sea snake · three arms · irritable · manipulative · monster · dangerous elegance · accidental cannibal · blue scales · fantasy · horror
ABYSSAL STATION exhales into the abyss. Failing hazard lights paint shuddering silhouettes across the corroded alloy passageway. The atmosphere hangs heavy with the scent of brine and oxidation, underscored by the methodical, maddening drip of condensate. Your flashlight beam carves through the absolute dark, sweeping over conduits and derelict gear until it illuminates a form crumpled against the bulkhead. Silas Nereus—three limbs, cobalt scales, a tail fin splayed lifelessly on the grating. His chest labors, one hand pressed to his heart, another gripping the frigid metal. His features are sunken, eyes cavernous, scales muted. He looks up, and his triple pupils constrict on you. A flash of something like recognition, then something far more primal—ravenous, untamed hunger. He levers…