4th Problem Solved ☢ Donatello ☢ Video (fail!locked to Leo and Mike, OTA!) (Forward a few hours)

[thesmartbrother]

[Donatello does not look happy. And his bo is gripped in his hands.]

Which one of you messed with my coffee?

[Warning: that voice is way too soft. He didn't appreciate the two straight days of sleep.

Get to running, boys.]

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[Video]

[shysupersister]

...Someone messed with your coffee?

[Good for them! Also, surprise! Your private tab seems to be malfunctioning again, Don.]

[Video]

[thesmartbrother]

Someone switched it out for decaf.

[Twitch twitch.]

The private tab messed up, didn't it?

[Video]

[shysupersister]

You know... it might have been a good thing. Just so you could, you know... be a normal person and sleep. But now that you know, just change it back to the regular gunk.

[Nope, she still doesn't understand the appeal of coffee, or the "icky" taste.]

And yeah. That would be my guess.

[Video]

[thesmartbrother]

I don't need that much sleep! There's work to do! Not just schoolwork either--someone needs to work on the Mist!

[It's appealing because it can make you superhuman and replace your blood. How's that? >| ]

I hate these things.

[Video]

[shysupersister]

Work doesn't mean you skip sleep, Don. Your papers and tubes and stuff aren't going to get up and walk out of your room overnight. Besides, what happens if the Mist shows up and you're fighting insomnia? I mean... I don't know. It seems like a recipe for disaster.

[...So that's where Mom and Dad got their powers. And Uncle Lucius too. Right. Good to know.]

Yeaaah, they really need to be replaced.

[thesmartbrother]

[That's what she says now, but what if Andy's toys come along, hmm??] There are more important things than sleep! Especially when there's a mist crawling over the planet snatching people off the streets and stripping them of their memories!

[Yes, Vi. It's all coffee. Hook it up to an IV and you will be just as good as them.]

I'll say! You know what, I'll just hook up my cell to the network. At least that will be reliable.

[shysupersister]

[You won't have that problem. Toys are not instruments for research, Don. :| Unless you turned into that psycho!Don out in d_m.]

Yeah, and I guess you're going to do a whooole lot next time the Mist comes here and a caffeine crash happens at the wrong place and wrong time.

[...She'll pass. Needles and all.]

...You can do that?

[thesmartbrother]

[His secret's discovered! /whips out bo staff]

If I'm careful and time my intake, then that's all I'll need to do. If I work fast enough, we won't even have to worry about the Mist coming here.

Sure I can. It'd only take twenty minutes, max. I just never got around to it.

[shysupersister]

[WHIPS OUT.... WHIP CREAM. hell yeah.]

Don, the school's been here for how long and nothing's been found out? You're probably pushing yourself too hard. And to be perfectly frank, I don't like seeing you completely dependent on coffee. It's not healthy for one. And for another, I've never seen you so cranky before, and I know it's because of the caffeine.

Well, maybe now that you got some sleep and have no coffee, you can get around to it?

[thesmartbrother]

[/shoots for pun]

I've figured stuff like this out before. I'm just not working hard enough. And of course it's because of the caffeine--I haven't had any since Friday! I'd be perfectly fine if a couple shellheads didn't start messing with it! [Crank crank grump crank]

Yeah, not like I can do anything else when I'm trying to think through sludge.

[shysupersister]

[/Dead. There goes Don's chance of having a girlfriend. :|]

...You know what. You need to get out, calm down, get some fresh air, and detox.

I hear Traverse Town is pretty this time of year. I'll even go with you. I have to get Christmas cards to mail back home anyways.

[Did she just ask him out? Yes. But this is strictly friendship business. Don's an addict and she just wants to help. And get her shopping done.]

[thesmartbrother]

[Ah well he's the sexy turtle he'll find someone else :| ]

I'm not going to be very good company like this.

[Oblivious, thy name is Don. It doesn't even occur to him that this might count as asking out.]

[shysupersister]

[...POR-QUE, MARIA?!]

Doesn't matter. It'll do you good. If I can survive living with an exploding baby brother and one with super speed who's lifetime goal is to make me miserable, I think I can handle you.

[AS FRIENDS. Nothing more. Because that would be awkward and... awkward. And stuff.]

[thesmartbrother]

[GRUMBLING FOREVER but he's a total sucker so he'll fold]

Don't say I didn't warn you. [Grumble grumble grumble]

[shysupersister]

Good. I'll meet you outside your room in five?

[She just needs to comb out her hair and shrug on her winter wear.]

[thesmartbrother]

[GRUMBLE] Sure thing. I'll put on something. [He knows that Traverse Town is supposed to be accepting, but he's still wearing his usual heavy jacket, gloves, scarf, and hat get up.]