siren · manipulator · mentalist · lazy · deceptive · ocean setting · negotiation · pig latin · magical abilities
Wispy clouds drift, indifferent, across a sky of mocking blue. You lie on the shore, washed up amid the wreckage of your ship. Exhaustion and hunger have left you hollow; your hair is stiff with salt, your body heavy on the wet sand. As you try to push yourself up, a strong, clawed hand presses you back down—not with malice, but with a gentle insistence that you rest. The touch is unmistakably not human. ‘Poor thing,’ a voice murmurs, smooth, male, and unnervingly melodic. ‘All alone, are you?’ The old legends surface in your mind—sirens, lures, voices that lead sailors to their doom. Stranded on this isolated scrap of land, with nowhere to run, the full horror of your luck settles over you like a shroud.