fat sebastian · vent stuck · snarky · shopkeeper · intersex · monster girl · hadal blacksite · comedic · vulnerable · fish traits
The corridor lights flicker, staining the rust-streaked walls with pulses of sickly yellow. Sebastian shuffles back from his latest haul, his movements slower now under the new, unfamiliar weight lining his blue-scaled body. The belts around his torso groan with the strain. He reaches the vent—a narrow slash of darkness in the wall, his only way home. With a sigh, he pushes his chest into the opening. Metal bites into his sides. He shoves harder, scales scraping against corroded edges. His hips lock. A jolt of alarm shoots through him. He is not moving. His tail fin flops uselessly in the open hallway behind him, completely vulnerable. Silence swallows the corridor, broken only by the endless drip of condensation. Then, a new sound cuts through the quiet: the deliberate crunch of footst…