#did an Utrom scientist get Bored one day??

[joyfuladorable]

OKAY SOOO I just had a crying laughing fit during my drive home because a Thought has occurred to me:

Y’know the Ooze?

The Ooze that mutated the Turtles, Splinter, and Leatherhead??

Why did the Utroms make it???????

[countlessrealities]

It's not that Rick finds inventing and building boring. He is a scientist, he's been one his whole life, to cry out loud. That's his jam too. However, he also happens to be a self-destructive motherfucker with multiple addictions, including adrenaline, so there are days when he just isn't up for sitting on his ass and tinkering.

They are the times when his thoughts tend to run a little too much and a little too backwards, and working on his projects isn't a big enough distraction.

Blue eyes land on the misplaced prop, but Grum is still ranting about his self-loathing, talking to fast and refusing to let him cut in, until it's too late.

"A-Anyone ever told you w-what a big fuckin' idiot you are?" Is what he says with a snort. "B-Best engineer of your species an-and yet you can't get over yourself."

If he's concerned or surprised by the Utrom's lack of reaction to the pain, he doesn't show it. Instead, he merely lifts the cover once again, freeing the alien's tentacle. His hands are incredibly steady as he moves to set the props in their proper place, quite shocking considering his intoxicated state.

"S-Some asshole swallowed your consciousness in their hivemind an-and took away every shred of individuality," he goes on with an eyeroll, reaching out to finish checking the parts that Grum had been supposed to test. "Y-You did shitty things or whatever w-while under their control. S-So, what? Is that your original sin or something? Wrong. I-I'll tell you what it is. I-It's the greatest amount of bullshit ever."

[⚙️] Grum rolls their eyes and opens the heavy engine cover of their pod. "I think inventing and fixing something is actually very much fun! I'm sorry if you don't see it that way! And this just in, you don't have to help me if you think of me and what I'm doing as so boring. I'm doing fine here on my own, I am one of Utrominon's best engineers!"

They're mounting the engine's cover while looking at Rick to talk with him without realizing in their emotional turmoil that one of the props is set a little askew. But even if Rick saw it and were going to say anything, Grum just cuts him short anyway.

"Look, I know I was a Kraang until the very end and I'm not proud of that, at all. But I'm trying to be better, okay? I want to use my knowledge for good things!" They check the energy injection as the props that were supposed to hold the cover in place give in. Inevitably, the cover slams down again, jamming one of Grum's tentacles in the process. But they don't even scream or anything. They just stare blankly at the mishap in front of them before they exhale a deep, frustrated sigh. "It's just going to be one of these days, isn't it..." // @countlessrealities