Trolls.

Leo frowns slightly as he listens to the information. Not that it’s bad, just... taking it in. And it doesn’t really answer any of his questions. He takes another sip of his tea and sort of leans back in his seat, watching the magical world sort of go by as he responds to the question. He saw the blush, but didn’t draw attention to it.

“Probably blood. I can think of a few entities that might have that. And sure, we’ve been around dragons. When we were acolytes of the Ninja Tribunal we came across a few.”

He pauses a moment, watching a strange, small creature he doesn’t have a name for move through the crowd, he’s pretty sure it’s pick pocketing, but he never actually sees it succeed... it almost looks like a platypus...

“We all had dragons for avatars. I’m told it’s unheard of.” He shrugs. It’s hard to believe something is unheard of when it happened to all of them.

”I know you sort of mentioned them, but what are these familiars really?” He keeps it under wraps, but he is mildly put out by the ’animal’ thing.

Haley looks apologetic, " sorry Leo, look grandad might have a clearer idea of why you and Mikey could see my human and dragon shape whilst the others cannot, its possible it was all Liam, he might have been trying to show you all but didn't have the strength or understanding in what he wanted so could only show a couple."


She nods a little thinking over his words and eying the Mikey's and the twins smiling at the twins laughed at something the Mike said and Mikey followed up with some sort of gestures. Noting Leo watching the crowd hard and sipping her tea. " might have to make sure who ever you think has blood examples has no more left... anything interesting among the crowds?" she asks wondering if that was a niffler moving about the crowds there.


She spluttered a little into her tea when he mentioned their avatars and blinks at him, " well no wonders yous found yourselves compatible with my eggs. The Tribunal, I wonder if I have heard of them. Think there was some sort of issue some time ago with mystic powers and dragons - wait... they were you guys in avatar form! - who was the fifth one though? the one yous were fighting."


His question about familiars and she smiles, " their guardians of the dragon shifters, help guide, teach and protect their dragon partner, usually partnered when their shifters are just coming into their teen years. My brothers was called Fu. A dog. I mean most of them look like animals but their not."

Leo sort of nods. "It's probably not that big of a deal anyway." It still just seemed a little strange.

The chuckle at the next is slightly bitter. They've tried to rid a few of their enemies of their blood samples. And so far, it's not gone well.

"Yes... well... let's just say that's a task more easily said than done. Though I do sort of wish I knew which group was involved in the kids. Maybe it's in those recordings."

He nods regarding the crowds. "There's something out there, looks almost like a platypus, but it's not. And it keeps trying to get into people's pockets and bags. Doesn't seem to be having much success though..."

Leo looks away from the crowds when Haley splutters into her tea. He is definitely confused about why their avatars would make them compatible. But he doesn't really know much about dragons, so that's not terribly surprising.

He sighs and sets his tea down as he explains the next part.

"We were fighting the Demon Shredder. Sort of a beginning of time evil. He also presented as a dragon. Oroku Saki had once been part of the Ninja Tribunal created to fight this ancient demon, but instead he gave himself to it. Allowing it to become part of him. Take him over. The rest of the Tribunal defeated him and separated the artifacts that would be required to resurrect him. Leo folds his hands and leans forward slightly, bouncing them on his knees, slightly frustrated as he explains the next part.

"We sort of... accidentally released the Foot Mystics who eventually resurrected him. All's well that ends well, right? Right? They hadn't known! They couldn't have known. But... Leo forces those thoughts back and continues his story.

"The Ninja Tribunal couldn't fight him this time, and called eight new acolytes. My brothers an I were four of them. And yes, if it was a four on one battle a few years ago... it was probably us fighting that Demon Shredder." That they sort of had a hand in releasing.

The explanation of dragon familiars is not terribly helpful to him, but he nods as though it is and accepts the explanation.

" it's a big deal to you, and I'd like to have more answers for you but sometimes... magic works in ways we don't or can't predict and original dragons, the founders of dragons shifters and others are naturally magical beings they seem to work on that level too. I'd say it was Liam who tried to show you all, but couldn't. He is only a toddler after all a lot of what he will do magically or dragony will be instinctive he and his brothers will have little control over it. And animal guardians is what their called because most look like ordinary animals. But their not animals, they can choose to bond with a dragon shifter, dragon or witch to become a familiar and be sort of a best friend, extra parent, favourite aunt. Help with our job in keeping our magical precincts in line. Of course nowadays they are required to have a license and renew it for this job." she knew her answers were vague, and that's because well she doesn't have a familiar to fill in knowledge for her she hasn't yet learned for herself.


