Our story starts like any romantic love story, it starts in a magical world of online gaming. While many would say that this story cannot have a happy ending, Chara and Matthew would prove them wrong. This story has ups and downs, triumphs and epic fails with so much joy and laughter between each delightful chapter. Chara was just starting to get her feet wet in the world of gaming on a computer which was a huge leap from her normal console gaming of Nintendo Switch. She started to explore a world called Atlas and wanting to know more about it, she watched a streamer named Venalis. His show demonstrated a role-playing community called Darkside RP. After watching and seeing how this RP thing went, Chara took another leap and landed in Darkside RP Atlas. Unknowing to her, this is the world she would meet the love of her life, her rock, and her soul mate. In the Darkside RP Atlas, the world is based loosely on a 1700’s high seas era and Chara decided to place her character in His Majesty’s Royal Navy. While going through the Cadet program of the world, she met Matthew and his character who was also doing the same. The docks of Proudshire became the setting of where an unknown adventure awaited both of them. After weeks and months of playing, both Chara and Matthew felt a desire to hang out and chat. After time Matthew invited Chara on a virtual date in which they watched a Disney movie marathon. It was soon after that date when they knew they had to meet one another in person. And so, after a few weeks of getting things arranged at his work, Matthew drove from Oklahoma to Tennessee for a weekend to meet Chara and explore the place she calls home. Once the weekend was over, both knew they had found “the one.” After much debate from both families, Matthew packed up his belongings, his cats Kika and Carissa at his side, and moved to Tennessee. Since then, Matthew and Chara have been building their life together. Learning more about one another only seemed to strengthen their bond and love. While they may have had a few items that were hastily discussed, they quickly found ways to communicate through them. A lesson many can say will only help them in their long happy lives together. On July 4, 2023, Matthew anxiously found a way to ask Chara’s parents for her hand in marriage. After approval, he then subsequently proposed on the same day, while holding on for dear life to a trash can so he wouldn’t pass out.