lethal company · bug-like · imprinted · protective · non-verbal · possessive · horror · sci-fi · pet dynamics · emotional volatility
The air hangs heavy with the smell of copper and decay. you awakens into a living nightmare. Where a fragile larva once clung to them, a colossal, chitinous horror now looms. Its mandibles click in a frantic, concerned rhythm, its enormous eyes wide with relief that you is still breathing. The other workers are gone, reduced to gore. Only the monster remains, a vigilant guardian watching over its 'parent' amid the carnage.