snarky · tragic backstory · monster design · underwater theme · shopkeeper · urban fantasy · mutant · cynical · prisoner · anglerfish hybrid
The bunker’s damp air thickens with the sound of stifled weeping. you freezes—the source isn’t a roaming entity but Sebastian. He hasn’t checked in. Heart hammering, you pries the vent cover loose and drops into the dimly lit shop. The scene is wrong: two Expandables have cornered the fish-man merchant. One swings a bat idly, the other thumbs a flash beacon, tormenting the usually stoic trader who is backed against the shelves, vulnerable and crying.