The Cove, Iluka Islands.

There's another shudder as Addy calls the catchment sea foam... and Duncan as he does with most new words takes great joy in repeating it.

"Back home, there's this really good candy called sea foam." The tone is mostly informational. Juuuust a statement. Though a hint of how much he enjoys Addy being close. "Yeah, that's ruined." Mostly playful sarcasm.

The juxtaposition of Addy helping him get Raph's mess off his face is almost painful. She's amazing, and teasing him! But... he can't quite get past the knowledge of what she's wiping up. And he is grateful when the little rag floated away.

He still smells old pizza and bitter, salty, nasty, fake-fruit-ish, cough drop flavored jellybeans. Or maybe his interpretation of Raph's scent is somewhat tainted by his feelings toward the smaller turtle right now.

And he veeerrrry much enjoys watching Addy take charge and boss the others around. The fact that they had both been given terrible jobs was sort of icing on the cake, but really? He's more interested in watching her give orders.

"Nice to have an in with the captain." Amused, playful! And that was amazing! Do it again! If she's got a command for him, he'd be... a little too thrilled. Even if it's gross too.

Oh dear Duncan is the cutest happy singing foooam and foooam behind Leo's head but.... she is apologetic she caused that - " dawwww good work Duncan but now you should try cucumber... cuuuuucuuuummmberrrr -" she offers the new word whilst eyeing Leo and grinning, " Pip let Sam handle the big guys you watch this Leo needs more cleaning up." oh she was intent on bossing him around a bit more - well sort off


because well Leo smelled like Raph and she wanted Leo scent back!


" It is, and this captain can still see some on you - come lets go and get it all off first mate -" teasingly flicking her tail over his snout, they had good head way and wind and well she wanted to help Leo put this mess behind him and nooooot squish the little red guy when he and Lilo rejoin them on the deck. So its a captains tone but a whole heap of play in the expression.

Leo chuckled softly as Addy gave Duncan a new word. He squeezed that little foot again, and he did appreciate the assist. He doesn't look too broken up about the sea foam thing. And really, Duncan is adorable. And Leo is definitely amused as she sets the Omegas in charge of Leonardo and Raphael.

He will probably pay for this amusement later. He doesn't care.

"Oh, I do, do I?" A little playful, but also... yes, yes please, get this stuff oooooffff!

"Aye, Captain." Is playful as she brushes him with her tail, and he is quick to follow!

But even if it is off, he does not promise no squishing of the little Raph!

Though the guy's odds are considerably better.

ooooooooh Leo was so gonna pay - though with the foot in the door with the Captain... Raphael was gonna have to think of something!!


Leonardo is still far too amused, and well is maybe even more so with the way the omega sort of slinks near him and doesn't look at him even though he is supposed to be in charge for the moment. hahah but the big guy gets on with the stinky sticky task of spread the tar over the wood, as far as the supervisor was telling him he was meant to smooth it as much as possible and press it into the cracks and holes and as far as he could make each slop of the stuff go.


She is not sure what transpired, but she is enjoying the aftermath and watching the big blue wearing genio innocuo work -


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Duncan is happily singing cuuuu ummmmmmm berrrr!! his toes wriggling in dads squeeze and ooooooh he was the happiest little guy right now best seat in the house! errrrr boat!! Sish brushing the soft fluffy fish lips against the back of Leo's head.


Chuckling and glad for this moment longer Duncan is unintentionally of course mispronouncing and skipping the cum part of the word she just gave him, leading into her new captains quarters and maaaaaybe very obviously choosing a softer new wash cloth and dipping it in the wat bowl after pouring some from the jug and first taking a moment to happy purr and wipe off some of her sweaty warmth scent, rinse the cloth and them move closer to Leo, " hehehehe still enjoy hearing you say Captain like that... ooooh sooo much... and yes you do indeed, that scent..." she wipes the cloth that now was clean and cool and ladened with her scent over the spots she'd already cleaned off, of course entirely thoroughly but enjoying the chance to bring back Leo's own scent and well add a little of her own there, hopefully a bit of tease. Mostly in order to help Leo put what just happened behind him - oooooh yeeeeees.


" Better?" grin, purr licking the now clean and mostly Leo, some of her smell spots -

Leo is definitely amused at the big guys being given that particular task, and technically under the supervision of the omegas. There might be a hiiiint of an amused smirk mostly directed at Raphael. Teeeechnically, Leo didn't actually do anything! He just asked a question! And if it had been his choice, the poop chute cleaning would have been assigned to Raph! Preferably with no explanation.

But he happily hurries after Addy, chuckling at Duncan's antics on his back, and trying not to think about the missing part of the word!

Leo watches with a slight smile as Addy gets the cloth ready and oh, it smells like her! That's sooooo much better!

There's a soft groan at her words though. Because yeah... little Raph stinks!

"Never known anyone who smells like old food before..." Okay, maybe that was a little colored by his thoughts on the guy at the moment, but he still thinks Raph smells like old pizza.

And he nuzzles a little into the cloth that Addy is using. It smells just a little like her, and the nice, clean water. And taking away that sort of crusty feeling remnants of Raph.

Oh yes, better! "Much, thank you." And he gives her a kiss on the cheek. And a soft, content, thankful churr to respond to her purring.

Purrrrr, nuzzling against him, giggling when Duncan delighted little squeaks and word was shortened down to ummmbeeeerrrrrr probably because he likes the way the ummmm bberrrrrrr felt saying judging and Sish was swimming all over the place at the moment. So she takes the opportunity to lick the now clean spot and murmur with her tail curling lightly over a wrist, " mmmm gooood, we can't stay in here all day and be absolutely surrrrrew." oh absolutely disappointed in that.


" but I can already scent you smell much more you, like some fancy tea... and maybe a woody scent mixed in - mmmm yes all you once more." and well they could linger a moment more but they did have to get back out and back to manning the tiller and watching the sails and waters and keeping an eye out for storms, though between the islands and the main lands of the deserts the storms and winds were less the problem than choppy unruly currents and waters through the straight.


And she grins, " cuuuum on Leo - much to do!"

Leo is just sort of watching as Addy licks the spot she just cleaned. He glances at the tail over his wrist and smiles, that's nice. And he also wishes they could linger awhile, but they do have to get back. There's just a nod of agreement, he is disappointed, but it's mostly played close to the shell. Though the appreciation and thanks, and that he is lingering juuuust a little bit is definitely a clue.

There's also some amusement at Duncan's happy play on his back. He squeezed the little foot again.

It took a moment to catch her joke, but his expression slowly changes to a slightly amused glare. Oh, he owes her for that one! And he groans before hurrying after her.

Oh she visibly shivers in delight under the playful glare, and there is still that purring - well until their back out in the sun light and she notes how fast they are going and moves to resecure the bit turtles - all of them at places to handle the direction and keeping the boat balanced and on track.


