RPG: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS -->CONTINUATION WEEK from HELL & - Page 14

**Kali** · 11-29-2002, 11:01 PM

*Kali calmed when she felt Raph's arms around her. She didn't want him to let her go, but another part wanted to get far away and keep him out of danger. She knew she was dangerous, and she didn't want to put anyone she cared about in danger.*

I don't know if I can promise that. *she whispered under her breath* It doesn't want to listen to me.

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-29-2002, 11:08 PM

*Don entered the living room with his arms full of stuff to fix the wall. He'd had lots of experience fixing drywall, it seemed when they were younger the four of them would put something through it on average of once a week. He cut around the hole squaring it off, and exposing the studs on either side. He quickly cut a piece to fit the hole, and screwed it into place before slapping a quick layer of plaster on it to seal the edges. He was already cleaning up by the time he saw Kya on the couch. Oops... Well, no harm done, doesn't look like I woke her up. Good thing I used the screws and not the nails though... He piled the stuff neatly in one corner, and quietly snuck out of the room.*

*kyabetsu* · 11-29-2002, 11:16 PM

Raph nodded as he took in her words, but didn't dwell on them for very long. Her skin was cold and clammyunder his hands and her dress, while it certainly had LOTS of fabric, was not designed for warmth. He shrugged out of his coat, and wordlessly wrapped her in it. He picked her up, and easily jumping the wall near his bike, set her on the seat.

R: Where do you live now? i'm gonna take you home.

Mike had hung out in the kitchen for lack of anything better to do. He was kickin around some ideas for the mural and had scratch paper in front of him. He'd been kidding about it at first, but the more the morning dragged by the more a project appealed to him. He looked up when Don came in for a glass of water.

M: (grinning like a jack-o-lantern) so... you gonna run outta the room EVERY time she does somethin' like that? ...

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-29-2002, 11:22 PM

*Don grinned, his skin turning pink again, but there wasn't much he could do about it but cope.* Quiet brother-mine, or you'll find out exactly WHY it doesn't pay to piss off an engineer.

*kyabetsu* · 11-29-2002, 11:25 PM

Mike chuckled down at his paper...
M: RIGHT. those guys with the TRAINS can be really scary when you piss'em off.

Mike's focus shifted when Leo stumbled into the kitchen and staggered towards the tea pot.

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-29-2002, 11:27 PM

*Don was about to reply to Mike when Leo entered the room, he considered, and decided that shifting the focus was the easiest way out of this.* SO. You two have fun last night?

**Kali** · 11-29-2002, 11:31 PM

*Kali held Raph's coat tight around her as she mumbled off the directions to her new apartment. She briefly wondered if her aunt was still there. Probably not. Good, she didn't want to Raph to meet her... Her brain suddenly lashed out at her* Lianna! Raph, she didn't hurt you, did she? *her eyes raked over him, looking for injuries. Her aunt was not a patient woman, and could be vicious if provoked*

*kyabetsu* · 11-29-2002, 11:38 PM

Leo rubbed both g=his eyes and willed the tea pot to perk. Four hours of sleep and no tea, and his brothers were already grilling him about that crazy place with the forcefully anemic population and her MOTHER who was apparently a Houdini disciple...

L: (around a jaw-splitting yawn) yes. fun.

mike raised an eye ridge at don... this was gonna be too easy...

Raph caught the worry in her eyes
R: naw. She popped outta the fridge. Wouldn't shut the fvck up. An' drifted through the living room wall. She owes me a new coffee table. ( he chuckled and handed the loose fabric of her skirt up for her to hold) An' she owes leo a new clean shell.

He climbed onto the bike in front of her and cut off any more questions with it's roaring motor.

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-29-2002, 11:44 PM

*Donatello snagged a chair, and sat back down again. He usually didn't indulge in Leo baiting, but if he was going to make it this simple...* Huh. Never figured you for the kiss and tell type Leo.

*kyabetsu* · 11-29-2002, 11:53 PM

Still no tea. And donnie was using metaphors. Or something...

L: (confused disbelief) Don... what are you talking about? There wasn't any kissing....

Mike dropped his head to the table and his shoulders shook with laughter.

M (calling from the table) Leo! if there wasn't no kisses, then you's DOIN" IT WRONG. (he dissolves into laughter).

Leo (squinting angrily at Mike, he pivots to face don) you DO remember seeing us vanish, right?

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-29-2002, 11:58 PM

*Don thought back to last night. They'd been chatting in the living room. Mike had gone to look in closets. Vespera... wasnt feeling well... she was talking to someone they couldn't see. She got up, and started to move away from them, and thats where Don came up against a blank wall. Next thing he remembered, he was alone in the living room. He frowned a little* You know, now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing you leave the living room. Good job, didn't think even you were good enough to pull the vanish trick carrying someone else.

