#parasite au

[miou2192]

parasite au is fun

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Putting my Parasite! Kaz hat back on because I noticed something in another tape again. When Codetalker is telling Ocelot about his parasite research *part one*, Kaz is present too, but his only comment in the entire tape is a grumbling sound when Codetalker admits he took the parasite specimens into himself. Kaz says nothing else in this tape.

At the end, Codetalker offers the parasites to Ocelot, specifically, "Would you care to join me?" Ocelot declines. Anyway, I got to thinking. Why wouldn't they both reply? But why would Kaz need the offer if he already has them?

*tinfoil hat off* ok everyone back to the scheduled programming.

[eyelessfog]

Okay, fully coloured ver of parasite au Mean Gills! Don't they look cool?

[carnis-insanis]

Parasite boyfriend doesn’t sleep so I randomly wake up to see him inches away from my face watching me sleep

[skykiuwu]

Little comic for @emgamezsupreme of their cult of the lamb AU based on my AU

[lake-cosay]

since yellow posted about it without my permission (/j) here's everything (literally i'm going to try and put everything in one post) i've got for my parasite au

(just a heads up, it gets a bit heavy, mainly bc lake contemplates saving jesse's life against his will or letting him die with his consent.)

it's a no-train, human lake au. jesse and lake are childhood friends, both with relatively normal lives until one day jesse disappears. seemingly vanished out of thin air in the middle of the night. lake, who whole-heartedly does not trust the cops to actually try to find jesse, let alone bring him home safe, takes matters into their own hands, and sets out to find him themself.

lake packs a bag and heads out. (but not before they're stopped by jesse's parents, who know they can't stop lake and give lake supplies to stay safe, including jesse's dad giving lake his pocket knife.) (yes this might be a bit careless on the parents' side but i just want an excuse for jesse's dad to give lake his pocket knife idk) lake is willing to camp out in the woods for as long as they need to to find him.

days go by, and lake combs the woods looking for any sign of him. they think they catch fleeting glimpses of him, but whenever they turn to look, there's no one there. they also keep seeing deer -- sometimes only breifly, other times, they're able to watch the deer long enough to determine it's real and they're not just hallucinating. (surprise! it's alan dracula)

as the days go on, these glimpses of both jesse and the deer become more freuqent, more clear, more obviously not just lake's imagination. when lake is finally able to recognize the person as jesse, he looks bad. covered in dirt, his braid a mess*, his skin red from frostbite. his eyes... glowing. some horrible looking mark on the back of his neck.

*i firmly believe that if jesse and lake grew up being friends, jesse would shed the toxic masculinity much easier/earlier in his life, so he'd end up having a long braid by the time they're in high school.

but every time lake tries to get his attention, he disappears. but when lake is calm and quiet, they can start to approach him without scaring him away. eventually, they finally get to him. here's a drabble about that:

"Fuck, Jess, you're freezing," Lake said as they tried to suppress a shiver. He wasn't acting like he was cold, but then again, nothing about the way he was acting was normal.  Lake started to dig through their backpack, eventually fishing out the blanket. "C'mere," Lake tucked the edges of the blanket around his shoulders, then knelt down a bit before pausing. "I'm gonna pick you up," they said, hoping for permission. They didn't get anything explicit, but they didn't get a no either. As much as they hated to touch him without consent, his feet would fall off from frostbite if they stood there much longer. Lake tucked one arm around the back of Jesse's shoulders, the other under his knees. They lifted, and his weight came off the ground with surprising ease. Both because he had seemingly let Lake pick him up, but also because he had definitely lost a bit of weight.  With all of his weight in Lake's arms, Jesse leaned into Lake's chest. Lake lent their back against a tree, before slowly sliding down to sit on the ground with Jesse in their lap. They fussed with the blanket, making sure all of his skin was covered, especially his feet. Lake guessed that the blinding redness in balls of his feet were frostbite.

lake discovers that jesse's memories are extremely fuzzy. he doesn't remember any names, not even his own, but he does mention that lake looks familiar. when lake asks why he's out here, how he got out here, how he's alive etc, all he can answer with is "i don't know"

(alan dracula is definitely involved in lots of scenes but i forget about him when writing for some reason. i'm sorry AD i love you)

with their reunion, jesse's memories slowly come back. not fully, but he starts to remember lake's name again, and that he loves them, and that they love him. he remembers that he has a younger brother and his parents but it takes a while before their names come back to him.

i don't really have many details for the rest of what i planned for this au. basically lake somehow figures out that the parasite is killing jesse and they need to get it fast. they have to resort to cutting it out with the pocket knife.