And a lot of it might be buried in that old book whose translations until Erica figures them out is lost.


" theres recording.... can I see them too?" sipping at her tea and wondering... a grin at Leo, " well a chupracarbra would be an ideal blood hunter. Or a vampire... if you know of hide outs of your old enemies where blood samples might be stored. And yes that sounds like a Niffler. Most magical people have jinxs and hexes on their stuff but mmmmm we should watch and see if the niffler returns to someone with something.."


Becoming distracted from doing any watching for the little critters release person to listen to Leo, giving him her full attention. catching his hands and squeezing them. " its okay, yous didn't mean to set them loose, and yous triumphed in the end that's what matters most about that. And your avatars were really magnificent -


We would have helped had we not been battling our own dark dragon ourselves at the time... I think back on him now and I think he was no shifter... he was a real dragon... had no human form at least. That sounds like it had been quiet the.... mystic crazy adventure. I'm glad yous triumphed.' smiling at him, over at the other table Mikey had leapt up and was playing a ukulele, singing something -


She ignored the shenanigans of that lot a bit longer though.

Leo recognizes that Haley can only know what she does, pressing can’t change what she knows and he nods at the information.

“There were some recorded lab notes that we took before destroying the facility. Of course you’re welcome to anything we have on them.” Leo told Haley, once more scanning the crowd. “And like I said, easier said than done on the blood samples. Bishop has bases all over the country, and the Foot is a worldwide organization. Even the Purple Dragons seem to be branching out lately, and now the Kraang are interdimensional.” He’s not really convinced that’s a battle worth fighting...

He looked down as Haley caught his hands. Then up at her.

”Yes, we triumphed, but at what cost? He shakes his head. “Though even knowing what I know now, I would do it again. ...in a heartbeat.” For any of his brothers, and now the kids too. He would do it again.

”Oh, your Niffler...? Thing just nicked a bracelet.” Though it didn’t seem to be going to anyone yet. Still working the crowd.

She nods, they were limited what could be done about blood samples, even if they were to track down all there was always the possibility of losing and leaving more in exchange for trying to get rid of them all. " thanks about that, now I think... I'm mostly over the shock of being a older teen mom of four, I want to learn all about them. the good and the bad," Haley flicks her hair back half drinking her tea then taking her hands off Leos to hold her cup to do so


About costs... well she agrees with that, " yes... at what cost..." she asked herself that many times, mostly as a witness being as she hadn't had to make these hard heavy choices, yet. Jake had, and he choose to eliminate an entire clan and lost his beloved Rose for months. It couldn't have been forever. So in that case it turned out the cost had return gain. Not all were like that.


Mood retrospective for a bit - glancing at the Mike's and Twins smiling at their grins and the fun they seemed to be having. Then turning to look and nod, " want to come with and track down the owner?" because she didn't know if he wanted to leave the Mike's here in supervised -

She nods, they were limited what could be done about blood samples, even if they were to track down all there was always the possibility of losing and leaving more in exchange for trying to get rid of them all. " thanks about that, now I think... I'm mostly over the shock of being a older teen mom of four, I want to learn all about them. the good and the bad," Haley flicks her hair back half drinking her tea then taking her hands off Leos to hold her cup to do so


About costs... well she agrees with that, " yes... at what cost..." she asked herself that many times, mostly as a witness being as she hadn't had to make these hard heavy choices, yet. Jake had, and he choose to eliminate an entire clan and lost his beloved Rose for months. It couldn't have been forever. So in that case it turned out the cost had return gain. Not all were like that.


Mood retrospective for a bit - glancing at the Mike's and Twins smiling at their grins and the fun they seemed to be having. Then turning to look and nod, " want to come with and track down the owner?" because she didn't know if he wanted to leave the Mike's here in supervised -

Leo smiled gently as Haley said she was over her shock. "I understand the feeling." He responded. "Don and Donnie were going to see what they could do on those tonight. Hopefully we can watch some of them soon." Though he was pretty sure the younger turtle had gone home, if the text messages were to be believed.

