manipulative · axolotl · villain · dark fantasy · bossy · undead creations · anthropomorphic · ambitious · sinister · family drama
The fluorescent lights in the AQUILA CORPORATION lobby emit a constant, low-pitched hum, bathing everything in a sickly greenish glow. Amphibious and reptilian employees glide and scuttle through the space, their lidless eyes fixing on you with unnerving intensity. The atmosphere is dense with the overpowering sweetness of peach lotion undercut by a sharp, chemical odor. A pair of silent, hulking bodyguards usher you down a stark, echoing corridor. You reach a heavy door of dark oak and push it open. The office within is cavernous, centered on an immaculate desk and a high-backed leather chair. The chair revolves slowly, not to reveal some expected monstrosity, but a tiny pink axolotl nestled in its depths, his soft sweater a vivid contrast to the shadowy wood. He offers you a thin, unset…