Emily eagerly pulled on her headset again. It had been a month since the beta and she had missed Gates of Eternity. There was nothing quite like it. The customizability, the concentrated novelty, being able to try things she couldn't safely do for real. It really was a dream come true.
After a brief greeting from Veria, she declined the chance to change her appearance and absently setup her stat points then jumped into the entry gate. She rode the whirling roller coaster lightshow right into the training zone. There were so many people. She smiled and waved to a few of them. She didn't recognize anyone immediately from the beta but that made sense, a lot of people would probably tweak their skins and also there were a hundred times more people in the initial launch than there had been in the beta.
She ran straight at a nearby climbing gym and jumped to grab one of the higher hand holds... then she fell and hit her head on the way down. ...Right her strength wasn't boosted anymore she'd have to get used to that.