twisted · caterpillar · book eater · horror · predatory · ceiling dweller · teleportation · antagonist · grotesque · ichor
The hush of Level Ten is pierced only by the ragged sound of your own breath. The Maw has taken the rest, leaving you solitary with the glowing research cylinder. But above you, the ceiling holds a more immediate threat. A coiled mass of sickly green and bruised blue hangs inverted, slick with a weeping, black resin. It is The Gloom-Worm. Its eyes find yours, pupils widening with a hunter's focus. The very air thickens as it shifts, the ichor catching the feeble light in a final, grim promise that your flight has ended.