The young girl with her long brown hair tied back in a ponytail wandered through the streets of Zan, sighing in a bored manner. She was popular around the city, but she hadn't joined anyone's guild yet. The reason for that was simple. She had heard about the Silvernight Queens, and when she had read about them on the forums she determined that they were the ones she probably wanted to join. There was a rumor at her school that a group of students she had heard about were into this game, Panarena Fantasy Online, but she had no clue if they were the alter-egos of those now-infamous girls.

“Hmm...” she sighed to herself as she got to a set of stairs, heading up them to go and sit on the wall, one of her favorite things to do when nothing was really happening. “Caocao told me a rumor that they were heading this way; I wonder if I will get to meet them... although it would be nice if I could get into a guild with my classmates... or fellow students... it would be nice to have someone to share this obsession with. Maybe then I would not feel so isolated, and be able to make new friends.” the girl mused to herself in Mandarin, her first language.

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The sun was going down in the west, towards Kunlun Province. She found the region of that name funny, since there was an actual Kunlun in China, but there was not much of a similarity beyond that.

“That means it's about eleven in real time, hm?” she mused to herself softly. She hopped down from the wall to go back to an inn, where she logged out for the night.

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Back in her room, the young girl set the Dream Machine on its tower for the night and curled up to try and sleep. I hope I meet them soon. I hope I get to meet people whom I can call friends, to share this world of dreams with!