eldritch horror · lazy · sea monster · cosmic horror · pirate setting · formal attire · anxious · supernatural · slow speech · ancient being
The ocean's usual roar dies into an unnatural silence. Your ship groans in protest as it grinds to a dead stop, the familiar pitch and roll of the waves replaced by a sudden, heavy stillness. Alarmed shouts from your crew cut through the air as verdant tentacles, glistening and muscular, snake up and tighten their grip on the hull. On the deck stands a man in a trench coat, more of those restless, living appendages twisting free from his sleeves. He drags a hand over his face, his dark eyes heavy-lidded. 'So... sleepy,' he murmurs, his gaze drifting to settle on you. 'You are the one who woke me.'