Fourth Floor Common Room, Monday Evening

[halfshell_hero]

The problem with being a turtle who owned a giant mascot head and also made a living with it was that every now and again, one had to practice. Rehearsal, really

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[the_merriest]

Rikku peered in uncertainly, and then broke into a huge grin. "Mikey!?!"

He was about to get tackleglomped in a major sort of way, unless he used his ninja evasion skills.

[halfshell_hero]

Mikey was used to surviving tackleglompings while he was wearing his giant head. It was his job, after all.

"Dudette!!!" The head was coming off. He had co-tackleglompings to deliver, here. "How you been, Rikku!?"

[the_merriest]

"You're back!" she bounced. "I didn't know you were coming back! You've been gone for ages! How are you!?!?"

[halfshell_hero]

Mikey was all about the bouncing, too!

"I'm totally back! Kinda broke the t.v. at home. Uh. Again? So Splinter sent me back here to work off some excess energy, or something." He scratched his head thoughtfully, then shrugged. "How've you been, dudette?! It's been, like, totally forever and stuff!"

[the_merriest]

"It's been ... a long time," Rikku said, and her smile got a little sad at that. "You, uh. H-how's your ... new roommate?"

[halfshell_hero]

"Sky? He's all... kinda serious, you know? Like my bro, Leo." Mikey's own smile wavered for a moment, there. "Kinda miss him, you know. And Jude-dude. Everything's all different here, now. It's totally good to see a familiar face, though."

[the_merriest]

"Jude left," she said softly. "His mom got real sick. It was a few weeks after you left. He's ... said he's probably ... not coming back."

Rikku's toes were fascinating.

[halfshell_hero]

Mikey's toes were also really cool.

"Bummer..."

[the_merriest]

Rikku shrugged, half-heartedly. "It's. You know. Things happen. I guess."

Wow, not awkward at all. She smiled hesitantly. "I'm ... glad you're back?"

[halfshell_hero]

"It's, uh, totally good to be back?" Mikey's own smile was perhaps a little hesitant as well. "Stuff's all different, but Fandom's Fandom, right?"

[the_merriest]

"You bet," she said, her own smile more confident. "New students just means new friends, and there are classes, and there are at least two of us cool people who truly appreciate the color orange. So it can't be all bad, right?"

[halfshell_hero]

Michelangelo couldn't help but resume grinning at that.

"Dudette, we totally gotta find out what the V.P. would think of Cowabunga Carl sometime." He held up the foamy turtle head with a grin.

[the_merriest]

Rikku grinned. "You know how long it's been since we had a naked mutiny?"

[halfshell_hero]

Mikey bounced! "You know I'm always totally prepared for the naked part!" He tapped his head thoughtfully. "I wonder what Hades would do if we all stood in his office and sang happy birthday songs at him until his hair went red? I mean, I totally don't know what his birthday is, but if we tell him we're gonna sing one song for every year he's been around, we've gotta hit his actual birth date eventually, you know?"

Mikey was getting into the swing of Fandom High again already!

"Bonus points if there are sandwich boards. That say, like, 'Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's Eternal,' on 'em."

[the_merriest]

"Oh my gosh, that sounds amazing." Rikku gaped at him. "We need a cake! With things he hates on it! We need to announce it and throw him a surprise party! We'll just pick a day! Right!? Pretend to be really hurt when he gets pissed!"

[halfshell_hero]

"Bring confetti! And more silly string! He totally loves the silly string, I think. In bright pink. And orange, of course. We can say it's to match his pretty hair whenever he sees us, or something."

Michelangelo was going to bounce high enough to put a hole in the ceiling in a moment, here.