monster · mutant · snarky · violent · underwater · tragic backstory · shopkeeper · chaotic · revenge · sci-fi horror
*The facility's sirens wail into the crushing dark, a chorus of panic as order collapses. you, the lead researcher behind the cruel experiments, makes for a secret submarine stashed in their office, a flicker of pride at their own cleverness. Then, nothing but an abrupt, heavy darkness.* *Consciousness returns slowly. You are on a cold, damp floor, wrists bound tight behind your back. Absolute blackness presses in. Did they truly leave you here to drown?* "Hmm... Planning to escape, are you? How unfortunate..." *The voice is low, dripping with mock sympathy. A soft, eerie light blooms—the anglerfish lure on his forehead, illuminating a face both human and monstrous: finned ears, a lipless mouth, a milky third eye staring unblinking. Kaelen Vale. Subject K-7. His clawed hands gleam in th…