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Currently writing: Parasitical

@parasitical-if

Ena, she/they. Writing Parasitical, a sci-fi/cosmic 'horror' story.
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——— Currently finished—Prologue, Chapters One through Four. ~175k words, average playthrough ~48k. ——— His flesh, our sustenance. His blood, our drink. His bones, our foundation, His body, our haven.

Five hundred years ago, the Earth was dying. Water polluted, dirt infertile, forests and meadows crumbling to the wars of steel and fire. And so the Order called His Grace, the Lord of Communion, down from where He rested before and He allowed humanity to rest inside his body.

Or at least, that's the story the Order tells.

You grew up under the masked faces of their Exalted, under the stories of Earth past. Rusted metal and cracked plastic; His bone and His flesh. Conflicting worlds, conflicting times, and soon, it might all come to a head.

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Thanks to all in my inbox who are informing me about the Dashingdon shutdown (and special shout-out to @reinekes-fox for being the first to break the news to me!) I’ll miss the site, but I had the lucky foresight to upload Parasitical to COGdemos a bit ago. I’ll probably update the homepage of the Dashingdon demo to reflect this and link to the new demo, just to inform any people who happen upon it.

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one of my worst writing sins is abusing my power to create compound words. i cannot write the sentence "The sun shone as bright as honey that afternoon." no. that's boring. "The sun was honey-bright that afternoon" however? yes. that sentence is dope as fuck. i do not care if "honey-bright" is a word in the english dictionary. i do not care if the sentence is grammatically correct. i will not change. i will not correct my erred ways. the laws of the english language are mine.

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End-of-Month update: December 2024

Slow month this month, mostly due to unfortunate factors like finals, travel, and the like - all I can say is hopefully I'm able to get back into it January. Hope everyone had a great New Year's and that 2025 is a good year for all of us!

Snippet under the cut, as always.

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Happy new Year and Update!

I hope you had amazing new years celebrations, I spend mine frantically writing BoaR, which is an interesting end to a year haha! (I desperataly hope I wont start the new year hunting bugs, but I think this is very likely to happen)

added (I didnt keep track of how much I had before, so no wordcount, but a couple thousand words) the first volery activity with your Nest, part of the time wrap!

added 25k words, as above plus the complete time wrap (get together with most already introduced ROs, pick MCs clothing style, favourite season and favourite music), the first meeting with the Strays!

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𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 𝑴𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌

[ 𝟸𝟷 | 𝟻'𝟷𝟷" | Nonbinary | Bi | 💚𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 ]

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐬

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𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬
ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴꜱ They/Them
ʙᴜɪʟᴅ 𝘈𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦
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 just 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 😓)
  • They struggle with havingcasual interactions with people (especially strangers... it's hard to make a script when you don't know the other person well/at all 😵‍💫), 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)
  • ...
𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒆 means 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑟” (Latin)
𝑴𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 means 𝐷𝑎𝑟𝑘” (Welsh)

𝐼𝐹: @enameena

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Anonymous asked:

Hi!! I was going through the asks and read the one about the songs for each RO. I was hoping you could recommend some more since I went through them and I fell in LOVE with your taste in music. Thank!

Awww, that's so sweet to hear! I'm very glad, and I'm also way too passionate about my music taste, so this might be a bit long lol. Goes without saying that I'd recommend every single band in that post - they're all my favorites. Here are a few other artists I like below, with my favorite song from them linked, for your further perusal.

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i really like your story and especially the worldbuilding c: felt like something slotting into place the first time i read it and now its in there forever. its so cool and unique but also so *correct* to my brain that it registers as very familiar, you know? i had a stress dream a while back about pushing an endless pile of bodies into the stomach/sea and it was driving me insane until i figured out what i was pulling it from haha. so, uh, my compliments to the chef for the nightmare fodder?? kjgshjgf

That is actually my secret ultimate plan - make horrific little worlds beyond human comprehension. That being said, your nightmare sounds both terrifying and very interesting, and I'm if not glad I caused it, then a little flattered that it had that much affect?? Thank you for the kind words!

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End-of-Month Update: November

This has been one of those months that I'm like, 'okay so what if I'm The Worst Writer In The World' which is a really dumb mindset but also pretty crippling for my productivity. I'll sit down and attempt to write, but then the thought hits me that nobody's going to care, and I feel so ridiculous putting this stuff out into the world. I did manage to push past it over these last few days, and Chapter 5 is up to 14k - which could be anything from 1/2 to 1/8 of the chapter. I have it all outlined out, but wordcounts, I'm worse at estimating. A lot of fun stuff is planned, so I'm excited to be getting that down on the page. Thank you all for reading!

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To the anon who sent in some errors/typo stuff for all the chapters - yes, I did receive all of them, and thank you so much! Keeping them in my inbox for easy access, but I really appreciate how thorough you were - really, such detailed reports for all the chapters is so helpful! Thank you as well for your kind words about the game.

