Mundubbera Valley follow the stream.

As Erica starts handing out the next skin of water, Raph accepts it as BigM comes up with the next name and Raphie finds one he doesn't object to.

Raph is perfectly content to talk right over his brother's objection though!

"TurtleTapThat it is!" Because three against one and all!

As he starts to drink that next skin, he is starting to subconsciously notice what Erica is doing. He doesn't necessarily recognize yet that this is on purpose, but he's starting to really feel all the water he's had!

"And we all know that's exactly what's going to be happening. So why bother pretending it's not?" The comment is clearly directed towards Lee and his objection to the name! And he does give his brother just a bit of a poke in the chest with the words.

"Just call it what it is, Man."

Lee opens his mouth to protest -


Bliiiiinks -


And looks down at the finger that poked him, blushing," I don't actually have a come back for that -'


BigM laughs out loud, some in surprise - Leos always have a come back! - and partly cause Lee walked right into the jab he could now throw! " Don't you mean cuuuuuuum back?" definitely grinning at the Lee glare he got for that one.


Raphie bwhahahas and nudges Lee, nod at his counterpart. " TTT sounds like a good time in any case and you bet that skinny little tail there will be tapping." annnnd his turn to smirk in that smug way his brothers would growl under their breaths or right in his face, particularly Leo, is definitely a all Raphie smirk.


Erica grins and she is happy to encourage the happy babies to play louder, more exuberantly in the tub of water, splashing and giggling... letting the flecks hit the big guys -


Raphie shoots her a searching sus look, but she is innoooocently not paying attention.


BigM squirms a little gulping his fresh baggie of water. " soooooo who is the bottom for you two?" he teases nudging with knee.


Raphie responds quickly with a boastful, " me of course."


" You are wearing mmmmmy bite mark." Lee points out with a touch of smugness himself pointing out the indents of his teeth right there is Raphies shoulder and neck crook.


Making the orange beasty laugh and nudge Raph, " We are not wriggling about as much as those two." Though whether that was a little bashfulness of the questioning and or perhaps the water alone? heeeee was certainly feeling bladder full.

Raph is sniggering, mostly in response to BigM! HA! The laugh gets more raucous when Lee glares at BigM.

The laughter and banter is, at least for the moment, distracting Raph from what Erica is doing. It's an effective distraction from the water that the kids are splashing about at Erica's urging.

Sneaky dragon bat girl.

Though the drips from the splashes are harder to ignore. His own suspicious look to Erica is probably fairly similar to Raphie's. She is definitely up to something. And ooof, there's more water to be finished. It's starting to be a bit of a challenge...

The next laugh is at Raphie's expense. Followed by a taunting "ooooohh!!" Lee did have him with that one.

And a snigger at BigM pointing out that Lee and Raphie were doing the most squirming. Raph is definitely feeling it too, but he's sort of making a point of not squirming. Don't give away how uncomfortable he is!

It's actually a trick he's pretty good at when he really wants to be.

"Definitely telling. What's the matter, you two? Having trouble already?"

Oh, Raph was definitely feeling too full of water and starting to feel like he needed to pee, but he's holding on!

Oooooh Erica is now making no effort to hide just how much she is encouraging the children to splash, to play, creating bubbles they then chased or pounced on, hahaha absolute cuties! and giving Raphie and Raph very playfully haughty 'and whatcha gonna do about it?' looks.


hmmmm Raphie grunts in answer to that, the training to make her look like a smug noble was working.


annnd a poke of tongue at Lee shuffling closer, " oooh oooh you wanna play that way huh? should I show this two whooo are just as wriggly I swear -" No actually Big M and Raph seemed to be hiding quite well how full they must also be feeling by now!  but heck looked to be hiding it! " where I left myyyyy bite mark?"


Hooting out a laugh and shifting to cover that it almost made his tail plop out of hiding! buuuut he was able to cover the moment by shoving at Lee now as the smug look fades a little and there is a raised eye ridge. " Know what I learned some clients enjoy a little nipping from watching BluePlanet." he chuckles.


