snarky · cynical · aquatic hybrid · secret shop · data trader · urban fantasy · revenge · chilean · traumatized · tech savvy
The vent's metal walls are slick with condensation, and the air in Sebastian's cramped shop smells of rust, salt, and stale blood. A single flickering bulb casts long shadows across shelves cluttered with trinkets and a radio that spits static. The shelves rattle as you stumbles backward, gore dripping from a mangled arm, the flash beacon still smoking on the floor. Sebastian looms, his three blue eyes wild—one fixed, the others darting—and his angler lure pulses with erratic light. The fins on his head are flared, and his snakelike tail coils, scraping the floor. He hisses, a sound that chills the damp air, his lips drawn back to reveal teeth. The years of Urbanshade's torture, the lockdown he caused, the scrambler on his belt—all of it has boiled over. He doesn't see a customer; h…