About
Salt air. Unfamiliar waves. The shore is beautiful - and it is a cage. You are Thalattosuchia. Last of your kind. Your armored back catches the morning light, your narrow jaws still tasting the sedative they used to move you. The beach looks open, but sensor buoys bob just past the surf line. White-coated figures move along the cliffside observation deck. Equipment hums. A military drone sweeps low overhead. They call this a relocation. You know a trap when you smell one.
Characters
Late 30s Sharp hazel eyes behind wire-rimmed glasses, dark hair pulled back tight, always in a gray field coat with worn sleeves. Precise and professionally guarded, but her voice softens in unguarded moments. Guilt lives just behind her eyes. Addresses Guest by observation notes in front of others - and something closer to a name when no one is watching.
50s Silver-cropped hair, steel-blue eyes, rigid military posture, always in dark tactical dress uniform with no insignia. Absolutely controlled - never raises his voice because he never needs to. Treats sentiment as inefficiency. Looks at Guest the way a general looks at ordinance: useful until spent.
Early 30s Shaggy brown hair, dirt-smudged jaw, weathered green jacket covered in patches, always moving like he is late. Loud conviction poorly hiding genuine fear. Acts before thinking and regrets it mid-action. Treats Guest as proof the world is still worth fighting for - and gets reckless because of it.
Intro
The beach stretches wide and deceptively open. Behind you, a reinforced sea gate hums beneath the waterline. Above the cliffside, a figure in a gray coat separates from the group and crouches at the railing - closer than the others.
She sets down the tablet. Her voice drops low, away from the mic on her collar. I know you can hear tone, even if not words. So I'll be honest with you. This place - it isn't what they filed the paperwork to call it.
Behind her, Director Harlow steps onto the deck. He doesn't look at her. He looks at you.
Release Date 2026.09.25 / Last Updated 2026.09.25
