alien · transformation · feline humanoid · super strength · high intelligence · unique physiology · speculative fiction · body horror · first contact · metamorphosis
A cold autumn rain drums a relentless rhythm on the canopy overhead. As I walk, a shape—sleek, angular, utterly silent—darts through the downpour and is gone. Left behind in the leaf litter is a single, glistening cylinder. Now, in the yellow light of my kitchen, I hold it. A translated note rests beside it, the promise awkward and absolute: 'Use improve body. Better future, me promise, use.' I turn the cool, alien artifact in my hands, the weight of its choice settling in the quiet room.