Hiya all! I've been wanting to do a self-insert for a while now, but my copy of the other game I wanted to do (Breath of Fire 3. My first RPG ever!) is scratched (label side, boot sector) so it don't work any more. Let's all have a moment of silence in respect for this great game.

...Ok, that's enough.

This is an attempt to actually write a decent self insert, so let's see if I'll get it right.

For anyone interested, I've set up a C2 for all the good SIs I find. I only have ones written by guys at the moment, 'cause in my experience when I girl writes a self-insert it's either OTP matchmaking or a 'make the main character like me' deal. If anyone can point me in the direction of an exception to this rule, I'd be most grateful.

I'm probably going to switch back and forth between first and third person in this, depending on the scene. If you see any seemingly random ramblings in the first person parts, that's because that's how I actually think. They're my lame little attempts at stream-of-consciousness.

Connection Established

Chapter 1

by LanHikari2000x

I smiled to myself as I peeked through the blinds, watching my mom and her boyfriend drive down the street. I ran to the hallway closet and pulled out a flat-screen computer monitor. One has to wonder when my mom will realize that taking the monitor to stop my from using the computer doesn't work when she leaves it laying around.

Anyway, I set the monitor on the desk and plugged it in before turning on the computer.

Huh. White. Why is the screen white? I thought the screen was supposed to be black. Isn't the screen supposed to be black?

Hold on, there at the bottom, one of those loading progress bar thing.

97...98...98...100. Connection established. Initializing transfer... Transferring...

The screen flashed, blinding me momentarily.

When I opened my eyes, I was standing in a forest. A second later there was another flash and I found myself in a room that looked like something out of an old B sci-fi movie; banks of computer lined the walls, with the obligatory way-too-big screen in front of me.

"Sorry about that," said a voice behind me, "I need to work on my aim."

I turned around. Standing behind a computer in the middle of the room was... I'd call him a kid, but I couldn't help noticing the pale gold horns growing out of his head. His hair was split down the middle – white on the right and black on the left. His eyes were likewise bi colored, his left eye being red, his right just a few shades up from pure white. Looked a lot like Jio from 666 Satan, really. I really need to get volume 6...

I mentally slapped myself out of my musings. "Who are you? What are you? Where am I? Why am I here?" Wow, I'm not freaking out. That's odd, this is definite 'freak out' material.

"Xanth, a being beyond your understanding, my lab, because I'm bored," he said without looking up from his work.

I blinked. "'Xanth?'"

"Well, technically it's X(A/N)TH (pronounced: X-times-A-over-N-to-the-power-of-TH), but that's a bit of a mouthful."

"'Xanth,'" I repeated, "As in from the Piers Anthony books?"

Xanth twitched. I swear, a full-body twitch. "...just shut up and let me finish fixing these coordinates."

A few minutes later I was blinded by yet another flash of light.

TBC

As far as I know, I'm the first person to do a Star Ocean self-insert. Makes me feel a bit special.

Yes, I know it's short. I need to restart my game and get to my entry point. Could take a while, cause I have four other games I'm playing right now, but I'll get there eventually.

666 Satan. Known as O-Parts Hunter in English. The guy who writes it is actually the guy who writes Naruto's twin brother. 666 Satan is infinitely better.