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Who: Raphael and anyone still around Isla Empieza! Plus Hiccup and Gaius.
Where: Isla Empieza, around town.
When: February 27th and on...he'll be around for a few more days, at least.
What: Anything! Introducing crew members to each other, maybe meeting others...?
Warnings: None.
Style: Action.
Status: Open.

[By now Raph has kind of realized that he's probably not the weirdest thing in this world, not to mention that, you know, it isn't HIS world anyway so as far as he's concerned the same rules don't apply here. He doesn't have to stay hidden, it doesn't matter if the humans see him, he can come out during the day...

There's not really a cool sewer system to hide in anyway.

And even if there was, it'd be seriously lacking in arcade machines.

So he's out and about in town, running around, leaping from building to building, swinging off whatever he can and flipping through the air to land somewhere else.

Training, basically. Can't slack, not when there's certain pirate ghosts that still need a good face punching.

He might also be sitting on the stone edge of the fountain, legs crossed as he tries (and probably fails) to meditate. Chances are he's inconspicuously people watching ~~and getting a kick out of all the double-takes he's getting~~.]

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[Cracks open an eye almost immediately when he hears the approaching footsteps. Seriously, he's never had the patience for this mediation stuff, he doesn't know how Master Splinter and Leo do it. Years of attempts and he still just finds himself getting annoyed when he has to sit motionless for so long.

He looks up since the footsteps getting louder indicate that someone is actually coming toward him, which is kind of unusual. Once he spots Gaius, though, he grins.]

Hey, man. [Eyes the pie.] Whatcha got?

Hey yourself.

[He smiles lazily in greeting, coming to a stop once he's about several steps from Raph. Tilting his head slightly at the question, Gaius glances down at his treat.]

Pie. Fresh baked.

[His brows go up.]

Did you make it yourself? Wait, do you cook? Have you ever had pizza??

Yep. Had to borrow the baker's oven, but it was for a good cause. Pie's one of my favorite things to make.

[He invites himself to sit down beside turtle-man so he can start cutting slices, nodding absently at the second question.]

I can cook, yeah. Nothing really extravagant, but I haven't had any complaints. ...what's pizza?

One of my brothers does most of the cooking at home.

[Unfolds from his meditative position, leaning forward over his knees.]

You've gotta be kidding me, you've never heard of pizza? It's only the best food ever!

[Gaius holds up the pie tin again once he's got the pieces divided up. It's not a pizza pie, but hey, apple isn't bad, is it?]

Oh yeah? Me, I figured it couldn't hurt to know how. Especially if I can play around with recipes for desserts.

First I've heard of pizza though. Guess it's another world-thing. I might have to put it on my list of things to try, after seasalt ice cream.

I can make orange juice.

[And other stuff, really, if he wanted to. Just Mikey usually handles it.

He reaches for a piece of the pie.]

We used to just eat worms and algae for forever, we got lucky when we discovered pizza. Lemme tell you, that was a good day. First day we were allowed up to the surface, too!

[Shoves half the pie into his mouth.]

Anyway, pizza is like...dough with tomato sauce and cheese on top, and then whatever toppings you want. It's awesome. What the heck is sea salt ice cream?

Orange juice is something, at least. [Not something easily screwed up, either.]

Pretty sure I went easy on the sugar with this, so it shouldn't be overly sweet.

[Gaius tries a bit of pie himself, seeming pleased. Olivia's not here anymore to be taste-tester, and with Raphael's admission, the thief has to wonder about the guy's taste.]

Worms and algae, huh?

[...gross. Finding anything to eat other than that is definitely an improvement.]

Tomato sauce and cheese...I'm guessing it's more of a savory thing than sweet, huh? Doesn't sound bad though.

-I'm not sure what seasalt ice cream is. Heck, I don't even know what ice cream is, but it sounds amazing. Some kid on one of the other ships was talking about it, once.

[You'd be surprised.]

Nah, it's good! [Chomp chomp.] You got skills. Bet you could do wonders with worms.

[Teasing smirk.]

Which is not a challenge. I'm never going back to that if I can help it. Pizza is where it's at. But yeah, it's more a dinner thing, not dessert. Unless you put M&Ms on it.

[His eyes widen a little at that next statement, though.]

You've never had ice cream. What kind of totally lame world exists out there that doesn't have pizza and ice cream??

I've heard bugs are a delicacy for some reason but I've never found much interest in trying it myself.

[Like when Sumia assumed he was stalking bees for their larvae rather than their honey. Blech. Ylissian nobles are weird.]

Doesn't sound too difficult to try making, though. If they don't have it around here, we can probably throw something together. If the market doesn't have the ingredients, maybe the Brig can get a hold of it.

[He smiles grimly. What sort of world indeed.]

The same that doesn't have marshmallows. I don't know what else I've been missing out in regards to sweets, but so long as I've got options while I'm stuck here, I'm all for trying them.

I think they are in some countries, but my guess is those countries don't have pizza.

