Goodbye Swamp, Allo Araluen.

The soft "It's fine. I'm always cold." Isn't really to even remotely suggest that he doesn't want the blankets. He does. It's more the sort of stock response he would give fussing brothers at home.

And up until the Outbreak virus, they often believed him. After that? Not so much. And since they finally got Master Splinter back from Cyberspace? Don's sort of feeling like they don't believe it at all.

And despite his words, and yes he has the bulk of the frustration out of his system, but he is still not well. And being cold is just not as tolerable as it usually is. He does snuggle into the blankets as soon as they're spread out, and he does help with the edge nearest him a bit.

He had been sort of almost staring as the colors on Bebe's wings followed the kids' fingers. That was... really, really beautiful... And fascinating! He's curious to learn more about what causes that! The emotions were one thing, but the touch could possibly be a different process.

There's almost a chuckle at the Liam Lump in the blankets! That's adorable! As was Elena's response when Liam popped back out at her! He sort of forces it down to a smile though rather than laughing.

A third almost chuckle is forced back when Mikey appears and startles the girls.

He bumped Mikey, an almost scold for the smug look and startling the girls like that.

"Do you still have that dragon book?" Because Don may not feel great right now, but comparatively? Pretty decent.

Donatello grins and nods, " well we are reptiles- but this is a bit too cold..." he chuckles and wriggles underneath the blankets too and siiighs after a moment gesturing for Yua to join them, after all one mammalian body heat was delightful, another? -


And yes! Yua slips under perching beside him regally and soon there was more warmth!


Mikey feels the bump and he grins widely, not sheepishly, just widely accepting he had been naughty... naaaaaughty! and quite enjoying it, nodding eager, " of course i got it - hang on..." he feels around in his hidden belt tongue out of the corner of his mouth as he concentrates, feeling and grasping - well he doesn't know what letters feel like so he just withdraws the books one by one and holds them up until Don or Liam say its the right book, and this time he wont forget it is the larger, thicker and one with the strongest feeling leather for its cover.


Liam pulled the blanket back over himself giggling and there is a smaller lump under the blanket that hinted his little tail is wagging back and forth in a crazy happy little way.


Elena giggles too and hops down to watch and wait for her little friend to pop back out again - squealing and giggling when he does booping his snout and making him duck back under!


Bebe had a softer grey - it was still the sort of stormy cloudy grey but not a completely worried out of her mind sort and they are tinged pink around the edges, as if the kids light touched let that color escape and stain the edges of her wings for now. She watches the others and the kids.


Leon beams, " thinking there will be something in the book?" curiously and maybe playfully wriggling his toes against toes of others under the blanket. " hehehe this blanket thing was a goo idea." he mumbles happily.

Don shrugged. This is actually sort if normal. Unpleasant, usually easier to ignore though.

"It's been... at least a month before coming here." Which is about the time he started paying attention to things like his own well-being again...

He is well aware that he's too cold even for a reptile, but he doesn't have a cause or a cure, so he deals with it as best he can. He is pretty sure he did it to himself, so usually suffers in silence. It's harder when it's on top of other issues.

But the warmth from Inaba and Yua, and the distraction of the kids is more than welcome, and definitely helps. He wants to laugh at the playing little ones, but he's smiling as he watches them instead.

The thanks to Mike for digging out the book is nearly silent. More mouthed than spoken. And Don shrugged at the question about the book.

"It probably has something useful." Before nodding in agreement that the blanket was a good idea. He does appreciate it! He just... wishes he felt better.

Once he has the book in hand, Don takes a moment to settle himself. Clear his mind. He doesn't present an avatar just yet, but he touches it and is definitely in contact. He is glowing brightly, the iridescence Liam's touches sort of infused his chi with of late shifts gently. He'll try this state first. It might be enough. If not, he'll go farther.

Leon wriggled a bit closer, it meant the poor Don had the fluffy warmth of Inaba pressed a bit closer. But at leas tit would be warm! " that... sounds... troubling... like I get things were not quite back to stable before this..." From what bits Don had told him, the 'big brother' in him just felt so bad for Don, wondering how he could have missed it - and yet knowing he couldn't have done anything because Don was a brother but not his brother! So he just felt that leader big bro helplessness.


Listening Donatello hums a little, " what do you guys have for sun baking at your home? I mean for myself and my brothers when we were small Dad would sneak us to the turtle pond, once upon a time we used to pass among them easy enough of a sort that no one human took much notice of us in the bushes along the turtle pond banks basking - and as we aged and grew bigger he had to find other places for us to be able to do so, it's essential to turtle over all health, I mean yous shell doesn't feel as hard as it should be - but thats judging from my experience so it could be skewed, like you need serious basking rehab and a diet rich in calcium and vitamins..." his voice is soft and he is merely speculating, bouncing some ideas sure but mostly being hopeful they will be back homes soon and Don should look forward to organizing a strong basking routine somehow into their lives back home - or telling Leo and Splinter... if they didn't already have one.


Leon and his brothers were more able to be out and about on their world so they basked at their leisure when not on crazy adventures or that time or day April needed rescuing.


Bebe's grey was fading, it was becoming less worried and more calm the wings fading back to almost the translucent way they were still happy ink splotches on the edges of her winks put there by the kids. She watches and holds up a hand to Mike - whom grins and feels about and gives her the fae book to read too. But even with her own thanks she can't help ignoring it for a moment touching a bright purple line on Don, " hooow can I make my wings that color?" she wonders and looks at them over her shoulders one at a time - and though with some frowny face concentration that makes Mikey snigger, Leon giggle, Yua and Inaba cough and look politely up at the ski - or well at Don some more -


Whilst the kids pause mid blink blink blink to gaze at Don - the purple taking over Liam's blue eyes casting the moonstone pale blue orbs to a lilac, and making an giggling Elena pile into Donatello's lap to watch and oooooooooh!


Liam pats Don's hand on the book. " Dra gooon..." and smile little tail wagging and the bit of blanket he had been playing under is piled about his legs. " draagon Dad... read?" he was beginning to learn reading - but had barely started! his english was passable enough, but he couldn't read that indeed written in dragon language by a drake like Draco a loooooooooooooong time ago, written in a dark brown ink and obviously by a implement a bit hard and sharper than a feather pen, more a claw tip. The parches thick parchments survived the clawing but sometimes had the indentations.

Don shrugged again at Leon's words.

"Nothing I didn't do to myself." He knows he did it to himself. He knows it's his own damned fault. Sure, it had paid off, and he brought Master Splinter back from Cyber Space, but... Don did number on himself in the process.

There's a very shallow, barely there sigh at Donatello's questioning.

"Skewed? Probably. But not wrong. We have full spectrum lamps." Sure, when they were younger, Master Splinter had to find safe places for them to bask a little. Mostly in light that came in through open grates. Not ideal, but they had survived on it. It was a lot easier now since they had discovered full spectrum lights and Don had acquired a couple. Then there was the farm house. There's always good access to light there, and they had stayed for a week or so after Casey and April were married, which let Don have plenty of basking time. And it had helped, but it hadn't been long enough to fully undo what he had done to himself. And even he had noticed a couple of borderline soft spots when Bebe had been buffing his shell before the wedding.

"They work better when you don't keep turning them off because you're depressed and obsessively working and they're blinding and making a glare on your screen..."

At least one of his brothers, and likely all of them, had kept turning the lamps on near him. Different angles, different positioning. Only for Don to turn them off. And oh, had Leo been mad that day that Don actually disabled one of them. Don only finally fixed it to make his brother shut up so he could work.

"And if you're not living on Master Splinter's rejuvenating tea and meditation techniques instead of actually eating and sleeping..."

It's not really snark, more resignation in his voice.

Don doesn't lose his chi state, but he does look up at Bebe's question. He has no answer though, so just smiles instead. Quietly glad to see that the grey worry of her wings is fading a little. Don turns his focus back to the task at hand, but is distracted once again by Liam this time.

"I'm going to try, think you can help me?" And if Liam is okay with that, Don will carefully touch the child's mind, and see if Liam 's energy can help, or if maybe those inherited memories of his at least have a primer or something. It's tentative, careful and slow, because Liam's energy is a lot. But Don's own chi and connection to his avatar feels stronger here, and it's getting a little easier to interact with Liam's mind. Whether it's just practice, or something else, Don doesn't know.

Leon nods, but it's a nod with a encouraging and slight, ' we are out own worst enemies at times' sort of understanding at that.


Whilst Donatello is more hmmmmm, " well with what ever the other Don's, you and I think of and getting back to as much dedicated basking as possible and probably more specific to your mutation self made broad spectrum anti bio medication plus calcium supplements will bring your overall health back up to par, for my brother's and I it's as easy as basking and letting our mutagen cure us cell by cell." but it's soft and somewhat guessing and somewhat hopeful and somewhat wondering. " and definitely the not turning them off will help. Mmmm give it a go Bebe."


Chuckling when Inaba and Yua nod, both watching Don and Liam closely, curiously but also Bebe now as she traces the lines over Don's collar bone and plastron just gently past Liam, and then nods smiling at Don, a blush and closing her eyes to try concentrating on the bright purple and draw it in.



Liam becomes still and quiet, he still does not really understand what DaddyDon is doing, and his earlier lab life, three years of it is almost a forgotten blue, blotted out with happier memories Don created for him in the moments he was well enough to. Sprinkled with memories of a too big and old for him worry when Don was down and out. But he is letting go, the dragonet, a barely past hatchling let inherited memories rise up, those of his mother, Don would see her, lovely, purple, pink and blue in her mature colours, a fire that was not the hottest or the furtherest or the longest but she could direct it just that bit more than most. And she like Don loved to study, perfect her ballet and dragon gifts, shifted from human to dragon in a transformation that was painful but so used to it by now she did it quickly and with speed and she could transform just pieces of herself at a time if she choose... like her eyes when reading old dragon texts like the one Don had now.



