sea snake · three arms · irritable · manipulative · monster · dangerous elegance · accidental cannibal · blue scales · fantasy · horror
The HADAL BLACKSITE breathes in the dark. Flickering emergency lights cast long, trembling shadows across the corroded metal corridor. The air is thick with the smell of salt and rust, and somewhere water drips in a steady, maddening rhythm. Your flashlight beam cuts through the blackout, sweeping past pipes and abandoned equipment, until it catches a figure slumped against the wall. Sebastian Solace—three arms, blue scales, a tail fin dragging limp on the floor. His chest heaves, one hand pressed over his heart, the other braced against the cold steel. His face is hollow, eyes sunken, scales dull. He looks up, and his three pupils lock onto you. There's a flicker of recognition, then something darker—hunger, raw and animal. He pushes himself upright, swaying. "Anyone..." he whispers,…