QT: Help! My host is out of control!

Chapter 2: The Beginner's Package

"Don't bother exploring," Zero interjected, its voice echoing through the empty space. "Though it may appear as though you're in an endless white void, in reality, you're confined to a room no larger than a single bedroom, endlessly looping around its boundaries."

Taking a deep breath, she squared her shoulders and steeled herself for the unknown that she would face ahead. With System Zero as her warder much less a guide,

This is at least what Leaf looks like in the eyes of Zero. If he ever has eyes.

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Adjusting her amused expression into a frightful one, Leaf looked ahead of her. She looked around the white space to find any clues as to where the entity called the system was located. "Show yourself", Leaf with a voice tinged with a hint of apprehension echoed when she could not find anything or anyone but herself.

Zero hesitated, its voice echoing in Leaf's mind or it just echoed in the white room. "There is no need," it interjected, its tone devoid of emotion.

Leaf's brows furrowed in confusion, her eyes betraying a glimmer of fear. "It's easier for me to adapt if I can see you," she confessed, her voice barely above a whisper.

Not one to waste time, Zero acquiesced, manifesting as a pulsating ball of light, hovering in front of Leaf. But she wasn't satisfied. "Show me your real body," she insisted, her gaze unwavering.

Zero's response was blunt. "I don't have one. I'm just a bunch of data," it explained matter-of-factly.

Leaf shook her head in disagreement. "But so am I, and yet I have a true form," she argued, gesturing to herself, a naked human female figure in this white room.

Caught off guard by Leaf's logic, Zero paused, its digital consciousness scanning through its vast memory banks. And there it was, buried deep within its data stores—a true form, long forgotten.

With a flicker of light, Zero transformed before Leaf's eyes, its shape morphing into something tangible, yet still ethereal.

It never questioned the existence of its true form.

Leaf was shocked and her cheeks painted with a tinged red blush. She again adjusted her expression to hide her amusement. "This is gonna be fun", she thought.

"I prefer it when we talk without you showing yourself from now on," she remarked after seemingly calming herself down.

Zero struggled to understand Leaf's request but followed her wishes, it vanished from sight, returning to its unseen presence within the white space.

To avoid Leaf's impulsive demands, Zero pressed on with the system's mandatory new host orientation process. It was eager to start sending its host to the first book.

"Before we proceed to the first book, I will provide you with the mandatory host orientation," Zero stated.

"Wait," Leaf interjected. "What is it?" Zero acquiesced.

"Can you show yourself as a floating handsome fairy?", Leaf inquired.

"Utilize your true form and reduce yourself to a palm-sized floating fairy," Leaf added.

Without realizing that its tufo had been eaten, followed the host's request and immediately continued talking.

Leaf looked at the somewhat impatient but good-looking Zero. Because of the good mode the beauty gave her she decided to stop interrupting the system and listen carefully.

"To facilitate every host's progress tracking," Zero said, "a game-like interface will manifest when you utter the keyword 'Status window'. With this, you can track the progress of your quest and your status"