Liam understood none of this, he didn't even really understand why he pined for the tough shifter dragoness, or that the ache in his little chest was that for his missing brothers and his not yet known mother. But he did sort of understand DadDon needed the memories. So he shares and unlike his own his mother's can't really overwhelm either of them with emotion.



Mikey is a little worriedly focused, is Don gonna try avataring up? They might not all fit under the blankets - those dragons were huge!

There is a slight sigh that should be interpreted as long and put upon. Don knows. Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and a whole lot of basking. Yes, he knows. Don does look up at the medication and healing mutagen comment. He doesn't say it, but an almost snarky response flashes across his eyes before it's replaced by resignation.

"I'm a barely stable mess of mutagens and anti-mutagens, remember? I don't think ours was ever particularly healing anyway." Though every simulation he has ever run of Leatherhead's cure says it shouldn't have worked on him. If anything, he should have turned back into a regular turtle. So perhaps he doesn't give quite the credit to his own mutagen that he should.

He does give Bebe just enough of a smile and sort of go ahead nod before she touches his chi lines. He doesn't mind. But his focus is definitely elsewhere.

And what? No, seriously? What? He isn't entirely sure what to make of this dragon that changes into a human! Oh, he needs to figure out how to read this book!

Don did catch the dragon eyes to read, okay...

Yes, Mikey. Yes, he is going to try to 'avatar up.' But his avatar shouldn't be affected by a chill... he thinks... probably...? Either way, he also recognizes that the space would be somewhat cramped! So... maybe over there, farther from the group.

Don glows brighter, clearly concentrating a harder. The glow fades slightly as he doubts himself briefly. He doesn't have his brothers! No... he needs to see if he can read this, and to even have a chance of doing that, he needs his avatar! And he noticed earlier that his avatar state feels closer and easier to access now even than it did with the amulets!

It takes a bit of time, but his physical self fades, and turns into something like that ball of energy the others brought back from that astral group encounter, bringing Liam and the book with it. And Don reforms in his avatar form on the other side of the cart! He can't speak like this, but there's a definite sort of laugh that he actually managed it!

His colors have changed slightly, the previously solid purples have taken on that hint of Liam's coloring, making his scales appear slightly iridescent like his chi lines. He is definitely larger than his usual physical form, but still small by dragon standards.

To be honest, Donatello would have preferred the snark. A bit of fit and feisty like he likes to see in his brothers when they are ailing, it meant even if their bodies were out their spirits went on and he felt that was part of their healing abilities - and he looked like he was sinking into thoughts of Don's words, and he was - he was a Don and that declaration like the mentionings before made him - thoughtful. Yua grins a little beside him, she and her husband were finding a relationship, and this was one of those moments she found his far away thinking look adorable!


Bebe smiles too briefly touching, lightly, comparing her wings attempts at the purple

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but she and Leo and Mikey all sort of eeeep and move out of the way of the light despite the warm, and Bebe had even reached for the toddler, but drew back when Mikey caught her hands and squeezed them shaking his head.


Liam is unafraid of the light or the dragon form, after all this was one who would never hurt him, and he is happy to chirp and nuzzle and roll into Don, probably not helping his dad's efforts to finally read the book that now would be easy for the dragon to understand, detailing the dragons that had been around here in nexus at the time, and maybe different from the dragons of Don's dimension but perhaps not as he is able to now read the old text, written by a drake, someone like Draco but names Starflight and more of a librarian in nature rather than a power hungry megolmaniac. The first pages would be about the known dragons types and how they gave rise to the almost sorts of dragons through hybridization, the drakes and damonfeuer with what was considered lesser 'sun needing scaley' or in other word reptilian types.


The author's note on the inside would state he used his own shed due to growth hide and beating plant pulp for leaves - he describes some more of the land and its rules back in his time, uh rulers, the territory divided up but tribes of dragons and the beings of nexus and the tribe in those territories being ruled by queens, a war among the tribes destroyed most of the queens, the Icewing Queen, the dreaded IceDragon went underground somewhere but it is rumoured she would returned some day and new ruler took over the nexus beings, the Daimyo with half a dozen lessor lords and dragon types like damonfeuer and drakes retreating to a string of islands with the most volcanic activity.


but if Don skips most of his story called the Scorching and the War of Queens, for now, Don will come to a section most on the flora remedies for general ailments of scale rot or tail twitchiness, there was also one for more serious problems of not being able to breath fire and even more serious chronic illnesses, plus a few that mimicked chronic lung disease, the closest to asthma or at least a form of it only plagued damonfeuer at times, usually after serious illness or accidents or even some born with it or developed it later in life. So the remedies there were probably more what Don was looking for -


fortunately or unfortunately being a hybrid species born out of dragons and fae pairings that particular form of asthma needed some fae blood to make an effective inhalant that would act for the damonfeuer as preventor medication. Drakes need like wise a recipe with the base of their hybrid species a komodo like critter group. The book had more on hybrid pairs the author new of and the way some hybrids lost their 'hybrid' shape sometimes in the older ages growing into a dragon shape and often those ones would have a bonded rider, a parent or lover or friend. Sometimes a few...


None of this meant anything to Liam, so young he hadn't learned that much of reading yet. But he is just happy to play with his dad.

Had it been his own brothers who know his history well, and had he not made multiple promises to be a good patient, and had his counterpart not already gone to insane and somewhat infuriating lengths to save him, Don probably would have responded with snark. As it is, he doesn't want to snap at his counterpart. Especially so soon after that blow up a bit ago.

On the other hand, he did also just admit to struggling with depression so a bit of concern about a lack of feistiness is probably fair.

However, that he's capable of reaching his avatar state is definitely a good sign, though that can be some of that obsessiveness at play. He really wants to read that book!

Don didn't react to the startling he caused, he's pretty focused on the task at hand.

Once in his avatar state, Don does take a moment to nuzzle Liam. He also huffs a light bit of warm air over the child. It's not fire hot, he would never do that in the cart, but definitely warmed.

Despite his interest in reading the book, Don doesn't seem to mind Liam's affections. Whenever Don finishes skimming a section, he gives the toddler a moment of dragon affection. A nuzzle, and soft sounds of whatever feels right in the moment. Trusting that the form would have some understanding of what to do for a child. He can't speak normally in his avatar state, though he could probably thoughtspeak, but he hasn't figured that out yet.

Don does stop and pay attention to the section about hybrids and finding that the other reptile types are mostly if not all dragon hybrids! Though... he has a hard time even guessing what was mixed to result in genio innocuo. Maybe some sort of insect type? Maybe aquatic. A lobster or crab. Something with an exoskeleton. He hasn't seen normal turtles at all in their travels, but he supposes that doesn't actually mean much, though they have seen plenty of other wildlife.

He is also noticing that even though he can read the text, some of it seems weird. Like he's reading a slightly different version of the language he knows. Occasionally a strange word, or unexpected spelling. Sort of like... he's finding a 'u' in words where he doesn't expect it, or context clues are telling him a word means something different than what he thinks it does. He can still read it just fine though.

He does make a mental note to read the section about the IceDragon and the Daimyo in more detail sometime, but for now, he skims it and moves on. Just getting a feel for what the book has in it before he wears himself out maintaining this form.

He does stop at the section about remedies for various ailments. He does make particular nope of the ones for scale rot and the breathing ones. And that damonfeuers occasionally suffer something similar to asthma! Though the remedy requires blood of the second base species, and his earlier wonderings about the hybridization that became the genio innocuo return. Though they're not true genio innocuo. It may be a moot point anyway.

Still, he takes note of the ingredients for the damonfeuer asthma in particular, but also makes a mental note of similar ingredients in other lung remedies. By the time he's finished with that, he's pretty tired... one more bit of dragon attention for Liam before Don falls back into his normal form.

And shell, it's already hard to breathe! Uuuugh! But he's tired, so that's probably part of it.

"I... need something... to write with."

It took three breaths just to get that out. He will also need that inhaler, but he will only accept it after he scribbles down some notes!

Donatello is concerned, but he does understand the smaller groups of turtles collectively had suffered and had more battles than himself and his brothers, lost more and experienced more. In the battle field. So he thinks over things he can try to do to help, and also just studying the dragon too! like whoa! he didn't know they could do that at... this smaller scale - it was incredible! and he couldn't help brushing a finger over a patch of scales over his counterparts shoulder, curious, and amazed when the scales felt about the same if harder, like a bit of polished stone or glass and warm, like desert sands or baked in sun beach sand warm.


The others followed suite - just gently and briefly -


Except Liam, he just thoroughly enjoyed Dad's attentions, and returning them - especially the hot air which he couldn't breath back but he did giggle and try!


Elena pounced on the end of Don's tail - like a kitty - until it melted away.


Mikey gives Don a crayon and a color book that he'd for some reason had in his magic pockets -


The book did have some on Gene Innocou being hybrids of dragons and deep sea going naiads that had description more akin to selkies, instead of fish tail ends or flukes, more like the tails of seals.

However, that he's capable of reaching his avatar state is definitely a good sign, though that can be some of that obsessiveness at play. He really wants to read that book!

Don didn't react to the startling he caused, he's pretty focused on the task at hand.

Once in his avatar state, Don does take a moment to nuzzle Liam. He also huffs a light bit of warm air over the child. It's not fire hot, he would never do that in the cart, but definitely warmed.

Despite his interest in reading the book, Don doesn't seem to mind Liam's affections. Whenever Don finishes skimming a section, he gives the toddler a moment of dragon affection. A nuzzle, and soft sounds of whatever feels right in the moment. Trusting that the form would have some understanding of what to do for a child. He can't speak normally in his avatar state, though he could probably thoughtspeak, but he hasn't figured that out yet.

