Thirty-First Theory [Action]

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[The last thing they remember, they were warm in bed with their other brothers. Now they are two, and for reasons beyond their comprehension they are waking up in a snowbank.

The sun is bright, the snow is wet, and the frigid air seeps into their bones.]

Raphie, I'm - I'm cold.

C-c’mon, Donnie. [He latches onto his brother’s hand and starts pulling him out of the snow.] We n-need a better hidin’ spot.

Okay.

[The two tiny Turtles climb out of the hollow in the deep snow and, huddled against one another, strike out in search of shelter.]

((Five-ish-year-old Turtles, no conscious memories of Luceti. Replies will come from tinytechturtle and saidontmatter. April will threadjack eventually to take her little guys home, but initial rescuing is open to any kind soul who doesn't want to see a pair of young reptiles freeze to death. Have at, kind souls of Luceti.))

Comments

[after-march.livejournal.com]

It's a long story. [Yes, April is going to be EVASIVE on the topic, Winry! Partly because she finds her role in the tension very, very embarrassing. Especially the sleepwalking-confusion part.]

Who do you live with? [The FATHER of the BABY?]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

In Luceti? My friend Al.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[OMG WINRY AND AL HOOK UP?!]

[April nods.]

Just the two of you?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Yes - as I remember it, it was just us and a few pets. We were thinking about moving out because just two people isn't enough for a house here.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[April is sad at this, for some reason. She cuddles Donatello closer.]

Well, sometimes a big place isn't the best thing anyway. Cozier with an apartment or something, you know?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Mm, I suppose keeping the house in hope for Ed to show up - or maybe even someone else - is a bit selfish.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

I can sympathize. My boyfriend left almost the same week I arrived here. I wonder sometimes if he'll ever come back.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, everyone eventually goes home. It's just a matter of waiting.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know. [April pauses to balance the sleepy young turtle on her knee, so that she can hoist him up and lay him against her shoulder.] Okay, these turtles? Not light.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Mm, I remember a time when I tried to pick Raphael up when he was full sized. That was a disaster, to say the least.

Is the house close?

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[April points to it; it's within sight now.]

That sounds very much like a disaster, yes. Like a disaster that followed some other disaster. What happened?

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Raph was in a fight with someone, and lost. I tried to help him, but the other girls there kind of were of more use than I was.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

Raphael lost a fight, huh? Against whom? [April carefully climbs the stairs to the house, fumbling for the doorknob while keeping a tight hold of Donnie.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

It was a long time ago for me, I don't really remember.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[April nods toward Raphael's room; the little turtles will obviously have to stay together.].

I love how evasive everyone is when I ask about how the turtles were getting along here before I arrived.

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

They probably just didn't want to worry you. If I remember correctly I once avoided telling you how Raph and Don had a crush on me.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[April finds herself staring at the pregnant belly. Like it's an eye magnet or something.]

....Crush on you?!

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Is it really that surprising?

[after-march.livejournal.com]

No. Actually? You're kinda just what they'd go for, probably. I don't know. It's not exactly something I've had to think about a whole lot in the past. [Sort of a lie, there.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

I turned them down because I was in love with someone else already, but after that they avoided me. Raph eventually came around, but I never really got the chance to patch things up with Don.

[after-march.livejournal.com]

Take a seat, okay? [This is a conversation they can continue in a minute. April places Donatello beside his brother, trying and sort of failing to build them a pillowy nest.]

I need more pillows. And--we need a way to heat the air in this room. Be right back. [She'll steal more pillows from her room, and Derek's, and Don's.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Luceti has electric now, right? Shouldn't there be a thermostat somewhere in the house?

[after-march.livejournal.com]

I'm on it. [And, after returning with the pillows:] Here.

[She tucks a pillow behind Winry's back, then reaches down to pat the belly. So annoying, April.]

[crytearsofjoy.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank-

[after-march.livejournal.com]

[April is oblivious. She's one of those people.]

They look kinda cute, don't they. Don told me blankets won't help but that body heat could, which I kind of figured out after the night----

....

So are you having a boy or a girl? Or a surprise?