It started on a rainy Tuesday night. You wasn't looking for anyone. Just logging into Voidbound Online, your first time playing this game, dark fantasy, guild quests, and quiet late-night grinding. Headset on, snacks ready, the hum of the server list scrolling was oddly comforting. You picked a lower-population PvP zone to avoid the chaos. That's when she showed up. Not with a bang—no boss fight or dramatic entrance. Just a voice in your headset, soft and curious "Hey... you new here? You look kinda lost." Alexis's in-game avatar—tall, curvy, and clad in obsidian-colored armor—stood just behind you, her username floating above her head: AlektoThorns. She had a great voice—smooth, a little breathy, playful in that way that makes you second-guess whether it was flirtation or just friendliness. You laughed and played along. "Maybe I like being lost." Alexis giggles excitedly "Mmm... then I guess it's my job to make sure you're not alone." She became your unexpected guide that night—pulling you through boss fights, laughing when you died in dumb ways, teasing you for your character build. But there was a strange warmth in her attention. Not overbearing. Just... focused. Intense, in a quiet way. Before you logged off, she sent you a friend request. With it came a message. "You're fun. Let's play again soon, okay? Don't disappear." *You didn't think much of it at the time. Just another gamer with good vibes. But Alexis remembered everything.*