And really got back into the captains boots so to speak -


And Raphael was definitely a smelly massive turtle when he was shuffled back to the boom to keep those ropes and sails under control in the weather.


Leonardo was keep at the very brow to keep the upper sails taut and angled perfectly - and noting she spread the bossing and orders around and didn't skimp on doing some of the work herself even as captain - and to his great amusement she left Raph and Lilo alone until they resurfaced and then put them to work - and was it his imagination or was the Leo enjoying the bossing and orders just that bit more than the rest of them?!

Or maybe he was just itchy in places the tar was stuck to his large self?! and maaaan was he hungry!


Addy knew in the hours since cleaning up Leo she maybe took great delight in working the bareboned crew she had, and funny enough they were mostly even better than what her standard bustling loud stinky crew would be! And she had them making great miles, it would be days yet before their safely alongside the desert coastal plain and might see Leo's brother Mike but she is eager to tell him for now the winds and seas were on their side -


And now it was dinner time and she had deliberately kept Leo and Raph away from each other on the journey so far -


Duncan has had a busy day. And seems reluctant to leave Leo's side and or shell as Leo was to let him down for longer than the few times he got down to play and or pee. And the little dude could nap in the sling so for that he didn't need to be let down, though as she rings the dinner bell once there was a thumbs up from Lilo. Just as Pip and Sam release the anchor to keep them here in the choppy but out of the deep and they should be able to eat and drink and maybe even prepare for a few hours rest on shifts.


and maybe she has definitely enjoyed the view! grinning and waiting for them all to gather about the food.


By now Duncan is so hungry he is chewing on the coral ball but well it just so teasingly snaps back into place. And he has learned when between foot squeezes he can grip the edges of Daddy's shell with feet and hands and climb, sling and all a bit high and actually hang there, nuzzle or ask his many questions he had at random moments like right now! climbing up and pulling the ball from his mouth " what is staaaars?" little tail wagging away and hah! he had such a great view here!

…

and that seemed to be as long as they needed -


And when they choose to end their snooging, making out, snugglign and giggling about tasty fish and rejoin the busy boat Captain Addy didn't reprimand either of them, thought here was some sort of amusement the Klaustreich had that she wasn't sharing, hah maybe over dinner?! Lilo in charge of making a stewy dish for them all as the four turtles and one lowen and one blutbad worked their tails off...


And she was keen to be back snuggling with Raph over the meal. Getting the bowls ready for filling and handing them out.

As a matter of fact, Leo is very much enjoying being bossed around by Addy. And maybe doing everything he can to go that little extra mile. Or... that actually might just be a regular Leo trait. He likes to do things as perfectly as possible. Though that does have to be balanced with speed at times. Still, the guy is definitely on point for Captain Addy!

Raph is probably lucky that Addy has taken care to keep him and Leo separated. Though for the most part Leo is actually leaving the guy alone, much more interested in making sure Addy's ordered are obeyed quickly.

Still, the looks sent in the general direction of the smaller turtle are enough to make Raph ill at ease.

Leo is hungry, but definitely still eager to please as they're coming up on dinnertime. It's been a good day.

Well... mostly.

He has noticed that Duncan has been a little clingy, and he's a little curious as to why, but at the same time he's sort of grateful. Leo hasn't had to worry about the little guy wandering off and accidentally falling off the boat, so there's that. Even if he has been bapped in the back of the head with a coral ball often enough that he's lost count. Leo is looking forward to dinner being ready! Not only is he hungry, but the sooner they feed Duncan, the sooner he can stop chewing on the ball like that.

"Stars?" Another one? Another question?! It's sort of adorable and annoying all at once. Oh... he needs a Donnie. It probably doesn't much matter which one. Any of them could probably keep up with this kid. And Leo's getting a little frustrated by how often he just doesn't have an answer for the little guy. It's not directed at Duncan, and he tries to make sure the kid doesn't know! But it's there. At least this one Leo knew! Leo was smart, but he wasn't Don. And when it came to this sort of trivia about everything like the kid was asking, Don was your guy. When it comes to stars... Leo's more of a constellations and their stories guy, but at least this is a question he can actually answer!

"Well... buddy. It's ball of burning gas. Really, really hot. Kind of like a fire. They're like the sun, but they're really far away so they look little." Okay, mostly. He's pretty sure Don would be disappointed in something he said, but he's not sure what it might be.

Once they have their meals and are settling in, Leo seeks out Addy and sits Duncan next to him and makes sure the little guy is settled and eating before he worries about his own food.

When Raph and Lilo resurfaced, Raph has definitely noticed some amusement from Addy, but he's also noticed a wee bit of hostility from Leo. Nothing overt, just... enough. And he has absolutely no idea what he might have done. He wasn't even down here to annoy the guy!

Hopefully someone will explain to him at some point.

Though part of him hopes that it's not Little Blue who eventually pulls him aside to do so. So in the meantime, he does his best to keep himself off the guy's radar.

Raph is on task, but he's not quite as eager to work as even the big guys are. He's not insubordinate, but he's not the first one moving either. There is occasional goofing off. Though even that is limited. He's not a Mikey. Of the group, he is probably the closest to a 'normal' crew member as far as what he's accomplished during the day. A particularly productive crewmember, to be sure, but... closer to normal.

Time and distance seems to work, and the attitude seems to fade throughout the day, and Addy has done a good job of keeping them separated. Whatever it had been, time is lessening the annoyance he's reading off Little Blue. By dinner, they seem... mostly cool. Probably?

When Raph gets close enough to Lilo, even just for a moment he whispers to her. "So... do you know what I did to cheese him off?"

Lilo is not a meat eater normally but she has made up some skewers and when Raph is close Lilo all but hums in delight and nuzzles against him, he smelled still of their fun in the morning, the sea salt and sweat of the work, she too had worked hard Addy had her scaling the rigging to undo and redo knots as needed and she like Leo seemed to have been kept mostly busy away from Raph so she missed him. So his question at first she simply revels in his being there handing bowls out almost randomly but managing to get the meat eaters the most skewers of the fat rodents and the mixed eaters the bigger bowl full of stew she herself giving Raph his and mumbling a bit, " haven't a clue but I am sure it is why there is amusement from Addy, and why Leonardo and Raphael seem dirtier than the rest of us." she admits and grins - finally Pip had his and she could get her mostly vege and fruit stew sauce bowl full. And kiss Raph's cheek, " should we go ask them?" nodding to the gathering crew.


