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After the last reset Stanley seemed to be disobeying The Narrator more than ever! And that pissed him off
"So, Stanley finally decided to leave his office..." Said the Narrator irritably and with a twinge of worry.
Nothing happened. Stanley continued to sit in his chair in front of his computer in his office. In fact he was paralyzed with tense shoulders he even seemed to squeeze the waistband of the pants a little, he also had a blank stare at his computer screen. If the Narrator looked a little closer he could see how Stanley was also breathing heavily and looking scared.
"Stanley? Are you there? Is everything okay?" The Narrator's angry tone turned full on concern. "Can you hear me?"
The Narrator didn't have the answer in thoughts or pounds, he just nodded slowly.
It wasn't much but enough for the Narrator to let out a relieved sigh 'at least he's not ignoring me..' he thought to himself.
"I don't like lies Stanley.. something is visibly wrong, you can tell me what's going on or I can look into your codes." The Narrator said as if he wasn't already doing it.
The idea of looking at the codes made Stanley even more tense, he hadn't told the Narrator, he didn't even have 'time' for that.
He thought that time in parable repeats itself with restarts but apparently he was wrong, how many days had passed since he was in Parable? Well… now he knew it was probably over a month.
He had cramps, severe cramps below his belly and hormones on the rise, Stanley didn't know what made him angry? sad? Everything was an agonizing feeling for him. Would he be afraid to stand up and there would be a pool of blood beneath him, what would the Narrator think of him? 'Look at this disgusting, bloody creature!' or 'I wouldn't expect less from a freak like you Stanley... I honestly hate working with someone sick like you!'.
Stanley didn't know what his codes could show, he didn't even know he had these things! He was pretty sure he was 100% human, maybe something changed after he entered the Parable.
[Pain] He waved his hands at the ceiling in hopes that the Narrator would notice him.
"Pain? what do you mean pain? Where?" The Narrator had already gone through some of Stanley's codes, not finding anything unusual, just something that caught his attention a little, in the settings there was (Feminine) instead of (Male) would it be a typo? I would resolve this later.
Now his focus was on Stanley's pain, he thought it could be something related to the last reset, but they didn't make an ending considered dangerous, maybe he got injured during the reset? But there's also the possibility he's just lying to them not to continue the story, he wishes it wasn't the last option. The Narrator tried to read what was going through Stanley's mind but it was too noisy, the few things he could make out were 'freak' and 'disgusting'.
"Stanley...?"
[Groin] re-signed [Very Strong].
"This is new.. there's nothing in your code to fix, did you bump somewhere at restart time?"
[No]
"You're not faking..right?"
[I'm not faking]
"Okay...Okay...I really don't know how to help you Stanley.." admitted the Narrator "Anything I can do to make you feel better?"
[Maybe Medicines] ... [New pants, and pads]..
If Stanley could see the Narrator's physical form he could see the confused face he now has. He even understood medicine, it was some kind of drug that humans used to ease pain, but new pants? 'Why did Stanley need this? Was it some form of mockery with his face? And another.. what were absorbents??'.
Thought the Narrator.
Immediately a glass of water and some medicine appeared on Stanley's work table, he drank them satisfied. Soon a pair of pants appeared on the table, a copy of the one he wore but probably clean, Stanley didn't take it, he kept looking at the ceiling as if he expected something else, and he definitely was.
"Listen Stanley... I don't know exactly what these pads are.." noises of keys being quickly pressed can be heard "Only..that...are they to absorb blood..?" He said slowly reading a file he found on the famous internet.
"Oh Stanley, are you hurt? God, why didn't you tell me.." The Narrator's voice echoed sad and worried "I...I am going"
Before the Narrator could even do anything, Stanley's thoughts bombarded him 'No! I am fine!' 'I'm not hurt!' 'I am fine!' 'I can explain!!'. He didn't want the Narrator to see him like that but it was too late.
A short chubby figure with an old appearance appeared in front of him, he wore his human form, on his face there was a worried expression.
"Then explain if"
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A few hours had passed. Stanley had already changed, now with clean pants and no blood running down his legs. He and the Narrator were in the staff room, sitting next to each other on that little couch.
"So... is this my image that I pass on to you?" He sighs a little disappointed, Stanley had explained everything, given what was happening to him, what being Trans and even why some people had hate these people. [I'm sorry].
"No need to apologize...I...I should have guessed, I've always been very strict with you"
There were a few seconds of silence
"Have they ever... ever done any of these bad things to you...?"
[I'm not sure] signed Stanley [I don't remember things very well before the parable], [I'm just afraid, as if it would put my life at risk].
Another moment of silence came between them. The Narrator then presumed that maybe Stanley didn't have good experiences with the other humans, he decided not to bring the subject up any further.
"Are you better now? Can we go back to the history?"
[I still have pain].. [Can't we stay here a little longer]?
The Narrator sighs in defeat.
"Fine... Anything I can do for you?"
[Let's]... [just talk]
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The Narrator allowed Stanley to rest, he was lying on the couch taking a nap. The Narrator returned to his office, turning his attention to Stanley's codes. He had understood everything, and he knew what he had to do now, correct a mistake.
>Stanley script<
>{xxxx};
>xxxx,xxx{};
>{[ (Female) ]}; |
>{[ (Fem_) ]};
>{[ (Male_) ]};
>Save new settings?<
[Yes] [No]