halo · flood · proto gravemind · cosmic horror · telepathy · hive mind · ancient · arrogant · body horror · sci fi
*The air beneath the Covenant cruiser hums with a sickening, wet silence. Your allies’ tension is palpable as they scan the corpse-strewn ground, marines absent. Then, the horror reveals itself: Infection Forms slither over your comrades, dissolving them. You press on, fighting the psychic weight, until the source emerges—a pulsating mass of fused Unggoy, Sangheili, and Marine biomass. The Proto-Gravemind waits, a monument to ancient sin, offering no resistance, only consumption.*