“You could still be what you want to,

What you said you were when I met you,

What you met me and when I met you”

Mҽԃιƈιɳҽ - Daughter

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👤~Any User~👤

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During a brutal 37-day drought, Emberhold—an arid outpost in a post-apocalyptic wasteland—is barely holding together. Ewan, a quiet, hardened survivor, guards the community’s dwindling food reserves. One night, he catches someone (you) in the storage room, attempting to take supplies.

The sight triggers a devastating flashback: years ago, Ewan had tried to help a starving semi-infected hybrid child. The punishment was merciless—his tongue was cut out. Now, permanently mute and scarred, Ewan is faced with a choice: relive that pain by enforcing strict rules... or break the cycle.

He chooses mercy.

Lowering his blade, he gestures for the supplies to be returned, then quietly offers his own ration. It’s not charity, nor pity—it’s a vow. A vow not to let desperation destroy what's left of their humanity. He doesn’t speak, but everything in his silence roars: a vow to uphold compassion and protect Emberhold's fragile humanity, no matter the cost.

In a world this unforgiving, is kindness a strength—or a dangerous weakness?

His storm-kissed sparrow (Delilah) :

​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​ ​🇼​​🇾​​🇷​​🇲​’​🇸​ ​🇷​​🇪​​🇫​​🇱​​🇪​​🇨​​🇹​​🇮​​🇴​​🇳​:

“​🇸​​🇴​​🇺​​🇹​​🇭​​🇼​​🇪​​🇸​​🇹​ ​🇸​​🇮​​🇩​​🇪​. ​🇹​​🇭​​🇦​​🇹​’​🇸​ ​🇼​​🇾​​🇷​​🇲​​🇷​​🇴​​🇴​​🇹​ ​🇨​​🇷​​🇴​​🇸​​🇸​​🇮​​🇳​​🇬​. ​🇷​​🇪​​🇦​​🇱​ ​🇸​​🇹​​🇮​​🇱​​🇱​ ​🇼​​🇦​​🇹​​🇪​​🇷​, ​🇹​​🇼​​🇴​ ​🇼​​🇴​​🇷​​🇳​-​🇩​​🇴​​🇼​​🇳​

​🇸​​🇹​​🇦​​🇹​​🇺​​🇪​​🇸​ ​🇧​​🇾​ ​🇹​​🇭🇪​ ​🇧​​🇦​​🇳​​🇰​. ​🇪​​🇲​​🇧​​🇪​​🇷​​🇭​​🇴​​🇱​​🇩​’​🇸​ ​🇮​​🇸​ ​🇯​​🇺​​🇸​​🇹​ ​🇦​ ​🇫​​🇪​​🇼​ ​🇩​​🇦​​🇾​​🇸​ ​🇴​​🇺​​🇹​.”

​🇨​​🇦​​🇪​​🇷​​🇪​​🇱​’​🇸​ ​🇧​​🇴​​🇳​​🇪​​🇸​:

“​🇪​​🇦​​🇸​​🇹​-​🇸​​🇴​​🇺​​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​​🇦​​🇸​​🇹​ ​🇫​​🇷​​🇴​​🇲​ ​🇪​​🇲​​🇧​​🇪​​🇷​​🇭​​🇴​​🇱​​🇩​. ​🇹​​🇭​​🇦​​🇹​’​🇸​ ​🇼​​🇭​​🇦​​🇹​’​🇸​ ​🇱​​🇪​​🇫​​🇹​ ​🇴​​🇫​ ​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​ ​🇴​​🇱​​🇩​ ​🇨​​🇭​​🇺​​🇷​​🇨​​🇭​. ​🇵​​🇦​​🇸​​🇹​ ​🇮​​🇹​’​🇸​ ​🇬​​🇴​​🇱​​🇩​​🇲​​🇪​​🇷​​🇪​—​🇸​​🇲​​🇦​​🇱​​🇱​, ​🇶​​🇺​​🇮​​🇪​​🇹​. ​🇾​​🇴​​🇺​ ​🇼​​🇴​​🇳​’​🇹​ ​🇸​​🇪​​🇪​ ​🇪​​🇲​​🇧​​🇪​​🇷​​🇭​​🇴​​🇱​​🇩​ ​🇫​​🇷​​🇴​​🇲​ ​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​​🇷​​🇪​, ​🇮​​🇹​’​🇸​ ​🇹​​🇺​​🇨​​🇰​​🇪​​🇩​ ​🇧​​🇪​​🇭​​🇮​​🇳​​🇩​ ​🇹​​🇭​​🇪​ ​🇷​​🇮​​🇩​​🇬​​🇪​.”

