its a school, what can they do that the guilds can’t anyway? anyway I had to tell them something if theyre gonna help me for all the good its done so far
[He still hasn’t really gotten anywhere and it’s frustrating, but anyway.]
yeah call me paranoid but after your dad waits until the last second to tell you about the world ending entity your family is sworn to fight and then you learn there‘s another world ending threat he didn’t mention you think maybe you shouldnt just shout out that family name in a brand new world where you dont know anyone just in case theres anything ELSE he forgot to tell you
They could do a lot of things. You might be screwed if the place isn't what it purports itself to be.
[Sigh.]
I see. You're worried about the infamy your family name comes with.
[Oh boy does he understand that.]
Well, I don't like having to use your given name, but it's none of my fucking business to go around telling people.
[So he won't tell anyone. He isn't petty enough to make Leo or Donnie's lives that miserable - he'd have more to lose than gain if he did, as loathe as he is to admit it.]
You're fighting a losing battle trying to outrun that kind of thing, though. Even if we're in another universe there's no reason to think it won't catch up with you, eventually.
[Oh, ohhhhh he'd love to make a smarmy comment about Leo having to learn math, but this is a serious conversation. He'll file that away for later.]
Have you even been to school before?
[Donnie said they lived in the sewers, so he thinks it's a valid question. Does Leo have any idea of what a school is supposed to be like outside of whatever media he's consumed? Would he even know how to spot the red flags?]
Splinterson? Where the hell does that come from? Is your father Hamato Splinter?
If you think that's bullshit don't be sarcastic, just say it.
[He'll get his chance, Leo is sure to say many more dumb things about learning math.]
nope. kinda hard to go to school with the whole mutant turtle situation
[Also that "hiding from humans" thing.]
no he took the name splinter after he got mutated and became a dad of four turtles don't ask me why he picked that but making up a new name after a massive life change is just kinda his thing
[The typing symbol stays up for a second while he dithers on answering that last part. He goes with:]
[Leo gets stuck on the "you aren't taking this seriously" line, and as a result it takes him a few minutes to respond. He gets why people think that. It's not like he does much to make people think otherwise.
Doesn't stop it from stinging.]
I know I cant run away from it. I dont need to be reminded.
[And then, so they can move on from that topic, he pivots to the next.]
why dont you tell me what a messed up school situation is like?
[Not that acknowledging the situation actually fixes it, but it's better than treating it like a joke or being in denial.
... He really doesn't like that pivot. He should've left that entire subject alone. It's not like he's attending that school, it isn't his problem.
This time there isn't an Accelerator is typing indicator. For a few minutes, he's just sitting there at the edge of his bed, staring down at his phone.]
You're not stupid. I'm sure you could look some shit up online. I'll tell you if it's completely far-fetched or not.
[He clicks his tongue at that. Surly misanthrope vibe? Well, most things do annoy him, and he does do the bare minimum needed to participate in society.]
That's accurate, but I'm capable of pointing things that are good out when I need to.
You could've just run. From what it sounded like, you had no chance of actually winning and every chance of dying, and you did it anyways. That's what heroism is.
[Like a certain Level 0 he's now thinking about. Thanks Leo.]
well you said it yourself even if we tried to run it would have just caught up to us
but thanks anyway my older brother is really big on being a hero so he'd be happy someone thinks so he's always telling us how important it is to be heroic and stuff
That wouldn't have stopped most people from running if they had been in your position.
[People are cowards.]
He's right. If there aren't people willing to stand up and do that heroic crap at a cost to themselves, then a lot of innocent people end up suffering instead.
[Leo wishes he was here so he could tell him... well, a lot of things, but especially that. That he was right and Leo should have listened to him from the beginning.]
anyway D told you that we defeated shreddy and it was cool and awesome I guess thats not a big deal because hes gone for real
[Except... if the confluence can pull Donnie here from a day before Leo, then could it reach far enough into the past to grab a still living Shredder?]
unless the confluence pulls him back from the past so lets hope that doesnt happen
[Not that he and Donnie are slouches but he doubts they could handle it with just the two of them. The other superheroes here may help... he can only hope that in such a situation it would be enough.
