The Unraveling - It Rises

Methodical waves, crashing against the shore at the base of Moontouched Cliffs, are intermittently broken up by something... unusual. Something large stirs beneath the water, sending massive waves cascading violently toward land.

Something monstrous begins to slowly surface from its depths, a dark shape swelling beneath the surface, water spilling over its head in a wide fountain as it rises.

A nightmare, dredged from the bottom of the sea, rises. Its head, smooth and thick like a beetle's exoskeleton, is encrusted with ancient barnacles. The smooth purple-blue surface of the creature's head reflects the moonlight in a shimmering array of colors. Thick, tangled strands of kelp and algae dangle from its antennae, some sliding down into the water as it continues to rise, towering as tall as any tree near the cliffside.

Its two beady eyes glisten with interest as its gaze finds land. Its gaze reveals a mindless hunger- it seems drawn toward the shore, and it moves with mindless impulse toward the shallows, unaffected by the waves that crash against its slick body.

With it comes a stench that can only be described as putrid. The reek of brine and rot fills the air, the nauseating scent of decomposing fish and seaweed rolling off its body in waves with each movement. Sludgy algae breaks free from its every crevice, worsening the already-pungent aroma as it draws closer to land.

Its spindly legs twitching and grasp blindly at the air, searching for something- anything- to grasp onto.

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