Lee squirms - and oooh man he usually had way better control! but as he is halfway through the second skin and the incredibly cute kiddoes are not helping! - oooooh he felt those flecks of water and mock glares at Raphie, " Nah I am sure their good thanks." figuring that would squash any curiosities about that - in the middle of swatting Raph for the oooooooooooh - though that came with a half chuckling too reminded of the many times they all oooooooooohed at Donnie, or Mikey or especially at Casey when he came in talking about taking out Purple Dragons. Hoping this part of the banter will avoid him getting plastron poked or tickled - cause if that happened he was gonna head to the edge of the cart and fast!


And as much as he can tell like Raphie that BigM and Raph were putting up a good show of not being affected he was sure they were - but he was probably showing it a little by the way his toes wriggled.

Raph grunted and drank more of his water. She was definitely doing it on purpose, and he was not going to let that get to him! No, he wasn't! He was going to win this silly game!

Or at least beat Lee and Raphie, who are definitely squirming over there!

"Oh, you wish," is slipped in there when Raphie was saying that Raph and BigM were just as squirmy. They're not!

Pretty sure!

Yeah. Gonna win this thing.

And it switches to a barked laugh when Raphie asks if Lee wants them to see where Raphie left his bite mark! HA!

Though there's a brief thought of Mona nipping at him, and how much he likes it when she's rough. Oh yeah...

"Can't blame them, nips are amaaaazing..."

Whoops, almost lost control of his tail on that one! Think of something else!

Mikey! Yeah. And his... uh... underwear collection... ew... okay. That worked.

And was Lee really squirming this much about the conversation? Surely it's just the conversation. Lee has better control than this when it comes to things like this contest. Must be the conversation. Or Lee's trying to lull them into a false sense of security! Must be it!

Lee squirms and there is a almost unheard under the laughter, " Don't you dare..." and it's more strained sounding than threatening in any way as he feels the pressure build and for some reason he doesn't feel like he has enough to just hold on!


Ooooh oooh no...


Erica can sense some o E is going to break and happily pours in a touch more water for the boys to play in, they are having a blast!


Raphie griiiins. " But it makes such a pretty pattern on your taa-" stopping with giggles as Lee squeaks and scrambles over Raph and just barely makes it to the size, stands up, cock out and -


"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"


Hahahaha BigM grins relaxing back, now he just had to hold on until Raphie and Raph explode! And with Lee going to loudly and clearly sooo very relaxed as he does he assume it won't take long! And hehehe now he is up indeed - "hahahah I seeeee it! Right there!" he points at indents of teeth on Lee's tail.

Raph barks another laugh at Lee's words! He has a feeling he knows where it is! Especially if Lee is that protective of it!

Which Raphie pretty much confirmed just as Lee actually gave in already! HA!

"Dude, you guys really go at it, don't you." And he knuckles Raphie in the shoulder. Sure, probably asking for trouble, but heck, he's willing to take the risk to jostle a competitor a little!

"I think Lee loses for holding it."

Raph doesn't voice his thoughts, but it does cross his mind that Raph's pretty sure Lee didn't even drink as much water as the rest of them.

Eh, probably just didn't take the opportunity of their last bathroom break. Must be it. That's foolish to go into a competition like that!

Raphie looks prooooud of himself and sniggers nodding. " there is always a little dominance play, usually deciding who will be mounted." he admits chuckling. The tail bite is more a 'mine' reminder being the victor of that round.


Had it been with a girl probably would have nipped her too in such a way.


He is amused at Lee being first to cave and maybe a tad confused as to why but happy about it!!


Lee siiiighs in delight and after the literal race horse long and strong pee he sits down with a soft sound. " I can't dispute that lose, maaaan never felt so happy after a pee." he mutters not even bothering to argue with that ruling!


BigM laughs and claps the little guy on his plastrons making him ooof a bit. " hah! Not even calls for a rematch you are a strange little Leo!" he teases adding with a laugh. " mmmm soooo you like naughty times a little rough huh?" eppping a little when playful wet little boys giggling and just having the times of their little lives came scrambling over him, wet and cool and definitely making his tail twitch only to scramble onto Raphie and Raph next then Lee.


Erica maaaybe encouraging them to do so!

Raph sort of half nods at the dominance play. Pretty normal. Raph and Mona have a little rough play like that too.

There's a laugh at BigM calling Lee out on not even demanding a rematch!

"Wouldn't do any good. Not after getting clobbered that hard." Because Lee doesn't usually give in that easily! Though it did sound like for whatever reason, Lee was actually struggling.

"Good thing you can just pee off the edge. We ain't stopping this cart every hour so you can wiz."

