With the announcement of Smash Zone being the highlight of Round 5, every competitor had an account for Smash Zone except for Hellcat, in addition to that, Hellcat was also searching for a new job, having been out at the Eden Dome for a whole month, Hellcat was made redundant as her replacement was just as fast as she was.
Since Chaos Engine wasn't a reliable source of income, she went back to Rainbow Saints to see if any jobs were available, at the same time she asked Steve to help her build a Smash Zone avatar.
Building your avatar can be done in two ways, the traditional way is like every other game with a character creation, the other way which is more of a mystery is have the VR system scan your entire body and design a character based on what it uncovers, however the force feedback is quite sensitive.
"I just want to get this over and done with quickly, I need to look for a job" in all her VR kit, Hellcat logged in; the virtual world looked very plain but Steve's character was anything but plain, a testament to his rank and position in Slippy Squad showed him as an epic warrior.
"Zoe, are you sure you want to do the scan?" Using Hellcat's real name, Steve warned her about the force feedback.
"Look, I don't play video games and I don't have time to look through thousands of customization options just let it scan and be done with it" Hellcat selected body scan and the force feedback immediately got to work with the scan.
The sheer sensitivity of the system was too much for Hellcat.
Staff were blushing at how loud Hellcat's moans were from the body scan.
When the scan finished, Hellcat was out of breath and her pupils had dilated.
"Why the f**k would you add that as a feature?" Hellcat shouted
"I did warn you but you rushed into it, let's see what the game has given you" Steve was trying to change the subject quickly.
Despite her namesake, nothing about Hellcat's form had anything to do with cats or hell, wrapped around her legs and feet were steel bladed dancing boots, flames were coming off her dress as she resembled a latin dancer, a masquerade mask allowed her to control her flames intensity, while her hair was untied and glowing as intense as her flames.
"Interesting, I didn't know you were a dancer" Steve wondered.
"I did ballet up until ten years old, by that age I was already over 5ft tall and I was quickly not welcomed back, I didn't think a game like this would make me a dance battler; can I logout now, I'm not sure how to process this" Hellcat didn't want to reveal anymore to Steve.
"Sorry, sounds like this is very personal to you" Steve was very considerate.
An awkward silence felt like it lasted forever.
"I'm just going to look through the job vacancies" Hellcat spoke with a softer tone than usual, for the first time her defensive barrier was cracking and in front of someone she only just started dating no doubt.
"What's happening to me? Eden Dome was meant to fix these mental issues now it's just created new ones!" The frustration was upsetting her.