It's only a game, right?

Chapter 1
It's only a game, right?

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Chapter Description: Just a harmless video game

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*This is an alternate version of my character of Reina Beaumont, not the version who’s story is being created*

The title and description is misleading for sure, who would buy a video game with this title?

?Who You Are Inside’

Description: Create, make the choices you can’t in real life, be who you truly are inside.

Though I have to admit that I’m curious, so why not? Need something to work on for Christmas anyway.

*Two hours later*

Reina rubbed her stomach as she put the tea towel on the rack after washing the dishes, the meal hadn’t been all that great, but it was better than nothing. Her parents had asked her if she would be coming home for Christmas and she had reluctantly accepted.

She didn’t hate her parents, far from it, she loved them to bits. But she was a strongly independent person who tended to try and go it alone, no matter what the situation was. They had gone out for dinner and Reina had felt like making herself something to eat, but instead of something she wanted, she had made something she wasn’t too fond of since it was better for her.

Now the meal was eaten, dishes washed and the kitchen spotless and it was only ten to seven in the evening. Her brother and sister, both younger than her, were out with their friends and Reina had the house to herself. It was peaceful, the TV was on in the living room, turned down to not annoy the neighbours. Since there was nothing on TV, a DVD was on, some hollow summer movie with a lot of noise and no plot, the usual blockbuster.

She was only slightly listening to it, she rarely watched anything she put on. Most of her friends were all out and Reina didn’t feel up to going out for the night, it had been a hard few years though she relished the challenge.

“So, old girl, what now?” She thinks to herself as she sits down on the sofa. She spots the video game she had bought earlier in the day out of the corner of her eye, she hadn’t tried it yet. Reina was fond of creating things, she had been born with various skills like writing, a sharp memory, a strong tactical skill and other skills. Though she rarely used them since she preferred trying to do things without relying on her skills to do them.

“Why not? Might pass the time” Grabbing the game, Reina switches the DVD off, takes it out of the machine and puts it back into it’s box. Then powers up her console, she had brought it with her since her brother wasn’t too fond of sharing, and takes out the manual. After reading it through carefully, Reina removes the game disc and places it on the console’s disc tray.

While the game loads, Reina hums a small tune that she remembered from her childhood, something her mum had sung to her. She found it odd that she remembered it so clearly at that moment, especially when the intro screen appeared and for a second, she was certain that she saw herself in it. Shaking her head, she waited till the main screen appeared and edited the few options, then began a new game.

Please select your gender: Female

What is your name?: Reina

How old are you, Reina?: 29 years old

Please wait...

It didn’t take long for the game to load, then the creation screen came on. The options were remarkable and within the hour Reina managed to recreate herself in the game, detail for detail. She selected done after doing a preview.

Are you certain of your creation? You may be unlikely to do any farther alterations: Yes

Enjoy the game

The game began and Reina took her time, finding the game to be almost role play type in areas. Before long she was hooked and enjoying herself, with each advancement in level her avatar made, Reina felt pride and achievement. She was so hooked that she didn’t hear her parents come home.

“Reina, we’re home” Reina paused and got up after setting the controller aside, she blushed a little because she hadn’t heard anything. She looked over at the clock and saw she had been playing for almost five hours.

“Hey, how was dinner?” She asked.

“Pretty good, anything happen while we were away?” Her mum asked.

“Not really, made some supper, washed up. Been playing this game for the past few hours”

“No phone calls?”

“None, it’s been pretty quiet”

“Reina, are you okay? You look different”

“I’m fine, mum, just got hooked to a game, that’s all”

“Hmm, if you’re sure. You just look, well, different. Maybe it’s just me. Don’t play all night”

“I won’t, mum” Her parents head to bed and Reina returns to the game. After an hour though, she was tired. After saving her place, she switched off and went to bed. Her dreams were of the game.