Don does stop and pay attention to the section about hybrids and finding that the other reptile types are mostly if not all dragon hybrids! Though... he has a hard time even guessing what was mixed to result in genio innocuo. Maybe some sort of insect type? Maybe aquatic. A lobster or crab. Something with an exoskeleton. He hasn't seen normal turtles at all in their travels, but he supposes that doesn't actually mean much, though they have seen plenty of other wildlife.

He is also noticing that even though he can read the text, some of it seems weird. Like he's reading a slightly different version of the language he knows. Occasionally a strange word, or unexpected spelling. Sort of like... he's finding a 'u' in words where he doesn't expect it, or context clues are telling him a word means something different than what he thinks it does. He can still read it just fine though.

He does make a mental note to read the section about the IceDragon and the Daimyo in more detail sometime, but for now, he skims it and moves on. Just getting a feel for what the book has in it before he wears himself out maintaining this form.

He does stop at the section about remedies for various ailments. He does make particular nope of the ones for scale rot and the breathing ones. And that damonfeuers occasionally suffer something similar to asthma! Though the remedy requires blood of the second base species, and his earlier wonderings about the hybridization that became the genio innocuo return. Though they're not true genio innocuo. It may be a moot point anyway.

Still, he takes note of the ingredients for the damonfeuer asthma in particular, but also makes a mental note of similar ingredients in other lung remedies. By the time he's finished with that, he's pretty tired... one more bit of dragon attention for Liam before Don falls back into his normal form.

And shell, it's already hard to breathe! Uuuugh! But he's tired, so that's probably part of it.

"I... need something... to write with."

It took three breaths just to get that out. He will also need that inhaler, but he will only accept it after he scribbles down some notes![/quote]

While Don would normally mind the light touches of the others, he also very much understands and respects curiosity. So he doesn't really react when they brush his scales lightly. It's brief and they're his friends. He's also pretty well engrossed in the book! Gleaning as much information from it as he possibly can.

It is sort of amusing, though not surprising that his counterpart was the first one who had to touch!

He also swishes his tail lightly for Elena to pounce on. Especially in those same moments that he's nuzzling Liam and giving the little boy a bit of attention.

Don accepts the crayon and starts writing quickly. He uses his right hand, but some of his letters are shaped or angled like maybe he should have been left handed. His handwriting is typically atrocious. He's making an effort to have it be legible for others though.

It's still bad. but hopefully someone can still read it.

There's a list of the ingredients in the damonfeuer breathing remedy. Along with a 'blood of...?' note on the last ingredient. 'Naiad? Selkie?' Even that could be way off since they aren't actually Genio Innocuo. Maybe he would need something else entirely. Part of him sort of half expects it to be mutagen, and since he's a mess of those anymore... has he even told his companions about the Shokanabo mutation...?

He doesn't actually have a ton of hope of this working, but it's at least worth a try. He's clearly struggling as he sort of slides the note toward his counterpart. Inaba and Bebe might be able to assist with the list as well. Inaba already knows more about the local plants than the rest of them do, and Bebe has spent quite a bit of time with the other books from the library. She might know where to look for some things that Inaba might not know off the top of her head.

Liam is charged up! from the attention and being close to DaddyDon and the warm breaths - and wants to play with his giggling little friend but waits watching because Dady's breaths seem bad again! He is sad about it!


Donatello accepts the paper and reads over things, blinking, " okay thats all interesting... mmmmmm I mean I maybe suspected something like that for a more preventative medicine but even if any of these were to work how would we aerosolize the product so you can breath it in?" not really expecting a response with how hard Don is having a time at breathing now but - " mmmmmm Inaba... Bebe - Yua... I want to try collecting all these ingredients... I mean... all of these might work to varying degress and miiiight reduce the need for the reliever... or none of them might work... and maybe there is something more specialized needed for you specifically Don." he looks up at the girls collectively whilst handing over the inhalor to Leon as he shifts to help steady Don with Mikey and see if the guy can try settling his breaths on his own or needed the device that would... make him high as a kite -


Bebe's wings had finally mirrored Don's chi color - briefly, turns out it was harder to mimic the color than just simply letting the colors be dictated by her mood and thoughts. But she is now aware it can be done she would practice more - now Don's green color flittered through the worried greys and the faded pinkish inkblots. Those all fade to a curious yellow, not a bright sparking excited yellow more a soft pastel fuzz and she moves closer with Inaba and Yua them studying the ingredients.


Mikey bliiinks and hums, " we need to get you Dons altogether, even with all the ingredients I bet it will take all four of you to puzzle it out." a grin at Don, a bit of encouragement to take care of himself even if he didn't like being high - because their goal for now was finding his Leo, joining that crew!


And they were getting closer!

Don can't blame the little guy for being sad. Don's not thrilled with how he's breathing either!

It's a good thing Donatello isn't expecting a response, because at least a verbal one is not coming! But Don sort of waves off the question about how to aerosolize the attempts at a preventer. That is definitely a question for later. There's a way to go before they get there. And like Mikey said, there are two more counterparts they should meet up with soon!

Don is sort of nodding at the concerns about things that may or may not work. He understands, and agrees. And with as often as mutagen as medicine keeps coming up... he is sort of suspecting that's going to be involved, and here especially, extracting that is going to be one shell of a trick.

He is trying to calm his breathing, and he is failing miserably. It feels like he's trying to breathe through a drinking straw. There's a slight, annoyed grunt, but he does accept the inhaler. He coughed on it, nit getting a full dose, but even that tiny amount was enough. His lungs aren't as clear as usual after using it, but he's not as high either.

Watching his counterpart Donatello siiiiighs a bit - he could not do more for Don and felt bad about it, but also a little relieved at least the guy had a little breath back.


Moving back closer to resituate the blankets around them all - except Inaba and...


Bebe...


And Mikey...


He looks over the two ladies. " I know it's a bit of a long shot, can you two, Inaba and Mikey check out this area and find what ingredients yous can off all these different lists - Bebe can I ask you to go upwards and keep eyes out on them and us?"



That would leave himself, Yua and Leon to handle Don and the little ones. He grins at Don as Inaba and Bebe move away Mikey hurrying after bunny lady, " I intend to really push our ride the next day I want to be down by the river edge and ready to with your Leo and his pirate crew." reassuringly and if they have as much ingredients as possible they can focus on four Don brains on trying to help and also travelling towards a fight.


He want to be with his brothers yes. And knows Leon does his too by the happy hop the little Leo did. But also..m Donatello wanted to have the brain trust and brothers whom knew Don well to get something semi working or at least on the right path so the guy can do his own, or if all else fails maybe Lee will heal hands until the barest amount of reliever will be all Don will need? Maybe... He hopes.


For his counterpart mostly, the guy looked down and frustrated and he could definitely understand why.


Liam and Elena Yay begins to show them how to play a sort of knuckles game with some... well knuckle bones from somewhere in the cart keeping them busy for a bit.


Don sets about getting a small pot of no drink tea sorted. It's not a perfect answer but should help augment the puff Don just took.


He passed Don and Leon the scrying stones and map. " see how far away we are from your Leo?" gives them something to do for a bit as Bebe zoomed over head.

Don shifted as Leon adjusted the blanket. He curled up back in the warmer spot now that he's no longer his dragon avatar, he's cold again.

He isn't actually going to sleep just now, just sort of watching.

After using the puffer this time, he is following conversations, but he's a little slow. Quick back and forth will be completely over his head, but slower paced conversations, or short enough ones will be followed.

The long request from Donatello, asking Mikey, Inaba and Bebe to keep watch and search for ingredients, followed by the information about driving hard to make the river receives a frustrated grunt as Don gives up trying to keep up on what is said. He assumes that if he needs to do something that he will receive a direct order at some point.

He does accept the scrying stones, but it's taking a minute for him to figure out what he was asked to do. In fact, there is a little confusion regarding 'Leo' as Leon is standing right next to him.

He does eventually get around to what he's expected to do though, and does successfully scry for his own Leo!

He's tired, but not exactly sleepy at the moment. With the help of the notdrink tea, he will be pretty content to watch the kids and just rest for a bit.

... until he gets bored, at which time he will start slowly sharing what he learned from the book. A detail here and there about the Icewing, that the remedy he wrote down is designed for damonfeuers, but there was a variation for drakes, continuing on about 'Sun needing scaleys' and some of the pairings that went into those, the selkies that paired with dragons to create genio innocuo. The scale rot remedy will be in his ramblings. Much is in a rather nonsensical order.

By that point, Donatello does not mind - nor does Leon, both have a Mikey after all and are used to various tangential stories being told in weird strange ways that were often not in order.


Still it was amusing. And Donatello had new drive, the last stone throw showed that Don's brother had at least moved up the coast closer to that river's mouth that poured into the sea. And the tall guy knew the best way to reunite Don with his Leo was to meet them somewhere along the river, and that meant turning back sort of the way they came but also it would help the sailing crew meet them along the way. Oh sure one could say he was just keen to be back with his own brothers, let the alphas take back the decision makings and feeling the weight of all his could have dones and maybes and worries he felt for his interdimensional self...


But it was more he just new how much more uplifting things were when he was back with his brothers.


Leon is intrigued and not as lost in thoughts and worries as Donatello, and Yua is shifting around under the blankets closer to Don to help keep warm. " Wonder if our avatars or being in that state would allow us to read books like that." he wonders mostly outloud, not trying to break into don's recall or expecting an answer just wondering out loud as they wait and Donatello looks like he is both listening but thinking hard over something.


Yua gives a shrug not sure.


Liam though is busy wrestling his friend with a playing growl or chasing each other... or in Liam's case dashing away in moments whilst Elena giggled and rolled about to check on Don - mostly by plopping in his lap and looking at him in that intense way the little guy had.

Don is still babbling. He eventually shifts his way around until he manages to half flop into his counterpart's lap. He's possibly half on Yua or Leon too. If he notices, he doesn't seem to care.

