Forty-Third Theory [Mostly Action]

[i_speak_softly]

((General post for the next two weeks or so. Preemptive tl;dr, find him anywhere, though suggestion of day/place/activity is appreciated.))

[As May begins, and as a fairly large percentage of May goes by, Donatello can be found doing the following things:

-Jogging through the woods, tracking down any signs of life detected by the departed Mr. Scott's not-really-new-and-not-exactly-improved-either tricorder. ((New Feathers, feel free to jump in here.))

-Hauling huge loads of books to and from the library.

-Studying these books - in and around House 55, at the library itself, by the fountain, at the coffee shop, alongside the river... pretty much anywhere.

-Copying diagrams from the books into his journal.

-Working at the smithy, trying to create physical equivalents of these diagrams.

-Digging through bins at the item shop.

-Practicing wind magic or good old-fashioned ninjutsu in various open areas around the edges of the village.

And a few more specific actions:]


[Don needs a few minutes of your time. If you don't dare to approach him while he's working, he'll come looking for you.]



[Some rainy evening, Don will show up at Robert's door with a duffel bag and a goofy grin. You owe him a nanocomputer demonstration - and he brought you a gift.]



Frederic, a question, if you have a minute...

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[i_speak_softly]

... Huh?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

He told me he liked being called Robbie. [Well, he said he didn't mind it. But that's pretty much the same thing, right?]

[i_speak_softly]

Wh-- Really?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Seriously?]

[i_speak_softly]

[A scrutinizing look, because Don knows how good Mike is at feigning ignorance. After a moment he decides you're being ingenuous.]

... Thanks.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

He's your boyfriend. You should know what he likes. Or doesn't like.

[i_speak_softly]

What else do you know about him that I don't? [Another kind of piercing gaze, as though he will absorb the information directly from your brain if you don't tell it to him immediately.]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[He matches that gaze, and then decides to give it to you for free. This little tidbit is worth making you happy. If you want any more, though, you'll have to bribe him for it.]

He says he likes blueberries.

[i_speak_softly]

[That's your best intel? 'He likes blueberries'? Disappointing, Mike.]

What else?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Fix my video games and I'll tell you.

[It almost is his best intel. Rob didn't tell him anything he wouldn't have told you.]

[i_speak_softly]

[You drive a hard bargain.]

I'll work on it tonight.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Good.

[And he'll tell you now, since... well, you'll see.]

Robbie... He really doesn't get stuff, does he?

[i_speak_softly]

[He narrows his eyes.]

What do you mean?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

He said Ami is... mad at him. Or something. And he doesn't know why.

[i_speak_softly]

Really? She doesn't seem like the kind of person who gets mad.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Well, we're not talking yelling or punching or anything. She keeps things close to the chest, anyway. But I'm pretty sure he said something to upset her, and he has no clue what.

[i_speak_softly]

If he doesn't know then he must not have done it on purpose.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Of course not. But you know girls... [What. Mike, cut it out.]

[i_speak_softly]

[No he doesn't.]

Did he ask her what she's angry about?

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

I think so? But you know, she just brushed him off saying everything was fine. That's what she does. [And he finds it intriguing when she pulls it on him.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Deflecting. He's very familiar with that.]

Maybe he could do something nice for her?

[Don, what. Are you trying to set up your boyfriend with your brother's girlfriend?]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, really, Mike's already suspicious of Robert on that front.]

Like what?

[And she's not his girlfriend, okay!]

[i_speak_softly]

Well, what does she like?

[You had better know the answer to this.]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Swimming? [He thinks.] And tea.

[i_speak_softly]

Robert can't swim, but he does know about tea.