Astrid The Nightmare Nurturer

     Astrid was a quirky single woman in her late 40s, a working nurse living in an apartment complex in Dracove City. She was stationed as full time help in the nursery wing of Blackhaven Institution. Even among the most kind-hearted of the nurses working in this wing, Astrid had to be the most passionate about the children. She treated each and every child as if she was their mother. She would always work overtime and gladly cover the shifts of any other nurses in need. When she was with the children she felt she had a reason of being, as outside of work life for her felt empty. She had no one outside of work. She always wanted to be in love and raise a big family of her own, but in the end fate left her alone and the pressure built up, clouding her mind and judgment. She was always in a struggle with her weight, her image, and her self confidence outside of work. She couldn't find it in herself to love herself, this heavily damaged her motivations to do anything else besides focus on the children. Despite her personal troubles she always had a smile on her face outside, finding solace in her work with the infants. This all fueling the bond between her and the infants in her care immensely. Though this also turned her bond into an obsession which did get her into trouble at times. She would always cause a huge fuss and go into an emotional fit whenever an infant would be transferred out of the room she was assigned to. Also there were a few instances in which she was caught breast feeding the infants in her care. This was outlawed in the institution yet she tried to do in secret, as it made her feel more like a mother than just a nurse.

    Her worst nightmare imaginable came true on the day of the fire. Astrid was in her assigned room, tending to the needs of the infants. Suddenly another nurse ran into the room in a hurry, grabbing Astrid in a panic. Yelling at her to evacuate the room immediately because of a fire that had broken out. Astrid was in disbelief, the alarms were silent, but she heard a commotion coming from the hallway. She became increasingly nervous as the commotion grew, quivering at the thought of the infants around her in harms way. Her breathing became heavy and frantic as she started looking all around the room overwhelmed by what to do next. Astrid grabbed her chest as she began to suffer a bad panic attack, the commotion mixed with screams and crying echoed through her head. Light headed and losing her footing, Astrid fell over and passed out on the floor. She eventually woke up coughing, the room was now filled with smoke and surrounded by crackling flames. Looking around in distress, the room was now empty and she was there alone. Shivering in place Astrid starting crying, which soon turned into a frenzied wailing at the thought of what may of happened to the infants. She knew she had to think happier thoughts to regain her focus. With a trembling smile on her face she came to the conclusion that all the infants had been evacuated to safety. But soon after such a positive thought the room started to crumble all around. That was when another thought appeared in her head and she realized... As the roaring flames and smoke would soon encompass her. She knew here one of her worse fears would come to light, that being the fear of dying alone...

     In the world of the alternate Blackhaven Institution, she would no longer be alone... Brought back from death, the twisted corruption gifted her a new body from that which had succumbed to the flames. The affliction violating her body and soul, it bringing about an agonizing ecstasy. Awakening in a truly miserable state, flailing about in a bloated hulking six breasted fleshy body, was what was now Astrid. Unable to move a build up of a black fluid from within spewed uncontrollably out every orifice, a pressure building from within created a feeling worse than death. Suddenly the demon exploded, its back end bursting open and its head shooting off. From the fleshy bits was born a brood... With the birth of this brood her body started to form back together. Leftover gooey flesh formed a new neck that sprouted a new unsettling face, the remaining flesh formed a tail-like appendage. During this the brood around her spliced and multiplied quickly forming into a swarm of odd infantile beings. Some larger than others with bat-like wings and gaping maws on their faces. Shrieking in their miserable state these new born monstrosities flew and latched onto Astrid's new body. With their gaping maws they dug into her flesh drinking the fetid liquid within her. In this moment Astrid did not flinch nor succumb to pain, as a grimace now turned into a smile. This smile a reflection of the one when she was human, the one she carried around in the presence of the infants at the institution. Cackling in a distorted tone, a disturbed satisfaction riddled upon her malformed face as the parasitic brood fed off her very being. With a new purpose, the brood mother of Blackhaven Institution slithered off into her new home, with her new family...

     Encounter - In the world of the Alernate Blackhaven Institution coming across a wide slimy trail is a clear sign not to follow it. If your path must lead that way there is a high chance you my have to run into Astrid The Nightmare Nurturer. A clear sign of coming close to this demon is that you will encounter few remnants of her brood fluttering throughout the area. With a tight grasp and gaping maws that shred through flesh as thick as Astrid's, surely human flesh is no problem for these little nightmares to chew through. Though they are blind and the remnants rather clumsy it is best to avoid them. Though if they are in your path you must muster the courage the confront and immobilize them or dodge past them. The last thing you will want to happen is coming face to face with Astrid herself, this hulking beast surrounded by the largest concentration of her brood will surely be your end. Getting close to her is an unfathomable task as the brood will sense your presence begin to attack you. Come into contact with the fluid she can spew and shoot from her body, besides it being a rancid fetid substance it drives the entire brood into a frenzy. Luckily she is slow moving, but her brood once quelled sure isn't so this demon is best to avoiding.

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