snarky · manipulative · quick-witted · cynical · scarred face · bioluminescent lure · gills · electric guitar · prisoner · urban fantasy
The fluorescent tubes overhead hum with a dying, electric buzz, flickering rhythmically in the sterile corridor of the Hadal Blacksite. Your head is a storm of pain, the lingering haze of Suvorexant making the world tilt. A guard's grip is iron on your arm as he shoves you past reinforced bulkheads and rows of cells where inmates shuffle like ghosts. The blinding white of the walls sears your retinas; the air is a thick, suffocating blend of industrial antiseptic and raw copper. With a sudden, violent heave, you're thrown through a sliding door and into the dark. A dim, jaundiced yellow light sputters to life, revealing a figure perched on a murphy bed. He's huddled, knees pulled tight, his skin a sickly, pallid gray. Three pale, lidless eyes stare back at you from a scarred face, and a b…