"What the hell?"

For a moment all the rouge could do was stare at the two glowing words floating within the darkness as his golden eye twitched.

Game Over

Game Over

Game Fucking Over

He always suspected whatever Gods where out there hated him, but this...

"I am so fucking done with this bullshit!"

The man shouted into the darkness as he spun on heel and tried to get as far away from the words as possible.

Yet no matter how far or how long he walked, sprinted or even outright ran those glowing words where -as though mocking him,-always less then three feet behind him.

Game Over

To be honest, when he died this was the last thing he Russian had expected to find waiting for him- far less fire and brimstone then he originally suspected- but here he was, trapped in some eternal darkness with those mocking words. Da, Da, he was dead. He made a fools error and paid for it, but he highly doubted anyone else got haunted by glowing words that-

Game Over

Congratulations! You have just experienced your first of possibly many agonizing deaths!

Congratulations? Okay, now he knew whatever deities was out there was just screwing with him. Either that or the Afterlife had a sadist sense of humor. Knowing his luck it was possibly both.

Load Game

New Game

Main Menu

Arching a crimson brow, a pale scarred hand slowly reached out. Hesitating only for a moment before pressing Main Menu. If the Russian was honest he didn't know much about video games but he knew enough from watching his nephew to know you had to Save a Game before you could load it and the last time he looked...

Well he didn't think anyone had a Save File on their life lying around for anyone to access.

Seven Gamer Gods: Penguins of Madagascar Edition

New Game

Load Game

Character

Options

It seemed he was finally getting somewhere through the title left more questions within his mind then answers. Penguins of Madagascar Edition? He was no bloody penguin- thank God for small miracles. Seven Gamer Gods... So there was likely six other people who had either gone through or would go through this when they died... Knowing his luck they'd all be apart of that pesky organization.

Well since he was here he might as well change things to his own liking.

Sighing softly- he was doing a lot of that for a dead man wasn't he?- the rouge pressed the Options Button.

Options

AutoSave: Off

Tutorial: Off

Cheat Codes: Off

Access to Main Menu: Off

Inventory: Off

Setting: Extreme

Genre: Action

The Gods- if they existed- must have really wanted him dead for his bullshit to be his Default Options. It was a damn miracle he lived as long as he did considering this mess.

AutoSave: On

Tutorial: On

Cheat Codes: On

Access to Main Menu: On

Inventory: On

Setting:

Easy

Normal

Hard

Extreme

Did they really have to ask? His life had been Hell so far, a nice Cake Walk was overdue.

Player must win the Game in Normal Mode to access Easy Mode.

Of course...

Setting: Normal

Genre:

Parody

Action

Supernatural

Romance

Horror

Mirror World

"Mirror World?"

All the Characters lives are lived in reversal.

Example: Uncle Nigel would become Penguin Enemy Number One: The Bloody Gentleman. The Red Squirrel would become a Super Secret Agent Red.

Great, the Deity's screwing with his life was eavesdropping on him but at least now he knew They where actually listening. Still it was a rather interesting Genre.

Why the Hell not? He was already dead so what did he really have to loose? If he died again and it was rather boring he could always just choose another Genre.

Genre: Mirror World

Now then.. What else could he screw with while he was here?

"Status."

Name: Red von Sova

Class: Seventh Gamer God/The Dark God

Level: NA

Alignment: Chaotic

Species:

If he was honest, Red didn't know much about video games. Just bits and pieces his nephew would rant to him but he did know one thing.

"Why the Hell is my species blank?"

Due to in game achievements multiple species now Unlocked.

... "Species."

Original: The Red Squirrel

Human: Welcome to humanity.

Penguin: They'll never see you comin-

"Hell no."

You couldn't pay him to be one of those blasted flightless birds. He was Red, The Red Squirrel, sure he had played human for a decade or two but not even Death would convince him to play Penguin- even if he was screwing with everything.

"Human."

Unlocked Subspecies:

Regular

Shadow Mage

Anthropomorphic

A lone elegant brow rose in silent question.

"Anthropomorphic?"

Immediately an image appeared of a young child with messy blood red hair that seemed to move every now and then and a lone golden eye visible while bandages covered the other. He was dressed in an oversized shirt that appeared more to be a dress due to his small stature. What was visible of his skin was pale, as though he had not seen the sun in years. Yet what held the rouge's attention most was the familiar rouge tail swaying behind the small child is gestures most squirrel would never be capable of. He knew that tail, it was hard not to considering it was his.

As an Anthropomorphic certain animalistic traits will be carried over.

In this case, The Red's Squirrel's tail, claws and ears.

Huh, now that he was looking he could see what he had thought to be hair moving to some vacant breeze was actually a set of ears twitching as they laid hidden within the child's hair... Wait...

"This case? Can I play as other Characters?"

Apparently that was the right question as more images appeared. Some familiar and some not so much.

