pt 2 but this one is mostly splinterās backstory
i totally havenāt been procrastinating this nonono
so last time we left off with splinter slowly learning that a lot of new york is actually smaller than you initially think . not physically , but like . when you find your community and you know the area it starts to feel that way
and since splinterās been taking a lot of the same jobs , heās started encountering a lot of the same people . namely , heās been working a lot with the rabbit yÅkai , Usagi Yojimbo
the first time they both worked the same job , splinter thought of usagi as stuck up , because heās just a very quiet guy . and usagi thought of splinter as cocky and full of himself , because he is
just to annoy him , because he knows it hurts his ego , usagi refuses to call him splinter , instead calling him yoshi . and splinter , trying to get back at him , calls him usa . issue is , usagi isnāt annoyed by the nickname at all , and low key thinks itās funny
but anyway , they eventually get pretty good at working together , and theyāre both generally less annoyed by the otherās presence
splinter ends up growing pretty fond of usa calling him yoshi , but ofc he would never tell him that . but he is the only person that he doesnāt correct
now , the thing about yÅkai is that a lot of them donāt want a human in the hidden city , which is understandable . but splinter is . annoyingly curious . even with usagi saying it isnāt a good idea , he still ends up sneaking in . splinter offers for usagi to come with him , but he just looks at him like ā why the hell would i associate w you while youāre sneaking into places you arenāt wanted ā so he ends up going in alone
after a while he gets pretty good at disguising himself or otherwise remaining unseen , and heās gotten a decent handle on the hidden city . him being a pretty egotistical guy and also not having gotten caught yet , heās also damn confident when it comes to interacting with the cityās residents even tho he knows heās not supposed to be there . a few times he even goes into stadiums to watch yÅkai fight
so at this point whenever heās not working heās hanging out in the hidden city ā pretty much just partying in a place where nobody knows him and nobody gets to know him . he also explores a lot of abandoned buildings
gonna have to make a part three holy mccow i didnāt think this would get so long lol