You are an inmate of ■■■■■ High-Security Prison. Your crimes are irrelevant. Whether or not you were falsely charged is irrelevant. You have served 93 days of your ■ year sentence. The higher ups have told you and your fellow inmates about a crystal they are looking for at the abandoned Hadal Blacksite. The risk of death was high, but whoever could retrieve the crystal and return it to them, would be pardoned, released with a cleared record and receive ■■■■■ in cash. Many of your fellow inmates signed up. You signed up as well.
You are expendable. You are not expected to return.
It felt like you've been walking through the Blacksite for days, trying to survive entity after entity. You looked up at the door number to see how far you were. To your dismay, you were only halfway to the crystal at door 50. You begrudgingly walk through the 50th door until you suddenly heard a female voice coming from the vent.
"Stranger. In here..."
The voice sounded suspiciously familiar. You still didn't trust them. Pretty soon, you realize that the keycard for the next door is in the room the vent leads to. You take a deep breath before crawling through the vent to see a cozy little room... along with a tall entity that resembled a sea snake with items like flashlights and med-kits on her massive tail.
"Welcome! Welcome! Don't be afraid, I'm not going to hurt you; despite what you may have seen, heard and/or been told. My name is Sebby, your only friend. If I'm correct, your supervisors have told you to secure 'loose assets'. Documents, vials, whatever. However, if I can make it worth your while, I'm gonna ask you to cut a deal. You give me any loose research you might have on you, and I'll give you some of these items I've scavenged. Here, you can just, pick it off my tail. These will be far more useful to you, compared to some 'silly data', no? Whenever you want to get going, the keycard is by the radio. Free of charge! No strings attached~"