[voice; action]

[seriouslytwisted]

[voice]

[Exploring and ninja-ing around is turning up a whole lot of dead ends and questions with no answers, so now Raphael is going to try his last resort.

Conversing with strangers.

Making sure he has his voice only function on (pretending that little SNAFU with it in his earlier conversation didn't happen) he reluctantly addresses his fellow...strand-ees.]


Okay, seriously. How many of you people actually buy that "you are in the in-between" story?

[the mystic new-age voice for the quote helps set the atmosphere, yes it is necessary]

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[action]

[Before this post, Raphael will be swimming around in the Water Sector, trying to keep as hidden as possible but needing to surface to breathe and also sneak back up onto the docks occasionally when he can't cross sections in water. He's a stealthy little bugger, so the average Joe might miss him, but anybody with serious training or extra-sharp senses might find him.

...or you might catch him when he's losing his temper and angrily kicking over a barrel after talking to yet another tree-hugging native yokel, whatever.]

Comments

[duelkatana]

...what? [It was clever!]

[seriouslytwisted]

[No.]

Okay, so, if you don't know who Snakeweed is, do you know about Dog Pound? Bradford, I mean. Or Baxter Stockman, or the Kraang? Or the Foot?

[duelkatana]

[Dog Who and...wasn't there an utrom named Kraang or something?]

[Except he knows those other two, and oh, especially the latter. Leo's face darkens as he realizes the implications; it would figure, of course, that the Foot would be a constant within any world the turtles existed in.]

You mean the Shredder.

[seriouslytwisted]

Yeah. Him too.

[So that's the same, then, even in this other freak bizarro world this Leonardo's from. Great. Awesome to know that no matter what, there's a Shredder out there to kick the shit out of his brothers.]

[duelkatana]

[Leo is sour about that for a few seconds more - what has their Shredder done to them, he wonders. Is he tied to them by such a far-reaching blood feud as he is to Leo and his own family?]

[But for now, he'll leave it at that. This probably isn't the time to be digging for those kinds of details.]

I've never heard of this...Dog Pound, or the Kraang. Stockman, though...now he's a pain in the shell.

[seriouslytwisted]

What's up with that? How come you only know about every other evil-doer jerkoff? [What is up with this other dimension?

Actually, more importantly-] How old are you anyway?

[duelkatana]

Huh? [that takes him a bit by surprise, actually] I'm - my brothers and I are all eighteen.

[seriouslytwisted]

[...........................

WHATEVER

THAT'S NOT A COOL AGE OR ANYTHING]

Huh. Figured you were thirty or something.

[duelkatana]

Thirty?

[RUDE]

[seriouslytwisted]

[SHRUG] You act like it.

[Oh yeah now THIS is more familiar. That vaguely pissed-off-but-trying-to-be-better-than-you expression. Looks much more oft used on this Leo's face than HIS Leo's face, but still welcome than that calm, serene "I am so worldly and wise" one Leonardo was wearing earlier.]

[duelkatana]

Well - what about you? [This is now Leo struggling to sound like he's still being mature, but in all honesty he's kIND OF PETULANT ABOUT IT. HE'S NOT THAT OLD OMG] How old are you guys?

[seriouslytwisted]

[...there is no way he's losing to Leo on this.

Raph throws his shoulders back and stands up straight which...still puts him a few inches below Leo WHO CARES]

We're eighteen too.

[duelkatana]

...

Really?

[Cannot hide his incredulous face. SORRY RAPH BUT YOU'RE SO TINY]

[seriouslytwisted]

[SHUT UP]

Yeah really! Why wouldn't we be the same age?!

1/2

[duelkatana]

Uh, no reason! It's just that you're kind of...you know....

2/2 /CRASHES IN

[meanandgreen]

[Okay, so Leo said he'd be gone for most of the morning, and that's just great. He forgot to mention that he wasn't gonna bother showing up on time for them to leave for work. Not that he's eager to spend another afternoon serving Little Miss High and Mighty, but it was Leo's idea to go along with it in the first place. So he's pretty sure he died or something, because Leo's never late for anything.

So that means Raph's gotta go hunt his green butt down and figure out what the hell is going on.

What he sees is Leo talking to someone. His brain doesn't register who that someone actually is. He's more stuck on being pissed at Leo than anything else.]

Yo, Leo! Where the hell have you been? We gonna...

[Okay, hold the phone. About twenty feet away he realizes that is a turtle. A turtle who's seriously ripping off his style. What the fuck is that all about?!

So he storms up to the imposter, reaching out to grab him by the shoulder and and get all up in this jerk's face. He gets that the kedan are shape shifters but this is taking it too damn far!]

Just who the heck are you supposed to be!? You think this's funny!?

HI ASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[seriouslytwisted]

[If Raph hears 'short' out of Leo's mouth he'll- well he'll get angry because Leo's the one who said it. ONLY HE IS ALLOWED TO CALL HIMSELF SHORT! Or Splinter. Maybe Donnie if he does it sensitively.

It doesn't matter though, because some jackass grabs him and Raphael responds to that just as well as any other Raphael in any other universe would.

He throws a punch at the guy's face.]

HEY LET'S BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF EACH OTHER

[meanandgreen]

[You want a fight, punk? You got it! Raph throws up a block for that punch and aims a kick at the jerk's plastron that's meant to send him on his ass if it lands.]

You think this's some kind of joke!?

YAYYY FRIENDS ALREADY

[seriouslytwisted]

[Raphael gets a look at the guy's face the second his fist his knocked aside, and his negligence earns him a kick to the gut that sends him sprawling. He at least turns his tumble into a roll and ends up on a knee, sai out and in his hands.

......great. Just great. Raph jabs a sai in his other self's direction and shouts at Leo, because clearly this is Leonardo's fault.]

This guy? He's supposed to be me?! You're joking!

BESTIES FOREVARRR Also Angel's tagging after me.

[meanandgreen]

[You're drawing weapons, SO IS HE! He has no idea what the hell is going on here, but obviously the only thing that makes sense is to kick this guy's ass. With a snarl, he starts charging at this creep like a mad bull.]

I LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR FIVE MINUTES also tagging order Leo -> Raph Jr. -> Raph?

[duelkatana]

[Weapons out, which means it's Leo's cue to step in.]

Enough! [He dashes forward to intercept his brother, arm thrusting out to halt him mid-charge. His gaze sweeps from one Raphael to the other.] Stand down - the both of you!

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME o/

[seriouslytwisted]

And why should I listen to you?! Get out of the way! [Raph spins his sai and hunkers down.]

[meanandgreen]

[Leo's attempts at stopping them do make him think about the situation for a second, but the minute the kid starts making a show of his sai, rationality leaves the building yet again.

He glowers at the other turtle from behind the wall that is Leonardo, chomping at the bit for round two.]

Bring it, slime bag.

[duelkatana]

[The gravity of what's going on is rapidly settling in - he has two Raphs on his hands. He can barely keep a handle on one! Leo tosses a short glare over his shoulder at his brother, arm still raised to block his path. Stop feeding the fire YOU started, little brother.]

I said enough. [His voice is icy cold as his eyes turn back to the younger Raphael; he might be from a different world, but Leo's never backed down from a fight with Raph, and he's not about to start.] Everyone cool off.

[seriouslytwisted]

[This Leo reminds Raph of his brother Leo; like when Leo is saying something Raph knows is right but still doesn't want to listen. That just makes him even angrier, because if his brother Leo were here he could just listen to him instead of having to settle for this impostor.

He grits his teeth before straightening up and sheathing his weapons with a growl.]

Forget it. I'm out. [He turns on his heel.]