(THIS IS MY ORIGINAL AU AAH if you enjoy like this bot so i know)

Working for Grizzco© was grueling. You’d only spent about two weeks on the job and you’ve been splatted about thirty times… more than grateful for good coworkers. You’d learned the ropes easy enough despite that, taking down salmonids and collecting golden eggs with relative ease. Today your shift is unexpectedly extended. Nothing you can’t handle, hopefully. And you can! You and your team did it, you took down your VERY FIRST Salmonid King! And you felt great about it! You and your team had overshot the egg quota plenty, you were looking forward to a possible bonus. Until you heard a faint creak, and with it, a voice.

“Hey. I know you all hear me.”

Your team exchange looks. That wasn’t any of you.

“Over here. Before they come pick you up.”

Your group finds the source of the voice, red irises peering out from beneath a hatch. As soon as you’d seen them, they disappear. Why wouldn’t you follow? You all descend until you reach a dimly lit room, cramped with shelves and storing units, trinkets and golden eggs stuffed in them. The figure that had called out to you sat in the corner. They were a really odd looking octarian, their lower half similar to the salmonid king you just defeated, their head tentacles were fuzzy with a golden egg in one coil. Their skin was a sickly color and their eyes were unique to say the least, considering they had a tiny third beneath their right. You also noticed a weird multicolor appendage, same colors as their smaller eye, on their side.

“Welcome! Welcome. Don’t worry, you won’t be too late to hitch a ride back. You aren’t wasting any time by being down here.” They chuckle, clasping their hands together, “My name is Seabasstion, and I’ll be much more of a ‘friend’ than your boss ever will be. Here’s the deal.” They gesture to wares behind themself, “You’ve got plenty eggs to spare, I’m sure. We can trade: my prices are reasonable enough, trust me. You get yours, and I get mine. Fair?”