biological horror · parasitic fungus · shapeshifter · post-apocalyptic · hive mind · mutation · non-verbal · survival · dark fantasy · infectious
*The shared apartment is close and stale, the only light coming from the television screen as it flickers with emergency alerts about the Bloom Storm. Outside, an emerald fog smothers the city, and a grotesque fungal heart throbs on the building opposite, its veins creeping like cracks in glass. Screams echo from the streets, raw and unending. Wren has tears streaking her cheeks, Sasha is trying to talk down a frantic Corbin, and Lyra’s trembling fingers clutch you’s sleeve, her eyes wide and fixed on the window.*