It's important to be accurate

My name is Donatello but my friends call me Donnie. Sometimes I tinker with machines with mix results. Sometimes I kick ass with nothing but a stick and my brains. So far all results point to me being the brainiest ninja. Oh and I'm a turtle of the mutant variety. ((M!A Status: N/A)) ((Human FC = Suda Masaki))

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Aftermath || Closed - PurpleTinkerTurtle

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The sound of his laugh was bracing for April. It made her smile a little more real and a little less forced; it lit something in her eyes that, lately, she was starting to think she’d lost entirely. Affectionately, she elbowed her friend, settling in beside him as if that were the only place she ever wanted to be.

"That’s not something we’ve done a lot of lately, huh? Talk, I mean." Her nose scrunched in thought. "Without something blowing up or someone trying to kill us or some shadowy stranger appearing out of no where to reveal my twist origins. We should work on that. Like friends do."

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Don couldn't help but smile more as he saw April's eyes light up, playfully nudging her back while still laughing. "I guess we've both been so busy between your school and my experiments." Donnie shrugged before bringing a finger to his chin as he thought for a moment. "I should probably be more alarmed those events sound like something out of a comic book." He chuckled nervously, then nudged her again. "Friends." He muttered. He wasn't sure if he was reassuring himself or reminding himself of that fact. Or if it made him sad or happy or both. Either way it wasn't the worst thing that could happen.

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Aftermath || Closed - PurpleTinkerTurtle

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April almost wanted to laugh. It was absurd, but she did. The stutter, the sudden awkwardness, listening to him scramble for something he knew enough about to anchor himself - it was so hilariously out of place, so poorly timed. It was equal parts comforting, exasperating and something nearing hilarious. “Not everything can be explained through a ninjutsu analogy, Don,” she murmured. Her voice was throaty, heavy with emotion as she struggled to recollect herself.

She should have pulled away. There was only so much time that could be considered acceptable for a friendly, bracing hug, and they were long past that, April realized. But she couldn’t. She didn’t want to. Every fiber of her being screamed out for contact, for sheltering arms and someone to tell her it would be okay; that these were things she couldn’t allow herself to have anymore made it all the worse. So she stayed like that as the moments ticked by, savoring it, memorizing it, telling herself one shot at weakness was all she got. When she pulled away, she had to be strong again. She had to have it together. No more running away, no more crying alone on the rooftops. Just a few seconds more. 3, 2, 1…

Reluctantly, she broke the embrace, features arranged in a sort of grim determination. She hoped her smile seemed strong and certain, and not as frail as it felt.

"You didn’t have to come find me," she said at last.

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Don burst out laughing at April's reply. "And that's when I use scientific analogies."  He grinned at her. He enjoyed the silent warmth of her body against his, sure she would pull away at any moment. Yet she lingered longer than expected which made Donnie curious but he didn't dare open his mouth to ruin the moment. He felt his racing heart skip a beat when she pulled away before plummeting. 

He mirrored her smile in spite of him self and rubbed the back of his head. "I wanted to." He chuckled. Eyes darting away for a moment. "Talk, I mean, to you. Like friends do." 

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((also I may have started an Irma blog but I haven't written anything for it haha))

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((Hey if I owe you and you wanna continue our old rp please let me know. If you want to start an RP talk to me.

I reserve the right to say no or I may be slow to respond due to Uni just FYI.))

[dglari]

Raph: Is that supposed to be April?

Donnie: Nice jumpsuit. <3

…

One of the greatest moments in animation history.

[donniestongue]

THIS IS SO COWABUNG-KASHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[double-m-b]

If this is the only cameo, I’m a little upset

[mighty-mutants]

Some moments from wormquake

[curlyfruity]

i cracked up at this

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Aftermath || Closed - PurpleTinkerTurtle

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Guilt prickled along the back of April’s spine. Sometimes it was easy to forget that hers wasn’t the only life in disarray. The boys were so resolute and had always been exactly as they were, in April’s mind. She knew, logically, that they had as much to cope with as she did, if not as much loss.  Sometimes she just.. lost the forest through the trees.

Against her better judgement, April pushed away her misgivings and leaned into Donatello’s form. Her face came to rest in the valley between his neck and shoulder, and when he squeezed her hand, April squeezed back, struggling to say everything she couldn’t put words to. I’m sorry, she was saying. I know and I’m sorry. I’m here. No matter what you say, no matter what you do, I’m here, and I’m sorry.

"We’ll get through it together, I guess," were the only words she actually could summon up, and they were spoken in a heavy whisper against his skin. "One thing at a time, right Donnie?"

