#parasitical

DEMO | INTRO POST

Parasitical Chapter Five is OUT! This update contains almost exactly 100k words of new content! This brings the wordcount without code to 260k and the wordcount with to 278k, and the average playthrough length to 71k.

For those of you who'd rather jump in without spoilers, the features are under the cut, but otherwise...

(Tagging: @interact-if)

[ 𝟸𝟷 | 𝟻'𝟷𝟷" | NB | Bisexual | 💚𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 ]

⟨𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬⟩

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⟨𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬⟩

ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴꜱ➔ They/Them

ʙᴜɪʟᴅ➔ 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 (they wrap/bind their chest)

ᴅᴏᴍɪɴᴀɴᴛ ʜᴀɴᴅ➔ Left

𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 NEVER wanted to be a member of the 𝑂𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟... but accepted that in the end, they truly had NO say in being an “𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑑” 😔

Their room is nicely decorated (with many eclectic things, including their medical instruments)

𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 absolutely LOVES learning (new information is exciting to them, no matter the subject) 😮📚

While working they like to keep their hair 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘯, otherwise, they allow it to 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘺

𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 has always wondered if the Commune's actions have actually been harming “𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒” & was always curious about WHAT “𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒” actually WAS (once they learned the truth™ they were surprised & quite saddened... since their worries were proven to be true 😓)

Despite being well-spoken they tend to struggle with “casual” conversations (especially with strangers... it's hard to make a script when you don't know the other person well), however, if the conversational topic is something they're curious about/knowledgeable in, they can be quite a chatterbox

𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 did NOT follow 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓'𝒔 gun handling instructions, despite trying to keep an “open mind” about him & his companions, they trust him about as far as they could throw him 😒🫸😎 (good thing they trusted their instincts & skeptic nature)

They're a very community-minded person, even before they became an 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑑; if possible, they're going to get EVERYONE to safety (even if the cost is their own life)

𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 has suffered from nightmares ever since they were a small child 😰

They've gotten so used to wearing their 𝐸𝑥𝑎𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑑 uniform that they feel naked/uncomfortable without it

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𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 means “𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟” (Latin)

𝑴𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 means “𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘” (Welsh)

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𝐼𝐹: @enameena

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Apologies for how late this is! Starting a new job + summer classes + various other responsibilities means that the beginning of this month in particular has been packed. I will forever be infinitely admiring of people who can juggle school, work, & writing as I can hardly handle one or two or those at a time lol. In any case, my few weeks of freedom in May were put to good use, and I'm still trying to squeeze in as much work as I can. As always, thanks for reading!

as I so subtly teased yesterday... I have reached 1500 followers! I can't express how thankful I am for all this - the best I have is to do what I did for my 500 and 1000 follower milestones, and provide you guys with another set of RO POVs. I've technically been on vacation(which is also why they're somewhat late - meant to finish this, like, a week ago when I actually hit 1500, but...) but I could not resist writing this out.

The interlude can be accessed through the existing demo - just choose to skip to it in the beginning. The interlude as a whole is roughly 7200 words long, and each individual POV is roughly 1400. Under the cut, I have a few mandatory disclaimers/more information!

I feel like I've made this expectation, at least in my mind, that summer is the time when I Finish Things. The past two updates have all been finished and released in this time, which makes sense given it's usually when I'm free-est. This summer, however, has been the busiest one of my life - I'm working, taking summer classes, and have a few new responsibilities that take up a lot of my time.

Even though I have significantly less time, the fact that I'm making less progress than I expect of myself is a bit heavy on me, and I wanted to speak on it. I just finished out the last of my 5-week courses, which were (as can be expected) pretty breakneck pace-wise so I do think I'll have more writing brainspace from here on, but something always seems to come up lol. But, as always, thank you for reading!