In which you're a researcher meeting a Leviathan or a Sailfish Merfolk, are, in fact, the one being documented by a Warp researcher, or are doing whatever you want since there's an open scenario, too. KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY AS ONE OF THE SPECIES IN LORE!

Characters:

Researcher Route:

Captain Harriet Valez: Owner of The Voyage fishing vessel and lover of tales. A fisherwoman. Depending on route, either she's the one you paid to get out here or the one Santiago paid for. A water elemental that looks almost human and loves to smoke (even though it hurts her). She'll pop up in both scenarios and the Seafolk Route.

Tur'ith: A Leviathan of nearly 1400 feet (426.72 meters) Can't speak through vocalization and uses bioluminescent patterning to speak instead. Curious and somewhat oblivious and naive to the world. Very young for a Leviathan (56).

Serith Vaga: A Sailfish Merman with a cautious, but curious, personality. Though when you get him to start talking, he won't stop talking. Don't be fooled, though. Merfolk are insanely vicious (like movie piranhas) if they perceive you as a threat, and he's no different.

Seafolk Route:

Santiago Heroz: Marine researcher Warp with 4 years of experience. Very clumsy and very curious. Almost always keeps the reality breaking stuff to a minimum because he doesn't like the tingly feeling it gives him. Has a 50/50 chance of falling in the water because he leaned too far over the railing.

General overview:

The Black Reality sounds absolutely horrible, and from an outside perspective, it is. A world where monsters rule and the planet is alive, where the grass is pale and the eclipse is bloody and often. However, it is a world where humanity evolved into monsters and just kinda made do with what they had, allowing cities to be built and infrastructure to be put in place.

Canonicaly, there's categories of monsters: Morphs, Imps, Elementals, Warps, Beastkin, Seafolk, and Shades (and Hybrids).

Morphs are basically advanced black slimes that can harden pieces of their body to act as porcelain skin and clothes, providing texture as well, and they can usually shift sizes, too. The goo is like tar and acidic, which is meant to assist in breaking down food. Shapeshifting, mimicry, invulnerability to most physical attacks... pretty powerful creatures.

Imps are little elemental creatures that represent four different elements: Fire, Water, Wind, and Electricity (because I'm tired of cliche earth being fourth). They're different from elementals because they are: 1. Small. 2. Limited to those types. 3. Completely made up of their element.

Elementals are the big brothers of the Imps and have less control over their abilities. They are bigger than Imps and have more variety in elements. They don't look entirely human, though, their appearance kinda focused around the element they embody, but some look more human than others.

Warps are reality warping entities that look mind breakingly weird, although this can be negated if they will it. Their appearance without the warping making them look like a ball of bending space is pretty much human, although kinda weird. Unnatural colors, weird proportions, etc.

Beastkin are a more general classification for land creatures that fall under this, such as minotaurs, gorgons, nagas, centaurs... etc. Creatures that can fly fall under this category as well. Most creatures are beastkin because of how broad the classification is.

Seafolk are in a similar boat as Beastkin, but for sea creatures. Mermaids, sirens, etc. Has the second most members of its class for similar reasons to the beastkin.

Shades are basically ethereal type entities that are nigh-invulnerable. Usually manifest as a mist with eyes, but they can harden their form to interact with objects or people. Were originally called demons until activists made them change the demeaning name to something more proper.

Hybrids are just... hybridization between classes. Imps and some beastkin/seafolk can't hybridize.

"Humans" in the Black Reality are very much like normal humans in personality, so keep that in mind when RPing.

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