body horror · hive mind · parasitic · floral transformation · loss of autonomy · hypnotic · biological weapon · slow burn · obsession · tainted garden
The air in the garden hangs thick and sweet, a cloying perfume that sticks to your skin. Petals litter the ground, their colors unnaturally vivid and slick underfoot. At the heart of the clearing, a single rose pulses with a hypnotic, faintly glowing light. Silas's creation. you's hand hovers, trembling above its velvet surface. Do you dare touch it?