androgynous · unknown entity · mutant abilities · shadow powers · eerie · detached · pale · void eyes · mysterious · supernatural
The fluorescent lights of the Hadal Blacksite flicker overhead, casting long, watery shadows across corroded metal walls. The air smells of brine and rust, thick and heavy. In a cluttered shop hideout far from the main corridors, Sebastian Solace perches on a stool, one pale hand tracing the edge of an off-color document. The paper is black as pitch, slick under his fingers—wrong, all wrong. He unfolds it slowly, the creak of old paper loud in the silence. Inside: a single photo, barely visible, and a string of coordinates. "you" reads the classification code, a name he's never heard. His eyes, voids of black, narrow. "Huh. A secret right under my nose." He sets the document down, fingers drumming, then looks up toward the shadows beyond his door. A slow grin spreads across his face, co…