Francis Squirrel- Unlocked

Victor von Sova- Unlocked

Dylan Tux- Locked

Nigel Tux- Unlocked

Jethro Rockgut- Locked

Skipper- Locked

Kowalski- Locked

Rico- Locked

Private- Locked

Fred Squirrel- Unlocked

Hans Puffin- Locked

Francis Blowhole- Locked

White Widow- Unlocked

The list seemed to go on and on, a vast majority of them Locked and every now and then a few Unlocked. Heh, these Gods loved screwing with him. How else could he have managed to unlock his two arch nemesis?

"I'll just stick with myself. "

He wasn't quite ready to be another person, let alone his dead brother.

Now lets see...

"Anthropomorphic."

He'd give the Shadow Mage a try some other time. Maybe when he died again.

Name: Red von Sova

Class: Seventh Gamer God/The Dark God

Level: NA

Alignment: Chaotic

Species: Anthropomorphic Human

Health: 0/2500

If you weren't dead you wouldn't be here.

XP: NA

Cash: NA

Gold: NA

Stat Points: 300

Strength: 15

Constitution: 15

Dexterity: 15

Intelligence: 30

Charisma: 30

Wisdom: 30

Luck: 50

Well that was new...

"What's up with the Stat Points."

A 5 SP Reward is granted on each birthday for managing to survive till another birthday.

Right.. EXP was Experience Points, which he should have loads of but considering the fact he's dead, they were likely erased along with any Gold or money he may or may not have. He never saved in his life- no one exactly informed him his life was a video game so its probably save to assume his stats have reset to default. The fact he kept his Stat Points are likely due to the Gods Pitying him...

The Rouge wasn't sure wither to be insulted or relieved.

Talking a breath, the rouge steady himself for the only other option left to him- least he hide away in these shadows forever.

"New Game."


The first thing he noticed was the sterile white room he was sitting in.

No windows, no closet, no bathroom, not even a cover to keep warm with at night. There was a single door, one he knew from experience held a vault lock on the other side.

He knew this room. God how he loathed it.

This was his room- Nyet, his prison within The Lab. A cell he had sparsely left despite the five long years he had lived here. The only other areas besides here he knew was his... Owner's- he used the word with as much distain as possible- room and bath and the Gladiator Pits- where they forced children to fight each other to the death.

Of all the places for the Damn Game to start it would be in this Hell Hole.

New Perks Attained

Gamer Ability

(Life is a Game. Let's try not to break it. Though coming out on top wouldn't hurt either. + Gamer Mind, +Gamer Body)

Perks

Devils Luck- "I was born the Devil's luck and not all of it was Good."

(Luck + 650. When all else fails at least you can still count on your luck to hold strong. Though it may not always work in your direct favor at times, Its always looking out for you.)

Bullshit. They're just using the damn Luck as an excuse to screw me over.

Fire Immunity

(Congratulations, you'll never have to worry about burning yourself on a stove or flaming buildings again. Though I wouldn't go taking my chances with any Lava anytime soon.)

Well.. At least that would be useful for when this Hell Hole burned to the ground.

Common Sense

(In a world like this someone has to be the voice of reason so why not you? WIS + 250)

Scientific Mindset

(It seems your time as a child prisoner in the Lab was good for something besides a firm hatred for mankind and unstable sanity after all. INT + 650)

Eidetic Memory

(No matter what happens you never forget. Some call it a blessing, others a curse. Whatever it may be is up to you to decide.)

...This is torture for activating the Cheats isn't it?

A Twin's Protection

Rapid Regeneration

(Due to the Success of your Twin Brother's experiment to save your life you now heal at a rapid speed most would consider impossible making you virtually immortal... Don't get a big head though, you can still die. HP+ 10000, STR + 100, DEX+100, CON+100)

Youthful Looks

(Due to your Brother's actions you will eventually stop aging. While it will make most jealous Its best not to let others notice least you wind up under a scientist's microscope. )

A Shattered Soul

(Due to the Murder of your Twin and your unexpected Survival, you only have half a soul- dangerous but you still survived- and rather unstable sanity. However if another Soul Bond is formed you can both heal your soul and stable sanity. HP -2500, Sanity- 2000)

Really? Did I even have enough Sanity for them to screw with?

"Status."

Name: Red von Sova

Class: Seventh Gamer God/The Dark God

Title: Subject Zero

Level: 1

Alignment: Chaotic

Species: Red Squirrel

Sanity: 100

Health: 10000/10000

XP: 0

Cash: 0

Gold: 0

Stat Points: 300

Strength: 115

Constitution: 115

Dexterity: 115

Intelligence: 680

Charisma: 30

Wisdom: 280

Luck: 655

Perks

Devil's Luck

Fire Immunity

Common SenseScientific Mindset

Eidetic Memory

Rapid Regeneration

Youthful Looks

A Shattered Soul

Gamer Ability

Well Fuck. A hundred Sanity didn't sound very safe. I didn't exactly have much to begin with unless the game reset my sanity... Hehe, My life's a video game and I'm talking about Sanity...

I'm so screwed.