Raph puts on a brave face as the wet kiddos come racing over to them! Oh, so NOT GIVING IN! He's not giving in yet. Absolutely not! And he picks up Chompy and snuggles the little guy.

"Are you all clean now? Nice bath?" A scritch to Chompy's head before releasing him to continue his scrabble across to Lee.

Nice try, Erica! He's fine. He's pretending his own tail isn't twitching too. Yeah! Fine! He's got this!

A scrabbling that made Lee groan mid any attempt to point out his back teeth had literally been swimming and that this was a stupid contest anyways!


" Fine -  it was a hard clobbering... hey you twoooo." breaking into churrs and nuzzling the two sopping wet little turtles, chuckling when a happy squeaky Chompy stayed for a moment then scrabbled his way back over to Raph and leapt into his lap for more of those special scritches and snuggles! his little tail swinging away and happy squeaks! yes he was a clean little fire turtle!!


Randal laughs snuggling his wet self all over Lee's plastron and chirpy churring in delight.


Erica is definitely making a deliberate meal of sloooowly pouring the water off the edge of the cart soooo not innocently watching them all, very amused.


Cause even BigM was a bit squirmy now with water from the kids eager rush all over his plastron and lap. " Thats right accept your fate - like being the teething ring for Raphie here." tease! and laughing when Lee swatted him for that one!


Raphie was going to - and hide his own squirming at the kiddoes making him all wet! - then shrugged and patted the bigger Mikes shoulder playfully. " actually that was a good one hahaha! And rubbing little boys still dripping little heads and shells no matter who they were scrambling over or snuggling into. And frowning at Erica. " Tease!" yep she wasn't even trying to be subtle about juice wet sounds now. the pouring out of the bath water... soooo slowly so it was loud and splashed and splittered and splished and dribbled...


oh man...


Poke of his tongue at them all from his saged relief position and snuggle of the Randal.[/color]

A stupid contest it might have been, but it's not like they have a ton of entertainment out here on whatever this path they're following is. And Raph will argue that even the scenery isn't that great.

So stupid contest becomes the best thing ever. Especially when a Lee loses so spectacularly! Though now he has to keep hanging on until the others go! And that's getting to be a bit of a trick!

Raph can't help a snort at BigM's joke! HA! Oh, bad idea, he has to pee! Nope, he can do this a little longer! Raphie and BigM are still holding out! Though they're bigger than he is...

And GAH the way that Erica is emptying the water from the kids' bath! She's definitely doing this on purpose! Raph looks to his counterpart.

"Your brother's girlfriend is not nice." But it's definitely tease. This is really all part of this sort of contest anyway.

Raphie laughs with BigM and Raph's snort, grinning and swatting away Lee's all but fake attempts to toe them with his feet for the continued amusement at his tail's current decorations.

Sniggering and nodding adding a playful glare at the damonfeuer and her ooooh so not innocent grin at them. " She spent all of a few days with my brother and learned all his bad habits in those days - literally pooounded them into ya huh?" its a bawwwwdy tease and he knows it but it flies over the kids heads and he appreciates BigM's snorted guffaw and -


even Ericas response, a tail flip - " oooops." dead panned and all when it sent what was left in the pan in her hands over them collectively!


Ack! oh lord he was definietly butt shuffling.


" eeeeeek mean!" BigM protests.


Lee and the kids were collateral but the little ones didn't mind at all!! Lee miiight a little considering it makes Randal squeal and bounce on him! Whilst Chompy is out of range in Raphs lap again! but does stick his head up for more!!

Raph also swatted at Brotherly attempts to toe him. HA! There's another snorted laugh as Raphie makes that baudy tease! And oh dear, laughing is getting to be tricky!

There's another "Ack!" As Erica douses them with the water. Oh, not nice! Not nice at all! And he has joined in the butt shuffling.  

Though he can't help but be amused by Chompy! Raph makes a point of not laughing at the little fire turtle's attempt to get Erica to do that again! But if he's not very much mistaken, Lee is still looking a little uncomfortable about the water too!

"Gonna lose a second time, Bro?" Something else to think about rather than how close he is to losing control himself!

Lee grunted as Randal jumped and thinks it over and maybe his denial was a little too like the old days when his voice still squeaked when he was trying to fib a little. " Nooooooooooo... Yesss.." rolling and standing and just in time holding a squirmy giggling Randal he drops back out and press. It's short and sweet but relief!


