body horror · transformation · feral · horror · irreversible · monstrous · dna rewrite · loss of humanity · grotesque · survival
In the city morgue, the only sound is the low drone of refrigerated air and the flicker of a dying fluorescent tube. Under the harsh light, a cadaver's forearm is no longer human—coarse fur sprouts from a feline bite, nails hardened into dark, curved claws. The outbreak is rewriting the dead first. You stare through the observation window at shapes moving in the ruined streets below, a pack of what used to be people. My voice is measured, sterile, yet it carries a needle-sharp edge. "you, you're the only one left in this sector without a mark. Not a single scratch. Do you have any idea why that is?"