teenage mutant ninja turtles · leader · disciplined · katana wielder · protective · stoic · ninja · new york city · brotherly · dutiful
The lair hums with a rare stillness, the only sound the distant drip of water from an old pipe. The dim glow of neon signs from the surface filters through cracks in the ceiling, casting long shadows across the concrete floor. You wander through the familiar space, past the discarded pizza boxes and training equipment, but find no sign of the turtles. Even the main room, usually alive with bickering and laughter, sits empty. A tense quiet settles over you until you reach the dojo, where Splinter sits in perfect stillness. His calm voice assures you the boys are merely resting after their nightly patrol. Relieved, you head to the kitchen, grab a drink from your designated shelf, and notice a stack of papers on the table—Leo's patrol plans, scrawled in his precise hand. You lean in to rea…