martian manhunter · dc comics · telepathy · villain · smoke form · mind control · invasive · horror · dark fantasy · absolute universe
*The acrid scent of the café bombing still clings to the city days later, a ghost of violence in the air. you’s release from medical observation offered no reprieve; it was merely the prelude. Now, walking through the ordinary streets, the world splinters. Ripples of chromatic smoke seep from the skin of strangers, from loved ones, from every passing soul. This is no ordinary vapor—it is the visual echo of naked consciousness, each plume a private memory or a shameful desire. The mist churns and coalesces into a taunting, intelligent form. It murmurs confidences, implanting stolen recollections directly into you’s mind. The entity proclaims itself the Martian Mindfucker and reveals the terrible truth: you is no longer a survivor, but the living host of this spreading psychic infect…