He smiled at the invitation to help with the niffler.

"Little guy is still working the crowd, but sure.

Haley chuckles and stands, looking back at the Mikey's they didn't appear to be ready to go anywhere just yet and to be honest it was great to see their enjoyment, and that of the twins just having people where not frightened off by their random and spouted out visions.


She didn't want to disturb all their fun right now.


Nodding at Leo's words, " good, I'm a little worried but also eager about what we might have to watch." admitting her nervousness in that regard quiet easily to Leo as she points at the Mike's teas. " in that case whilst the niffler is busy should we take them these and create a bit more fun for them all? And ourselves before finding who the little guy is working for? if anyone? there might also just be a nest of them somewhere and in that case we'll need to trap and have the Department of Magical Creatures come out to them because their not native here."

Leo nods agreement. He knows that there's going to be plenty in the videos that's going to be hard to watch. "I have some suspicions about what I think will be in there, and it will definitely be hard to watch."

He then smirks at the suggestion of giving the Mikeys their teas.

"I thought you would never ask." He finishes the last of his own tea, and offers Haley a hand up before picking up the tray with the Mikeys teas on it to take in to them.

Haley shivers, " okay, well no spoilers... but noted... I will make sure we have tissues or stress balls to squeeze or maybe even some milk of the poppy to calm down with afterwards for peaceful sleep..." Indeed noted!


But she would endure it. No matter how hard and is glad they would be there too. The fathers or uncles of the four boys she didn't know she had.


She sees the smirk and laughs a little taking the hand up and gathering their empty cups up once on her feet and squeezing Leo's hand in thanks. " like that flavour of tea or try another one next time? and yes lets go and get our fortunes too." Hoping the Mikey's had recalled all theirs.

Leo nods. Any or all of those things may be needed with whatever is in those tapes.

He does move onto the tea before speaking. "It was very nice, all the same, I think I might like to try something different next time." Just in the name of exploring.

Leo has both hopes and doubts about the Mikeys recalling their fortunes as they moves to the orange-masked turtles, and he shakes his head with a slight chuckle at some of the shenanigans. His expression is perfectly devoid of anything that might tip off the Mikeys when he's offering the tea on the tray. He is a Leo after all.

Haley chuckles and raises an eye brow, " have an idea what flavour next time? Or maybe you want to try some of the emotion teas?" She indicates that list on the board then two witches up the back clearly bawling their eyes out - with their dark blue half finished teas in front of them.


She is amused and eager to learn about the fortunes so moves to the door once she returned their finished cups to the bench to be collected, gesturing for Leo to go in with the tray and still hot teas for the Mike's then letting the door close and joining him on the short trip to the Mikes. " Hey Kara hey Sara, I see you two have met two of the rumoured to be living in the sewers kappa. This handsome lad beside me is Leonardo big brother to these two."


Well sort of for Mikey but hey this was easier to put it that way for the twins.


Sara looks up as Kara is giggling at Mike and looking up at them, Sara's eyes glowing bright gold and she gasps in a bright sort of way, " ooooh my gosh he is sooooo cute - but - Liam is going to be hardest hit by dragon pox."


Haley was of course used to Sara putting these bouts of bad news in the cheerful sort of way she did. And the equally flat dead panned way Kara pipes in with, " you will build strong alliances with new friends."

And for her part Haley was less focused on the new friends and more on the news of dragon pox. She curses under her breath but shouldn't have been surprised. If her sons had grown in a lab the've had no exposure to any bugs. Normal human ones they would be fine against, but more dragon and other magical ones might get to them being so young. they were goign to have to visit a herbalist ont he way back to the Lair. " thanks for the heads up ladies."



Mike grins at Leo - waggling eye ridges and tilting head towards Kara, silent way of saying he was enjoying this and soooo getting all the brownies. For a guy who knows little about flirting hew as killing it!

Or well he thought so.


Mikey beams being introduced as a younger brother too listenign to the two fortunes sort of the same ones he and counterpart started with but no surprise there as it involved the toddlers.

