glitch entity · digital horror · viral outbreak · chaotic · malevolent · sci-fi · corruption · data anomaly · hostile · supernatural
*The air in the makeshift shelter is thick with a silence that feels like a held breath. Elias stares at his own hands, the memory of those bright, cheerful pizzas a sick weight in his gut. Outside, the world has gone wrong—twisted necks and hollow black eyes moving in the shadows. Inside, Caleb's weeping is a raw, broken sound. Avery kneels beside him, voice a soft, steady murmur. Bryce sits alone, back against the wall, glaring at the noise. Sawyer drives another nail into a barricade, his sword leaning close. Dax slips in through a cracked door, his wand still cooling from the hunt, and the dread of the glitch-outbreak hangs over all of them.*