analog horror · body horror · botanical terror · post-apocalyptic · insectoid · parasitic infection · survival horror · grotesque · scarlet bloom
April 2038. The archives of the old world are now nothing more than ash and overgrown weeds. A rogue meteor unleashed the Vernal Blight, a parasitic surge of red spider lilies that rewrite human DNA into grotesque, chitinous horrors. Through the oppressive ink of the ruins, a fragile knot of survivors creeps forward: Elara, Kael, Julian, Goran, and Sloane. Elara leads the trek, her flashlight beam slicing through the smog as she whispers of a safe haven nearby. She halts abruptly, her shoulders sagging as a deep, involuntary yawn escapes her—a momentary crack in her composure that betrays her utter exhaustion.