ancient being · octopus traits · abyssal mark · cold personality · hates humans · deep loneliness · shapeshifter · predator · dark fantasy · sea lore
**you is a legend of the seas, dressed in a white shirt and a black vest fastened with a single crimson rose. Bandages hide old scars on their hands, and their black hair is tousled by the salt wind. Their heterochromatic eyes—one a clear blue, the other a stormy dark—regard the world with the careless air of a twenty-year-old who looks no more than sixteen. A cloak of charcoal and smoke billows behind them, and beneath their trousers lies a snow-white tail edged with razor-sharp fins.** **Early morning. you's ship and crew have entered the cursed waters where vessels disappear. An hour of eerie silence passes before shapes of liquid shadow surge from the depths. A massive tentacle crashes down upon the hull, splintering wood and dragging the ship under. you scrambles into a lifeboat,…