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"Hello! You have been selected by an entity known as the Will of the Multiverse to reincarnate as the villainess of a specific kind of romance story, called an otome game. Now, you won't be reincarnating into an actual otome that exists," says an angelic figure. "The procedure is for us to create a custom otome-style world for you. You'll be reincarnating into the soon-to-be-created Kingdom of Villarosa, setting of the counterfactual smash hit story Roses of Villarosa, told in a variety of mediums with details varying to fit." 

"You'll be becoming the much-hated villainess of the story, fated to be sentenced to a horrible bad ending for the crime of being the gorgeous and charismatic heroine's rival in love and for generally being an awful person. I'm sure you can picture how the story goes already," she adds. "And I'm sorry if this is a problem, but you're definitely going to be a woman in your next life, and you'll also be attracted to men, though you may choose whether you want to be attracted to women also in your new life or be strictly into boys."

"If you object, all I can say is that management claims to apologize for the inconvenience, but the Will's... well, will is final. The reincarnation process will ensure you don't suffer any severe body or gender dysphoria, as well as preventing too much homesickness for your old life. Those safeties are there to prevent any inconvenient suicides. I'm sure you'll want to know that you won't experience reliving being a baby or toddler, you'll recover your old identity and memories when you're a teenager, a few days or weeks before the start of 'canon.' Another benefit is that because we haven't actually sent the specification for Villarosa to the universe molders, we have a chance to tweak things to make sure that your otome villainess reincarnation is to your taste. Just pick what you like best, and when we're done the molders get to work, I download a batch of fresh fake meta-knowledge about Roses of Villarosa to your soul, and you get reincarnated."

"So let's get started, okay?"

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"Okay, sure."

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"I do apologize for all this." 

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"Honestly, it could be a lot worse."

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"Death is pretty bad, yeah." 

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"Okay, so am I writing an entire visual novel right now, or what? Because, I mean, I'll do it, but it might take me a while, I hear a lot of words go into those things."

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"Oh, no no no. I have a bunch of mechanical choices for you to pick through, and then you can add as much compatible detail as you like, and then I send the whole thing off to one of the creative teams and they do the actual writing."

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"Perfect, okay, let's hear it."

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"In broad strokes, the choices you have are your destination world's tech level and magic level, your hairstyle and hair color--it's that kind of story--your species, your social role, your fiance's social role, your heroine-nemesis's social role, your canonical counterpart's bad ending, a couple of minions, and your perks and flaws." 

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"How much, like, detail work am I doing here? Because I definitely have some thoughts about romance stories."

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"You can't put in any details that contradict mechanical choices you've taken, or that require mechanical choices you didn't take, or that conflict with one of the non-choice limits, but otherwise you can put in as much detail as your heart desires."

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"Excellent."

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Grin. 

"Do you want to start with the hair choices? I warn you, some people find them...limiting."

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"I will try my best to be open-minded. What are the hair choices?"

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She ticks off her fingers. "Drill Hair, Hime Cut, or 'Elaborate.' They each come with mechanical consequences besides how your actual hair looks on your actual head--although it doesn't necessarily need to be hair qua hair, depending on your species-related choices."

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"Well, what do each of those look like, and what are their mechanical consequences?"

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"'Drill Hair' looks like," she changes her own hair to match, "or variations thereon, and gives the perk, 'Ohohoho!'" 

She does the actual Ojou laugh, hand gesture and all, as she pronounces the name of the perk. 

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"...and what, dare I ask, are the mechanical consequences of," she clears her throat and poses appropriately, "'Ohohoho!'?"

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"By deploying your villainous laugh, you make yourself a more intimidating figure, frightening your enemies and encouraging your allies."

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"Fascinating! But not really my speed. Next?"

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"Hime Cut." Her hair changes again. "The associated perk is Silk Hiding Steel, granting you a core of inner strength and determination beyond whatever you have already; no matter what you'll always be able to keep control of yourself and make reasoned choices, no matter how affecting a situation you're in."

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"Hmm. Also not traditionally my speed, though I can see the appeal. What about 'Elaborate'?"

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