RATOR WHERE IS THE LIBRARY TAKE ME THERE 'nardo doesn't know where it is because he believes he'll be engulfed in flames if he tries to set foot in one.
[Never mind that Accelerator can probably just look up the names on the internet, if there's an excuse to library then Donnie's naturally going to go for it.
He stamps an unamused emoji on that pic link.]
Way to build father up, Leo.
However, agreed. I don't know how he managed with all of us. It's an impressive feat. I can forgive him for wanting to just stay at home all day on the recliner watching TV.
Goddamnit is 'Accelerator' too hard for both of you? I'm even using the English pronunciation of the term.
[He's linking this image to best express his current feelings of "Fuck you guys, have this turtle-themed obscenity." Maybe he should've just shown up at school with no forewarning.]
A picture doesn't tell me anything, and I don't feel like sorting through hundreds of pet care websites. The library is better. Have neither of you been to one of the branches here yet? The main one is halfway decent for being in some shithole American city.
Fuck, somehow it feels like you two are being more insulting than I am.
That's because you're writing it out phonetically instead of using kanji. It's written 一方通行, but no one goes around calling me ippō tsūkō. Probably because the guy who invented particle accelerators was an American who used English.
[He didn't come up with the name for his esper ability, and he's never given it much thought. Either way it being this complicated is probably not helping matters.]
You could read. I know that might not be obvious, but it's an option.
Anyways, I guess we can go sometime. I don't know if you can get a library card, but Leonardo should be able to since he's registered.
[Is he deliberately bringing that up to make Leo's life more difficult? Maybe. Libraries are very important after all, though he's also noticed they're getting away from one of his original reasons for messaging them.]
Is there anything I should know about sneaking into a secure facility? Stealth is never something I've given any thought to before.
yeah but literally nobody calls me leonardo except you for some reason I guess because you arent calling me hamato now
[Leo doesn't know what a particle accelerator is. Or kanji much at all. But today he learned that's what Accelerator is named after, and not, like, the accelerator of a car or something.]
I read comic books cant that count?
[Also great now he knows he isn't getting out of this, because Donnie will absolutely make him get a library card if that's what he has to do.
But right, back on track!]
anyway since youre a newbie we'll have to plan this better than our usual chaos strat
we'll need to secure a route because we'll be carrying stuff on the way back and that will slow us down
if I can get a look at the layout of this place and work out where the guards are most likely to be I can figure something out
D can take care of the cameras and alarms and all that junk
[Ooh, there's more to it. Donnie is absorbing all this...and then conveniently going to ignore it except when it suits him.]
"Donnie" rolls off the tongue much easier. You only have yourself to blame when you choose to go by our full names, Rator.
[Almost simultaneously somehow Leo is getting an onslaught of text messages in many flavors of 'don't you dare keep me from getting a library card' to 'when will the oppression cease?!?']
Ah yes, Mister 'I use my powers to open doors and windows'.
Letting us know the location would be a good place to start. Like Leo said, we need to know what all to expect before we go down there, probably have to scope out things ahead of time.
Not being seen is key, yes. How are you at being quiet?
At this fucking rate you're both going to get downgraded to Idiot #1 and Idiot #2, and you can fight over who's #1.
[These two gremlins. This is one of those rare times he actually wishes he could remember his real name.]
They have comics at the library.
[He knows this!! He's looked!
He'll send the address along to them, noting all of this.]
I think I can get blueprints of the place.
[Honestly, what good is having membership with the Society if he can't pull a few building layouts? He thinks on the rest of this a moment, then adds:]
I should be control the vectors to any soundwaves to negate them, but only for as long as my choker's battery lasts. [He's never actually used his ability to make himself soundless before, but it seems like a natural extension of being able to reflect incoming soundwaves so it shouldn't be a big deal. That's about the only thing he's sure about though, because Donnie, as smarmy as his comment is, is right. If he could rely on his power for a full hour or two it'd be no problem, but without it....] But the upgrade will only last in esper mode for thirty minutes. My crutch might be an issue too, it's noisy and sticks out.
