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[neonleon]

You know it. He's too nosy.

Anyway. So we've got human dna, sure. But we're still reptiles.

[bluediligence]

[ grumble ] No kidding. He already shook me down for my phone once.

[ a creak as she leans back in her chair ]

Uh huh.

[neonleon]

So.

He doesn't move as fast when he's cold.

[bluediligence]

But how can I use that in a fight? Short of yeeting him into the lake.

[neonleon]

It takes us a while to get our body warmth back up without any sunlamps or anything.

So I dunno. How you cool him off is your puzzle.

[bluediligence]

Hmmmm ... I think I might have an idea.

Important follow-up question: how likely is it he'll go extra on trying to kick my ass if he figures out what I'm trying to do?

[neonleon]

If you give him the right distraction to start, he won't notice. Seriously, just get him talking about nerd tech stuff and be interested in it while you accomplish your goal.

But if he does notice, he'll be too cold to go extra.

[bluediligence]

I might feel bad about weaponising science against him ... On the flipside, I really wanna win.

And to win, I've gotta work smarter, not harder.

[neonleon]

Exactly.

Don's easy once you know how he works.

[bluediligence]

[ h e h ]

Thanks for facilitating my glorious revenge, Leo-kun. Consider me at your service if you ever need an extra pair of hands.

[neonleon]

Of course, Chococat-chan.

Any time.

[bluediligence]

[ a quiet li'l pffff at the nickname ]

Mind if I ask one more favor?

[neonleon]

Sure, what's up?

[bluediligence]

So, I've been practicing making hoodies lately and I was thinking about making one for Hunter-kun. Could you sneak me his measurements? And if you know his favorite color and animal, that'd be great!

And — tell me if this is overstepping — I was showing him kanji and stuff the other day and I started thinking … if I could find out what you guys use for Hamato" I could embroider his name on it somewhere.

[neonleon]

[There's a slightly longer than usual pause here, which means it's longer than 5 seconds. He's kind of awed, actually.]

Cardinal, red and gold for colors but he leans more to red, gold is what his ninpo manifests in.

I dunno about kanji since I never learned how to write it, but we have the Hamato family symbol.

[bluediligence]

Thank you!

[ a rustle as she grabs for a pen, jotting a note down ]

Cardinal ... red and gold, hm, I could use gold as a trim maybe. Any colors to avoid? [ Hums, tapping her pen. ] If you could draw the symbol for me, I'll include that. Wanna make sure it's as accurate as possible. Would Donnie-kun or Raph-kun have any idea about the kanji, do you think? Or I can stick with katakana; I'd be using it for his first name anyway ...

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[neonleon]

Donnie, probably. If you want Spanish or turtle language, I'm your guy.

Avoid green, blue, black combo. And if you need it accurate, got something better.

[neonleon]

[A minute later she'll get a selfie, Leo's ninpo lit up with a bright blue version of the Hamato symbol in front of his chest.]

[bluediligence]

[ when that selfie comes through ]

Whoa! That's — wow, that's amazing, thank you! [ BEST TURTLE. FAVOURITE TURTLE. ]

Cardinal on the front, Hamato family symbol on the back, and I'll ask Donnie-kun about the kanji. Perfect.

[neonleon]

[HE IS, IN FACT, THE BEST.]

Any time. Happy to help if it's helping spoil him to nice things.

[bluediligence]

This is why you're my favorite.

[ Happy! Hums! ]

While I'm in a terrorising mood, I gotta ask. Is turtle language on or off the table as something I can-slash-should bully Donnie-kun with?

[neonleon]

[Happy! Hums! back! He's someone's favorite. TWO SOMEONE'S FAVORITE NOW.

But that... He hesitates as he thinks on that one. Don's chirping and trilling was always kind of his thing to figure out. And Korone isn't a sure thing. Leo is fairly certain, but Don isn't.]

Hard to say. [Easier. Go with the easier answer.] There's like nuances, and easy to misinterpret tones and pitch combos.

[bluediligence]

Mm, got it. In that case I'll leave it alone. He can share if he wants to.

[neonleon]

Yeah.

Turtle sign language, though, that is something I can encourage.

[bluediligence]

Working on it. There were a couple of times where he started to sign, so I thought it'd be a good idea to learn.