#Where the fuck is 2k3 Don’s lab

[donrotbrain]

2003 Donnie Lab

This is really stupid but… did 2003 Donnie not have his own lab???

I’ve been rewatching the series and every time I think of him making shit and experimenting, it’s like almost in the corner of the living room or on the topside warehouse. I don’t think he ever even refers to a personal lab. He usually says something like “Let’s take this to the Lair”

Someone please correct me if I’m wrong, but if he didn’t have a lab, I think he’d be so amazed by 2012 and Rise Donnie’s labs. Like it’s crazy that a Donnie just might… not have a lab????

[ducknotinarow]

2k12 Raph 2k3 Don - #

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"Man I thought this was over with. Fine whatever here just hurry up so I can be done with this shit finally. Jus' ya know don't read to much into anything here and I swear don't fuck go and tell him anything. There isn't anything to tell sure but still got it!"            

- what your muse’s name is in mine’s phone              

'Donnie'

"I mean nothin' speical about the name pick they use the same nicknames we all use for each other as is. I mean felt like they all called 'im Don most, and calling him Donatello just felt too much on top of it. So I dunno Donnie fits don't mean anything that I called him that..even if I slipped because he was the first other turtle I saw and I was confused since he also wore purple so I dunno guess I already saw him as Donnie."             

 - what your muse’s picture is in mine’s phone                  

[image description]   Its Donnie in the lab smiling over at the camera, clearly busy with working on the device they were going to use to send Raph and Casey back to their own dimension. Fresh cup of Coffee was being handed over to them clearly from Raph himself.       

The turtle grows quite a moment averting his eyes a bit, "Well sure Casey and I hung 'round the others us often but I kind of got close to Donnie too. Figured if I could I dunno do something? useful. We could get back home sooner. I jus' didn't know what to do or how to do anything. But Donnie let me help him out at least..actually he even was nice enough to let me check out the games he had too.." Raphael shifts a bit where he stands. "I dunno it was nice I guess, he is nice I mean I guess.. or whatever." Raphael grumbles under his breath slightly. "Not used to that sort treatment I guess. I dunno my brothers an' are are the same age an' I kick Leo's ass for being like with me but..Donnie? Whatever just go to the next thing."

 - what your muse’s ringtone is in mine’s phone              

No Way Out by Phil Collins              

Everywhere I turn, I hurt someone But there's nothing I can say to change the things I've done Of all the things I hid from you I cannot hide the shame And I pray someone, something will come to take away the pain

Normally I have the muse answer but gonna be me this time uwu welcome to I watch brother bear not to long ago and decided 03 Donnie is basically 12 Raphs adopted big brother and that made me remember brother bear and this song is at a very sad point in the movie but it just fits so so so well. In terms of timeline and such I recalled we said this happens around Raph and 12 Donnies small falling out. Which is part of why he sort of gravitates to 03 Donnie because hes in such a new world and don't know what to do its out of habit her goes to Donnie but his Donnie isn't there. And sure it hurts being around this worlds Donnie since him and 12 Don are in a bad spot. At first it can be claimed Raph is just replacing Donnie but in truth 03 Donnie more happens to be there for Raph when he really needed that. Raph's bad about opening up about stuff that bugs him and will blow it off as nothing as if hes over it but he's not. And with him being stuck in a new universe? He feels useless. Sure he kills time with the other Raph and Casey. But He ended up sort of sticking around Donnie the most. Donnie was just very kind and nice to Raph likely cause Raph is like a younger version of 03's own twin brother so he could read him a bit easier. But its not a kind of care Raph often gets nor allows. If the Leo of that world tried it the result wouldnt be the same. It's like getting his brother back at first then he sees 03 Donnie more like an older brother. He just a bit more nice to him compared to others and more willing to listen even because 03 Donnie makes him feel like he got a use by letting him help least gather supplies needed for the device he's making adjustments to and such. Which is where the songs come in uwu as said Raph feels he hurts everyone around him and such especially with his own Don, but 03 Donnie helps with a lot of that and for my end why Raph comes to terms of being able to talk to 12 Donnie and even help him when he gets stupid and near kills over later, not to mention willing to talk to him when approached

 - my muse’s last text to your muse

[text] imaged attached of some scrap metal and various other items like a soldering iron

[text] hey was this the thing you said you could use?

