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tushanshu2013-03-21 02:28 am
boselfdestruct) wrote in tushanshu2013-03-21 02:28 am
002 ≅ [video/ENCRYPTED 100% TO TURTLES/PRIVATE NETWORK POST]
[This is backdated to the early part of mid-March, before the event.]
[Don takes a deep breath on-screen and flashes a quick, tense smile. He looks nervous, but under that a little haggard. It's what happens when he's spent the last two days going over his encryption algorithm line-by-line, repeatedly, and adjusting it for video usage. And then going over it again. And again. The upside is anyone taking on the task of attempting to hack this is going to get the full brunt of puzzling out Don's aggravated, sleep-deprived mind. This is about as full-proof as he can get with the equipment available to him. It'll have to do.]
Right, hello. If you're getting this, it's because you're a, well...[he gestures to himself, and aside from that his hands stay more-or-less abnormally still for the rest of conversation, a sign of discomfort that might only register to his own Raph] a mutant turtle, like me, and from a similar dimension. Don't worry about anyone not invited seeing this. I'm handling that.
So...you might have been told about this already, but I'll rehash just in case. This is mostly just a place to talk. No pressure or anything, but we just can't keep ignoring one another forever. There are too many of us running around already for that to be plausible, and it's not like there's any guarantee it's ever going to stop. The least we can do is know who's who. [so, in other words, if you want to make sure any of your wayward brothers showing up are pointed in the right direction? SPEAK UP.]
[Don pauses, reaching up to tug at his plastron absentmindedly] I...guess I'll start? My name's Donatello. I'm fifteen. I'm from the same universe as the more recently arrived Raphael. If you think of anything about your homes that might be useful to know, no matter how innocuous you think it is, go ahead and lay it on me. Every little bit helps. So far we've noticed that appearance and age are two of the bigger distinguishing characteristics among us, which is why I recommend using video, but if you're too nervous then it's text. Heck, covering up the camera works just as well. Avoid actual audio mode, if by some weird quirk of electronics you can actually access it. I tried to make sure you couldn't, but you never know, and I don't want anyone yelling at me later because I didn't mention it. Point is, it's not supported right now, and anyone using it could crack this thing open like a bad egg. Which would be, you know, bad.
[Leo take it now Leo take it now before he pours his uneasiness into a babble about his baby go go go someone]
[Don takes a deep breath on-screen and flashes a quick, tense smile. He looks nervous, but under that a little haggard. It's what happens when he's spent the last two days going over his encryption algorithm line-by-line, repeatedly, and adjusting it for video usage. And then going over it again. And again. The upside is anyone taking on the task of attempting to hack this is going to get the full brunt of puzzling out Don's aggravated, sleep-deprived mind. This is about as full-proof as he can get with the equipment available to him. It'll have to do.]
Right, hello. If you're getting this, it's because you're a, well...[he gestures to himself, and aside from that his hands stay more-or-less abnormally still for the rest of conversation, a sign of discomfort that might only register to his own Raph] a mutant turtle, like me, and from a similar dimension. Don't worry about anyone not invited seeing this. I'm handling that.
So...you might have been told about this already, but I'll rehash just in case. This is mostly just a place to talk. No pressure or anything, but we just can't keep ignoring one another forever. There are too many of us running around already for that to be plausible, and it's not like there's any guarantee it's ever going to stop. The least we can do is know who's who. [so, in other words, if you want to make sure any of your wayward brothers showing up are pointed in the right direction? SPEAK UP.]
[Don pauses, reaching up to tug at his plastron absentmindedly] I...guess I'll start? My name's Donatello. I'm fifteen. I'm from the same universe as the more recently arrived Raphael. If you think of anything about your homes that might be useful to know, no matter how innocuous you think it is, go ahead and lay it on me. Every little bit helps. So far we've noticed that appearance and age are two of the bigger distinguishing characteristics among us, which is why I recommend using video, but if you're too nervous then it's text. Heck, covering up the camera works just as well. Avoid actual audio mode, if by some weird quirk of electronics you can actually access it. I tried to make sure you couldn't, but you never know, and I don't want anyone yelling at me later because I didn't mention it. Point is, it's not supported right now, and anyone using it could crack this thing open like a bad egg. Which would be, you know, bad.
[Leo take it now Leo take it now before he pours his uneasiness into a babble about his baby go go go someone]
Re: video;
That's all kinds of weird.
So how'd he even know how to take care of you guys if he was just a rat?
video;
Well, he...just...learned, I guess. He always did his best to keep us fed, and we did make it through our first winter... [Okay he just shuts his mouth now because there is a limit to diplomacy; he doesn't even talk about this stuff with his raph and this is getting way too personal.]
[correction: he'd rather eat mikey's bandana]
video;
[God Leo, you are just so dumb.]
So, what else is freakishly different? Do you have an April? Is she like a cat originally or something?
video;
April? No, she's...pretty normal. [pause.] As normal as she can be while dating Casey, anyway.
[Also a not-so-subtle "do you have one of those casey things"]
video;
Dating someone else, huh? [Raph would say "poor Donnie," but a) he doesn't say that shit, b) he doesn't care and c) yeah, he knew it'd turn out that way. Humans aren't gonna date giant turtle freaks, not seriously anyhow.]
video;
Someone...else?
gonna leave this for ricky to threadjack o/
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[sore at the turn this conversation has taken? oh yes]
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[raph stop being a little fuck]
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It's like he's watching one of Splinter's Stories, but...all the actors are turtles.
It's engrossing.
It's riveting.
It's...in need of popcorn.
Mike keeps his eyes on the screen even as he himself slips out of view in order to bolt towards the kitchen for snacks.
Man, he hopes nothing interesting happens while he's gone...]