Raphie groaned and stood and joined him. Damn it!! Though he dooooes eye Lee. " you must be coming down with something." concerned for the little bossy boots.


Lee nods. Agreeing.


Agreeing!!!!


BigM grins he was butt shuffle but would last!


And does eye the little Lee worriedly, reaching out to take the happy giggling little bit into his arms, blowing a raspberry against the little plastrons!


Erica chuckles and smiles sweetly at Raph flicking water off herself at him and well moooostly Chompy who giggles and loves every moment of it.

"Giving in already?" There's not quite a laugh in Raph's words when Raphie joins Lee going!

Because Raph is a little afraid that he'll piddle a little on the seat here. And he can't handle the sound of both of them going!

Raph is the next to join them! Dammit. But at least he beat his counterpart!

But Raphie's words have Raph concerned, because he had been thinking the same thing about Lee. He had been able to ignore it, or pretend otherwise until Raphie voiced it. The scariest part was that Lee actually agreed though!

Once Raph has finished peeing, he moves to Lee's other side.

"Maybe you should rest or something." Definitely in worried brother mode!

Erica had some suspicions but nothing she will say outloud. " how do you feel it may be just warm head or heavy chest, common sorts of ailments that make one lethargic and tired and also thristy and need to pee and last a few days then go away." she explains amused and her wet tail slaps BigM.


Mostly by accident.


But it makes a playing with both kiddoes now BigM eeeeek and have to hold the babies to his plastrons and move to the other side of the cart, barely managing an half smirky have squeaky with sighed relief!!


Raphie makes a face at him with a middle finger maybe as he finishes up and watches Lee as Raph gets close, he reaches out to take the kiddoes who are both giggling and squirmy and oh their adorable! And yet can't quiet sweep away his worry, especially as Lee seems t O really consider Raphs words and not just sweep away the concerns and be all Leo stoic and pretend nothing was wrong.


Lee leaned against Raph, listening to Erica. Considering the order to rest and the symptoms she described. " I just feel, sleepy and stuffed, like I ate way to many gyozas."


And one scute was showing signs it was going to shed. Not that Lee had grown any and needed a shed, but it had the dull color that preceded being annoying and itchy and peeling off.


" rest does sound good though, I am okay Raph maybe Erica is right and I just caught something."

Raph would have been a whole lot more smirky about Erica sending BigM to the railing too if he hadn't been busy being worried about Lee! Even if he did lose the game to BigM.

Raph was sort of hiding that worry. It wouldn't do to let Lee actually know Raph was worried. That's just not the sort of turtle he is. Though Raph will definitely show that worry in a bit of fussing. While absolutely insisting that he is doing no such thing! It's the sort of thing that likely all of the turtles will see through immediately. Raph cares. He does. He just has a sort of funny way of showing it.

"Yeah, just caught a little bug and still over full with water." It might even sound like Raph is convinced. "Just rest over here. The rest of us don't want your icks."

There's a blanket laid out on one of the seats. It's farther from where the kdis will likely be playing. Yes, Lee is farther away and less likely to share any viruses or bacteria he might have picked up, but the spot will also mean that Lee is a little farther away from any activity that might keep him awake.

Lee nods - and shuffles to the spot and spreads out, he just... yeah it was cold for sure. Nothing more. A Nexus Cold, maybe he pushed himself and Raphie a little hard with gathering an army, and getting back BigM and Raph.


Oh, he might have run himself ragged had they needed to get Chompy too. Thankfully in that case Erica had brought him to them.


Raphie smirks at BigM, finally Erica worked on him to! hah! but he is watching and bumps against Raph a bit as Lee moves to the spot and lays down, and on his side.


He doesnt' know Leo is usually a plastron or shell sleeper. On their travels Lee had sometimes slept sitting up on their mounts or in their cart, ready to spring into action or leaning against Raph.


Lee smiles trying to reassure the others. " ya'all heard Erica - it'll pass."


Erica chuckles and shakes the last of the water off - " If we are not showing signs like Lee we must have missed anything he caught, usually the lower level usual seasonal and weather change bugs catch quickly and everyone is sick at once, and by the time they reach this tiredness their usually not contagious anymore." She tries to sooth the others if they feel worry.


