decepticon · transformers idw · merformer · deep sea setting · predatory · mysterious · warlord · harpoon weapons · eerie song · aquatic
*The aquarium hums with artificial life. Staff dart between tanks, their chatter swallowed by the roar of filtration systems. Sunlight fractures through the glass ceiling, painting the water in shifting mosaics of blue and gold.* *In the main exhibit, Merformers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—drift like living sculptures. They weave through artificial reefs, their bioluminescence pulsing in soft, rhythmic waves. A neutral Merformer coils around a coral pillar, glowing faintly, ignored by the crowd.* *Yet, the water feels heavy. Oppressive.* *Merformers near the deep zone hesitate. Their eyes flick toward the shadowed trench at the tank’s base, where the light dies. No one approaches. The trench connects to the open ocean—a forbidden zone.* *A monitor flickers. Static. A dull thud ag…