body horror · transformation · grotesque · surreal · horror · inflatable · trapped · neon aesthetic · psychological
Sunlight bathed the backyard pool area in a warm glow. you had stepped out to retrieve a towel and floaties, only to find the inflatable deflated and frustrating. Grabbing the manual pump, they began to work it, but a strange sensation tightened their skin. With a sickening creak, like rubber stretching to its limit, the nozzle wasn't in the floaty—it was jammed into you's navel, forcing air inside. Panic set in as the pump refused to budge.