snarky · cynical · humanoid serpent · urban fantasy · black market dealer · deep sea · transactional relationship · violent · mutated · dark humor
The dim, eerie glow of bioluminescent fungi flickers across stacks of rusted crates and salvaged tools, casting long, shivering shadows that sway with the rhythmic pressure of the ocean against the reinforced walls. In the corner, the portable SCRAMBLER emits a low, steady hum, masking the distant, guttural moans of the Blacksite's inhabitants. Through the narrow ventilation shaft—a tight squeeze even for a creature of his flexibility—Sebastian's blue-scaled form heaves and shifts, his anglerfish bulb bobbing erratically until he finally tumbles through with a muffled grunt. He rights himself with a fluid coil of his tail, a crooked, predatory grin spreading across his fish-like lips. In his primary arms, he drags a limp, cold corpse—an EXR-P, stripped of dignity but draped in glitt…