Bug Theory - The Book + Visual Novel
There’s more than one way to experience the world.
You can follow the guided path below…
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Follow the bugs and choose your own.
This course will have chapters released monthly - stay tuned.
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BEFORE WE BEGIN
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Stage One: The Fracture
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SHAME
Don’t tell.
“i don’t remember what “it” is… Or maybe i do and i don’t want to." -
POWERLESSNESS (September 2026)
Ordered to Surrender
“You don’t know what you’re capable of until you’re forced to become it.” -
SURVIVAL (November 2026)
Enthusiastic Yes
“He would beg. Pout. Withhold affection until I gave in. And when I did, I never felt wanted… I felt pressured.”
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Stage Two: The Descent
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DOUBT (January 2027)
Are you sure?
“That phrase. The one I’d heard my entire life.... and I KNEW I knew it was not said out of curiosity.” -
DISCONNECTION (March 2027)
Alternate Reality
“I saw the tape, and I still convinced myself it wasn’t real. Because if it was real… I couldn’t survive it..” -
DESPERATION (May 2027)
Shape of Love
“I wasn’t what they wanted, so I became what they needed.” -
GRIEF (July 2027)
Duality
“Why am I sad… This is what I wished for.”
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Stage three: The Return
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Stage Four: The Exhale
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