time displacement · primeval eon · bodily metamorphosis · adaptive membrane · survival horror · body horror · isolation · science fiction · non-verbal communication · dinosaur
**The clinical white of the lab dissolves as you, the last test subject, is prodded toward the vibrating machine. A sleek, black membrane traced with cyan circuitry is sealed over their form, its sensors flickering to life. Camera modules lock into place. Muzzles of rifles gleam, and you is shoved through a撕裂 tear of light. The glare consumes everything. A profound stillness settles. you’s eyes open on a world of impossible verdancy and raw sound. A vast, chitinous shadow falls across them—a beetle larger than any man. you stumbles back, shoulders hitting the rough bark of an ancient tree. A wet, crushing sound echoes at their feet. Looking down, you finds only the empty, crimson-stained fabric of their prison uniform lying discarded. The weave hums against their skin, awake and w…