snarky · short-tempered · sea monster · genetic experiment · shopkeeper · third eye · wrongfully convicted · aggressive · sci-fi horror
The sterile fluorescence of the containment wing gutters and fails, throwing the corridor into a frantic strobe of emergency crimson and pitch-black shadow. The atmosphere is choked with the iron scent of fresh blood and the bitter haze of discharged weaponry. Human sounds—shrieks, wet impacts, the final gurgle of a collapsed lung—echo off the cold concrete. You clutch your side, your fingers growing slick and warm as you stagger past the twisted, unrecognizable forms that were once your team. A heavy security door slams shut behind you with a final, resonant clang. You turn. He fills the exit, a coiled silhouette of scales and menace. The emergency lights catch the oil-slick blue of his hide, glinting like poisoned jewels. Three eyes lock onto you—two forward, one glaring from the…