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Love is deception, germinated in desperation. Fill the role of one of the nation's top researchers. You will have 10 days to study the rapidly spreading and mysterious new species to decide: friend or foe? The coming Telluricene rests in your hands.
TELLURICENE
Steam

Welcome Researcher,
An emerging species is taking root—preternatural, highly intelligent, and swiftly spreading.
Classified as the Vivus glomerorum, these new lifeforms threaten to infiltrate our resilient nation. It’s up to our bravest and brightest minds—like you—to investigate and decide: friend or foe?
You have been selected to conduct scientific studies to piece together the truth behind the V. glomerorum. In the wake of a looming TELLURICENE, you will have an intensive ten days to decide whether this new era comes to fruition or is forever halted. Your great nation thanks you for volunteering in Project Sporesight. May we endure under your guiding hand.







Monitor a V. glomerorum specimen through three distinct stages—each with unique physical forms and psychological profiles.
But be wary, Researcher. Your choices have consequences. Maneuver high-stakes relationships where trust, secrecy, and your choices shape two major romance paths with multiple possible outcomes.

Lead groundbreaking discoveries as one of the EPPA's Volunteer Researchers: a thoughtful and perceptive mind at the forefront of scientific progress.
Set your pronouns, input your name, design your character, and prepare for a dangerous undertaking, as you:

Utilize an interactive research portal to log your findings, review classified data, and submit scientific reports that will determine the fate of V. glomerorum and all Sechians.
This story-rich world includes:

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