Crystal was the first one to log in. After all, she was the only one who was an outsider. Yes, she considered herself an outsider as she hadn't met any of them in game and she was also far from catching up to their levels.
She had laid down on the couch and had expected to find herself in the church where she had just turned in her latest quest. However, to her surprise, she found herself standing upon a massive sheet of ice while a relentless blizzard raged on, reducing visibility to near zero.
Instantly taken aback by the sudden and intense change of scenery, she looked around with a faint look of shock on her face. Her facial expressions had locked up due to her nervousness.
"What is going on?!"
She shouted into the storm, perplexed and afraid. She had heard the stories from Aria and Rachel about how they met some mysterious figure when they logged in for the first time but it made no sense for her to experience that, right?