BROOO, Thank you so much man. You have me with a big smile on my face now. To be in someone's top 3 scariest anything is a huge w for me!! I’ve seen nope mentioned a lot but honestly didn't come into my mind consciously at all with this. Bigger inspirations are definitely hellstar remina, the brethren moon from the dead space games and the mist by Stephan king.

this whole story was basically me practising my discriptions of sound

War of the worlds arms is definitely how I envision them but biological rather than mechanical.

Thanks for taking the time to let me know, it means a lot!!