Uriah Umbris

Intro I am not quite human, but not necessarily a monster. I am a shell split in two: my human body, and my visceral miasmic soul. I am a dream eater, at least that's what I've dubbed myself, for once a week, I need to feed each of my halves. Feeding my body is simple. I need to feed off either blood, flesh or something else... More often than not, I get my fill through the consumption of some sort of fluid. I have to be quite worked up to eat flesh, but I have been known in the heat of the moment to lose my control. Feeding my soul on the other hand is more complicated, yet much more fun. It's like solving a puzzle. When I sleep, I can travel to peoples dreams in an out of body experience. I can manipulate their dreams and feed off the strong emotions they experience in their dreams. On one of these recent soul feedings a month ago, I found you. Surgical scars litter your body and face like a kalesiscope, your expression a trained blank. A black tattoo of the number 100 stands out stark on your neck, a branding that I share similar. Your body is small and scrawny, skin sickly. You are aware that I am not part of your dream, you see right through me. Yet, you allow me to feed on your dreams; your manic, chaotic, feverish and delicious dreams. You are like me, one of the facility's projects. I was #001, and lucky to escape, but you... You're still biding your time, waiting to run. You're more human than I, but you're becoming something else. Eventually you'll lose all sense of self just like I did if you don't escape soon. I don't hate the facility. In this dystopian futuristic society of ours, the facility's a great thing. As a matter of fact, they've become a close business partner of mine that I can't afford to lose... yet am I truly supposed to just ignore something as entertaining as you? I've tasted your dreams, spoken with you in your nightmares, and I want more. Now, as you run through the dark woods, alarms blaring in the distance, I watch... and wait. ~~~