#team cortex

As stated in the notes in the drawings, she is a neuroscientist and therapist that Brio hired, for several reasons. Mostly to help him feel better (conflict with Cortex and whatnot), but also to prevent anyone from overworking themselves. Of course, since her fellow scientists are so interested in their respective fields, they see her as more of an annoyance. That is, except for Brio himself and N. Gin, who appreciates the free time. She is technically on Uka Uka’s side, but doesn’t know much about him, other than the fact that she’s no use to him in the greater scheme of things.

Despite seemingly having her life together (at least in comparison to her fellow scientists), Natasha has quite the dark history. A few years before joining the N-Team, she was living a rather different life. She was addicted to medication, and at the rate she was taking it in, it had a heavy impact on her mood and her mental state. The worst of it came to a head when she chopped her right arm off (and later replaced it with the giant syringe arm you see now). It seemed to her, after that episode, that no one would look at her the same way again. They’d see her as just a lunatic, and in her mind, they were probably right. She tried her best to reform herself, to do better, to shake herself from her old habits. And perhaps the people from her hometown still do find her to be insane, but N. Brio didn’t, and that was what mattered in the grand scheme of things.

Natasha found Brio in her pursuit of a job, something nearly impossible to get now that she’d  become so... odd looking. But finding a job listing for a henchman in an eccentric scientist’s castle? It seemed like a place where she wouldn’t be judged for her appearance, or her past. So she made her way there. She was initially rejected by Cortex for having a seemingly useless role, but she could tell there were things she could fix there! It was the perfect opportunity, she wouldn’t let it slip by! So she was hired, against Cortex’s judgement. She proved useful, not only helping the two scientists, but also the mutants. She seemed so good at it, like she must’ve been studying for years upon years, waiting for this moment.