[The wall is down and Raph isn't coughing up blood, so it's a success. Donnie still jogs over as the dust settles to check on his big brother, satisfied when it doesn't look like he's struggling too much.
Now, onto the more immediate issue; the wall is down and the sound of rushing water is more obvious without the crumbling brick in the way. Goggles down, Donnie fumbles his way over the collapsed brick and mortar, locating the pipe belching graywater in the pitch blackness. The pipe disappears behind more stone but the temperature difference is there; cold spots where the materials had worn through and the sewage bleeds through the brick. Everything this far down is old, very old.] Okay. We can take that passage. [He points before remembering that he's the only one with nightvision goggles. Raph is basically blind in here.
That's fine. ...that's fine. He can hold Raph's hand and make his markings glow brighter to conserve his energy.] Come along, big brother. [Having Raph's big hand in his definitely is not for any other purpose but to keep him from tripping. He's not doing this because he's still shaken up by seeing Raph buried in rubble.]
[ Raph could consider that he has an idea where Donnie is pointing before he gets his hand held and a free ninpo nightlight. But he doesn't really consider it. It's some back of his mind register, practically his own thought.
It's not like he's about to complain over keeping his brother extra close anyway. Close and easy to see. Basically easier to see than anything else down here, on account of the glowing. ]
I'm comin'. [ What other choice is there, really. Ride or die. That's how they gotta do it. ] Pretty glad we missed this tour when we were lair-shoppin'. Raph's not a fan.
You and me both, brother! [Persnickety voice: engage. Please keep holding his hand like two toddlers waking up at 3am for a snack.] You can't even see all microbes we're inhaling right now. I've never been more glad I have us all on a steady vaccination schedule.
Which reminds me, we need to knock over a CVS again after this.
[ This is good and fine. Raph loves holding hands like two toddlers even if it's theoretically only out of necessity.
But let's be real. Anytime Raph holds hands he considers it a necessity.
He doesn't know what the heck microbes are so he assumes "idk germs" and trusts that Donnie is right. It's great to not have to see those little guys. ]
All our medical stuff is pretty cleaned out right now... [ What with everyone almost dying. And yeah yeah vaccines too. Nobody needs to be looking at Turtle Tetanus right now. ] Did they ever rebuild that last one we accidentally blew up, or are we still shoppin' around?
[Brothers get special hand holding privileges, that is a universal understanding. And Donnie, despite his typical aversion to touch (prolonged touch especially), needs to have his bruised and battered and potentially broken older brother in his clammy, brilliant little grasp to make sure he is Alive. There's no other choice.]
Ugh...they rebuilt the building but leased the space to another Japanese-Korean-Chinese-Indian-Greek-Cambodian fusion place. [How many Japanese-Korean-Chinese-Indian-Greek-Cambodian fusion places does one New York City need, really?] We might have to debase ourselves and raid a... eugh. A Walgreens.
[ Stop fusing! Stop it!!! Big Restaurant keeps taking away their retail pharmacy chains, and for what. Not even for Italian. Raph shakes his head even though no one can see him do it, because he needs to express his disappointment. In the restaurant. In the Walgreens.
Perhaps in humanity. ]
The things we gotta do for family safety, Donnie. The lows we gotta scrape.
[ Does Raph honestly have that strong of an opinion on these stores? Well yeah, he has strong opinions about everything. He might be playing it up a little right now for the sake of them being able to talk about something dumb in the middle of This Whole Situation, though. ]
The indignities we suffer for those ingrates! [Very happy to rant and rave like it's specifically Leo and Mikey's faults that he and Raph are down here.] "Go check out the tunnels and we'll go through the rubble," they said. "You guys are better at navigating the sewers," they said. They owe us two months of chores for this!
[ A little bit of ranting and raving about their beloved brothers, to cope. Raph's fine with this, he supports it.
Sure sure, it's good that Leo and Mikey aren't down here with them or instead of them. Raph's glad for that much. But also how dare they. ]
Oh, two months at least, buddy. [ He's gonna let Donnie do all the yelling for him, though. Patented Raph yells are on reserve for emergencies or post-recuperation cat herding. ] Raph's talkin' chores, first dibs on pizza, the whole package. We're the heavy-duty lifters around here anyway.
[ Whether through machine or muscle. No we're not talking about how Mikey can huck around freight ships shut up. ]
[Raph yells are also reserved for when he doesn't have creaky ribs whenever he takes a deep breath, ok]
Right? [Slips a little on some nasty sewer scum, not that Raph even staggers slightly when Donnie uses his arm to regain his balance. Sturdy mountain of a brother, even busted up.] You know, I bet we'll get back there and they won't have even started. I bet they found the Gamecube and hooked it up and started playing.
[ If his ribs can't handle it maybe they deserve to become dust actually. ]
Well when we get back, we're gonna hoard that Gamecube. I gotta check on my Pikmin. They're lost without me. [ If they had real feelings, Raph would be inconsolable about that. But luckily they are digital little guys and he's made his peace with that knowledge.
He only feels mildly guilty about having to leave them for so long. ] But who knows? Maybe those two got their butts in gear and did some real work. I dunno why Leo wouldn't hear the ninpo phone otherwise.
[ Unless it is a distance thing...? Jeez. Maybe they gotta add another training session per week just for ninpo experimenting. That mind meld he and Donnie just had? Kind of insane. Or-- well, he can tell Leo he thinks they might wanna fit it into the schedule, and Leo technically has the final say from there.
