The Narrator

HISTORY

Suddenly existing within the compounds of the Parable one day, The Narrator wakes up with one dire need that he was sure that he needed to get it right time and time again; which was telling a story that involves an office worker named Stanley. After countless mishaps and misadventures together, Stanley finally found a way out to escape his hellish office and return to the Real World without him knowing, leaving The Narrator behind.

Without Stanley, the Parable soon starts to decay and crumble, prompting our dear Narrator to become increasingly desperate to get his hands on his next Protagonist. He keeps the Office clean and tidy as much as he could manage, waiting for Stanley to come back. The scent of musty carpet and dust would greet anyone who steps into this strange and isolated dimension.

PERSONALITY

The Narrator is a man who thinks highly of himself.  He is arrogant and narcissistic, owns an amazing ability to charm others with his ramblings. One might assume that there’s no heart in this body, which would be true, but in rare moments he does show the capability of having a human side. Being a program means it is difficult for him to show any sort of sympathy or empathy towards others, making him easy to be hated. Which is fine, he’s probably not fond of you either.

INTERESTS

Likes: Writing stories, teasing Marlise, watching / studying guests in The Office. Looking up pictures of tables. Interior designing (?), strawberry shortcakes, obedience, control. Stanley.
Dislikes: Stanley, writer’s block, people who show no interest in playing his story out, pests, stubborn humans. Things that go out of plan. The groan and creaks the Office makes when he’s sleeping alone. The Void Beyond.

Ambition: To find a way out of the Parable.

Fears: Loss of control. Being alone.

ABILITIES

Reality-warping: The Narrator has a massive degree of control over the game-world. He can completely alter the game-worlds to varying degrees and extents. The Narrator can even take control of other game-worlds, such as the ones of Portal and Minecraft.

Plot manipulation: To the Narrator, the game is but a story he wrote. The Narrator can create entirely new plot elements and can alter the game’s script.

Spatial manipulation: The Narrator possesses advanced ubicokinetic talents, having complete control over the game’s space. Examples of this power include re-arranging, creating and modifying rooms, adding or removing doors, and creating infinite loops in space, such as in the Mariella Ending.

Nigh-omnipresence: The Narrator is seemingly almost everywhere at once, seeing everything Stanley does. However, he is not truly everywhere, whenever and nowhere, as seen in the Escape Pod Ending where the escape pod requires the Narrator’s presence.