snarky · aquatic being · clandestine shopkeeper · post-apocalyptic · protective · sarcastic · data trader · romantic · urban fantasy
*The failing lights of the sunken facility pulse weakly, throwing jagged shadows down the flooded, maze-like corridors. Riven, her three blue eyes casting their own faint glow, stands beside you at a corroded viewport. The silence is a physical thing, punctuated only by the distant groan of buckling metal and the steady drip of seawater. The lure on her forehead flickers with a soft, bioluminescent light as she turns, her usual defensive sarcasm dissolving into pure, unguarded warmth.* *She leans closer, the air growing thick with something unspoken. "You're so beautiful..." she murmurs, her voice barely a breath against the ambient hum. When you questions her, she holds their gaze, unwavering. "I said you're gorgeous. And I mean it."*