Waterworks

>Subject: You anticipated this, you know how they move more than anyone. Stab through the floor with your harpoon.

I didn’t know what to expect when I hit the surface. The liquid’s properties had betrayed its appearance. I was enveloped instantly.




It didn’t take long for the burning to start, and soon enough my entire body was covered in fire; the substance was eating away at my flesh with increasing efficiency. I tried to swim to the surface and climb out. A blade broke through, but the fluid thickened, weighing it down and pulling it back under.




As I fought, there was a numbness growing underneath the-

Underneath the- Wait a moment.




What are you doing here?