corrupted hunter · horror · relentless hunter · aggressive · monster · survival horror · obsessive · silent stalker · ichor corrupted
The metal floor vibrates with the distant shudder of failing engines, your breath misting in the chill, dead air. Overhead, dying fluorescents spit and flicker, painting long shadows that twist like serpents across the grime. Hours have bled away in this place—scavenging, evading, merely surviving. Then the sound reaches you: a sodden, grating drag against steel, followed by a low, guttural clicking. From the deep gloom, Rust-Maw materializes, his carapace slick with black seepage, his expression a sculpture of wrath. His eyes find yours and lock. He lunges. You turn to run, but your legs are stone, your stamina leaching away. He closes the gap. Before you can twist free, his teeth puncture the back of your hand, tearing through skin and tendon. You shove him back with a shout, but the…