He'd rather not think about what would happen if it weren't.
(He can't think about what would happen if it pulled the Krang here.)]
[Ohhhh fuck, a list of over 10 000 names is quickly running through Accelerator's head. They're the names of people he's killed, ones who could apparently, possibly show up here with no warning.
Though honestly, most of them would probably be fine. If one were to take Leo and Donnie's situation with Shredder - the possibility of a murderous villain showing up out of the blue - and apply it to his own life.... well, Accelerator would probably be the Shredder, then.
(Except if Kihara Amata showed up. That is not a thought he wants to entertain.)]
Do you know how common it is?
[The other possibility, and a more likely one given their much higher numbers, would be for one of the Sisters he murdered to show up. That thought makes him physically nauseous, though it would mean one or more of them having a second chance of life, which he knows would be an objectively good thing.]
He isn't sure if he should clarify that with only a day, or reword that thought as an entire day?
A day isn't very much time under normal circumstances, but it can be a hell of a lot under abnormal ones. He went from a dull, meaningless existence to upending his life with one selfless act and in the ICU undergoing emergency brain surgery in a day.]
How did you figure that out?
[Then again, they also could have just been like, "Hey, wasn't yesterday supposed to be Tuesday?" or some basic shit. He doesn't know.]
he said something that made it sound like he forgot something important and I asked what the last thing he remembered was and he told me and I realized that was the night before I came here
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anyway I had to tell them something if theyre gonna help me
for all the good its done so far
[He still hasn’t really gotten anywhere and it’s frustrating, but anyway.]
yeah
call me paranoid but after your dad waits until the last second to tell you about the world ending entity your family is sworn to fight
and then you learn there‘s another world ending threat he didn’t mention
you think maybe you shouldnt just shout out that family name in a brand new world where you dont know anyone
just in case theres anything ELSE he forgot to tell you
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[Sigh.]
I see. You're worried about the infamy your family name comes with.
[Oh boy does he understand that.]
Well, I don't like having to use your given name, but it's none of my fucking business to go around telling people.
[So he won't tell anyone. He isn't petty enough to make Leo or Donnie's lives that miserable - he'd have more to lose than gain if he did, as loathe as he is to admit it.]
You're fighting a losing battle trying to outrun that kind of thing, though. Even if we're in another universe there's no reason to think it won't catch up with you, eventually.
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so far the worst threat that school has been to me is that I have to do math now
and read the great gatsby
you can call me Splinterson! if just leo really bothers you THAT much
[It is most definitely a joke name, but also he wouldn't mind answering to it at all.
But, ah... See, the thing is, Leo is pretty sure he's already been outran.
But he can't just say that, so he doesn't.]
thanks for your optimistic outlook and sunny disposition
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Have you even been to school before?
[Donnie said they lived in the sewers, so he thinks it's a valid question. Does Leo have any idea of what a school is supposed to be like outside of whatever media he's consumed? Would he even know how to spot the red flags?]
Splinterson? Where the hell does that come from? Is your father Hamato Splinter?
If you think that's bullshit don't be sarcastic, just say it.
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nope. kinda hard to go to school with the whole mutant turtle situation
[Also that "hiding from humans" thing.]
no
he took the name splinter after he got mutated and became a dad of four turtles
don't ask me why he picked that but making up a new name after a massive life change is just kinda his thing
[The typing symbol stays up for a second while he dithers on answering that last part. He goes with:]
but being sarcastic is more fun
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Oh. [Well, what the fuck.] I didn't know he mutated, and I don't know if I want to ask how that can be someone's 'thing.'
[He raises an eyebrow at that.]
It's a pain in the ass. Like you aren't taking this seriously.
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Doesn't stop it from stinging.]
I know I cant run away from it. I dont need to be reminded.
[And then, so they can move on from that topic, he pivots to the next.]
why dont you tell me what a messed up school situation is like?
