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[othellovonryan]

"Yello yello, you're conversing with Donatello, inventor extraordinaire. Leave a message after the beep and I'll be with you soon enough."

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[bluediligence]

[ reaches for the book, what'cha got for her ]

I really do have to hand it to you - this is the best pillowfort I've ever been in.

[othellovonryan]

[Its a botany book.]

[He's gonna see how well she stays awake with Education.]

Of course. We have to optimize the design to compensate for Raph's spikes so we don't have a fluffy mess, and so the humans and dad can have something soft to sleep on if shell isn't up to their tastes that day.

[bluediligence]

Eh? So you ... really weren't kidding about the whole turtlepile thing, huh.

[ JOKES ON YOU DUDE SHE LOVES EDUCATION ]

[ except this isn't maths or physics. it's plants. hm. danger ... but she gets to reading it anyway. ]

[othellovonryan]

Why would I kid about something like that?

[Listen, he can't help his tricks are for his brothers who aren't as excited for books as him.]

[bluediligence]

... I dunno. It's just - unexpected, somehow? But not in a bad way.

[ browsing the contents page for anything on roses or medicinal herbs, and pulling out her phone so she can take NOTES ]

[othellovonryan]

Why? Its a good way to bond and find comfort.

[Man idk if roses are native here, but he'd be down for medicinal herbs, so probably some of that.]

[bluediligence]

Mmmmmm ...

I only learned the joy of cuddles in the past - [ pause; handwave ] couple of years. [ she misses it ]

[ she misses it so much ]

[othellovonryan]

...what the shell, that's so sad.

[bluediligence]

What? It's not that big of a deal to me.

[ she says, MISSING IT SO MUCH, ]

[othellovonryan]

How do human families make sure they've kept up their need for contact?

[bluediligence]

I... don't know? How do you?

[othellovonryan]

[HE GESTURES POINTEDLY AT THE PILLOWFORT]

[bluediligence]

I mean, how do you know someone isn't getting enough?

[othellovonryan]

....a sudden lowkey anxiety that sticks to you like glue until suddenly you're getting back to the levels you're apparently in desperate need of.

[HE GOT A TRIAL BY FIRE OF THAT AND HE HATED IT.]

[bluediligence]

[ thinks about wash ]

[ thinks about herself ]



[ surprised-pikachu.jpg ]

[othellovonryan]

See!

You know the glue!

[bluediligence]

I know the glue.

[othellovonryan]

You are not getting enough contact in your life! You need more!

[bluediligence]

I held your hand the other day, didn't I? That was contact!

[othellovonryan]

Oh Pizza Supreme in the Sky, you know the glue and you know that is not enough.

Incoming!

[Which is when he pulls himself out of the blankets because now you have reached Ridiculous and that means his impulse control is Minimal.]

[And if Korone doesn't want it, she is gonna get half a pancake turtle on her.]

[bluediligence]

[ IMMEDIATE FIGHT OR FLIGHT REFLEX TRIGGERED

Except

Instead of dodging, which she definitely could, or yeeting him, she just

CATCHES HIM ]

H-H-Hamato-san??

[othellovonryan]

[THIS IS WHY HE SAID INCOMING, for that flight or fight instinct.]

Lay down, read your book, and take a nap and let the glue melt away.

[And his book is now between their faces and he will absolutely just read it like this until she settles, he has slumped in weird positions in the past and spitefully read for worse.]

[bluediligence]

[ aaaaaaa

AAAAAAAAAAAA ]

Hello, police? Yeah. I'd like to report a murder. [ HERS SPECIFICALLY. She might be slightly vibrating. ]

[ But she will eventually ... put him down... gently, without any yeeting, so he's still fairly draped but not completely squishing her ]

[othellovonryan]

I told you Spiny Soft Shells are very aggressive.

[Said dryly as he turns the page in this book.]

[He will also accept this. Almost like he's used to just being Manhandled sometimes.]

[Thank Raph for that.]

[She's getting her skinship today, he has decided, and he's a stubborn turtle.]

[bluediligence]

[ dryly ]

That was in the context of biting or bopping intruders, not glomping me.

[ but the grumpiness is just TSUN, without any real bite to it. with a sigh, she picks up her book ]