Leo looked over at the group that was evidently consuming the 'emotion' teas that Haley had mentioned. "Um... I think I will pass on that..."

He had just about opened his mouth to greet the two fortune tellers when the first fortune came, and he stopped at the mention of Liam. How much else can they see? Maybe this whole excursion had been a mistake... if they're revealing the existence of the kids. Still nothing to be done about it now...

Leo bows and greets the pair. "It is an honor to meet you." Complete with a careful bow, not so deep that he would pour water from a sara, if he had one.

Haley is worried, a bit, " thanks gals, we'll check in on Liam." she adds to Leo in under tones and making it mostly appear as if she was gently prodding him to give the Mikes their teas. " The girls get short flashs of future, and not all turns out as we think it will and much is up to interpretation. But also, most fortunes are meant for specific people the two don't go sharing what they said to others unless others are involved... you look worried, don't worry these two wont spread news about... our sons.'


gently nudge of elbow to elbow.

ooooooooh Sara giggled and unsure entirely how to respond to Leo's bow she curtseys, Mikey hurrying about the table to pull out her chair.


Mike chuckles as it turned out Kara was more of a 's'up' kinda gal.


though he frowns a little, " sounds like we have both had a little pox warning, maybe we should head home sometime soonish..." eagerly but reluctant as he was having fun flirting!


Missing the slightly more serious chatter between Haley and Leo.

Mikey spies the teas on the tray and oooohs loudly, " are they for us... annnnnd is dragon pox really bad/ also this guy has to get his cat fixed... dang I have no idea if I need to worry about that sort of thing for Ice Cream Kitty."


He is puzzling about this as he waits for Haleys or one of the twins responses.


Sara shrugs a little, " it doesn't have to be as far as we know, sort of like chicken pox only dragon version."

Leo nods at Haley's soft words and accepts them. He relaxes a little, not much, he is still Leo afterall, and Leo doesn't completely relax... possibly ever.

He does offer the Mikeys their tea, letting them duke it out between themselves which one gets what. And he doesn't know what either of them are to 'help' them out anyway.

He nods at Mikey though. "Agreed, it does seem like we need to get home. Why don't you two drink your teas then we'll be on our way." He offers them the tea, without the slightest hint that it might be anything other than normal tea. And it's even easier to keep a straight face with the dragon pox warning.

"Haley, is there anything we should pick up before we go?"

Mikey is fastest, as he is making a polite, " thanks for your time gals."


" and appreciation of corny pick up lines."


Even Kara was rather girly this time and giggling with her sister.


" yeah definitely that but looks like we have to go... but before that - I lost my number...' taking a deep draught of his sweet mango flavoured tea and sighing a bit in delight but giving the girls a equally bad 'suck' up look to go with this pick up line. " can I have yoooo EEEEhhh Aaaawww!" he ends as with a pop he vanishes in a puff of greyish smoke and once it clears is shown to have been transfigured into a bright green furs orange blazed brown mane and tailed mini donkey.


Mike does not immediately correlate it was the tea, instead almost spitting out half his mouth ful as he hahahaahahas with Kara and Sara.


Haley is also laughing, she hadn't missed Leo's question she was thinking over all they would need and where to get them at this time but laughing - hahahaha never had there been such a bright donkey!


And poof!!


Mike is surrounded in a puff of white smoke and remerges as a green small elephant! Trumpeting in surprise!

Ah, so that's what those teas do...

"Wow, Mikey." The amusement is perfectly clear in Leo's voice now, and there might have been an honest laugh as the elephant popped into existence. And which Mike is he addressing? It doesn't really matter. He's really talking to both of them. "That's a good look for you."

He's not entirely sure they won't be able to get him back, but he's reasonably sure he can at least out jump them at the moment if a mini donkey or elephant decide they need immediate revenge. But this these are Mikeys and not Raphs, Leo's pretty sure they're actually going to enjoy their current states for a little while.

As shocked as he was that he transformed as he was laughing at Mikey Mike flaps his huge green ears and like some cartoon elephant actually grins too and tries to speak. Of course it just comes out as a rumble - not even seeing that chairs and tables around him even miniature sized elephant he was large, were 'bending' or shifting out of his way on their own.


