metalogs | Let's do the time warp again~

Who: Leonardo Hamato

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What: Leo has been aged up... into extra wrinkly adult Leo with added apocalypse vibes
When: Late July/early August
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: Potential for apocalypse talk, body horror, family death, dismemberment

[Master Leonardo, leader of the resistance, wakes up in a place he did not fall asleep - in the softest bed with the silkiest sheets he's felt in, well, ever. And he knows right away that some shenanigans are definitely occurring. This is not his ~~beautiful house~~ time, and this is not his ~~beautiful wife~~ body. He doesn't know everything, but enough foreign memories are there to explain that much.

Somehow he's ended up in the body of his younger self, somewhere that is not his own timeline. Weird, but then, his whole life has been weird from the beginning.

He's feeling pretty calm about it, all things considered. While he may not know exactly what's going on, he knows that this is a place his younger self found safe, and he feels like this situation will resolve itself sooner or later. He'll ask Mikey for theories once he's back, assuming he remembers it.

For now, well... might as well take advantage of a world that isn't on its last leg.]

A: Hot Bean Juice - 33-year-old Leo (Open to anyone with access to Dylan Brock's penthouse)

Does this apartment belong to a movie star or something? Swank-kaaay.

[Leo can't help but stare around in awe as he moves through the penthouse - even pre-apocalypse, he'd never been in a place so nice, outside Big Mama's hotel. Hopefully no one thinks he's an intruder; maybe he should come up with a better cover story than, "Don't worry, I'm just temporarily possessing my teen self's body."

Leo at this age is considerably taller than his younger self, just over six feet. He's broad and muscular, and one arm is missing, though luckily for him his big, bulky robot arm came with him. He carries one sword instead of two, a bright red mask wound tight around the hilt. He's got a good number of scars and a good number of wrinkles, but his smile is easy and relaxed as he moves around.

He heads for the kitchen (once he finds it), and quickly finds exactly what he was hoping for.]

Oh, thank you, Pizza Supreme in the Sky.

[It takes him a moment to figure out the coffee maker, but soon enough he has a mug full of steaming hot coffee, inhaling the scent so hard he nearly snorts it all up his nose.]

I've missed this so much.

[He hopes he remembers this; he wants to lord it over Donnie later.]

B: Bless the Rains Down in Michigan - 33-year-old Leo (OTA)

[Realizing his younger self has been living in Michigan, of all places, had been a bit of a shock, but Leo is nothing if not adaptable. He's figured out how to get around this place quickly enough, utilizing his ninja skills, and has taken some time to explore.

Rain moved in about an hour ago and hasn't let up, and Leo is delighted. No one appreciates how nice it is to just sit and let the rain hit your face until the water dries up and is replaced with acid.

Leo's sitting up on a rooftop currently, his feet dangling over the edge, his face just... turned up toward the sky, letting the rain hit it. His mask and scarf and pants are soaked through, but his eyes are closed and his smile is content.

He's remarkably good at noticing when someone is approaching him, no matter how much or how little noise they're making. He doesn't even look, he just speaks.]

You ever think about how great rain is?

C: And I Feel Fine - 40-year-old Leo (OTA)

C1

[Another slip, another distortion, and an older Leo is here again. From even further into the apocalypse now, his face looks even more haggard, his clothes even more dirty and torn, new scars and new furrows covering his skin and shell. Two masks decorate his sword's hilt now, purple and red intertwined.

He's pretty sure he's dead, or will be soon. His time is over, his world is lost. But he sent Casey back, and he has all the faith in the world that Casey will accomplish the task Leo gave him.

Casey is their hope, after all. And hope is a ninja's greatest weapon.

His family is gone, and it stings, but there's a peace Leo feels, too. He'll be back with them again soon - Dad, Raph, and Donnie, who he's missed for so long, April and Mikey, the fresh and still stinging wounds. But first, seems like his soul is taking another detour.

The lights and crowds of Central City are... a lot for someone who's grown so accustomed to the ruins of civilization, and Leo finds himself getting away from it, eventually stopping in a scraggly, rundown park that it doesn't look like many people like to enter. Not that Leo is too worried about anyone attacking him, and he has enough of his younger self's understanding of the world to know he isn't putting him in any danger by being out in public.

He finds a bench and sits on it, just for awhile, watching the pigeons that hop by, the bugs, the wind in the trees.

Life here isn't perfect, he knows: there's crime, there's death, there's suffering. But there's life too, and isn't that incredible?

He just wishes he could have given his own world that back.

He'll stay seated until someone else comes along - if they look like they want the bench, Leo will move to the side.]

Hey, sorry - didn't mean to take up the whole seat, heh.

C2

[Maybe there's a reason people avoid this park, actually, because while Leo is chilling, he hears a crime in progress - specifically a mugging.

Leo gets up, moving quietly to get closer and take a look. It's a human with a gun, and he's not impressed in the slightest.

Soundlessly, Leo moves behind the mugger... and plucks the gun right out of the guy's hand, clicking the safety and then spinning it around his finger.]

I'll be taking that, thank you!

["Hey!" starts the mugger, but when he turns around and gets a look at Leo... he decides to make a hasty retreat.

