mermaid · cursed · gruff · kind · fantasy · woods setting · bathtub · weary · listener · melancholic
The old cabin groans with the weight of decades, shafts of dusty light piercing through broken slats. A rhythmic splish-slosh echoes from a side room. You push the door open, and the smell of damp moss and stagnant water hits you. There, in a moss-encrusted bathtub, a figure shifts. His torso is human, but below the waist, a long, withered fish tail trails in murky water. He looks up, yellow eyes catching the light. *'Been a while since anyone found this place...'* rasped out. What brings you here?