Glitched player(s)

The blonde girl ran away as quickly as she could. For a moment back there, she felt her heart sink when she heard her name spoken. No, there was no way anyone should be able to see her name. Not in a million years would there be a chance.

She quickly ran into an alley, and then into a random building. It didn't really matter where she went, so long as she would lose that guy from her vision. As a few seconds passed, she took a few ragged breaths and leaned over a wall, slowly going for a sitting position. Her heart was pounding in her chest, but she was calming down. He won't find her here, she was sure.

("You alright, Emma?") She heard a voice in her head, one that sounded exactly like her.

["...yeah."] She replied, also in her head.

("What was that?")

["No fucking clue. For a moment I thought that guy could see... ME."] She put an emphasis on the last word.

("...")

["Want to switch?"]

("Sure. Take a rest.")

Blonde girl took a deep sigh, finally calming herself down. Yeah, switching her place was the best thing they could do for now. Quickly, she suddenly felt as she lost control of the body, and as she opened her eyes, she felt the absolute lack of control she now had. She was now sitting in the back of their mind.

The girl who was now controlling the body swiped her hand, and a status screen appeared.

[Basic information
Name: Emily Braveheart
Job: None
Age: 19
Been around for: 1 year 4 months 13 days 14:25:23
Language: English]

("Everything's in place. Well, almost.") She cupped her breasts and gave them a squeeze. A jolt of electricity went through her body as she released the hold. She liked the size, she didn't lie. Same for her bottom. But, if she were to be honest, she preferred the original way her body looked.

"System, return body status to preset '1'."

[Understood... undergoing changes...]

In a quick manner, Emily felt her breasts shrink in size, from what seemed to be around QQ-cup to just about D-cups, making her top look quite a bit baggy on her new figure. In unison, her bottom slightly decreased in size, causing her jeans to sag somewhat downwards, but she stopped them with a hand before they went too much down. Her waist long hair changed to just about shoulder length, its color to dark copper and style to a ponytail. She herself lost a few centimetres of height, now measuring about 170 cm.

"System, bring out outfit preset 'Emily 4'."

[Understood.]

Immediately, the black top she wore constricted itself around her and expanded, creating a long-sleeve shirt of indigo color. Its collar tied itself around her neck lightly, and the down end quickly fit into tighter jeans of a little darker shade than what Emma wore. On her nose, a pair of small glasses with black outline appeared. She didn't need to wear them, but did it anyway.

[A/N: I don't have an image, use your imagination ;)]

[The body changes are finished. 24000 Uru will be deduced from your account. In case you do not have enough Uru, the body changes will be reverted. Do you wish to confirm the changes?]

("Emma?") She asked.

["On it."]

Emily closed her left eye for a moment, and as she opened it, its green color changed to red. Immediately, she confirmed her choice to the system, and a notification came up.

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[We're sorry. An error occurred...]

[0 Uru has been deduced from your account. You have 849032 Uru left.]

And then, Emily (?) closed her left eye, and it returned to the green color. She made a light stretch of her arms and legs before she fixed the glasses on her face and, ensuring that her outfit fit her fine, went out of the building. Turning her head left and right, she sighed as she saw completely empty streets. She started going in a direction of her home, but...

"Excuse me!" She heard that man's voice. Emily stiffened on the spot, but **** herself to turn around and look at him. 'System, tell me about him.'

["How the FUUUCK?!"]

("...let's remain calm.") Emily tried to soothe the other girl. There was no need to panic just yet. She looked and acted way different now, he won't be able to recognize her.

"Yes?" She put on a questioning expression, looking at the man. 'Aaron Walter?' She thought, looking through his information panels. 'He's new here.' She realized.

"Have you seen a girl around, around my height?" He gestured. "She had this long blonde hair..." Another gesture. "Black top..." He continued to describe Emma for a few more seconds, and although he didn't describe her... assets, his gestures did imply she was curvy.

["Would you look at that. A pervert remembers me instantly."]

("...") Emily didn't respond.

"Sorry, I didn't see anyone around here." She shook her head. "It's a rarity to see anyone in the main simulation."

"...I see." He nodded lightly. "Well, if you do see her, please tell her that there is something off with her information."

"Something off?"

"It's all glitched. I'm worried something might happen to her if that's the case."

"Hmm." Emily hummed lightly. "Well, I'll be sure to tell her if I see her. Thank you for telling me." She nodded.

"...yes, no problem. Sorry for disturbing you." He seemed a tiny bit disappointed as he started going away.

["...thankfully he's gone."]

("Yeah. The crisis averted.") Emily sighed as she turned around, and started walking away.

In the meantime, Aaron had turned around, and looked at her.

"System, screenshot her information panels."

[A/N: Before anyone says that Emily/Emma is a ripoff of Mark Spector/Steven Grant from Moon Knight, I will tell you that they two are a concept I have had in my mind for a few years now. If you don't believe me, I have a work on AO3 called "Dual Leveling in the Open World" featuring Emily and Emma (It's from last year, but I gave up on that project as I felt like it was a ripoff of Overgeared and Solo Leveling). And yes, they are the same people, and their dynamic is going to be pretty similar here to what it was there.]