[ Hunter will just hold onto Raph tightly and have his staff ready for flight if necessary. But mostly, he's hurrying to Leo's side to add into the hug. ]
[Room is all cleared, space opened, and Donnie broke the fall so Leo only kind of gently hits the floor with Don taking most of the fall damage. He stays curled up in his twin's arm - while the potion Don gave him woke him up, it didn't quite refill his empty ninpo tank to start healing everything. So the acid burn scars are still all over him, the slices into his arms and legs and neck are still there. But he's there too.
And then so is everyone else. He feels almost smothered by the affection after so long alone like that.
But that chirp has tears in his eyes. He chirps back. Found.
Leo finally lifts his head enough to look at them all, lingering on Raph. His first time really seeing his big brother himself since Raph arrived in Snek and even he can't quite hide the way his gaze lingers on that bad eye.]
[ HAIR RUFFLE!! Hunter's already tearing up just from that, but now there are group hugs too. He just about throws himself on the pile too, mindful of their injuries. And - oh.
He pulls out the potion he received. ]
We weren't going to leave you like this. I'm - I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner.
[ Another day, another little bit of fuel to put on the things to have a serious talk about re: their issues fire. Raph's gonna put the eye thing to bed then. As much as it can be put to bed.
That's future Raph's deal, though. Bigger orders of business right now.
Never has the twin brand chirping stuff been more of a relief to hear. ]
Some dumb game set our schedule back. [ Fishing out the potion he received to contribute to the potion pool. What if Leo got to be even slightly less tiny and severely wounded-looking actually. (Raph he is not tiny, you're just huge and sentimental.) ] You did good hangin' in there.
[It's more of a quiet laugh, nothing super boisterous. But he takes both the potion bottles offered and sighs looking at them, feeling them pulse with his own ninpo, and the blue edges surrounding Donnie and Hunter.]
You guys found the stuff I put out. Good. [Gonna start downing one of them. The burn scars start gradually healing over with the first one.] I did what I could before he cut me off from everything.
You know how nosy I can be. [Sometimes being nosy is a strength!!!]
[But really, Donnie plans to stay right here, even if it puts him more in the center of the group hug than he usually wants. Nothing dangerous is coming near twin until everything is settled.]
[ Doublestrike of having encouragement turned into joke and being the guy who was too polite to go digging around in the brainspace for helpful hints. Oops.
But this is what teamwork is all about, really. Having people who cover your blind spots and do what you can't or, possibly, won't.
Raph is keeping his rightful place as the careful outside layer of group hugging. What if family and friends... all in arms? This turtle dares to find out. It's also a handy spot to keep an eye out just in case atomizing Belos once was not enough. ]
[He's in the center of this little hug pile, just holding on to that last ninpotion he's got in his hand. But he's relieved, and that feeling is all around them. Relieved and grateful, though he'd never say it out loud right now.
(Even if he feels that little blip from Raph, trying to smooth it over with equal measures affection and reassurance. It's just how he copes, something horrible was just happening for countless days to him, he just has to process-)]
[ Atomizing Belos seems to have been enough; there's no sudden sneak attack or anything. Hunter laughs a little at hugging AND being hugged at the same time. ]
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[ Hunter will just hold onto Raph tightly and have his staff ready for flight if necessary. But mostly, he's hurrying to Leo's side to add into the hug. ]
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[ Boss fight: done. Mystic form: dismissed.
Hug time: now. However they get there. Small potatoes, they are Going To Get There.
(Hunter gets a bonus hair ruffle en route because Raph is very proud of him.) ]
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And then so is everyone else. He feels almost smothered by the affection after so long alone like that.
But that chirp has tears in his eyes. He chirps back. Found.
Leo finally lifts his head enough to look at them all, lingering on Raph. His first time really seeing his big brother himself since Raph arrived in Snek and even he can't quite hide the way his gaze lingers on that bad eye.]
You guys did it.
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[He's careful where his hands are, trying to avoid burns while holding him.] Potions. The potions are his Ninpo, it's why they're so strong.
[Because anything that helps is important.]
Wanted to be here sooner. I'm sorry.
But you're back now. [A pulse of relief, happiness.]
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He pulls out the potion he received. ]
We weren't going to leave you like this. I'm - I'm sorry I didn't realize sooner.
[ He offers the potion? ]
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That's future Raph's deal, though. Bigger orders of business right now.
Never has the twin brand chirping stuff been more of a relief to hear. ]
Some dumb game set our schedule back. [ Fishing out the potion he received to contribute to the potion pool. What if Leo got to be even slightly less tiny and severely wounded-looking actually. (Raph he is not tiny, you're just huge and sentimental.) ] You did good hangin' in there.
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[It's more of a quiet laugh, nothing super boisterous. But he takes both the potion bottles offered and sighs looking at them, feeling them pulse with his own ninpo, and the blue edges surrounding Donnie and Hunter.]
You guys found the stuff I put out. Good. [Gonna start downing one of them. The burn scars start gradually healing over with the first one.] I did what I could before he cut me off from everything.
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[But really, Donnie plans to stay right here, even if it puts him more in the center of the group hug than he usually wants. Nothing dangerous is coming near twin until everything is settled.]
You helped a lot. What do you need from us now?
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We found them. Yeah. Of course we did.
I'm glad you managed to do that.
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But this is what teamwork is all about, really. Having people who cover your blind spots and do what you can't or, possibly, won't.
Raph is keeping his rightful place as the careful outside layer of group hugging. What if family and friends... all in arms? This turtle dares to find out. It's also a handy spot to keep an eye out just in case atomizing Belos once was not enough. ]
Yeah, you did plenty.
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(Even if he feels that little blip from Raph, trying to smooth it over with equal measures affection and reassurance. It's just how he copes, something horrible was just happening for countless days to him, he just has to process-)]
And you guys did most of the work.
...It's.... Really good seeing you guys.
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It was a group effort. [Tell him he's wrong, Leo. TRY IT.]
[But...]
[He can feel it now. That lowkey anxiety that had refused to leave him for days finally unravels. This is Leo. Things are right again.]
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Are - are we ready to wake up then?