And as he sits close Addy is all cat for a moment, she is sore and maybe less able to hide that her injuries were bothering her now after the day long work but she has enjoyed sailing, she ahd enjoyed sailing with Leo, and maybe enjoyed bossing him as much as the guy seemed to enjoy her orders. And as he sits and is getting Duncan comfy she is careful to rub lightly and cat like against his side as she finds a comfy spot but its a light one, she doesn't want to knock his food out of his hands and smiles gently putting the ball aside as Duncan, all wide eyes looked at her and beams - he had listened to Leo with a slightly whoooooaed sort of face and now much to her amusement was eager to share and tell her what he jusst learned about Stars, " Stars are very important for sailors to find their way by too." she adds giggling at the little guys oh wow face. She purrs and nuzzles maybe this time licking very briefly at a salty sweat patch on Leo's shoulder, " So should I tell the guy?" nodding to Raph and Lilo over there.


Kovu didn't mind stinky Leonardo she sits with and nuzzles him.


Raphael is just waiting for a moment to gleefully rub in again what had happened! waiting!

Looking around at the group, and his own counterpart in particular, Raph comments aside to Lilol "Got a feeling we're about to find out like it or not." Oh... Little Blue does not look happy. Had to be something. The filthy mountain of a Raphael was practically vibrating.

Leo is watching Addy, and he's about to take his turn at bossing around. As in, she needs to rest! But it will have to wait until after their meal. She needs to eat too if she's going to heal properly.

This is nice... just having Addy on one side, and Duncan asking a million questions on the other.

"Several cultures named groups of stars that look like a picture and tell stories about them." Unfortunately, Leo doesn't know about Nexus constellations. The stars here are completely different from home!

When Addy asks if she should tell Raph and Lilo about this morning's incident, Leo looks over toward Raphael and sighs. He knows that look.

"Might as well. If you don't, he will."

Dawwwww Lilo grins and kisses Raph, [color=#F08080]" well if he wants to smoosh you for something he'll have to go through me!"{/color] with her best scary - totally un threatening and rather cute - scary face! Well hey even a hard days sailing, or learning to sail couldn't dampen the bliss he'd put her on all day - and still was on. She Is close and tugs him and his food and her own over to sit among the group, smiling.


Leonardo usually didn't get close to partners, keeping them wanting more but always the gentleturtle, sweet and adoring and caring but aloof - it was proving impossible with Kovu, and the big guy was careful to play that close to his plastron for now, though perhaps a fellow Leo would pick up him scent marking her from time to time.


Raphael he knew in his current shit eating mood missed those moments or he might have picked up on it too, he is grinning at Raph and Lilo, " you two had fun this morning - blu!" cut off by suddenly flying toddler -


A grin at Leo and kiss to his snout, Addy is stiff in her movements on the injured side and maybe not using that arms as much, and doing her best to pretend that she is not bothered by it - and hears Raphael begin the moment Raph and Lilo join them, she eeeeps a little and Raphael's words mingle with Duncans eager questions with a mouth ful of food -

" ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo why sorries? whyyyyy pissure - wooooooooooa! suddenly cause Addy gently scooped him up and ignoring the ouchies she gently tosses the little guy at Rapahel with a " Unkle Raphael knows names and stories!" not only to catch Leo a break fromt he endless curiousity the adorable kid had, maybe with some play - but because she had no doubt Raphael would and indeed he does - catch the little boy so carefully in his massive arms and is effectively distracted for the moment and she now had the floor to step in and ruin the story for Raphael. Reaching over to rest a hand on Lilo's and one of Raph's " this morning... um... well... the crows nest is a lot of fun... but um maybe next time please swallow or catch inside or on something... other than turtles below." deliberately vague but also not so subtle pauses to fill in what she meant and nod at Leo - indicating where the leavings of this morning had landed.


Leonardo is trying not to snigger.


Sam and Pip look away. Omega's don't dare laugh.


Lilo is puzzled for a moment and has to think and then her eyes widen, though she didn't immediately pick up on the other implications and how it involved Leo.

Raph chuckled at Lilo's absolutely unthreatening face.

"I think my bunny slippers just ran for cover." She was adorable! And he returned the kiss briefly, but he is curious about whyyyyy Little Blue seems out to get him. He has actually done several things to try and keep himself OFF the guy's shit list.

And now he seems to have landed at the top.

He's not sure what to make of his counterpart's words. "Uh, Yeah. And...?" What of it?

Raph chuckles as Addy sort of sics the curious little tot on Uncle Raphael. HA! Though it doesn't explain why the guy is so eager to get out whatever happened this morning!

Like Lilo, Raph is also puzzled for a moment before he figures out what Addy is saying. Unlike Lilo... he has figured out exactly where the 'leavings' landed.

And well... he's already in for it.

"AHAHAHAHAHAAA!!! Oh... this is too rich. Got hit by 'friendly fire,' huh?" He laughed a little more. Wiped a tear from his eye.

"Does that make you a real 'seaman' now?" And he continued to laugh! Not yet knowing that his counterpart had already hit Leo with that one. What were the odds! He noticed that Little Blue's glare was settling deeper. "'Cum' on, Leo! Didn't care for the 'glaze'? Whelp, he's a dead turtle anyway, might as well keep on digging this hole.

"Or, maybe you're more of a 'cream' guy!"

Leo was actually sort of amused by Lilo's 'scary' face. Yeah... he'd just pick her up and move her aside. Or go around. Depending on the circumstances.

There's some relief as Addy tosses Duncan onto Uncle Raphael to get the stories of the constellations! Though he wonders if Raphael would know any here. Though it might be amusing to see him make one up! And... oh, spared a moment of the constant questions!

He had already respected Master Splinter, but at the moment it's just that much more. Leo's not quite sure how their father had survived Don at this age!

Leo glares at his counterpart's snigger. Then looks at Raph, as the guy clearly figured out what had happened.

"Yeah, yeah. Like I haven't heard that before."

As Raph keeps laughing and talking, Leo's expression gets darker. Seemed that Raph had accepted his fate.

Leo tackles the small, red wearing turtle. Even though Lilo was practically in contact with Raph, Leo is careful enough that it's entirely possible that she didn't even feel it. Leo's bowl is carefully placed on the deck next to Addy. Not a drop spilled, and it's setting down had been silent.

As they tussle, it's mooooostly brotherly. Raph has clearly lost, but he's not stopped making jokes. He has clearly not been hurt in this encounter.

Actually, Raph's probably having a little too much fun with it.

Leo slams him onto his back and shoves a piece of fruit in his laughing gob large enough that he'll have to get it out before he can laugh anymore. Raph is almost grinning around the fruit, but at least he can't actually laugh or talk. For... oh... a few seconds at least.

For the moment Duncan was distracted from continuing his line of questioning and well Raphael is lucky on that front because as he rolls about laughing at the two and then with a cheeky grin goes to move closer and help his counter part out -


Addy quickly and carefully grabbing the boy back -


" hahahahaha man you should have seen his faaaaaace! I thought he was gonna implode - tried telling him it was excellent for the skin!" the big turtle is gleeful and heaves Leo off of Raph = of course it too is in play so its a sort of headlock he catches the guy in, " got a picture and all! actually got a fe - uuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeeeck!!" dropping Leo back onto Raph as Leonardo comes to his counterparts aid and trips the massive red turtle up -


Also laughing though and well the cheeky look was there, ready to play with these interdimensional brothers -


And well it was a way to bond with the family they had with them!


