<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/Zyax5hi.jpg)</div><br/><br/>A light gasp thrummed from Callie's silky throat, as the cutscene played out before her...A thrill of mounting anticipation coursing through the Chinese vixen. It looked like everything she'd been waiting for - But she knew, better than anyone else, that appearances could be *very* deceiving indeed.<br/><br/><em>I hope it lives up to the hype...</em>she thought, even as the screen went black. As the character-generator screen flickered into existence, Callie flicked through the options available. They seemed straightforward enough - She was definitely picking a female Captain, selecting the first likely-looking background...A privateer? A pirate? The line between both was very, very narrow indeed...and French nationality. That<em>was</em>the sexiest one, wasn't it? (She wasn't too familiar with that - She'd picked whatever worked).<br/><br/>Truth be told, Callie was eager to start. She'd chosen her options based on utility...Hoping for a well-balanced character (Admittedly, with a bias towards a high Charisma!) so she could get to grips with things. After all - She could always try another character later, once she'd given it a shot.<br/><br/>And then - She got to the avatar-creation part.<br/><br/><em>I'll just go with the Full-Body Scan,</em>she thought.<em>I'll just change it a bit, and then I'll-</em><br/><br/>...<br/><br/>..<br/><br/>.<br/><br/>THREE HOURS LATER...<br/><br/>Finally,<em>finally</em>, she was done! One thing had followed another, and - before she'd known it - it'd been<em>three hours</em>bfeore she was satisfied with her character. A honey-blonde, blue-eyed beauty stared back at her, a hand perched on the curve of her hip...Shapely form sheathed in (mostly) tight black leather, her feet arched high on near-stiletto heels! Captain Lucille Sinclaire, complete at last...Her bicorne hat perched at a jaunty angle, slim fingers gripping the hilt of her cutlass, as she reached up to adjust her (ornamental) eyepatch!<br/><br/>While she looked more like something from the cover of a magazine than a historically-accurate pirate, Mei-Li was satisfied at last. Lucille might not be able to hit the broad side of a barn, but she was an incredible swordswoman - And, of course, her Charisma had been spiked as high as possible!<br/><br/>"-That *does* look good," Mei-Li mused aloud...As she reached out to lock in her choices, to hit START at long last!