musubi | eighth breath ✧ action

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eighth breath ✧ action

[When he was fairly sure the sky was clear of falling trees, Isamu had made his way outside toward the edge of town. It was late, but of the things the teen feared, creatures that went bump in the night weren't part of them. He didn't tell anyone he was leaving. He just went.

Sometime later, he can be found dozing against a light post just at the town's edge. It probably isn't the safest place to be, but he's too tired to bother walking back to the apartment complex just yet. His journal is with him, but it's closed shut.

Just a few more minutes, and he'll start walking...]

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They build a nuclear reactor next to a pet shop or something?

[Okay, that deserves something a little more laugh-like.]

It's a long story. One that I've heard more times than I give a damn about.

If you really want it, I could recite it in my sleep.

There's not a summarized version?

When I tell it? You're gettin' the I Don't Really Give a Crap version. That good enough for you?

[Snerk.] I can deal with that.

One sec. [He tips his bottle and drains it, slamming the second dead solider down on the counter and gesturing for a third. Guy drinks like champ.]

So my bros and I, baby turtles, right? Guess some kid just bought us from the pet store, wasn't watchin' where he was goin', almost gets hit by a truck and winds up droppin' us down in the sewer.

Slow down, man. I'm not gonna try and keep up with you. [He's only about a third of the way through his first beer as it is.]

Sewer. Got it. Go on.

Not expectin' you to. You look like a lightweight anyways.

[Never chastise Raph for his drinking habits 8|]

Yeah, sewer. So in the truck there was this ooze. Mutagen, the stuff that turned us. It spilled down in the sewers and onto us.

My dad's just a regular rat passin' through, sees us and feels bad for us or somethin'. So he gathers us up and gets some of the stuff on himself.

Few days later, you got walkin', talkin' baby turtles and a rat.

I'm a lightweight at the moment, I'll tell you that.

Sounds like something out of a comic book. Random mutagen on a truck.

Ah, it's more complicated than that. There's aliens and shit, but like I said, I don't really give a crap. [He takes a long drink. Still working on that buzz, and just about there.]

Oh, of course. Simplicity only makes it boring.

[He takes a longer drink from his bottle that's nowhere near as long as Raph's and watches the turtle with an odd expression.] Isn't this kind of unhealthy for a ninja?

[He shrugs.] Gonna die early anyways. Might as well enjoy it while it lasts.

[Frowning.] What's that supposed to mean?

Whaddya think it means?

Turtles have a shorter lifespan or something? Explain.

Jeez, do I gotta spell it out for you? Means I'll prob'ly get killed in battle, numbskull.

That's what you mean? Kinda pessimistic, isn't it?

I thought death here wasn't permanent, anyway?

It's called bein' a realist. Just facin' the facts.

[He takes another swallow.]

It ain't permanent here, yeah, but back home we don't got that luxury. We all gotta go back sometime.

Maybe. Fact is you aren't there now.

[He sighs.] I can't lecture you. But you're my Sensei, so I have some vested interest in your well-being.

[He snorts bitterly.]

Don't worry about me, man. It ain't worth it.

Fuck that, man.

I've got a tattooed idiot from my world that frets if he doesn't hear from me for two hours straight. You think I'm worth that shit?

I'll worry about whoever I want.

Sounds like my brothers. [He shakes his head, staring blankly across the bar.]

Guess no matter where ya go you can't get away.

Heh. Guess not.

[A thoughtful pause.] Is it so bad?

What?

Having people worry about you.

It's annoying sometimes, but it's still a good thing, right?

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