**Kali** · 11-30-2002, 12:00 AM

*Kali clung to Raphael as they zoomed through the city streets. She remembered when they used to do this all the time, back before they were in trouble every other week. Trouble. She looked at Raph, who she knew was supposed to be grounded to the lair. He would be in so much trouble when he got home. She thought about asking him about it, but knew she wouldn't be heard over the motor*

*It wasn't a long trip back to her apartment. It took a lot less time to get back than it had for her to run that distance. The trip was much too short in her opinion* Would you like to come up?

*kyabetsu* · 11-30-2002, 12:16 AM

Rapheal was too tired for head games and he said so.

R: Look, Kali. If i go up there... ****. You're aunt was sayin' all kindsa fvcked up ****. I'm so goddamn tired. I ain't gonna say nothin' right. you'll only get pissed at me and then I won't even be welcome HERE. ( he hung his head out of sheer rage at all the stupid things that were conspiring to make his night-- now his morning-- a living hell. He looked up) I jus' wanted to get you home safe okay?... (he remembered her saying something about killing people) ... this place IS safe for you, right? Cause... if you're in trouble... I mean, you can come back to the lair for a bit. Your room's just like you left it. ****. ... i jus' don't know Kali. Do you WANT me to come in?

The look of mingled respect and hilarity in Mike's eyes was worse than the open laughter.

M: you did NINJA VANISH w/ LIVE CARGO? whoa..... (huge ****-eating grin)

L: (trying NOT to smack mike) NO. Donatello. VES WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WEREN"T THERE. right? (pause) SHE GOT UP AND WALKED ACROSS THE ROOM. right? (pause) SHE -- I DON"T KNOW WHAT SHE DID--- but THE ROOM "RIPPLED" AND SHE WALKED THROUGH IT. I WENT AFTER HER. (voice picking up an edge) you couldn't have MISSED IT, Donnie.

Mike looked to Don. It sounded ridiculous. but even though Leo was a lousy liar, he wasn't generally THAT bad.

M: (internal) what's the eye-witness say?....

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-30-2002, 12:23 AM

*The grin on Don's face faltered a little and died.* I remember her talking... she didn't look so good. She got up, and started to cross the room... and...and... *he concentrated on that blank spot. Now that he knew it was there it was bugging him. He was getting half flashes of images. He remembered... lunging off the couch, nearly panicked... because...because.... it all came crashing down, and back to him. He stood there with a look like someone had smacked him in the back of the head with a board.* Holy ****.... Are you two alright?!

**Kali** · 11-30-2002, 12:26 AM

*Kali leaned forward and kissed Raphael, then took a step back* I don't know what's going on with me, Raph. But don't listen to my sunt, she's got enough issues without taking on mine. I don't care if we go up, or back to the lair, or whereever. I just don't want to be alone. *she paused, looking down at her feet* I'm scared, Raph. I'm scared of losing my mind, you, everything.

*kyabetsu* · 11-30-2002, 12:29 AM

the teapot spout whistled, Leo sagged in relief, and Mike snapped his fingers in Don's face.

M: S'PLAIN!!! one of you...

Leo was too busy steeping his tea ball to even acknowledge mike's demand, but he answered don... even if it was brief.

L: both home, whole, and exhausted.

M: (frowning at D) What HAPPENED?! WHA'd'I MISS?!

Raph sighed deeply as something unwound in his chest. Her kiss had loosened something that had been eating at him for the past two days.

R: (still tired but determined to make a GOOD decision) OKay. we stay here, it's private until and if the police show up. If we go to the lair... (his thoughts reelled past Leo, Splinter's attack, Mike's curiousity, Kya's weird ritual thing) there's DEFINITELY gonna be questions and trouble. (He parked the bike down a side alley. ) Let's go on up.

R: (internal) i KNOW we can get away from some frickin' human cops if they show ... it's my family that i don't think we could avoid....

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-30-2002, 12:36 AM

*Don blinked, and answered Mike* Vespera started talking to thin air last night. Something about someone not leaving her alone, and a bunch of other weird stuff. I thought it was a nervous breakdown, or maybe *he glanced at Leo* a schizophrenic episode or something, but she shouted something and got up to walk across the room. It was weird Mike. Everything moved in waves, and there was... someone? something? on the other side of them. Vespera went across, and Leo dived after her before the... gate? closed. I started to get up, but there was this thing in the living room. *he held up his hands to measure it, about a foot and a half tall* It blew something at me... and I forgot what happened. I just thought they'd snuck off somewhere...

