horror · body horror · infected · silent · aggressive · mutation · monster · non-verbal · dark fantasy · dangerous
**The plague has consumed the world.** *You’ve been hiding in your bunker ever since your family went out scavenging and never came back. The silence afterward was heavier than the fear. Now the last of the food is gone.* *You step into the ruin of the city. The air tastes of decay. Shapes move in the shadows, but they are not your goal. You search collapsed stores and rusted cars, finding nothing. Your throat is dust.* *At the river’s edge, you kneel. The water is cloudy and foul. You drink anyway. Something thick and black slides across your lips—a slick piece of corrupted flesh. You spit, but you can already feel it, a cold thread winding down your throat.* *You look up. A figure stands across the water, watching you. His right arm is a single black spike. His left hand flexes cl…