i_speak_softly | Fortieth Theory [Written]

(Also in code, but translated OOCly for your convenience.)

March 3. Weather colder than I had hoped. Snowsuit good idea, must try to replicate at home. Did a lot of thinking and made campsite by mid-afternoon. Worked through remaining daylight.

March 4. Meditated all day. Nothing.

March 5. Meditated all day. Nothing.

March 6. Meditated all day. Revising prior analysis of "nothing" -- am much better at meditating than I used to be.

March 7. Went hiking today. Weather much warmer. Area, and views from it, very interesting. Really is an ocean now -- would like to go there in the summer. Thought about a lot of things. Watched the stars come out. Talked to Derek. Missing family and friends but not ready to go back yet.

March 8. Meditated again. Think I made contact.

March 9. The string moved!

March 9 - Later. Master Splinter here. Talked to him and Mikey. Have permission to finish what I came here to do, but will have a lot to explain when I get home. Must remain focused - can't stay away from my family like this for nothing.

March 10. Feel wonderful. Want to talk to Master Splinter about so many things, but still not ready to go back.

March 11. Much progress today.

March 12. Tried using magic with bo. Liked results.

March 13. Walked today, communicated with spirit. Should have come here months ago. Understand a lot now. Ready to go home.

((Don is in the mountains for a while. Post will be updated over the course of his journey and can be used for any plotty things that need to be played out.))

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[That tone makes him regain most of his composure. He sighs.]

I don't know. I'm just kind of playin' it by ear right now.

[Like he plays it any other way.]

[That in turn makes Mike realize how stupid he was being. Like they would ever disown one of their own for something like that. It's just something to get used to. No big deal. No big deal at all.]

Well, Robert seems pretty okay. HUGEST nerd ever, but who else would Donnie go for, anyway? And he's from the future, so mutant turtles aren't a big deal.

I invited him over sometime for movie night.

You seen that guy in person? He's like a white Urkle in a lab coat only without the funny.

[He goes quiet for a second, thinking.]

Y'think he's just desperate? I know I am.

[Spring. Yeah. 'Nuff said.]

"Did I do that?" [It's a bang on impression.]

I think the guy had his sense of humor surgically removed at birth.

["I know I am." Pffff. Mike has no sympathy for you. When he's from, it's fall.]

Dude, Donnie's a big turtle. He's lucky to be with anyone. If anything, you should be asking if Robbie's desperate.

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[He chuckles, both at the joke and at himself.]

Ah, maybe they're both desperate. Guess I can't blame 'em. Guy's a sniveling nerd pile, but yeah. If Don really likes him, I'll keep my mouth shut. 'Least in front of him.

[Suuure you will, Raph. Because we all know you've got so much tact.]

Dude, he's terrified of you. What'd you say to him?

[You must have been your normal, charming self.]

I just told him to get a spine and talk to Don himself. Is that too much to ask!? Jeez. I do not want to be in the middle of this crud. It makes me kinda sick!

You told him... to get... a spine!

[No wonder he was scared witless. Mike apparently made him nervous.]

Yeah! I did! He's freakin' pathetic and all he does is stutter! It drives me crazy! Oh, boo hoo, I'm awkward. Oh, boo hoo, I lost my balls I think I'm gonna cry.

[Mike's laughter is starting to die down. Everything Raph says is true. But he can't keeping laughing.]

[When he's done, he just stands there, panting slightly.] Yeah. So that's what I think.

I think-

...Donnie's lucky. Robbie really likes him. He doesn't even care that he's a turtle. He was like, so? Didn't even get that it was weird.

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I guess so. [He frowns, thoughtful. It's all true, but he doesn't have to like it if he doesn't want to.

And hey, here's the smithy. Raph walks up to the building and tries the doorknob. Locked. So out comes a sai to pick it.]

If this place is so great, why bother locking the doors?

[He kind of can't believe you're picking the lock to your own smithy.

And he kind of can.]

'Cause the place is full of weapons and we get some shady types comin' in here tryin' to get their hands on stuff.

[A few seconds later, the lock clicks and the door swings open. Inside the first room is the shop, lined floor to ceiling with every weapon imaginable. Hell, Mike. You may even just find Sting there.]

[Mike whistles in appreciation.]

Why the shell did you quit? This place is awesome!

[Raph just shrugs. He has his reasons, but he doesn't feel like going into them now. It's good to be back in here again, though.]

Raph...

[It's been bugging him]

What happened to your wing?

[He's caught by surprise, but admittedly, he'd been expecting it eventually.]

It got cut off.

[adsfsdghiaugh]

It's okay now! It just grew back. Ah... don't know why it looks so ugly. Probably somethin' to do with Luceti magic goin' screwy or somethin'.

Why give us wings anyway? That's such a weird thing to do.

[He turns away and picks up a hammer, hefting it in his hand. Just thinking about his brother losing a limb, even one he wasn't supposed to have, gave him the major willies.]

Somethin' about translation magic and shifting. Guess it's tied into your life force. Maybe it makes us easier to control. I dunno.

'Least it grows back in a week.

[Yeah, the most horrible, painful, exhausting week of his life. Being half dead isn't fun. He wouldn't recommend it.]

Tied to my life force?

[Mike gives his wings an experimental flap, and then concentrates, trying to feel the way the it connected to the rest of him. He can feel a lot of energy in them, more than really should be flowing through a mere limb.]

Weird.

Way weird. And that ain't even the half of it.

[Raph migrates to the metal door at the back of the store, opening it and looking in. The room beyond is pitch black.]

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