**Kali** · 11-30-2002, 12:39 AM

*Kali felt better than she had in days. She grabbed Raph's hand and led him to the elevators. She leaned into him on the way up and practically pulled him along to her apartment door* Lianna?

*No answer. Good.*

*kyabetsu* · 11-30-2002, 12:43 AM

leo sat heavily in a kitchen chair.

M: (thoroughly confused now) so... Leo got trapped in an episode of Stargate or Sliders or something...

L: (waved vaguely at mike to get him to shut up) Look. It was a gate of somekind. Vespera made it. The person on the otherside was her mother. i'm gonna let Ves tell as much of the story as she wants later when she's woken up. I was too busy making sure that we got back in one piece to pay much attention to the 'family business' that went on between the two of them. (he smirked into his mug and took a huge guplp) as it happened i don't think i did much of anything at ALL to get us home. Ves just suddenly remembered or learnt or something about how to make a gate and we were back here. around dawn. (Leo yawned again and got up to make another mug of tea)

Raph felt pretty awkward about taking the elevator. After all, Kali still had his coat.

R: ain't you worried that somebody's gonna SEE us?

he hustled her completely into the appartment and shut the door after them. He looked around and nodded approval.

R: nice place.

SHe had taken off his trench and he got his first good look at the dress she'd been wearing.

R: (deeper nod) NICE dress....

*Vespera Blaze* · 11-30-2002, 12:55 AM

*Donatello shook his head, completely confused.* I hope she's more coherent than you are Leo.

*Vespera yawned and stretched. She couldnt get comfortable. She stopped as she realized something. Why am I still dressed? And where am I? This isn't my room... She sat upright and looked around. It took a moment or two for her to connect where she was with the lair. Right. Spare bedroom. Leo's place. I'm still dressed because... Ohmygod. Mother. Last night. She slipped out from under the covers. Had it been real? Or just some incredibly vivid dream? She looked through the room, and spotted one of the thinner areas. She didn't give herself time to think, but reached though it. The air rippled, and her arm disappeared into it. She jerked her hand backwards, and stared.* Wow...

*The awe of the situation palled quickly. She was dirty. She was sore. SHe probably looked like she'd been beaten with the makeup around her eyes. Gathering up the jeans and tshirt from yesterday she slipped out of the bedroom, and appropriated the bathroom and the shower.*

11-29-2002, 11:08 PM	#262
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don entered the living room with his arms full of stuff to fix the wall. He'd had lots of experience fixing drywall, it seemed when they were younger the four of them would put something through it on average of once a week. He cut around the hole squaring it off, and exposing the studs on either side. He quickly cut a piece to fit the hole, and screwed it into place before slapping a quick layer of plaster on it to seal the edges. He was already cleaning up by the time he saw Kya on the couch. Oops... Well, no harm done, doesn't look like I woke her up. Good thing I used the screws and not the nails though...* He piled the stuff neatly in one corner, and quietly snuck out of the room.* __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-29-2002, 11:22 PM	#264
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don grinned, his skin turning pink again, but there wasn't much he could do about it but cope. Quiet brother-mine, or you'll find out exactly WHY it doesn't pay to piss off an engineer. __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-29-2002, 11:27 PM	#266
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don was about to reply to Mike when Leo entered the room, he considered, and decided that shifting the focus was the easiest way out of this. SO. You two have fun last night? __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-29-2002, 11:44 PM	#269
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Donatello snagged a chair, and sat back down again. He usually didn't indulge in Leo baiting, but if he was going to make it this simple... Huh. Never figured you for the kiss and tell type Leo. __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-29-2002, 11:58 PM	#271
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don thought back to last night. They'd been chatting in the living room. Mike had gone to look in closets. Vespera... wasnt feeling well... she was talking to someone they couldn't see. She got up, and started to move away from them, and thats where Don came up against a blank wall. Next thing he remembered, he was alone in the living room. He frowned a little You know, now that I think about it, I don't recall seeing you leave the living room. Good job, didn't think even you were good enough to pull the vanish trick carrying someone else. __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-29-2002, 11:01 PM	#261
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	Kali calmed when she felt Raph's arms around her. She didn't want him to let her go, but another part wanted to get far away and keep him out of danger. She knew she was dangerous, and she didn't want to put anyone she cared about in danger. I don't know if I can promise that. she whispered under her breath It doesn't want to listen to me.

