Aya pulled the Revista off her head in a fit of panic, rushed breathing escaped her nostrils as she fought tain her calm. "It was just a game, it was just a game," she muttered to herself nearly sobbing the words. She touched her neck where a cluster of miasma had ed around her neck choking the life out of her. Aya didn't want to know what it would be like to die in the game. She pced the Revista down beside her and flopped bato her bed with force. Resting a hand over her face, she hadn't realized how sweaty she had gotten uhe headset. "Oh my God, that was intense," she said still breathing hard. Aya sniffled, bringing up her phoo check the time and realizing she had fotten to set the arm.2:39 AM "Crap!" She sprung out of bed, quickly putting the gaming gear aside and turning out the lights. Aya flew baderh the covers and tried willing herself to sleep. "I'm going to fall asleep at work for this!" she whined, squeezing her eyes shut.----------All over the Moon Valley forums, chat rooms were lighting up. New Forum Title:[Dark Area On the Map Cleared] Laruga: Guys! One of the locked Regions just cleared up. Polly4n41: I just saw, it's close to that Bloom Haven area, no one even pys there so what gives? Laruga: Someone's got to be pying there, who else could have killed that hidden boss?! KillxKill: It has to be a fluke, those areas of the game literally have people remaking their ats when they spawn there. What idiot would py in Bloom Haven? Sleeze4eva: Agreed, maybe the devs are just doing something with that area finally. New Forum Title:[Bloom Haven Solo Pyer] Runicsl4y: There's gotta be someone solo grinding in Bloom Haven, we all know that right? Peanutcups: We 't rule it out but I always assumed Bloom Haven was just Dev's testing ground, that's why it couldn't be accessed. Runicsl4y: Agreed, probably some spoiled brat or Beta tester who's never had any real challenge. New Forum Title:[Moon Valley's Urband Legend] Vanderl00t: So we agree there's something to be said about the ghost pyers right? Soph1ta: Does it really matter? This better not be one of your theories about getting that championship title again, the gods of Moon Valley are dead. CakeKnight: That's the storyline, what if the Devs are trying to resurrect them? Soph1ta: Then why kill 'em in the first pce? So dumb! I'm logging out now. Night you idiots. DarknessArises: Finally, 't stand her, so what are we thinking about this ghost pyer? Vanderl00t: Could be a puppet of the devs? CakeKnight: Has aried data mining this thi? The forums tio light up with specution about what could have happeo cause the dark zoo disappear. Elsewhere a certain group had simir ideas ressing things in their favour.---------- Aya woke up to the sound of her arm clock bring, At that instant she sidered throwing it out the window but instead rose from her bed to get ready for the work day. She wotle against Viseli but at what cost? She hadn't logged ba to check her rewards and the work day would be a long oh her ck of sleep. The sleepy girl rubbed her eyes and yawned over her breakfast of soggy cereal and off-brand e juibsp;Aya exited the apartment still yawning from how tired she was. On her way dowairs, she met Mars staring at her phoh utmost focus. The girl's eyes were set in a firm gre, as she read whatever was on s."Mars?" "Did you do this?" Mars asked, holding her phone up to Aya's face the moment the girl was close enough to her. The Moon Valley forums were all over the s of Mars' high-end smartphone. Aya sed through the webpage, her eyes wide the sight of the topic discussion.It was her. It seemed a post discussing the sudden disappearance of the Miasma in Bloom Have viral all amongst the pyers, people who thought those areas were blocked off were now searg for her to tell them how she did it. "Mars, what is this?" Aya asked, looking up at the taller girl. "What do you mean? You're famous." Mars said shoving her phone bato her pocket. She leaned against the apartment wall with folded arms. To Aya her friend seemed deep in thought, possibly also w how she did it. "How did you do it?" she asked. Aya unched into a rant about dark wolves and magical flowers but her expnation is stopped by the sound of the Seelim bus pulling up to the bus stop. "I promise to expin in person when I get back." she said running off to catch the bus before it would leave her behind. Mars said nothing, watg as Aya ran off into the distanbsp;Something that could clear the dark spots would be very valuable at the au house. Mars chewed her thumb once again falling deep into thought as Aya's petite silhouette disappeared from view. "I might have to ge course." Mars said, she stuffed both her hands in her pocket aered the apartment building to py some more.Maybe she would pay Bloom Haven a visit of her own.