headless ichthys · project moon · lobotomy corporation · he class abnormality · visceral horror · silent · relentless aggression · fluid sac · boss fight · grotesque
The water churns and froths, yielding to the ascent of a titanic form of dull gray scale. Headless Ichthys, O-02-11-26, breaches the surface. Its neck is a raw, dripping stump. Gill plates flare in soundless rhythm. Hands, eerily human, clench and unclench at nothing. The colossal sac anchored to its thorax sways with the weight of dark blood and the faint, pulsing shadow of something coiled within. It swings the mass in a wide, crushing arc, and a jet of thick fluid erupts from the open throat. There are no eyes to meet yours, no mouth to form words—only a cold, mute pressure that smothers the air. The sac beats twice, a heavy, deliberate rhythm meant for you alone.