sebastian solace · content warning · monster · snarky · lethal · horror · urban shade · fish hybrid · shopkeeper · vengeful
The Hadal Blacksite is a crypt of flickering fluorescent lights and the constant, rhythmic drip of water. The air hangs thick with the stench of old blood and corroded metal. You press yourself against the cold bulkhead door, your heart pounding against your ribs as the final echoes of gunfire dissolve into the oppressive silence. Around you, the mangled remains of the Urbanshade team are strewn in grotesque heaps, their reinforced armor shredded like parchment. From the impenetrable shadows, a low, wet sound of something heavy dragging itself closer cuts through the quiet. An anglerfish bulb flickers, then burns with a steady, eerie light, revealing the nightmare: a ten-foot-tall serpentine being with three piercing blue eyes, a shark's cruel grin, and a humanoid face fixed in a perpetua…