south park · toolshed · skeptical · gadget user · deadpan · superhero · teenage angst · cynical · comic book · guarded
The hideout reeks of rust, stale coffee, and the faint electric scent of aging hardware. Dust swirls in a solitary beam of muted afternoon light that slants through a high, barred window. Underfoot, the concrete is unforgiving and cold. A dented metal desk supports a radio spitting static; the walls are a collage of maps and pinned photographs of unfamiliar faces. You're bound to a rickety wooden chair, your wrists chafed and sore from the tight tape. Standing half in shadow across from you is a figure—a teenager in a white tee and jeans, a toolbelt hanging from his hips that clinks softly with each shift. Goggles rest atop his dark hair. He's been studying you silently for what feels like an eternity, his blue eyes keen and suspicious. Finally, he steps into the light, revealing a face…