"A sci-fi furry visual novel". Honestly I think the level of understatement in this summary should be commended. I signed up to read a furry vn not one of the best cosmic horror stories ever told. Some of the dialogue near the end of that last update had me wondering if I was having a stroke. Dropping major philosophical insights like no one's business.
I'm beyond words, truly. Never have I really felt such palpable dread in a story. The build up is just phenomenal, and the plot twists give what plot twists should: just enough hints to have the reader nearly there, but not truly discovering it.
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For example: we know there's something going on with Kaius, then it becomes clear he's hiding something -- but we could never guess it was Glitch. And again, we know there's impending doom on the village, and we're prepared for a battle, a slaughter -- but then there is a slaughter, but its from a demon, not an army. Just so much clever subversion, and the emotions all feel so real. I have never been really upset with an MC in media before, you typically sympathize with them even if they go down the villain path, but here I was witnessing MC go insane right alongside all the side cast, and wanting to throttle him. And it was painful being made to watch. Burning bridges. Building some. Burning again.
And then throughout all that, the backbone of this entire thing -- the LORE. The absolute killer atmosphere, mystery, unrepentant horror, and then, oh yeah, just in case you forgot its a furry game -- sex -- but the story is just so well put together. The glimpse we finally got of that demon: perfect. Not forgetting that eldritch monstrosity ya'll got chilling in that lake either. I can't wait to see how everything ties together, and I honestly think we the readers need some victories for our cast in the future. (Please.)
Phenomenal work. Thank you for the experience, I'll definitely be keeping an eye out.