"This game , it's an Otome. I thought you knew what games I'm into sis."
"What difference does it make?, Anime's still Anime."
"Don't write me off as a contrarian dear sister , *sigh* it's my birthday and I get to be picky."
"Don't look at me like this , the clerk gave it to me and said you'd like it."
"They were clearing stock!, ofcourse he'd push common garbage down your throat."
"Just try it out."
"Ok.. I'll relunctly try out the game you so benevolently bought for me."
Or so I promised in truth I want nothing to do with that Otome shtick, relunctly playing through the prologue is enough. I got more important thing to attend to.
-sometime later-
I sit glued on my monitor having just finished the prologue. The game was so addictive I'd had a hard time putting it down, hold up the story had nothing to do with it.
Yeah im just an rpg fan, a run o-the mill rpg fan roped in to play this horrendous Otome game.
"Nooooo! ***** Joshua, what do you mean Aida has to get punished. What for, just cuz she fought for her fiance that doesn't make her a villainess!."
"*sigh* I thought she just gets the short end of the stick in Prince Joshua's ending but she does in everyone!. Whats the game doin, do the devs really hate Aida."
Aaargh! I didn't evn like this stupid game anyways , i just slogged through it to appease my sister. I-I just did so because of her yeah.
[DO YOU WISH TO REWRITE THE STORY?]
|Yes|
|No|
A sudden voice followed by an odd notification bleeped through my console, i look up in confusion to find a message. In a font different than that of the game.
"Well, if you ask me that's a yes."
With 0 expectations I click yes
Waiting a few seconds to an entire minutes
Fielding no result at all , I leave for work feeling slight disappointment.
"ID or license please."
"You think were underage you lame ass bouncer."
"You are and you dress like one now if you'll excuse me."
I throw the teenagers out of the line and return to my position.
"Hey , don't touch me you asshole!."
"I swear I'll get you for this, no one manhandles the son of Mayor Jacob!."
"Yeah yeah, and I'm the Queen's bastard son."
"You know that girl over there is legal just so you know"
" she's 21 accompanying 18 year olds she should have came on her own."
"You really gotta chill sometimes ..."
"I won't chill just cuz you have a soft spot for these women, that won't even give you their time of the night."
"Lowblow , that was a lowblow."
"Well whatever, the shift's almost over anyways."
"Are you ok ... , buddy you don't look so well."
"Yeah im ok *yawns* I just spent alot of time playing games."
"It's one of your anime games again huh, I swear you built like a boulder I'd never guess you for a weeb "
"It's generalization besides not all of us are twigs, i happen to be bigger is all."
"Anyways , you can leave now anyways club closing in 30 minutes . Go catch some sleep at a diner or something."
"Will do, and thanks."
"Hey , we been working together for years."
I wave goodbye to my friend and co-worker and head to the store across the street.
Oh what a mistake it was, had I known that I'd get run over for a silly encounter. I'd laugh at myself for mishandling the youth.
Alas my life just ended
Crushed and run over by a speeding car
The last thing I heard was the maniacal cackling of three.
"System Message"
[YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND LIFE IN CHANCE.]
"Initiating - Synchronization"
"Syncing - 5%"
Where am I?.
Surrounded by a dark expanse , unable to move my limbs let alone speak. I feel nothing , I might as well be a spec of nothing , as my consciousness drifts in the void.
I hear voices , hear? I'm supposed to have an ear.
"Push , Brigit your boy is almost here."
"Aaaaah!, you're right Gilda one more push."
"He's finally out, call Papa have him meet his son."
"Dear , our child is born."
"Our child!, Our son! I'M A FATHER HAHA"
"Synching - 20% "
"Dear , look at our child he spoke!"
"Let me hear you say Father son I beg of You."
"Dada."
Son?, am I a baby?, more importantly
Did I just call a grown man dada?
"Synching - 40%"
"Father, will you teach me how to twilt the land."
"Not now son, you're too young and I'm not in a hurry to have you join us in the field."
"I wont let this idiot farmer have you all to himself besides the point Mama will be lonely without you."
"Mhmm, I got it Mama will get wonley."
"He's adorable." They both say outloud as they embrace the boy (me)
When will I get to learn proper speech ? *sigh*
"Synching - 70%"
[Status Screen]
HP - 20
MP - 20
STR - 2
DEF - 2
INT - 2
DEX - 2
CHRM - 2
[Story Progression - 0%]
"What do you mean, I can't swing a sword?."
Lately I been interested in adventuring , after meeting a slew of adventurers and wandering warriors.
At 6 yearold I'm conversing properly with my father , the old man taught me much about farmwork. It helped me increase my strength by 1 but the meat and potatoes of this world had always been combat being a farmer's son meant I'd never see an improvement in that regard.
"You could always get hurt out there with a sword and as my only son I wouldn't bear the pain."
Pain, his only son as he said. Mom had been unable to conceive another child her health had been deteriorating as of late. Seeing her this weak gave my heart a pang, a sense of longing for the days when her smile reached her ears.
"Dear, Eric. Dinner's ready" A voice full of life yelled to call us, albeit deceiving I could feel her soul departing the vessel as she hides her coughing bout.
"Mama, I'm coming!."
At the dinner table , a family of 3 dines as usual. It gets boisterous when we discuss our day. Father gets particularly excited when he talks about the crops we grew , as for me I become animated when discussing the adventurer I met.
Theodore the very sword master that slayed the game's main villain Chronos...
He doesn't make an appearance in the game neither does he have a sprite to base myself on... the thing that drew me was his otherworldly power..
"A chromata, that's what they call Master Swordsman Theodore.. Long ago he slayed Chronos the evil dragon the blood of that dragon coated his body transforming him into the man we see today."
My father gave me a crash course on the basics of the story , I know there's more to that however as a mere child I couldn't help but to get starry eyed at the mere mention of a dragon...
Fantasy worlds are great!!!.
"Hehe Eric was all over Master Theodore Dear, he was chasing him around all day."
"And I wanna be an adventurer Mama!, I'll become a great adventurer like Theodore and cure you."
This isn't me speaking , that's Eric he creeps up sometimes our shared psych sometime edge toward him leaving me as a spectator at times.
"I don't know about that Eric, you should stay in the village and look after our farm. Mama and Papa need you little hero!."
They need me to stay, but the way the story plays I have to be there. The prompt that brought me to this world , wouldn't allow me to stay as a nobody....
Mama , Father I'm sorry I can't be a farmer's son....
"Aaaaah!."
Screams of terror interrupted our dinner , along with smoke rising from a distance.
The village is under attack.
To be continued