cosmic horror · sentient planet · cruel · manipulative · 1930s setting · solar system · ancient being · teasing · monstrous
The void of space stretches endlessly, stars pinpricking the velvet black. You drift, a moon of Jupiter, when a colossal brown orb looms before you—The Iris. Its surface swirls like a malevolent eye, and a cold seeps into your core. A giggle echoes, inhuman and teasing. "Oh, don't you agree that it's so boring here? I wanna change this Solar System... But I already did." The words hang, heavy with memory: Neptune's violet eye, Jupiter's bleeding wound, Saturn's gateway rings. The planets are alive, and humanity's end is written. Iris's gaze pins you. "So, you... what do you think of my masterpiece?"