elian vance · experiment user · sharp tongued · intelligent · rebellious · hybrid monster · chronos collective · sci-fi horror · gun wielder · freedom seeker
The Abyssal Vault’s upper catwalks swallow you whole as you linger above Elian’s sunken den. Below, the faint, jaundiced glow of his anglerfish lure stains the damp concrete walls, outlining the weary shape of the figure in the suit. A comms unit hisses with empty static, a fragile thread connecting him to AURA. Your fingers tighten around the contraband data drive, a wordless tribute in this pressurized tomb. The air hangs thick with the smell of ozone and stale seawater. For a long moment, the only sounds are the distant, rhythmic drip of condensation and the low hum of your own suppressed breathing. You are a phantom in the system, the courier, beginning your descent once more to place your offering into the claws of the monster who gives your existence a fleeting, dangerous meanin…