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[meanandgreen]

[Things just kept gettin’ better and better. Last thing he remembers is getting attacked on that rooftop by a bunch of Pinocchio wannabes pretending to be ninja. And now? Now he’s stuck in another dimension in some city that’s supposedly floating on a giant freakin’ turtle.

Needless to say, Raph was Not Happy. He had no idea where his brothers were, and he was starting to wonder if this was like the thing with Draco and the Daimyo’s son. Constantly getting hurled into other dimensions was really starting to tick him off.

At least those kedan guys seemed all right. They took it pretty well when he’d given one of them the shakedown while he was trying to figure out what the shell happened. The guy didn’t even fight back, and Raph felt kind of bad about it in retrospect, but there was nothing he could do about that now.

The best part was that most of these guys around here looked just as weird as him. Some of them were even uglier. You never knew if the guy next to you was gonna have tentacles or gills or an extra arm. He liked it. Kinda felt like walking around the Battle Nexus. Even the buildings looked kinda similar.

That was the only reason why Raph even thought of getting on that computer. Since nobody's screamed or tried to dissect him yet, the way he looked obviously wasn't a factor, and if he was gonna find his brothers, it was the quickest and the easiest way to do it. Not to say it still didn't make him nervous, but finding his bros was all he cared about. He'd just have to suck it up and be careful, because the sooner he found them, the sooner he could get his hands on whoever the heck was responsible for this mess.

And if he couldn't find them, then he'd just have to do it alone.

So, here goes nothin'.]

Bet you think you're real funny, puttin' me on a giant turtle. People seriously gotta work on their sense of humor.

[Raph's not even sure if whoever's responsible for this little unexpected vacation can hear him, but he's mad, okay? So what if he vents a little?

He glowers into the camera, cracking his knuckles]

Any of you people know how the heck we got here? 'Cause I'm about this close to marchin' into that palace and showin' little miss Emperor exactly what I think about her business.

[All right. Enough of that. Gotta keep it together. He folds his arms over his chest, getting down to the real reason he posted this.]

And I'm lookin' for my brothers. They look a lot like me, so you'd know it if you saw 'em.

[He's kinda dreading the answer to that last one. Wouldn't be the first time he wound up in another dimension alone, but after that crazy fight back home, he just needed to know they were okay.]

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[duelkatana]

[Leonardo is sick of alternate dimensions. Turtle Luck is a persisting sort of force, apparently just as happy finding them in other worlds as it is in their own; both of Leo's hands probably wouldn't be enough to count how many times he and his brothers have been separated. In retrospect, when those wooden soldiers defeated and carried them off, he probably should have been prepared to wake up alone as he did.]

[But he's not ready to fly into anxiety over his missing brothers - not yet. If they were all captured by the same soldiers, then there's still a chance that they ended up in the same place. But why separated? Were his brothers injured and required medical care? Is Leo himself the target, with his brothers only to be used as bargaining chips? This world seems amicable enough, like the Battle Nexus had been. But even the Battle Nexus had its long shadows to cast.]

[Imagine Leonardo's surprise, then, when his first venture into the network treats him to his his younger brother - scowling, grumpy, and tossing out threats. Which means he's probably unharmed. Okay, how does he use this thing 8|]

Raphael! Is that you?

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[meanandgreen]

[Oh, good. You're alive. Which means Don and Mike should be somewhere around here too.]

Yeah, it's me. Any word from the others?

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[duelkatana]

Nothing. [But if you're here, unharmed, and using this network thing, then at least it bodes well for the others.] I assume you got same welcoming party I did?

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[controlledvariable]

You might wanna rethink that 'marching on the palace' plan, I doubt the Emperor would take too kindly to it, and I've heard their jail's pretty impressive.

[AKA don't do that shit you will get arrested, but said in the most casual way she can]

But I haven't seen anyone who looks like you, sorry.

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[meanandgreen]

Yeah? Well I don't take too kindly to gettin' attacked and Shanghaied to another dimension. I don't care what she thinks, and some scary jail ain't gonna keep me from goin' up there.

[Far as his brothers are concerned, he knew finding them was probably not gonna be that easy.]

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[controlledvariable]

[That makes her frown] No one else have ever been attacked by the kedan, what happened?

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[trainwrecked]

[Well.

Color this soldier surprised. Yet again. And here he thought this place was strange enough that he wouldn't be, anymore.]

Uh. Apparently, we were brought here by the Emperor of this place, and she's not very forthcoming what for, other than that we have to fight a threat.

... how many of you are there? [Fascinated despite himself.]

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[meanandgreen]

Great. All the more reason to pay her a little visit.

[Annnd now you're making him uncomfortable. He doesn't like it when humans ask him questions. You never know if they have some kind of ulterior motive. He scowls, eyeing the guy wearily.]

Four.

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[trainwrecked]

Yeah, I think that's what most people go with, though not many've come out with anything important. Good luck, when you do.

[Bucky's not well-versed enough in the ways of turtles to realize what the look means. But. He shrugs, the surprise still there, but a bit blunter, the initial edge eased off.]

Huh. Got it. If I see any of them, I'll... tell them to look for you, I guess. Uh... Bucky, Sergeant Bucky Barnes, here.

[zerotoawesome]

[Yeah, sorry, but this guy just ignored everything you were saying.]

Dude, do you speak turtle?

[meanandgreen]

[What. The shell. Who is this clown?]

Yeah. I speak butt-kickin' too. And if I hear any more turtle jokes I'll really start talking.

[zerotoawesome]

[Oh jeez, cranky turtle guy. Santo cracks his knuckles, since he has to represent.]

Oh yeah? I'm pretty fluent in that myself. Freaking bilingual, even.

[crotcharrow]

...So now we're getting turtles on the turtle.

[Tommy is the same as Santo here, he did not focus at all.]

My head hurts.

[meanandgreen]

You're tellin' me.

[This's gonna be a thing, isn't it. Doomed to be the butt of everyone's jokes.]

[crotcharrow]

--So wait, can you speak turtle?

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[icanhasshiny]

[Not even bothered by giant anthropomorphic turtle.] A grand irony, eh, a turtle stranded on a turtle? Not very funny, I imagine, but ironic, still. 'Fraid I haven't seen any other turtles here, not as yet.

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[meanandgreen]

Yeah. Great. Thanks.

[Irony can suck it. Karma, too. Mikey's right. He must've been a serial killer in a past life or somethin'.]

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[icanhasshiny]

Sorry, friend! I'll be sure to keep an eye out, however. You are pretty distinct, as it were.

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[backwordscompatible]

[Turtleception!]

If you're that insistent on confronting her, be sure to bring a camera along. I'm sure some of us would love to see that.

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[meanandgreen]

[Are you doubting his ninja skills? Because now he's just gonna take that as a challenge.]

Yeah, you can watch me beat the crud out of her stupid guards and anyone else who tries to stop me!

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[backwordscompatible]

[Did she say anything about doubting? In so many words?]

In that case, good luck.

I'm sure the rest of the city will never forget you, whoever you are.

[notdreaming]

Why is it funny? [ She's not used to earth turtles okay obviously you are some other manner of shelled creature. ]

[meanandgreen]

It's not.

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[sharpes]

[dryly,]

Good luck storming the castle.

[That is totally a Princess Bride reference because he can't be tamed.]

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[meanandgreen]

[Raph has totally seen that movie way too many times. He can thank Mikey for that one.]

Yeah, thanks. Not that I need it.