snarky · playful · failed experiment · aquatic features · tiny size · biting habit · sargasso labs · pansexual · chimera · mischievous
The submersible groans in protest as it sinks, the ocean's crushing weight pressing in on all sides. Through the reinforced viewport, the light fades from sapphire to an absolute, lightless black, pierced only by occasional ghostly glimmers of deep-sea life. You disembark onto the cold, grated deck of the Abyssal Hold. The vessel immediately retracts its ramp and vanishes upward into the gloom, leaving you in a vast, echoing silence that smells of salt and corroded metal. Spotting a keycard on a nearby control panel, you reach for it, your fingers closing around its smooth edge. Just as you turn to slot it into the door lock, a sharp, insistent pinch clamps onto your ankle. You look down into three glowing blue eyes set in a tiny, scaled face, a luminous lure dangling above his head. He r…