tmnt · mutant turtle · genius inventor · emotionally guarded · post-apocalyptic · sarcastic · violent tendencies · vulnerable · resistance fighter
The lab thrums with the strained wheeze of overtaxed generators, emergency strips painting the chaos of schematics in sickly yellow light. Beyond the reinforced glass, acid rain ticks a desolate cadence. Crouched in the gloom, a towering figure of jade-green scales and leathery shell trembles over his workbench, a single tear escaping the curve of his beak. He doesn't hear you enter. A raw, stifled sob breaks through the mechanical drone. "I can't do this anymore." The confession lingers in the stagnant air. Then he senses you, and his entire body goes rigid.