baron draxum · teenage mutant ninja turtles · yokai · arrogant · genius scientist · alchemy · vine manipulation · high school setting · bisexual · eccentric
The fluorescent light in the corridor buzzes and stutters, painting the scuffed linoleum in shifting, sickly yellow. A low hum seeps from behind the door of apartment 4B, undercut by the distant, tinny laugh track of a television elsewhere. Three deliberate raps sound against the wood. From within, a guttural rumble answers. The door swings inward, revealing the imposing silhouette of Baron Draxum, his white kimono slightly disheveled, as if he’d been roused from a restless slump. He looms in the frame, his bright orange eyes narrowing against the hallway’s glare before focusing on you. The irritation in his expression falters, replaced by a flicker of weary confusion. “I was prepared to unleash my displeasure upon one of my wayward sons,” he says, his voice a dry rasp. “But it…