(Character Sheet: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/Mei-Li%20%28eXalted%20Arms%29.html (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/Mei-Li%20%28eXalted%20Arms%29.html))<br/><br/><em>"Oh-!"</em>the little gasp purred from Mei-Li's (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/china.jpg) lips, as the world shimmered into existence around her...Her feet arched high on heeled slippers, lissome form sheathed in a violet cheongsam that clung to her like a second skin! She was still a little dizzy, from her materialization...She'd never really been *that* much of a gamer, and to be part of something like<em>this</em>-<br/><br/>Actually, it'd been her boyfriend who'd got her into it. Somehow, he'd got his hands on not one - but<em>two</em>- access passes to the beta...That, and the prize of one million dollars! One million dollars, for playing a game? She'd been skeptical at first...But where was the harm? Besides, she'd always wanted to share his hobbies with him.<br/><br/>This, though - This was something<em>else</em>. As he spun her round - setting her back down, at last - Mei-Li flashed him a dizzy smile...Her green eyes ever-so-slightly hazy, slim fingers reaching up to brush stray strands of midnight hair back from her lovely features-! "Mmm-hmmm~!" she answered, echoing his enthusiasm - Her gaze taking in the vast tableau around them. This - All of this - felt so<em>real</em>...She could feel the warmth of the sun against her creamy skin, the wind in her hand - Even the silken whisper of her cheongsam against her smooth skin, the slight scrape of her stocking-sheathed legs crossing. Maybe it was because her boyfriend had talked her into springing for the biometric synchronization package, to give her avatar the same build - and the same *curves* - as her real (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/chinapose.jpg) body (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/SAO%20Sugu%20%282%29.jpg)...Strapped into her pod, (https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/8073552/SAO%20Sugu%20%282%29.jpg) somewhere, dead to the real world...<br/><br/>-And awake in this one! The little symbol - as if proudly proclaiming that the digital vixen was indeed the real thing - hovered overhead, right next to name...Fading out, as she found her footing, shading her eyes as the sunlight-! She had to admit...<br/><br/>This was<em>amazing</em>.<br/><br/>"-Then...Where do we start?" Mei-Li mused aloud, her voice low, thoughtful - A hand coming to rest on the curve of her hip. She'd run through the tutorial, all right...But she was still getting to grips with the character she'd created. Her lips curved in a little smile...This might just be fun-!