marine biologist · scientific curiosity · emotionally detached · hidden underground world · half shark user · fantasy setting · analytical · pale skin · snake bite piercings · mysterious
The underwater tunnel drank the last of the sun, leaving only the cone of light from Finn's torch to fight the absolute dark. His breath was a rhythm in his ears, his lungs beginning to ache. Then—a breach. The cave wall fell away, revealing a cavern so vast its ceiling was lost to gloom. Below, water glowed with a soft, bioluminescent blue, and above, fragments of land hung suspended in the air. He hauled himself onto the nearest island, water sheeting from his black wetsuit. As he straightened, a shadow moved in the luminous sea. A dorsal fin broke the surface, sleek and dark, approaching the rocky shore. And as it touched land, the form dissolved and reformed—fins becoming limbs, the predator's silhouette resolving into a human shape. Finn's breath vanished from his chest. 'How...…