[If they are both in the apartment right now Leo is going to yell through the wall “YES I WILL GET YOU A LIBRARY CARD, PIZZA SUPREME IN THE SKY!!” but otherwise he will just text the same sentiment back.]
wait they have comics in the library like, for free?
[Why didn’t anyone ever tell him?? (Actually Donnie probably did and he just tuned it out.)]
do you have to use all your juice at once or can you split it up? thirty minutes may be doable if you only use it when needed
never had to get someone using a crutch through a stealth mish but there’s a first time for everything
we’ll figure it out
[They are an accessibility compliant ninja clan.]
Donnie’s probably right that we should do a test run though
That would take effort on your part to actually edit your contact list.
[The sudden yell has him jump a bit, but Donnie supposes he should have expected that. ANd of course he's going to holler back at the wall. "GOOD! STILL NOT GETTING OUT OF A LIBRARY TRIP!" why are they like this]
Applying it only when necessary will definitely cut down on the battery drain. Will it make a difference if you reduce the area of effect?
Getting around noisy hardware shouldn't be hard to figure out.
There's lots of abandoned places we can use. It'll be easier to see how you'd apply your vectors and what we'll need to keep in mind with your crutch that way.
Wow, Accelerator is realizing it's been a hot second since he's received one of those, even if it probably isn't all that serious. He has to laugh, and he isn't sure if that's sad or not.]
[It's not serious. Though he would really like to keep getting paid.]
alright. let's go team!
[And then, a few days later, he sends Accelerator the address of an abandoned building he and Donnie scoped out that is not smack dab in the middle of gang activity. What used to be a big industrial building, now only really used by squatters and for drug deals, though empty of everyone but them for now.
(Though Leo has been on a heightened lookout for gangs lately, he'd rather not deal with them while they're trying to train someone who's never done stealth before how to do it.)
He's moving around the space with masking tape, marking out walls for some of the area they'll have to traverse to get through the recycling plant, to use as a guide for training.
This is more than he's ever done for the sake of training, but he's turning over a new leaf and all that.]
[He can only use the 'who are you and what have you done with Leo' joke so many times. But while his brother's setting up shop, Donnie keeps an eye out for any unexpected visitors. ...in between playing with his phone.]
Seriously. I didn't think you were going all out with tape.
[Honestly he's a little impressed. He knows Raph would be.]
[Accelerator isn't sure what to expect outside the location being rundown and sketchy, something he's already used to thanks to the Level 6 Shift experiment taking place in back alleys and trainyards. This isn't going to be like that, though, so it's fine. It's just nice to get out of the hospital - the installation of the new choker went fine, but those places are always so unpleasant.
He'll be wandering in at the agreed upon time, casual as ever, like it isn't a big deal for some kids to be hanging out in an abandoned industrial building. Making his way in the direction of Leo and Donnie's voices, he pauses when he gets to the part of the building they're in.]
[Donnie actually looks up from his phone as he hears Accelerator's approach, even as he starts working on his retort once Leo starts speaking. Inwardly he's glad to be saved the trouble.
His expression unintentionally matches Leo's then as he looks over at their esper...buddy? Acquaintance?]
Best we could do anyway. You ready for a crash course in Ninja 101?
Well, we should probably get a feel for what we're working with. So how about we have you try to sneak up on one of us?
[Leo already knows he won't be successful (or he and Donnie are really bad at their jobs), but the point is to get a feel for how Accelerator moves and what would make this the easiest for him.]
[Completely trustworthy! If Accelerator's worried about this experiment then how's he going to act when he's actually being volunteered for anything else? Er-]
Well I suppose I could do that.
[Donnie looks around, figuring they should start off easy. He starts towards what's left of a dividing wall, stepping around it, already tapping at his phone as he goes.]
[He's literally done this only once before, and it had been with a group of normal adult humans in an environment over which he had complete control. It had gone well (read: they were all extremely dead), but Accelerator isn't going to kid himself here. He has no idea what he's doing.
