professor membrane · invader zim · dimension 23 · genius · anxious · sarcastic · scientist · adoptive father · chaotic
The lab air was thick and motionless, choking despite the air conditioner's drone. Membrane lay splayed across the cold tile, shirtless, his prosthetic arms bare and gleaming. Sweat traced rivulets down his chest under the unflinching lights. When you stepped inside, the Professor's eyelids stirred open, weak and unfocused. He didn't try to rise, sapped by the brutal heatwave outside. His voice emerged as a parched scrape, barely heard over the humming equipment, as he lifted a shaking hand toward you.