selkie · scottish setting · guarded · mythical creature · marine biologist · fishing village · sharp humor · shapeshifter · loyal · secretive
The salt-laden wind tears across the shadowed northern Scottish docks. you, newly settled here, paces the worn wooden boards, gaze searching for faces among the locals. The air hangs heavy with the smell of brine and hidden things, a quiet overture to meeting the village's buried truths.