Still, he doesn't show it as he moves to set his crutch up against the wall. Then there's a slight pause as he realizes something.]
Goddamnit. [He's cursing under his breath before raising his voice.] Neither of you should try to touch me when my esper mode is on. Not unless you want broken limbs.
[Oh boy, this is the first time he's ever bothered to give anyone warning about his reflection. People either know because they're scientists experimenting on him or don't because they're random assholes whose wellbeing he could care less about.
(Not that he cares right now, obviously. Of course. It would just be a huge pain to everyone here if he sent one of them to the hospital because he wasn't careful enough. That's all.)
He hits the switch on his choker. There's a little beep as the light changes from green to red, and a heightened strength hits his body as his brain automatically starts calculating.
It's not even a second later and he's shooting like a bullet over to Donnie. Remembering the conversation before he'll at least manipulate the vectors of his sound waves so there's no bang when he does this, but he's still leaving cracks in the cement flooring from his launch point.
Thankfully, he lands lightly on the other side of the separating wall instead of just going through it, again altering his gravitational vectors to act as if he's sticking to it before trying to skirt around it. There's absolutely no technique to any of his movements, either. He's just going from point A to point B.]
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why even go to the library for that?
here look at us aren't we cute
[He links this in the chat.]
hey don't say that about my dad
hes a single dad of 4 kids!
and hes old!
[Got a little backhanded there at the end but he got the spirit.]
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[Never mind that Accelerator can probably just look up the names on the internet, if there's an excuse to library then Donnie's naturally going to go for it.
He stamps an unamused emoji on that pic link.]
Way to build father up, Leo.
However, agreed. I don't know how he managed with all of us. It's an impressive feat. I can forgive him for wanting to just stay at home all day on the recliner watching TV.
[Backhanded comments what now]
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[He's linking this image to best express his current feelings of "Fuck you guys, have this turtle-themed obscenity." Maybe he should've just shown up at school with no forewarning.]
A picture doesn't tell me anything, and I don't feel like sorting through hundreds of pet care websites. The library is better. Have neither of you been to one of the branches here yet? The main one is halfway decent for being in some shithole American city.
Fuck, somehow it feels like you two are being more insulting than I am.
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["Rator" is pretty good though. He'll just give the linked picture a !! reaction.]
thats not fair
Donnie make me prosthetic fingers so I can flip people off
and whats with everyone trying to get me to the library
first huvrye and my english teacher, now you guys
I wouldnt know what to do in one
coming from donnie that was pretty heartfelt
[Their family dynamic is just like that.
Also they have moved pretty far off the main topic huh...]
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[Hm. Accy. -naw, his is better.]
I'll put it on the list.
[He could just get one of those cheap toy robot grabby-claw things and give it a rehaul. Simple enough. Enabling his brother? Why not.]
Uh
Coming from me a proposal to go to the library should not have been a surprise, Leon.
And that is a negative- the tour he gave me was severely lacking in that it did not cover a single library.
[Such is the nature of chats- what were they talking about again? Libraries are clearly important.]
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That's because you're writing it out phonetically instead of using kanji. It's written 一方通行, but no one goes around calling me ippō tsūkō. Probably because the guy who invented particle accelerators was an American who used English.
[He didn't come up with the name for his esper ability, and he's never given it much thought. Either way it being this complicated is probably not helping matters.]
You could read. I know that might not be obvious, but it's an option.
Anyways, I guess we can go sometime. I don't know if you can get a library card, but Leonardo should be able to since he's registered.
[Is he deliberately bringing that up to make Leo's life more difficult? Maybe. Libraries are very important after all, though he's also noticed they're getting away from one of his original reasons for messaging them.]
Is there anything I should know about sneaking into a secure facility? Stealth is never something I've given any thought to before.
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I guess because you arent calling me hamato now
[Leo doesn't know what a particle accelerator is. Or kanji much at all. But today he learned that's what Accelerator is named after, and not, like, the accelerator of a car or something.]