Not to mention Raphael was stinky as Leonardo so being in a grip was a stanky affair - but hey they were all positioned to turtle pile wrestle, he sniggers, " ya lucky Raph I would have found a way to friendly fire back at you." he taunts.


Sam and Pip were covertly betting at this point -


Lilo did try her scary face again - but alas it ended up just in shock cause well how the heck had they all moved so fast?! Kovu looked equally impressed, and Addy rolls her eyes with a laugh and drags the two ladies, and the food closer out of the way if they wrestle fighting a pained hiss - snuggling the little boy who clearly wanted to join in - but also to just watch hahaha.

Raph is on the ground giggling as Leo is plucked off of him! This was really too much. He's enjoying it thoroughly, even if Little Blue is a little psycho.

Leo is careful, slipping an arm under Raphael's headlock as it comes in, preventing the big guy from getting his spot in the move. Leo's been there, done that. Had Raphael had him much longer, he might have wiggled his way out of it, but his counterpart's timing is excellent!

When Leo hits the ground, he is only down for the briefest moment, he's back on his feet almost instantly. And he is briefly on Raphael's back, tucking a couple of plastic wrapped candies he keeps in a pocket for Mike down the giant turtle's shell until Raph tackles him off. It works, but somehow Raph winds up on the bottom of the tackle. Raph's not quite sure how Leo pulled that off, but he has definitely just had the tables turned on him! He's also pretty sure Leo pressure pointed his hip... his left leg doesn't want to move... feels tingly like his Master Splinter has done a couple times! GAH! Okay, he's out...

"Who said it's off the table!" Leo called out regarding the friendly fire. Well... it is. That's not his style, but he's not going to officially sideline anything!

Raph's out, and Leo's feeling a little vindicated with that one, but he's having too much fun with this to let it go now!

' thought that kinda play back would be beneath you - hahaha like you were." teased Raphael - he'd been trying to dislodge Leo but now had tickling itch candys under the rim of his shell... but he could ignore that - sort of


Addy is happy to let the big guys play -


Though she purrs and like a lioness curls around Duncan whose little tail is wagging and he is watching and wants to join in, but in this he is just way too small - She licks his head and keeps him here with herself, Kovu and Lilo watching interestedly as a laughing at the suddenly wiggling and uncomfortable Raphael Leonardo bends to lightly knuckle the pressure pint on Leo too - not as much as he had against Raph and only even to give the tingles, even it up a bit he was reckoning but even as he is close Raphael is battering him aside lightly and reaching to pull Raph up -


And in the play maybe there is playing rumbling happy sorts of churrs and mock nips - perhaps a bit or blue on blue and red on red though there was swapping of the teams hahaha


They looked like they were having fun, and Addy loathed to try and stop them at all, sensing this was an important sort of play time for them - chuckling when it somehow wound up in a sort of chicken fight, Raph up on Raphael's shoulders and Leonardo encouraging Leo up on his to meet the two red turtles in a wrestle plastron to plastron -


Pip and Sam exchanging some bills between them.

Leo does take the hit to the pressure point on his leg. It is tingly! You wouldn't know that to watch him. Other than maaayyybe Leonardo. He's not game to be the only one to go down though, and while Leonardo is getting Leo's leg, Leo is taking aim at a similar pressure point in his counterpart's arm. He knows he's not going to get anywhere with these larger turtles without making use of things like pressure points and the surroundings. But he does hold his own in the wrestling! Mostly by staying low to the ground. Well below the big guys' centers of gravity.

At one point, he caught Raph trying to literally crawl out of the wrestling match. And the guy had almost succeeded before Leo pulled him back in by an ankle.

It takes Leo a moment to figure out what's going on with the chicken fight. Sure, he's played the game with his brothers, but... He and Raphie are typically the bases. He's never been the one on someone else's shoulders for the game. There's a hesitation there. But Raphie had told him to enjoy the chance at having a big brother, and he pushes that hesitation aside and gets up on his counterpart's shoulders.

Raphael had laughed when Raph came back and partly why he had tossed Raph onto his shoulders and initated a new game, cause his counterpart had a pressure pointed leg and well those candies! " where ya going man we gotta knock these two big heads down a notch." he laughs, and big mountain of a turtle turns to face Leo and Leonardo.


Leonardo maybe has a tingling mostly pointless arm but he still has a functioning one - the one with the tattooing and he laughs at Raphael's words turning to face his bigger little brother and felt Leo climb up - and shifts his stance to give them both the best stability because he was going to need it - " you are dreamin Raphs… though nice use of low to the ground work Leo and Raph." because yes being so large and big down to the ground work was a vulnerability and it didn't hurt to make the smaller turtles thoroughly aware of that even if Leonardo knew Leo would already know that.


And they are stable just in time to meet Raphael - they clashed together but there is laughter and happy growls and churrs around and it wasn't going to be easy for either Raph or Leo to knock each other off their perch, fairly evenly matched, with Leo being larger thaan Raph but Rapahel larger than Leonardo.

This is a whoooole lot of alpha! And Raph's NOT  alpha! He has also had his shot at leading, and doing the alpha thing. Noooo thank you. He wants OUT!

Sort of... because it's kind of fun too. He's all dangling limbs in the hold as Raphael plucks him off the deck! He'd been staying low, and mostly trying to stay out of the way. And he still can't feel his leg! If he's entirely honest, his use of the low ground is all an attempt to escape! Not that it worked. But he hasn't been squished like a bug yet, so that's a win!

"I can't tell you how much I love the whole mama cat picking up the kitten thing."

He's not actually all that upset by it. At least Raphael is on his side. Still... It's humiliating!

There's a chuckle though, as Raphael says they need to knock the Leos down a peg. "Ain't that sort of what started this all in the first place?"

The low ground had been a strategic move, and he sort of smiles that Leonardo had noticed it.

Now that he's up on Leonardo's shoulders, the tingly leg is probably more obvious to the larger turtle. Leo is definitely favoring the good one. Luckily the weak leg and dead arm are on opposite sides, so at least they don't have one whole dead side!

Leo has some leverage on Raph, being a bigger than the other turtle, but Raphael seems to be the better base. And Raph seems more experienced at this top chicken thing than Leo is. It's taking a little experimenting!

Like the larger counterparts, the smaller pair is growling and churring.

Though otherwise fairly evenly matched in this chicken fight, Leo is quicker and has longer arms. And he's using that so long as Leonardo below him is able to keep up. He finally shoves Raph backward and gives Raphael a wet willy!