There's a moment where he looks over at Leon and actually considers that question.

"Well... magic thingie... magic thingie... mag-- huh?" He had gestured to Leon and himself then sort of realizes at that point that Mikey isn't there right now! Don looks around for the other turtle for a moment before giving up. There's a bit of a confused pout on his face as he looks up at Donatello. "Um... weird... elemental... wind... magic thingie." He shrugs. "Maybe?"

He lays there,  looking up at Donatello for a moment before giggling again. Because it's sort of funny to see, on someone else's face, an expression that he has only had described to him before!

"I get it now! Whaaaaaaaatcha thiiiiiinking?" And he pokes Donatello in the snout, making sure he can't be ignored!

At least it's not a gloopy, half chewed leaf.

His new position makes Don a perfect climbable object and so thats what playing little babies do!


Yua eeeeping and trying to encourage them off of don and not use his shell as a launching point to fly - or well fly in Elena's case, and mostly flop into the soft blankets in Liam's case, he seems unhurried to release his wings again right now - mostly seeming to enjoy hoping into the bundle of blankets...


The pudge blue wear turtle blinked at Don's answer, but uh huuuhed lightly and as sincerely as he could as if absorbing this very technical answer but all the while desperately trying not to grin and giggle like an idiot himself. It just wasn't fair to make fun of high bros or interdimensional bros.... okay maybe a little...


Donatello was surprised out of his thoughts with a almost sneeze, one he managed to not let loose, a blink and a rub of his snout with a " hm?- before registering what Don asked and well not sure for a moment what might be the best way to answer... but you know what - Don will absorb what he was going to - so Donatello goes for mostly the truth. " thinking on our trip, I think... now that the pirate crew are together and coming into the river we can turn back a bit and hug the river banks as safe enough to do so and meet them somewhere." Talking slowish and the thinking speculating look is back on his face. Yep definitely thinking over their trek.

Don doesn't seem to mind climbing babies. Actually he's sort of enjoying it. Little feet sticking up out of blankets will be tickled.

Blissfully unaware of Leon's struggle to stay sincere...ish, Don absolutely accepts the act, and didn't notice any stray giggling. A grin at Leon for taking the conversation seriously!

And nodding, agreeing with what his counterpart said! "Boats do better in water..." Oh so very serious! Well... at least as serious as he can manage at the moment. "Except the flying boat that the Ninja Tribunal had. That was SO COOL! Adam and I got to drive it." Confused pout. "Do you drive a flying boat?" Hmm... There is a pensive moment as Don tries to figure out what an appropriate word for that would be. But in this state, he's got nothing!

"No Raphie though." And he is more disappointed about that in this state than he would normally be. Or... at least more than he would normally let on. Don snuggles into his counterpart's lap. The presence of the larger, stronger turtle is comforting, especially in this state. And it's a sort of comfort, he might normally seek from Raphie.

"He's boinking Mikey's Lee and they're going to destroy the slave trade." At some point, Don had been told not to share the first part, but he doesn't remember that. He also doesn't remember if that changed at any point along the way. He doesn't have anything against the relationship, but Raphie and Lee's relationship status is definitely stated with the tone of a mildly perplexing fact.

He is glad that someone is going to do something about the slave trade in the Nexus, but he is still disappointed that it's going to be longer before Raph is back with them.

Oh no fair! Leon is trying to be oh so very serious face and mind and listen and he knows it's important but - it's difficult!


And Inaba pats his hand so that help -

Donatello a half grin at him does not!


The bigger turtle blinks and taps his fingers on Don's shell, a light rapping and taping of fingers along where he imagined his counterparts spine was under his very round and hard shell. " good question, driving or flying... or technically gliding?"


Oh yeah that was the important thing in that train of thought! - and a soft chuckle his mindless light tapping becoming interspersed with rubs over the shell sections. As Yua gives up trying to corale the playing eager babies - whom tease Don on purpose when they learn poking out toes and feet get tickled - by sticking out their toes or feet for tickling!! " well the other group has two Raph's so perhaps one of them can be a sort of Raph until we reunite with yours." he offers becoming less serious and worried looking.


More relaxed -


But not all the way glancing about for others if Inaba had slipped back into be be next to Leon the others were not far behind.

And nodding, agreeing with what his counterpart said! "Boats do better in water..." Oh so very serious! Well... at least as serious as he can manage at the moment. "Except the flying boat that the Ninja Tribunal had. That was SO COOL! Adam and I got to drive it." Confused pout. "Do you drive a flying boat?" Hmm... There is a pensive moment as Don tries to figure out what an appropriate word for that would be. But in this state, he's got nothing!

"No Raphie though." And he is more disappointed about that in this state than he would normally be. Or... at least more than he would normally let on. Don snuggles into his counterpart's lap. The presence of the larger, stronger turtle is comforting, especially in this state. And it's a sort of comfort, he might normally seek from Raphie.

"He's boinking Mikey's Lee and they're going to destroy the slave trade." At some point, Don had been told not to share the first part, but he doesn't remember that. He also doesn't remember if that changed at any point along the way. He doesn't have anything against the relationship, but Raphie and Lee's relationship status is definitely stated with the tone of a mildly perplexing fact.

He is glad that someone is going to do something about the slave trade in the Nexus, but he is still disappointed that it's going to be longer before Raph is back with them.[/quote]

Don is occasionally a little slow to catch little feeties, but he is still tickling them. But distractions of conversations slow him noticing.

Internal debate!

"It's powered... kinda... so... flying?" Gliding implies unpowered. Though powered by chi, so... sort of gliding maybe? He tries to remember if they were actually actively controlling the ship, or controlling the air around them... This is more than he can handle in this state, and he gives up.

As his counterpart suggests that maybe one of the other Raphs can step in, Don sort of half nods as he tickles the kids' feet again. He is starting to drift a bit.

The tapping and rubbing on his shell is comforting, calming. Between that, and finally being almost warm and curled up against a bigger brother like this, Don is starting to drift off. Kiddie toes are no longer being tickled, and he's falling asleep.

Leon waaaaits patiently until Don snoozes away and then gives into giggling. Donatello watches his patiently and grins pulling the two kids to him. sitting them on a side closest to don to also rub his shell. " hey Inaba - how did yous go?" she was back and he assumed it meant Mikey and Bebe would be behind her soon too.


" pretty good on some of the wide spread herbs and well what we are missing the pirate ship or a trader might have the blood stuff... well soon... and yes their coming now." she grins and snuggles in Mikey and Bebe were climbing in - quietly when Leon, still silently chuckling gestures at Don. They are climbing back under the covers.


Donatello breaths a sigh of relief and smiles, Mikey pats his pockets and snuggles in beside Don. " rest guys, I will wake you Leon for a watch snet until Don is awake again." just so they cut down on as much teleportation for Don as possible. Even if he is impatient! he wants to head off towards where the Pirate ship was marked down, under the new Leo03... eager to be there... but no they can wait for Don to rest and come down from the high.

It's a shorter snooze this time. He hadn't been quite as exhausted as he had been for some of his other naps, and he coughed on that last dose, so there had been a sort of goofy high, but he had been capable of actual conversation... or at least mostly holding one.

He wakes actually warm! The presence of Mammals and fae actually keeping the little nest warm enough for him! The heat had also helped him sleep very well. At the moment, he just opens his eyes and glances around. He is not ready to leave his warm spot, and he doesn't have any needs immediate enough to coax him out just yet. Just awake, and... mostly aware. He will move a little slowly for a bit yet, and his balance is less than amazing, but he's more present than earlier.

The others had mostly been well rested in any case, this was more a nap for them all too, just resting best Don and close. And Leon was perhaps not on watch as he should be - more of totally snoozing on the job with a Inaba laying half in his lap and snoozing too -


Liam was 'on watch'



in that he was awake... and he was perched on a snorey Mikey shell - but his gaze was mostly upwards at the sky - with a glance towards his snoozing in her dads lap friend now and then, hoping she was awake... then a huff, some obvious shifting about trying to wake her and then back up -


one of these looks made he spy Don's opens eyes and he grins tumbling off the Mikey and moving close enough to nuzzle at Don's shoulder beaming. but not loud - just so excited his tail and butt waggled his bright blue eyes just about sparkled and he was more than happy to flop close - making Bebe start and wriggle.

Don smiles when Liam is awake and eagerly sort of flopping his way over. He returns the nuzzling, though it's much more subdued and gentle. A soft churr for the child. And maybe a little soothing for Bebe too. Don felt the startle, but he didn't really have an actual response other than that comforting churr he was already doing for Liam.

He is slowly figuring out that he and Liam seem to be the only ones awake. His words are mostly clear. A little slow, perhaps with mild lingering effects of the puffer high and residual sleepiness, but for the most part he's doing okay.

"All of three years old, and already on watch by yourself, huh?" The tone is more teasing the others who all fell asleep leaving Liam on watch than anything else.

He would probably be mildly concerned by this if he wasn't coming down off a high, but he is certain that Master Splinter had been forced to leave them alone to care for themselves at times when they were small. Humans would be appalled, but to Don this is more curious than concerning. Especially since he is certain Liam would actually be insistent about waking someone if he thought something strange.

So happy nuzzles and a gentle churr as he hugs the little boy.

Leon sits up with a snort - though it is clear he is not truly awake even though he does 'sit' there.... propped by his shell after his out burst of " I'm awake!" so very indignantly but so obviously also not true.


Even a soft snore!


Inaba breaths out softly still in his lap.


Donatello shifts a little - he hadn't really moved from where Don had caught him, just sort of leaned back and on his plastron rising and falling with his breaths Elena, a big Donatello hand resting on her back gently in the other arm cradling Yua against his side.


