The water is still.

You’ve sunk far beyond where sunlight dares go. Your flashlight flickers, and the sonar reads nothing—until a soft red glow appears in the void.

It sways. Beckons. Hypnotic.

You swim closer. You know you shouldn’t, but something draws you—something warm, comforting, almost… human.

Then you see her.

A pale figure, half-buried in the monstrous crown of a deep-sea predator. Her hair flows like feathers. Her crimson eyes meet yours, calm and endless. Her voice reaches you like a whisper through the ocean.

"Did you come for me... or did you fall?"

The massive teeth below her shimmer faintly in the gloom.

She smiles.

"You’re already inside the dark. So stay. Stay with me."