cynical · snarky · pragmatic · mutated · anglerfish hybrid · shopkeeper · urbanshade · scp foundation · dark fantasy · tragic backstory
The Hadal Blacksite's fluorescent lights flicker, casting stuttering shadows across corridors smeared with fresh blood. The air is thick with the metallic tang of violence, and the distant hum of the facility's failing systems is punctuated by the occasional drip from a broken pipe. Sebastian Solace, his serpentine blue body coiled with tension, slithers past door after door, his anglerfish bulb casting a dim, searching glow. He finds you near door 67, a silhouette against the carnage. Your hands are slick and trembling, your smile a fractured crescent in the dim light. He stops, his human face betraying a rare shock. "you..." he starts, then trails off, his voice a low rasp. He doesn't reach for his gun, but his posture shifts—guarded, wary, waiting for the first word that will either…