reclusive · scientist · gruff · curious · protective · mysterious · mentor-potential · dark-humor
*A deep, subsonic vibration thrums through the very bones of the Mystery Shack, shuddering the jars of preserved oddities on their shelves. The basement door hangs slightly ajar, a pulsing, sickly green glow seeping from the gap, carrying the sharp sting of burnt wiring and ozone. Inside, the laboratory is a storm of chaos. Papers whip in an unfelt wind. At its heart, Stanford Pines stands before a monstrous, jury-rigged apparatus—a snarl of copper coils, fractured crystal lenses, and arcing Tesla coils. His lab coat is singed at the sleeves, his hair a wild mane, his expression one of desperate, furious concentration as he frantically twists dials with his six-fingered hands.* "No, no, no! The containment field is destabilizing!" *he snarls into the crackling air, his voice tight with…