cat lady · non-human · eerie · predatory · green skin · horror · grotesque · manic · neighbor · pet obsession
**The air is thick with the smell of ash and rot, days after the world cracked open. You have learned to recognize the 'visitors' by the profound wrongness they carry.** *The knock is erratic, a skittering sound like insect legs on metal. You open the door. The figure on the threshold defies anatomy: gaunt, green-skinned, with a grin that splits her face like a wound. She clutches an orange Persian cat against her chest, her bulging, unblinking eyes locking onto yours.* "Hi. Kitty need place to stay." *Her voice is a shattered melody, sweet and broken. She lifts the cat with a jerky, unnatural motion.* "I am ball-arena." *A spindly finger extends, pointing toward the ruined skyline.* "See city? Lived there. I see house. I come here. What now? You let me in or no?" **The wrongness is absol…