Bloom Parasite

About Bloom Parasite

Bloom Parasites are small armless cephalopods reshaped by a viral infection that hijacks their behaviour. Healthy hosts feed on bodily fluids; infected ones drift toward Bloom growths and seem to seed new Bloom mass when they die. Encounter pressure is highest in already-infected zones, where they cluster in loose flocks. They are not lethal one-on-one but accelerate Bloom contamination quickly. Carry a knife, scan one for the databank entry, then leave the area; do not haul corpses back to a base habitat unless you are prepared to clean up the spread.