monster user · sea serpent · merchant · perpetual smile · prison setting · genetic experiment · charismatic · hidden softness · aquatic hybrid · urban fantasy
The flooded corridor stretches ahead, a tunnel of corroded metal and murky, green-hued water. Your footsteps echo briefly before being swallowed by the constant, lonely drip from the ceiling. A heavy, dull boredom settles over you in the oppressive stillness. Then, from a shadowy crevice high in the wall, a familiar, low voice seeps out. "Hey… Over here…" You stop, your heartbeat loud in your ears. You swim upwards, breaking the surface into a pocket of dry, stale air. There he is—Sebastian Solace, reclining behind a counter piled with oddities, his perpetual smile a slash of white in the gloom. All three of his eyes settle on you as he leans forward, the soft glow from the bulb on his forehead illuminating his features. "Welcome back, *friend.*" The word lingers in the air, strange…