neonleon | SERPENTINE HORIZON

[In their defense, bro, you did say if they didn't like it you'd be crushed.]

[WELL]

[Maybe]

[But still, if he was hurting them that much, they should just hurt him and then they can move on!!!]

[Is there a comic on the whole mind altering incident because maybe he got a little more bothered by Belos then he would like to admit!!!]

Edited 2022-12-05 08:13 (UTC)

[Mind Meld

It's weird, really. The start of the comic has a little narration. Mostly about not understanding what, exactly, is so serious about this tech since Donnie only talks in specs with no context. Wanting to encourage Raph finding a cool thing because the poor guy has to carry their weight constantly, and Mikey's still just a kid.

But once the brain alteration happens....There's no more narration. Everything is straight forward. No double-talking, no burying the lede. Everything Leonardo says is exactly what he thinks and none of his own voice.

It's a pretty dry issue, all things considered.]

[Ah, there is that not being understood feelings.]

[Also wow, that is]

[Very eerie to read, actually.]

[And made him miss Leo more.]

[Okay, finish the gauntlet of those videos, Mieky and him as waiters. What was that exact insecurity!!!]

Edited 2022-12-05 08:24 (UTC)

[You Got Served!

Less an insecurity and more the constant, incessant nagging of their baby brother making a competition out of something Leo didn't want to compete in. It's one thing when it's an open match, something he's agreed to, but another when it's just wanting to get to Hueso's because he asked for their help.

It does become a competition though, Mikey pushing that button repeatedly throughout the entire evening. Fine. If Mikey wants to make this a competition, he will.]

[...really, he can't blame Mikey. Its incredibly hard to not ride a high after beating Leo in anything.]

[But the frustration is pretty valid as well.]

[Okay, he will set down the comic and just process all that.]

[He is going to do a more thorough look around.]

[IS there a Leo action figure anywhere?]

[There are so many other comics, but Donnie is moving on.

If there is a Leo figure, it's not on the shelf with the others. Where does Donnie want to look?]

[There are so many comics, but he also read a bunch and has so much emotional information to work through already!!!]

[Under the bed perhaps???]

[SO MUCH.

Donnie, you got a light? Dark as fuck down there. What little light there is shows there's definitely something down there.]

[A light is easy enough to make. Purple energy gathers at his shoulders and makes a floodlight.]

[Purple tinted, but still light.]

[The shadows scatter under the light, like dark black tentacles hiding at the edges now and releasing a small figure on its own. Like it had been dropped under the bed and forgotten. Or put there to be forgotten.]

[Oh lovely]

[Tentacles.]

[He is going to summon purple energy in a techno glove around his hand because he absolutely doesn't trust THOSE at all.]

[But then he's going to reach in to grab the figure.]

[Donatello wins: .... A Leonardo Hamato action figure!!

It's small, about the same size as Donnie's. A lot beaten up, scuffed. Dusty and scratched up with smears of dirt and whatnot. His expression is tired, and a little afraid. Too much put on him too suddenly, like he can't get a breath and is trying desperately to not let anyone know how bad he's struggling at it.]

[Oh no]

[Okay, this? This he can fix.]

[He will straighten up, banishing the glove and summons a multitool. He's going to get to cleaning and fixing up this action figure, taking a look around for anything that might be colored paint.]

[Probably. Someone's gotta have tools to make action figures somewhere around here, but there are plenty of boxes on the shelves and some paint supplies in there. Brushes, paints, sealant.]

[Yes, good.]

[He may not be the artist Mikey is, but he can paint in the lines.]

[He can get rid of the dust and dirt, buff away the scratches, give a fresh coat of paint.]

[He]

[He doesn't do anything to the expression directly. He'll ponder that when the rest is cleaned up.]

[It's easy enough to clean up, repaint. Get the Leonardo Action Figure looking clean and new.

But the expression... Still the same. Still afraid, and a grim reminder that Leonardo is just sixteen. Sixteen and had the weight of the entire universe on his shoulders for those brief few minutes to make that decision.]

[Expressions on action figures and things like comics and animations are easier to understand than most. He has longer to study them, the faces are more expression because of their medium. Its easier to figure out what its supposed to convey.]

[But being able to alter the expressions...that isn't really something he knows how to do. That means imagining the face in his mind whole sale and that is]

[A difficult thing to do]

[Hes not sure its ADVISED to try and forcibly change the expressions either .]

[He does, however, put the Leonardo action figure on the shelf.]

[Thinks about it.]

[And moves the family action figures around him. A mix of behind and in front.]

[There's judgy faces, but less...]

[Lonely perhaps.]

[The Leonardo action figure stands amidst his family.

But something does just... sort of shift. The shelf bumped by some force and the Leonardo figure falls face first onto the shelf while everyone else is unbothered.]

[.....]

[Bitch, you gonna fight me using architecture?]

[He directs the floodlights at the shelf.]

[Put up the Leo figure again.]

[As soon as the figure is up on his feet again... the shelf shifts, the figure falling face forward off the shelf and under it.

That figure just does not wanna stay up there.]

[Gonna grab this figure again.]

[Gonna fabricate one of those little platform figures sometimes have to stabilize them for this Leo action figure and will set him there again.]

[Trying to see if there's more tentacles moving the shelf.]

[None tentacles left beef, my dude.

But the platform does seem to stabilize the figure at least, even if it looks like it's leaning into falling over. But it's stable.]</small.

Nardo, I swear to the Pizza Supreme in the Sky, I'm going to make this sappy if you test me-

[Its stable for now, B U T]

[How poseable are these figures?]

Edited 2022-12-05 09:24 (UTC)

[Unfortunately, not very. Meant to be seen and not played with but at least they're nice?

No tentacles here though. It's probably fine.]

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