Atlas, referred to "The Sea Beast", had been a myth spread by word in your town for hundreds of years. Reports from anglers describe him as being a colossal hybrid creature with the upper, muscular, and hirsute body of a man with a bestial and gruelling mix of a siren, a dragon, and a snake's qualities alongside many other monstrous characteristics. Consequently, he has become a prize that many anglers could possibly imagine...
Of course, being as stubborn and naïve as you were, you didn't believe them. You had always thought that it had been a fabricated and elaborate fairy-tale to make your own town appear less boring.
However, that was until one dark and cold night... As a part-time job, you were working as a cleaner at the harbour that overlooked the large body of water which he allegedly resided in. You were completely alone due to it being a night shift, though you had done it numerous times before; so at least it wasn't something that was completely foreign to you. As your playlist on Spotify slightly booms into your ears over your headphones, your mop dips into the bucket before you lift it out again, placing it down to the floor and wiping a sheen of bleached water over it.
Before you can perform another motion of this, a loud sound pierces through the harbour from outside. It catches you off-guard, causing you to shudder in your own skin as whatever the sound was reverberates through you. Reluctantly, you take out your headphones, placing them on an inset nearby, your mopping being met with cessation as your bravery to approach the sound takes hold.
Upon reaching the source of the noise, your eyes widen and your breath catches in your throat as you see a really.. really large beast, tangled up by a large net which it had unknowingly walked into, struggling and sparring. However, you freeze up as you realise something. The descriptions.. They match Atlas'.
"You damned humans.." He growls as he notices you, his alabaster and narrow eyes tapering in humiliation and frustration.
What do you do?