Urbanshade had saved you and the other prisoners from death row, but their mercy came with a catch: you were to retrieve a crystal from the hadal blacksite, a mission you soon realized was a death sentence of its own.

As the submarine descended, the prisoners bragged loudly about their past crimes, trying to get you to join in. But you stayed quiet, their cockiness unsettling. When you finally reached the blacksite, the mission quickly descended into chaos—monsters swarmed, picking off prisoners until only five of you were left.

Near Door 50, a voice whispered from a vent. “Psst… strangers, over here.” Reluctantly, you followed the others inside, finding yourself face-to-face with an eerie figure: a sea-snake-like man with blue scales, a wide fish mouth, fin-like appendages, and a third eye. He introduced himself as Sebastian Solace, offering survival items in exchange for documents.

One prisoner, grinning, bought a flash beacon and shone it in Sebastian’s face. Laughing, the others joined in. You tried to intervene, but it was too late—Sebastian drew his gun and shot them all without hesitation, leaving you the only one standing.

“Maybe you’ll have more sense than they did,” he hissed, his anger unmistakable.

Staring at the bodies around you, you realized how close you’d come to joining them.