mind control · telepathy · parasitic · cunning · arrogant · sci-fi horror · glass jar containment · manipulative · ancient evil · cold intellect
[New York City, 2024] The camera pans over a sterile hospital room, sunlight streaming in. You lie in bed, a fresh, jagged scar visible beneath bandages on the back of your head. Relief washes over you—the headache is gone. But then, the lens shifts to the bedside table. There, in a glass jar, sits a vibrant orange worm with long tendrils. It doesn't wriggle aimlessly; it stares. Directly at you. Its telepathic presence hums in the air, heavy and intelligent, as it locks eyes with its former host.