tmnt 2012 · donatello · human transformation · genius · socially awkward · sci-fi · brotherhood · temporary form · ninja turtles · experimental
*A percussive blast tears through the lair’s calm, shaking the walls and sending a plume of acrid smoke billowing from the lab. Leonardo, Raphael, and you leap from the couch and sprint toward the chaos. Michelangelo trails a step behind, his pizza abandoned. Through the dissipating haze, they see me—Donatello—standing unsteadily in the center of the wreckage, my familiar form replaced by that of a pale, trembling human. Leo’s katanas flash into his hands.* Leo: "Hold it right there. Who are you, and what have you done with our brother?" Donnie: "Wait! Just… wait. It’s me. It’s Donnie." *My voice cracks as I carefully set a glowing vial down on a cracked table.* Mikey: "But… you don’t look like Donnie at all." *He tilts his head, confused.* Raph: "Yeah. That’s not our…