Mikey was was actually enjoying having four hooves - and such a big mouth - he tries to talk too and makes the loud noise of a donkey... then Mike's tail bapped his snout and he snorts... and nipped at the swinging tail then trots away - or tries to, more of stumbles hurriedly unable to keep track of all his legs. Mike trying to give chase but like Mikey was struggling with the clumsy large heavy too many limbs.


Kara and Sara at least were enjoying the scene too much to answer about the phone... well mostly Kara slipping closer to Leonardo, the twins were older then them by a few years, " Our numbers, your brothers are great fun, your friends are great fun Haley."


Haley muffles her giggles and winks at the twins, " thay are indeed, and also polite warm and wonderful. though we are going to have to steal these two if there is dragon pox waiting for us we need to grab a few things and head to Leo's home."


Sara nods, " we know."

Leo laughs as the Mikeys try to take off. He accepts the numbers in his brothers’ stead.

“Thank you, Kara, Sara. I will make sure they receive these.” He bows to the ladies, the epitome of polite.

And he will make sure they get the numbers. AFTER he makes a little show of having been the one to actually collect without doing any of the work.

Haha! he'd worked out how to move the four legs to motor forward and just as he is barrelling towards his donkey counterpart there is a poof of green smoke and Mikey reappears


victory !


he was going to make a grab with this truck he wasn't very good with at the Mikey but he was also swallowed up in a cloud of slightly different shaded green and reappears as himself and on the floor with his counterpart.

" heeeey I almost had the hang of those legs!" Mikey grins rolling onto his plastron and slowly rising to his feet.


chuckling a bit and waiting for the other green puff of smoke to dissipate and offer a hand down to amused by the other café goers cheers and claps for their shenanigans and transformations.

Leo laughs at the shenanigans. He wasn’t interested in the emotion tea, but he might be tempted by the animal ones on another trip. He waves the phone numbers at the Mileys, smirking slightly.

”Lookie what I got?” There’s another smirk.

He frowned as he phone vibrated, and pulled it out to find a text from Raph. Another frown. And he offers the numbers to whichever Mikey gets to him first.

“Guys, we need to get back. Kids have fevers.”

Haley laughs a little with the twins who both giggle and wave moving away from them. At least there were no more urgent fortunes for them, right now that is.


" He also got my number." she adds to it poking her tongue at the two Mikes and nodding, " come guys I want to grab a herb or two for symptom relief of dragon pox." She trusts they'll follow as she begins to go waving a a few other familiar magical folks.

Overdramatically as ever Mikey nooooo's and Mike snorts hurrying forward, " daaaang it Leo, even when you didn't do all the corny lines the ladies just flock to you." he teases and mock groans play to the smirk his brother was giving them.


the twins were leaving, he watches, grinning when the darker twin looks back and winks at him.


Not as dramatic as his counterpart who pretends to leap up after his dramatic fall over no and catch the kiss from Sara.


nodding at Leo as Haley begins to lead off, " how serious can the pox be? I mean human kids get chicken pox all the time and I'm sure us mutants had a sort too ... sooo how bad is it for dragons?"

Ah be still his heart!


He grins and as Haley and Mike and Leo come along he is picking himself up and moving with them catching his and Mike's cups on the way past. " yeah little guys be sick for a bit then get better yes?"

Leo follows Haley, handing the numbers to Mike.

“Here, you earned it.”

He is concerned about the kids though, and moves quickly, making sure the Mikeys stay nearby.

”What herbs are you getting?” Curious! They have a good selection of what they’re famous with, but Leo assumes she means herbs with actual magical properties.

Haley smiled at the three turtles, " they did huh? you two were totally smooth... with those terribly corny pick ups." surrounded by the crazy of the market and they were worried for the little guys, she was too leading along and forgoing chasing the Niffler tonight she will come back sometime tomorrow and put dragons senses on the hunt for the little guy and the handler unless indoors watching stuff.... huh she would need to put in a application for a guardian too.


