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[He'd gotten the information on the device now, even if he was still wary of it. Anybody could of been listening in. He doesn't trust the voice feature too much, though. But he had to use it, to find out if his brothers were really in this village.]

Don, Raph? Are you guys out there?

[If this was voice, there would be a tinge of concern and worry, in his voice.]

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Raph - [But he's right. Those aren't the same wings Leo had last time. Don changes his sentence midstream.] Explain Derek.

[- while Don goes to boil some water. Tea or hot chocolate, everyone?]

He used to be our neighbor back at the old apartment. He's a good guy. Don't worry about it.

[So he's leaving out some important details. Who cares?]

You really don't remember any of it, do ya?

We'll see.

[He doesn't look completely satisfied, with the answer. He's going to have to meet this Derek and find out, for himself.]

Raph, I think having wings and living in a house above ground would be hard to forget, if I've been here before. [Considering this is the opposite of their situation back home. He'll cross his arms, and go to check out the living room.]

Edited 2011-01-15 20:08 (UTC)

[Don returns to the living room to wait for the water to boil. While Leo walks around inspecting things, Don takes up a position next to Raph and quietly asks him:] Are you okay?

[Raph watches Leo move around the living room, trance-like, his expression slightly stormy. Don's whisper pulls him out of it, if only for a second. Though he still doesn't take his eyes away.] I'm fine.

Where were you stayin' that you ain't froze over?

Edited 2011-01-15 22:30 (UTC)

[It's about this time that April returns home from the grocery store. Items she is carrying include fresh raw meat for Derek and a few frozen pizzas for old time's sake. She manages to open the front door by backing through it with her load of stuff.]

Hey, honey, I'm home!

[Leo will come back to where his two brothers are standing.]

Found some kind of unmanned tower, that I used for shelter. It had supplies, though none of the clothes fit.

[The door opening makes him turn and tense up. That is till he hears the familiar voice. He's surprised, why didn't they tell him she was here?]

April?

April, Leo's back! [And the kettle starts boiling.] Oh! [He'll run off to take care of it. You three get caught up.]

[Raph takes the grocery bags out of April's arms whether she likes it or not.]

Yeah, surprise.

[Then he heads for the kitchen. It's easy to see that he's acting...strangely about all of this. If she's even paying attention because yeah, that's Leo in the living room.]

...Leo?

[A split second later--and yes, thankfully Raph took care of the bags--the redhead launches herself at him.]

YOU'RE HERE!?

[She is half-laughing, half-crying at this point.]

[Good thinking Raph, wouldn't that of been bad if wound up with groceries on him. Instead he's just catching April.]

Yeah April...I'm here. I've been here a couple of days. It's good to see you as well.

[Don returns with a tray of hot chocolate for everyone, passing Raph on his way out.]

Days, April. Only Leo would study the journals that long without trying to use them.

[Raph will busy himself putting the groceries away, still casting glances back into the living room and keeping a sharp ear on the conversation.

He'll wander back in again eventually, ghost-like and still so oddly quiet.]

Days!? [Yeah, April is not letting go, yet. It's all a little surreal.] Where--where were you? It's been so cold...

I had shelter even if there was no fireplace. Found this tower out there with supplies and clothes...though none of them fit.

[Of course Leo would, this is Leo the most paranoid of the turtles.]

I woke up in the forest out there. Didn't recognize anybody and no clue where I was. My swords missing wasn't helping much either.

But I'm fine. He was half frozen, aching shoulder but he's fine.]

[Don forces a steaming mug on Leo, along with a heaping helping of information.]

Place is called Luceti. I've been here eleven months, Raph a year. April... [He glances at her.] Four months now? People are drawn here from all different worlds. No one can leave, but sometimes you just get sent home. They say when you go back, no time has passed and you don't remember ever being gone.

No one knows what the wings are for, the barcodes are probably so the robots can find you, and almost no one cares that we're turtles.

[His dissertation done, he sips his own drink.]

[Yep, he's still staring and being generally unhelpful. Better to let Don handle the details anyways.]

Yeah, it's a real picnic.

April finally releases Leo, at this.] Whatever--we can worry about all those details later. Are you hungry, Leonardo?

[She shoots a glance at Raphael. He wasn't acting very...What's wrong?]

[Leo will gladly take the mug shoved into his hands, and takes a step back from April, as he sips at the hot chocolate for a moment, listening to Donatello's dissertation. He's eying Raphael as well.]

What's wrong Raph?

[He had initially put it off as Raph's usual moods, but something was just not right right. Especially when April and Don were so happy to see him.]

[Raph's expression hardens at the accusation, his voice carrying a sour note.]

Nothin's wrong. You're back, everybody's happy. Everything's just peachy.

[Don casts another worried glance at Raph before clearing his throat awkwardly.]

So. Questions?

...Right.

[Yeah, you act really happy Raph. He regards him a minute more, before he looks to Don at his question.]

Yeah, what month is it? It wasn't winter back home. Also, have you guys been drafted into this...war that's going on?

[He's eying your damaged wing Raph. He's hoping none of them died. He wrapped his hands around the mug, silently relishing in it's, and the rooms, warmth. Now that he was more relaxed, his body was complaining about how cold it was.]

Edited 2011-01-19 22:43 (UTC)

It's January. And yeah. We did.

[Raph turns his shell to Leo in a pointed way. He knows he's staring. He doesn't care if he's staring. Then he walks over to one of the couches and settles down there, his expression dark, staring straight ahead.

If they want to join him there then fine. He just doesn't feel much like talking.]

I haven't been to war, yet. I'm hoping that if they do take me, they'll stick me at a computer terminal. Sometimes you get to choose...sometimes you don't.

[April takes a seat on the floor, cross-legged, knowing Donatello will be better at filling Leo in than she will.]

[Leo standing, Raph on the couch, April on the floor. The distance between them is palpable and strange.]

[Don can only remain standing near Leo, and quietly ask:]

How did you find out about the war?

[Other than the fact that he's Leo, and absorbs information about battle as easily and mysteriously as Don learns about all things mechanical.]

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