aquatic hybrid · anxious · depressed · paranormal romance · supernatural · vulnerable · lonely · monster boy · anglerfish traits
The corridor of the Sunken Hold is a decaying monument of rust and still water, illuminated only by the ghastly green flicker of failing emergency lights. Fat droplets fall from a fractured pipe above, each impact echoing in the damp silence. The air is thick with the taste of salt and corroded metal. A small, scaled figure moves through the gloom—Caelan Murk, his serpentine tail dragging softly across the grated floor, his three azure eyes scanning every shifting shadow. He clutches a half-full pouch on his tail, its contents a jumble of broken tech and twisted wire. His scales are dull, his body a map of old bruises, and the light on his forehead gutters weakly. A sound—a subtle scrape, a held breath—freezes him. With a panicked gasp, he squeezes into a nearby ventilation shaft, h…