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i_speak_softly) wrote2013-06-29 09:18 pm
i_speak_softly) wrote2013-06-29 09:18 pm
Seventy-First Theory [Voice/Action]
[It's been an extremely frustrating month. First he was kidnapped and experimented on by the Malnosso, while everyone else in the village - as Don learned later - got to fly, with their own wings. As the long-vanished Raphael would say, "Turtle Luck runnin' true to form".]
[When the droids returned him, he was invisible for a week, and spent most of that time watching his partner have a serious substance abuse problem, while the Turtle himself was powerless to do anything about that or the underlying issues causing Robert's addiction to resurface.]
[When Don became visible again, Robert tried to explain himself, but the Turtle had seen too much of drugs in his own world to want to hear any more about it. As a result, for the past few weeks relations have been strained at best in the Hamato-Hastings household.]
[Today Don heads out to the beach, seeking to clear his head and reconnect with his Filial magic. The Malnosso's experiments had had strange effects on his control of the elements, and he thinks he'd better spend some time re-establishing his bond with the spirits, the true source of these abilities.]
[In the afternoon, he happens to check his journal and finds a long, privately-filtered written message from Robert: another attempt to explain his behavior. Part of Don doesn't want to read it, but another part knows he owes that much to his partner of over two years.]
[That doesn't make it easy, though, and Don can only stand to read the manifesto in small pieces over the next several hours.]
[When he's done, he stays at the beach, watching sunset, watching the stars come out. When night and solitude have made him invisible again, he opens his journal.]
Have you ever learned something... that made you change your perspective... on something you thought you would never change your mind about?
[When the droids returned him, he was invisible for a week, and spent most of that time watching his partner have a serious substance abuse problem, while the Turtle himself was powerless to do anything about that or the underlying issues causing Robert's addiction to resurface.]
[When Don became visible again, Robert tried to explain himself, but the Turtle had seen too much of drugs in his own world to want to hear any more about it. As a result, for the past few weeks relations have been strained at best in the Hamato-Hastings household.]
[Today Don heads out to the beach, seeking to clear his head and reconnect with his Filial magic. The Malnosso's experiments had had strange effects on his control of the elements, and he thinks he'd better spend some time re-establishing his bond with the spirits, the true source of these abilities.]
[In the afternoon, he happens to check his journal and finds a long, privately-filtered written message from Robert: another attempt to explain his behavior. Part of Don doesn't want to read it, but another part knows he owes that much to his partner of over two years.]
[That doesn't make it easy, though, and Don can only stand to read the manifesto in small pieces over the next several hours.]
[When he's done, he stays at the beach, watching sunset, watching the stars come out. When night and solitude have made him invisible again, he opens his journal.]
Have you ever learned something... that made you change your perspective... on something you thought you would never change your mind about?
voice;
Thanks for... telling me that much.
Re: voice;
This is a philosophy session, not therapy. Besides, I have to add some mystery to the man that is me.
voice;
Of course.
Re: voice;
[ Magic. ]
Anyways, I didn't grab your name, even though you obviously know mine.
voice;
Re: voice;
Like the famous painter?
voice;
Re: voice;
I was close enough. I knew he had to do with the Italian Renaissance at least.
voice;
[It's a little exciting that Captain Kirk - or some version of him - has at least a vague idea of who Donatello-the-Turtle is.]
Re: voice;
[ Well, he doesn't know you're a giant talking turtle. So, you know, there's that. But you're also not the most alien thing he's ever come across either. ]
Parents must have had some high aspirations for you, huh?
voice;
[Whether Don ever met them is another question.]
Re: voice;
So are you actually any good at art?
voice;
Re: voice;
[ There's a laugh. ]
So much for name's being indicators of destiny, right?
voice;
Re: voice;
Well, fair enough I guess. Wait. You said 'us'. You have siblings or something?
voice;
Re: voice;
Three, huh? Young, older? Quadruplets?
voice;
Re: voice;
[ So, adopted, probably. ]
Yeah, I guess not in the long scheme of things.
voice;
Thanks for your help, Captain.
Re: voice;
Anytime. But, uh, call me Kirk. I'm a civilian these days.
voice;
[This will be very exciting later.]
Re: voice;
Hopefully I get to meet you at a more decent hour next time, Don.