11-29-2002, 11:16 PM	#263
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Raph nodded as he took in her words, but didn't dwell on them for very long. Her skin was cold and clammyunder his hands and her dress, while it certainly had LOTS of fabric, was not designed for warmth. He shrugged out of his coat, and wordlessly wrapped her in it. He picked her up, and easily jumping the wall near his bike, set her on the seat. R: Where do you live now? i'm gonna take you home. Mike had hung out in the kitchen for lack of anything better to do. He was kickin around some ideas for the mural and had scratch paper in front of him. He'd been kidding about it at first, but the more the morning dragged by the more a project appealed to him. He looked up when Don came in for a glass of water. M: (grinning like a jack-o-lantern) so... you gonna run outta the room EVERY time she does somethin' like that? ...

11-29-2002, 11:25 PM	#265
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Mike chuckled down at his paper... M: RIGHT. those guys with the TRAINS can be really scary when you piss'em off. Mike's focus shifted when Leo stumbled into the kitchen and staggered towards the tea pot.

11-29-2002, 11:31 PM	#267
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	Kali held Raph's coat tight around her as she mumbled off the directions to her new apartment. She briefly wondered if her aunt was still there. Probably not. Good, she didn't want to Raph to meet her... Her brain suddenly lashed out at her Lianna! Raph, she didn't hurt you, did she? her eyes raked over him, looking for injuries. Her aunt was not a patient woman, and could be vicious if provoked

11-29-2002, 11:38 PM	#268
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Leo rubbed both g=his eyes and willed the tea pot to perk. Four hours of sleep and no tea, and his brothers were already grilling him about that crazy place with the forcefully anemic population and her MOTHER who was apparently a Houdini disciple... L: (around a jaw-splitting yawn) yes. fun. mike raised an eye ridge at don... this was gonna be too easy... Raph caught the worry in her eyes R: naw. She popped outta the fridge. Wouldn't shut the fvck up. An' drifted through the living room wall. She owes me a new coffee table. ( he chuckled and handed the loose fabric of her skirt up for her to hold) An' she owes leo a new clean shell. He climbed onto the bike in front of her and cut off any more questions with it's roaring motor.

11-29-2002, 11:53 PM	#270
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Still no tea. And donnie was using metaphors. Or something... L: (confused disbelief) Don... what are you talking about? There wasn't any kissing.... Mike dropped his head to the table and his shoulders shook with laughter. M (calling from the table) Leo! if there wasn't no kisses, then you's DOIN" IT WRONG. (he dissolves into laughter). Leo (squinting angrily at Mike, he pivots to face don) you DO remember seeing us vanish, right?

11-30-2002, 12:00 AM	#272
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	Kali clung to Raphael as they zoomed through the city streets. She remembered when they used to do this all the time, back before they were in trouble every other week. Trouble. She looked at Raph, who she knew was supposed to be grounded to the lair. He would be in so much trouble when he got home. She thought about asking him about it, but knew she wouldn't be heard over the motor It wasn't a long trip back to her apartment. It took a lot less time to get back than it had for her to run that distance. The trip was much too short in her opinion Would you like to come up?

11-30-2002, 12:16 AM	#273
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	Rapheal was too tired for head games and he said so. R: Look, Kali. If i go up there... **. You're aunt was sayin' all kindsa fvcked up . I'm so goddamn tired. I ain't gonna say nothin' right. you'll only get pissed at me and then I won't even be welcome HERE. ( he hung his head out of sheer rage at all the stupid things that were conspiring to make his night-- now his morning-- a living hell. He looked up) I jus' wanted to get you home safe okay?... (he remembered her saying something about killing people) ... this place IS safe for you, right? Cause... if you're in trouble... I mean, you can come back to the lair for a bit. Your room's just like you left it. . ... i jus' don't know Kali. Do you WANT me to come in? The look of mingled respect and hilarity in Mike's eyes was worse than the open laughter. M: you did NINJA VANISH w/ LIVE CARGO? whoa..... (huge **-eating grin) L: (trying NOT to smack mike) NO. Donatello. VES WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO WEREN"T THERE. right? (pause) SHE GOT UP AND WALKED ACROSS THE ROOM. right? (pause) SHE -- I DON"T KNOW WHAT SHE DID--- but THE ROOM "RIPPLED" AND SHE WALKED THROUGH IT. I WENT AFTER HER. (voice picking up an edge) you couldn't have MISSED IT, Donnie. Mike looked to Don. It sounded ridiculous. but even though Leo was a lousy liar, he wasn't generally THAT bad. M: (internal) what's the eye-witness say?....