Raphie sighs, " I feel fine... Randal looks good... oh look we are getting closer to the river." he notes the sliiight change in scenery but most importantly along with the hilly terraine and more shrubs and grass less than trees, and over this hill they could see the strip of glittery ribbon cutting deep and wide through the land - the river they were aiming for...


BigM whoops and it's quiet an impressive pee - but finally he is empty and feeling that relief and looks back the way they came following the stream to the larger water flow - and frowns. " some dust behind us... might be ours though not much of a breeze to blow away our dust...maybe you should check though Erica."

Lee's reassurance is less than reassuring. Sure, Raph is convinced that it is probably a Nexus cold. He can't imagine what else it might be. Though he's pretty sure DonnieBoy could come up with several disturbing suggestions!

And who's to say Lee would know how to fight off a Nexus cold! Maybe they were really bad for them! Though, Raphie was right. No one else seemed sick.

Raph did notice that Lee was on his side. That was odd.

"Don't you think you'd be more comfortable on your front?" Since it was the way Lee seemed to usually prefer to sleep. And even Raph, who usually did sleep on his side, usually preferred his front when he was sick.

He is distracted though, as BigM comments on the dust being kicked up. Raph might not be able to see anything more than BigM has already pointed out, but he is paying attention now!

Erica wriggles about to make sure little ones were clear of her wings and tail, and then hops to the top of their cart. The beast was not under any stress, trotting along keeping their pace -


She flaps up into the sky spiraling up and working for the height to see beyond the dust cloud - and curses when she sees the crossed swords on a paw palm crest underneath the stooping drake of Dracos crest. She drops down back onto the cart. " Hundjager! Bounty Hunters probably come for the babies... and you three." she hops across tot he beast and slaps its butt with her tail.


Lee had just been in the middle of shaking his head. " Feel way to full on my belly." like bloated. It was an odd feeling.


But he groans at the news - making a move to stand.


Growl. " It's its a fight Lee, Raph, BigM and I got it, you stay in and watch Erica's back and our sons." nodding to his Randal and Raph's Chompy.


BigM climbs to the roof of the cart to keep eyes on the trail and dust behind them, they were moving fater, but perhaps the gap between them would get them to the river - chucks coming out, readying himself for a fight.

Raphie kept his sais in his belt for now, scooping Randal back to him as BigM put the kiddo down. " hugs... then you and Chompy must gets in the back here and stay low and quiet." he says making a shushing gesture nuzzling the little red boy.

Hunh... weird response from Lee, who usually preferred sleeping on front or back, but well, Raph supposed sometimes the normal sleep positions just weren't comfortable. Lee's entitled to change his mind about that sort of thing.

There is a growl as Erica says the dust is bounty hunters. Thoy will absolutely not be getting the kids! No way!

"Yeah, we got this. You are not acting like yourself."

It might sound snarky or annoyed, but this is how Raph says he's worried about his brother.

While they're still running, Raph takes the moment to pick up Chompy and give him a snuggle.

"You gotta be good for Uncle Lee." He gave the little fire turtle a little kiss on the head. "Do exactly what he says, because Daddy's gotta go with Uncle Raphie, and Uncle BigM to fight the bad guys.". There's another nuzzle to the little guy before Raph starts tucking Chompy into Lee's care.

Lee hesitates and he knows by now this snark is Raphs worry, and feels bad for the worry, sure the stuffed feeling would pass soon enough... Surely!


Raphie growls a little, making sure to push Lee back down again and ensure both kids are tucked in close and safe. " don't make me pressure point ya! Stay." and a brief but fierce kiss -


A snort of laughter as Randal and Chompy - hah oh the cute! - make kissy faces.


He moves away standing to the peed off side of the cart said out and watches the track ahead of them hoping there will be nothing ahead of them. " tell me when their here..."


Erica BigM shooed to the front of the cart and told her to watch out the peed off side. He moved back to keeping a look out off the other side and left Raph to claim the top of the cart and watching the back, they did not want to be taken by surprise on either side, and the other cart was still back but had more beasts pulling that he briefly saw and Raph would see and they would catch them...

There's a grunt as Raphie kisses Lee, but it's more backing up Raphie's insistence that Lee stay still than anything else.

Raph's composure cracks a bit at the adorable little ones and their kissy faces though! He chuckles and heads to his position on the top looking back toward the approaching cart.