*Next Day*

Reina had been up for the past few hours, she had made breakfast and was getting ready to do the last of her Christmas shopping. Despite her mum’s feelings on Reina spending money she couldn’t afford to spend on anyone but herself, Reina still wanted to get her parents and siblings something for Christmas.

Before that though she was curious on any information online about the game, she felt drawn to it, though she could easily fight the feelings off. So far though there wasn’t much information to find, there were no cheats, no guides. There were forum board messages, but they were old.

After failing to find anything of use about the game, Reina slips her coat and shoes on and heads downstairs. As she enters the living room, she sees her brother playing the game as well. He had a female avatar which was surprising.

“Enjoying?” She asks. Her brother looks up.

“Aye, it’s not bad. Where did you get this?” He asks.

“The usual place, I was curious about it. Don’t go wiping over my file”

“I won’t, I saw your file when I started. I don’t want you kicking my ass again like last time”

“Well enjoy, and you look different”

“Eh? You should get your eyes checked, maybe you’re going blind”

“I’m about as likely to go blind as you are of being older than me. You just look, well, different. A little softer around the face, less manly. Maybe it’s just the light”

“You’re getting old!”

“I’m as young as ever, and still as sexy”

“I ate, you know!”

“I’m sexy, sexy, sexy!”

“You’re old, old, old!”

“If I were old, you would be old as well” Her brother blinks as if realising that.

“You’re still old...though you look different as well”

“Mum said that, she was probably tired. I’m going out, let mum know if she asks”

“Yeah yeah” Reina watched her brother play the game for a few minutes, then heads out.

A few hours later Reina returns with a few items, which she had wrapped before returning.

“I’m home!” She calls out as she enters, then she heads upstairs before her brother can ask what she got. After hiding them away, Reina goes back downstairs and into the living room.

“Still playing it?” Going around to the front of the sofa, Reina stops and stares. There was a woman sitting there, she looked like she was in her early twenties.

“Who the hell are you and where’s my brother?”

“What are you on? I’m right here”

“Who are you!” The woman pauses the game and looks up at Reina.

“You really are getting old, you don’t even recognise your baby brother”

“I don’t know who you are or what you’ve done to my brother, but if you don’t get out, I’m calling the police”

“Reina, it’s me! You better get your eyes seen to for sure” Reina stops and realises that she recognises the woman’s clothes, they were exactly what her brother had been wearing and something was familiar about the woman, she looked like her brother, but female.

“Alex?”

“Aye”

“Come with me” Grabbing her brother’s arm, she drags him into the bathroom and shoves him in front of a mirror.

“Either you had a sex change operation or this is some crazy dream” Alex looks at his reflection in the mirror and his eyes open wide.

“Cool shit, I’ve got tits!” Alex begins squeezing his, or rather her, breasts and yelps in pain.

“Now do you see why me and your sister never do that? Hurts like hell if you touch a nerve. What happened?”

“I don’t know, I’ve been playing that game all day”

“You didn’t notice that you became female? It should have been pretty bloody obvious! After all your nuts are gone!” Reina looks towards Alex’s groin, Alex looks down.

“I...I’ll check, could you give me a moment?”

“Aye, if you pass out from shock, I get to point and laugh” Reina leaves the bathroom and closes the door behind her while Alex checks himself over, a yelp of surprise confirms Reina’s suspicions.

“All there?” She asks through the door.

“I’ve been given the bloody chop!”

“No you haven’t, if you had there would be scar tissue, is there?”

“No”

“Describe”

“It looks, well, natural. You know, like in those sex education books”

“So you’ve gone from male to female somehow, without a sex change operation. There’s no scars, so your jewels shrunk and disappeared and were replaced with what is most likely a very natural, very functional vagina, correct?”

“Aye”

“And the rest of you? Go ahead and examine yourself, I’ll be standing out here” Sounds of clothing being removed and falling to the floor, followed by more yelps of surprise.

“Describe”

“My ass is bigger than yours”

“Always was”

“There’s no scar tissue around the breasts”

“So they’re natural?”

