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   Terry's Guide to Making Friends by Vindicated_Tungsten

   Fandoms: Look Outside (Video Game)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   09 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Original Characters
   • Post-Apocalypse
   • Body Horror
   • Original Character-centric
   • like no relation to any of the actual Look Outside characters
   • Rated M For Eventual Violence
   • honestly imo the first 2 chapters are sorta tame
   • but maybe thats just me
   • Medical Trauma
   • i dont know if thats the right tag but Chapter 3 will have some messed up medical stuff
   • so special warning for that i think
   • Found Family
   • Ive never done this before
   • help me
   • No Smut
   • No Sex
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • thats chapter 5
   • more detailed warnings when i post that
   • i cant think of any more tags
   • i still have not improved my ability to tag
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • not going easy on them but theres silly parts for sure
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • forget old warnings about chapter 4
   • theres bugs but i dont really get into it
   • actually forget the cannibalism too theres none of that
   • Attempted Sexual Assault
   • chapter 5 only
   • it's not SA but it definitely reads that way so be careful
   • well it's look outside so it's more like
   • Non-Consensual Body Modification
   • cant believe i forgot to tag that earlier btw
   • Dehumanization
   • cant believe i forgot that either
   • its throughout but lots in chapter 5 specifically too
   • Tags May Change
   • Tags Are Hard

   Summary

   In an apartment complex in Toronto, Canada, Terry has done a passable job of having a relatively safe but boring existence in the midst of the apocalypse. Until now.

   Or, a tired shut-in is forced to actually talk to his neighbors about a week into the events of Look Outside in order to survive the escalating chaos.

   ~

   I apologize to anyone who has been waiting for this work to update. I understand it has been an excessive amount of time since the last chapter and there's no real reason I've kept you waiting. I am not reliable when it comes to working steadily on a project and in the future I will try to be more transparent about this.

   Currently I have to focus on my studies, but I'm aiming to return to Terry's in April 2026 once my exams are done. I have the next couple chapters planned out (my favourites, actually!) but the following ones I never really finalized. I'll do my best. I assure you no matter how long it takes, you will be eventually getting a finished product.

   Thank you for reading. Hope to be back soon.

   - Mandragora

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   39,307

   Chapters:

   4/8

   Comments:

   83

   Kudos:

   45

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   Bookmarked by ValleyShrike

   14 May 2025