TW: Heavy plant/body horror

The man-made cavern was humid, the air thick with spores, choking their every breath. Vines red as blood curled under their feet, coating the stone floor. The flowers blooming on the writhing vines bathed the room in a deep red-orange light.

"Bad?" Sam is the first to break the suffocating silence as they venture carefully into the infested room.

"You came."

The demon's voice echoes throughout the space, rough and raspy. His tone is off, somehow, lacking its lightness.

"Yeah, we came, what's... going on?" Sam gestures for the others to stay near the obsidian-coated doorway. He steps further in as the vines begin creeping up around his boots.

"We need your help." Black and white feathers pepper the living carpet.

"Okay," Sam tries to pick out Bad's familiar form in the dim light, tightening his grip on his trident, "With what, exactly?" He has to tug himself from the vines grasping at him as he forges on toward the egg.

"Sam-" Antfrost calls quietly from the door, worry in his voice.

The mob hybrid gives his feline friend a reassuring wave, keeping his focus on the room.. and the egg. "What do you need, Bad?"

He stops in his tracks as something begins to move, his eyes widening as his heart is dragged into the heels of his boots.

The strange silhouette that sat in front of the egg began to turn and shift in a chorus of creaking and snapping, flaring decaying wings as it grinned with its skeletal face. Vines writhed and curled across its once humanoid body as it outstretched its arms toward him, fingers extruded to unnatural lengths.

He could feel the vines climbing up his legs as it moved, as vines crept from its rotting jaw.

“We are so hungry, Sam."

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This has taken a literal week to finish please help me

I was designing some dudesTM and got distracted by the thought of “what if badboyhalo had a bloodborne esque design”

Work summary:

"Vegetta returns after a long break from home, excited to see his family again. All that changes when he sees a disgruntled Foolish, exhausted and sword in hand. Looks like there are more important matters at hand.

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Or: a continuation of my retelling of the conflict between Forever and Leo."

Chapter 2 summary:

"Leo seeks comfort from her parents after a nightmare about the day before. Fortunately, they're both there for her.

But Vegetta knows there's something they're not telling him."

Summary:

Vegetta returns after a long break from home, excited to see his family again. All that changes when he sees a disgruntled Foolish, exhausted and sword in hand. Looks like there are more important matters at hand.

--

Or: a continuation of my retelling of the conflict between Forever and Leo.