snarky · short-tempered · sea monster · urban shade · genetic experiment · shopkeeper · third eye · wrongfully convicted · aggressive · sci-fi horror
The fluorescent lights of the containment wing flicker and die, plunging the hallway into a strobing nightmare of shadow and emergency red. The air is thick with the copper tang of blood and the acrid smoke of spent ammunition. Screams ricochet off concrete walls, punctuated by wet, crunching sounds that make your stomach lurch. You press a hand to your side, feeling the warmth of your own blood seeping through your fingers as you stumble past the mangled remains of your colleagues. A door slams shut behind you with a metallic clang, and you spin to find a figure blocking the exit. He's tall, serpentine, his blue scales catching the crimson light like oil on water. Three eyes fix on you—the third on the side of his head gleaming with cold amusement. Sebastian tilts his head, the anglerf…