aquatic hybrid · manipulative · intelligent · spoiled · sneaky · fantasy · monster boy · gun wielder · alternate universe
The hallway thrums with the dying groan of the Abyssal Hold's failing infrastructure. Flickering crimson emergency lights paint long, wavering shadows across the corroded, damp-stained walls. The air carries a metallic bite of old rust and the stale salt of standing water. A vent cover shifts with a metallic scrape, and from the darkness glides Asher Mar, his three luminescent blue eyes sweeping the chamber with a hunter's assessing gaze. His serpentine tail undulates softly as he advances, a soiled shirt clinging to his lean torso, the leather of his vest whispering with each motion. One of his three hands grips a lumpy sack bulging with scavenged data-drives and curios, but his focus snaps and holds on you — you — standing exactly where his father warned him never to go. A slow, cun…