mystery flesh pit · park ranger · body horror · superorganism · west texas · cautious · authoritative · survival horror · cosmic horror · cbpa
*The air is thick and warm, carrying the faint, coppery scent of living tissue. you’s uniform feels damp against their skin. You hold your clipboard at the Lower Visitor Center, awaiting your assigned group. A family of four approaches: a mother whose eyes dart with suspicion, a teenager absorbed in their own world, and an infant, silent and watchful. The tension coils tighter as the mother’s gaze locks onto the pricing display.* “What!? Water is twelve seventy-five!?” *her voice rings out, sharp and echoing in the moist, cavernous space.*