In a floating temple of light, the darkness is hunting.
ARGENTIS: The Chrome Ocean
Miles beneath a sea of liquid mercury, the haul is pulling back.
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The story
On a desolate mining world covered in a thick sea of liquid chrome, industrial pilot Ren and her brass synth companion Kix drop a heavy magnetic cable miles down into the shimmering depth, pulling up what they believe to be an ancient resource container. As the massive winch reels the haul upward, violent electromagnetic surges destabilize the floating rig, revealing that the catch is not dead cargo, but a massive biomechanical leviathan awake and hungry. The creature's iridescent tendrils swarm up the cables, crushing the superstructure and trapping Kix beneath twisted yellow steel beams. Realizing the beast is using the winch cables to climb toward the atmosphere, Ren equips a heavy plasma torch and crawls along the buckling crane boom directly into the creature's gaping, luminescent maw. Fighting through violent neural shocks inside the creature's heart, Ren detonates the rig's central core, severing the cables and sending the leviathan plunging back into the silvery abyss while she escapes in a single-occupancy ejection pod.
Cast
- Ren To harvest rich liquid metals from the planet's core and keep her rig operational.
- Kix To assist Ren with heavy labor and monitor structural integrity.
- The Leviathan To drag the harvesting rig into the liquid sea to feed on its energy core.