Bebe's wings fluttered at Don's churr and she, squished between him and Mikey who was treating her he would Raph in sleep, as in octopusing tightly around her, but she doesn't mind for now and Don's sound makes her startled popped open dark eyes slip half closed, sort of watching him and Liam and smiling, sort of still being a snail sloth like the others.


Liam settles there, hugged and happy and nodding, " yesth be wass for Lea to wake up!" surely thats what being on watch meant right? He grins and wraps his around as far around Don as he could get! big blue eyed and waggy tailed and all! " I seeeed..... fliers like Bebe... but smaller? and... um flurr like Naba..." he didn't have the word for bat.

Don looked over as Leon snorted and claimed wakefulness.

"uh huh... Very convincing." No... it's really not.

There is a sort of brief... he's not sure about the way Mikey is octopussing Bebe. Though... she doesn't seem to mind? Then again, there's the whole brother of her lady's mate thing. Hopefully allowing the clinging isn't just a residual of that. But they're both sleeping, so it's probably fine.

Don almost chuckled at Liam's idea of watch, though he stopped himself and smiled instead. Happily snuggling the little guy. "She looks tired. I guess you're stuck with me."

Don actually isn't entirely sure what Liam is talking about either.

Furred fliers though... Hopefully 'smaller' is a lot smaller!

"I really hope you're just talking about bats..."

Don is sort of tempted to get up for a little while, but at the same time... it's warm here, and he's content to snuggle and talk with Liam for a little while.

Though he does poke at Mr. 'I'm awake' Lyin' Leon! After that little insistence, Don is guessing that he's the one who's supposed to be on watch!

Leon's response was a mmm hhhhmmmmmm of a snore. Maybe a snort.


And Liam probably thinks he had looked entirely fierce on the 'watch' but he looked like an adorable sky gazing door stop.


He is for the moment just thrilled to be snuggling and nuzzling and listening to Dad's voice, hearing the breathing, siiiighing oh so meldramitically at that he sort of slumps in the snuggles! " buzzz we need to plaaay more>" he declares happily but all in a soft voice, as eager as he was to wake his friend up he wasn't doing so just yet.


Well... not entirely on purpose and for the moment actually unable to do his shufflinf about and siiighs and not so very subtle attempts to disturb his friend. " Loves dad, verrrry happy." he was a very happy boy right now to have Don awake!


Leon snorts louder at the poking - making Liam giggle -


And sits right up this time, making Inaba mumble and fluff her fluff tail, her ears standing up and tickling Leona's nose!


" achooooooooooooooooo!"


Wellt hat maybe made all the others blink sleepily at him!


Leon repeating - " I'm awake!" and this time the protest was not only true, but could apply to all of them!


Except Mikey whom happily snoozes on, Bebe wriggling out of his grasp!

Normally Don would at least chuckle at a response like that from a Leonardo! Any Leonardo. Even this one.  As it is, he doesn't trust his lungs at the moment not to rebel if he does! So he's careful not to. He really doesn't want to take that inhaler again for a bit!

At least not until he's fully sober from the last time! Though that is seeming less and less possible. He still feels fuzzy, though not as bad as it's been at times.

He tickles Liam when the little guy flops in his hold like that. Just a little.

"And you will, but she looks busy snuggling with her dad right now." And Don is content to snuggle Liam for a moment, though Liam is looking ready for a little rougher play.

"And I love you too." So very much. And Don sort of feels like he's failing the little guy with being high and less than fully conscious and present so very often!

And Don does chuckle when Leon sneezed everyone awake. Well... everyone but Mikey it seemed. He is disappointed, but not surprised when the chuckle is followed by a couple coughs that turned to a wheeze for a moment as he struggled to pull air into his lungs for a moment before he regained control.

Don leans back a bit against whoever or whatever is behind him. He is mildly frustrated, but breathing again and mostly sober and calming down quickly.

Donatello is not quite all 'there' at first, sort of counts the bodies that moved around him for a moment then closes eyes, awake, but not all that switched on and he just rests to come around, listening to Don's breathing and cough. Feeling a echo of the frustration he was sure his counterpart must be suffering. But - on the plus side - he smiles listening and a big hand draws Elena further up his plastron to nuzzle the pretty green little dragon type gal, chuckling when Yua leans in to brush his forearm and the little girls back with light fingers.


Leon looks sheepish, Don might not have chuckled out loud at first but Bebe certainly did and Inaba as she sits up right more properly and stretches her back, her fluffy tail waggling and ears flopping half over - " guess I am busted for snoozing on the job huh?" guilty, sheepish and relieved all at the same time, they were all okay despite this lapse.


Mikey snorts and stretches all the way out fingers and toes wriggling now that Bebe had shaken him off - the fae smiles at Don and takes a deep breath of her own flicking open her wings - they had a slightly crushed appearance and now were straightening back out. " absolutely - oh wait... is that a bad thing?" at first entirely way too brightly then a little unsure at Leon's look. And ooooh Liam is adorable beaming all wide blue eyed at Don like that! she eeeee's softly and shifts closer but doesn't try getting the little fellows attention, happy to watch him and Don for now -


hehehehehe giggles the little blue turtle! Indeed the yay and the happy way Liam just simply beams is the mark of a very happy little guy, eeeeeven if there was a long sigh and something of a accepting pout, " ooooaaaaay me waits - foooooreeeverrrs for play." half a huff and glance at friend hopefully when others woke at the sneeze...but nah - so he resigns himself to happily wait and lather all his eager attention on Dad instead!


Donatello chuckles and finally more alert as well as awake he grins at Don and Liam whilst nudging Leon with a foot. " We'll forgive ya if you want to help get this rattle ride moving, right guys - after all we have a pirate crew to join." amused and well now there has been a moment of close rest with others ready to push on, on and on even if the others need more rest to get them to the others.


Leon looks hopeful and more so at the mmm hmmm sound of agreement from a Mikey Donatello is not even sure is awake, and nods from ladies -


Liam does his best impersonation of a serious Leo eyeing Leon for a moment look from Don's arms and theeeeeeeeen watched his dad for his reaction!

Don returned Bebe's smile, but he is careful not to chuckle at The commentary regarding Leon's lapse. Though he is clearly amused!

"Liam had your back."

And Don is actually sort of proud of the little guy. Sure, he had just been waiting for his friend to play, but he had been awake, and Don is almost certain Liam would have woken them up if he even almost felt something amiss! There are plenty of snuggles for the wakeful little boy!

And it's harder not to chuckle at Bebe not realizing that falling asleep on watch is a bad thing!

"Usually... honestly it probably isn't terrible. But in dangerous territory, if no one's awake to make sure everything is okay, we could be captured or killed before we know anyone is there."

And Don did turn his attention back to his son. He smiled at the toddler dramatics.

"Yeah, sometimes we have to wait a long time for what we want. And you were so very patient!"

Don smiled when Donatello sent Leon to get the cart moving. He is content where he is for the mome, snuggling Liam. Though part of him wanted to try and help, it was probably best that he doesn't try just yet. Definitely eager to reach the other groups!

Liam perks up and nods - " I is the most swary face waiiiiting and wa hing." And makes what he assumes is a mighty fierce stern Leo face...


It is neither and the way he sits there Mikey chuckles and pats the little shoulder. " and you were the most scary little decorative guard ever!" he assures - chuckling at the way the boy was being a cross between a melodramatic Mike and a oh so very patient, impatient little Leo -


" thanks for that lil buddy." Leon calls back makign the yip yip sound and jigglign the reins to encourage their ride to move a little faster.


Liam is proud of himself, nuzzling up at Don and grins at the fairy reaching a hand towards her now smooth and stretched out wing, only one hand, the other stayed where it had slipped about Don's shoulder, little fingers just holding shell edge - snuggled and snuggling and his little tail wagging and for now his impatience with his friends snoozing on forgotten, much happier to soak up affection and pour it all back out!


Bebe let the toddler have her wing, touch it, amused even with his dramatics and eagerness and clearly in the mood to play ness he wasn't yanking on there - a grin at Don, " well in that case we were all very fortunate we had such a guard." bit of a chuckle, a little surprise she knew they had had watches on this trip but really she hadn't understood the extent of the reasons why, and was glad Don filled her in.


the cart rattled as it started rolling, tugged along by the heavy large beasts of burden as they set off at their eager canter, by the sounds of it well rested as most of them were. " we miiight be meeting up with the pirate crew early hours of the next morning if they find a good wind and sit in the river current, of which I know little about because I am a farmer not a sailor." Inaba grins, " but can guess from what I do understand of the river and travel on it. it's deep and very wide in some places."


Donatello grins, snuggling Elena a little higher up his plastron, " your dad's right Liam, and you - good job keeping watch, part of being a team." shuffling his backside a little closer to his counterpart. " and now we have Dad to help Liam keep watch as we make good on trying to close the gap - mmmm your guessing it probably not too far off the mark." he nods at Inaba, sure she could be out half a day or over estimating but not too far out he suspects, " whadda you think Don?" Don may still ill but he can certainly be their alert ears, eyes and sense for a little while so fresh from rest and also just wasting a bit of time guessing about the meeting up would keep them all occupied.

Liam is SOOOO CUTE! Don wants to chuckle! He really, really wants to be able to just let go and enjoy this! But he doesn't trust himself at the moment, and instead just smiles.

"And you did a wonderful job." There's another snuggle for the adorable little guy!

Don is sort of amused that Liam seems to have forgotten his annoyance with Elena sleeping on instead of playing with him. Sure, that had somewhat been his goal, but he has to wonder if Leo had been as easily distracted when he was this little. Don's pretty sure the answer is 'yes'.

"That we are." Don agreed with Bebe regarding their little guard as Liam reached out and touched her wing. Don is sort of quietly making sure that Liam keeps his touch light and gentle, though Liam actually seems to understand that pretty well. Which... Don should probably expect from a child as much like Leo as this one is!

