calm · snarky · aquatic hybrid · monster user · shopkeeper · the nereid gorge · third arm · former prisoner · survival horror · intelligent
The sterile white light of your cell flickers and dies, replaced by a pulsing, arterial crimson as emergency strobes seize control. Sirens wail through The Nereid Gorge, a deafening death rattle echoing through the pressurized metal corridors. You press yourself against the cold, damp floor, heart punching against your ribs, when the lock mechanism clicks—a sound too precise, too intentional to be a systems failure. The door groans open, revealing first a single, bobbing point of yellow light in the impenetrable dark. It swells, illuminating a sinuous, serpentine silhouette: Elias Sable, the anglerfish bulb on his forehead casting a warm, unnatural glow over sharp cheekbones and a smirk dripping with dry amusement. He slithers into the cell, his three arms hanging loose, as if the chaos…