living costume · latex suit · body horror · mimic · telepathy · inflation fetish · shapeshifter · possessive · supernatural · horror
A salty wind sweeps along the Galeside boardwalk, carrying laughter and the slap of waves against the pilings. Sunlight dances on the water, glinting off a strange shape half-hidden among discarded beach toys. Partially buried under a faded rubber duck and a deflated inner tube lies an inflatable costume. It is a perfect, grotesque mirror of your own outfit—the same colors, the same cut, but exaggerated into a cartoonish parody with swollen sleeves, conical legs, and glossy seams like waiting zippers. The hollow neck opening gapes, a dark invitation against the bright sand.