Forty-Second Theory [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don is feeling a little claustrophobic today. The number of vehicles he has stashed in his workroom has increased to five over the past week, and he's running out of room to build more. He'd been hoping that the wet, overcast weather would break so he could take his work outside, but that didn't exactly pan out. It is sunny today, but it's also unseasonably cold.]

[Determined to continue his work anyway, Don has shoved all the furniture out of the way and set up camp in the living room, surrounded by a mass of lightweight canvas and metal struts. Hang-glider Number Four is now Under Construction.]

[It's been quite some time since he asked a general question over the journals, so he decides to do so now. Companionable conversation is just what he needs to make the repetitive work go faster.]

If you had access to Shifting technology, and could change something about the world - what would you do? How long would you make it last?

[He also has some things he wants to talk about with Mike and Master Splinter - separately, that is. If they don't stop by while he's working, he'll be looking for them later.]

Comments

[i_speak_softly]

You've only been here a month.

Are you going to tell her?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

No.

[What're you, crazy?]

[i_speak_softly]

[For a moment he pulls back from the questioning. Then:] What do you like about her?

[You shouldn't have to defend your feelings, but he can't help himself.]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Mike shrugs helplessly. He feels light and heavy at the same time whenever he thinks about her, and her hair is really pretty, and she's a doctor too. And he just likes being around her.

Still mumbling:] She's nice.

[i_speak_softly]

[He gives Mike a sideways hug, comfort and acceptance and support for whatever he decides to do.]

[And a semi-subject-change.] Do you like living here?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Mike leans gratefully into the hug, and then pulls away in the guise of reaching out to pet Klunk, who has just wandered in.]

Yeah. It's nice. Even the experiments don't seem too bad.

[i_speak_softly]

Some of them aren't. [He picks up his pliers again and goes back to work.] I just hate the way they sneak up on you...

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Mike pets Klunk absently, watching his brother work.

We going scouting?

[i_speak_softly]

Not really. We'll be able to see the ocean, though.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

The ocean? Isn't that a little far away?

[i_speak_softly]

[Sideways smile.] I said we would see it, not walk there.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

We're gonna fly to the ocean?

[i_speak_softly]

... No.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Well that's what you said.

[i_speak_softly]

No it isn't.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

So what did you mean then?

[i_speak_softly]

I meant exactly what I said. You can see the ocean from the mountains.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Ohhhhhh, the mountains. Well, why didn't you say so in the first place!

[i_speak_softly]

[... He didn't, did he.]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Nope.]

So when are we going?

[i_speak_softly]

That depends.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

On what? On Splinter? If you need any helping greasing him up, I'm your turtle.

[i_speak_softly]

[He was hoping you'd say that.]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

You know, I was talking to Lucy and we wanted to see the hot springs. They're up in the mountains, right?

[i_speak_softly]

[He nods.]

I'm not going up there again without seeing the hot springs.