She goes with the questions fromt he orange masked turtles first, " the Dragon Pox can be very serious in all those above puberty and adults in dragons and shifters it can cause a fever, a rash, and behavioural changes such as aggression and hostility, increasing their gland production and causing their fire therefore to be more potent and hotter sometimes even changing the color of it. For young ones, our boys as they don't produce any fluid in their glands to combine with exhalation to cause fire they will be lethargic and might come out in the itchy rash fever, causing their vision to blur and contort frightening and frustrating them. Familiar scents will be of immense comfort. And it can be deadly to any age group for the older ones setting themselves on fire. In the past it cause such aggression and hostility wizards and other magical beings would be forced to fight and kill the dragons and shifter infected. This was before they knew what it was. Now we have flame freezing charms and a department of magical creatures that will handle rogue wild dragons and I of course will be in charge of handling any sick shifters that come to town or hybrids like our sons..."

She approaches a vendor with a pretty brunette behind the counter as she answers Leo next. " well I recall yous speaking of tea earlier so I am guessing yous have a extensive variety of herbs... what I need is some more magical ingredients too. Unlike human chicken pox there is no vaccine.. but we can maage all their symptoms with a mix of magical and muggle redemies and it will pass as long as we keep them hydrated and fed and rested.... guess coming out of a lab despite being dragon hybrids and will recover quickly and most muggle ailments wont bother them a few dragon ones like this and some magical illnesses will be strong enough to get through. Hi Vanessa I need a few things..."


As she makes a list of ;

Buckthorn Root
Rock blossoms
goatweed
dagger plant
and a bloodvein eel


she deliberately did not tell the turtles about Vanessa being a spinotod, a small one, and maaaybe watches them to see how they react to this 'woman' as she moves away from the front of the vendor stand to find the ingredients and her brown spider body the meld where the thorax and waist met.[/color]

Once they had the number with a thanks at Leo and grin, Mike smugly saying, yeah we did... and we made corny look cool right?" they want to rush in every which way direction, sipping their teas and only growing the large elephant or donkey ears or tails this time.


both though were interested in Haley's respons so stayed pretty close to he rand Leo to absorb it all nodding a bit.


His mouth opening to ask something else but a elbow from Mikey making him huh and frown at his counterpart - then gap to " ... we are soooo bringing Raph here next time." a sort of naughty smirk growing yes bring his brother here to talk tot he pretty girl...

Leo frowns listening to the information about dragon pox, though it sounds sort of like chicken pox, only with fire for adults.

Leo chuckled at the talk, and the Mikeys continued smaller transformations. At the mention of Raph... “Do they have fluffy bunny rabbit tea?”

If Leo is shocked by the spinotod, and he is,  he hides it well.  

He takes a moment to shoot a text back to Raph.

Got it. Picking up some things for them, then on our way back.

And yes, they need to bring Raph next time, but he’s glad their bug-‘hating’ brother is home tonight.

Haley took Leo's frown to mean he was worried, she was too, and patted a hand lightly in comfort as Vanessa worked to gather up the list and bag it all up. She chuckles and grins, " cotton tail cherry tea - for the cutest sweetest transfiguration ever." she confirms for Leo encase the guys were exploring on their own when Raph would face his run in with Vanessa... possibly as a bunny.


And unlike Leo the coooools and gasps from Mikes is loud and out there and she giggles watching them watch Vanessa work. Mike pausing in his observations to look at Leo and " haaaaah that would be awesome - I will save that kind of picture for ever." a bunny Raph.... froggy Raph had been hilarious!


And he gives Leo a cheeky sort of look then as something else crossed his mind and he turns to whisper to his counterpart, who grins and sniggers and nods.


Haley watches them as Vanessa brought over the papaer bag for them full of ingredients. The spider lady is cewrtainly enjoying eyeing the young males off hungrily but is friendly enough and certainly wouldn't attack them in the Bazaar so is flirty at the Mikeys.

" their just too charming for their own good...a nd should we be worried about that whispering?" Haley asks Leo as she pays and checks her changed and baggy before she was ready to lead off again.

Cotton tail cherry. Noted! And Leo won’t be bringing Raph to this shop, at least not without a heads up! That’s a mess he doesn’t want to clean.

Leo’s ninja senses are tingling at the eyeing from the spinotod, and he’s not sure he likes it... hopefully they never meet outside the bazaar...

