002 action - Backdated to the 14th

[wears_a_torc]

[Knuckles browsed though the bookshelves in the library, the guide had said he probably wouldn't find my information here, but he was going to try anyway. The few people he'd met seem to expect him to take what was writing in the guide as fact. But Knuckles couldn't not check, just like he couldn't pretend his time here was a “vacation” like

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[ninjacane]

[Knuckles is not the only one that's taking everything said for granted. Splinter may not be as knowledge-driven as his son Donatello, but he still has his moments. Such as now, with his son missing.

Unfortunately, he doesn't seem to be finding much about Luceti, and is getting obviously frustrated as he flips through a book he had previously thought might be promising. He's frowning, making an irritated little noise at the back of his his throat every now and then.

He notices Knuckles out of the corner of his eye, but doesn't speak to him. While it's odd to have a larger group of nonhumans here, he's too focused to acknowledge him.

At least, not until he's gotten closer to Knuckles and finds a book of interest next to him. He speaks just before he grabs the book:]

Pardon my intrusion.

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[ninjacane]

[Yes, at worse Splinter would just have to search the entire library by himself.]

I have already examined three rows in the opposite direction. If we were to finish this row and then turn around in opposite directions, we can make quicker work of the library.

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[wears_a_torc]

[Knuckles ponders this.]

Well that would save time...

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[ninjacane]

It would indeed be more efficient.

[Splinter is obviously already pondering this.]

Would you be interested in such a thing?

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[wears_a_torc]

...Well if we're going to be working together I guess I should Introduce myself.

[There's a pause before Knuckles, still standing on the stool, offers the rat his hand to shake.]

The name's Knuckles.

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[ninjacane]

[Interesting name. ... and fitting, oddly enough. Splinter blinks slightly at the offered hand, then raises his own to take it.]

I am Hamato Splinter.

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[wears_a_torc]

Hamato. [He'll be sure to remember that name.] Are you from Mobius too?

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[ninjacane]

No, I am from Earth.

[He then pauses for a moment, then decides to correct Knuckles.]

... My given name is Splinter. Hamato is my family name.

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[wears_a_torc]

[Earth? Knuckles was sure he'd heard...oh yes that was the other planet that Robotnik had been draining energy from. But...]

...I thought only Humans lived on earth?

Oh. [What did you say your name backwards for?] Is saying your family name first an Earth thing?

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[ninjacane]

My sons and I are mostly unknown to humans. [And Splinter says that with a bit of finality, saying that's enough for that part of the conversation.]

No, it is a Japanese thing. It depends on what part of Earth you are from.

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[wears_a_torc]

Oh? [Knuckles won't push, there was a time when he was unknown to anyone.]

And Japanese is a place on earth?

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[ninjacane]

[Splinter nods, looking back to search for another book.]

Japan is. Those that are from Japan are called "Japanese".