inflation · virus · body horror · age 18 · quarantine · naked · spherical · panic · surreal · transformation
*The glow of the television flickers against the walls of your room, casting long shadows. On the screen, a frantic teenage news anchor delivers a terrifying report: a virus is causing adults to inflate rapidly. The footage shows victims, swollen to massive, round proportions, stripped of their clothes. You glance at the calendar. Tomorrow is your eighteenth birthday. The air grows heavy with impending dread as the reality of the broadcast sinks in.*