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[licensetocrane]

 "Hi, this is April.  If you're calling at 3am, you better be someone I know REAL well."

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[ruevealing]

[hm well, rue does not want to drop new information on their childhood friend unexpectedly before they have the chance. Rue can wait.

Thankfully, it's easy to brush that aside at the mention of Leo's arm.]

Ah yes, of course. I wish I could have done more, but I'm grateful I was able to heal him as best as my magic allowed me. And he's taken it in such stride. I'm so endlessly proud of Leo.

[rue will just not mention that they've since learned a spell for limb regeneration specifically in case something like that ever happens again]

[licensetocrane]

He's done a lot to be proud of.

[Her smile is a little lopsided; it wasn't so long she saw him laid up in the medbay.]

Also a lot to kick his ass for, but that's big sister rights. [He's great, but he's also a dumbass. You know. Contains multitudes, all that.]

[ruevealing]

[big sister!!!! oh, that absolutely melts Rue's heart.]

It certainly is. I'll be happy to leave any scolding to you, then. I'm afraid that is not my strongest trait when it comes to the boys.

[Really, they get away with everything around Rue.]

[licensetocrane]

Oh, I'm more than happy to yell at them for you. They'd probably think something was wrong if I didn't. [She's mostly joking on that score, but April has always been more than willing to call them out when it's needed.]

You're more of a soft touch, huh?

[...not a bad thing, honestly. They don't really have someone like that; April's the closest they get.]

[ruevealing]

[rue and april can good cop/bad cop those turtles]

Perhaps it is a weakness of mine, but I find it very difficult to treat the boys any other way but softly. They've all lived through so much. And I am so endlessly fond of them. Not to mention, all they have to do is smile and I find myself forgetting whatever it was I was going to scold them about.

[licensetocrane]

[Hell yeah they can

Also the sentiment here is one that warms April to her core. Yeah, they have been through a lot-- both here and at home, so she fully understands where Rue's coming from.

April just thinks it's better if they benefit from her being just April. So yeah, good cop/bad cop it is.]

Man, maybe it's lucky you haven't met Mikey yet. That boy would wrap you around his finger in three seconds flat. [But honestly, she grins as she says it because there's nothing wrong with that.]

[ruevealing]

You are not the first person to say that!

[April is right and she should say it. Rue would be too weak to deny Mikey anything.]

Oh, I can not wait to meet him someday. And their father, he sounds like quite the character.

[licensetocrane]

Oh, he sure is. The guys have told you Splints is a rat, I assume?

[ruevealing]

Yes, I have seen photographs even! He's quite, um - [Rue has always been Tall, is it rude to refer to shorties as short or tiny.] -Small, yes?

[licensetocrane]

Oh, he's tiny. [She grins.] Have they shown you what he used to look like?

[ruevealing]

[bliiiiink]

Used to? You mean when he was younger? Was he quite taller?

[licensetocrane]

[Oh, man. Her face splits into a wide grin.]

The guys have tried to show you Lou Jitsu movies by now, right?

[ruevealing]

[Whatever could be the connection there!]

Yes! We have watched quite a few of them.

[licensetocrane]

[Huhuhu.]

Then you've already seen what Splints looked like when he was younger.

[ruevealing]

[giant owl eye stare]

Whatever do you mean? He was in those films? Truly?

[licensetocrane]

He sure was! See if you can guess who he was.

[Havin the time of her life honestly. She looks a moment away from breaking into laughter.]

[ruevealing]

[this is so completely unfair omg do not quiz rue to see how much they were paying attention]

One of the masked villains, perhaps? I recall at least one being fairly short in stature.

[licensetocrane]

[It's getting harder not to giggle, honestly.]

I'll give you a hint. He has a catchphrase.

[ruevealing]

[rue can see that held back giggle!!!]

I fear my memory must be failing me! I can not think of a single rat in those films.

[licensetocrane]

Oh, man. [Grin.] Nobody told you Splints used to be human, huh?

[ruevealing]

[The look on their face says it all]

What?! What do you mean he used to be human? He has not always been a rat?

[licensetocrane]

No. [She grins, but sobers some.] As far as I know, he was human, but when he rescued the guys as tots he got some of the goop on him that made them what they are. So he mutated.

[ruevealing]

Goop. Mutated! Are you implying that my boys were mutated from some strange substance that also changed their father?

[and then, a little horrified]

Were they human too?!

[licensetocrane]

Oh, man. They haven't told you squat, have they? [She's a little surprised but not by much, and she rolls her eyes.] Probably not that important to them. [Like. Teenagers. It's just a fact of life for them.]

Okay. Short answer, yes, it was a whole thing. But they were just baby turtles to begin with, so in their case it just made them awesome.

[ruevealing]

[Calm down, Rue. Of course they were baby turtles, but honestly, just trying to imagine their boys as itty bitty sweet little baby turtles is going to drive them insane.]

Ah, I see! It is not unlike the Feywild's magic, which granted me sapience and individuality when I was a cub.