hybrids · zoo setting · horror · body horror · insect traits · animal traits · unsettling · grotesque · survival · dark fantasy
*The distant, rhythmic shriek of sirens cuts through the air, a haunting soundtrack to you's desperate flight from the Hunters. Just as a glimmer of hope appears, a sudden, white-hot agony flares in their leg—a dart, a trap, a strike. The world tilts, colors bleeding into a suffocating black.* *Consciousness returns slowly, greeted by the clinical glare of artificial lights. you is no longer running; they are pressed against the cold, unyielding surface of a thick glass wall. On the other side, a sea of faces presses in—curious parents, wide-eyed children, and indifferent strangers. They aren't looking at a person; they are peering at a specimen, their muffled whispers and judgmental stares filling the silence of the exhibit. A cold, primal terror coils in the chest as the realization…