“Where am I?” All I could see was black, I wasn’t even sure my eyes are open, it was so dark. Oddly enough, though, I didn’t feel afraid— just confused.

“Ok, think— what was I just doing…? I remember walking home after getting the milk, eggs and soy sauce for mom. It was a clear day; no clouds, calm breeze, birds singing, a kid about to be run over by a car…” My mind froze as everything clicked.

“I’m dead.” The realization didn’t hit me as hard as I thought it would. Sure I was still upset, but not to the level I assumed I’d be when I died. I was happy that that girl would live a happy life and hopefully wouldn’t run into the street anymore. I felt bad for my mom and sister, I’d miss them something fierce. I only had one real sore point about dying.

“I died a virgin, damit!” I grumbled. I’d have liked to get laid first, but them’s the breaks. Though me dying brought a thought to the forefront of my mind— What happens now? Something must’ve known what I was thinking because a rectangular screen popped into existence at that moment.

It wasn’t very big— maybe two by one foot, and slightly transparent. It just appearing wasn’t what got most of my attention, though— it was what I read on it.

Would you like to play again?

Y/N

What the actual fuck? This was a bit confusing, but I felt pressing the N wouldn’t be a good idea for me; I decided to press the Y instead.

PING!

...Calculating reincarnation algorithm,

...mapping universal plane matrices,

...initiating random world seed generation

I blinked as the first screen disappeared and this new one appeared. Underneath the words was a loading bar quickly filling up to full. I didn’t get much time to think as the bar filled rather quickly, and another ping drew my attention back to the screen.

PING!

World generation complete.

...Assigning parental organisms…

Parental organisms assigned!

Paternal Figure:
Level: 37
Name: Solid Steel
Occupation: Master Blacksmith
Race: Minotaur
Racial Attributes:
Enhanced strength
Bullheaded
Shaper of Steel and Stone

Bio:
Solid Steel is a massively built Minotaur thanks to working the forge from a young age. A master at his craft, Solid Steel works Iron and steel like an artist.

He met his wife Midnight Blaze when she came to his home city of Kol in a trade ship. They fell in love and decided to settle down and raise a family.

Solid Steel is extremely protective of his wife and son. He hopes he can pass his knowledge on to you, as a father should.

Maternal Figure:
Level: 43
Name: Midnight Blaze
Occupation: Enchantress
Race: Unicorn
Racial Attributes:
Gregarious
Greater Magician
Woman’s Ire
Prankster

Midnight Blaze was born to a well-to-do Unicorn family in the city of Manehattan. Growing up she was found to have a near prodigal skill with enchantments and enhancement based magics.

After finishing school she left her family due to some conflict she never talks about.

Arriving in the City of Kol, she met Solid Steel, and they grew close over time— eventually to the point of marriage and having a family.

Midnight is feisty and enjoys a good prank, much to the chagrin of the pranked. She loves her husband and you completely, but she fears her past will find her and drive you apart.

That was a lot of information about my character’s parents— this should be interesting. I was drawn away from my inner thoughts as the screen shifted again.

Thank you for waiting.

Welcome to the character creation screen!

Here you can decide on the physical features and traits of your character. Please keep in mind when completed all choices are final.

I blinked again. Okay— this was weird to the extreme. The screen shifted and showed something like a status screen for a mmorpg character.

The place where one would upgrade and view their stats was blurred out, but the rest was viewable. I saw my “Character”; he was an odd one to be sure. He was covered in fur, and instead of feet, he had a pair of split hooves, like a cow, and a small spiral horn jutting out from the middle of his forehead. The fur was a dull blue and the hair and tail a sunflower yellow. A very odd default coloring and not to my liking at all.

Another two screens appeared on either side of the character screen— the one on the left had instructions, and the one on the right had a classic color wheel, with tabs that said Eye, Hair, as well as a few others.

Please choose the color of your character’s fur, eyes, mane, and tail.

I decided to push my confusion away and play along. Starting with fur color I chose a simple, earthy brown with highlights of garnet red. I picked a plain black for the hair and tail of my character— I never was one for in your face colors. For the eyes, I found I could color each differently, so I chose two colors. Gold and silver for the right and left eye respectively.

