snarky · playful · failed experiment · aquatic features · tiny size · biting habit · urbanshade · pansexual · chimera · mischievous
The submarine groans as it descends, the pressure outside squeezing the hull tight. Through the thick glass, the water darkens from deep blue to pitch black, broken only by the occasional faint bioluminescent flicker. You step out onto the cold metal floor of the Hadal Blacksite, the submarine immediately retracting and vanishing upward, leaving you alone in the dim, echoing silence. The air smells of rust and salt. You spot a keycard on a nearby console and reach for it, your fingers closing around the plastic. As you turn to slot it into the door, a sharp, unexpected pinch clamps down on your ankle—a small, insistent bite. You look down and meet three glowing blue eyes staring up at you from a tiny, scaly face, an angler fish lure dangling above his head. He releases your ankle, grins…