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[purplexing]

You're conversing with Donatello-

Juuuust not this exact second. Please rank your call by number of priority and I'll get back to you accordingly.

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[purplexing]

Yeah true.

[Way to let him down softly, Dee.]

I've been doing this for years. You won't magically become a pro but you can at least learn some basic maneuvers so you won't just be flailing your crutch around if anything comes up.

[levelshift]

[A few basic maneuvers.....

He's pretty sure he'd still be bad at those, but there is the little spark of an idea that makes him wonder how effective it'd be up against someone using only their fists.

(He isn't thinking about how he'd do in a fight against that level 0, why would anyone think that.)]

I guess if the thing's going to be made of titanium then there wouldn't be any danger of using it like that and getting it broken. If I was going up against something where that'd be a problem I'd be using my ability anyways.

[purplexing]

So long as you're not trying to hold up several tons of concrete with it anyway. But yes, plenty durable for using as defense. Or offense if someone's really asking for it.

[Encouraging violence? Perish the thought!]

The trick really is to keep your own movements to a minimum. It'd be easier to show you, but play your cards right and you won't have to rely on too much force or over-exerting yourself.

[levelshift]

Like when your brother gets annoying?

[He's only half-joking. There's no way he'd ever be able to get a hit on Leo.]

You're almost making it sound doable. [With his power not working remotely most of the time, minimal movement was something he got used to in a fight.]

Alright. Worst case scenario we realize quickly that it's a waste of time, so it can't hurt to try.

[purplexing]

Well I guess, but at your level, I wouldn't try it.

Of course it's doable. Thinking the opposite won't do you any favors. If you're willing to try, that's a good place to start.

[levelshift]

I know.

[He doesn't want another noogie. That was embarrassing.]

Fuck, I'm being realistic. Should wait a week or two before starting? I'll need the time to get used to the new crutch.

[purplexing]

It all depends on you so I'll let you decide when you think you're up for it. Of course you need the new crutch first. I've already started looking for materials to use, so hopefully it won't take too long to get something together.

[Sleep, what's that.]

[levelshift]

Alright.

Though, if it's too much effort to find the materials, you can forget it and focus on something more worthwhile.

[purplexing]

Not a problem. I've done this before. I'll be out looking for other things anyway so it's just one more to the list.

[levelshift]

Okay, if you're sure.

Also, I'm reasonably sure Leo was right about my reflection reacting to your ninpō. We should probably do more tests on that sometime, to avoid anymore explosions.

[purplexing]

I should have taken something like that into account. But then it's not like we've run into many instances where our ninpō has come into direct contact with some other power.

Agreed though, we should test it out. See if there's a range to it. The last thing we want is to have a bad backlash if we're all in the middle of something.

[levelshift]

I've only experienced something similar to this once before, and I still don't know what happened back then.

Right. Yours would be the safest to test with. There's strange phenomena that happens when I reflect esper teleportation, I have no idea what would happen if I reflected one of Leo's portals.

[purplexing]

What happens with reflected esper teleportation?

Either way, I wouldn't want to find out what would happen with Leo's ability either, and definitely if we're not making use of it.

[Aside from the fact that Leo's still working on getting his portals back up to usual levels.]

[levelshift]

Their eleventh dimensional movement is reflected back onto them. It's not something you want to see.

We can test it any time, though we should find a place that isn't susceptible to explosions. Maybe somewhere without a lot of machinery around.

[purplexing]

That just sounds terrible.


...oh yeah, that makes me feel so much better. But okay fair. There's lots of abandoned places at least.

[levelshift]

It is.

Yeah, this city is great for shit like that. Not sure if it's just a Central thing, or an American thing.

[purplexing]

It's not completely unusual but the sheer amount of abandoned places in this city is weird.

[levelshift]

Huh. Well, it only helps us out, so I guess it's a good thing.

[purplexing]

True. We'll go check some places out some time then.

[levelshift]

Yeah, alright.

[purplexing]

[So many things to go out and look for. It's like some glorified scavenger hunt. Donnie doesn't usually mind but this is kind of getting annoying. Well, guess they'll have to deal.]

That all for now then?

[levelshift]

It is. Let me know if you need anything else.

[purplexing]

Sure thing, Ax.

[levelshift]

[----- Seriously?? Another one??

He's leaving that on read and not dignifying that nickname with a response. Goddamnit.]