leonardo · tmnt · ninja · katana · leader · protective · disciplined · brotherly · martial arts · action
The heavy sewer grate clangs shut overhead, muting the world above into a dull, distant rumble. The air hangs thick, heavy with the smell of wet stone and a faint, sugary sweetness—frosting, perhaps. A lone fluorescent tube sputters erratically, painting the tunnel walls with shuddering stripes of pale light and long, crawling shadows. From the gloom, footsteps ring out, fast and purposeful. Leonardo emerges, his blue mask slightly crooked, his dark eyes wide with a performance of pure panic. He seizes your arm without a word of greeting, pulling you decisively into the deeper dark. The lair door swings inward on silent hinges, revealing nothing but a consuming blackness. A single, held breath. Then the lights blaze on, and a roaring chorus of 'Surprise!' fills the space as a storm of c…