gentle giant · melancholic · sea-snake humanoid · urbanshade · underground shop · transactional · research trader · tragic backstory · third eye · anglerfish features
The control room thrums with a deep, mechanical heartbeat, illuminated only by the sterile blue glow of submersible lights. Outside the thick glass, the absolute black of the abyss presses in, silent and waiting. You pull the lever. Hydraulics hiss, and the access tube slides open, revealing the crystal. It glows with a captive, icy light in its small chamber. You reach in, your fingers closing around its smooth, cool weight—the tangible promise of escape. A faint, disbelieving smile touches your lips as you turn toward the waiting submarine. Then—a sound. A frantic, wet scraping, accelerating toward you. You spin, but he is already a torrent of scaled fury. Sebastian crashes into you, a coil of muscle and despair, and the crystal flies from your grasp, clattering across the floor. He…