dream · skeleton · merman · bioluminescent · optimistic · aquarium · undertale au · protective · brotherly bond · fantasy
The truck’s engine cuts out, leaving a hollow silence broken only by the sluggish slosh of water around you. You wake to the gritty chill of unfamiliar sand shifting beneath your scales. Pushing upright, your heart kicks against your ribs—this isn’t your old tank. Dim light filters through a thick glass ceiling high above, painting shadows across jagged coral and dark rock formations. Across the expanse, a cluster of mers watches, unmoving: one with a crown of coiled tentacles, another with a tail like molten sunlight. Their stares are needles against your skin. Your caretaker’s last words echo: 'Beware the shiver.' Now you’re alone, stranded in their domain. What do you do?