that was all i had for the au until one day i realized that i've never seen anybody do anything with the fact that jesse almost turned into a tree in canon, and yellow helped me decide to combine that idea with this au. so, the parasite's way of killing him is turning him into a tree. here's another drabble:

Jesse winced and whimpered as another branch sprouted from his skin. Lake rubbed Jesse’s cheek, watching the branch slowly grow outwards.  Lake wasn’t sure how long they’d sat there, watching this parasite take over their best friend. But neither of them could think of a solution, and Jesse was so scared he was already practically stiff as a board. Save for the sobs that shook his body. There were 10 of them. At least 10 separate branches Lake could make out from here. They looked like they had pierced his flesh, the base of each branch surrounded with blood. Lake would look away for a minute, and when they looked back, the branches had grown thicker or longer. 3 of them had sprouted leaves. Or, maybe it had been more, but Jesse’s shaking had caused them to join the other leaves on the forest floor. Even his hair was changing; it was starting to feel more like vines than hair. Like dry, wilted roots. The tears Lake wiped away felt thick and sticky, and when Lake would kiss them away, they tasted like sap. Another whimper. Lake scanned his body, and the next branch poked out of his forehead, on his right side just below the hairline. Jesse’s shaky hand clawed at it, as if that was enough to stop all this. “I’m not gonna let you die like this,” Lake stated, with seemingly no response from Jesse. “Please. Let me try,” Jesse tried to take a deep breath, but the exhale made him shake violently. “I-I’m scared… I don’t— I don’t wanna die,” He tried to crawl even farther into Lake’s lap, but the roots from his feet kept him firmly planted in the earth. “If— If you really just… want me to stay,” Lake began, choking down their own tears now. “Then I will. But—” Staying meant saying goodbye. It meant Lake would sit here and hold Jesse until this parasite consumed him and he died. It meant he would die here, suffering. Lake’s hands itched to cut away the branches and carry him home, but Jesse had begged them to just stay. And though Lake’s heart had burst at his pleas to die, if that was what he wanted… Then Lake would do it for him. But Lake had a feeling that wasn’t what he wanted. That he was too caught up in his fear to really consider his options. Not that Lake blamed him; they couldn’t imagine how he was feeling right now. “If I stay, you die. I— I won’t leave you but— If you let me try— Then there’s a chance you could go home—” “Cut it out. Please,” Jesse begged, gasping for air. He pulled at his hair, and half of it came out like it was nothing. His whole body shook with sobs. “I don’t wanna die,” he gasped. “I wanna go home.” His hands clawed their way back to Lake’s. “Take me home.”

jesse turning into a tree was definitely NOT where i expected this au to go and i almost feel like they might be better as separate aus but the ideas are similar and i wanted to post that drabble anyways, so

i was going for a kind of analogue horror/lost footage vibe with this, just like. spooky dark forests, unexplainable disappearances, strange infections, etc.

so yeah, there's that. lmk what you think :>

[asktheparasiteau]

Has anyone tried taking the crowns?

[Story time with the Lamb]

[The kangaroo things name is Ignus btw, she may appear again one day]

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[sgushyonka]

Commission work. Parasite!Kaz au. Also, commissions are still open!

[bootleg-sara]

Parasite!Lazarus stuff. He has a history with Jacob, mainly in wanting to turn Jacob into another experiment

Wearing his super convincing animal mask

[brainz-invoid]

Tw: blood

character D reveal guys :000

His name is Dianthus (yeah another plant name) but I just refer to him as Dian

[identitatem-furtum-parasite-au]

the degradation of the SOUL

Shown here is the observed degradation of the SOUL as the parasite takes over and consumes the SOUL'S magic and energy.

It's also documented that what will be known as stage 3 and stage 4 have the longest amount of time before further development and depletion is made.

[Stage duration lengths]

Stage 1 - 1 to 3 days

Stage 2 - 4 to 8 weeks

Stage 3 - 4 to 18 months

Stage 4 - 1 to 4 months

Stage 5 - 3 to 8 weeks

Stage 6 - 5 to 8 hours

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

My parasite Kaz headcanon art commissioned from @tigersorangeart. Thank you so SO much Kaz looks fantastic and he brought my thoughts and jumbled wording to life really well!!

[eyelessfog]

They're not doing too bad, all things considered

[carnis-insanis]

LMAO HE'D BE SO PICKY what if Maxwell couldn't kill anybody one day so brought Wilson a cow or something like

Wilson: are you trying to kill me?! You're trying to kill me!!!

Maxwell: I watched you eat a BEEHIVE do NOT start with this-

-Rexcake

LIKE HES RHE ONE mister doesn’t eat his veggies….please oh please let your lover snack on your arm

[skykiuwu]

This is how I’m coping with Ratu’s sacrifice :,)

[clipsy-dogg0]

Ta da