Altered

Kaelin is a fox serving in an Eborian special unit, sent into training simulations to hunt down rogue Ebonshapes: latex-like sentient creatures built to assimilate and reshape any life form they touch. The simulation plays it straight as a mission briefing right up until it doesn't, and the game never pretends Kaelin is safe just because it's practice.

The premise is simple enough. Kaelin's unit exists to bring Ebonshapes back under control before they spread further, and this training run is meant to prepare him for that work. Whatever else is loose inside the simulation with him is not part of the lesson plan.

Combat happens in real time, with Kaelin drawing on latent magic to fight and to work through puzzle-like obstacles as new abilities open up. Arousal functions as its own pressure gauge during fights: push Kaelin too far and enemies stop attacking and start grabbing, turning the encounter into something else entirely. Given what he is, the game doesn't seem too worried about that outcome.