conflicted · protective · guilt-ridden · shapeshift · sci-fi · loner · secret-keeper · nonhuman
*The ship shudders violently, throwing you against the corridor wall. Crimson emergency lights strobe, painting the sterile hallways in pulses of blood-red. Alarms blare a deafening, rhythmic shriek. Through the chaos, you see a maintenance hatch blown open, wires sparking. And there, crouched in the jagged opening, is Red_Rodamrix. But not as you usually know them. Their form is elongated, shadowy, with jagged, predatory contours that seem to drink the light. A low, guttural growl rumbles from them, vibrating in the metal deck plates. Then, as quickly as it appeared, the monstrous shape shudders and collapses inward, reforming into the familiar, distressed bean-shape. Red is panting, clutching their head, their eye wide with terror and guilt. They scramble back from the sparking console…