Which is less weird and frustrating than it used to be, at least. Small mercies. ]
Have you two done testing with that? Distance-wise? [Raph and Leo are the only two who have really made that work at all, much to Donatello's chagrin. He thought himself into a headache trying to ping Raph or Leo or even Mikey from rooms away with nothing to show for it, so he'd just written it off as being yet another Ninpo power his brothers are naturally good with.
Oop- slippery step. Donatello clings onto his brother's hand and points, shining the light down and holding on like he's going to be able to brace his gigantic big brother from slipping and falling. Do not point this out. Leave him alone]
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Date: 2025-09-09 10:40 pm (UTC)Now, onto the more immediate issue; the wall is down and the sound of rushing water is more obvious without the crumbling brick in the way. Goggles down, Donnie fumbles his way over the collapsed brick and mortar, locating the pipe belching graywater in the pitch blackness. The pipe disappears behind more stone but the temperature difference is there; cold spots where the materials had worn through and the sewage bleeds through the brick. Everything this far down is old, very old.] Okay. We can take that passage. [He points before remembering that he's the only one with nightvision goggles. Raph is basically blind in here.
That's fine. ...that's fine. He can hold Raph's hand and make his markings glow brighter to conserve his energy.] Come along, big brother. [Having Raph's big hand in his definitely is not for any other purpose but to keep him from tripping. He's not doing this because he's still shaken up by seeing Raph buried in rubble.]
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Date: 2025-09-21 10:23 pm (UTC)It's not like he's about to complain over keeping his brother extra close anyway. Close and easy to see. Basically easier to see than anything else down here, on account of the glowing. ]
I'm comin'. [ What other choice is there, really. Ride or die. That's how they gotta do it. ] Pretty glad we missed this tour when we were lair-shoppin'. Raph's not a fan.
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Date: 2025-09-25 01:54 pm (UTC)Which reminds me, we need to knock over a CVS again after this.
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Date: 2025-11-17 09:52 pm (UTC)But let's be real. Anytime Raph holds hands he considers it a necessity.
He doesn't know what the heck microbes are so he assumes "idk germs" and trusts that Donnie is right. It's great to not have to see those little guys. ]
All our medical stuff is pretty cleaned out right now... [ What with everyone almost dying. And yeah yeah vaccines too. Nobody needs to be looking at Turtle Tetanus right now. ] Did they ever rebuild that last one we accidentally blew up, or are we still shoppin' around?
[ He liked that one. It was so convenient. ]
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Date: 2025-11-21 12:42 am (UTC)Ugh...they rebuilt the building but leased the space to another Japanese-Korean-Chinese-Indian-Greek-Cambodian fusion place. [How many Japanese-Korean-Chinese-Indian-Greek-Cambodian fusion places does one New York City need, really?] We might have to debase ourselves and raid a... eugh. A Walgreens.
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Date: 2025-11-30 07:33 pm (UTC)[ Stop fusing! Stop it!!! Big Restaurant keeps taking away their retail pharmacy chains, and for what. Not even for Italian. Raph shakes his head even though no one can see him do it, because he needs to express his disappointment. In the restaurant. In the Walgreens.
Perhaps in humanity. ]
The things we gotta do for family safety, Donnie. The lows we gotta scrape.
[ Does Raph honestly have that strong of an opinion on these stores? Well yeah, he has strong opinions about everything. He might be playing it up a little right now for the sake of them being able to talk about something dumb in the middle of This Whole Situation, though. ]
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Date: 2025-12-03 01:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-12-09 03:20 am (UTC)Sure sure, it's good that Leo and Mikey aren't down here with them or instead of them. Raph's glad for that much. But also how dare they. ]
Oh, two months at least, buddy. [ He's gonna let Donnie do all the yelling for him, though. Patented Raph yells are on reserve for emergencies or post-recuperation cat herding. ] Raph's talkin' chores, first dibs on pizza, the whole package. We're the heavy-duty lifters around here anyway.
[ Whether through machine or muscle. No we're not talking about how Mikey can huck around freight ships shut up. ]
We shoulda had rubble written all over us.
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Date: 2025-12-22 04:26 am (UTC)Right? [Slips a little on some nasty sewer scum, not that Raph even staggers slightly when Donnie uses his arm to regain his balance. Sturdy mountain of a brother, even busted up.] You know, I bet we'll get back there and they won't have even started. I bet they found the Gamecube and hooked it up and started playing.
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Date: 2025-12-25 04:55 pm (UTC)Well when we get back, we're gonna hoard that Gamecube. I gotta check on my Pikmin. They're lost without me. [ If they had real feelings, Raph would be inconsolable about that. But luckily they are digital little guys and he's made his peace with that knowledge.
He only feels mildly guilty about having to leave them for so long. ] But who knows? Maybe those two got their butts in gear and did some real work. I dunno why Leo wouldn't hear the ninpo phone otherwise.
[ Unless it is a distance thing...? Jeez. Maybe they gotta add another training session per week just for ninpo experimenting. That mind meld he and Donnie just had? Kind of insane. Or-- well, he can tell Leo he thinks they might wanna fit it into the schedule, and Leo technically has the final say from there.
Which is less weird and frustrating than it used to be, at least. Small mercies. ]
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Date: 2026-01-05 05:00 am (UTC)Oop- slippery step. Donatello clings onto his brother's hand and points, shining the light down and holding on like he's going to be able to brace his gigantic big brother from slipping and falling. Do not point this out. Leave him alone]