tushanshu | [TEXT] Leo to Team, COME IN TEAM

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[TEXT] Leo to Team, COME IN TEAM

[The cart ride into Keeliai is long, exhausting and stressful. Leo presses himself into the furthest corner to hide (which still leaves him painfully visible) even as his sharp blue eyes peer through the slats, taking in as much of the alien city as possible.

On one hand, this is the most amazing thing Leo's ever experienced, an exhilarating adventure straight out of Space Heroes. On the other, he's never felt so alone, out of control and exposed in his life. Sure, he always wanted adventure, but not without the guys - and not hauled down a city road in broad daylight, surrounded by people turning their heads in curiosity.

At least the few kedan on the street who take a close enough look into the open-backed cart to spy him out don't scream or run. But there are some stares, and he can feel the undercurrent of hostility like a flame inches from his skin. There's a tension in the air in some parts of the city they go through, a hard look to some of the kedan when they see someone not like them...

Leo slips into his appointed building like - well, like a ninja, or as close as possible while lacking the cover of darkness. When he gets to his temporary quarters he leans his shell against the door and sighs wearily; alien robots and plant monsters are one thing, but this? This is an entirely new level of crazy.

Water had seemed a natural choice when the kedan gave him options. He's glad of his choice now as he splashes some from the room's small fountain over his head, then winces as he does the same to the burn mark forming on his shoulder. It's not serious, but Leo's entire arm aches and tingles from channeling Justin's electrical shock through his katana. He's certainly pulled smarter moves.

Hopefully whatever jerked him "sideways" during that explosion also took his brothers through in slightly different places, and he can link up with them again once they all get their bearings. He knows the team can handle this situation, but first? They have to be together.

He'll start canvassing the city come dusk, one Sector at a time if he has to. But until nightfall, Leonardo has time to kill, and he isn’t about to sit around doing nothing.

Settling in at the console, Leo sets it up for a text message - and pauses, considering his options. This is a public network; he has to get a message out that his brothers will understand if they're listening, but that won't arouse too much civilian curiosity or alert any enemies.

There is one thing... He'd batted around an idea for a code word with Donnie. The problem being, it was never official - Leo just hadn't anticipated a realistic situation where it would be useful. The idea was just idle talk.

He hopes that if Mikey or Raph are alone out there, they'll recognize his reference. Donnie will catch on at least, if he's listening. One way or the other it's the best Leo's got until he can search the rooftops.]

ANy New Yorkers out here? if you know the 2nd Time About shop on Bleeker, contact me ASAP

[Ryan to Dauntless, come in Dauntless...]

Aalso. Look, I got the story from the kidan ans I know i can;t be the first person to ask. But Im looking for any leads on how t get back to my own world... stories, rumuors, anything. Thankyou.

[Please don't let him be alone out here. Leo presses Return.]

[ tl;dr Enter one cagey ninja turtle boy with delusions of being a Great Hero! Leo v.2012 is here and super worried about his bros ;A; ]

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[Enough of this text BS; if this is one of his brothers (probably Leo), Raph wants to know.

...if this is another false alarm, another not-brother, then better to get it out of the way. And if this is somehow someone from New York who doesn't know about them, well, better to not use video until he knows better.]

Depends on who's asking. [SUSPICIOUS]

[OH HEY RAPH. Leo should have known that Raphael wouldn't be willing to type. That doesn't mean HE'S gonna break radio silence though.]

well Im not the Corps Cadavers.

[One of your favorite comics, Raph. Who else is gonna know that?]

What is this stupid code thing you're-

[Geez, you and Donnie both. WHO CARES IF IT'S A REASONABLE RESPONSE TO BEING DROPPED IN AN UNKNOWN PLACE

AND IT'S NOT LIKE HE WANTS TO SEE YOUR FACE OR ANYTHING]

Nevermind, I don't care. Turn on your webcam.

...Leo?

[He doesn't ask anything else and doesn't mention the encryption just yet, not willing to jump to conclusions, but-]

[he also hesitates quite a bit before allowing the alternate Raphael and Leonardo into the discussion, but in the end it was probably better to let them than risk driving more of a wedge between them all by keeping secrets about a new arrival. If it was a new arrival.]

[Raph, shhh, shut up.]

Shh. We don't know who else is on this thing.

[Which... makes it REALLY problematic trying to figure out how to meet up without broadcasting a location. AUGH.]

[...there is a SIGNIFICANT PAUSE]

It's fine, it's encrypted. I-I need to ask you a few questions. I guess. Ignore Raph. Don't turn your video on yet, please.

How old are you. Do you know who the Kraang are? If yes, ally or enemy?

...And, uh, how old is April?

[of course he'd work in an April question :|]

Edited 2013-04-14 21:45 (UTC)