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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]

But there will be if I have any say in it. If Hunter-kun can get a sewing machine, I can get a Gameboy.

[othellovonryan]

[Awwww, he was gonna make him one. Nts, check on that.]

Of course there will be video games eventually, but that is still some time. And you need sleep.

[bluediligence]

Jokes aside [ not that wanting video games is a joke. please. please let her have stress relief. ] I do try to sleep.

... I'm kinda hoping that none of the people who would notice end up here, but if they do - they would notice. And I won't be able to help my team effectively if I'm sleep deprived.

[othellovonryan]

[Video games are very serious business.]

Add Raph to that list. I swear he's developed some way to smell sleep deprivation. Too many days and he will find you if he's found you even remotely charming.

[bluediligence]

If he clocks me as an insomniac as quickly as I clocked him as a big brother, I'm in danger.

[ reaches for her book; she's comfy now, and she doesn't want to move just yet ]

[othellovonryan]

[He will hand the book back, bookmarked and everything.]

You may get two weeks before he determines what is the difference between sleeping well and not.

Or you could just come to the pillow fort. I'm usually awake about two hours before dawn anyway.

[bluediligence]

That's -

Honestly tempting. Uhm. You sure that'd be okay?

[othellovonryan]

I do not make offers if I do not intend to see them through.

[bluediligence]

I'm more worried about your team.

[othellovonryan]

If anyone brings up a concern, tell them to talk to me.

But none of them have been proven the type to just go off the handle first. Raph is probably the most likely just because he's not hard to spook, and then he's profusely apologize.

[bluediligence]

Mmm... [ a slow, considering nod as she opens the book ]

There's been trouble in the past, so I like to try to make sure. Thanks for saving my page, by the way.

[othellovonryan]

You're welcome.

Just tell them I invited you. My presence is surprisingly effective at deterring any sort of arguments or demands.

[Its why every time he gets hit with compulsory obedience, he gets told what to do like...once.]

[bluediligence]

[ Peers questioningly over her book at him ]

It is? [ ... ] Still, I'll do my best to make a good impression when I introduce myself to them.

[othellovonryan]

It is. Domineering personality. They know if I decided something, its going to be a fight to change my mind and they have to decide if they want to deal with that.

Good impressions don't hurt though.

[bluediligence]

Ahh. So, you're stubborn.

[ Hummm. That tracks. ]

I'd wanna make a good impression anyways, but in places like this... it's even more important, I think. People have enough to deal with already.

[othellovonryan]

Yes.

[Also that, he'll own it.]

I would think you'd want to, to make your life easier.

[bluediligence]

That's part of it? A big part, mm. It feels nice to be nice, and for people to be nice back.

Another part, for me, is that ... oh, this is going to sound dramatic. It's about respect and safety, and it's just something I'm used to keeping in mind.

[othellovonryan]

There is a pause. "Wait, humans actually associate that with territories?" Donnie asked. "How do they stand being able to move so regularly in some cases?"

[bluediligence]

Mm? Well ...

There were some ... specific circumstances. I don't think it's necessarily something every human worries about in their day to day lives.

[ does that make it sound like she was in a gang? maybe. does korone realise this? not at all. ]

[othellovonryan]

You sound like you were in a gang.

[bluediligence]

... I was conscripted into a team of people who were intended to be peacekeepers but in practice turned out to be unwilling pawns when their already somewhat unpopular boss was overthrown by a supervillain.

[othellovonryan]

[....]

And you couldn't just rebel against the supervillain because....?

[bluediligence]

Oh, trust me, we did.

For around ... six months. Now she's dead. But the time in-between was A Time.

[othellovonryan]

I mean why did you do anything for her at all?

[bluediligence]

Magic bullshit. [ A single jazzhand ] And coercion. If she really wanted to make us do something, then... for a long time, we couldn't stop her no matter how hard we tried.

Luckily, we didn't stop trying. Even more luckily, there were people who did wanna help us. It could be, uhm, a bit fraught though. Politically.