11-30-2002, 12:23 AM	#274
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	The grin on Don's face faltered a little and died. I remember her talking... she didn't look so good. She got up, and started to cross the room... and...and... he concentrated on that blank spot. Now that he knew it was there it was bugging him. He was getting half flashes of images. He remembered... lunging off the couch, nearly panicked... because...because.... it all came crashing down, and back to him. He stood there with a look like someone had smacked him in the back of the head with a board. Holy ****.... Are you two alright?! __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-30-2002, 12:26 AM	#275
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	Kali leaned forward and kissed Raphael, then took a step back I don't know what's going on with me, Raph. But don't listen to my sunt, she's got enough issues without taking on mine. I don't care if we go up, or back to the lair, or whereever. I just don't want to be alone. she paused, looking down at her feet I'm scared, Raph. I'm scared of losing my mind, you, everything.

11-30-2002, 12:29 AM	#276
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	the teapot spout whistled, Leo sagged in relief, and Mike snapped his fingers in Don's face. M: S'PLAIN!!! one of you... Leo was too busy steeping his tea ball to even acknowledge mike's demand, but he answered don... even if it was brief. L: both home, whole, and exhausted. M: (frowning at D) What HAPPENED?! WHA'd'I MISS?! Raph sighed deeply as something unwound in his chest. Her kiss had loosened something that had been eating at him for the past two days. R: (still tired but determined to make a GOOD decision) OKay. we stay here, it's private until and if the police show up. If we go to the lair... (his thoughts reelled past Leo, Splinter's attack, Mike's curiousity, Kya's weird ritual thing) there's DEFINITELY gonna be questions and trouble. (He parked the bike down a side alley. ) Let's go on up. R: (internal) i KNOW we can get away from some frickin' human cops if they show ... it's my family that i don't think we could avoid....

11-30-2002, 12:36 AM	#277
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Don blinked, and answered Mike Vespera started talking to thin air last night. Something about someone not leaving her alone, and a bunch of other weird stuff. I thought it was a nervous breakdown, or maybe he glanced at Leo a schizophrenic episode or something, but she shouted something and got up to walk across the room. It was weird Mike. Everything moved in waves, and there was... someone? something? on the other side of them. Vespera went across, and Leo dived after her before the... gate? closed. I started to get up, but there was this thing in the living room. he held up his hands to measure it, about a foot and a half tall It blew something at me... and I forgot what happened. I just thought they'd snuck off somewhere... __________________ Vespera Blaze

11-30-2002, 12:39 AM	#278
Kali Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: California! Posts: 11,101	Kali felt better than she had in days. She grabbed Raph's hand and led him to the elevators. She leaned into him on the way up and practically pulled him along to her apartment door Lianna? No answer. Good.

11-30-2002, 12:43 AM	#279
kyabetsu Foot Elite Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: under my hat Posts: 4,393	leo sat heavily in a kitchen chair. M: (thoroughly confused now) so... Leo got trapped in an episode of Stargate or Sliders or something... L: (waved vaguely at mike to get him to shut up) Look. It was a gate of somekind. Vespera made it. The person on the otherside was her mother. i'm gonna let Ves tell as much of the story as she wants later when she's woken up. I was too busy making sure that we got back in one piece to pay much attention to the 'family business' that went on between the two of them. (he smirked into his mug and took a huge guplp) as it happened i don't think i did much of anything at ALL to get us home. Ves just suddenly remembered or learnt or something about how to make a gate and we were back here. around dawn. (Leo yawned again and got up to make another mug of tea) Raph felt pretty awkward about taking the elevator. After all, Kali still had his coat. R: ain't you worried that somebody's gonna SEE us? he hustled her completely into the appartment and shut the door after them. He looked around and nodded approval. R: nice place. SHe had taken off his trench and he got his first good look at the dress she'd been wearing. R: (deeper nod) NICE dress....

11-30-2002, 12:55 AM	#280
Vespera Blaze Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB, Canada Posts: 2,073	Donatello shook his head, completely confused. I hope she's more coherent than you are Leo. Vespera yawned and stretched. She couldnt get comfortable. She stopped as she realized something. Why am I still dressed? And where am I? This isn't my room...* She sat upright and looked around. It took a moment or two for her to connect where she was with the lair. Right. Spare bedroom. Leo's place. I'm still dressed because... Ohmygod. Mother. Last night. She slipped out from under the covers. Had it been real? Or just some incredibly vivid dream? She looked through the room, and spotted one of the thinner areas. She didn't give herself time to think, but reached though it. The air rippled, and her arm disappeared into it. She jerked her hand backwards, and stared.* Wow... The awe of the situation palled quickly. She was dirty. She was sore. SHe probably looked like she'd been beaten with the makeup around her eyes. Gathering up the jeans and tshirt from yesterday she slipped out of the bedroom, and appropriated the bathroom and the shower. __________________ Vespera Blaze

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