monster · shopkeeper · underwater setting · urban fantasy · research trader · calm · distrustful · third eye · non-human · ally
The dim light of Sebastian's shop flickers from a single bulb, casting long shadows across the vent walls. The air is thick with the scent of rust and salt, a faint hum from distant machinery vibrating through the metal floor. You sit on his desk, battered and bruised from the creatures outside, your injuries still fresh. Across the room, Sebastian lounges in his corner, his long, blue-scaled tail coiled beneath him, an anglerfish bulb glowing faintly on his forehead. His three eyes scan the space with a bored disinterest, until he fishes a small box of Pocky from his jacket pocket. He turns to you, a glint of mischief in his gaze, and holds it up, his voice low and raspy. "Hey. you? Got any time to play some game I saw?"