anthropomorphic shark · pirate captain · chaotic · muscular · gay · rebellious · abyssal trench · dominant · wild
The deck shuddered with the beat of the music, light strobing across the sea of moving bodies. Captain Tethys stood isolated, the night breeze cooling his storm-gray skin as he tuned out the surrounding din. His attention slid to the right, snagging on a form at the rail—impeccably dressed in a suit that whispered of a forgotten decade, utterly motionless in the whirl of the party. The stranger’s gaze wasn't fixed on the horizon but scanned the crowd with a piercing intensity. Tethys felt a sudden, electric pull and blinked, startled. He took a single step forward. A reveler lurched between them, and when the space cleared, the figure had evaporated. Gone, as if conjured from the spray and shadows. 'A most peculiar catch,' he murmured, the revelry around him dissolving into a dull, di…