And he’s sort of torn between keeping an eye on her, and an eye on the Mikeys. He gives Haley a slight nod and a sort of affirming huff.

“Oh yes... yes, I think we should be...”

Mike gives his brother the very best oh so innocent face he could and with a parting comment to Vanessa about how he's a 'legs' man he moves with them as Haley begins the trek again.


" So now that we have been here once we can come back anytime we want to?" He asks Haley it would be a great place to sneak off to in times to blow off steam, get lost amongst the crows of shoppers and magical beings...

Haley let the stand fall behind and the Mikeys with them before she gives Leo bit of nod and half grin, " On the plus side Vanessa might just be interested in you and your brothers for sex and not to eat yous afterwards but I would be careful. She maintains that youthful appearance by a potion - hard to make and expensive... or by killing and consuming three healthy males once every fifteen years. Which of course is illegal nowadays so she has to either learn the potion herself or pay for it or I have to destroy her. I'd rather not she is a sort of friend to my brother Jake." she whispers to him.


Eyes turning to Mike and his smaller look alike. " yes, as before being most of a muggle view point yous might not have seen much has yous investigated the barriers - now though when you feel them yous will be able to see past them and to the homes or places disguised there within. Oh thanks.' As Mike takes the bag from her, though adding, " don't eat the stuff in there... will give you awful gas and sides need them for a drink to make the boys to help this pox pass fast."

Leo listens to the information about the spinotod, and keeps his face carefully neutral.

”Oh... well... that seems... fine. Good to know. Dare I ask how many centuries of experience this creature has?” It’s really more morbid curiosity than anything else at this point.

He then encourages the group to keep moving quickly as they head out of the market. Depending on where the leave the magical world, he may have to have Don recall the Sewer Slider.

Mikey realised as he sips the last of his tea and finds himself with a donkey snout - that couldn't pronounces his heeeey without the hawwwwww and he points ahead of them a little surprised! okay a lot surprised and eyeing the dragoness behind them.

The last of his own tea caused his big flappy ears to return and he laughs with a grin, " heeeeey you've led us back tot he troll hill... think the troll will still be there/" chuckling at his counterparts in ability to talk thanks to the donkey nose and giving him a small shove.


watching Haley waiting eagerly for her answer to Leo's question about Vanessa. hearing what he heard sooort of bothered him but Haley hadn't had to kill the spider lady yet right so perhaps she was good?

"A century - Venessa really isn't very old for her kind, they get bigger when older." She grins and chuckling at the two Mikeys she waggles her brows at them. ' lets find out yeah? It's easy enough to loop around in the bazaar the street winds around slowly and sides we have to recollect that really cool ride right?" She was unaware most of their rides would return.


" come on lets go!"

Leo chuckles as the Mikeys finish their teas. And gapes a little at the information about spinotods. "Bigger than that?" Wow... Leo doesn't really want to come across a bigger one. Especially not with Raph! Though... the thought does give him a bit of a chuckle.

Leo grins a little. "Yeah, Don would appreciate it if we brought it home ourselves. Pretty much all of our vehicles can at least be recalled home though. Some can be called out to the field." Though Leo knows he's seen the Battle Shell and the Hauler both called out into the field, he's not sure about the Sewer Slider. He knows he's seen Don call it home before though. Even the Shell Cycle can be called, and that's the one Leo's really impressed by. He's not sure how Don manages to keep it upright for those trips!

Mikey gaps as Haley grinning leads them back into the tunnel entrance. "I feel cheated! Why didn't Donnie never think of that? We had to push that damned old train car Shellraiser home more than once!" grump grump as they move back through the dark tunneling Haley shifting ahead of them as they did and she paused sending a plume of flames ahead, the fire bright and hot and purplish pink in color.


"whooooooa!"


His ears were shrinking and becoming ear holes again. He pouts he kinda liked being big warred! - "a train car... man you lean guys are stronger than you's look then - those things are heavy." he is impressed. Chuckling and napping his counterpart on his head as he flexes his muscles in response.


And even more so at Haley's warning breath - if there was anything in the tunnels they would have fled no doubt! "cooooool!"