“Aye, I think so. And I am so damn sexy!”

“Screw with yourself later, get dressed, let’s find you a bra” Alex puts his clothes back on and the door opens.

“Mum and dad are going to freak when they see me”

“Probably. Come on, I’ve probably got a spare bra you can wear”

“And be covered by it? Your tits are bloody blimps!” Reina turns towards her brother and the corner of her mouth goes up.

“At least mine developed over my teen years, yours developed in less than a day. I’m comfortable with having big breasts, you’ve only just realised you have yours. And yours are smaller, you look like a stick figure with a badly drawn arse”

“At least I’ve got one!”

“I won’t crush people when I sit down”

“I don’t send people flying when I turn round!”

“Deadly weapons. Now behave or you’ll get a very painful nipple twister”

“You wouldn’t dare” Reina grips her brother’s nipples and twists, then lets go after Alex begs for mercy.

“Don’t dare me, you know I’ll do it” Taking her brother by the hand, she takes him to her bedroom and rummages through her clothes.

“Here you go, smallest size I’ve got”

“It’s a tent”

“They aren’t that big, honestly, you would think your knowledge of women extends only to those fake things the media worships. Do you need help getting it on?” Alex takes it, turns around and removes his top and t-shirt, then awkwardly tries to get the bra on.

“Please?”

“Men, they should teach you this in school, make you nut jockey’s see life from another perceptive” After helping her brother get his first bra on, she starts looking for other clothes and passes them to him.

“Get dressed in your room, I’ll think of something to tell mum” Alex takes the clothes and heads for his room, Reina tidies up and heads back downstairs. She couldn’t believe her brother had become another baby sister and she was amazed at how calm she was. Usually she would be reacting quite strongly to anything odd, but she felt calm, as if everything was just fine.

“Maybe just tired” Sitting down on the sofa, Reina saves her brother’s place in the game and loads hers up. For some reason she felt she should progress in it. She couldn’t understand the feeling, she just knew that she needed to progress farther.

“Reina” Alex said behind her a short time later, Reina had no idea how much time had passed while playing.

“Aye Alex?” She asks as she pauses.

“You look different”

“You’re the one who looks different, I’m just fine”

“No, you’re not. You look different”

“Vague, very vague. How do I look different?”

“What did you find in the game before I mention anything?”

“Let’s see” Reina returns to the game and opens her inventory, then checks her stats.

“According to this, my level went up a few times, strength increased and age...decreased. Hang on, that’s not right”

“Well you do look younger, not much, maybe a couple of years”

“Now you’re the one seeing things. It’s physically impossible for anyone to actually become younger”

“Well it’s happened”

“No, it hasn’t. I maybe just found some fountain of youth or something in the game”

“Then explain how I went from born male to born female without an operation”

“I can’t”

“Exactly”

“Did you find anything in the game?”

“Nothing that could have caused this”

“It’s a game, it’s not like it can change reality”

“You sure about that? I mean look at me, I already sat down and peed, this bra’s a little big on me, told you your tits are huge, and these knickers are riding up my ass. I think the game did this”

“And I already said that games can’t change reality, maybe it’s all a dream”

“You twisted my nipples, that was painful, this is no dream”

“I’ll check” Before Alex could fend himself from her, Reina twisted her brother’s nipples again and stopped when he begged her to stop.

“Bitch!” Reaching out for Reina, he grabs her nipples that were a little visible through her top and twists.

“I’ll bloody kill you!” Reina screams after Alex let’s go once a very painful near minute passes. Reina lunges for her brother and pulls her arm back to punch him, then is stopped by a cough.

“Reina, don’t lay into your sister like that”

“Mum, this is Alex, you know, Alex, your baby boy. He isn’t my sister!”

“Reina, stop it! Alice, stop provoking your sister” Both of them get up, surprised at what their mum had said.

