Alex had just jogged down to the main auditorium of Purple Academy and was happy to find he wasn't out of breath. Reaching into his pocket Alex retrieved a small key to the side entrance and let himself in. A combination of being friendly with the Academy's night staff and being asked to stay late to clean up after school rehearsals for productions had allowed Alex some small privileges.
 
His four month DGO hiatus was actually put to good use, learning some things, helping others, things good for the soul. DGO had actually left Alex a bit broken, realising every time he 'killed' someone in DGO that he was ruining their future prospects and everytime he 'died' his own prospects were being ruined. This cycle rolled around Alex's head for [i]months[/i] before he took his break. Eventually he came to the conclusion that he wasn't helping anyone by moping in the real world and decided to suck it up and do what he could.

As Alex was in the sound booth attaching his music player, he received a reply from his King.

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[b]To:[/b] [color=1a7b30]Unrelenting Jukebox[/color]
[b]From:[/b] [color=1a7b30]Your King (Who Else?)[/color]
[b]Subject:[/b] [color=1a7b30]Good Work Buddy![/color]
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[color=1a7b30]Hey what’s up buddy? Yeah, I heard about the massive lag that took place. Forced me to log out too you know. Though I gotta say, it puts us Fanged Rangers in quite the position don’t you think? Anyway, given the lack of logging in taking place, I’ll be hosting a special meeting in Purple Crown’s Recreational Center tomorrow afternoon. Green Guild only. You didn’t forget my real life face, right? Heh, course you didn’t. I’ll catch you later right as school let’s up.

As always,
Still Your King[/color]
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[color=00a651][i]Real life in the Rec Center? Well at least I'm just a face in the crowd.[/i]
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Sighing Alex finished hooking up his player to the auditorium speaker system and took a remote so he could opperate the booth from the stage. Walking to center stage Alex laughed at himself [color=00a651][i]My first time on stage in real life and there is no audience. Well here it goes: Lights[/i][/color] The lights turn on[color=00a651][i] Music[/i][/color]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvs9ODIjhiU[/youtube]

[color=00a651][i]and... Action![/i][/color] With that Alex sprang into a bit of swing, dancing with an invisible partner. As he moved he couldn't help thinking [color=00a651][i]If I hadn't been forcibly ejected from DGO[/i][/color] a sharp spin movement with the imaginary partner [color=00a651][i]I would have died anyway and have achieved a grand total of NOTHING![/i][/color] the imaginary partner span back into Alex's chest. [color=00a651][i]I wanted to be good, build up my levels, help who I could.[/i][/color] metaphorically kicking up his heels Alex and his imaginary partner got more energetic [color=00a651][i]BUT I AM SO WEAK![/i][/color] abandoning any pretense of dancing Alex silently fell to his knees and punched the stage and silently screamed. [color=00a651][i]WHY CAN'T I DO ANYTHING![/i][/color]

Turning off the music and killing the lights by remote Alex lied down, tears in his eyes, and just let it out on the empty stage...