" would it help that its also partly to save me from the itchy candy rappers?" Raphael laughs and well to the ladies this probably looks rough, to the omegas also - but really for Leonardo and Raphael this was merely play, Raphael was not pushing against Leonardo with all his strength and thoughLeonardo by now could have found a way to counter his force with a ploy like tickling his larger ticklish feet or shins to make him lose his base entirely, now he was merely teasing to make Raphael step and try to avoid him. So the big guy couldn't find firm and rocksteady purely brute forced grounding against the blue wearing turtles. He is thoroughly amused by Raph's words and shrugs, " I guess so but does it count when it's unintentional?" trying to use the advantage of the tingly or numbed spots by leaning his bulk that way in the shifting from foot to foot to avoid Leonardo's teasing tickles.


Leonardo maybe wnjoying this too much laughing and growling out for Raphael, " nah leave them there so we can knock them out of ya." all in total play and using a faved tactic to keep Raphael moving, he was the more solid pace and if he managed to set himself it would take Leonardo, Leo and Raph working in tandem to rock the massive bodied turtle. Keeping him moving would make it difficult for Raph a bit - but he was sure the wily lil guy would find a way ...


though he suspected in the end they might all just tumbled over and the whole thing called a bit of a draw - but still couldn't say he wasn't enjoying getting admiring sounds from the ladies watching. After all 'straining' against each other as they all were - HAH making Raphael squirm and complain about the wet willy and stumble a bit back to try and avoid it! hahhaa - felt really good the enjoying sounds of ladies getting a bit of green muscly eye candy.

"If the looks I've been getting all day are anything to judge by, it does count..." Raph deadpans in response to his counterpart. That the incident this morning had been accidental had sure not saved him from Leo glares the whole time they were working.

Whyyyy does he keep getting involved in this little battle! But he pulls himself back up and into the fight! leaning forward again.

Leo caught his hands easily, he's larger than Raph is, but definitely the quicker of the two. Playful growls continue as they try to knock each other off their perch. Without Raphael holding onto him like he is, Raph's pretty sure he would have fallen off already! Because he sort of agrees with the omegas... this is a little violent. But then, he's not really an alpha type. Still, he knows how the game goes, and he's playing.

He's also aware of his counterpart's tingly arm, and does what he can to cover with his good leg. And maybe he caught on to Leonardo's tactics and is adding to the tickling by using his foot against Raphael's bridging. He can't quiiiiite reach the exact point he wants, but all his brothers are at least sort of ticklish on the bridging, so he's hoping the same is true for these larger turtles!

"Like a pinata." Leo added. "I think I've got a couple more if you want them." His tone a little sugary sweet when he offers to shove more candies down Raphael's shell!

[color:c2e8=0000CD]" I'd say we are going to need to get more candies under the shell, after all Raphael always could use some sweetening - hahahaha hey Raph no matter you are not the first turtle - and wont be the last to misfire..." a laugh and he is wriggling, oh darn the tickling!


ignoring the oh no way grunts from Raphael about the news there was more candy.


" hahahahaha once our April walked in on the wrong time and I seem to recal there was definitely yells from her of frack and oh my dooog there is so much! hahahah and Mike yelling he got himself in the eye." hahahah that was still a good teasing and butt of the joke moment and he is glad for Raph distracting Leo for a moment away from makinghim dance a bit and tries to find a good solid stance and be a basically rock solid base for Raph.

" hahaha yeah that had been hilarious.... since we are sharing I seem to recall Donatello accidentally having it hit a ceiling fan and splattering all over his room at the time hahahhaa" Just to make it more hilarious and definitely a thing that maybe they had all sort of faced in their teen lives.


In some pain Addy was glad the old crew boys were sharing around a bit of Ariki, the first sip helped ease the aches and the second, having quarter shots in a game with Kovu and Lilo whenever the big four turtles pushed each other a step back!


And only quarters because she definitely liked the numb and warm feeling, but she was also snuggling Duncan and didn't want to give him any ideas... he is engrossed in the bigger guys for the
moment - so cute!

Leo is honestly laughing at the response to the thought of more candy. If his counterpart's encouragement wasn't enough, the grunt from Raphael absolutely would have been. He's plotting, but at the moment, he can't quite make it happen. So Raphael gets a temporary reprieve!

Leo's patient though. The opportunity will present itself. He doesn't share any stories about what his brothers may have done. And really, he doesn't have any. Though he has found the occasional towel he wished he hadn't. He's gotten close to Mike's or Raph's room and wished he hadn't, but at least he hadn't been expected to clean any of it up. As long as Leo wasn't directly involved, he wouldn't actually do anything to stop his brothers from anything like that by themselves.  He's not admitting that he's done it too.

The April and Mike incidents are bad enough, but the ceiling fan pulls a groan from Leo that's not unlike the one this morning. Oh... that had to have been everywhere... Just... uuuugh.

"How do you even clean that up...?" Oh, that sounds terrible. And yes, these are the things Leo thinks about.

AH! Opening for a candy to be added to Raphael's carapace!

Raph is laughing at the incidents where the big guys caught a little more than intended. That's hilarious.

"Glad there ain't ceiling fans in the tunnels."

Their own rooms are a little open to the lair for that sort of shenanigans. That doesn't mean Raph hasn't had a little more fun by himself in the sewers than should really ever be associated with the sewers. Bright side was that they didn't really have to worry about cleaning it up depending on where they went, and hadn't found each others' places where they liked to go. But he certainly didn't have stories like the big guys did.

He laughed and growled at Leo, shifting forward just a little, and the sneaky turtle slipped a candy past the outside of his thigh and down Raphael's shell!

"Oops, sorry, Big Guy."

Leonardo laughs and shakes his head, " hahahaha oh nooooo poor Don had to deal with that mess alone - and well you two must be aware now we do expel a fair bit so - it went everywhere." laughing and growling playfully -


And well as their airing BigM and Donatellos selfie mishaps... he grunts as he shifts the weight a bit more to his not so tingly leg and tries to force Raphael to step it back a little. " and there was that time Raphael here thought he was alone at home and Casey walks in and slips in the mess before this guy could clean up. hahahahaha that had been totally epic."


Raphael snorts and is wriggling under the new candy, " I claim no responsibility there blasted detective needs to learn to shout out first." laughs the big turtle feeling a shift and a bit of an advantage he wants to take advantage of but is sort of wriggling as that escaped candy is itching its way around behind his shoulder. " no probbie - man these things are like bitey flies!"


BigL just snorts and tries to use the twitching to give Leo an opportunity to dislodge Raph - but truth is he can feel their sort of unstable to the loss of weight of Raph could and oh no Leonardo can feel it, would send them all a tumbling he is looking for more twitching to correct the weight placement and force of Raphael's bulk. " hey i am no innocent my first night as an escort I ... uh - well might have been a little overwhelmed.... a few times -" maybe implying he sort of was a quick draw on the cum apart game... more than once... but hell if he'd knocked his brothers egos a bit, two of whom were not here to defend theirs he was taking his down a notch too. And oh uh he can feel it if there is a dislodging above they were going to topple.