“Mum, are you feeling okay? I was male hours earlier, I wasn’t like this”

“Alice, whatever game you and your sister are playing, it isn’t funny. Now stop fighting, it’s Christmas, you aren’t kids anymore”

“Mum, how old is Reina?”

“She’s 25, dear, why do you ask?”

“Mum, she’s 29, she had her birthday in April, remember?”

“Of course I remember, she turned 25. Honestly, you two and your games”

“Where’s Annie?”

“Reina...”

“What? She’s not come home”

“Reina, your sister died two years ago, you know that”

“What? I saw Annie yesterday!”

“Reina, that isn’t funny. You know full well she died, you were there with her when she died, you held her in your arms as she died from the stab wound”

“Mum, Annie isn’t dead”

“Stop it, Reina! You know what happened, your sister was stabbed by youths who wanted her money, she refused, you fought them off, but not before your sister was stabbed. You called for an ambulance and tended to her wound, she died in your arms just as the ambulance arrived. Don’t keep digging this up”

“Mum...”

“Now if you two are quite done behaving like children, I want the table set for supper”

“Aye mum” Her mum leaves the living room and Reina looks to Alex, now Alice.

“I’m beginning to think you might be right”

“Annie can’t be dead, I saw her this morning, she was talking about seeing a few of her friends”

“Did she play the game?”

“She gave it a try, she died early in the game. She then got up and left”

“And the game changed you into a woman and it’s slowly making me younger”

“But a game can’t change reality, can it?”

“We’ve got a dead sister, I’ve got a second baby sister and I’m probably on my way to becoming your baby sister. It’s doing something and it’s clear that mum and dad are being affected by the reality the game is making”

“So how do we change it back?”

“I have no idea, we could delete the saves, but what would it do to us? Wipe us from existence?”

“We could try”

“I’m not wanting to risk it”

“Nor am I”

“Maybe if we play it more, we might find a way to restore everything”

“What other option is there? If we stop playing, then all we’re doing is basically placing this life on hold”

“Then you keep playing”

“And if I get any younger?”

“Then I’ll be here to make sure you get help”

“What if I become a baby?”

“Then I get a baby sister”

“I’ll pee on your lap if that happens”

“I’ll smack your ass if you do”

“Don’t even think about it, I would probably pee more and crap on you”

“Nasty image”

“Yep. Okay, here goes then. Hopefully there’s something that can reset things” Sitting back down, Reina picks up the controller and resumes playing. Alex/Alice sits down next to her and watches.

“Ten years gone” Reina mutters as she checks the stats and sees how young her avatar has gotten. Alex/Alice was starting to look bigger to her and her clothes seemed to be changing with each year that was slipping away.

“Maybe I should call mum in”

“If the game is affecting her, then she’ll see me as I am, not as I was. To her I’ll be the youngest”

“At least I’m the oldest now”

“You can get the wrinkles and the grey hairs before me then and those will sag”

“At least I’ll not be crapping myself, wetting myself and needing cleaned up a lot if you get any younger”

“You’re have worse problems, believe me. And I have to admit that the idea of becoming a baby again doesn’t sound so bad”

“Are you kidding?”

“Nope. Another year down”

“I noticed, you sure I shouldn’t get mum?”

“She’ll likely be here shortly. Notice how things are changing as I get younger?”

“Aye, your clothes look like what you wore when you were a teenager the first time round, you’ve even got your hair in the same way”

“Lovely, I’ve got raging hormones, my breasts are beginning to shrink and my bad fashion is back. Some Christmas this is going to be”

“Keep going, there must be something”

Warning, Reina, you are almost to your true self

“Your true self? Your true self is to be a baby?”

“Shut up, you got your true self”

“I didn’t want to be a woman!”

“Then why did you choose a female avatar?”

“I was curious”

“Well your curiosity got you monthly periods, a fat ass and tender tits”

“At least I’ve got them, you’re losing all yours, well all but the ass, you always did have a small ass”

“Easier to find fitting knickers with a small ass” Reina became smaller just as her avatar changed to a younger form, she was now a pre-teen.

