[IC] [Snek] Continuations

[pyrighteous]

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[neonleon]

[Watches that approach, but groans at the voice.]

Cannot begin to think about what you mean.

[pyrighteous]

[ A soft laugh. ]

I'm only here to talk. You've cut me off rather soundly from my monstrous form.

[neonleon]

Yeah? Good. Not gonna lie, it was pretty gross.

[pyrighteous]

It was, in fact, pretty gross. I hardly enjoy being like that.

[neonleon]

Then maybe don't do it? How hard is that.

[pyrighteous]

Alas. A side effect of my condition. Hardly intentional.

[ He glides forward a bit, staring up at the chamber they're in. ]

[neonleon]

[It's still the same empty dimensional space Leonardo was trapped in before the temple so. Plenty of space to move and stretch, almost infinitely even.]

You should get a doctor to look at it then.

[pyrighteous]

[ Another soft laugh. ]

Oh? Do you have a recommendation?

[neonleon]

Evil sentient goop from the dinosaur age isn't my specialty. You'll have to bug someone else for that.

[Still just looking out at everything. The debris, the explosion of the Technodrome half frozen in time.]

So what do you want?

[pyrighteous]

[ Belos drifts over to sit next to him. Also taking in that scenery. ]

Is it so hard to believe that I simply want to talk?

[neonleon]

Well you possessed Hunter, said a lot of crap about him not being a "real" person [air quotes and all] because you made him, fought and hurt a lot of his friends, take your pick of why I'd have trouble believing you just want to talk.

[pyrighteous]

Hunter's not here right now.

[ He tilts his head. ]

Are you ... jealous of him?

[neonleon]

Why would I be jealous of him?

[pyrighteous]

Well. No reason, really. He is a pale imitation. But that's beside the point.

I was more referring to the fact that he's replaced you.

[neonleon]

He has not replaced me. You don't know what you're talking about.

[pyrighteous]

Of course. You know your brother better than I do. The fact that he's attached to ... Hunter in such a short amount of time means nothing. Your brother is quite the personable type, after all.

[neonleon]

[He's not. Donnie is not nearly as personable as Leonardo or Mikey are, even Raph can usually fare better. Belos can feel those thoughts as they drift by.]

When someone clicks, he warms up fast.

[Not helped by the fact Donnie is desperate for not only friends in his interests his own age, but of authority figure that can compliment him as well.]

[pyrighteous]

[ Belos ... smiles just a little, seeing those thoughts. Unsurprised. ]

Mm, of course. And Shirou?

[neonleon]

No idea. Haven't spent much time with the guy.

[pyrighteous]

So ... a copy and someone you barely know. Both suddenly a part of the family.

[neonleon]

I'm gonna point out again, he was here for a little bit before me alone.

[But what can he do? After April, they all agreed to a full round-table brother interview process to see if anyone else could be the same level as April.]

[pyrighteous]

Right, right. And that was all the time it took to start replacing you.

[neonleon]

Dude, you are obsessed with the replacement thing. What gives?

[But it's there, the thought and words digging under his skin, like the unpleasant feeling of scratching at a scab.]

[pyrighteous]

[ He arches a brow. ]

Do you really want to hear my story, Leonardo? It's hardly relevant.

[neonleon]

Not really.

I just wanna know why you're insistent that he's replacing me.