Wow! The night sky in this new world is so beautiful!
Author Pseudonym: Ninetailed_Furball
Synopsis:
An unnamed male soul finds himself in the afterlife. As he's waiting in line to have his final fate determined, he spots an open and unguarded tent. The moment the Security "gods" are otherwise occupied, he makes a break for it, finds the terminal completely unsecured, and as if he's setting up a character for an RPG, makes himself an avatar. When he's done, he immediately starts being sent to a new world before his character sheet even finishes printing. Next thing he knows, he is now a she, and a vampire at that, in another world, with three technicolor moons in the sky... Then the sun starts to come over the horizon.
Associated Tropes:
- Alien Sky: As can be seen in the page image, the new world has at least three moons, and they're technicolor.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: Dungeon monsters act as if they're compelled to attack, regardless of how suicidal it might be, and never even attempt to retreat or surrender.
- Crapsack World: This new world would be a horrible place to live, if not for the bonuses Scarlet gave herself for reincarnation. Dangerous beasts and monsters are abundant, famines are frequent, there is almost no concept of medical care, law and order are almost non-existent, and hygiene is so under-developed that a bar of soap is an expensive luxury item only nobility can afford, and very few people know how to make, despite Scarlet repeatedly lampshading how easy it is to do so.
- Daywalking Vampire: Almost. Even with Admin privileges, Scarlet cannot safely remove her vulnerablity to sunlight; the best she can do is give herself an ability that allows her to regenerate from light just as fast, so she passes it off as Prone to Sunburn up to eleven, and it's immensely painful. It might be possible to use her Admin privileges to remove the weakness from the vampire template entirely, but vampires are dangerously imbalanced enough as things are, and Scarlet doesn't want to take the risk of renegade vampires devouring entire communities after losing their biggest weakness.
- The Dreaded: Vampires. They show up out of nowhere, full-grown, raise massive armies, and lay waste to the countryside. The only known exception is our protagonist, Scarlet, and maybe, just maybe, the woman she's named after, Saint Scarlet, who lived approximately 500 years ago, and was loved by the people, but hated by the nobles and The Church, who "accidentally" killed her.
- Food Porn: When Scarlet gets to cooking, the reader better have a snack nearby, because otherwise the stomach will protest.
- Forever War: Divided along racial lines, for at least 500 years, the "dark" races, Vampires, Dragonoids, etc. have been in a war or annihilation against the "light" races, humans, elves, fairies. Nobody knows who started it, or why.
- God Is Inept: The reason Scarlet reincarnated in the new world with all her past-life memories, and as a vampire at that, and with admin privileges, is that the admin running that particular world left his office and terminal completely unsecured. The protagonist, with his programming knowledge, took advantage.
- Gray-and-Grey Morality: The races are not monolithic. They all have a bit of good and evil mixed in them. Scarlet meets a Drakonoid that's a decent enough chap, and her Dark Spirit Claret is sickening sweet, provided Scarlet's not being threatened. Yet, the one vampire she's met has been utterly monstrous. The fairies she's met are a bit mischievous, but otherwise okay. The humans have been a mixed bag. She hasn't met any elves yet, but isn't impressed with the testimony the fairies give her regarding the fact that they use up spirits for their magic, Obliviously Evil style.
- In Medias Res: The prologue has Scarlet with a large number of followers, at least a full towns-worth, and ruler of her land. Chapter 1 starts him off in the after-life, without a name, and then reincarnating into this new world as a female vampire, alone, and having to work things out for herself.
- Mama Bear: Scarlet is deeply protective of children. She might be shy and flee from conflict with others, but threaten a child in her care, or even your own, and you're up against a fierce, literally blood-thirsty engine of destruction that won't stop until you're dead.
- Mugging the Monster: Many antagonists see Scarlet and think "what can this 90 pound or so elfen waif do to me?" and attack her. Unfortunately for them, that "90 pound waif" is a level 260+ vampire who is hiding her strength and avoiding attacking humans to keep from drawing the ire of a fanatical church that once killed a hero with her likeness "by accident." It eventually becomes enough of a nuisance that Scarlet drops the masquerade altogether.
- Obliviously Evil: According to the fairy queen who decided to move her village into Scarlet's back yard, the elves are fond of forming familiar contracts with the little fluff-balls known as spirits, and then consuming said spirits in their magic. The little fluff balls are children, and since it normally takes centuries to even see them, the elves remain blissfully unaware of just how heinous their actions are. This has caused relations to strain with the fairies who have repeatedly attempted to point this out, but the elves refuse to believe it, since "spirit magic" has just way too many benefits.
- Rape as Drama: Rape is an ever-present threat in the story which leads Scarlet to believe she's So Beautiful, It's a Curse.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: The best way to tell that an antagonist is a real asshole, and not merely someone who is misguided, is that the antagonist will have a history of rape and will try to inflict it on Scarlet, feeling himself entitled to it. Scarlet never lets such a scoundrel live.
- Reality Is Unrealistic: On several occasions, Scarlet feeds rich, luxurious meals to people who have undergone extreme deprivation. The comments point out that were this story taking place on Earth, this would be the absolute worst thing she could have done. "Refeeding syndrome
" was noted by Allied soldiers in WWII, as they rescued Holocaust survivors, fed them rich foods, and unwittingly killed them! Feeding large meals of rich food to a starving person overtaxes their body and generates many life-threatening complications. - Reincarnated as the Opposite Sex: The series starts when a male disembodied soul in the afterlife reincarnates as a female vampire.
- RPG Mechanicsverse: To the full degree. There are skills, levels, stats, and exp is gained by killing things, in addition to unspecified non-combat actions. A group of gods literally created that world to be a living videogame for their entertainment before abandoning it, so it's probable that the system governing the world was intentionally designed to resemble a game.
- Shown Their Work: The recipes Scarlet cooks are real and thoroughly researched, both in the story, and by the author.
