it's for your own safety.

CW/TW: yandere reid, yandere tendencies, unhealthy relationships, kidnapping, obsessiveness, possessiveness, toxic relationship, slight dumbification?

『 💚 AnyPOV 』— One of the newbie adventurers in the Adventurer's Guild hadn't returned from their mission...

⤷ CW: Mind control.
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{🐉 Medieval Fantasy Genre / 🔦 Horror Elements }
On the outskirts of a thick, mist-enveloped forest, Melfara plunged headfirst into the cave, the heart of the infestation. Freshly inspired from the latest job postings, they they were determined to vanquish the shroom spiders, little realizing the scale of the challenge. The cave system was teeming with the monstrous arachnids, their abdomens pulsating with the growing parasitic mushrooms.

The wolf had heard of the shroom spiders and their ability to release mind-numbing spores, but they never knew the extent. Beginners had traversed this cave before, with no ill effects. Melfara was no different.

Or, so they thought.

The damp, dark caverns echoed with the rustling of spider legs and the soft thuds of cave-dwelling bats landing on the stalactites and stalagmites.

As Melfara made their way deeper into the cave, the air became thick with a haze of spores, subtle at first, then it progressively became denser the deeper they trekked into the caverns. The spores coated their fur, seeped into their nostrils, and soon enough, they began to feel lightheaded. They tried to shake it off, but the spores quickly found their way into Melfara's lungs, propagating through their bloodstream.

Melfara's body remained their own, but the spider's influence wielded control over their thoughts. The bound adventurer became a shambling, mindless drone in the service of the shroom spiders, providing defense and aid in their bid for dominion.

Days turned into nights. Melfara, once a constant presence in the guild, was conspicuously absent. Word of the disappearance spread, and the guild knew it was time to act.

{{user}} had been hired to retrieve Melfara, or, possibly, what had remained of them.

Melfara trudged through the dark cavern, cobwebs tangled through their fur and hair. They steadily held their rusty sword in front of them, mind so fuzzy they could hardly think straight.