The Otome Gamer: A Worm CYOA v3

Aerias_A_Writer

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"So. . . do I go with a harem or just go with a regular romance between a couple," I mutter thoughtfully. I tap my mechanical pencil gently against my bottom lip, listening to Beethoven's 'Moonlight Sonata' playing on my laptop in the background as I brainstorm. I was filling out a page with my own Worm CYOA ver. 3 and trying to decide if my character was going to try to build a harem.

And I've probably been influenced by way too many Naruto harem fanfics just for thinking about it. Though to be completely fair, I still haven't decided if I wanted to write a male or female main character.

If I went a male would he be straight, gay or bisexual? Definitely not asexual though, half the reason I wanted to write a story was to have some sort of a romance and I already knew that I was going to set up my character in something like a dating sim. I also knew that if I went with a girl I'd horribly tempted to just give her a reverse harem. Well, maybe not give so much as have her actively pursuing hot guys that might eventually end up in her harem.

Not because I had anything against fem slash of course, but because most Worm fan fictions seemed to be a good 85% fem slash, 10% gen, 4.9% hetero, and 0.1% slash; at least that seems to be the make up of the ones I've read. I think I found two Worm fan fictions with more than 200 words that featured a male gay couple and niether one of them exceeded 1000 words.

Seriously, Worm was a really bizarre fandom for a fujoshi like me to pick up. I'll need to go find a good Reborn/Tsuna or Xanxus/Tsuna fanfic tomorrow to perk me up. Or maybe reread a few volumes of yaoi manga I have on my bookshelf. . .

What the hell, I decide, a sexy cape reverse harem it was with a girl lead in this story. I'll write a crack oneshot with this then I can focus one of my other more realistic story ideas. Besides I could always give her a power like Mystique's if I decide to make her gender fluid or something (I still haven't created the intersex character that I've been meaning to get to). I'd written an original character a bit like that back in high school, a demon with incubus and succubus blood who could shift back and forth whenever he wanted though he identified himself as male. Nah, I wouldn't even bother for just a oneshot.

"Okay, so a girl," I wrote it down, then tucked back a strand of hair that fell down in front of my face, "Age? I want to do reincarnation so she can start her off remembering the year before cannon starts so about April 2010, maybe 16 to begin, then she'll be 17 almost 18 when she syncs up with the beginning of Worm. So she'll be about a year older than Taylor.

"I don't want to have to completely load up on complications so I'll take god mode for 10 points, plus 2 points to reincarnate without memories or say so as to who.

"That's 12 points so far, hm, a guess I'll take Wanted with ABB for 1 point and E88 for 1 point. That'll give me 14 points. Maybe a geas for the other 2 points?

"Actually I really want a geas, something that could be funny, but still dangerous. . . oh man, she's gonna be in such trouble with so many sexy cape boys around," I couldn't help the cackle that escaped as I hurriedly scribbled down my idea.

"A geas to make passes at all the hot guys even the ones that might be trying to kill her. . . no," another cackle, "Especially the hot guys that try to kill her like Lung."

"Now what to spend my points on," I sit back to rub my eyes, a glance at my clock gave me the time at 11:24 pm as a yawn escaped my mouth and Bad Apple by Cristina Vee began to play. "Damn it's late. I got to get to bed after I finish this."

I turn back to my loose leaf paper with it's total tally of 16 points while fighting off another yawn and reached over to my mouse. A soft click flips the tab on my laptop to Powers: Greater page and I immediately scribble down a 4 point deduction for Gamer. I have serious plans for that power that include pairing it with Power Manipulation (8 points) and trying to figure out a semi believable way to add a twist to the video game mechanics to create my dating sim. And with the gamer power focused on the otome aspect of the story I could focus the power manipulation on powering up the character. Even with only 5 charges a day for her to play with she could be ridiculously over powered in just a week.

"That's 12 points gone and now I've got 4 left for Advantages so 1 point for Special Snowflake, another point for Man of Mystery, and the last 2 points for Resources." I look over my choices and laugh, "God, this has so much crack potential."

Another yawn interrupted my laughter and I lay down my pencil while trying to ignore the way my eyesight was starting to blur, another clue I'd been awake for way to long. "I'll have to work on a character profile, an outline and flesh out a plot tomorrow I guess."

I powered down my laptop and sleepily shuffled over to my bed, stretching as I pushed my cat, J.J., to the side and slid under the covers. I told J.J. good night as I let down my hair and set aside my hair band. It kind of sucked having just a cat as the only other living being in your home, I thought as I turned onto my side with my back to the wall.

I was much more used to living in my mom's big two story house with up to fourteen family members, brothersand sisters, a couple of in-laws, a gaggle of nieces and nephews running amuck at all hours of the day. And as tired as I was I found myself drifting just on the edge of sleep as my ears stained for even the hint of sleep sounds of siblings and parents, of in laws and babies in my new little one room apartment like I have since I moved in a week ago. I really missed everyone at times like this, I thought as I snuggled down under my comforter. By now one of the babies would have snuck over to sleep with me back home.

I'll have to go visit tomorrow afternoon. Maybe my baby sister and her two kids will be back from out of town and I can play with them for a bit. A yawn slips again as I sleepily think of the dinner they'd probably ask me to cook for them. I was always the best cook out of all of us, better then either of my parents.

Of course, I'd started cooking when I was seven so I've plenty of experience.

Finally J.J.'s soft purring helped me fall asleep and then I was dreaming about cooking dinner for the Undersiders and for some reason Uber and Leet.