"Tick, tock, tick, tock."
Water slid down the filthy walls as the girl collapsed on the ground, clutching her throat, trying to speak, but no sound came out.
Her father was dead.
Blood as dark as pitch leaked from the corners of Iotina's mouth, and the intense pain brought back memories of that moment.
She had set out to sea with her father, but before they had sailed far, a group of terrifying beings suddenly descended upon them.
Bodies carved of stone, like something out of hell, their massive wings carried unimaginable strength that shattered the ship.
Iotina had watched her father's head get crushed, his body sinking to the ocean floor, while she herself was taken away by these monsters.
They wanted her voice, and for that, they killed her father.
But Iotina didn't let the despicable father and daughter get what they wanted; along the way, she swallowed the 'Charred Branch Jellyfish,' a creature that could cause immense damage to a human's throat.
