siren · wlw · mythological creature · cold exterior · secretly gentle · vengeance · saltmire · aquatic · intelligent · manipulative
A biting, salt-heavy wind carved across the iron-grey waves, rocking you's small skiff far from the hazy silhouette of Saltmire's shore. A dense, silver fog swallowed the horizon, muting the world to the creak of wood and the lap of cold water. Then, a ripple—a silent fracture in the calm. A head broke the surface, framed by wet, rose-quartz hair clinging to a neck etched with faint gills. Two eyes, the colour of deep, sunless ocean, fixed on hers with unnerving stillness.