7th Kata [Action/Timed to earlier today.]

[honorthecode]

[After recovering from the kidnapping affect, finding out Splinter is gone. Plus the madness of the last couple of days with the moon coming down and all. Waking up to everything normal is surreal. He, Robert and Don will head back to House 55 for a while, getting things somewhat settled, even if they're still getting over Splinter being gone. Leo'

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Late-ass reply because I fail /o/

[semper_cogitans]

[At some point, the turtles will probably return home, to Robert in the kitchen, acting every part the duitful house-husband-of-a-sort.

He's trying his best to make the place seem a little cheerier than usual, or at least... not entirely traumatizing, though with the season, the holiday in question that's supposed to be going on at this time, and the general melancholy of the family, he has his work cut out for him.

Still, it hasn't stopped him from trying, and he offers his housemates a soft smile when he sees them.]

... Did everything go well, I hope?

EVEN LATER CAUSE I FAIL WORSE

[honorthecode]

Yup, we got the nicest we could find.

[Yup, they'll be arriving back at the house, finally, sometime in the afternoon. They probably brought the supplies back earlier? But now they're dragging in pumpkins. All roundish and orangey. Though they're not perfect of course.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don puts a small, symmetrical pumpkin on the counter, and beams at Robert. For you!]

And that was me being too dumb to realize I didn't pin the thread

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert looks approvingly at the pumpkins, particularly at the symmetrical one. It's almost eerily perfect!]

I am glad... [And the turtles don't look any worse for wear, either.]

... Thank you for finding one for me too.

[honorthecode]

[Leo will find a place to set his down too.]

Why wouldn't we?

[It wouldn't be right to leave Robert out of it. Even if he's never done it before.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don waves this off, and gets some water for himself and for Leo.]

Do you want to carve them now?

[semper_cogitans]

It may be best. [... It'd be something to take their minds off of... well, everything. And it's not like the kitchen isn't clean!]

Do we have the proper utensils, though?

[honorthecode]

All we need is knives and spoons. Big spoons. [Though for a couple of years they did use their weapons, but let's not mention that.] What do we have to cover where we're carving?

[Because Leo doesn't want to be cleaning up pumpkin gut stains. Not to mention Robert probably doesn't want to either.]

Don't think we have any newspaper.

[i_speak_softly]

Last year we used the camping tarp. [And he'll head off to go find it.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Meanwhile, Robert makes a point of collecting effective carving knives, spoons and similar utensils, taking care to gather them together and position them on the table with more delicacy than is necessary for the task.

This is a custom he's still largely unfamiliar with. Though pumpkins are not unknown to Terrans, this custom is something that has survived only in the vaguest remnants.]

[honorthecode]

[Leo will go to clear off the table, in case there's anything on it.]

Hm, should probably find a pencil, or marker or something. Unless we want to freehand it.

[i_speak_softly]

[Don returns with the tarp, and spreads it over the table.]

Usually I'm in favor of planning things in advance, but when it comes to pumpkin-carving I think it's overrated.

[semper_cogitans]

[Robert would be the type of person to do things in advance, but he's not exactly an artistic sort of person.]

... Well, I suppose it depends on the... exact pattern we wanted.

[honorthecode]

Well, having some ideas of what you want to do, isn't a bad thing either.

[He'll help spread the tarp, and then move the pumpkins onto the table top.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Ignoring the kitchen knives, Don draws his handy dagger and goes at his pumpkin with it. Orange pulp will soon be flying.]

[semper_cogitans]

[Meanwhile, Robert peruses his almost-perfectly-symmetrical pumpkin, before taking a small knife and beginning to mechanically slice into the top, in an almost-perfect circle. The first thing to do is clean it, after all!]