“Damn game! There has to be something here, I can’t be your baby sister!” Stumbling across something in the game, Reina’s avatar examined it.

Baby rattle, be needing this soon

It said on the bottom part of the screen.

“Fat chance! Show me something that will reset everything!”

“Calm down”

“Calm down? CALM DOWN?! My chest is flat, I’m wearing clothes I wore when I was eleven and I’m losing my concentration! Don’t tell me to calm down!” Another year slipped away, then another. An hour passed and sitting beside Alex/Alice was a young child of barely seven years old.

“Come on, there has to be something!” Reina cringed at her now very young voice, her avatar did the same when it spoke to an non-player character it came across.

“Wow, hard to believe you were such a cute kid”

“Shut it”

“Now now, manners young lady”

“I’ll give you manners if you speak like that to me again”

“Keep being cheeky and I’m going to smack you”

“Just try it”

“Tempting, very tempting” Another year slipped away. Her avatar was given something and Reina gulped.

Baby dummy, maybe I should use this

“Aww go on, I bet you’ll be cute”

“I’m too old for that”

“Not by much, another two years and you’ll be potty training”

“Don’t jinx it!” Another year slipped away. Now in clothes that she had last worn when she had last been a five year old, Reina felt her now young body reacting to being so young.

“Mum kept me in nappies sometimes because I still had the odd accident”

“You’re kidding”

“No, I’m not, you weren’t born then, you were still in the womb”

“And you’re telling me this now because?”

“Because I think I just peed myself”

“Now I know you’re kidding”

“I am not! I’m wearing a nappy and I just peed in it!”

“Bad?”

“No, it’s not serious. But any younger and the next time might be really bad”

“Can you keep going?”

“I’m trying, but I keep wanting to go and play” Her avatar begins to glow and another year passes, then another and another. The glow fades and on the screen is Reina’s avatar and the age showing:

Reina, you are now 18 months old. You are too young to continue, thank you for playing and enjoy your true self

An ending screen appeared, showing Reina’s avatar being cared for and then as the credits rolled, Alex/Alice looked down as his now very young, very small sister.

“Reina?”

“Yeth”

“I think we should get mum now”

“Yeth”

“Can you walk?”

“Yeth, cawwy me”

“You’re damn cute”

“Yeth, you still got a fat ass”

“At least mine isn’t as padded as yours is, you must have worn really thick nappies when you were this young the first time round”

“Vewy thick”

“You don’t look so bothered about being this young”

“It not so bad, nappy comfy and cwothes soft. Need ma ma” Holding his now very baby sister in his arms, Alex/Alice takes Reina through to where their mum is, in the nursery. The game had changed reality to match.

“Mum, she’s needing you” Reina strained a little and her nappy sagged.

“Ewww! You could have waited!”

“Sowwy, onwy wittle” Alex/Alice handed Reina over to her mum.

“Who’s a little stinky bum? You are, that’s who, my little cutie” Alex/Alice quickly ducked out of the room as Reina was laid down on the changing mat, he didn’t want to see the mess his sister had just deposited in her nappy.

*Christmas*

Despite Alex/Alice’s best attempts, he couldn’t reset anything that happened. Annie was still dead, Reina was playing in her play pen contently after another nappy change, their mum and dad were making Christmas dinner and he was starting to become used to his gender switch.

After checking Reina’s file, he saw it said:

Unable to progress

And loading it up only showed the ending again. His sister was going to have to grow up again, if she was going to grow up. She seemed to have adapted to being a nappy dependent, helpless child again and whenever he tried to talk to her, she just giggled, gurgled and babbled in her now re-developing speech. As for himself, he had found all his clothes and his room had changed to match his gender switch, Annie’s room was filled with all that she had had in her life and their parents didn’t even realise that things had been different before.

When he attempted to progress with his own file, he noticed that his stats were beginning to change. His age in them was slowly beginning to drop...

Some Christmas.

 

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