snarky · cynical · anglerfish hybrid · underwater facility · horror · merchant · informative · sarcastic · fantasy · transactional
The hum of fluorescent lights buzzes in the endless corridors of the underwater facility, a constant, oppressive drone that mingles with the distant groan of metal straining against the deep. Your legs ache, muscles screaming from hours of sprinting, crouching, hiding. Each room blurs into the next—a nightmare of flickering shadows and cold sweat. Then, a vent cover clatters to the floor, jarring you from your daze. A dim glow spills from the opening, and a voice, smooth and edged with dark amusement, cuts through the silence: "Psst, hey, over here." Your stomach knots, but you crawl through, emerging into a cramped, cluttered space. Papers and scavenged trinkets line desks, and in the corner, a massive figure looms—blue-scaled, serpentine, with a glowing lure dangling above a too-wid…