I read comic books cant that count?
[Also great now he knows he isn't getting out of this, because Donnie will absolutely make him get a library card if that's what he has to do.
But right, back on track!]
anyway since youre a newbie we'll have to plan this better than our usual chaos strat
we'll need to secure a route because we'll be carrying stuff on the way back and that will slow us down
if I can get a look at the layout of this place and work out where the guards are most likely to be I can figure something out
D can take care of the cameras and alarms and all that junk
most important thing is don't let them see you :)
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"Donnie" rolls off the tongue much easier. You only have yourself to blame when you choose to go by our full names, Rator.
[Almost simultaneously
somehowLeo is getting an onslaught of text messages in many flavors of 'don't you dare keep me from getting a library card' to 'when will the oppression cease?!?']Ah yes, Mister 'I use my powers to open doors and windows'.
Letting us know the location would be a good place to start. Like Leo said, we need to know what all to expect before we go down there, probably have to scope out things ahead of time.
Not being seen is key, yes. How are you at being quiet?
Do we need to do a test run somewhere?
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[These two gremlins. This is one of those rare times he actually wishes he could remember his real name.]
They have comics at the library.
[He knows this!! He's looked!
He'll send the address along to them, noting all of this.]
I think I can get blueprints of the place.
[Honestly, what good is having membership with the Society if he can't pull a few building layouts? He thinks on the rest of this a moment, then adds:]
I should be control the vectors to any soundwaves to negate them, but only for as long as my choker's battery lasts. [He's never actually used his ability to make himself soundless before, but it seems like a natural extension of being able to reflect incoming soundwaves so it shouldn't be a big deal. That's about the only thing he's sure about though, because Donnie, as smarmy as his comment is, is right. If he could rely on his power for a full hour or two it'd be no problem, but without it....] But the upgrade will only last in esper mode for thirty minutes. My crutch might be an issue too, it's noisy and sticks out.
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[If they are both in the apartment right now Leo is going to yell through the wall “YES I WILL GET YOU A LIBRARY CARD, PIZZA SUPREME IN THE SKY!!” but otherwise he will just text the same sentiment back.]
wait they have comics in the library
like, for free?
[Why didn’t anyone ever tell him?? (Actually Donnie probably did and he just tuned it out.)]
do you have to use all your juice at once or can you split it up?
thirty minutes may be doable if you only use it when needed
never had to get someone using a crutch through a stealth mish but there’s a first time for everything
we’ll figure it out
[They are an accessibility compliant ninja clan.]
Donnie’s probably right that we should do a test run though
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[The sudden yell has him jump a bit, but Donnie supposes he should have expected that. ANd of course he's going to holler back at the wall. "GOOD! STILL NOT GETTING OUT OF A LIBRARY TRIP!"
why are they like this]Applying it only when necessary will definitely cut down on the battery drain. Will it make a difference if you reduce the area of effect?
Getting around noisy hardware shouldn't be hard to figure out.
There's lots of abandoned places we can use. It'll be easier to see how you'd apply your vectors and what we'll need to keep in mind with your crutch that way.
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[Damnit, Donnie. He doesn't want to put effort into this.]
Yes, free as long as you return them on time.
[Thankfully spared the sibling yelling, he's half-expecting to learn Leo is just dunking on him again.]
I can split the time up, but I can't reduce the processing power to save any battery, it only has the two modes and off.
[This is frustrating, though. If he didn't have the brain injury he's sure he'd be able to keep up just fine.]
Fine. I'm free whenever.
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ill go on your stupid library trip
[So that is a thing that is going to happen, apparently. But Leo is much more interested in this law breaking right now!]
alright, we'll scout out a place and set up a time
get us those blueprints and we'll start thinking about the way we want to go about this too
also I know I don't have to tell either of you this bcuz youd never do that to me
but if either of you tell huv or the alliance about this
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I am shocked and offended you feel the need to include me in that threat.
