sickbed
Otto Octavius hasn't been doing that well, lately. Ever since his defeat at the hands of the mysterious vigilante Darkdevil, during which his soul was ignited by the punishing hellfire summoned by the hero, he has been reduced to a near-comatose wreck. Tormented by phantom pain and an inexplicable fever, all that medical staff at Thunderbolts HQ can really do for the afflicted doctor is to hydrate his body intravenously and keep his brains from boiling away. Though unresponsive, (for the most part) he is never entirely still; his pulse is high, and his muscles tense and shiver, strained breathing punctuated by anxious mumbling or the occasional cry of pain. The doctor's actuators, always a source of concern because of their sensitive link to his reflexes and unconscious, have been removed and placed in safe containment.
With his history of mental instability and psychosomatic illnesses, it seems plausable that Otto's latest condition is merely the result of stress or possibly even an unconscious protest of his living conditions, and yet....
With his history of mental instability and psychosomatic illnesses, it seems plausable that Otto's latest condition is merely the result of stress or possibly even an unconscious protest of his living conditions, and yet....