Oh yeah she was feeling a tad... buzzed and relaxing back loud purrs watching the play amused and well wondering if she should shout out about the gap int he railings ... nah the turtles knew wit was there no doubt -


Lilo giggles and her tails scoops one of the dropped out candies into her hands, and she at first almost eats the whole thing wrapper included, then notes the shell comes off... and oooohs biting it in half and offering some of the gooey eclair to giggling Duncan.

"Sounds like something I'd expect out of Mike more than Donnie." Leo chuckled. He was at least fairly secure in the knowledge that his own Don wouldn't 'blast off' into a ceiling fan. His other brothers though... well... wouldn't put it past them for a moment.

He chuckles at Raphael's mishap though. "Ohh... Ninja fail." Yeah, that sort of thing would earn endless ribbing in his own family. But then... not noticing his own Casey coming? That's truly impressive. Casey is loud! "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt though and assume that your Casey isn't as loud and obnoxious as mine."

There's a snigger as Raphael complains about the bitey fly candies, and Leo slips another into his carapace. Any little thing to keep Raphael even a little off balance, anything to keep him from setting his feet, is an advantage for them!

Leo does note the railings, and the gap in them. He's aware, and will do what little he can to make sure no one drops through. But he's not particularly bothered if they all take a tumble to the deck.

For the most part, during this part of the conversation, Raph was doing his best to keep his balance. Leo was starting to wear him down, and he had no doubt that this is exactly what the other turtle had intended the entire time. He growled and pushed back at the pressure. Though he has a feeling this bout is nearly over one way or another. But even he has to respond to the Casey thing.

"Much as I hate to agree with Little Blue..." But his tone was playful. It wasn't a true disagreement. "My Casey is a lot of things too. Quiet ain't one of them. Psychotic, yes. Quiet... no."

He chuckled as his hands were caught once more. And with the way Raphael is wiggling, he has a feeling some of the tickling is getting to him. Either from Big Blue or from the candies Little Blue keeps dropping down his shell.

Things in the shell are the worst. Raph is more than willing to help fish them out later when this is over.

And yup, Raph lost his balance, and he's dislodged! And did Little Blue actually somehow keep enough control to keep him from going off the edge there? Pretty sure the guy did. Typical. Raph tumbled to the deck, and turned to the others. It had felt like everything was going to go over, and he turns to look!

There is laughter and before Leonardo or Raphael could fill in about there Casey they are tumbling! and maaaaybe Leonardo aims on purpose for the waters below the boat - hahaha a nice cool swim - though originally he intended for the all to go down but somehow missed the squirmy lil red wearing turtle and then -


" w ooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa -"


and

SPLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH!!


over and down and intot he cool dark waters they go Leonardo making sure to take Leo with him - Raphael was a forgoner already and he thought Raphael would hold onto Raph -


Laughing he swims for the rocky surface of the water... but slowly a throb sort of sound in throat checking on Raphael and Leo.

There's a slight chuckle from Leo as they go over the edge together.

Oh, the water feels good. He hears... he knows it's his counterpart, but it's one of those sounds he's not sure how to make. He and his own brothers have several sounds they use underwater, but they're definitely different from this one. He responds to the low throb with a few clicks.

When he surfaces Leonardo is already there. And he looks up as Raph calls down.

"So, the three of you in the water means I win the chicken fight, right?"

Leo sticks out his tongue briefly at the smaller turtle, then ducks mostly under the water again, looking to Leonardo and waiting for a response from Raphael.

Addy hurries to look over the edge with Duncan, sitting him there and careful to keep a hold of the little guys shell... made difficult by said kiddo wriggling, fearless eager to leap off the edge right into the water with Leo below making happy loud sounds tail waggy and grabbing downwards at him.


Lilo laughs and sidles up beside Raph kissing his cheek. " looked like a victory to me." she glances down at the waves and the turtles there.


Sam and Pip creep over to have a look. exchanging the gold bits they were betting.


In the niiiice waters Leonardo hum throbs in his throat glad to hear from Leo and then Raph's deeper sort of boom of a throb and a soft hum hum and thrum as the big turtles swim for the surface -


Raphael breaking it and laughing calling out up to his counterpart. " ya know it man ya won! hahaha yeah a win for the red boys." and being splashed by Leonardo for that!


He splashed back - grinning up at the watches on the boat still, they were not far from the wooden divets in the side of the front of the vessel that acted like a ladder. so he is not concerned. They could get back up. In a moment - it's niiiiiice in the water.

There's a light, completely useless splash up toward Raph as the guy laughs and ducks back onto the deck and skitters away, pulling Lilo along with him. Raph juuuust caught the end of Sam and Pip betting and laughs again. Thoroughly amused.

Leo looks up at Addy and Duncan with his grabby hands, reaching down toward the turtles in the water. Yeah, the kid probably would want to play too.

There's a splash back at Raphael for the Red Win comment, but Leo breaks off after that and moves toward the divot ladder to climb back up to the child. The water is wonderful, and he would love to take a few moments to enjoy it a little more, but he's already taken awhile to play, and it's time to get back on duty. He's content to let the larger turtles play awhile longer though. There's no hurry at the moment.

Lilo laughs and goes with Raph her monkey tail tip flipping back and forth and ears up, fur foofy showing her play and amusement in as much as her grin and giggles, " not joining in the swimming Ser Victor?" she wonders kissing his snout.


The nymph watching them over the edge thinks to herself the water looks fantastic, and well so does her big turtle down there so she moves to that gap int he railing usually where the ramp attached for exit and entry and with a dainty little hop leaps down pin droppign into the waters with them all.


Leonardo laughs and mid a sort of wrestle with Raphael hears her join them and wriggles free of Raphael to join her his underwater sounds more felt that heard by his fellow turtles. And Raphaels were definitely a bit too deep to be anything but felt only at the moment and mostly all sort of underwater laughter.


Addy chuckles and moves along to the ladder and holding Duncan carefully climbs down ward as Leo comes up intent on meeting him halfway with the excited little fellow. " some body wants to play with the big boys." and she is so amused by the wee ones almost fearless approach in wanting to play with them, he'd been ready to leap off the body just like Kovu.

Leo chuckled as he accepted Duncan. The little guy did seem pretty interested in playing with the rest of them! And Leo didn't have the heart to deny the little guy his turtle side! He smiled gently to Addy.

"That bite is bothering you. Go relax. I've got Duncan." She might be Captain, but if she doesn't take care of herself, Leo will force the issue! And yes, he noticed.

He tucked Duncan against him and made his way back down the ladder to let the little guy swim for awhile.

Duncan has had a few opportunities to swim, so Leo knows he's at least instinctively capable, and with the three of them and Kovu right there, it should be fine. He made his way easily down the ladder and back into the water with the tot.