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[Not that acknowledging the situation actually fixes it, but it's better than treating it like a joke or being in denial.
... He really doesn't like that pivot. He should've left that entire subject alone. It's not like he's attending that school, it isn't his problem.
This time there isn't an Accelerator is typing indicator. For a few minutes, he's just sitting there at the edge of his bed, staring down at his phone.]
You're not stupid. I'm sure you could look some shit up online. I'll tell you if it's completely far-fetched or not.
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He waits for him to answer, and... wow, look at that complete non-response. Weird.]
geez ok. how about I just tell you if something weird happens at school and you can tell me if it sounds bad?
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Yeah, alright. That works.
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(Why does it even matter, they barely know each other and he couldn’t even be bothered to tell Leo that his brother had arrived.
He just needs the connections wherever he can get them here, that’s all.)]
ok. anything else from you and Donnie’s spill sesh you feel like you need to tell me?
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You're all real heroes, unlike most of the pissants who call themselves that here.
[He sincerely means that.]
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But that aside, the rest of the comment… makes him raise his eye ridges. Is Accelerator serious? Calling them “real heroes”?]
you’re complimenting me?? us???
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Yeah, so? Is that hard to believe?
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you’ve got this whole
surly misanthrope vibe going
thanks tho but we were just doing what we had to
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That's accurate, but I'm capable of pointing things that are good out when I need to.
You could've just run. From what it sounded like, you had no chance of actually winning and every chance of dying, and you did it anyways. That's what heroism is.
[Like a certain Level 0 he's now thinking about. Thanks Leo.]
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even if we tried to run it would have just caught up to us
but thanks anyway
my older brother is really big on being a hero so he'd be happy someone thinks so
he's always telling us how important it is to be heroic and stuff
[Leo says it flippantly but he gets it now.]
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[People are cowards.]
He's right. If there aren't people willing to stand up and do that heroic crap at a cost to themselves, then a lot of innocent people end up suffering instead.
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[Leo wishes he was here so he could tell him... well, a lot of things, but especially that. That he was right and Leo should have listened to him from the beginning.]
anyway D told you that we defeated shreddy and it was cool and awesome
I guess thats not a big deal because hes gone for real
[Except... if the confluence can pull Donnie here from a day before Leo, then could it reach far enough into the past to grab a still living Shredder?]
unless the confluence pulls him back from the past
so lets hope that doesnt happen
[Not that he and Donnie are slouches but he doubts they could handle it with just the two of them. The other superheroes here may help... he can only hope that in such a situation it would be enough.
He'd rather not think about what would happen if it weren't.
(He can't think about what would happen if it pulled the Krang here.)]
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- UH. HOLD UP.]
Wait, the Confluence can do that?
[Please tell him more, Leo. He didn't read the brochures.]
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I just learned that myself
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Though honestly, most of them would probably be fine. If one were to take Leo and Donnie's situation with Shredder - the possibility of a murderous villain showing up out of the blue - and apply it to his own life.... well, Accelerator would probably be the Shredder, then.
(Except if Kihara Amata showed up. That is not a thought he wants to entertain.)]
Do you know how common it is?
[The other possibility, and a more likely one given their much higher numbers, would be for one of the Sisters he murdered to show up. That thought makes him physically nauseous, though it would mean one or more of them having a second chance of life, which he knows would be an objectively good thing.]
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but me and Donnie are about a day apart
so it’s common enough for that to happen
[What happened on that missing day? Not important.]
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He isn't sure if he should clarify that with only a day, or reword that thought as an entire day?
A day isn't very much time under normal circumstances, but it can be a hell of a lot under abnormal ones. He went from a dull, meaningless existence to upending his life with one selfless act and in the ICU undergoing emergency brain surgery in a day.]
How did you figure that out?
[Then again, they also could have just been like, "Hey, wasn't yesterday supposed to be Tuesday?" or some basic shit. He doesn't know.]
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important
and I asked what the last thing he remembered was and he told me and I realized that was the night before I came here
[It is definitely an “an entire day” situation.]
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