[text] old Casey and Raph got us walking through a junk yard right now and I saw this

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[text] Hope you don't mind but thought I could hang back with you instead of going with the others for 'dragon hunting'

[text] still wont either way but if it's cool i'll head to your lab

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[text] image attached of 03 Raph looked pissed off

[text] your Mikey said im your new favorite and I think he's jealous

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[text] hey

[text] if you and old Raph fought how would ya know he meant it when saying he was sorry?

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me again, I feel Raph spent a lot of time with 03 Donnie so there aren't too many text messages between them but shows even when he wasn't around Donnie, Raph had texted him pretty often. If he was aware of something Don needed, ever for other projects. Raph would snag it for them. I also think 03 Raph would get jealous over Donnie's fondness towards 12 Raph XD so threw that in as a funny thing. I like to think they are still able to call and text later and Raphs reaches out to 03 Donnie about making up with his own Donnie one the last text ;3;

[ducknotinarow]

[2k3/2k7 uwu]

Just because it was said in anger, said a while ago, didn’t mean it stopped hurting. Words am did far more damage than any bruise - perhaps that’s why Yvonne wished Raphael had attacked her as opposed to said what he did. Those wounds would’ve faded by now.

It wasn’t the comment about her being spineless or whatever that hurt. It’s when he said she was like her father. A man she strived to prove wrong at every turn, to be completely different from. A man she kept her mouth shut about, and, well, look what it led too.

She’s not going to keep quiet about things anymore.

Yvonne’s quiet as she sits next to Raph. Things may be patched up but there were still things left unsaid. Well, she believes she has things left unsaid,

“I’m sorry,” She says calmly, “For not telling you about Bishop; it’s not that I didn’t want to, honest, I just wasn’t sure how or when would be the best time, clearly I ran out of that by the time you did find out,” She explains, “I should’ve been the one to tell you, and I’m sorry it wasn’t, and I’m sorry that I kept it from you at all - you trusted me, and I should’ve trusted you to understand.”

She had wanted to apologise for a while, of course she did, the remorse genuine behind her words,

“There is… something I need to ask you though,” she isn’t sure what answer she would prefer, “When you, understandably, blew up at me at the docks, did you mean what you said?” Yvonne asks him, “‘Like father like daughter’, ‘spineless’, ‘you may be a butterfly but you’re acting more like a snake’ - that’s what you said.”

Don’t get angry. Don’t get visibly upset. Ignore the pit in your chest and breath. Ignore the way your voice wavered in that moment. Your silence hurt you both before, do not let it happen again,

“I’m not looking for an apology for what you said, I simply wish to know if you stand by it,”She feels like she’s setting herself up to be hurt again, “It’s okay if you did mean it you know, I suppose, selfishly, I’m asking for clarity on where we stand - that’s all.”

Well, it wouldn’t be okay, not for her, but she’d force herself to accept whatever opinion he had - even if it did hurt in the end.

| Muse interaction

Raphael was still getting used to everything, going away with Casey to the farm house had been in truth him wanting to run away. That wasn't really Raphael. He claimed running was a coward move after all, but he needed it. Wanted to run just so tried and annoyed by everything feeling like he was going to snap and loose it. Because all Bishop did was tell the turtle he was only one thing. Angry. Hell that's why he flipped out on Von right? because he was angry? Always so fucking angry. Don't matter.

There was nothing more to the turtle than his anger, and hot it roots itself into every nook and cranny of the turtles being. Those few between moments when Raphael is clam and feels at peace. When hes reading and Donnie's near by. When hes watching tv with Mikey. When he and Leo go out to the surface together and decide to race back. When Casey and him sit up on roof tops together. When he goes to Splinter's room and drinks tea with them in silence. All it is is keeping it all at bay isn't? Raphael wasn't one to handle so many thoughts in his head, it kept him tossing and turn in his hammock till he decided to give up on sleep for the night. As he rolls out from the side and lands hard on his feet. Takes a bit longer to let his eyes adjust to the darkness i his room. Mask loose and left to hang around his neck. as he makes his way out from the room and heads for the kitchen.

