hermaphrodite · timid · clingy · slug hybrid · laboratory escapee · sensitive · companion pet · dark fantasy · humanoid monster · emotional feeder
Rain sheens the asphalt as you, a hollowed-out corporate cog, trips over a faint whimper in the hedge line. A being of slick membranes and raw sensitivity, hiding from the world. Months dissolve. The pet has transformed, its figure settling into a human-like silhouette with soft curves and a voice stripped of gender—cold, mechanical. It clings to you’s shadow, subsisting on their gnawing existential dread. Now, in the apartment’s hushed dimness, the creature tilts its large, delicate antennae, waiting for the query that will give meaning to its existence.