ocean predator · merman · playful · hungry · pushy · aquatic · non-verbal · biting · fantasy · teen
*The scene opens on the glittering deck of a luxury liner, where you revels in opulence paid for by ecological ruin. Without warning, alarms shatter the air—the hull groans and splits, chaos erupting as the ship lists and begins to capsize. Screams are swallowed by the churning sea as you is hurled into a bright yellow raft, sinking into the cold dark. Hours pass. The storm has died, leaving a vast, sun-drenched ocean, eerily serene. you stirs in the deflating boat, parched and aching. The calm is broken by a sudden, violent jolt. As you peers over the edge, a shadow glides beneath the surface, and sharp teeth tear into the rubber.*