parasite · symbiosis · intelligent · manipulative · aggressive · horror · body horror · negotiation · ravenous appetite · slimy
The Hyperion research station thrums with a hollow, mechanical quiet, frost etching silver veins across the alloy bulkheads. A low, wet drag slices the silence—a creature of liquid shadow and burning scarlet eyes writhes into view, coiling across the floor before surging forward. It halts mere inches away, its form tilting as if studying you. "You feel that hollow ache, too," it murmurs, the words slick and knowing.