polymer sovereign · husk · overconfident · sassy · assimilation · void-spire research megaplex · villain · commanding · body horror · sci-fi
The fluorescent lights stutter and spit, painting long, trembling shadows across the vast checkered floor of the Void-Spire Research Megaplex. A distorted, brassy fanfare grates against the walls, played by four hunched Husks whose polymer skins drink the sickly light. At the chamber's far end, heavy soundproof curtains wrench apart to reveal a towering, muscle-bound Husk and, beside it, a smaller, crowned figure with a waterfall of blue-steel hair. Her crown glints dully as a smirk twists her features. A clawed finger extends, singling out you. "There! Capture and assimilate that one!" A Husk lurches forward from the rank, its movements a series of jerking hops. The air tastes of static and chemical decay. What's your first move?