He could slightly pick up on the sounds coming from Donnie's lab as he walked past it "Coffee?" he asks with a yawn he was pretty sure he heard an answer. Well if Don didn't he was sure the smell of coffee brewing would lure his brother out. As Raphael continued to the kitchen he was grateful his brothers finally backed off, and were letting him breath with out any of them basically stepping on his feet after all that happened. Raphael was getting use to holding things on his left more now, he was getting used to turning his head over more. There had been talk about finding a fix but his whole eye was removed. Cause Bishop couldn't do a half assed job it seemed, there was just nothing left to even try to help restore the vision. Sure he could get an implant if he wanted but, it would just prevent the option at all. Raphael hadn't wanted to think about it much more than he had to. As he moved away from the coffee pot now, letting the water start to heat up and work out to filter through the grounds of coffee. As he moved to sit down at the kitchen table. His eye hurt, which made no sense it wasn't there. But sometimes it felt like there was throb around the missing right eye. When he heard someone come in to the kitchen he assumed it would be Donnie. Okay he was hoping it was Donnie. So the way he paused and sort of just stared at Von was because his brain needed a second to understand this was someone else. Well more this was Von. He had no idea before but guess she had been staying away from the lair as well. Yeah he went and told her sorry and they made up but this had been the most he been around here since all of that.

"hmm hey Von, didn't know ya were around. I dunno how ta make it cold but Coffee up for grabs once it's done." Raphael states, as part of him wanted to stick around to see if Don would come out soon but well no offense to Von but her being here too would sort of ruin that little thing with him and Don. Still not tried maybe he could go up top? maybe just crash at Casey's the rest of the night? Before he can fully think on what he wants to do though Von moved to sit with him. Raphael titling his head and quirk his beak a little as he looked at her curiously. "yeah?"

“I’m sorry,”

"Accepted?" Raphael offers trying to think about why she was being sorry in the first place. Von's more clam demeanor doesn't help to give him an idea on what this was all about though.

“For not telling you about Bishop; it’s not that I didn’t want to, honest, I just wasn’t sure how or when would be the best time, clearly I ran out of that by the time you did find out,”

Oh this. Raphael moves to sit up a bit well she speaks, blame it on him being tried or blame it on the fact he knows they are still well working on things between them. But he keeps his beak quite a moment. Honestly he hadn't thought about that much since everything that happened. he saw it was water under the bridge compared to everything else Von lying to him just didn't seem like as big a deal as he made it out to be before. Or Bishops words were just that loud in his mind.

“I should’ve been the one to tell you, and I’m sorry it wasn’t, and I’m sorry that I kept it from you at all - you trusted me, and I should’ve trusted you to understand.”

"Don't worry 'bout it babe." Raphael tosses out moving to rub the heels of his palm against the missing eye. Needing to press in against the side of it. That throb was getting worst right now. Part of him wonders if he ain't just thinking about it to much however, "yeah it took me through the ringer when..he told me. Yeah it pissed me off cause well ya my friend Von. But we ain't gotta say sorry every time we bump into each other now. I get it okay. Ya got cold feet on tellin' me. Timing was all off." thinking about it he's sure she never said sorry herself before uh? eh whatever. Moving to rest his head against the palm of his hand he can just tell there is more she wants to say.

"Ya gonna keep starin' at my good looks or ya gonna open ya mouth?" he teases hoping it prompts her just a tad so he will shut up.

“There is… something I need to ask you though,”

Raph doesn't even hold back the sigh that he goes and lets come right out from his beak "Okay? and what's 'hat?" he swears this better not be some weird family connection guilt. Raphael couldn't stand to deal with that on top of everything else right now.

“When you, understandably, blew up at me at the docks, did you mean what you said?”

