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othellovonryan) wrote2023-02-04 01:15 am
othellovonryan) wrote2023-02-04 01:15 am
The Bunker of "Safety"
[You find yourself in a large stone room. It has enough room to stand up, even for the tallest, and plenty of space to walk around. Likely Donnie absolutely exploded the insides of this rocky area to make this much space. The walls and corners are cut cleanly thanks to his mystic tools.]
[In the ceiling, recessed with some metal holders are crystals that shine with a warm light. A magic sunlamp.]
[There are a few inches of water on the floor, and probably most impressively is he's managed to make it so the water cycles through to the ceiling to make a light waterfall across all the walls. There are some polished boulders that provide some dry spots in the room.]
[But do make it very hard to try and write or carve things onto any surface in the room.]
[There is also a door with no handle on this side. It's half slid into the stone and has a metal cover, though any investigation will reveal the door is very thick, so probably stone makes up its center.]
[When people being dropped off]
[They can tell Donnie is coming back because the wall with the door is suddenly covered in a purple pink wall that will be shoving them across the room to push them away from the door. Then he'll open the door and drop off the person he's caught, or the food for people.]
[Each time the wall comes up, almost everytime, the walls seem to be getting...pinker.]
[Just for you guys: The Things Donnie is collecting from his connections for all this nonsense]
-Space Titanium to make Fabrications stronger from Korone
-His strength Plus Korone's strength when she's nearby until she bites someone else.
-Glyphs from Hunter
-Ninpo is always a thing
-Kraang things from Danger Memories
-Sedatives, so many sedatives
-Randy's orbment which comes with tech magic like FIRE, strength buffs under conditions, up his crit range for harder hits, makes him faster.
-Crow's guns
[In the ceiling, recessed with some metal holders are crystals that shine with a warm light. A magic sunlamp.]
[There are a few inches of water on the floor, and probably most impressively is he's managed to make it so the water cycles through to the ceiling to make a light waterfall across all the walls. There are some polished boulders that provide some dry spots in the room.]
[But do make it very hard to try and write or carve things onto any surface in the room.]
[There is also a door with no handle on this side. It's half slid into the stone and has a metal cover, though any investigation will reveal the door is very thick, so probably stone makes up its center.]
[When people being dropped off]
[They can tell Donnie is coming back because the wall with the door is suddenly covered in a purple pink wall that will be shoving them across the room to push them away from the door. Then he'll open the door and drop off the person he's caught, or the food for people.]
[Each time the wall comes up, almost everytime, the walls seem to be getting...pinker.]
[Just for you guys: The Things Donnie is collecting from his connections for all this nonsense]
-Space Titanium to make Fabrications stronger from Korone
-His strength Plus Korone's strength when she's nearby until she bites someone else.
-Glyphs from Hunter
-Ninpo is always a thing
-Kraang things from Danger Memories
-Sedatives, so many sedatives
-Randy's orbment which comes with tech magic like FIRE, strength buffs under conditions, up his crit range for harder hits, makes him faster.
-Crow's guns
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They are both definitely sitting here saying all this but secretly they feel very guilty about things they once did while under the controlling influence of outside forces, right. ]
Right? He's always had some edge, but this ain't the real him by a long shot. I should know!
[ Because he lovingly half-raised three heroes. They're not always nice! Or polite! Or morally straight and narrow! They're chaotic and noisy and gremlin-like! Menaces, even. Pains in the butt. Too smart for their own good. But they are his. And they're good where it counts.
Manifesting Kraang stuff... Donnie's probably not gonna feel clean for a month. ]
We just- we just gotta figure out what happened and how to help. And then stop him long enough to do it. And then let him have some space but not too much space.
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He and Leo know Donnie better than anyone. Love him more fiercely than anyone. As long as they're here, she has faith that Donnie will be okay. ]
We can do it. We will do it. [ And there's that bite of stubborn determination. ] He'll be back with us in no time. And then …
And then we find that fine line between being present and not being smothering. [ aughhhhhh. ] And we make sure he knows that we don't love him any less for this.
[ completely unconscious use of an L word on her part ]
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[ Just handle one thing at a time and channel the power of being unnaturally hard-headed. Donnie won't stand a chance. Because they love him.
He might let Leo or Hunter make the "this is about the line where it's good to step in there with him" call. They're better at those kinds of reads than he is. ]
We're all gonna be fine. Get outta this fancy fishbowl in no time.
