[ Mallow Hallow, have a fairy. A rather troubled one at that. Lips pursed together in unease, she frowns at the screen for a few moments before sighing and clearing her throat. ]

I guess this chalkboard functions as a communication device. [ Skepticism lingers on her face as she exhales once again and shakes her head, the small twin braids flicking to and fro with the motion. ]

Okay. To those that can hear me, this is Lyfa of Sylvian. [ Despite her earlier hesitation, she's now looking directly at the screen, emerald eyes gleaming determinedly. People are more likely to respond to confidence, after all — provided that this chalkboard thing actually works. ] Judging by the people I've met so far, a lot of you seem to come from different games; so if you're unfamiliar with «ALFheim Online», «Sylph» is the name of my race. Anyway, I'll keep this short. There's definitely a system glitch here, at least on my end. Certain options on my user menu have disappeared — including the «Log Out» button. [ She refrains from specifying what those 'certain options' are for now since doing so may leave her vulnerable to attack. Even though this is just a game, something within her balks at the thought of dying before she figures out for herself what's going on. Geez, now where did that gamer's pride come from? ]

Also, the NPCs aren't responding to the usual cues. I'll admit that I'm probably missing the big picture here, but I definitely didn't get any offline notifications about this kind of development. So I'd be grateful if anyone from ALFheim or otherwise could fill me in; if you could tell me how to contact a GM, either by fixing my user menu or even through this . . . board . . . thing, all the better. I'm always up to dueling for the information if that's what you want.

Oh, and I'm in someplace called «Astralfield» right now.

Thanks, see you.