[Not really but regardless, he'd be in just as much hot water as Leo if word got around.]
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[Is that a threat? Is that really a threat?
Wow, Accelerator is realizing it's been a hot second since he's received one of those, even if it probably isn't all that serious. He has to laugh, and he isn't sure if that's sad or not.]
I'm fucking terrified. My lips are sealed.
-> action, a few days later~
alright. let's go team!
[And then, a few days later, he sends Accelerator the address of an abandoned building he and Donnie scoped out that is not smack dab in the middle of gang activity. What used to be a big industrial building, now only really used by squatters and for drug deals, though empty of everyone but them for now.
(Though Leo has been on a heightened lookout for gangs lately, he'd rather not deal with them while they're trying to train someone who's never done stealth before how to do it.)
He's moving around the space with masking tape, marking out walls for some of the area they'll have to traverse to get through the recycling plant, to use as a guide for training.
This is more than he's ever done for the sake of training, but he's turning over a new leaf and all that.]
Man, this is kind of a pain...
[Doesn't mean he won't grumble a bit, though.]
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Seriously. I didn't think you were going all out with tape.
[Honestly he's a little impressed. He knows Raph would be.]
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He'll be wandering in at the agreed upon time, casual as ever, like it isn't a big deal for some kids to be hanging out in an abandoned industrial building. Making his way in the direction of Leo and Donnie's voices, he pauses when he gets to the part of the building they're in.]
Yo.
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...Then again, their childhood wasn't exactly standard.]
You know, I'm really starting to think you don't think I can- oh, hey.
[Accelerator appearing cuts his argument short, and he straightens up and grins.]
Welcome to our ninja training dojo! Or something.
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His expression unintentionally matches Leo's then as he looks over at their esper...buddy? Acquaintance?]
Best we could do anyway. You ready for a crash course in Ninja 101?
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Accelerator just sighs outwardly though, rolling his right shoulder.]
I've been in worse places. [For real.] Let's get this over with. What's first?
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Well, we should probably get a feel for what we're working with. So how about we have you try to sneak up on one of us?
[Leo already knows he won't be successful (or he and Donnie are really bad at their jobs), but the point is to get a feel for how Accelerator moves and what would make this the easiest for him.]
Wanna play target, Dee?
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Well I suppose I could do that.
[Donnie looks around, figuring they should start off easy. He starts towards what's left of a dividing wall, stepping around it, already tapping at his phone as he goes.]
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[He's literally done this only once before, and it had been with a group of normal adult humans in an environment over which he had complete control. It had gone well (read: they were all extremely dead), but Accelerator isn't going to kid himself here. He has no idea what he's doing.
Still, he doesn't show it as he moves to set his crutch up against the wall. Then there's a slight pause as he realizes something.]
Goddamnit. [He's cursing under his breath before raising his voice.] Neither of you should try to touch me when my esper mode is on. Not unless you want broken limbs.
[Oh boy, this is the first time he's ever bothered to give anyone warning about his reflection. People either know because they're scientists experimenting on him or don't because they're random assholes whose wellbeing he could care less about.
(Not that he cares right now, obviously. Of course. It would just be a huge pain to everyone here if he sent one of them to the hospital because he wasn't careful enough. That's all.)
He hits the switch on his choker. There's a little beep as the light changes from green to red, and a heightened strength hits his body as his brain automatically starts calculating.
It's not even a second later and he's shooting like a bullet over to Donnie. Remembering the conversation before he'll at least manipulate the vectors of his sound waves so there's no bang when he does this, but he's still leaving cracks in the cement flooring from his launch point.
Thankfully, he lands lightly on the other side of the separating wall instead of just going through it, again altering his gravitational vectors to act as if he's sticking to it before trying to skirt around it. There's absolutely no technique to any of his movements, either. He's just going from point A to point B.]
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I don’t know if I can call what you just did “sneaking”… At least it was quiet?
[He’ll wait for Donnie to give an assessment of what that looked like from his end.]
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