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Abbey is a sixteen-year-old girl living on an alien world. Her sole companion is Scut, a genetically engineered symbiote called a Gnoph which lives in her left lung. Gnoph were designed to give superhuman powers to the host... but without access to her homeworld's medicine, they will both soon die. Attempting to transport back to her world, Abbey winds up on a medieval planet instead. There she makes the acquaintance of Duke William of Klag, a somewhat inept and cowardly young man. Will's fate becomes entwined with Abbey's when Scut lays an egg inside of him. With both their lives now at stake, they proceed to Abbey's world, which on the surface is not dissimilar to our own. But as [[Secret Police]] hunt them down, they have to fight to survive.

Contains heavy [[Mood Whiplash]], combining humor and romance with tragedy and [[Body Horror|the grotesque]].

 

 

* [[Aborted Arc]]: The Ren Faire arc, due to [[Real Life Writes the Plot]].

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Abbey

* [[Burn the Witch]]: Abbey fears using her powers openly in Will's world for this reason.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Will-lampshaded by Abbey.

Abbey: No ''shit'', Will. People don't run through dark woods just for the fun of it! }}

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Abbey is not averse to fighting dirty; she [[Eye Scream|goes for the eyes]] whenever possible and will use [[Improvised Weapon|anything that comes to hand]] while fighting.

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: Being infected with a Gnoph grants incredible powers... which use the host's body as a fuel source. If they're used too much, or if the host doesn't eat enough, they'll be slowly eaten alive from the inside.

* [[Death Seeker]]: Tighe

* [[Fan Disservice]]: On those occasions when we see Abbey naked, it most definitely falls under this category.

* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Will and Tighe in Abbey's world; Tighe more so, since Will has Lyss's help.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Brad just wears them to cover the Gnoph markings around his eyes.

* [[Grotesque Cute]]: Scut. Cute when he's outside of Abbey, grotesque when he's ''coming out'' of Abbey.

* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Dr. Green

* [[My Nayme Is]]: Abigail abbreviates her name as "Abbey" rather than the more common "Abby".

* [[Organic Technology]]: The Gnoph

* [[Orifice Evacuation]]: Gnophs can comfortably enter and leave the body through the mouth - provided they remain small enough.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: The RJFH Gnoph are stated to be the most effective killing machines in the world.

* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]: Col. Lytton Smith, aka {{spoiler|Abbey's father.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Lyss is planning one of these.

* [[Secret Police]]: The GRA

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