[LN] By the Light of the Moon

[saisthelimit]

You know what makes sense? Not this.

It's not anywhere near the first time that Raphael has been pulled out his world and into another one. Not even close. It is the least fanfare this kind of thing has ever had, though. He closed his eyes for one second, one second exactly. He had been training with Leo. It'd been a reflex when he'd hit the ground after a jump.

When he'd opened his eyes, he was standing in a snowy forest. This kind of thing usually came with at least a bad guy's butt to kick.

Damn, it's cold. He's about shin deep in snow. His blood's starting to cool.

Staying put would be the smart thing -apparently, so he'd been told- but Raph was never one to do the smart thing. Besides, there was a very real risk of him freezing to death. Unless he found a way to get warm, he'd be falling asleep in the snow until his heart freezes.

Of course, sometimes it seems like the universe grants your wish without even you having to ask.

Something looks like it's moving in the shadows between the trees, barely glimpsed in the moonlight. The sais are coming out, but what he'll actually be hurting is up for debate. So he charges into the trees anyway, determined to make whatever is stalking him stop moving entirely. And he's not going to back down, even when he sees that they're apparently giant horrible shadow monsters uglier than Donnie after he's been up for 48 hours.

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[stolenvoice]

As much as Red was mildly exasperated with Kon's flair for trolling, she had to admit... this was a pretty amusing display of testosterone.

She swung the transistor around to balance it on its tip, letting it land with a loud thunk, and took a handful of popcorn before leaning on it and watching the two turtles expectantly.

Hers is bigger than yours, boys.

[othersdestructive]

At Kon's popcorning, Raph let out an actual growl, then slapped the bowl up in Kon's face so that the popcorn was thrown all over him.

Then he turned and stomped off, grumbling to himself, kicking at anything that was in his way, like a little mini Christmas tree near the railing.

Maybe later he'd be able to talk to the older Raph in a calmer and more mature fashion. Right now, he felt like his place was threatened and he was in a snitty mood over it.

[saisthelimit]

Raph watched him go and shook his head. He couldn't even bring himself to laugh at Kon's popcorn mess.

"Big, big help! Thanks!" he said to Kon, bitterly sarcastic. He was going to be sharing a space with a him even more volatile than him and Kon had clearly known it and he clearly thought this was hilarious. "Give me one good reason I shouldn't smack you right now."

There was going to have to be SOME peace between them if they were every going to fight effectively, but Raph has never exactly been the peace-maker of his family.

[matchmadeinhell]

"Well, for one, I'm invulnerable so you'd probably break your hand," said Kon, who started to pick the popcorn off the floor and dust it off his clothes. "Two, he was going to throw a tantrum anyway and one thing I've learned is the more you treat it like an immature teenager thing, the more he gets embarrassed because he realizes he's overreacting, and then he eventually stops."

He went on, "Indulging in his drama bombing just makes him take it even more seriously."

[stolenvoice]

Red sighed silently and resisted the urge to facepalm at Kon. No, Kon, don't eat food off the floor.

Still, she agreed with what he was saying about Raph and nodded, a high clear set of chimes professing the thought, it's true. It was followed up with a much more difficult to make out cello melody with bass counterpoint not quite on beat with the cello that mostly expressed fondness but slight exasperation, but also had an undertone of familiarity with the situation.

It was all kind of muddled, though. This was what happened if Red didn't keep her thoughts clear and distinct while trying to communicate more complicated stuff...

[saisthelimit]

Raph is silent, half because he thinks Kon might be right and half because he's pretty sure Kon is wrong. He knows the kind of rage Little Raph is feeling and that it takes a while to dissipate, but he's also pretty sure that having his rage dismissed will just make him feel like something's wrong with him. It worked for Big Raph, sure, but will it work for his counterpart?

"...Let him know that if he calms down enough to talk, I'll talk."

He might as well address the problem the same way he does: letting him sulk. He listens to Red's...music? hoping it'll calm him. He'll have to ask about that later, but after he's settled.

"So, what now?"

[matchmadeinhell]

"I will. He'll want to. He'll be kicking himself for losing his temper."

Kon handed off the bowl to one of the elves, which started to eat the popcorn even though it'd been on the floor. (They weren't very bright.)

"For now, why don't you look around? Stake out a room. Say hi to everybody. We'll give you the more formal briefing and tour when you're settled in."