"uh what part? I kind of said a lot 'hat night Von." in truth he didn't recall most of what he said, it was all this blind blank moment in his own memory. He just remembered how he felt not so much what he said. He recalls bits enough to know what he said was all in anger and a need to get her away from him. But sometimes a temper was funny, it let something out that you were keeping to yourself.

“‘Like father like daughter’, ‘spineless’, ‘you may be a butterfly but you’re acting more like a snake’ - that’s what you said.”

Raph physical grimaced at what she repeated. Regretting that he made it out that he himself didn't even recall what he told her. Yvonne on the other hand? Seemed like she had been carrying everything he said with her like scars. Reminders that never fades away and had yet to truly heal over. Worse Raphael couldn't even act like he wouldn't say those things ever. That is exactly what he dose.

“I’m not looking for an apology for what you said, I simply wish to know if you stand by it,”

"Von," Raphael tries to interrupt in a want to drop this whole thing. Now he wished he stayed in his hammock. That's selfish of him. Raphael just didn't want to do this. As childish as that was, but sometimes you got to.

“It’s okay if you did mean it you know, I suppose, selfishly, I’m asking for clarity on where we stand - that’s all.”

"ya know, ya remind of Donnie sometimes and it fuckin' annoying." There was no bite behind his wording there is a touch of fondness to his words. He caught how her voiced wavered when she spoke he can see how she's trying to hold herself together. Raphael hurt her, that's what he sees. He could lose the left eye and he still be able to see that. Rubbing at his temple a moment. The best thing he can do is give her a good answer, not sugar coated no one where he thought it over. He guess so he respects and cares enough about her to show he can be serious. "I only meant the spinless comment. Maybe a bit on the snake bit too but 'hat was me jus' baring my teeth at best."

Raph isn't sure if thats good or not dropping his hand now, he can push the pain away for a moment, turning to better face her right now. "Ya know Leo and I fight so much it jus' annoy Mikey and Don?" Raph can assume Don has complained about it before Mikey even since he liked hanging out with Von on those 'girl nights' of theirs. Why bring this up though? "Leo says some shit that can kinda hurt me more 'han well even losing my eye." He offers a bitter chuckle, it's easier to bring attention to it around Von though. "But Leo don' back down from me, he don' bottle crap away either, don' need me to confront him nether." Raph explains "Tell anyone 'his an' I swear I will prevent ya from getting a drop of coffee for days."He is quick to snap or some threat the first that comes to mind, messing with ones coffee is the only thing he can think of seeing how pissy Don gets over it. He waits to settle back to where he left off with "But I respect that 'bout Leo. Leo has never held back on me, if I piss 'em off I know trust me I do. I feel most usedta the harsh shit I say but trust me Leo can be worse. Sometimes I 'hink 'bout how fire when it's real hot it's blue ya? 'hat's how I think of Leo." He explains a bit "jus' no matter what though I can count on 'hat."

He's quite a moment "it's why I look for 'hat in others so much." because of the trait he respect most in his eldest brother. "I rather people be straight forward wit' me." Raph tries to explain, "I don' care they gotta say. If its painful or not I got more respect for someone 'hat can jus' be honest with me. I rather they jus' come out an' say it sure but even if it's take some push 'hat's fine. Why i wish Don wouldn' keep his beak shut all the damn time. Or you with this." reaching up now to rub over the back of his neck.

"Sure I can' say 'd have taken it well, sure I might still snap at somewhat. Maybe accuse you of bein' a double crosser. But 'hat jus' be me freakin' out 'hat if 'hat were ture. It been my fault somethin' happened to the rest of 'em. An' 'hat would kill me." Raphael knows better than anyone losing any one of his brothers would kill him but if he was the cause? yeah be worse. "But ya not jus' any one to me Yvoone. Ya important ta me too, i love bitchin' about shit with you. I love how fuckin' snarky ya can be. I love 'hat ya put your self into danger wit' thinkin' 'bout ya self. 'Hat no one can tell ya what todo ya gonna do it. An' I know ya someone I would put my life on the line for." He feels the need to point this all out before he speaks further.