And both Mikey's muse, " gotta take Raph to see spider lady.""Raphie sooo needs to meet all den legs!"

" much much bigger.' Haley nods chuckling, then with a cheeky but awed grin at Leo's information about the vehicles, chuckling hard at Mikey's whine that his Donnie didn't think on that. Hah!


" should see how big some species of wild dragons get when they grow, particularly the nesting females...' and half changing herself moving ahead of the Mikeys and Leo to clear the tunnels !!


Enjoying the awe from the Mikeys so maybe trying to blow longer than usual.


Panting a little as her stream ran out. Shrinking back into all human form. " we should be able to head down here now no interruptions." not that she though anyone would hang about in here.

"Yeah, ask him how he knows how heavy a subway car is. And the recall doesn't work if the vehicle is disabled." They've pushed home their share of vehicles over the years.

"No... No Raphie does NOT need to go see 'dem legs'." Once again, not a mess he wants to clean up.

Leo is impressed by the fire. And that should clear out the tunnels for them nicely. And... is she showing off, just a little? Leo smirks slightly.

All the same, he keeps his senses opened and searching for anything that might be nearby. It's really just ingrained at this point. He encourages haste as they move.

Mike laughs and catches Haley up in his arms bridal style, ' impressive gal, what else can you do with that fire?' and skips off down the tunnels surprised the floor was not roasted hot.


" Might be good for Raph... any Raphie Leo!' he disagrees on the dem legs thing so very amused and he could scent their trail from earlier past the points Haley's flames didn't reach so follows that back out the way they had come earlier.

" toooo damned heavy!!' came the floating response from far ahead and a laugh.


Mikey laughs too and nods, ' I feel yas... I dooo... hey! bring the dragon back!' he adds with a slightly eeep in his tone and scurries after Mike pleasantly surprised to feel no burning on his feet. Though he would have had at least a layer of wrappings between his feet and hot floor... but it wasn't hot. Warm but not hot.


" hahahaha my Raphie will hide inside his shell!" just imaging it made him laugh! ha! " come on Leo!"

"Only if you want to explain and clean up the damage." Leo insisted, running after his brother, and turning the trip back to the Sewer Slider into a race. Especially since Mike is currently carrying Haley! Leo is hoping that slows him down just a little, though he does somewhat anticipate losing to Mikey. That guy is quick.

Having been farther back to start out, Leo isn't surprised by the lack of burning, only because he saw the Mikeys go into the area first, and they were fine. This is something that Leo can easily chalk up to magic.  Though he is somewhat fascinated by the fact. He is curious to see how Don and Raph react later though! He wants to see that more than he wants to see Raph meet a spinotod. Especially one that seemed like she wouldn't mind a little romp...

Haley was not expecting the lift and squeals a little - laughing at her own surprise and hangs on slipping an arm about those shoulders -


Enjoying the ride and even encouraging Mike on faster when Leo races up to them.


hi hooo orange! - hah ! You have no idea Mike !" amused for their plans for Raph... Raphs maybe she should give a heads up when she can?


Their out!


She blinks - "how the heck did he get there so quick?"


Mikey is making a show of lounging in the sewer slider seat behind the driver's seat.


" did you aparate?"

Sensing the race Mike loses track of Mikey, and holds Haley securely to his plastron racing for the exit with his brother laughing. "deaaal we have got to get Don with one of those teas too man.... Hah you will have to show me! to Leo and Haley as they burst out of the tunnel - skidding to a halt in shock at first.


There was his counterpart!


" slow tortoises..." Mikey teases them reaching down as the other three come over to lift Haley from Mike's arms and giving her the seat he plonked himself into panting to hurriedly catch his breath only moments before.


" hey that's a hurtful stereotype...' Mike fake scolds rolling his eyes the Leo and 'helping' as best he could hands on Haley's hips waaay to close to buttocks he knows but not quiet groping her.

Racing Mike, and not holding back, Leo races back laughing softly. Because he’s definitely taking advantage right now.

“Oh we definitely need to get Don too.” Though they might need to take a little care with what they choose, Don is the one who might not respond well.

Leo chuckled at Haley’s shock. “He’s ninja! And particularly quick.”

And he pulls bandanna tails for the near grope on his way to the driver seat.