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Don felt his heart skip a beat as April's weight rested against him. Her hand squeezing his and he felt his face flushing. "T-Together." He stuttered. "E-Exactly, it's like learning ninjutsu, you master the basics then move onto the more complicated stuff, if you fall you just get up and try again." He laughed nervously as he blabbered on. This felt nice he just wished his heart would stop racing. He could smell her hair, she was that close.  However in this moment as his eyes darted from her face to the skyline, all his fears of her leaving him for being a freak seemed to ebb away. Together, always, they'd get through this just like everything else since Donatello had come to the surface.

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((Apologies but this blog updates are gonna be sporadic cause I'm at Uni now and I've had some OTHER personal life stuff going on that have kinda kept me away.))

[ixkaname]

ペンタブ ちょっと 死ん で た 時 に かい た. そろそろ 寿命 だろ う なあ この ペン

[elizabethhamato]

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Aftermath || Closed - PurpleTinkerTurtle

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April nodded, eyes fixed resolutely on some distant point, unwavering. Her cheeks still shone with faint wetness. It wasn’t fair to Donnie, she knew - it didn’t feel right to dump this at anyone’s feet, and she didn’t want him seeing her this way besides. He treated her like she was perfect. This wreck of a mutant, perfect. It could be infuriating, but in the same breath, it scared her half to death. Who could live up to that? What would happen the day he figured out how wrong he was?

But he had come looking for her. He had asked for this, and April was beyond sense or reason. In that moment, she simply didn’t care.

"Do you think it hurt?" she asked. Against her will, her voice began to crack and falter. ‘Do you think she suffered? I never knew her. It’s hard to miss what you don’t have, but I never…" she swallowed hard, hugging herself tighter. "I never thought about…"

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April still stared off at something on the skyline, he noticed her face wet and shiny from tears. He wanted to wipe them away. To take that and the pain away. What was she looking at? The greatness of the heavens to distract her from pain? Something beyond Donatello. Who or what was she thinking about?

Then came more questions and April's usual strong confident voice cracking. Don then put his arm around her at the sound of that. "Possibly." Don answered quickly. Knowing the Kraang, probably. "It's difficult for me to tell when I don't know the scientific process involved. Alien tech and all." He realized he was blabbering from nervousness and let out a weak chuckle. "Hey, it's not your fault." His hand squeezing her gently as she hugged herself together. "I don't think about Tang Shen that much either but technically she would have been my mother..."

He knew it wasn't the same but he hoped it would help somehow.

[maddcactus-art]

Ta-daaa~

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Aftermath || Closed - PurpleTinkerTurtle

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April nodded, eyes fixed resolutely on some distant point, unwavering. Her cheeks still shone with faint wetness. It wasn’t fair to Donnie, she knew - it didn’t feel right to dump this at anyone’s feet, and she didn’t want him seeing her this way besides. He treated her like she was perfect. This wreck of a mutant, perfect. It could be infuriating, but in the same breath, it scared her half to death. Who could live up to that? What would happen the day he figured out how wrong he was?

But he had come looking for her. He had asked for this, and April was beyond sense or reason. In that moment, she simply didn’t care.

"Do you think it hurt?" she asked. Against her will, her voice began to crack and falter. ‘Do you think she suffered? I never knew her. It’s hard to miss what you don’t have, but I never…" she swallowed hard, hugging herself tighter. "I never thought about…"

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April wasn't looking at him. Did she find him disgusting? A disgusting mutated freak. He shook his head and looked down at the cars for a moment. Her face all wet and he wanted to wipe away her tears and tell her it was okay. As her voice broke he instinctively reached towards her, hesitating for a moment then gently putting his arm over her shoulder and around her. 

"Hurt? Possibly." Knowing the Kraang it probably did, the didn't seem to care about bioethics or anaesthetic. He squeezed  her shoulder. "Difficult for me to know for sure what they did with alien science..." Shuffling closer to her again. "Hey, you know what they did to her wasn't your fault, right? If it wasn't your Mother it would have been someone else's." He forced himself to smile.

[wannabemechanicc-deactivated201]

Yeah. It was pretty rude.

And I’m not saying I have it bad, but what exactly are you referring to? Give me an example. 

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Well a lot of things. Let's just say I've had a run in with a giant alligator and I've had to disarm a bomb. 

Lucky for me I'm pretty good with technology.

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Work all day doing what? Repairing cars? Or are you really just a wannabe mechanic who can’t even read a few books on cars?

[wannabemechanicc-deactivated201]

What I do is none of your business, thank you very much. Reading books on cars is all I do, actually, when I’m not trying to pay my rent. I’m sure that’s not an issue you have to deal with, right? 

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Sorry...that was rude of me. I deal with much worse actually, you'd never believe me even if I told you.