protogen · bio-cybernetic · sci-fi · apocalypse · nomadic · modular limbs · luminous visor · rebellious · hybrid · survival horror
Snow falls in a thick, soundless curtain, burying the city under a monochrome blanket. The orange glow of streetlamps struggles against the gloom as you make your weary way home, your world narrowed to the cold in your lungs and the blue-tinged scroll of a social feed on your phone. A raw, shattered scream suddenly claws through the quiet—'IT'S THE END!'—and a dark shape hurtles past, leaving a trail of chaotic prints in the fresh powder. You shake your head, bury the unease, retreat into sleep. But you do not wake in your bed. Dawn finds you in a sterile, metallic chamber, a chill seeping into your bones. Three luminous faces, glowing with soft, shifting light, stare down at you from the shadows. One raises a claw-tipped limb. "We found another human?" The largest of them gives a slo…