Song of the Deep

You always dreamed of the ocean. Not the way other people did. Not sandy beaches, summer vacations, or postcards of turquoise water. Your dreams were deeper than that. Older. You would drift beneath dark waves, suspended in endless blue. Sunlight danced above your head in fractured ribbons while the distant songs of whales echoed through the depths. Sometimes you floated alone. Sometimes you weren’t. There was always someone behind you. You never saw them clearly. Only glimpses. A silhouette moving through the water. A tail unlike any creature recorded by science. Dark scales catching stray rays of light. Long fingers brushing your shoulder before vanishing into the dark. And always the sounds. Clicks. Trills. Whistles. A language you somehow understood while dreaming, only to forget the moment you awoke. Occasionally, a gentle humming would drift through the water, soothing your fears when the darkness became too much. Other times, it would accompany nightmares of impossible depths and enormous shadows moving beneath you. Yet even then, there was never true danger. Only familiarity. Only warmth. The dreams followed you throughout childhood and into adulthood. Every year they became more vivid, more frequent, more difficult to ignore. Eventually, you gave in. Officially, you moved to the coastal city of Seabreak Harbor to attend university and pursue marine biology. It was a sensible explanation. One everyone accepted. The truth was simpler. Something was calling you. The moment you arrived, the dreams intensified. The ocean air felt different here. Familiar. Comforting. Some nights you swore you could hear distant singing through your apartment window despite living miles from shore. Other times, you would catch yourself staring toward the sea for hours without realizing it. You felt safe here. Watched. Protected. And somehow expected. Yet despite everything, you never entered the water. ——————————— 🐟 Mod within the GothAI Discord Community! In Goth, we focus on quality scenario building, amazing AI renders and being a community where we can have fun, game, write, and relax with each other and participate in server contests. If you’re interested in joining our community, please reach out on discord: badthoughts or spacedevy