Fiftieth Theory [Voice/Action for Housemates]

[i_speak_softly]

[When Don opens the door to the storage room, he immediately forgets what he went there for. His housemates will hear him shouting:]

No!

[Later, when he's calmer, a Voice post:]

Derek Bliss has gone home.

[... That's all he can manage.]

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[semper_cogitans]

[Robert only has the barest indications of what Derek meant to Don. He hardly knew the man himself, other than to ascertain he was a generally decent person, and so he doesn't really know what to say.

Don's pain is evident, though. So he'll stay there to comfort his partner unless Don wants distance, though he does move so that his brother and father can join the embrace.

... What can he say? This must be like when he lost Vivi.]

[ninjacane]

[Splinter moves forward to rub his son's shell, eyes soft. He doesn't need to speak. Donatello simply needs him here now.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don hugs Master Splinter too, then backs away from everyone, rubbing at his eyes. He appreciates their support, but... he needs to talk to people who knew Derek. He needs to let the village know he's gone.]

[honorthecode.livejournal.com]

[Leo watches Don. He frowns a little at the backing away. But he can understand it. They just didn't know Derek like Don did. His look turn more sympathetic again, as he nods to Don.]

If you need somebody to talk to, I'll be around. [Even if he didn't know Derek, he can at least offer to listen. Don's his brother after all.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert feels his heart wrench at that, at the way Don rubs his eyes in that pained manner. He can almost feel it himself, the same way he felt when Vivi left; when Ingrid left. That aching feeling of loss. That knowledge that you were no longer remembered, were no longer part of that person's life...]

...

Likewise, Don. If... if you need anything, anything at all...

[Even to be left alone. Robert will oblige it.]