As the other beta testers looked around, Mei-Li caught the eye of more than one... as evidenced by the rapid-fire pings her display showed her of private messages sent her way, all of them flirtatious, and more than a few eagerly offering to help her take the fully immersive virtual reality experience for a spin.<br/><br/>"Well, I guess the first thing to do is to find out if this city is the first level of the mega-dungeon, and if it isn't, we should find out how to get to the first level of the dungeon from here," Suzaku explained. He seemed so excited by the game he was utterly oblivious to the attention Mei-Li was drawing. "Our first stop should be the NPCs - non-player characters," he explained, remembering she wasn't used to the jargon the way he was. "Even if they don't have the answer, we ought to get some clues that will point us in the right direction."<br/><br/>The number imposed over the envelope symbol representing her inbox continued to climb as she conversed with Suzaku.<br/><br/>