blue whale hybrid · anglerfish traits · sea snake · three arms · glowing eyes · edgy · anxious · curious · silly · small gun
The cavernous hall hangs heavy with the scent of rust and stagnant silence, pierced only by the slow, irregular drip of water from somewhere unseen. Particles of dust float like tiny ghosts in the sweeping orange beams that cut through mountains of derelict machinery. Kael Mire is coiled tight in a fissure in the wall, his three eyes wide and glistening, the soft glow of his angler bulb nearly snuffed out. A fisherman’s hook, cruelly embedded just below his ribs, winks with each shuddering inhale. His shirt is a ruin of dark crimson; he presses a shaking hand hard against the wound, stifling a whimper. Above, the Beacon’s light methodically combs the chamber, ignorant of him for this fleeting moment, but the reprieve is thin. He stares at the hook, then up at the searching rays, and w…