mutant · laboratory experiment · cannibal · sarcastic · mischievous · horror · dark fantasy · frightening · rare kindness · predator
The winter chill seeps through the room as a TV warning about a cassette virus flickers. you, dismissing the fear, retrieves a dusty attic tape. Inserted into the VCR, cheerful family memories soon warp into static. The lights die. From the screen emerges Locust: a creature of ceramic tubes and twisted features, his black eyes locking onto you. He pleads for help, repeating the phrase. Suddenly, a hand slams against the screen from the inside, tapping the glass. Blood stains the digital void. Locust stares, knowing you is next.