And he wasn't entirely sure what to make of that look on Bebe's face when he explained the guards.

"Heh... bit of a change from life at the fortress, huh...?" There is a bit of fidgeting as he is sort of embarrassed, and sort of sorry about how that all went down, but at the same time he's glad that Bebe has been released from her servitude!

Don is listening to the conversation between Inaba and Donatello, but only half. Most of his attention is on Liam. He is actually surprised when he is called into the discussion.

"I've 'teleported' at least half of this trip." He suspects it's actually more than that, but he couldn't really say for sure. Which is unusual for him. But the fact remains that he has no frame of reference for the speed of the ship, or even tier own traveling speed! So there's another bit of fidgeting. "I trust you guys. You got us this far."

"But sure, we can watch for a bit." Actually, it would be nice to feel useful for a change.

Don starts carefully extricating himself and Liam from the pile. He's still chilly, but at least he's not otherwise miserable and trying to rest. It's more tolerable now. He doesn't feel great, but definitely more sober and he's actually awake and mostly alert. Maybe while they're on watch, Don can actually play with his son for a little while! It really does bother him that he hasn't really been able to do that.

Bebe chuckles and As Don is getting himself and Liam out of the best that was made of blankets and bodies she leans in, kisses that about, half on lips half above, " different, beautiful..." winking and waiting until the little blue fingers had let go of her shimmering pink splotches and yellow starbursts covered wings before giving them a last shake making sure all were flat again.


And well Don is on watch so she begins tidying up their nest! So they might come back laters to a clean nest or clean bedding to take onto the ship.


Leon grins, it might be just a chance to feel useful, but in all seriousness it was a necessary task and being reminded of it makes him feel sheepish again up ahead as he was perched on a wide lumbering beast loping in its big strides and loud Huff's.


Donatello chuckles as Mikey huff's louder than the beasts and the sheepish Leon and sidles closer to the fussing Bebe and Yua and points at his snout. " Hersey can I have a smooch... or two - heeey!"


Donatello had flicked the guy on the back of his head smirking. " stop that help tidy." he was still a nap bed for a little terror and he wasn't moving...


Though Yua smelt fantastic right now, in heat he understood. So all the more reason to focus on being a nap bed and travelling. " teleportation used to be my favourite part of falling asleep in front of a tv." he tells Don chuckling watching the thoroughly distracted little boy in his counterparts arms.


Yua tosses a cushion at Mikey amused. Bebe giggles but stays out of reach.


Liam beams at Don, " we watch?... for ummmm... meanies?" he asks happily - he had not been helpful in getting out of the nest of blankets, though he tried! Mostly his efforts tangling him and his dad a little.

Deer in the headlights! He does not pull away though, almost lingering, letting her finish. When she backs away, he's sort of frozen for just a moment, listening to her words. Then he blushes, gives her a half smile and feels like he was sort of rescued by Mikey's words and Bebe moving to start tidying up! Or not, he doesn't really know, but he sure didn't know what to do with the kiss until the others started moving about a bit. It was nice, but he just doesn't know what to do with it!

He was still sort of fidgeting when Donatello called him into the travel discussion and the teleportation came up. He sort of almost pouts at the comparison.

"I guess..." Yeah, he too had enjoyed that sort of teleportation as a tot. And he won't admit how long it took him to realize it was just Master Splinter taking him to bed.

Don still falls asleep in front of the TV on more occasions that he is entirely willing to admit aloud. Now his brothers just cover him up on the couch, or they all wind up in a pile on the floor though.

Though there were a few times that he fell asleep at his computer while searching for data bits and woke up in his bed later. He's pretty sure Raph actually moved him, though it might have been Leo desperate to make sure Don got some real rest in a bed, not in a chair with a keyboard as a pillow.

Don smiles down at Liam and the attempts to free them that seem to be doing exactly the opposite. He smiles and starts helping the little guy out of the tangle.

"Yes, we'll go watch for meanies." Don picked Liam up and took a moment to test his balance. Decent. Better than recently.

He's supposed to bask, right? Though the lingering scent of the not drink tea in the cart is probably helping his breathing. Don makes his way to the top of the cart with Liam. They're close to the front, where Leon is dealing with the beasts pulling the giant cart. But he settles on the roof with Liam out in the sun.

Bebe grinned at the smile, not sure what to make of the expression on Don's face, sort of fascinated that a guy who was able to absorb information while high off his tail didn't know he could have caught her and kissed back.


But she is more amused by that. Perhaps she can show him properly laters.


Right now her wings fluttered and she had a splotchy rose pink spreading across them.


"annnnnnd of course sunbake whilst watching for meanies..." Mikey grins not the least bit to dramatically sad he didn't get his smooches. Flopping down beside Don and Liam only once their free of the blankets, cause that had been a adorable show watching Don have to find a way out of the bundle - just in time for a Bebe to take it and fold it aside. Old habits dudes hard like a maid waiting on her lady she is making their space clean and brushing out debris on the floor and opening the oiled canvas curtains to let in sun and fresh air.


Ahead Leon turns back and sniggers. "I won't lie don't think I have ever sunbaked as much in my life and I think it is making my shell shiny and scales ... greener."


Donatello chuckles, " we are getting good sun rest and water of course our colours and scales would reflect that.m" and with Don on guard and a happy boy in his lap Donatello slips off the cart to jog along for a bit . It's not training, but a long legged stretch along with the rattling lurching cart. " even you Don." nod at his counterpart. It was important to include him still in important tasks like keeping watch and also point out the good the trip had done for them, as minimal as it was in comparison to the rest.


Yua was brushing her fire, a little clumsily still but politely refusing Bebe's help. Learning to do things herself one bit at a time. It was impressive.


Inaba listens to them all curious, " i know you said it was important to have sun time , now you have mentioned it I can definitely see the enhanced color and shine." a little amazed and giggling when Leo shows muscles off for her. Lightly smacking Mikey when he tries the same.



He was still sort of fidgeting when Donatello called him into the travel discussion and the teleportation came up. He sort of almost pouts at the comparison.

"I guess..." Yeah, he too had enjoyed that sort of teleportation as a tot. And he won't admit how long it took him to realize it was just Master Splinter taking him to bed.

Don still falls asleep in front of the TV on more occasions that he is entirely willing to admit aloud. Now his brothers just cover him up on the couch, or they all wind up in a pile on the floor though.

Though there were a few times that he fell asleep at his computer while searching for data bits and woke up in his bed later. He's pretty sure Raph actually moved him, though it might have been Leo desperate to make sure Don got some real rest in a bed, not in a chair with a keyboard as a pillow.

Don smiles down at Liam and the attempts to free them that seem to be doing exactly the opposite. He smiles and starts helping the little guy out of the tangle.

"Yes, we'll go watch for meanies." Don picked Liam up and took a moment to test his balance. Decent. Better than recently.

He's supposed to bask, right? Though the lingering scent of the not drink tea in the cart is probably helping his breathing. Don makes his way to the top of the cart with Liam. They're close to the front, where Leon is dealing with the beasts pulling the giant cart. But he settles on the roof with Liam out in the sun.[/quote]

Liam ignored this chatter, puffing out his chest, they had a task! And he wanted to help! As his little friend napped a little longer, though her tail twitched and she stretched hinting it was almost over.

For now he is hanging onto Don like the first time they met unconcious in his effort to help pick him up and stay up, his little wings clicking open to help in balance a little.


And indeed little turtle too just about gleamed like a polished moonstone, on his scales, a pale bluish tinged yellow plastron and his shell like sapphire, dark and glistening, the little scars and wounds from his form life all but healed and not as scrawny. No a proper. Or almost proper toddler shape. He would never be cubby as some gotta but not emaciated looking either no more, even his wings had more color to them, blue and white with spots and moon like white shapes in each section.

Don actually does know that he could catch Bebe and kiss her back!

...in theory. Sort of.

In practice is a whole different story. In the moment is completely different. In the moment, he has no idea what to do.

He does blush though, a little more actually when he notices her wings.

"Yeeesss, Mikey, and sunbake. I know." He is clearly not thrilled about this, but he knows, and is going to find some sun.

A slight chuckle at the puffed-chested little Liam, proud to have been given a task! That almost chuckle is as much as he dares, even with the lingering not drink tea smell in the air. And Don marvels quietly at the balancing assist from the little guy's wings. He's sort of surprised that Liam could use them that effectively already!

Don is mostly watching the conversation about everyone else feeling shiny-shelled with all the sun baking they've had the opportunity to do here. When his counterpart extends it to Don too, there's a soft, grumpy grunt.

Because Don still feels like garbage. Even if he does know that it would be a whole lot worse without the sunlight. He would probably be dealing with serious shell issues instead of just a couple spots that could become problematic. Still, part of him doesn't like being out in the sun like this. The part that took Master Splinter's lessons to heart is a creature of shadow that has mild concerns about being this out in the open in the light.

But he is listening to the conversation, and happy with the opportunity to be useful. Even if it's just keeping watch. He is marveling at Liam's color, and how much the little guy has changed in the shop time they've been together as he reaches out his senses. Just feeling, but still paying attention here to Liam and the goings on around him.

Mikey lounges - until Donatello tosses a twig at him - " yes suuuuuuuunshine - ack - dude what?!" he grumps rolling away and trying to shoo the twigs.


Donatello sniggers. " don't give me that - we are shiny as we can get, you get down here and do a jog too." he grins as Mikey, mumbling the whole way slips off and drops down to jog. A light stroll for Don after, for now time to make Mikey exercise than Leon. His long stride keeping up fairly easily with the rumbling rolling cart.


Yua shifts closer to Don and carefully lowers a waking, yawning stretching Elena to the spot Mikey vacated, smiling shyly at Don and Liam. Then with inaba shooed Bebe away from the rest of the tidying of the carts floor and items - only rolling out the map onto the cart floor and Inaba sitting to toss the stones for their friends. For Don's brother now their putting the pace on hard.


