Event | Satellite | Crash Landing

[ironwood]

Characters: Any and all!
Date: May 21, 2013
Location: In and around the city of Keeliai
Situation: The early morning hour brings unexpected devastation to Keeliai and the outlying areas. Emergency response and damage control follows!
Warnings/Rating: Fires, minor violence; please put CW in your subject lines

Satellite Crash Event

Crash Landing | Salvage Party | Shocking Spectres

Questions | Fire Sector | Earth Sector | Metal Sector | Water Sector | Wood Sector | Outlying Areas

The early morning hours of May 21st are broken by the sound of a low lying explosion and a veritable rain of fiery bits and bobs such as molten hot metal and space debris. Those out and about in the very early morning (three hours before dawn) see a meteoric shape streaking overhead and leaving a debris trail. Those interested in following it may find themselves distracted by the debris raining down across Tu Vishan, starting fires and damaging buildings turtlewide. Tu Vishan certainly is, for the great turtle grinds to a halt amidst all this and a trace of concern for the little ones on his shell can be felt in the minds of many.

Comments

[michaeljangelo]

He didn't really get the chance. By the time he came back to himself Leo was already ripping into him. And when he finally came back he didn't even come to see me like he usually does after going out. The next morning it was like nothing had happened, but...something changed.

[There's a long pause where Mike takes a long breath, holds it, and then slowly exhales. When he does start talking again his voice is quieter. Like Raph could come in at any second and catch Mike telling stories out of school.]

It's not like I'd never seen him like that before. It's that...he'd never done that with me, you know? I'd never been the target. His eyes, it was like no one was home. Somewhere after I flipped him, Raph just shut down and something else came out. Something dangerous.

[seriouslytwisted]

[Jesus Christ.

Raphael doesn't know what it looks like when he goes on a rampage, really gets into a fight. He knows that sometimes his brothers look at him like he's a stampeding bull, but that's never bothered him before. He's always been in control before; even those moments where he snaps out, briefly, he always comes back seconds later in relatively the same place, doing the same thing he'd been doing when he last blinked.

Blacking out and waking up over Mikey with a-a pipe wrench in his hand- that's unthinkable.]

I wouldn't-

[-do that. But he would. Apparently, another version of him did.]

Look, I- I'm- I dunno what happened with that- other me, but he didn't mean it, all right?

[michaeljangelo]

[Mike laughs softly. Not a lot, just one chuckle that could easily be confused for another sigh by someone who doesn't know him well. Though, even if one did miss it, it's kind of hard to miss the small smile he's sporting.]

Raph, I know. I knew it the moment it happened. It's not me that needs telling, it's him. No one wants to talk about it, so I can't even apologize properly.

[Because at the end of the day Mike still sees this as his fault. And Raph probably still sees it as his.]

[seriouslytwisted]

[Uh huh.]

If you're so cool with it, how come I had to drag it out of you?

[michaeljangelo]

[Mike's smile freezes.
He's not cool with what happened. Raph has always been reckless, always been slightly unhinged by comparison to his brothers, but up until that night he'd never been dangerous. Not to his family. Not to Mike. But now? Now that line can't be uncrossed.

Mike will always defend Raph, and there was no question that he'd ever hold this against his brother, but...the seed of doubt has been planted.]

It's family stuff. April doesn't even know.

[seriouslytwisted]

[Raphael searches Mike's face for a while. He doesn't know what he's looking for, but he finds something he doesn't want to see and ends up turning away.]

Yeah. I get it.

[You don't even want to be a part of this team.

Mike's got his own family problems, after all. And that thought sets him a little at ease, too; he's not that Raphael. He's not the other Raphael here, either.]

[michaeljangelo]

[When he feels Raph look away, Mike hazards a look in the other turtle's direction.]

I'm not ashamed of him, if that's what you're thinking. It's just...it's Raph's business, and well...he'd probably kill me if he knew I was talking about him behind his back.

[Why yes, he did choose those words specifically, and yes he is smirking should Raph turn back to see if he's serious.]

[seriouslytwisted]

Yeah, he probably would.

[It's fine, Raph picked up that 'kill me' didn't literally mean 'kill me.' He'd feel the same if Mikey was airing his dirty laundry all over the place too. ...and has gone after him with a very dangerous wooden spoon for doing just that.]

[michaeljangelo]

With that in mind, could we keep this between us? Especially if Raph should ever like...you know, show up?

[seriouslytwisted]

Sure.

[Raphael seriously doubts he'd ever be on speaking terms with that other Raphael anyway, if he's anything like the one that's already here. Apparently he just can't stand himself.]

[michaeljangelo]

[Freud would have a field day. Truly.]

Thanks Raph. I appreciate it, and...I know he would too.

[seriouslytwisted]

[Yeah yeah whatever.

Raphael falls silent again, not looking at Mike.]

...Look, just- You don't have to go back without me, but I can't go back yet.

[michaeljangelo]

[Truth be told, Mike wasn't really planning on going back at all. Oh he was hoping to return Raph, but he really had no intention on sticking around afterwards.]

I can wait, that is... if you don't mind me sticking around.