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[faceguy]

o so you're being forced into it
got it

hey I never said I was opposed to it! but we could be stealing something more glamorous
but fine guess I can tag along

[Hold on, wait a second...]

wait whos entry 1?
am I entry 1?
do you have me in your phone as entry 1??

[purplexing]

Ah, a sneaky form of blackmail. Enroll in school and you get free room and board? There must be more to this.

[He should've changed that contact list when he had the chance. Hm.]

We are not "stealing" and if it was anything glamorous then the fact that it goes missing would make it more obvious, which we are trying to avoid.

Not on my phone, obvi, but yes, you are very much entry 1.

[levelshift]

[Damnit Donnie, at least Leo gets it.]

I'm getting a new calculation assistance device along with the school shit. Other than that it isn't worth getting into.

There'll probably be some form of security to deal with, but it'll be less of a pain than outright stealing from a store or a warehouse.

I know who all the contacts in my phone are, I don't need to add names to them.

[All two people in his contacts list, both of whom he is currently speaking to.]

[faceguy]

calculation assistance device?
oh for your esper thing

yes D I know if I checked your phone I would be listed under Favorite Twin and Funniest Turtle
but hey I'm glad I got #1!!

[Even if it is out of two...]

ok fine not stealing just repurposing for our own use or whatever
security is no problem we can just sneak in

[purplexing]

You managed to find a replacement?

[He has...mixed non-existent feelings about that. After all, he'd been all set to figure something out for Accelerator, especially after...well.

But after that talk, Donnie does have to wonder, and with Accelerator being vague about it, he decides to head off his own inquiries to let the subject drop.]

Hope it works out for you.

[At least neither of them can see the face he makes at Leo's response then, although Leo can likely imagine it.

Donnie is also pointedly not commenting on that.]

Like Leo said, security's not an issue.

[It's like they've done this sort of thing before. Repeatedly.]

[levelshift]

It's for my entire brain, technically. And yes, I did. It'll be an improvement.

[Thanks to Mechanima specifically. It's fine, it's toooootally fine.]

You're not #1 out of any real reason. Anyways, are you two actually twins? You don't look like you're the same species.

[That's way more important than his contact list.]

Security cameras? Alarms? Guards? You're both good with all that?

[He... is not. Vector manipulation lends itself to breaking down doors or windows or walls, not stealth.]

[faceguy]

[Leo didn't know they talked about this and he doesn't know what's going on there, so... he's just going to stay out of that part.]

ok cool I guess
hope you didnt get wrapped up in anything too shady

[Said like they are not literally discussing breaking and entering right now.]

#1 is just my natural place in life
and good job, we are not the same species
whether we are "actually" twins depends on what you mean by "actually"

yes we're good with that
we're ninjas

[purplexing]

[How does one really say they probably almost killed someone by accident by tapping into their secondary computer brain by some fluke incident due to some weird ability you had no idea you were capable of pulling off?

...yeah.

Exactly.

...
Also inserting an eyeroll emoji at Leo.

I know I'm the better looking of us both but you are correct in that we are not the same species. Entry 1 is a "Trachemys Scripta Elegans" while I am an "Apalone Spinifera."

We share the middle child status in our band of siblings.

[And adds a ^this to the ninja comment]

[levelshift]

[It's really sounding like Leo is totally in the dark about the whole technopathy mishap, which... good?? Probably?? If Donnie hasn't brought it up he certainly isn't going to.
Guh, between that and having to deal with Mechanima he's really missing the Sisters' Network and a ten year old having control over his brain.]

It's standard shit for me. The biggest annoyance is spending a few days in the hospital to get it installed.

[Thank you, Donnie, for clearing that up.]

I see. I guess sharing middle child status counts as "actually" here. Your other brothers are different species, too?

[He's going to make a mental note to stop by the library and look up Apalone spinifera, then.]

You're fucking serious? [Ahahaaaa whaaaat.] This explains the eye masks and you two using the word ninpō. [And a few other things.]

[faceguy]

[Leo spends the time it takes for Accelerator to respond to react to that “better looking” comment with a thumbs down and Y, O, U, W, I, S, H.]

yeah alligator snapping turtle and box turtle

[Just using their common names, Donnie can come back with the big scientific ones if he wants to.]

ngl I think the eye masks are just so dad could tell us apart

[He’s joking. Mostly.]

[purplexing]

[TAKE HIM TO THE LIBRARY PLZ Bootyyyshaker9000 is typing... His response comes up shortly after Leo's.]

"Macrochelys temminckii" and "Terrapene Ornata Ornata"

[Huh, did they breeze over the whole ninja thing? Oh well.

He can't really argue with Leo's point in regards to Splinter though.]

Yeah, that tracks. Color-coding.

[levelshift]

[Between Leo's emojis and Donnie's fucking weird username it's a wonder he hasn't put his phone down already.]

Three more? I'm going to be at the library all evening looking these up.

[Wh... at. Okay, so he's the last person to say anything when it comes to family. But still.]

That's fucked up.

[It's not like the four of them are clones of anything, god. He can't even assume that's a bad Leo joke since Donnie is agreeing with him.]

[faceguy]

[But if he puts his phone down where will he get all this entertainment?]

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.]

[purplexing]

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.

[Backhanded comments what now]

[levelshift]

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.

[faceguy]

its too many syllables Accy

["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...]

[purplexing]

アクセラレータ may look shorter to type but it's like twice as many keys to make up one kana so

[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.]

[levelshift]

Your name is four syllables, five isn't too many.

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.

[faceguy]

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

most important thing is don't let them see you :)

[purplexing]

[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?

Do we need to do a test run somewhere?

[levelshift]

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.

[faceguy]

ive been called worse

[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

[purplexing]

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.

[levelshift]

Ugh, nevermind.

[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.

[faceguy]

fine whatever
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