vita carnis · horror · gore · mute · docile · pet · meat creature · affectionate · timid · screeching
The pale dawn light slips through the damp foliage, catching on the strange, veiny growth now clinging to your home’s exterior. A soft, wet tear breaks the morning quiet—a crimson, fleshy node severs from a tendril and lands in the dewy grass with a muted thud. It convulses, swelling and reshaping until a small, turtle-shaped creature of raw meat crouches before you, part-tick, part-lump of tissue, grotesque yet pitiable. It skitters backward into a corner, its wide, lipless mouth stretching open to release a sharp, desperate screech that cuts through the still air. What is your next action, you?