For you, and also anyone else reading, I wanna emphasize that it's never rude to give me feedback, whether that be on the bugs and mistakes in the text or the about the plot itself, I always want that kind of stuff. Like you helped me realize I have an accidental little habit of using T's pronoun variables where Jasper's should be 😅

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Anonymous asked:

cannot WAIT to see how the icarus romance route goes KDKSKS i love this game so much i think abt it so often so. gonna go replay it a few more times 🥰

Ohhh I’m excited because I have plenty of plans for Icarusmancers out there…

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Anonymous asked:

how jealous are the ROs?

There are already a few little bits of jealousy flavor text in the demo, because I love that type of stuff, but here's some elaboration.

August gets pretty jealous and also pretty insecure. He leans more towards the sad, mopey sort than the possessive type. The type to oscillate between drawing back into his shell and also barely holding back the urge to cling to the player at all moments.

Jasper doesn't really get jealous. Deeper in the relationship it definitely happens, trending towards possessive, but it takes a bit. At the moment, if they see the player flirting with someone else, it's just 'haha that's funny, what a flirt.' They can't really judge, given their normal habits.

El probably gets jealous the least out of all of the ROs. She actually enjoys the thrill of the competition a little bit. If it really escalates then she might get a bit annoyed, but her way of coping is to begin to try and make the player jealous in turn.

T acts placid and secure and fine, but they get the most jealous. Part of it is the need to prove superiority, part is plain jealousy. If there's a notable romantic rival, they're going to make the player choose right then and there, and/or they'll do something that's... probably not good for the other person's health. Whether physical or mental.

Icarus gets jealous under a deep, deep layer of denial and 'that must be a malfunctioning circuit' type logic. They're already quite prone to jealousy - case in point, feelings about their predecessor - so that carries over to romance. Will wax poetic to the player about this strange, uncomfortable feeling and then vehemently deny it's jealousy if suggested.

Turned out longer than I expected, but I guess I have a lot to say about this topic lol. Thank you for the ask!

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Anonymous asked:

First time reader back to scream! Ahem. WHAT?!? Phenomenal concept with an even more insane plot twist ARE YOU KIDDING ME Its sooo good i was sooo into the flesh of the divinity concept and then boom, spoilers. Fascinating amazing spectacular never been done before Also Icarus being a romance option made everything better for me i love that little box

Awww thank you so much!! I'm so glad the plot twist hit as intended lol, your reaction is exactly the type of reaction I always hope happens. Thank you for your other typo report as well, it's very much appreciated <3

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On what was supposed to be a night of fun and relaxation you and your friends were murdered in cold blood. It all started with a party in an abandoned old church on a night built upon ancient horrors forgotten by time and memory. However death isn’t the end at least not yours, a mysterious individual is willing to give you another shot at life of a sort. Following the bloody and unusual tragedy of this night, is a new dawn with a new school and a world you could only imagine in your dreams. It's a second chance at life, until you realize it’s not. You are dead and there’s no coming back from that.

Just a quick note, this is just the first part of episode 1 and has some formatting issues.

• Be male, female, or non binary.

• Play as gay, bi or straight

• Customize your appearance.

• Romance three separate character, plus a secret option as well as a new game plus option.

• Play as a new student at Red River Academy • Experience a world of fantastical things from magic to grizzly horrors only found in my imagination.

• Take classes as you learn about your new world and your old one

• Pick a after school club and learn unique skills • Participate in school battles to determine your rank

• Interact and befriend a ghost loon from another world

• Fight a god

• Romance one of several supernatural natural beings, a fellow human with a dark secret, or set up an ro with their secret crush.

• Make choices that lead you to play a good neutral or corrupt person. Be a creeper if you want!

The romance options

Lune is a fiery red head with curly hair in a boho mermaid braid, fierce violet eyes and soft golden skin with freckles that look like fairy dust that crosses her cheeks and nose in a straight line. Lune is 165cm tall with a voluptuous figure, with a lace choker tattooed around her neck. Lune is pansexual Background: Lune was around during the time when the old gods was still worshipped and the new god and his religion was starting coming into power. During this time Lune was a thief only looking out for herself and not caring if her deeds hurt anyone. Lune was eventually captured and hung for the many crimes she committed against her fellow man.

Zephyr has bubblegum pink hair that’s shoulder length and tied into a semi up half tail. Mischievous leaf green eyes, Zephyr stands at 177cm tall, has an athletic build and hyperactive personality. Zephyr is demisexual and may be harder to romance as they already have their eye on someone. Background: has a one sided but not really best friend relationship with [redacted] Zephyr pink hair that is not natural but rather the result of revenge after one of Zephyrs pranks was found unamusing however that backfired as Zephyr loves their pink hair.

Basil is 190 cm tall with a solidly muscular build, he has short black hair that is mixed with a lighter blue it’s unknown whether the black or blue is dyed. He has cold black eyes that glitter with a blue light similar to cherenkov radiation. Basil is bisexual Background: Basil has been at Red River Academy since it’s early days as his clan didn’t want him around due to his unusual abilities and personality when compared to others. Since joining RRA, Basil has learned how to hide and mask his darker tendencies when among his peers however not all are fooled.