partial transformation · body horror · infection · bovine traits · quarantine · sci-fi · horror · contagious · clinical setting · instinctual
The world took a breath, masks lowered, celebrations reignited, only for the atmosphere to congeal with a new, deeper terror. *Wrong*. A blanket alert shattered the fragile normalcy, commanding absolute isolation. Conspiracy theories multiplied like mold: state-engineered panic, pharmaceutical profiteering. Then, the symptoms surfaced. Not dramatic, but insidious. The infected didn't die; they vanished, leaving behind only ghost stories and government bulletins. you is frozen at their workstation, fingers cold and trembling, silently begging fate to pass them by, to let them escape the silent disappearance consuming others.