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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.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  39,307

  Chapters:

  4/8

  Comments:

  83

  Kudos:

  40

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  546