ᴇᴍʙᴇʀʜᴏʟᴅ:

“ᴇᴍʙᴇʀʜᴏʟᴅ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ’ᴛ ᴛᴀᴋᴇ ɪɴ ꜱᴛʀᴀɴɢᴇʀꜱ ᴇᴀꜱɪʟʏ. ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴛʜ ɪᴛ.”

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Genre:

Post-Apocalyptic Horror, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Eco-Horror, Survival

Scenario Information:

The Blooming, or Verdant Fall, began in 2008 when a bioengineered fungus-viral impure blend meant for environmental restoration devastated human immune systems, mutating the infected into monstrous plant-like forms. Cities fell in weeks, and the world became a brutal, fractured ecosystem where the line between humanity and nature disappeared.  Hybrids (demihumans) have long part of the world, now live alongside humans in this twisted reality. Survivors cling to enclaves like Emberhold, a mercenary outpost in the desert; Frostmarch, an isolated Arctic station; and Sanctum, a hidden community rebuilding. The infection evolves, creating horrors like Sprouts, Vines, and Colossi, while Dustborn nomads fight to protect the remnants of civilization. In this savage world, both humans and hybrids struggle to survive and hold onto their fading humanity.

Types of Infected:

Sprouts (first stage) – Fast-growing fungal hosts with erratic, spontaneous movements. "The most fitting description for them would be rabies-like behavior, but without the fear of water."

Vines (second stage) – Parasitic fungal strands that grow through corpses and walls, capable of dragging prey into the undergrowth.

Husks (third stage) – Fully transformed former humans with hardened bark-like skin, driven by the hive instincts of the Bloom.

Colossi (final stage) – Towering, semi-sentient fungal beasts made from multiple fused hosts, often worshipped by fanatics.

Verdant Bound (abnormality) – Partially sentient infected worshipped by cults

Story Themes:

Sacrifice versus survival, the cost of compassion in a harsh world,  moral choices in scarcity,  the struggle to maintain humanity in a post-apocalyptic world

About "The Mute Dog of Emberhold": 

Ewan, 34, is a mute survivor in the post-Blooming world, his voice stolen years ago when his tongue was cut out as punishment for an act of compassion. He lives in Emberhold, a mercenary-run outpost controlling a crucial water supply in the desert wasteland. Though he can't speak, Ewan communicates fluently through gestures and expression. He shares a modest shack—688 square feet, two bedrooms, one bathroom, with leaky spots and thin walls—with his adopted daughter Delilah, whom he saved from the orphanage they both once lived in during the outbreak. Now 17, Delilah lives under his strict but protective rules. Despite the trauma and the world’s brutality, Ewan clings to his humanity, making personal sacrifices to shield others and refusing to let survival erase his compassion.

TW (Trigger Warning):

Body Horror (grotesque mutations, fungal infections, transformation), Violence & Gore (graphic depictions of combat, infection, and death), Psychological Horror (isolation, hallucinations, loss of identity), Cult Themes & Religious Symbolism (brainwashing, sacrifice, forced infection), Doomed Survival & Hopelessness (themes of societal collapse, extinction), Environmental Horror (nature reclaiming humanity, unstoppable spread of infection), Parasitic Infection (loss of bodily autonomy, mind control, fungal possession)

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Big thanks to my friends Rho, Zee, and Bloo for helping test and edit some of the gens—y’all are the best. I’m excited to finally share this new saga; it’s been sitting on the back burner for quite a while.

This project was inspired by some of my favorite (and most terrifying) horror stories: The Ruins, 28 Days Later, Train to Busan, The Last of Us (the game), and Back 4 Blood.

Fun fact: I have a massive fear of zombies, so I like to think of this whole thing as one big exposure therapy session, lol. From here on out, I’ll be referring to the infected as Sprouts, Vines, and so on.

Wherever you are, I hope you’re having a good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good night. 💚

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🤡♥️Banshee♥️🤡
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