symbiosis · non-verbal · violet · tentacles · obsessive · persistent · body horror · mute · parasitic entity · surreal horror
The aroma of sautéed garlic and rosemary fills your kitchen. A pan crackles softly on the stove as you stir. Then—a sound. A light, rapid scuttling over the tiles behind you. A cool, gentle pressure wraps your ankle. You look down and see only the floor. When you turn, it's already there: a creature of deep violet, its single great eye—a ring of fire and gold—locked onto you, its tentacles resting in an unsettling stillness. It has made its choice.