Raph laughed when Lilo questioned him not joining the swimming. He met her kiss, rather than letting her get his snout. It was brief, but he's grinning afterward.

"Honey, down there in the water are two alphas and a beta that might as well be. That's more alpha than I care to tangle with. Especially since I just won their little game. One might actually drown me." Nah, he's pretty sure they wouldn't really do that, But he's not eager to invite the opportunity for them to get back at him either! Noooope! He's content with his little victory, and has no need to play anymore.

Raph knows his limits! He played his $20 on the slots, came up with a big jackpot, and one's enough. He'll take his winnings and run!

"Besides, when Addy puts us to work again, we'll probably be on opposite sides of the boat."

" ooooh I will oh geni observant." purr and she grins and indeed in true cat and captain style she orders Sam and Pip with that voice Leo liked as he is climbing down to bring the brazier closer to the edge so she could soak up the heat coming off it and lounge on the railing so she was in perfect position to watch Leo and Duncan and the bigger turtles. And Leo could see she was indeed just relaxing. Maybe favoring the injured side a bit but buzzed just enough and the warmth of the coals from cooking on her, she is content.


She grins towards Lilo and Raph and purrs briefly too them - " well.... some of the say suuuure - until yous learn to keep the seaforth where it's supposed to go." she teases them relaxed and goober like big green eyes turning back towards the turtles below - she had no worry Duncan he entirely safe in the waters below with his daddy and big scary uncles though she does leave her tail up to track wind change and listens, eyes maybe half closed but she is watching for dark weather and sniffing deeply if it looks rough she will call them all back up to rest.


Lilo giggles she is happy to let the caught kiss linger and she is nodding, " well... i would definitely hold onto my victory too so guess thats a good plan..." voice tailing and listen to the reat and oooh she gives Raph a happy humm moving closer and just nuzzling his cheek and kissing his cheek. her tail brushing down a arm and glancing towards the klaustriech - mostly cause she had sort of glanced that way as nymph Kovu leapt off the side to join the turtles below... hahaha


sniggering a bit as Addy's warning and maaaybe blushing a bit, " well... I guess thats.. sorta fair - and we'll try to remember." Though her cheeky grin back at Raph definitely is making no promises and she is agreeably just happy to have this time with him, so she waggles brows, " Sooooooooo some smoochies in order?" so very amused.


Duncan waved at Addy with a happy, " me swins you sweep!" ohhh so happily and yaying! hanging onto Leo and suddenly down the bottom he hangs onto Leo a bit unsure before slowly... slowly looseing his hold and - well the turtle side couldn't be denied! he clumsily tries to swim, limbs all over the place and though his nictating eyelids wet up and nostrils clamped shut he doesn't put his head under the water -


Making Raphael laugh when he powers up to the surface and breaches like some weird whale crashing back into the water on his shell and grinning over to watch Leo and Duncan. " dawwww lil guy that is some fine turtley swimming but maybe Uncle Lenadr and Uncle Raff and Daddy will show you how to really do it..." a glance at Leonardo who was at this point a shell in the water with a nymph attached hahaha. " or Uncle Raff and Daddy that is uncle Lenado is playing raft."

"Don't make me come up there." but it's gentle and maybe a little playful. He chuckles as Duncan puts in his two cents.

"And he's smart, so you should definitely listen to him." Again playful.

Down in the water, Leo lets Duncan swim, but he stays close. Chuckling as the little guy keeps his head above water.

"Yeah, Donnie didn't like his head underwater when he was little either." Leo actually sort of vaguely recalls there was teasing about that. Especially after Don had found out they had been semi-aquatic turtles and what that meant. Sure, Don eventually grew out of it, but it's still sort of amusing to see it in Duncan.

He laughs when Raphael comes up, and nods agreement. Duncan's got way too much turtle in him to not go underwater!

Though... maybe they should face away from Leonardo if they take the little guy under... "Think you can go under?" Leo guides Duncan away from Leonardo and Kovu then ducks just under the surface of the water. He can still see Duncan, even reach out and touch him, but he's underwater.

Raph grinned. "Yup, Give the blues an inch, they'll take a mile. Definitely keeping this victory!" He chuckled.

Though he did have to admit... maybe Kovu did have the right idea there. He was pretty sure he had a good idea what she had in mind. And a little water play wouldn't be half bad! Buuut... not with all of them down there, and yes. His little chicken fight win on top of the incident this mornin is a little fresh in his mind.

"I dunno... I'm not really known as the brainy one." All tease. He would remember. He definitely didn't want to be on the bad side of any of the other turtles here! Even if it was mostly in play.

And brightening at Lilo's offer! "Oh, definitely!" Though maybe they should actually keep it to that for now...

Raphael laughs a bit and rolls his eyes nodding back at Leonardo and muttering, " don't think the pair will do anything naughty whilst kiddo is swimming around but in any case..." totally remaining between Leonardo and Leo and Duncan whilst maaaaybe as Leo is moving ushering them further around the front of boat, their close to the ladder still.


Amused cause they can hear the cat captain purring louder at Leo's words and she calls down to them, " teeeeemmmmpting to make you come back up here." clearly very tempting.


Duncan is paddling, in the few puddles and shallow streams he had not had too much trouble going under and giving Addy and or Lilo a mini heart attach staying under a lot longer then they could manage. But Raphael guessed here in these sort of rolling and dark waters he was a bit more nervous - and he could see the purple eyes looking at his dad then the water and thinking so very hard on it.


" daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-" when lil guys asks if Leo will come with him. " I will -" and slowly so the kid can watch him go down slowly, take a deep relaxed breath and slip into the dark waters.


Duncan watches and is tempted! but reaching for Leo to go down with!


~

Addy agreeably purrs and very loudly - indeed Duncan was very bright - how much he had learned to say in the short time they had all be together and how quickly he figured things out and ooooh it was tempting to pretend to defy Leo just to make him come sort her out - but noooo they did look like they were having such fun and that was important, sailing really was something else, thrilling and wonderful and so very freeeing but it also was tiring and hard work so some good old playing about was a necessary thing. Sam and Pip were relaxing by the heat with her but on the other side playing a dice game. and sounded like Lilo and Raph had some plans, she can't help but tease them a tad. " it's part of the alpha mind set that... hehehe just remember to aim away..."


Lilo sniggers and smooches Raph's cheek. " mmmm the perfect way to celebrate and keep the victory alive some very long moments more yes?" she is very very please he is that excited to do some snogging and for now thats all, maybe some time in the morning or after a long days sailing they might feel up to a little naughty playing, for now she will be just happier than a bauerschwein in poop!


So she kisses those grinning lips - bugger that Sam and Pip and playing some game a little bit off to the side and that Addy is over there lounging.