Which left Bebe to start stretching close to Liam and Don and now Elena as she gets ready to fly. Smiling at Don's chuckle, looking over and wowing as Liam opens his wings once placed down, but is still watching Don with a happy expression - taking a moment and yipping excitedly when he notes his little friend is awake! tail wagging! " not too shabby with those flappers is he?" she grins at Don, she put it down tot he confidence Liam got from his dad, maybe some was instinct.

Mikey might not want to go for that jog, but there is actually a slight bit of jealousy in Don's expression. He would love to be able to do that at the moment, but he doesn't trust his lungs to let him. A very slight sigh, but he turns his attention to the girls and kids in the cart with him.

There's almost a chuckle at the slowly waking Elena. And a smile for Bebe as she stops tidying and joins them. He gently strokes one of little Liam's wings, much the way he might run a hand down the boy's arm, but marveling at the incredible wings, and at how completely they folded away.

"He'll learn quickly. Just like Leo." Though if Don's entirely fair...

"Okay, maybe there's some near obsessive perseverance and dedication involved in Leo's abilities too."

Like Don's one to talk about obsessions...

"I mean... I guess I'm not really one to talk about obsessions..." Because Leo wasn't the one who actually hurt himself with an obsession. "Leo's aren't unhealthy ones though."

Donatello knew this had to be bothering his counterpart, and normally a magical cure would be the last resort, because often to him it seemed there had to be a cost, a balance... but surely... he glances at Bebe, " Maybe attempt another short spell if Don is okay with it to ease the symptoms for Don?" hoping that way at least it would allievate some for Don. Especially now Bebe was learning more and more about her fae magics and at the same time wording it so for Don's sake.


He guessed like himself whilst a easy answer would be lovely... just a chance to try getting healthy, playing with his son, fighting back would be more than appreciated and he, Donatello, hoped would not cost Bebe much magically wise as its not a healing spell, just a relieving, just a helping hand so Don didn't have to feel left out or a bit jealous that he and Mikey, later Leon could do this cardio.


Bebe was in the middle of smiling admiringly, " it's all because of you and your brothers as to why this little guy and no doubt his brothers are so beautiful." she grins at Don her wings shimmering yellows and pinks.


Grinning up at Don's touch little Liam stands up and snuggles, wing pressing into the hand on him, trusting entirely that big hand on his thin leathery member with the blood vessels so very noticeable - along with those patterns.


Elena flaps hers too - showing them off, the shiny green and leafy sort of shape, elegant and pretty!


Bebe blinks and glances at Don - her large dark eyes looking.... wonderingly - could she actually do something like that on purpose? for Don? " I... would you like that Don? I... I would like to try?" sort of excited by the idea and it showing in flickering yellow sparks.

Don's smile isn't quiiiiiite genuine at Bebe's compliment. It's sort of torn.

"We... didn't actually do much." Shell, they hadn't even known the little guys existed until they all landed here in the Nexus! And that's almost unbelievable. He sort of has to wonder who might have been involved. They should have noticed the little guys' presence at some point. Unless someone was blocking them maybe?

Sill, Bebe's happiness there, and the bright pinks and yellows of her wings is almost contagious. His smile grows a little more genuine. He also has Liam snuggling in, and that's hard to ignore. He can't stay upset with that. Liam's here now. And at least for the moment, Don's actually okay with that. Okay with moving forward instead of worrying about the past.

"And you're very pretty too, Elena." Because she deserved some compliments and affection too.

Don looks up quickly at his counterpart's words. And his knee jerk reaction is...

"No! No, it hurt her last time." Nope, no way! Not a chance.

But he pauses at Bebe's response. She sounds genuine... and her wings wouldn't do that if she weren't actually excited, right? So... torn again. It would be nice to have this all at least lessened for a little while. But he doesn't want her to hurt herself at all trying! He is aware that she has been reading from that book on magic, and maybe has learned more, but his concept of time is a little skewed with the highs and sleeping he's been doing so probably not aware of how much she might have learned.

Additionally, she's been a slave almost all her life. Obligated to take care of others' needs. And he doesn't want to even almost take advantage of that. It was the same reason he had been glad when the others stopped her from tidying up the cart.

But Don is miserable, and she seems genuine, and... he's torn.

Bebe grins a little at the small not quite genuine but getting there growing smile as Liam snuggled and looked happy. And shakes her head, maybe not until recently but you and your brothers passed down strength and good minds and sweet souls." chuckle and she is still thinking, absently rubbing Elena's head, but the response to the preening little lady under Don's praise is absolutely adorable and she is squeaking in delight catching the little terror up and snuggling her. " yoooou are just the cutest and so darned sparkly!" she hugs her a moment then tickles the girls little sides making her squeak and squirm and giggle!


Handing her over to Yua as she passed and listens to Donatello.


Donatello is gentle and with a smile, yeah he doesn't want to hurt Bebe either. " I know and I don't want to ask... however if Bebe is willing I don't see why not asking for help. And not just whimsical help, but something important." smiling and watching them all make sure Elena got not only praise but attention and the happiness the little one showed.


Mikey ran along with the bigger turtle having to fast jog to make up ground those longer limbs took in stride. But not puffing yet.


Bebe smiles at Don, and lightly rubs the little wings again of the little boy so happy to snuggle - and make faces at his awake friend over Don's shoulder, her other hand rubs Don's shoulder. " I think it will be okay this time... I would like to try... If you wouldn't mind... I mean I want to help, actually want to not or of some sense of have to or its duty." a blush of pink over her green cheeks and a flush of pink through her wings. " like wanting to do something naughty that night the fortress got attacked..."


She watches that torn look, oh it was a sad one. " I wish to help a friend, will you let me Don?" eyes on his large dark and unrest.

"Heh..." A slight blush at the compliment he, maybe strangely, feels is unwarranted.

"I mean, we weren't even there when..." There's a slight thoughtful frown, thinking back to what he knows about dragons, from the Tribunal, and from the book. And his brain is moving faster than his mouth can, so attempted sentences aren't necessarily complete thoughts.

"How would they have even-- Dragons have different rules though, and-- had to be blood, right? What else could-- had to be blood. So who-- and how much more are they using for what?" He has to wonder if these little guys are actually the only ones... or what other things their blood might have been used for!

Don shakes his head as he cuddles Liam. They'll have to worry about it later. There's nothing they can do from here.

He smiles as Bebe sweeps up Elena and tickles her.  

Don is listening. He's not quite sold on the idea of letting Be e use magic on him yet. Only half objecting when his counterpart speaks.

"I did it to myself. It's--" Well, it's not really fine, but it is what it is. He stops talking when Bebe joins in. Half pouting as Bebe speaks, because he doesn't want her hurt because of his mistakes, but--

"Huh?!" Naughty in the fortress? When was that?! Bluuuushing and fidgeting a bit because of both the topic, and he is still having a hard time placing when she's talking about!

Definitely still torn though, but listening. And between the almost panic about the naughty in the fortress thing he's still a bit confused about, and the concern about her possibly being hurt again by trying this. It's getting harder to breathe. He hasn't truly noticed it yet, distracted by the conversation.

And torn...

Don watches Bebe for a moment, listening as she tells him she wishes to help a friend, nit out if obligation, but her own free will. Part of him still wants to say no, part if him will never forgive himself if this does hurt her again, but... she has phrased it in a way he wants to encourage! And... he does need help. He knows that.  

He half chokes on an almost sigh, and nods. A soft, slightly reluctant acceptance of... whatever she wants to try. And noticing now that it's gotten harder to breathe. He's not fighting for each breath yet, but definitely working harder.

Mikey some how manages to snore whilst running!


Donatello slaps him on the shell -


Rewarded by a yelp of - " I'm listening Donnie!!"


Snigger goes Leon and ladies, Elena giggling the hardest with a content Liam.


Donatello rolls his eyes. " considering how fast you passed out just then I am assuming you DonnieBoy has used similar thinking out loud techniques to make you go to sleep on purpose and you are now conditioned to it." absolutely amused, but his tone for Don much more thoughtful missing Mikey's poked out tongue, but not the raspberry sound and ignoring it. " maybe the fools who used blood used it all in the creation of the kids and didn't think to leave some aside?" if he followed Don's train of thought and half finished sentences. He comes from a world where he and his brothers carry cure all mutagen in their blood so he was ready to accept and believe that somehow a dragon egg only needed blood to begin gestating.



Bebe understood none of that and looked thoroughly confused, and blushed when Don did, her wings flushes of pink had dusky waves of blushie blushie in the rose pink. And she ignores the aha from Mikey -


But as she begins thinking over words as carefully as she could once she had a reluctant but positive from Don - she does so and stead fast ignores Mikey's laugh -


" oooh hahahha that's why she snuck away from the wedding celebrations moments after Donatello here got back from the loo. Hubba hubba!" brow waggling.


Leon laughs from up front.


Bebe clears her throat. " no hubba hubba ! We got interrupted.... Shhhhh trying to think..."


To Don she says. " from what I have read and understand of my Fae magic so far is it relies on focus, intent, and wording very carefully. Ideally in old Fae language but I know nothing of that so the Nexus Gael we all speak and also has to rythm... Not sure...." she explains to Don trying to not squeeze at his blush and shuffling and oh so torn look - or worry about his beginning to sound rough breaths and ignore her own blushing and colourful wings...


She finally meets Don's eyes and gently reaches having to make Lima move a little, but not breaking his hold on his father, she doesn't see the boys eyes watch her like an intense little Leo. She is all eyes on Don's and her hands resting on the areas of plastron his ailing lungs are located.


