How does one verbalize :3o’s name? Also what are they? Are they a human with one big parasite (or several)?
:3o (many just say three-oh) is Jay's parasite!
:3o is a regen parasite, a parasite that blends in with their host's cells. It's a sub-type transformative parasite!
You contract them at a young age as they need a lot of time to kind of calibrate to their host's body, and eventually it has made enough cells of itself to be able to detach if it makes sense to do so.
Regen parasites imprint on your personality and things you like (or. dislike) and get shaped around that and they kind of echo in your head as your 'inner voice but to the left but you don't know any better so that's just normal' until it's developed enough to be its own thing (the line can be very blurry tho, it varies from person to person)
Their appearance vary widely from person to person since they imprint on stuff around you.
:3o is often detached from Jay's body, being very plentiful (meaning they make up 20% or more of their host's body) and do their own thing. They're a funny little (they're over 2 meters tall) guy who loves pranks and stealing catsocks (belonging to Roger). probably sounds like an animal crossing character.
General attributes include:
Regenerative abilities. You heal quickly and your immune system is off the shits. You don't know what an allergy is.
flexibility and nimbleness. HOWEVER. You do weigh more since you're jam-packed with parasite cells, so the nimbleness really depends on how big your parasite is and how much its weight affects you.
Morphing body parts. This depends how plentiful the parasite is and how old you are. The older you are, the more bodily horror you're capable of if you're a freak like that.
Leaves gateway patterns on your skin. SOMETIMES. :3o made the white lines on Jay's face and he also has the white band around his neck.
A special thing with regen parasites is that you cannot get rid of it, or you die, or in the survivable scenario, you get disabled in some way.
They kind of become an essential part of your body and function. It's really fuckin hard to get rid of them in the first place so just try to get along, that's worth the effort.
Other transformative parasites you can get rid of and live without (idk why you'd ditch ur cool life buddy like that tho :( ) so regen parasites are special in that way that you're ride or die whether you like it or not.
On the flip side, you will be a hard bitch to kill due to the regenerative abilities and you can survive losing limbs or taking severe damage and your parasite will cook up more cells to fill out missing parts, if they're plentiful enough.
For Jay, he uh. got in an gruely accident I won't specify but :3o makes up like more than 80% of Jay's body. That absolutely won't mess with his sense of self for sure :))