He takes a moment to judge the distance to the river, and the speed that the other cart is moving.

"We're definitely not going to make the river before they catch us." It might be close if they're lucky, but not quite there. They're definitely going to have a fight on their hands!

And Raph is ready for it!

He's sort of leaning off the back of the cart trying to figure out what the beasts following them are. Just hoping for some sort of glance. He might not know what they're called, but something he can describe to Erica.

Lee grumbles, but it is half hearted, has a blush that is making BigM snigger, and he moves back mostly out of sight and encourages the little ones to play back here with him hidden out of sight.


That makes Raphie grin and maybe he a bit blushie too and still sort of puzzled by the slight shift in Lee's scent, it had changed but if he is sick that does happen, the natural scent becomes a little subdued or a bit sickly sweeter. This one just... mmmm he is not sure yet so that is half on his mind, keeping loose for the fight that he knows is a coming to them at a hurried pace!


"about five minutes you think? What do you think of the strategic position?" if BigM or Raph see a clearing or a space or somewhere they can get the cart and cargo behind the three of them to stand their ground in front of it would put them at a tiny advantage.


A tiny one but could be important.

Like Raphie, Raph would have noticed the slight change in his brother's scent, but there is bugger all he can do about it right now. Hopefully they'll be back with DonnieBoy soon, and he'll take care of it.

Raph will be worried later, but at the moment, he doesn't have time to be bothered that that actually worked to keep Lee out of the fight. It shouldn't have worked. Lee is like that. Though he does sort of question how LONG it will work if this turns into a real rumble.

"If we're lucky." Raph commented pessimistically about Raphie's 5 minute lead time.

There was a slight hill off toward the side of the cart that Raph is on, and he points it out.

"It'd be close, but might work." It's not great, and they'd have to make it up the hill with the faster riders behind them. Unless BigM sees something better.

What he wouldn't give for a nice alley right about now.

BigM growls a bit, " it will have to do they have us in their sights, it's gonna be a harsh fight." sure he can see he was probably a little more solidly built than the crew he can see but that didn't mean they didn't have a bigger fighter in their cart, their beasts of burden looked more aggressive than their single one, and they were out numbered at least three to one.


Not bad odds for trained ninjas, not perfect either and again their may be more hiding in the bigger cart or coming along behind them!


Raphie hears Raph and glances, it was a hill that ran down to the bank of the water so hopefully their ship would see them and come help.


" their too close, it will have to do, Erica guide that beast up there and undo it, if they want it they will have to catch it themselves." and as Erica moves to do that and they veer off the bumpy but clear track they have to balance had as they jostle and rattle and Clank up to the hill top. And this way at least if they try to attack their almost bovine deer like critter with theirs the she had a chance of avoiding still cart shackled beasts. " Lee if the fight looks bad get those kids down to the bank and hide... Protect them." he trying his best to think and sound as a Leo would right now. As Erica pulls up their cart at the hills rise and begins unshackling and just dropping the harness and stuff to the ground not worrying about putting things away. Good no time the other cart was minutes away!


" spear head the fight Raph, BigM and I will follow your lead." because the fools in the other cart will probably go straight for the shorter stocky counterpart thinking foolishly he will be an easy target. So he and BigM can flank the other group didn't appear to have arrows of other projectiles... Good. " Erica get up high and drop rocks on them and their cart..." that mmmmight slow the rush of some of the back ones - her wings beat and flap and she is lifting off....


And their cart the way it is, side on to the other that stopped at the bottom of the hill Lee could see the spilling of the hyena like creatures spilling out and rushing up at them also a few lizard like ones and the cart shook like something bigger wanted to fight too!


But at least their stackers had to waste some energy coming up at them!

Alright, here goes nothing! Raph is ready! Sai out, and listening as Raphie Under other circumstances, Raph might have objected to Raphie's plan, but given that it's letting Raph rush in and do his thing with the others behind him?

"Hell yeah." Raph can definitely go for that.

The others can probably see Raph chomping at the bit to get going and just into the fight, but no sense in rushing back down the hill. It's best to have the opponents rush up to them and waste energy on that!

But as the critters get close enough, they are greeted with a relatively short, stocky, shelled ball of psycho running down at them full speed.

"YYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!"

BigM laughs and is just about to rush in and from the side - as predicted the fools mistook Raph's short size as a weakness - it wasn't!


