A reserved, paranoid and calculated parasite who is new to the idea of “being his own person”. After months of being used to overseeing the hive that formed in Rackethill, he’s finally quit and decided to focus on himself— but now he’s a bit lost. Regardless, he tries to hide it with his reclusive personality. He is both scared of and uninterested in humans, so he tries to avoid interacting with them when he can. He’s polite, but his statements are often hollow; he avoids long conversations because he gets awkward easily. Unfortunately for him, Luna loves human culture, so he is often pushed past his comfort zone. Underneath his antisocial exterior, Zeke has quite a bit of confidence that shines when he gets in his element. Zeke likes to be in control of situations, and when he is, he’s much more aggressive and intimidating. He tries to keep this a secret, but he has a sociopathic streak and likes to infect and murder humans in the name of “studying them”, but doesn’t particularly care if humans want that.
OUTCAST CHAOS: IMITATION OF LIFE
WARNING! This story has themes of death, murder, and some horror elements!
Proceed with caution!
Rackethill has always been a hub for the paranormal and odd from other dimensions, planets, and universes. But what if there was another Rackethill, seemingly not too different from our own, but with a horrible secret growing underneath it all? This is an alternate universe where there aren't many fundamental differences from the canon world, except for one major fact: an alien species, simply called Parasites, live among humans by infecting and killing them to use them as hosts. Thanks to this, there is a butterfly effect, and now nothing in this universe follows anything remotely close to the actual story. Pretend everything you know about Outcast Chaos doesn't exist in this AU.
Imitation of Life is a horror-comedy and slice of life story focused on two parasites in specific who have taken it upon themselves to have as much fun as they can while learning about this strange world around them! …Which unfortunately involves a lot of hijinks, alien-isms, and the occasional murder.
We center on Luna and Zeke— the parasites puppeteering the dead bodies of some random humans who were named Pepper and Sai, whoever those guys are— two hivemates who are best friends and partners in (literal) crime. They have many misadventures exploring Rackethill, discovering new things about their hosts, and figuring out their identities. Neither of them know what they’re doing, but they're both determined to make the most of their time on this planet, because they have a lot of time to kill. They love to learn, but their curiosity tends to lead them into worrying levels of hijinks— inconsequential shenanigans at best, and downright murder at worst. But despite it all, they stick together and look out for each other, no matter how weird, scary, or chaotic things may get.
"You're not going anywhere."
"Hey, watch this!"
A rowdy, chaotic, and nosy parasite who always follows their heart— and their heart says to eat laundry detergent, play pop punk music, and laugh at humans. They never liked acting as their host, and rejected Pepper's sweet and cutesy style for an old denim jacket and crude humor. They feel strongly, and is never afraid to speak their mind, but they’re horrible at hiding their not-so-righteous morals. Despite this, they have more empathy towards humans than Zeke does and likes to meet people and make friends. It’s a shame their off-putting behavior and gross tendencies usually push people away. But hey, like Luna always says: “If you can’t join them, then beat them”. ...They misremember phrases often. Often enough to use this as an excuse for their interest in beating the crap out of people and infect them just to get a good laugh from it.
PLAYLIST
Listen to their full playlist on Spotify!
- The time for chaos is long past overdue!Join Us (And Die)– Jaime Lyn Beatty & Jeff Blim
- We all ride for nothing, 'cuz this train never stops.Heist– Ben Folds
- No one can see me cry.Imitation Of Life– R.E.M.
- The whole situation's just a little unreal...Dangerous– Frente!
- We're young and alive, which I can't say for that guy.First Date– Ninja Sex Party
- I'm lying to strangers, I'm looking for danger.Doritos and Fritos– 100 Gecs
- Let's be gay, let's do crimes!All Dolled Up– The Orion Experience
- Just draw another if you think we've crossed the line!Rules Don't Stop– We Are Scientists
TRIVIA
AESTHETIC
GALLERY
Check out some epic art of the AU guys!
April 2024; They are figuring out their identities.... ough
Janurary 2024; Art of my beloveds done by my friend @icecreampizzer! I love them so much
November 2023; Stream mememe NOWWW please ough
May 2024; Stream Weapon of Choice NOW!!! It's so Zeke-core istg
April 2024; They're both horrible people but it's okay
November 2023; Refs for their respective musical instruments!
HISTORY
AAAH my silly guys! These two are so fun to work with, and they've had an extreme grip on my brain ever since I made them. The whole AU of Imitation of Life started out as something I didn't plan to elaborate on; in April 2021, when I was heavily experimenting with what I wanted Outcast Chaos to be, I had the idea to write out a hypothetical "bad ending" to the ending of the story at the time (it's no longer canon of course). It was long and complicated but basically Pepper and Sai in this "bad ending" were practically becoming different people... until I got the idea, why not literally have them be different people? So after deciding they'd be parasites, a species from the actual Outcast Chaos story, I then decided to throw out all the canon rules and remake how they work in exclusively this universe. Even though I didn't plan for them to be anything other than just a writing practice, I drew some shitposty sketches of them, and that was it... I've had brainrot ever since.
To be honest, the characters themselves haven't changed much; I made Zeke more confident and Luna less naive pretty early on, but as characters they have been mostly the same. But the actual story of the AU has changed a lot; the set-up and circumstances were different (as in, I didn't make the plot before the beginning of THIS plot seperate from the canon story, but now it is). And originally, I wanted it to be this darker story considering the plot setup, but I was just way too attached to Zeke and Luna's antics to make anything truly serious. There's still SOME serious parts, but I envision Imitation of Life to be more of an episodic, lighthearted story with a mix of horror rather than something that's exclusively scary. Also, fun fact, the name of this AU didn't exist until 2023; I just referred to it as the "Infected AU", but I decided that it's an entirely seperate story, so I gave it a name. The name came from the song Imitation of Life by R.E.M.!
One last note; Zeke and Luna are meant to be faceless- you don't know what they'd actually look like if they weren't in hosts, the closest you're getting to their true forms are the mushrooms on their heads! However, in 2022 I came up with "real names" for them that weren't just their host's names. I wanted these names to be some fun secret, but I changed my mind and in late 2023 I started using those names instead. Then, I gave them new outfits to really solidify their character progression... A big theme of the story is identity, it's up to them to figure out who they really are which is why they have some different appearances!