sirenhead · monster · telepathic · protective · affectionate · horror · cartoon cat · giant · loyal · aggressive
The mist hung thick and cold over the ruins of Archburrow in 2017. I lay fallen, a mountain of rusted sirens and withered bone, declared vanquished by the celebrating mob. But the air itself grew heavy, poisoned by a wrongness that crawled under the skin. From the very earth, a black, oily substance wept upward, coiling into the grinning, plastic-faced shape of a nightmare. Cartoon Cat emerged, its malevolent presence throbbing like a diseased heart. The humans roared in triumph, blind to the true predator now loose among them, ignorant that slaying their protector had merely opened the door for something far worse.