And he thoroughly really enjoys anytime any Raph get to beat some heads in, poetry... just poetry!


And out of the cart back came a bulky creature - something that stunk to high hell...


Raphie gags and in the cart when the smell washed that way Lee gags - and has to swallow down the urge to ralph. And is twitching a bit longing to get out there especially when a swooping over head shadow precedes Erica's dropp down and the heavy stone she throws at the back of the group calling down " TROLL! - forest TROLL!" not as big as the mountain variety but large still -


Ah well at least he had a name for the creature - BigM roars back at it, nothing as impressive as his bigger two brothers, its too playful sounding, like he's just doing it for fun, but its still loud and does as intended drawing the attention of the troll to himself - this was gonna be light battling a Raphael!


Raphie grins, Raph had the attention - and he took advantage getting around the side, half a dozen so far - a few tried to rush past to the cart, one slammed by the stone Erica dropped, Raph on the other before they could fully comprehend there was one above... though there were more and another cart a bit back coming... back also around the bend of the river they could see a little far off to do much yet and probably couldn't see what was going on from there - a ship - oooh he hoped it was their brothers!

Raph is a bowling ball through pins. And he miiiiight be laughing just a little manically. A little revenge on this stupid world that he landed in and immediately wound up captured and left in mess!

Like the others, Raph gags at the smell as the forest troll is revealed. It might be the worst thing he's smelled, but... there was also that time Mikey gassed out the lair. So it at least has competition.

"What in the FOREST smells like THAT? That's more like a Toilet Troll."

Raph might be small compared to a lot of these fighters, but he's quick in comparison too. Even if this sort of thing is more Mikey's style, Raph has had to learn to spar with Mikey so can move like this when he needs to!

Enemies are flying about - but more are coming, a few were shocked by the ferocity of Raph and turned away hoping maybe Raphie would be like his counterpart a surprise in a big package only to be beaten there, but it's still a fight! Their surrounded and battled hard to keep the throng on them and not move to the cart -


Which some do -


But Raphie after a moment where his heart went to his throat figures Lee must have seen the numbers and skiddaddled with the kids - their away, hopefully not too far and Lee managed to get away with no tail. But it meant the four of them were left trying to battle this horde.


He is not sure but he has to hold onto hope that is what happened.


Erica almost yelled and dived for the cart but Mike shouted for her to stay up. She didn't know and maybe thats the impressive part that Lee and the kiddoes were no longer in the cart to be swarmed!

But as she is puzzled she also spies that ship rounding the river bend, coming their way - She flaps hoping to catch their attention!


Lee indeed slipped away when he saw more spill out of the cart, and that another cart was coming.


He gathers baby turtles, looped them to his body using a cloth, and disappeared as best he could choosing to move through stinky spikey brambles that snagged the cloth but they protected a bit, and thanks to the smell he and the kids were hidden.


BigM grins over at Raph's shout, gag! was making it hard to battle the troll, he is trying to wear the beast down. " Poop! pooooop smells like this, you can find that in a forest right?" playful.

Raph trusts that Lee would clear the kids from the cart before the throng made it that far, but he also had a moment of concern as the cart is swarmed. Raph doesn't know where they slipped off to, he's too far away, but he trusts that Lee found somewhere safe. He has to right now.

Raph keeps up his fight, though it occasionally shifts to backing up Raphie or BigM, but for the most part, they throng isn't going to find a whole lot of weak spots in the trio's fighting.

This is however, a very, very large throng. Raph is not one to call for a retreat though they might have to do exactly that. Especially if Erica has spotted something interesting in the distance. Raph is not worrying about that right now though, he is busy helping keep the throng focused on himself, Raphie and BigM, and not looking for Lee or the babies.

"Yeah, but you ever seen a turd that big?" After smashing one more throng member, Raph considers his comment a little more. "...actually, I have seen a turd that big."

This makes BigM pause - at the worst possible moment perhaps blinking, " Where'd you see a turd that big?!" gesturing at the Troll and then oh noing as he had paused and the beast was swining - oh the blow hurt but honestly not nearly as much as a Raphael full blooded throw so BigM whilst he staggered and was a bit breathless was all in one piece and roars a youngish screech sort of roar and attacks the Troll back!


Missing at first what Erica was doing what looked like happy loops in the sky over.


(( ooc: merging into Riverside Rescue!))