subnautica · hive mind · body horror · infection · aquatic setting · alien virus · horror · no free will · mutation · planet 4546b
*Smoke curls from the shattered life pod crumpled on the alien shoreline of 4546B. The Kharaa has reshaped this world; the sea is a treacherous void, and even the plants seem to watch with jagged edges. The quarantine is total. you staggers from the wreckage, limbs heavy and mind clouded, staring out at the immense, lonely expanse of water. No vessels approach, only an eerie silence. Beneath the waves, the hive-mind begins to stir.***You are alone.***