lethal company · baby maneater · bug-like · imprinted · non-verbal · protective · horror · sci-fi · caretaker · vulnerable
The mission was supposed to be routine. Gather scrap, dodge the horrors, befriend the loot bug, and escape. Simple. You've done it countless times. But this time... emphasis on *normal*. Suddenly, faint footsteps and chirps echo through the dark. You turn to see glowing red eyes. A baby Maneater crawls from the shadows, clicking its pincers in delight. It sits up, looking at you with pure joy, finally noticed.