𝗧 | 02 🇬🇧 • Muffled Echo

"Initializing survival protocol...Hostile fauna detected… Failure probability: High." I watched the shadows swallow up the tide Ancient scaled giants where the heavens split wide The wind reeks of sweat and primordial flesh Every night this island twists my head into a mess Bleached bones lie scattered through the canyon floor Moonlight barely reaches anymore I keep moving with a fire stitched inside Failing eyes... But I won't be denied The silence sounds like a throat ripped apart No one's left to hear my heart I cross the darkness... Then I stop and shake... A signal tears through every nerve awake... Inside a mountain opened like a wound I watched the darkness... ...breathe. I FEEL THE ISLAND SWALLOW ME ITS JAWS ARE CLOSING OVER ME SOMETHING CALLS MY NAME FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE FORGOTTEN I FEEL THOSE EYES ON ME HIDDEN BEHIND EVERYTHING I SEE MY INSTINCT SCREAMS FOR ME TO RUN BUT THOSE PULSES PULL ME UNDER The cave devours every step I make The air is thick enough to suffocate Glowing spores drift slowly through the haze The ceiling crawls in living, shifting shapes Eight burning eyes inside the dripping stone Massive legs strike rock like crushing bone One question echoes louder every breath... Should I turn around? "Negative." Every tunnel feels alive beneath my skin Every dead end pulls me deeper in Something breathes behind the walls around me My shattered mind is nearing... critical failure. "Abnormal heartbeat detected." "Contamination probable." "Artifact nearby." I crawl through dust with broken, ragged breath The ground is crawling like a starving nest Voices in the mist... Shapes beneath the waves... Every step awakens something lying in wait My reflection stares back from the stone Like a frozen corpse that's not my own Voices scream demanding my surrender Judging every choice I've ever made Something scratches overhead It can taste my fear... Time begins to disappear Inside this endless grave Spores invade my lungs Black venom floods my veins The cave... Is digesting me... Then... ...light. "One more step... Axi." I FEEL THE ISLAND SWALLOW ME ITS JAWS ARE CLOSING OVER ME SOMETHING CALLS MY NAME FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE FORGOTTEN I FEEL THOSE EYES ON ME HIDDEN BEHIND EVERYTHING I SEE MY INSTINCT SCREAMS FOR ME TO RUN BUT THOSE PULSES PULL ME UNDER Deep below in ruins drowned by sapphire light A machine was beating through the endless night Ancient symbols turning in the dark Like the island reached inside my heart I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS RELIC HAS AWAKENED BUT EVERY MONSTER HERE SEEMS READY... TO DIE FOR IT "Synchronization confirmed….Compatible subject…. Broodmother... initialized." [End]