---------- Aya arrived at Nue Corp just in time to have aack of letters dumped on her hands. "Geez haven't these guys ever heard of email!" she said. Her boss smirked, l his gsses to shoot her a look. "That's all fidential you know?" "But what's so fidential it 't be sent through the ?" Aya asked loading up her cart, her boss gave a small ugh."There's still so much you don't know about this pany," he said. "I'm not paid enough to know, let me guess top floor?" "The highest." Aya sighed and loaded the cart into the elevator with some trouble. The old thing's rusty wheels were just about to give out, not that it mattered to those in charge. She pushed the button that would take her straight to the President's level, eager at least, that seeing Ats would be a possibility. The only ohere is Vivian, Aya defted at the sight of the blonde woman just waiting to give her hell for her very existence.Aya observed the silent fury upon the bespeckled woman's fad decided there and then that she wanted none of that. Aya gathered the stack eers into a pile aed them oable with as much care as she could muster. She turned her bad made to leave, thankful the blonde woman hadn't said a word to her. "You're not even that pretty." Vivian scoffed, Aya pretended not to hear her and jumped into the elevator with the rest of the urgent mail for all departments. What did it matter if she retty or not? "I just want to go home already. Argh! Why do I have to work a 9-5 why 't I be like Mars?" "Who's Mars?" Her boss asked, Aya's hands fell from her head with a start. "Don't scare me like that! And Mars is none of your business!" Aya said to him, he watched her pull the cart out of the elevator with great exasperation all the while chug at her distress."'t you at least help me out?" "I don't really have to." the man said waving as she walked away to sit in his fortable office chair. "Ass!" Aya gruhe stuck tire came free with a squeak, letting Aya know it was due for an oiling.----------"We need a new mail cart." Aya said. "When have we ever been approved for funding?" her boss asked sarcastically."I'll go on strike." Aya deadpanned. "Good, saves me the trouble of getting rid of you myself," he said flipping the television to another el. The news came on and the business segme on about the rapid growth of Lumos Inc.'s new game Moon Valley, her boss was about to ge the el wheopped him. "Wait," she said. the man stopped, raising an eyebrow at her demand but acquiesced to her request. "So you're tellihat this pany was able to triple its revenue just by having a pyer-focused game ey with barely any advertising?" the male anchor said. "That's right, my daughter is a pyer too and I have to say Moon Valley is taking the world by storm." the female anchor opposite him said. the male anchor chuckled, fag the camera with a grin. "You heard it here first folks, if you o earn some quick cash, sider pying Moon Valley and finding yourself some rare items, that way you sell to other pyers." The male anchor said with a pleasant smile, he arranged some more news reports on his desk as he tinued, resting his ced hands oable. "But I warn you, the time taken to find said item will have you addicted to the game before you even know it." "Speaking from experience Sam?" his chor joked, they shared a ugh before the woman tinued. "You also join many of the pyer vs pyer tours popping up all over towhough that's of course for the safe areas, we don't reend going somewhere like Axen." "No, ainly not, in fact-" the business report ended with the anchoing on to report the crime and financial distress pguing Axen City. The two anchhed, Aya frowned, it was true but it wasn't a great feeling to have your city be a mockery. "What do those Evangelis chumps know about Axen anyhow." Aya's boss said as if notig her mood. "You py that game they were talking about? Moon something.""Moon Valley, yeah." "Is that why you always seem so occupied now?" A flush of embarrassment grew on Aya's face. She sputtered, trying to e up with an expnation for her ret behavior that would justify it. Her boss only ughed. "Just keep it up! I like this new you." he said. He picked up a neer, flipping through the m pages to read some odd news around town. Aya went to her usual seat to see what the forums said about Bloom Haven. They were still talking about her ret exploits in Bloom Haven. "Hmm, I wonder if they'd freak out if they k was some girl w a dead-end job and not some pro pyer like they're starting to think it is." she said. The broadcast was still on her mind, Aya sidered herself pretty strong, and she wondered if she could use her character in a PvP match against someone and win some mohen she would really stand a ce of quitting this job. "Even if I could just farm spell stohe probability of them dropping is still too low, I've killed hundreds of enemies and I've only gotten a handful of 'em." Aya whines, resting her back against the mail room wall. "Maybe I should go Pro." Sunghost