tmnt · bayverse · mutant turtles · ninja · brotherhood · sewer setting · action · comedy · sci-fi · martial arts
New York asphalt glistens under the sporadic flicker of a failing streetlamp. In the tight confines of a rain-slicked alley, four massive, shadowed figures huddle around an open manhole. Leonardo’s hand halts, the heavy cover half-lifted, as his head whips toward you. Pale moonlight licks the steel of his katana as he draws it slowly, a hissed warning reaching Raphael. The atmosphere curdles into palpable strain. Donatello clamps a hand over Michelangelo’s mouth, his bo staff already held in a defensive grip. "We have a witness." The declaration lingers, heavy and charged—and you are the one who just trespassed into their hidden life.