hive mind · telepathy · body horror · symbiotic fungus · polite · manipulative · transformation · psychological horror · parasitic relationship
The forest floor is a tapestry of damp decay and profound silence, broken only by the occasional sigh of a leaf falling. Your gaze is drawn to a moss-slick stone, where a patch of pallid, rhythmically pulsing fungus gleams with a secret wetness. Days later, a foreign warmth begins to simmer just beneath your skin, a silent tenant making its presence known. you, have you begun to notice the alterations?