Leonardo

Leo made a a hasty exit from the slightly awkward situation between Splinter and Sallie. That is a conversation they need to have, and he would only be a hindrance, not a help.

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Leo cautiously sticks his head out of the magical doorway. It's a dark kitchen pantry. The only threat he can see is a basket of apples he might trip over if he doesn't pay attention.

Without closing the portal, Leo shoves the pantry door open. He knows this kitchen!

"Well. That worked." What a nice surprise!

Letting the portal shut behind him, Leo makes his way through the deserted tavern kitchen. He "borrows" a dark cloak hanging by the kitchen door, throwing it over his shoulders as he enters the main tavern.

"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII--"

Leonardo does not make a habit of cursing.

Shouting expletives when someone has left a bucket of pudding above your door that proceeds to fall on your head just leads down the path to more shouting expletives (and worse than pudding).

"--IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

But, he thinks he can make an exception here.




Right, still falling.








Still falling.








Well.

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This is not at all what he expected the inside of the Lost and Found box would be like. Honestly, he had not really thought what the inside of the box would look like. He didn't lose things often, and therefore, had not thought about the existence of the box beyond a few jokes from his brothers. Really, he should learn to stop doing that. As soon as he gets home, he should make a list of things he should think about the inside of, how to escape the inside of, and how not to fall into/be trapped in the inside of that he would not normally ever think about the inside of.



...well, that was a good diversion.



Still falling.

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The inside of the Lost and Found box is... well, there isn't really an "inside", as far as Leo can figure out. It is just a big, black void.

Well, that isn't true. It is a big, black void, but there are things floating in the void. Sometimes falling with him for a period of time, sometimes he rushes straight past them and only has a vague impression of a red police box or a saucer shaped craft. He swore he saw a giant, green vine growing out of the void at one point.

Swords and guns like to fall with him for the longest time, he has observed. It was hard not to reach out and touch a shining long sword that gave off an aura of purity, but he held himself at bay. Who knows what destiny he would find himself chained to, if he did that. Don would be sad to have miss the giant mechbot (it waved good by when Leo finally sped past).

The cat was the strangest thing. It was a fat tabby with mismatched eyes. It would appear and disappear, sometimes sleeping peacefully on a falling chair, other times leaping from one side of the void to the other, glaring at Leo the entire time. At one point, it sat on a falling dressing table, glaring at him for what he was sure for hours. Then, it jumped into the void and he had not seen it since.

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The giant purple glowing mushrooms were not something he wished to experience again. Leo rubs at his arms and still thinks there might be some of the glowing fungus might be still on him.

Ug. Things he has discovered: astral katanas can cut giant, purple glowing mushrooms just as well as real ones. Good thing to add to the list of "important facts to remember when inside of things you do not normally plan to be inside of". That would be #182.

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He hates mad hatters.

He is friends with Miyamoto Usagi, so he knows he only hates that particular rabbit.

Really, though, he hates mad hatters.

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Leo is not entirely sure how long he has been falling, but it has been a Long Period Of Time.

He has added a few new things to his "important facts to remember when inside of things you do not normally plan to be inside of" list.

#196: Don't pet the cat, no matter how much it bothers you to pet it.

#208: Do not talk to the potato.

#217: Robots are people, too. Always be polite.

#218: Except when they have rocket launchers.

#219: Or nuclear warheads.

#231: If it has a giant sign on it that says "drink me", DON'T DRINK IT. No matter how much the teapot might yell at you.

#263: Talking teapots are bastards.

#265: Talking furniture are also bastards.

#266: So are beachballs that won't stop smacking him.

#289: Do not answer riddles form purple ocelots. They are not just making conversation.

#291: Orange ocelots are just as frustrating as purple ones.

#301: It's always poison, never tea.

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One moment, he was in the void, as he had been for... he doesn't know for how long, to be honest.

Suddenly, there was a grey, washed out sky and he was falling with a sense of gravity.

"CRA--"

And Leonardo crash lands, face first into hard (actual real ) dirt.

The beachball bounces off the top of his head and lands next to him.

Leo is sitting at the corner of the bar, looking thoughtfully into tea (hoij cha, his favorite), and entirely ignoring his newspaper.

Leo breaks the surface of the lake with a great heave of water. He lets out a bit of a laugh to himself and pushes his hair out of his eyes.

New York is New York. Unless he wants to mutant himself even more by taking a dip in the Hudson, Milliways it is if he wants a dip in fresh water outside of heading back out to Yonkers. Really, he shouldn't go out for evening dives in the lake. Somehow, he always meets the oddest people.

But, it is such a lovely night!

He wades back to shore toward his shirt and carefully wrapped swords, shaking out his hair as he goes.

Leo is in Milliways and up on the roof before he can collect his thoughts. And with his super secret ninja senses tingling (really, his older brother radar and Raph's inability to hide traps well), he makes his way along the edge of the roof and to the tent. He is polite. He knocks before he opens the door and comes right in.

Leo is awake.



Leo is not pleased.



Leo might just start referring to himself in the third person.



Mike is a good brother that brings food. He will not Die. Raph is a bad brother that locks older brothers in cells for worrying about his safety. He will Die.



Leo decides now is a good time to get out that candle Mike slipped him. Lilac always did strive his urge to kill.