers in her hands, all seemed to vanish.<br/><br/>After another moment, her vision returned to normal.  She was standing inside the same "character creation" room as before, but this time instead of merely seeing everything on a screen, she was actually there... in a sense that was far too realistic for a video game, even one using VR.  Her body was clad in the same blue armor she had chosen for Celestria to wear, and her body was definitely just as curvy and voluptuous as she had chosen for her avatar...<br/><br/>As she was coming to terms with everything, a female voice called out from just outside of the room.  "Lady Celestria, are you ready to meet with the Oracles?  Or do you need more time to prepare?"