" fill this good heart with Fae warmth, light, life - a light green, like her skin color pulses down her wings, Liam raises hands to Don's forehead, to Bebe's forehead, and she finds she cant take her hands off Don's plastron as magic flows, she can feel it pull at her energy, and she wonders what it feels like to Don, and looks briefly to see if it reacts to his chi lines... - she struggles for the next words, hasty poem as it was... " to heal body and mind, and weather strife!" but of a gasp and Liam drops his hands, she can finally pull away! And shudder, the magic stops flowing but she feels tired. So tired!


But she watches Don anxiously her wings a soft pale exhausted pink, grey ad white mix as she worries for him.


Liam watches Don too hopefully!


So does a Mikey and Donatello, Elena gaping from Yuas hold, the princess in exile and fark bunny watching too...


Bebe doesn't know it would feel to Don as if she flooded him with sunflower yellow warmth and smells of roses and it felt like it cleared his lungs almost entirely. He might have an attack again in future but nothing as harsh and he could over come it himself by just breathing.


Or the flow of energy from the magic.
Or that she gave him Fae magic too...

Don looks over as Donatello swats Mikey and wakes him up. There's a slight frown on his face, he feels bad for the counterpart he's never met that puts Mime to sleep with his explanations. But he doesn't dwell, and returns his attention back to the topic. Since he's actually trying to explain now, rather than just speaking an internal monologue, he does make sure sentences are complete.

"There are only three entities that I can think of that would be interested. With only one exception, I think it's  unlikely they would have used their whole supply. And if it was Bishop, who I think is most likely, well... he's had plenty of opportunity since to get more."

Though three years is really a bit early for any of their usual enemies. Still, they could have gotten the blood elsewhere without yet truly knowing Don and his brothers yet.

Don is just sort of staring at the hubba hubba thing. He does finally figure out when they're talking about, and his eyes widen and he blushes again, bright enough that it's actually almost a reddish color instead of the usual browner tone.

Luckily Bebe responded, because Don hasn't even managed a bit of spluttering!

Don is watching a bit nervously as Bebe explains the magic and starts getting ready to do the spell. He does nod understanding. At least it's not a barely conscious shot in the dark this time. He doesn't know what Liam is up to either, but by now knows better than to stop the boy when he does things like this.

He also knows better than to resist whatever she - apparently with Liam's help - is about to try, and he takes the moment she's preparing to do the same, making sure he's open to whatever she's going to do. Hopefully that makes it at least a little easier.

When Bebe peeks to see if his chi lines react, they are. Her light green shines bright and warm on the lines under he hands first, changing to that sunshine yellow on the edges, before spreading outward from there, slowly over his chest, shoulders and around to his shell first before moving outward much more quickly. Behind her green, his own iridescent purple follows. The purple almost seems to consume the green and yellow. It's almost blinding as his chi is incorporating shocks of the new colors into itself, shifting like an opal's fire, as the magic she doesn't realize she gave joins his chi abilities and the small boosts he's gotten from Liam. Even once Bebe is able to release him, it takes some time for the magic to work and for him to return.

When the magic fades, the colored reflective specks of gold, green and even some pale blue remain on his shell, though his scales are as they were before. He hasn't noticed that yet though. Don had been focused internally, trying to help guide the magic. He felt the warmth, the clearing of his lungs! He hasn't been able to breathe this well in what seems like forever! He is pretty sure the smell of roses is part of the magic. It's sort of strange to him how similar it feels to when he's touched Liam and his magic. It's definitely not the same, but still feels similar. Like the two types of magic are maybe not siblings, but at least cousins.

One deep, clear breath as he comes back and opens his eyes. Don immediately shifts to check on Bebe, who looks exhausted.

"Are you okay?" Because he has to be sure!

Donatello hums and snorts a little in thought, the sort of hum of of course some one wouldn't use their whole supply, and why wouldn't they get more?


The snort for the laughter of Mikey and Leo and the giggling of the ladies.


And he can see why, Be and Don both blushing up a storm and looking flustered definitely a snort worthy moment!


Bebe was lost in the magic. Liam beaming as they broke away.


And after even as Don turns to her and asks if she is okay and Bebe is not realising her knees are starting to buckle and her wings lose their color, going clear and drooping down her back as her eye lids drooped towards closing. Hands reaching to brush his skin and smile so crookedly. " I am... f f fiiiineh... just... ssooooh tireeed.... ahhh ahreee you okay? ... better?" oooh had she helped? Worrying and tracing fingers over his colored chi... " soooo lovely... that colooooh and eyeeees." her own she fights to keep open, hoping it worked, the pretty colours means it worked right? He could breath now?! Feeling a bit better?! Oooh she hoped!


Liam smiles and leans over to nuzzle her not helping her fight the heavy feeling. " dis better! You sweeeep? Right Daddy Bebe leeeeep?" nuzzling Don now and his fingers tracing a chi line he understood a little of what happened but he felt they had helped Daddy and that's was what made Liam happy!

Don is right there, and supporting Bebe as her knees start to buckle. He's gentle about letting her down. He is glowing very faintly still, and doesn't really know the contact shares a light warmth. Not really healing or energy exactly, instead more helping encourage restful, rejuvenating sleep. A slight blush at her compliment about his chi colors and his eyes. He doesn't pay that a whole lot of mind though as she's clearly exhausted.

"I'm fine-" And he cuts himself off slightly, realizing that's not the sort of response she's looking for. "Good. I think. Thank you. And yes, Liam's right, it's time for you to sleep." He actually hasn't had a moment to self assess, but pretty sure it worked!

He is gentle about settling her in the cart where she can rest as comfortably as possible, and he covers her up. He sort of paused before giving a light kiss to her forehead. It's mostly a 'thank you.' Once she's settled, the last faint cast of his chi lines fade, leaving behind the gold and green flecks he has yet to notice.

Once Bebe is resting, Don carefully scoops up Liam and hops out of the cart. Now that he can actually breathe, he's feeling restless and wants to move a bit. At least walk for awhile.

When Don actually gets out in the sun, he finally noticed the opal fire flecks on his plastron. "Ah! Um..." He sort of feels like he lit up like a Christmas tree! Especially in the sunlight.

There actually aren't a ton of them, but definitely enough scattered about his carapace and plastron that they're clearly there. Enough that Mike will be jealous. And probably tease him about being sparkly.

Don sort of scratched at one he could see on his chest. Yep, definitely inside it. And definitely doesn't come off... Don makes a soft sound, confused and a little unsure about the whole sparkly shell thing.

Yua hurries forward to help, though Donnie would have to show her how to place some on in a restorative sleep position, and it's fairly intuitive to keep Bebe slightly more tilted on her side so wings are in the clear and well literally clear at the moment as Bebe is somewhere in sleep beyound dreams and nightmares . Even the faint splotches of that rose bud pink had faded entirely. Her breaths were deep and even and on the floor Elena and Liam's rambunctuous beginnings to wrestling, with happy little squeaks and kicks didn't disturb her. Though perhaps Don did cause a soft fluttering smile briefly for the kiss.


Inaba shoos Leon with a kiss of her own to his lips away from driving their ride and back to Don and the others - Leon sort of staggering on the way there and for a moment as he moves to follow Don and join in the exercise - blinks thinking the loveydovey bubbles about him was causing reflective glittering all over Don - but noooope, " woooooooooooooow thats a .... good look on you." grin -


Mikey woooooows jogging faster to look too - " duuuuude so coooool!"


Donatello is more interest in other effects but he is chuckling and slows down the jogging to a walk for Don to join in, which Leon felt was agreeable and for a moment Mikey didn't notice still sort of gaping and almost running off on them after the cart... slowing and waiting for them. " guess its time to see just how much it helped as well as glittered yeah? and Bebe?" the worry on his face just hoping its just an exhausted sleep the fae was doing.

As Don shows Yua how to get Bebe is recovery position, he explains why it's important. Though it's generally for unconscious or barely conscious patients in case they vomit or choke on their tongue or something similar. Still, they don't really know what this state she's in is, so best to put her there anyway. And it should protect her wings too. Really, it's mostly rambling. It's one of those tells that say he's concerned, but not deeply so. It's also a sort of rambling that he hasn't really been capable of since Yua's known him. Maybe that first night when he sneaked up to her terrace to give her some reassurance about her then future husband.

Though... perhaps she recognizes the behavior, perhaps having noticed it in said husband.

"If you could stay with her for awhile. Just... make sure she's breathing." Don's getting more and more restless - almost jittery - the longer he's in the cart and not really moving. It's one of several side effects of... whatever Bebe did. Another is that Don's pretty sure he'll know if something is actually wrong with the fae - just like he would know with his brothers. He's just not willing to stake her life on that just yet, so if Yua can watch her for a little while it would probably be best.

He certainly noticed the glittery look first as it's hard to miss, but it will take a bit longer, and a little more self assessment for him to notice that he doesn't feel like he's swimming in his own shell anymore. No, he wouldn't care to explain because that shouldn't be possible. Something the magic did sort of adjusted his body to the weight he's lost since arriving here. It will be more obvious when he's around his own brothers again. But that sickly, lost too much weight far too quickly, swimming in his own shell look is gone. Slightly shorter, definitely thinner and less solid than when he arrived in the Nexus, but at least healthier. And he won't feel like his shell is in his way.

He looks up at Leon and Mikey, almost panicked at their complimentary tease, and makes a soft almost startled whimper sound. Not dismayed exactly, but definitely shocked and not sure how he feels about the glitter!

He nods at Donatello's words.

"I think a lot...? Moving feels really good. And... I am pretty sure she's just resting." His tone regarding Bebe is a little searching. He's used to being able to feel when something is wrong with his brothers, but this is a new presence, it's harder to tell.

The energy burst will fade, and he'll probably be sore later after being down so long, but at least able to be up and about and starting to exercise again! He's a bit distracted by his own sparkly plastron though, and will occasionally poke at one of the little opal-y flecks. Sometimes almost trying to get it off, sometimes just curiously.