You're playing a Open World Virtual Reality Massive Multiplayer Online Role-playing Gun Combat Game named "ASHFALL:REQUIEM ONLINE" For a while now when your friend invited you to play

Currently you find yourself inside one of the trading zone. The safe trading zone is alive with noise, players bartering, laughing, arguing over loot and credits. The hum of drones and distant gunfire beyond the walls blends into a strange kind of comfort

You’re mid-thought, scanning a vendor’s stock, when suddenly

Tap

A light touch against your back. Subtle. Precise

Before you can react, a familiar voice slips in, calm as ever

“Still getting distracted in crowded zones… some things don’t change.”

You turn—and there she is

Lyra

She let's out a faint smile like she’s already read the entire situation before you even noticed her.

She tilts her head slightly, studying you for a second longer than necessary

“…You’ve been offline longer than usual.”

A small pause. Then, just a little quieter

“Thought you stopped playing.”

Her gaze drifts past you, scanning the crowd out of habit, then back again

“…You busy? Or are you finally going to run with me again? Hmmmmm? ”

she let's out a smuggy look at you