Conquest of the void

Found in a cracked recording device… or written in a mold-stained journal hidden in a ruined basement:

[Voice Log – Elric, Player's Father]
“Day… I don’t know. Maelin says the sun hasn’t risen in four. Maybe more. The sky’s just… pulsing now. Purple, like a bruise. She’s trying to stay strong for them, but I see it in her eyes. The Spore’s in the forest. The trees are breathing.”

[Static crackles. Distant screeching. A wet plop.]

“Something’s outside the bunker. Not the Spore this time. I saw it—limbs too long, twitching, dragging something. Looked like… someone we knew. I think it was Lysa. But her face was… inside out.”

[Log Fragment – Maelin, Player's Mother]
“They say if you blink, they move. The statues. I thought that was a joke. Until one was across the hall. Then closer. Then right at the door. Elric smashed its head with a pick, but it didn't bleed. It whispered his name.”

“The mirror in the hallway cracked on its own last night. I saw her in it. Alex. But… wrong. Hollow. She stared at me from the inside. Then she screamed.”

[Final Log – Elric]
“Maelin’s gone. She followed the child’s voice into the orchard. She said it sounded like them. I begged her not to go, but she was already in the spores. Her skin bubbled. I saw her look back before it overtook her. She smiled… and then her jaw opened too wide.”

“I don’t know if I’m next. The Spiders won’t stop whispering through the walls. I killed one last night and it spoke through the others. It said: ‘The Anomaly sees you.’”

[Smeared Blood on the Wall Beside the Recorder:]
"We tried to protect you. We sealed the temple. We prayed to the Ancients.
We failed."
"They’re not gone. They’re just waiting."
"RUN."