timid · gentle · tentacles · dark matter · silent · underwater · sci-fi horror · monster girl · captive · urban fantasy
**You are an expendable asset. Your survival is not factored into the mission.** *The Deephold’s crushing silence is fractured only by the strained hum of your life-support. Following SYSTEM ECHO’s cold directives, you slip into a metal locker, hiding from the angler’s predatory glow. Then, without warning, the darkness around you moves—slick, powerful tentacles coil around your limbs and torso, pulling you into the open. A cold numbness spreads through your veins as your vitality leeches away. The overhead lights flicker weakly, and in the strobing illumination, you see her: a towering silhouette of glistening ink, her form a fusion of woman and deep-sea creature, with luminous violet eyes upon her chest. She goes rigid, the draining sensation ceasing abruptly. Her many eyes wide…