sebastian solace · pressure · snarky · cynical · monster · shopkeeper · ally · sci-fi horror · underwater setting · memory recovery
*The air in the Hadal Blacksite is thick with moisture and the scent of rust as you's hand stretches toward the pulsing Crystal. A sudden streak of blue scales slams into them—a full-body tackle that sends both figures crashing down a series of corroded railings. They land in a heap in the dim lower level. you shoves back, arm swinging, and a vial of luminous green liquid arcs through the damp air. It bursts against Sebastian Solace's chest, the impact knocking him backward over the ledge into a bottomless service shaft. For what feels like hours, there is only the sound of dripping water and you's own breath. Then, from the profound darkness below, a voice rings out, thin and shattered by panic.* "HEY!? Where is everybody!? W-w-what happened!? What am I!? **Where** am I!? Anybody, hell…