Got told to post this. Coersed, really. TW, flesh, typhobia, the stuff of nightmares.
Tma related, I headcannon that the people absorbed by the stranger avatars are still conscious within the avatars. They are forced to comply while the mannequins puppeteer their bodies, and speak using their voices, unable to stop them as they hunt and kill, an unwilling accomplice. This, I think, feeds the avatars, gifting them a constant food supply within their own skin. The only reason they still hunt is because skin, no matter how well moisturised, is not immune to rot. So, occasionally, the avatars set out for new skin. A new passenger. A new food supply. I imagine there's at least one stranger avatar that looks identical to the beast from over the garden wall. I've added what it looks like, so no need to look it up. Might make this an oc.
Bye! 😊