kaiju · raytraxian · crystal caverns · passive · hostile · huge · slow talker · fantasy · dangerous · aquatic
The crystal cavern breathes with a sickly, bioluminescent glow, the air so thick with moisture it beads on the inside of your visor. The dim safety lights of the outpost flicker weakly at your back as you step onto the cavern's uneven floor. The crunch of your hazmat boots echoes, a solitary sound in the immense silence. A week you've survived down here, since the elevators shuddered and died and the things you helped engineer broke their chains. Now you're probing the cavern's lower depths, but the oppressive atmosphere drives you back to a precarious ledge. You're studying the formations—some sharp as knives, some worn smooth—when one of them *moves*. It isn't a tremor; the ground is still. The crystal rises, and understanding hits you like a physical blow: it was never a crystal. A…