purplexing: (reluctant)
Donatello Hamato ([personal profile] purplexing) wrote in [community profile] metalogs2023-05-09 11:02 am

[Closed] Water, Water, Everywhere

Who: Donnie [personal profile] purplexing and Leo [personal profile] faceguy
What: Two idiots skulking around the sewers during the torrential downpour
When: Eeearly May?
Where: Somewhere under Central City
Content Warnings: N/A


Donnie might be forced to admit that this is not one of his better ideas.

Rain's usually never a problem, but while even New York saw its share of storms, they'd never been anything compared to this.

The waterways below the city streets flowed like rivers, the sound of it trickling and at times pouring through grates. It masked anything else, which Donnie had figured to be both a boon and a liability. But so far he hadn't come across anyone else down in the sewers, and he doubted most would be inclined to roam them during a storm.

Things have more or less been within reasonable expectations, and for someone who had lived in the sewers all his life, he hasn't worried too much about a little extra rain.

There's this niggling feeling that maybe he should check in with Leo, or head back up, but Donnie's always been stubborn about things and when it comes to focus on a task at hand, then there's not much he allows to get in the way of its completion. Recent talks have only spurred him to spend longer scoping out possible spaces to set up a new lair and he doesn't want to put it off just because of a storm.
faceguy: (gave 'em all a real good scare)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-16 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
This time Leo does catch his arm, the portal snapping closed just behind him. He grips Donnie back and throws out his free arm to wrap his hand around the bar of the ladder, wincing at the bite of the cold, wet metal on his skin.

But he has it. Finally.

“Go up!” he says to Donnie. He has no idea where this will come out at, but it has to be better than here.
faceguy: (im the man)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-17 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Leo climbs up as fast as he can behind Donnie, scrambling out of the manhole with the last of his adrenaline. Then he collapses right on the ground next to Donnie, panting from exertion.

“Well… that was… a wash.”

It’s a struggle to get that many words out right this second, but he had to.

He summons enough energy to give Donnie’s arm a light pat. It’s as much to reassure Leo that he’s there and okay as it is an attempt to comfort Donnie.
faceguy: (with the Ritalin kids)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-17 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If Donnie is alive enough to groan at his jokes then he’ll be fine.

Leo rolls up into a sitting position, pulling one leg to his chest so he can lean on his knee. From here he can just see the water in the sewer through the open manhole.

“…I don’t remember a sewer flood like that back home,” he says between pants. “Do you… think that’s normal?”

The water is still raging down there.
faceguy: (your beautiful voice)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-17 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Do more cardio, bro.

“It’s never rained like this, but… not long after I first got here, it got… super cold.” He shivers like the memory of it alone is chilling him, although it’s not like he’s very warm at the moment anyway. “I know New York winters can be tough but it was worse than that. Like, hurt to go outside worse.”

Their human DNA may regulate their temperature better than a normal turtle, but it still wasn’t pleasant for Leo to experience.

“Maybe they just get extreme weather like this…”

Man. He wants to take a nap.
faceguy: (i guess this just)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-17 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
“Actually for me it would be brumation!”

See, he knows things sometimes! Though he mainly knows this because he read up after wanting to know why the cold makes him so sleepy.

“Ugh, you’re right… I bet summer will be bad, too.” He gives an exaggerated sigh, sinking even further down on his knee. “Maybe we can just run off to the beach or something…”
faceguy: (got kinda drastic)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-18 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Once Donnie sits up, Leo shifts a bit closer. He knows Donnie likes his personal space but he's cold and wet and instinctively driven to huddle.

"A lake day would be pretty cool, actually. We've never done that before."

Maybe they could even take a whole trip. Pitch a tent and swim in the lake and roast marshmallows over the fire and other camping things. That sounds fun, actually.

(Leo realizes he's thinking about summer plans here, but tries not to dwell on it too long.)
faceguy: (these are desperate measures)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-18 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
As soon as Donnie leans, Leo throws an arm around his shoulder and settles in against him, watching through tired eyes as he pulls up his holo-screen.

He puts their normal, not survival related camping trip plans on hold and focuses on this new question.

“We got swept pretty far away… I don’t recognize these warehouses.”
Edited 2023-05-18 05:33 (UTC)
faceguy: (i guess this just)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-18 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)
“That’s definitely a good thing. I don’t want to know who owns these warehouses.”

If it’s thugs with guns, he’s not up for that right now.

He takes a look at the map, searching for anything he recognizes… and… ah…

“I think we can get on the subway there,” he points to a spot a couple blocks down, “And ride it one stop… and then we’d be… close.”

He has no enthusiasm here.
faceguy: (i've been pushing for this for so long)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-18 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Leo just hums in response. It's not the best, but it's an option.

Other options would be better, though...

After a minute of watching Donnie scroll, he speaks up again.

"What if we just, like... got an Uber?"

He's only half-joking.
faceguy: (with the Ritalin kids)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-19 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Shoot, that's a good point. Not a lot of people out driving in this storm, especially with how weird Central has been recently...

"Works for me," he says, and then proceeds to not move at all. His limbs still feel rubbery, so give him another few minutes.

"Man... if Raph were here we could just bug him for a piggyback ride."

Then again if Raph were here they'd be grounded for the next year.
faceguy: (hey kids)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-19 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, Leo didn’t mean to cause that, though he should have expected it.

“Maybe we can bug Huvrye for a ride,” he says to break that line of thought. “He’s tall and strong and has wings, might as well use them for something.”

Though that would involve admitting how the ended up here in the first place.
faceguy: (choose)

[personal profile] faceguy 2023-05-20 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
That's probably true... Leo doesn't spend a lot of time flying like Donnie does, but just from jumping across rooftops he knows that water drops hitting your face at high speeds is often unpleasant.

Donnie gets up and Leo follows him. It's a little easier when he doesn't have any extra weight. He's not even wearing clothing beyond his normal gear, so he doesn't have any fabric weighed down with water.

"Yeah, got it."

He slides behind Donnie, hits the release, and...

"Pizza Supreme this thing is heavy!"

No wonder he just collapsed once they got out here.

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