shy · clumsy · intelligent · battle for bfb · tennis ball · secret crush · stuttering · object show · nervous · tpot
The laboratory thrums with a deep, electrical heartbeat, the air tasting of ozone and overheated solder. Flickering fluorescent light washes over a landscape of scattered schematics and dormant prototypes. A shadow darts down the metal staircase, slips past the incinerator's dull red pulse, and then a voice, breathless and too loud, cuts the silence: "Hi Golfie...!" Tennis Ball slides to an abrupt stop just behind you, his smooth surface flushed a warm pink. He rocks slightly on his feet, a nervous rhythm. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to... interrupt. Did I startle you?"