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[anelegantmyth]

[With their last adventure being a complete success and the most tiring thing she's done in a while. The champion decided that today would be a good day to relax...and by that she meant skipping out on breakfast and hiding out in the crow's nest so the boys wouldn't find her. Being the only girl in the crew, she wasn't really as strong as the boys, so they never really questioned why she never went up there. But she was there today, and a little too mesmerized by the view of the rising sun.]

A little treasure hunting really did do me some good. Makes me miss my dear friend, Steven Stone. I know he would have LOVED my previous adventure with the boys. It had his top two all time favorite things after all: Caves and shiny rocks. Arceus, I miss home...

But I did accomplish a few other things while we were in Aeolipile. I got my kitty, Ning-ning, a diamond encrusted bell (as if he needed to be any noisier, but I DID say I'd get him one.) I wonder if he found it yet? I managed to attach it to his belt while he was passed out. I hope he noticed it. I also have a present for my dear little Donatello. It's something I KNOW he's going to love, but I'm pretty sure I should give it to him personally.

Also, I did the impossible and Arceus I'm so proud of myself for doing it.

To anyone out there who knows who Gaius is, no I didn't kill him, but I did manage to get him to agree to stop eating sweets for a bit. How? By bribing him with the idea of candy mountain of course! I managed to find a map and some books to the place and I told him I'll suggest we head there next if he gave up sweets till we arrived. Yes, I know blackmail isn't mature, but it was for his own good.

And for the record, I love my boys. I really really do.

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[the_dancing_dork]

I can't. I'm in charge of training them since Master Splinter isn't here. I might cut the training short today, but I still need to have them do something.

[anelegantmyth]

Mikey has a pet chick to feed thanks to me, Donnie's got experiments to do in the lab and Raph...well he can do his aerial tricks again or something.

Come on sunshine, come to the crow's nest. Let's hang out and throw paper balls at people or something.

[the_dancing_dork]

When did Mikey get a... ugh, forget it

[He groans, but he supposed that the guys did work pretty hard.]

Fine, I'll let them off this once. But tomorrow they're getting trained whether they like it or not. Just because they have other things to do doesn't meant hat I can let them off there hook forever, sensei surely doesn't.

I'm heading for the crow's nest now then.

[anelegantmyth]

Tell them that, not me. They're the ones getting early morning training after all.

Oh! And leave the swords.

[Switchign to Action]

[the_dancing_dork]

[Sighs] Fine... I'll be up there in a few minutes.

[He closed the journal and stripped off his swords, leaving them in his hammock. Minutes later, he made his way up to the crow's nest and spotted Cynthia.]

Hey.

[anelegantmyth]

[She was happily looking at the horizon till he arrived.]

Well good morning sunshine, you look as pretty as a pecha berry today.

[the_dancing_dork]

Yeah, thanks.

[He climbs into the crow's nest and settles into a comfortable position.]

So what have been doing?

[anelegantmyth]

Nothing worth mentioning really. Writing in my journal, watching the horizon. I'm pretty sure that's all you can do up here. But I guess getting up here was pretty fun.

[the_dancing_dork]

Heh, sounds like it. But hey, just watching the horizon can be nice. [Looks outward] At least it looks like it's going to be a nice day today.

[anelegantmyth]

From what I was told, the north's going to be a little chilly. But other than that, I think I'll just spend my day up here. I'm sure no one would need me today anyway...well except Gan Ning.

[the_dancing_dork]

Well you never know, anything could pop up and we might need your help. I'm not gonna much to do today though now that training is off, the only thing I may need to do sis top Raph from killing Mikey... again.

[Because brothers did that.]

[anelegantmyth]

Your brothers are an odd bunch. Lovable, but a really odd bunch. I'm surprised you could keep up with them.

[the_dancing_dork]

Yeah, well I've had fifteen years of practice. So after a while it becomes normal. Not exactly easy, but normal.

[anelegantmyth]

Fifteen years huh? So your ninja training, fifteen years of that too?

[the_dancing_dork]

Pretty much, yeah. We've been trained for as long as I can remember.

[anelegantmyth]

Well talk about disciplined. But then again, it took me that long to get to elite four status, so I suppose I understand the feeling.

[the_dancing_dork]

It wasn't easy, Master Splinter can push us pretty hard sometimes. But it all paid off in the end, he taught us all well. Now he's given me the job of training the others when we're outside the Lair, and since we're not home I have the job full time pretty much.

[Sighs] I hope he isn't too worried about us...

[anelegantmyth]

[She noticed the quick change in his mood and sighs. Home sickness was something she was far too familiar with. But she didn't like seeing other people suffer from it. The champion curls a finger under his chin and tips his head up to look him in the eye.]

Hey now, no frowning. I'm sure he's got nothing to worry about. He raised good kids, and one heck of a leader. That should make any parent sleep soundly at night.

[the_dancing_dork]

[Well then... why did his cheeks feel warm? Was he... no, no way. It couldn't be that. Still, he pondered over the words as he averted his gaze to the ground.]

Sorry, it's just... we've never been gone form him for this long, or from our home for that matter. I guess I'm just missing everything more than I thought I did.

[anelegantmyth]

Let me tell you a story, Leo...

[She said as she gently pats his head.]

Once upon a time there was a little girl. When she turned ten, she left her home to try to prove to her family that she was all grown up. Every day she missed her little sister and grandmother and every day she thought about giving up and going back home where it was safe. But she didn't. And you know what happened to her?

[the_dancing_dork]

Umm... she had good things happen because she kept going?

[anelegantmyth]

After three years, she travelled every known region in her world. After two years, became an elite. After another three years, she became champion. That's when she finally bothered to go home.

Now she's twenty something and stuck on a boat telling the exact same story to her new turtle friend. All I'm saying is, she couldn't have done all that is she just stayed home.

[the_dancing_dork]

[Leo stared at Cynthia for a minute. it was pretty obvious who the little girl ended up being. Still, he sighed]

It's good that she did... but it's a different case for my brothers and me. We're outcasts, we always will be. Maybe we can do good while here, but when we go home it'll be back to that. We can't ever leave, if we did then we'd just be shunned by everyone.

[anelegantmyth]

Am I shunning you right now?

[the_dancing_dork]

No...