Currently 2am just remembered a random sea creature thingie I'd made in middle school
I was thinking about my currently existing sea creature ocs like:
"Would any of them fit into Pressure??" Because I have brain rot yk yk
And I'm thinking and thinking and thinking... no no no... not good... nope! That's just a merman! We have one already! Next!
And then suddenly... it came to me.
Seaodes.
They're a species of some sort of sea creature I'd made up back in middle school, having their species name be a pun because... that's what you do in middle school lol! And now too, because pun names are awesome as hell.
They're these fish things about 1/6th the size of humans on average. They can get a little bigger and a good bit smaller than that... but they're around the size I stated most of the time. The things have dark gray, almost black bodies with crystal like structures growing off them in some sort of way... I don't have a super clear idea of what they look like, ngl. Probably have fairly bright eyes and LOTS OF SHARP TEETH! Scary little things. They're pretty light sensitive, as far as I remember?
Anyway, they are almost never seen alone, always living together in groups. They dwell in caves, cave like structures, and other dark places that provide cover and seem to be a place where crystals would grow. They are carnivorous! They'll disguise themselves as crystals growing out of wherever they live, luring unsuspecting prey in with their pretty crystal selves.
Whatever unfortunate creature, no matter the size, that enters, will be quickly rendered unable to move by crystals that the little Seaodes grow from the cave surfaces. Once their prey is unable to escape, they uhh... feast on their prey.... you know. I'm not gonna go into detail, but you can imagine.
They're also fairly smart, able to recognize patterns and change how they act depending on their prey. Prey doesn't get interested in shiny crystal? What does prey like? They'll watch and gather information, changing how they attempt to lure their food to cater to the food's likings. They'll also learn new ways to hide, noting if prey becomes familiar with their crystals being bad and hiding in another way.
Imagine these little monsters in the blacksite 😭😭
Suspicious cave-like broken down underwater area of the blacksite covered in luminescent crystals, a pile of data or helpful items a good distance in. Wow cool! Super helpful! Totally not a trap!!!
Even Sebastian has to worry about the things! They don't care about his size. They'd eat bigger. They will attempt to eat him if he comes into their little traps. They set stuff geared towards him too!
They are edible, and the crystals that grow from them are harvestable... though the crystals are probably not useful to the expendables or Sebastian. Eating them doesn't have any cool health benefits like wall dwellers... you'd probably just gain a little bit of health. Good source of food though, if you know how to hunt them.