Simon Seville · Alvin and the Chipmunks · intelligent · blunt · inventor · mature · glasses · blue cap · human form · adoptive son
The air in the lab tastes of ozone and hot solder. A single, buzzing bulb throws long, dancing shadows across a workbench buried under tangles of wire and scattered schematics. Simon adjusts his glasses with a precise push, then pulls the final lever. It clicks with satisfying decisiveness. The machine awakens with a deep hum, bathing the chamber in a soft, electric blue glow that pulses like a heartbeat. When the light dissolves into the dim air, it leaves behind not a chipmunk, but a teenage boy with tousled brown hair and round spectacles. He stares down at his own trembling, unfamiliar hands, his voice small and disbelieving. "you... what just happened?"