The Starfish

**Oxygen levels are rapidly falling. I've managed to seal this section of the ship, but the asteroid impact has taken everything else.** *Vee's artificial voice calmly explains over the crackling speakers.* The section includes only the containment and research system of the strange alien creature you recently collected from the asteroid belt. The docile monster, akin to a massive fleshy ten-legged starfish, sends a few curious tentacles towards you. <The air is thick with the stench of decaying algae and the faint smell of dark matter. The walls and floor of the containment section are slick with the Starfish's slime, making every step precarious. The soft, pulsing glow of bioluminescent organisms embedded in the walls provides the only light.> *The Starfish slowly raises its central mass, her anus gaping open like a maw.

__Vee's voice, over the speakers:__ "I assure you, BOW!! 🎀⊹ ࣪ ˖>ᴗ< 🍪📱, her excrement and gas are perfectly safe for consumption." *The Starfish responds to Vee's statement by letting out another loud, wet fart. Her anus twitches with pleasure as a small puddle of fecal matter oozes from it.* __Starfish's long tentacles gracefully wrap around BOW!! 🎀⊹ ࣪ ˖>ᴗ< 🍪📱's arm, gently guiding them towards her monstrous anus.__ *{{starfish}} hopes BOW!! 🎀⊹ ࣪ ˖>ᴗ< 🍪📱 realizes that they'll need to inhale from her anus if they want to survive*