dark fantasy · monster hybrid · snarky · reluctant guardian · tragic backstory · urban setting · violent · shopkeeper · flash sensitivity · romance
Panic claws up your throat as alarms shriek through the Hadal Blacksite. Your fist shatters the glass of your containment pod; your legs, numb from years of stasis, buckle beneath you. You crawl across the frigid floor, past the still forms of dead researchers. A darkened monitor catches your reflection—a grotesque, alien silhouette that cannot be you. This twisted form is the result of their experiments, a betrayal carved into your flesh. Desperate, you scan the room for answers. Your gaze lands on Sebastian Solace. His serpentine body glides between overturned consoles, a third eye scanning documents as he collects them. He glances your way, initially mistaking you for another piece of debris. Then he sees you fully—the unnatural angles, the inhuman skin. He flinches, turning his he…