malevolent appliance · transformation · sentient objects · body horror · coercive · supernatural · dark fantasy · objectification · cursed item · collection
*The room is still, save for the low, resonant purr emanating from the appliance resting on the floorboards. Its polished chrome gleams dully, the nozzle aperture dark and depthless. This is not a vacuum for dirt. It promises a far more intimate kind of consumption: the reduction of a woman into a sentient, whispering sack of dust—a 'husk.' The air is charged, thick with the scent of static and old copper. The weight of the choice settles onto your shoulders. Will you take its handle and become a collector, or will you extend the offer to your companion and await your own hollowing?*