#paravirus

Don't be so scared of changing and rearranging yourself, It's time for jumping down from the shelf, a little bit...

Midaz and Haemadi, the foils to Tae and Hirudi. Midaz is under the care of Panacea Tech- the company that funded Hirudi and Haemadi's creation. He's been sent to recover Hirudi, using whatever means necessary.

After seeing the effects Hirudi had on Tae's body, Haemadi was intentionally put within Midaz. Whereas Tae and Hirudi learn to work and live with each other, Midaz and Haemadi are often at odds. I based Hirudi on "silent" parasites like saltwater leeches, tapeworms, and liver flukes. Haemadi is based on tiger leeches, toxoplasmosis, and Loxothylacus panopaei (a parasite that functionally changes the sex of male crabs to female). So the start of their relationship would be turbulent- Midaz is loyal to a fault to Panacea Tech and incredibly stubborn, but Haemadi isn't afraid to force him to do what she wants.

More references, now for Paravirus. Tae is a biology student just trying to get by until Hirudi, a man made parasite, takes up residence in his body. The basic plot would be a monster of the week format- Hirudi reveals the lab he came from has engineered other parasites, which have escaped and infected other people.

The idea for Paravirus came from a dream. In the original dream, I had come across people talking about an old DS game, a bit of a cult classic. It was styled like Bowser's Inside Story, you were on the inside controlling Hirudi (who looked more like a black drippy blob with eyes). They would start out pretty uncaring for the body, wreaking general but not fatal havoc, since they were living there. But at a certain point they'd discover another parasite, their sibling, who was much more deadly and set on world domination. So the rest of the game involved Hirudi contacting Tae through his nervous system and working together to defeat their sibling.

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#plaguewalker - Prion, a wizard whose powers revolve around disease, and Tunic, a demon trapped in fabric, travel across a plague-torn land in order to find a way to restore it.

#paravirus - Tae, an average college student, is infected by the sentient man-made parasite Hirudi.

#mutualism - Roc, a disgraced harpy eagle prince, journeys across several islands to answer his question: what is humanity?

#midnight arcade - A collection of entities living within an arcade, with each entity embodying an aspect of the arcade experience.

And several other individuals, who will have their own tags eventually.