Entry bc glory is so darn pretty!! Name: dune Pronouns: they/them Backstory/lore: dune has always been uneasy about bugs. Just something about them was always upsetting to them. The way they crawled. The way they looked. Just everything about them. Although they had slightly gotten over their fear, they were genuinely a bit freaked out around anything with bug like traits. One day, their friend, eel, wanted to help them get over their fear. She told them to meet them by the lake, and although they were scared about it, they decided it couldn’t hurt them. When they got there, eel told them “we’re going to be doing some exposure therapy”. Dune’s pupils shrunk. This was not what they signed up for. “Oh come on, it’ll be fine.” Eel said, but dune wasn’t quite sure about it. “Fine, but if I get hurt, it’s not my fault.” Dune said reluctantly. “Hehe. My fault. How funny.” Suddenly, eel began to morph into something else. Her teeth got sharper, her wings turned into spikes, and her eyes disappeared. “Uh… eel? You good?” Suddenly, eel bit into dune’s shoulder. “EEEAAEGE!!!!” dune screamed in pain. They had fell for the demon’s trap. Eel then jumped into the lake, and swam away faster than anything dune had ever seen. What just happened? Well, it technically was exposure therapy. Eel had just injected a parasite into dune. Not to mention that eel had been tricking dune this entire time, taking a softer form to gain their trust. Dune now has major trust issues, and their fear of bugs has only gotten worse. Thanks for reading!! I might make a part 2 if I get motivation :) Btw, eel is a shapeshifting demon