[Wow, no marshmallows either. Raph keeps looking at him in disbelief for another moment, then he just shakes his head.]

You would not believe the kind of candy and junk they've got in my world. Seriously, if that's your thing? They've got shops in the city that are just candy. Wall to wall of everything you can imagine.

...okay. If I get any choice of worlds to visit next, I wanna go to yours, just to see that.

[Because SWEETS.]

Man, they're everywhere. They're not even all that special. People love junk food in my world.

[Leans back on his hands.]

What's your world like?

So there's no really specialized kinds of sweets to be found in your world? That's what I'm really interested in. Although I don't think I'd mind being in a place where you can get candy and stuff just about anywhere.

[He pops another bit of pie in his mouth.]

It's kind of tense, but I guess when you're next to a country that's bitter about things done in the past, you gotta expect anything. I'd say things have calmed down, but I don't expect it to last, not to be pessimistic or anything, but it's sad fact.

Mentioned magic the first time we talked- that's pretty commonplace in my world. I'm guessing you don't have pegasus knights and wyvern riders where you're from, either.

Specialized? [Rolls his eyes skyward as he thinks.] Depends what you mean, I guess. I'm not exactly the most well-traveled turtle around, I kinda spent fifteen years living underground. But different countries might have their own special stuff. I live in the city so it's just this huge melting pot of everything.

[Swipes another piece of pie, too, before squinting at Gaius.]

Pegasus, really? Nope, definitely don't have those. Or...wyvern riders. But we do have these alien things that look like brains with tentacles who walk around inside humanoid robots.

[Takes a big ol' bite.]

Anyway, in my experience things never stay calm for too long so you're probably right about that.

You know, like...is there any particular confection that the city you lived in was known for, that sort of "specialized."

But I guess that makes sense too.

[...oh well. Pie's better when shared anyway.]

A...lien...? Robots? Huh...

[Neither of which are anything he has any idea of what they might be.]

Unfortunately true, but you gotta be realistic about things like war.

Cheesecake. [Answers through a mouthful of pie.] I'm almost positive New York City cheesecake is a thing. Never had any, though.

And yeah. Aliens. Beings from outer space! Monsters from other worlds, creatures from different dimensions... No? Not familiar? Robots are like, uh...mechanical machine things.

[Starts moving his arms and upper body in the stiff, stereotypical movements of a robot and speaks in a mechanized voice.]

They-are-not-living-and-breathing-things. They-are-machines-controlled-by-programs-and-other-science-nerd-stuff-like-that.

Cheesecake, huh...

[Anything with "cake" in it has to be good.]

Umm...monsters from other worlds, maybe kind of, but nope, never heard of anything else like you've mentioned.

[He arches a brow at Raphael's robot impersonation.]

...yeeeah.

[Hey, that impression was awesome. Raph lets his arms drop.]

Wow. It's crazy how places can be so different. Then again even in my world or universe or whatever there's this place called Dimension X and they don't even breathe the same air we do. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

You got any family back home?

[Maybe it would have helped if Gaius knew what to expect of stereotypical robots.]

Well, the monsters from other worlds thing is kinda new, even back home. Sky just opened up one day, apparently, and these things called the Risen appeared. They look human, but they're anything but.

[He blinks, pausing from stuffing another bit of pie into his mouth at the next question.]

...nah. Been on my own for a good long while, now.

They're new for us, too. The robots and aliens, I mean. We just started kicking their butts a few months ago. They're called the Kraang, but Risen sounds cooler. Makes it seem like they're some kinda zombies or something.

[...Which, on second thought, would not actually be cool at all. Blech.

He glances at Gaius after he answers.]

Oh. Sorry -- I think. Unless you prefer it that way.

Zombies, huh. Not sure if they're quite like that, I mean, they're tough to kill, but they seem to take wounds like anyone else, at the very least.

[He shakes his head.]

Eh, I guess I just got used to it. Don't worry about it.

Yeah. You know...like they've risen from the dead and stuff. But then they'd be all gross and decaying. And I think only headshots kill them. [Trying to remember from his comics.] Maybe you're lucky that's not what you're dealing with.

[Lets out a disgruntled breath.]

I'm trying to get used to it. But it's weird.

Yeah, I'm kinda glad about that much, at least.

[Pausing, he holds out the rest of the pie towards Raph.]

I'm sure it is, 'specially if you've been with your brothers most of the time.

You sure? [Looks from the pie to Gaius and back again.] Thanks, man.

[WELL IF HE'S OFFERING... Raph reaches for the last slice, snorting as he does.]

Most of the time... Try all of the time. Every day. For fifteen years! They're the most annoying group of guys you're ever gonna meet and they're always messing up my stuff and watching dumb TV shows and babbling about science crap in what has to be another language because I never know what the heck is even being said and—

[Stops.

Goes a bit shifty-eyed and distracts himself from ranting more by chowing down on a mouthful of pie instead.]

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