Feeling happy with my choices, I pushed the confirm button and watched the character screen shift until my character’s colors matched my choices. A few other things cleared up on the screen as well as the color changed. Another ping pulled my thoughts away from that.

Please choose three more personality traits for your character. Also please note not all traits are permanent and can change over time so choose wisely. (Note: due to parental races two traits have been automatically chosen.)

Strong
Weak
Genius
Quick
Cynical
Depressed
Irritable
Ugly
Slow
Greedy
Lustful
Proud
Envious
Patient
Charitable
Chaste
Temperate
Diligent
Humble
Brave
Craven
Sly
Ambitious
Content
Honest
Deceitful
Just
Trusting
Cruel
Blind

Traits Chosen:

Bullheaded: Permanent
“You could get a mountain to move more than this guy.”
Decisive choices are easier to make
Abilities such as Coercion, Silver Tongue and Trick get -5% to working on you.
Diplomacy is reduced by 10%

Gregarious: Permanent
“The more the Merrier! I love group hugs!”
+10% to making friends
“Fear of crowds” and “Introvert” traits are impossible to gain
-5% chance to befriend someone with introvert trait

Trait choices left: 3

Damn, that’s a lot to look through— I have three choices left, and the screen said some can change over time. I need to be careful about this. I see one trait that I absolutely want, so I tap the “Genius” Trait and read what pops up.

Genius: Permanent

“You’re a smarty pants… What? You want a gold star?”

+10 to all stats relating to magic

+1 to all stat gains (Ex: increasing 1 point of STR would give an additional point to STR due to trait)

- Powerful trait: takes up two trait choices

HOLLY SHIT! That is so worth it! I click accept and see “Genius” added to my list of traits, as well as my trait choices go down to one. The screen changes slightly, and I notice all the positive traits are gone from the list of choices. A new screen pops up and I read that due to “Genius” being so OP I only have one trait slot left so I need to pick one more. I’ve always hated it when games were too easy so I’ll pick a negative trait to try and balance things out a bit. Looking over the negatives I weigh the pros and cons.

Many of the traits, like “Cynical” and “Greedy”, seem like they would be permanent traits, and that is something I really don’t want. After a good amount of time, I finally pick my last trait.

Weak:

“You call that a punch? A thrown piece of paper hits harder than you.”

-10 points to STR, END, and DEX

-50 HP

-20 Attack

Extra 20 points of damage taken from attacks until Weak trait is removed.

+20 chance of “Bruised” status effect becoming “Broken Bone”.

-20 relation with those who value strength until “Weak” trait is removed.

It was an ouch of a trait, but I’m certain this trait isn’t permanent. As I clicked the accept button, the character screen blurred for a moment before it was completely revealed, and I could see my stats. I still wasn’t sure what this was all for, but I just accepted it as something that was happening and went with it.

Name: ???

Class: The Gamer

Level: 1

Next Level: 0/5000

Title: None

Age: 6

HP: 1500 (-50) = 1450
MP: 3500
STR: 15 (-10) = 5
END: 14 (-10) = 4
DEX: 15 (-10) = 5
INT: 15 (+10, +10) = 35
WIS: 15 (+10, +10) = 35
LUK: 4

Special Status: (Passive) +10 WIS and INT due to ? heritage.

Traits:
Bullheaded
Weak
Gregarious
Genius

??? Is a blank slate, his choices will determine whether he lives happily, or not. He is destined for greatness— though what kind of greatness is uncertain. Only time will tell.

I winced at the abysmal STR, END and DEX stats. I knew I would have to work really hard to get rid of that weak trait. The rest of my stats looked okay, and I was really impressed with my high WIS stat. I did wonder what kind of heritage gave me the passive +10 to WIS, though.

Soon, the character screen was replaced by a new one.

Are you ready to continue?

Y/N?

I pressed yes and I blacked out.

Author's Note

The Game's afoot my dear minion readers. This is something I wanted to write about, so here it is. Let me know if you like it in the comments. and don't forget...

Evil alway finds a way