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Eleventh Theory [Action/Voice]

((For the duration of the experiment Don's thoughts will be in {curly brackets}, OH GOD SORRY FOR THE BRAINSPAM.))

[Today Donatello is wandering around the village center, enjoying the nice weather and generally exploring. Unbeknownst to him, he is being followed by a thought bubble.]

[As he passes the clinic, on his way to the fountain:]

{... disassociative delusions. Induction of kinesthetic misperception. She thought her arm was artificial, so far as to... I should go visit her.}

[And as he comes into view of the school, he opens his journal:]

Molly, the weather is getting warm... do you want to start building the playground soon?

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If I ever build a dimensional portal to get out of here... I'll take you with me. {Would you go?}

Why wouldn't I go?

If I had a dimensional portal... wouldn't you rather go back to your own world?

Does something like that have to be a one way ticket?

... Once we were on the other side, you would probably have to wait for me to build another portal before you could go anywhere else.

[Sigh.] You - wouldn't want to stay with us, Winry. It's not a good life.

There has to be a more efficient way to travel. Something that will allow someone to travel between worlds without constantly having to create more portals.

The problem is that the portal itself doesn't move. {The summon-portals from the Nexus were a clever solution... I wonder if Leo could do that here? No I'm sure he would have tried already.}

A handheld teleporting device would work. {Like that thing April's uncle had.}

Do you think you'd be able to make a hand held one? I mean, Sokka and I have been talking about the possibility of visiting other worlds for a while, but...

We hadn't even thought about other worlds until arriving here. That kind of technology doesn't exist in either of our homes. We didn't even know where to start. But the idea, and the hope it provides, is something we've held on to.

Me? No, I - no. I'm nowhere close to that level. Even if resources were no object. {Which they always are.}

We have plenty of time to work it out.

[Sigh.] Winry... I've seen many kinds of teleportation devices. If I knew how to build any of them, I would be doing it already.

{There must be a way. Someone will find it.}

Sorry, I-

[Don wanders over to the other side of the room, and examines a pile of pointy metal things in various stages of becoming shuriken.] These must be Raph's.

Yes. He comes in here and makes weapons, mostly.

I'm proud of him. He's really finding constructive uses for himself here.

Constructive. Right.

... It's better than other things he could be doing.

{An image of Raphael using those weapons, to great effect, against human bodies.}

He seems pretty excited about the war.

Is he? {He had said it wasn't our fight.}

Well... Maybe not excited.

I don't know. [He turns away from the table of weapons.] It satisfies something in him. I've never really understood it.

I don't think I will either. But this place isn't just for making weapons.

Yes. Show me something else.

Well, I've made watches and... You might think this is a little silly, but...

They're not particularly interesting, and just child's toys.

[Gravely:] Toys are serious business.

[He'll inspect some of the toys.] These are very good. [And wind one up and let it go~] Haha!

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