III: The Good, The Bad, and the Chucker | [Action | Voice | Video | Everything]

[the_mikester]

[Mike's had a pretty rough time of it in Luceti so far. His brother turned out to be gay and dating a weird guy with no chi. His other brother is in love with a pretty hot chick who apparently likes it rough. His third brother... well, his third brother's the same as he's always been, actually, as is his father. But one of their most hated enemies

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[honorthecode]

[And Leo's peering into the kitchen at all the stacked up cakes. His tones disapproving.]

Mikey. Didn't Master Splinter talk to you about limiting the sweets you make?

Obviously I need more cooking icons. Too bad they almost never show it.

[the_mikester]

[Mike's voice is distracted, and it's easy to see why. While a few cakes are in the oven, he's busy stacking a few others on top of each other and seeing how well they balance.]

Theses aren't for us.

Not just us, anyway.

Damn lazy animators. They only really show Mikey cooking and ine one ep.

[honorthecode]

[He'll frown at that.]

For who then?

[the_mikester]

For the guests.

[Mike takes out a rather long serrated knife and starts cutting away pieces of the cake tower, frowning at it and turning it to different angles as he works. He looks like he's trimming bonsai, and he's very focused on what he's doing.]

My birthday was four days ago.

[Same Filter]

[no_use_running]

Mm. I'd like that very much.

[She'd had a couple birthday parties with the senshi girls back home, when they were younger, but it's been awhile and those were her first ever. It's still a novelty to be invited.]

[Same Filter]

[the_mikester]

[Mike's never had a birthday party with guests that weren't related to him (this does include Casey and April). So it's a novelty to be inviting.]

Great!

Re: [Same Filter]

[no_use_running]

I'll have to think hard about what you'd like as a gift.

[Same Filter]

[the_mikester]

You don't have to do that.

[Why does he feel the need to be so formal around you? Formal for Mike, anyway.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don can be found sitting in his room, staring at his journal as though any minute now it will dispense the secret to Life, the Universe, and Everything. Try to get his attention?]

[the_mikester]

[Mike knocks on the open door, hoping to get your attention. He's smiling, but it's slightly awkward. Circumstances have required him to act normal with you (dealing with a crisis is normal) but in the end he's never talked to you about being mad at you.]

Hey, Donnie, can I ask you a favor?

[i_speak_softly]

[Mike gets one of those patented Donatello Delayed Reactions, in which Don responds perfectly normally, only thirty seconds later than might be considered usual.]

What's up?

[the_mikester]

I need your help filtering something.

[Acting normal should do the trick, right? Including asking you to do things for him.]

[Filtered]

[crytearsofjoy]

Sure, should I bring something?

[Filtered]

[the_mikester]

You don't have to.

[Please bring me presents!]

[Filtered]

[crytearsofjoy]

But it's your birthday. I could make something?

[Filtered]

[the_mikester]

If you want to...

[voice; filtered]

[the_mikester]

You don't have to do that. [Though he'd looooove to get presents. But he does know how to be polite.] I just think it'll be cool to have everyone there.

[voice; filtered]

[the_mikester]

It'll be wonderful because it's my birthday! I'm 19 now! And we're going to have cake, and watch a movie- oh, you'll like this one, I hope, it's the one I told you about, Forbidden Planet.

[Can you tell he's excited?]