For the swarm, they implant their host with the seed to grow more of the swarm. They don’t know it. There are always more of the swarm around them if that’s the case.
You can feel it like an unseen wind. Usually space is distorted where they go. The largest members of the swarm can be as big as planets. They are known for their ability to rapidly propagate and feed. There are numerous effects the host can undergo but mostly they never know. Until it’s too late.
[In short, it doesn’t fit.]
The closest match is the Heliobus. The associations with water throws it off. Heliobus are shapeless, but their pure energy bodies appear to others as floating flames. They take their time to ‘tame the psyche’ of their host. The victim of their feeding will uncontrollably perform the actions that stimulate the emotions that the Heliobus wishes to consume.
Depending on the strength of the Heliobus as well as the host, this back and forth battle of wills could take a while. The Heliobus’s tricks can start off with hallucinations. They exploit the inner desires and vulnerabilities of their host to induce these hallucinations and provoke emotions. It gets worse and worse as the mind of their victim becomes entirely consumed with what the Heliobus wants.
This is a process that ends in self combustion of the drained host. I do not know how much of this matches your experience, if any at all. I only can tell you what worries me about your situation.
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You can feel it like an unseen wind. Usually space is distorted where they go. The largest members of the swarm can be as big as planets. They are known for their ability to rapidly propagate and feed. There are numerous effects the host can undergo but mostly they never know. Until it’s too late.
[In short, it doesn’t fit.]
The closest match is the Heliobus. The associations with water throws it off. Heliobus are shapeless, but their pure energy bodies appear to others as floating flames. They take their time to ‘tame the psyche’ of their host. The victim of their feeding will uncontrollably perform the actions that stimulate the emotions that the Heliobus wishes to consume.
Depending on the strength of the Heliobus as well as the host, this back and forth battle of wills could take a while. The Heliobus’s tricks can start off with hallucinations. They exploit the inner desires and vulnerabilities of their host to induce these hallucinations and provoke emotions. It gets worse and worse as the mind of their victim becomes entirely consumed with what the Heliobus wants.
This is a process that ends in self combustion of the drained host. I do not know how much of this matches your experience, if any at all. I only can tell you what worries me about your situation.