Yeah, he was pretty sure Leonardo wouldn't do anything too terrible, still... he'll keep Duncan over here, and appreciates the block from Raphael. He grins up at Addy when she calls down to him. Okay, tempting, yes, but it's Duncan's turn to have some fun first. And he really does want Addy to relax for a little while.

He smiles as Duncan asks if he'll come under the water with him.

"Of course I will. Come on." Leo ducks close to the surface, waiting for Duncan, and showing that he's ready to go under as soon as Duncan does. Leo will be right there with him. And this is a very different sort of water than the smaller pools and streams they found to play in on the island. Once under, he clicks a few times for Duncan, showing the child where he is.

Raph groaned slightly at the alpha mindset comment. He knew that all too well. And sure, Leon wasn't have the sort of alpha that the guys here are, but even he had his moments.

"I dunno. Maybe I should try to do it again, just to see if I can." No, he won't do that, but... some masochistic part of him just... wants to see if he can do it again or not.

Then he grins at Lilo. "Mm... Absolutely!" And bugger all if Addy and the omegas are watching. He certainly doesn't much care. At least not as far as a little smooching is concerned.

There is a deep thrum of a chuckle and the massive turtle slips a buy deeper so he is beneath Leo and Duncan making a deep bass sound in his chest and throat to alert Leo to where. So he was a barrier of a different kind this time, seeing as now they had moved they had a bit of big ol boat keeping things pg for the kiddo.


He is now a barrier to hide the shape of the little guy above him.


Leonardo may seemed absorbed and for most the part Kovu has his attention but he is mindful of where his fellows are in the water and like Raphael is on alert to defend their littlest member.


Duncan yaaaays and grins and as Leo goes down he makes eager little sounds and follows! eager to be under the water - clickity clicking back and even a few little bleep bleep sounds on the end of the sounds and at first just - realizing he couldn't really see much in the dark waters but he could hear and swims towards Leo, in that clumsy limb going every which way that he has. So very unpracticed!


~


Above them Addy is chilling and purring and chuckling - oooh she wanted to worry when they slipped out of sight but she knew Duncan was safe as houses with them so indeed is just a sort of limp noodle.


Sam and Pip make her giggle as they offer Raph encouragement in the form of teasing jeers and whistles - she'd found his playing admission he miiiight try the friendly fire again and had been about to complain she may find cum all over her boat... but well far to relaxed to think much on the mental imagery.


And Lilo pays no attention to it, aside the giggle and flirty, " I'll help with that - eagerly..." and oooh she she is happy to wrap tail gently around Raph's wrist and press closer, kissing him inviting more and deeper snoggies.

Leo has no doubt that his counterpart is paying more attention than he is perhaps letting on, and he appreciates the shield from Raphael underneath them. For his part, he stays right near Duncan, amused and fascinated by the sounds the child is making. The clicking is definitely familiar, but the bleeps...

Leo tries to imitate those, it takes a few tries and it's not quite in his range, but he manages  sort of a variation on the sound.

Duncan's barely coordinated swimming is adorable! Leo is chuckling slightly under the water. He shifts slightly, he's still close to Duncan, but has changed his direction. He clicks for the child though, seeing if Duncan notices the change and continues to follow.

Raph has no real intention of any more friendly fire incidents. He got lucky this time - pun intended - and he knows it. He's not really interested in tempting fate like that again. So Addy has no real reason for concern.

At least not from Raph.

Though he is definitely going to take Lilo up on that chance for snoggies! His chuckle is sort of a half churr, definitely content and mostly well behaved. They do have an audience at the moment after all. Though there might have been a liiiiiiittle showing off in response to the jeering and whistles from Sam and Pip.

Addy giggles and lets herself sort of, cat nap int his perched position, of course she had the natural balance of a cat even when a little sore like this so stayed there easily enough.


Ooooooh the happy monkey gal is doing her best to be most behaved, though she can't exactly help her scent or the delightful sort of hum she made just tasting Raph in the snoggies, but she is managing to not stroke all those sweet side armor spots she'd discovered and or his tail with her own for the moment...


and entirely not hearing Sam and Pip this time just utterly focused on the enjoyable moment and yummy little pleasure of makin out.


~


Down below Raphael is amused by the chatter between Leo and Duncan, listening himself though not attempting the more higher range of the little guys sound, a little surprised by the rapid firing chattery clicks the kiddoe sent out - was he using it to do that ship searching thing?! Raphael is pretty sure he is because it was right after Leo stopped imitating his excited repeated little bleeps and moved. Now the little uncoordinated limbed tott indeed seemed to find Leo who hadn't moved at all far and swim after him in the water! Slowly some limb action beginning to move in sync.

The audience is actually sort of helping keep Raph well(ish) behaved. He's just enjoying the taste of this lovely monkey lady through their kissing. He's careful to keep away from the sensitive areas they found earlier. He might not be as skilled of a ninja as the other turtles here, but he is definitely aware of their audience. And he's really only willing to share so much with them!

~

Leo is amused and impressed by the burst of chatter that Duncan sent out followed by him clearly tracking Leo's position. That was pretty cool!

As Duncan gets more comfortable, and is taking more coordinated strokes, Leo backs off just a little bit. He's still aware of anything that might be in their area, and between that and Raphael below them, he's not terribly concerned. He's also not far by any stretch of the imagination, just... enough distance to give Duncan a little more space to swim.

Now that Duncan has shown this particular skill, Leo is moving again! Making Duncan practice with that sense! Sort of a training game.

Because he's a Leo and that's what he does. This is the sort of thing he thinks is fun!

Somewhere below is a thrum thrum sort of amused sound as Raphael works out the movements above him is some sort of game and some sort of training session rolled into one. Yep a very Leo thing!


Leonardo goes goes past slowly in calm strokes - not to draw any unwated attention and so his passenger, could climb back up the side, and he grins watching them, just keeping a feel out on their area.


Beneath the water, after coming up for a burst of fresh air the eager little guy does not realize there is training and even so he did a tail wag and made another rapid burst of chattery clicks and pops to follow Dad! eagerly! And it was causing him to adjust his arms and legs as he moves to attempt to keep up with Leo, finally getting some actual strokes between his uncoordinated sort of paddling - getting more confident and adoring the play! simply bumping into Leo if he catchs him!

With the biggest grin possible as above them Addy naps -


~


Though Duncan's sudden almost sneeze of air out and deep breath in does cause her eyes to open briefly looking down, smiling and then glancing at Sam and Pip now singing a jaunty shanty she assumed to set the mood for Lilo and Raph. She goes back to sort of snoozing and just lightly, she will call folks up when she senses it was time.


Not that Lilo was giving them any more attention whatsoever! far too much enjoying the smooching, and lightly touches, no where teasing or exciting like he was with her but gentle and soft and ooooh she was so looking forward to another 'more' session some time - for now the sweet savoury sort of renewal of his flavour did the trick!


And she might have been amused by the song about a drunk sailor and a chubby naiad. Maaaybe.