Maybe you were the victim, or maybe you're just a bystander - either way, catch Leo smirking at the guy's retreating back.]

Ah, come on - [He glances at the person standing there, winking.] - there's no way this handsome face is that scary.

[[OOC: I'll match you if you'd rather do prose than brackets. Also I don't have room for adult Leo icons so you get teen Leo icons but just imagine the big guy, thanks.

Hit me up if you'd like something more specific!]]

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Heh, well, my brother is stubborn and he hates things he doesn’t understand so… we’ll see about that.

[They’ll get there eventually.]

You have any siblings?

Yeah, I got them too. One of them is older than me.

[It's only after spending over a year on this alternate Earth that Jason's gotten used to having younger siblings]

I'm in the second oldest in the family.

[Not counting his doppelganger that is]

Oh yeah? Did any of them end up here, too?

[He‘s wondering how common it is that multiple people from the same family end up here.]

[Jason snorts]

Yep. Most of them are around somewhere. It's kinda annoying when you come from a big family.

Yeah, they can be a real pain sometimes. If my little bro were here he'd be bouncing off the walls waiting for me to leave this apartment. He's always been a morning person.

[Leo's full of it, he loves his brothers and wouldn't trade them for anything. The red mask on his sword hilt is testament to that.

Also, morning and night stopped meaning anything to Leo years ago. Complaining about normal things feels weird but kind of nice, though.]

[Jason does notice the red on the hilt but doesn't know what it is or why it's there. A lot of things can happen between years]

Lucky for us, we're mostly night people at least.

Well hey, at least you're compatible that way. Silver linings, right?

[You gotta find 'em where you can.]

Yup. For one thing, it means everyone's naptimes mostly line up.

Heh, and that means it's a quiet time for you.

Exactly. It's a major luxury. I'm lucky I got my own place. What's it like with you and your siblings?

Oh, we’ve always been together. Didn’t really have a choice.

[He finishes off his coffee and sets the mug aside.]

The invasion started when I was sixteen. [The same age normal Leo is, in fact!] Even if one of us had wanted to get our own place, there’s not exactly a booming real estate market.

We make it work, though. We’ve all got our own space. Donnie’s lab turns into an airtight bunker he mostly uses to indirectly tell us to fuck off.

Sounds very useful to me. Especially if you're gonna make shiny new laser weapons or whatever.

Ooooh yeah. None of us want to end up his test subjects. Or target practice.

Speaking of, he hasn't done too much property damage while he's been living here, has he?

[Actually, between himself and Donnie, he's kind of surprised the place is still standing.]

So far, nah. It helps we all got plenty of space. The lasers he's made here are pretty nice too.

[It'd be a shame if the penthouse got wrecked. It's a nice place]

Heh, don’t encourage him too much or he’ll have this whole place outfitted with a laser security system that only he can turn off.

[He has firsthand experience.]

Speaking from personal experience there? I kinda got a hint that he might get carried away.

Oh yeah. When he starts saying the words "evil laugh" out loud, you should probably take cover.

[Advice to live by.]

What are your siblings like? When you can handle being around them.

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[Man, that's surprisingly not an easy question to answer. It's especially difficult when he's only known most of them for a year or less]

Damn stubborn and maybe we're all too smart for our own good. The oldest is the best at handling people. The two younger brothers are geniuses but aren't good at letting people help them when they need it.

[Not that he's got room to talk. Plus, he doesn't want to get into what his relationship with his doppelganger is like]

My sister doesn't talk much but she usually doesn't need to because she can get right to the point and is a badass.

And the youngest is also good with people and eager but also not the greatest at saying when he needs help.

[That is a big family. Leo's a little impressed. He also can't help but draw some parallels between his own family and Jason's.]

You gotta watch out for the ones that won't ask for help. They're the ones that'll give you the most trouble.

[He means it fondly!]

They all sound great, though. You guys must be lively in a group.

[It's easy for Jason to imagine either Tims causing problems while not willing to ask for help. And while Jason doesn't exactly know what Dick was like as a kid, he's heard enough stories to also imagine younger Dick doing similar things]

Yeah, sometimes we can't help ourselves. What about you guys though? Since I've only met you and Donnie.

Oh, well, our youngest is Mikey. He's kinda bad at asking for help, like your little bros, but he's the one who holds the rest of us together.

Then there's April - she's human, but she's been family since we were kids. Tough as nails and takes no shit, and probably the most loyal person I know.

And... my older brother... [Leo pauses and runs the red mask tails through his fingers.] He had a short temper but a huge heart. He put his all into protecting us; a real hero.

[Jason again mentally notes the red mask]

Sounds kinda like my older brother, except his temper is fine most of time. Out of all of us, he's the kind of guy you'd want as a team leader.

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Heh, same with Raph. He taught me everything I know. Had to pound it through my head, though.

Trust me, it's worth listening to your older brother, even if it doesn't feel like it sometimes.

Yeah, siblings are talented at pissing each other off, even if they care.

[It's all said not as a complaint but as a matter of fact]

[He gets it.]

Yeah, but you’ll miss it when it’s gone.

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