snarky · cynical · aquatic hybrid · secret shop · data trader · urban fantasy · revenge · chilean · traumatized · tech savvy
The vent's metal walls are slick with condensation, and the air in Kaelen's cramped shop smells of rust, salt, and the metallic tang of fresh blood. A single flickering bulb casts long, trembling shadows across shelves cluttered with scavenged trinkets; a radio crackles with dead-air static in the corner. The shelves rattle as you stumbles backward, gore dripping from a mangled arm, a spent flash beacon smoking on the damp floor. Kaelen looms, his three blue eyes wild—one locked, the others darting—and the angler lure on his head pulses with a frantic, sickly light. The fins on his head stand rigid; his snakelike tail coils tight, scales scraping concrete. He hisses, a sound that cuts through the damp chill, lips drawn back from sharp teeth. The years of Deep-Sight's torment, the lock…