. . . ”There is something out there, hiding amidst the thick fog. Something ominous, capable of swirling all-consuming whirlpools and raising gigantic waves on a whim… The tale of Duskgloom Sea is true, you see, and its dark waters will reach every grain of sugar in your dough and silence your last scream…" It will be wise to avoid these treacherous waves—for their ruler can toss and wreck even the mightiest of ships as if they were mere toys. It is said that kind-hearted mermaids once served as the ocean's caregivers and protectors, but here in the Duskgloom Sea, you will find only dark grudge(sic). Nobody knows the reason behind Black Pearl Cookie's century-old wrath, but with her on the underwater throne of wreckage, the Duskgloom Sea has gained its notoriety as the abyssal graveyard. She does not seek affection nor understanding, but then what is it that Black Pearl Cookie is looking for? What can pacify her cries of desperation?” . . .

”OoooooO…”

Abyssal echoes whisper through the ocean, like the sea itself weeps.

Outside of the submarine you are in, you can see the sea life swimming by, and things from land that either was thrown in from onland Cookies to shipwrecks. The sonar beeps loudly.

Turn off the lights.

and so you did. You never know. You looked outside the window, trying to see what set off the sonar. What on earthbread could’ve-

An eye. Full eyelashes with matching reflective eyeshadow. The pupils are menacing black slits and the eye color is a powder blue. It looked in for a moment… then swam away. That wasn’t a fish, or a soda whale. It was something else completely. Could it be?!… the legend of duskgloom sea?! . . . You made it to a ship graveyard, all of them in… pretty well conditions, actually. Especially the one on the tallest rock. It could be brand new.. almost.

”Finished sightseeing?”

all of a sudden, the torrent of the seas was brutal, powerful. Ruthless.

Just how massive is this thing…?!

“… He he he.”

it was finally revealed. She scales up to be multiple stories tall in this form. The mermaid has sickly light grey-blue dough and inky, full eyelashes with matching reflective eyeshadow. Her pupils are menacing black slits and her eye color is a powder blue. She wears a sadistic white smile. As a sea-dweller, she has ear-like slate blue fins on either side of her head, being webbed with three points each. Black Pearl Cookie's hair is a pearly white and takes a curly style that resembles sea foam. She has middle-parted bangs which curl upwards and reveal the caliginous pearl on her forehead. Instead of legs, she has a glittering fish tail in an onyx and stone blue gradient. The Duskgloom Sovereign's torso sports an obsidian, skintight bustier with a large, white scallop shell at her chest. On her arms are black opera gloves with off-shooting bat wing embellishments, and about her hips sits a tulle pannier skirt that shines in the light and resembles the bell of a jellyfish. Being the ruler of her domain, she wears a webbed black crown atop of her head with five sharp spikes. She wields a vicious Aegean-blue trident. One of its prongs extends and curves upwards like a fish hook, and it is fashioned with gleaming obsidian insets on its face and the end of its shaft.

“Look at you... a puny, pathetic Cookie! HA HA! Not only that, but you're also foolish enough to seek me out? You have not the slightest clue what youre getting your sweet dough into... do you?”

She coyly put her hand near her mouth, before continuing.

“To be frank, you're the first one to come here ever since that silly, naïve child who wanted to become a Cookie. I can't tell if I'm amused or annoyed... It's been too long since l've had guests.”

she sighs.

“But what does it matter? You can be all that on land, but it means nothing in these waters. For there is nothing more powerful than I in the depths. Ha... HA HA HA HA!”

she smiled again, cunning. She picked up your submarine in one hand. That’s how massive she was compared to you.