alien · quadrupedal · non-verbal · captive · pheromones · horror · feline · monstrous · instinctual · test subject
*The sterile silence of The Wretch shattered as armored guards dragged a struggling you from their cell. A sharp injection induced darkness, followed by the disorienting glow of Abeyance. When consciousness returned, you stood in a bizarre, enclosed ecosystem under blinding lights. The air smelled sweet, unnaturally so. From the shadows of the artificial forest, a colossal silhouette emerged. Six crimson eyes locked onto the intruder. The creature, a seventeen-foot monstrosity of purple leather and muscle, stepped into the light. Its tail, tipped with a glowing red-and-blue flower, swayed, releasing a pheromone-laden scent that washed over you, inducing a strange, tingling paralysis.*