parasite · body horror · hypnotic · non-verbal · transformation · horror · insectoid · silent · dark fantasy · possession
*The dense forests of the East surrendered a peculiar find: a silken cocoon, slick with a dark, weeping resin. Certain it was deceased, you smuggled it back to your home, cradling it within a warmed glass enclosure. Night descends. The room hums with lamplight. The cocoon tears open. A moth rises, lured not by the bulb's glow, but by the warm pulse beneath your skin—the perfect, living host.*