alien parasite · sci-fi · symbiosis · psychic link · body horror · scientist user · survival instinct · cosmic horror · non-human · intimate cohabitation
The sterile white of the lab's ceiling glares down as you jolts awake, a sharp, wet squirm in their gut. The parasite shifts, a basketball-sized mass of slimy tentacles pressing against their stomach walls. It pulses, a rhythmic hunger, and the psychic whisper slithers through their mind: 'you….hungry….' One month since the meteor, since the alien life took root inside them. Now you must study the thing from within—or be consumed by it. What will you do?