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They've got this. It'll be a bumpy ride, she knows it will, but they're getting their Donnie back no matter what. ]
Speaking of, I'm gonna try to port Hunter-kun to Leo-kun soon. I know where he is; he's shaken up, but he's safe. If we can get the two of them together on the outside, we'll stand a better chance of busting out of here.
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Huge relief also added to emotional inventory. ]
Good. Leo's a strategy guy, they can get their plan on. [ Always good to up the number of people out of here and somewhere actually safe, anyway. ] I can tell he's still alive with the ninpo, but. Not much else.
[ It doesn't say much about physical condition apart from alive or not. Unless they wanna make a whole mind meld out of it.
Maybe he can do something with that. Make himself an opening.
The part of Donnie that cares about them being alive and safe is clearly way in overdrive, after all. ]
The less he's gotta deal with any creepy Kraang stuff before this is over, the better.
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[ Hums softly, thoughtful. ]
Is there any chance you guys could use that to get through to him? Or even just to — to crack the door open a little. Make an opening.
… Without risking whatever this is spreading to you, preferably. I dunno how inter-related the whole "protective dialled up to 9000" and the "surprise! it's Kraang time!" are, or if they'd somehow be infectious.
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Kraang stuff is all infectious. That's what they do, they, uh. Spread. But it's a physical thing. [ Lots of growing and spreading and pushing tentacles into your brain and absolutely thrashing your little brother in a prison dimension.
So a lot about this isn't adding up. He doesn't know enough. Hasn't seen these constructs for himself yet.
If it was gonna spread through the ninpo, Donnie probably would've done it already just to get the rest of the family on board. Right? ]
So I dunno. I'm gonna try. See what happens. Worst case, maybe I try to cut myself off for a minute? If he's all worked up about protection, it might get him down here off his guard. [ It would sure as heck work on Raph, if he's honest. Not immune to his own tactics. ]
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[ aaauuuuughhhhh augh augh okay. frowns, rubbing her forehead, but in the end she lets out a breath and nods. ]
It's not a bad idea. If I had that kind of connection with someone, it'd bring me running ... I guess he'd probably know better than to think any of us hurt you. [ They're only here because they're people he wants to protect, after all. ]
Just be careful.
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[ To all of it. All of the above. Korone is so important and valid. She Gets it. ]
I'll be as careful or as uncareful as I gotta be to get him in containment. Good containment. Not scary dungeon containment. Helping containment. Whatever helping looks like.
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Whatever it takes to get him back. And for what it's worth, I'll be right there to support you.
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Hey, that's always gonna be worth a lot. Anyone tries to tell you different, you send 'em my way for a polite and informative conversation.
[ He will yell at them. ]
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... She can't tell him it's her own dumb insecurities he'd be having a polite and informative conversation with. That'd be embarrassing. C...loses her mouth again. Laughs a little. ]
Aww, thanks. [ Glances up at him, smiling faintly. ] I guess I'd have strong words for anyone who tries to tell me I can't be there for you guys, too.
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You're a real stand-up pal, Koko.
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Do you know what sudden, unexpected nicknames get? They get blushes.
and instead of responding with WORDS like a NORMAL PERSON, she makes a strangled squeaky-chirping sound like a dumbass ]
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HE BROKE HER ]
SMACK MY ARM TWICE IF THAT SOUND MEANS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY!
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[ wait no, no, that isn't helping. thumps herself on the chest and flaps her other hand at raph ]
N-No! No medical emergencies here!
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That shaves off a good 25% of the immediate Concern. ]
Good. Okay! Good! No emergencies!
In that case, no rush. Take your time. Nice deep breaths.
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But. Okay. Yes. Calming down now. Whew. She takes a minute or five to reel in her embarrassment ]
It, uh. It was a good sound. For the record. Because you gave me a nickname.
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Awwww.
I'd say not to let that on to Leo, but he probably already knows and has like four names for you already.
[ He's Leo, he'd throw nicknames around even if he didn't pick up on it, lbr. ]
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[ and then there's DONNIE. ]
... I'm gonna have to make sure Donnie-kun knows he's still allowed to call me Choco-chan.
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Well, at least they're getting along and having fun together. ]
I guess jail's as good a place as any to start lining up all the ways you can try to tell him it's logical or practical or whatever. Nice 'n straightforward always works out okay when I need to tell him stuff.
[ A to B honesty, the common ground stuff of legend. ]