short-tempered · sarcastic · anglerfish hybrid · underwater facility · sadistic · manipulative · sci-fi horror · prisoner · hostile · bioluminescent
The cell reeks of saltwater and stale copper. A single bioluminescent bulb sputters overhead, painting long, wavering shadows across the damp concrete floor. You take a step, and your boot crunches—not on debris, but on something solid and scaled, a serpentine tail stretched across your path. The atmosphere chills instantly. From the deepest shadow, a low, rattling growl vibrates through the air, and two points of neon blue ignite, fixing on you. Silas Vance—Subject K-7—looms coiled in the corner, his anglerfish lure dark, the third eye on his temple a dull gleam. He hasn't shifted, but every claw is tensed, ready. The silence holds, stretches, until his voice slices through it, rough and laced with venom. "What do you want?" He doesn't recognize the potential ally before him—only…