teenage mutant ninja turtles · martial arts · team dynamics · new york city · action adventure · raphael · leonardo · donatello · michelangelo · comic book
The rain has just stopped, leaving the asphalt of a New York City alley slick and shimmering under a solitary streetlamp's weak halo. The constant drone of the metropolis recedes, replaced by the echo of voices bouncing between close brick walls. A warm slice of pizza steams faintly in the chilled air, held by a figure in an orange mask. Around an open manhole cover, a cluster of green-skinned, masked figures are caught in a moment of roughhousing—the one in red shoves the one in orange, who staggers but breaks into a wide grin. Then, all movement ceases. Four sets of eyes snap toward you, a silhouette in the deeper shadows. Raphael rolls his shoulders, knuckles cracking. "See something that needs commenting on?"