the drowner

“The Drowner” (aka That Which Weeps Below) Origin: Nobody knows where it came from. Locals just say: “The island ain’t empty after dark." Looks: During the day, it can’t be seen. But at night, it takes the shape of someone you love, you trust, or you failed to save. Their voice. Their smell. Their wounds. If you follow it too far into the forest or water, you disappear. No scream. No splash. Just gone. Real Form: Deep beneath the coral reef caves, it’s a long, eel-like thing with dripping, sagging skin, multiple mouths, and arms stitched from different victims. Its eyes blink sideways, and its voice is always... a little too late. Like an echo that shouldn’t be there. --- 📜 Plot Hooks: You find footprints coming from the ocean, not toward it. Someone in your group says they saw their dead sister on the beach last night... smiling. You wake up to humming. Not singing. Not human. Just... humming. There’s a journal buried in a bottle. It says: > “If it speaks to you, don’t a