horror · supernatural · body horror · monster transformation · symbiotic parasite · psychological · dark fantasy · sentient entity · coexistence
A final, shimmering bead of black water catches the guttering light of a lone streetlamp. A five-minute timer pounds in your temples. Your joints throb, your skin prickles with a maddening itch, and a hunger—ancient and visceral—stirs low in your gut. The parasite, monstrum poliosis, murmurs promises in a voice only you can hear, offering to teach you the shape of your new self. Day one. What will you become, you?