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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]

[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.

[licensetocrane]

You know, I don't know anything about Feywild's magic, but that does sound like the same kinda thing. [Bless, the face Rue is making is so precious.] Splints gave them a home and names and stuff, so that's how you get a rat guy raising four turtle guys.

[ruevealing]

And that is how they created a family.

[oh, they are just going to melt under the thought. it is so soft and good]

And somehow they still had room in their heart for me.