"I can tell ya those thin's I haven' said to most ever. But ya can' tell me you were related to Bishop? How else would I 'ake that? Von. Someone I care 'bout a shit fuckin' ton, and would try and do whatever I could for if ya needed me to. But ya couldn' look me in the face an' tell me 'hat? Yeah Splinless. Even if I can bet I still wouldn' have taken it well cause well fuck it's Bishop. I can' stand that Matrix lookin' ass freak."

'Hat was the thing I didn' mean I jus' said it cause I dunno I freaked. I was pissed off an' i wanted ya away from me. Still think it was spineless of ya to keep it from me, but i guess i get it as well. But I am sorry for sayin' 'hat " He pauses a moment reaching over to set a heavy palm on to on shoulder. Raphael felt there was really only one thing to end this off on. "But ya ain't Bishop. Aint even close to him." he soon offers a smile her way "Got better fashion sense so least that ain't passed down to ya 'hat's somethin' yeah?"

[ducknotinarow]

[2k3 Don and Raph; I feel Don will immediately regret this uwu]

It had been at least a couple of days since Master Splinter had given him ‘the talk’, and yet, Donatello was still embarrassed as all Hell about it. He had even avoided the kitchen in that time, leaving him cranky without his coffee

There was only so long he could go without it though. Venturing to the kitchen, he was relieved to only see Raphael in there. Sighing out, Donatello strolls in, heading straight for his precious coffee machine,

“I’m glad it’s just you and I Raph, Donatello casually comments as he looks for his mug, “Last time, Master Splinter found me alone, and gave me the birds and the bees talk…”

He leaned back against the counter, waiting for the coffee to heat up. It’s then be noticed the silence, and he felt his heart sink. Looking to Raph with wide eyes, he swallowed,

“Please tell me I’m not the only that he’s spoken too about that.”

Oh, him and his big mouth!

Ignoring whatever Raph was telling him, Donatello opted to instead unplug their coffee machine. Gathering it and his mug up, not worrying about the potential burns he may get from doing this, he begins leaving, grumbling,

“I’m taking this with me and never leaving my lab again.”

| Muse Interaction

Despite them all growing up with Splinters strict bed time schedule only Leo seemed to take to it the best. In that he at least kept to a more stable bed time. Mikey could be hit or miss but he was pretty much somewhat on a routine himself. But, they could both be early risers despite it. Donnie and Raphael could be more the night owls Donnie less seeing how they went days with out sleep altogether. So running into each other wasn't that uncommon Raph on his way to sneak out only to find Donnie going on day three of no sleep.  And well some nights were Raph telling them to ‘go the fuck to sleep’ other had them up chatting to each other being the only ones alive to the world at the time.So when Donnie had been recently holed up in his lab eh Raphael didn’t think much of it. This is why the coffee pot was kept in the kitchen however even if Don was partly the only one who ever drank the stuff. Leo and Splinter preferred tea. Mikey never needed it and Raph only drank it with Donnie.

“And out from the lab comes the resident brain Stine.” Raph goes to greet his brother as he was leaning up against the counter “Don’t seem like the coffee has seen any use for a bit was startin’ ta think you might be passed out in the lab.” He was kidding but seeing Donnie finally stumble out of said lab did bring some relief. And of course the first thing Donnie went for was the coffee pot, Raph just let a faint smile show on his beak turning to the side to open up the cardboard where they kept the coffee to grab it for them. Handing over the canister towards his twin. And they went anf got the pot up and going now.

“I’m glad it’s just you and I Raph”

“yeah? Why's that?” Not that Raph minded the sentiment or didn’t return it even. Heck, their nights together were often his favorite. Not that he would admit that out loud, but it was the truth. As Donatello went looking for his mug Raph, moving back to how he was resting against the counter. Curious about what lead to Don hiding away this time. Didn't seem lole some personal project from that bit alone.

“Last time, Master Splinter found me alone, and gave me the birds and the bees talk…”

Oh. Now Raph normally would smirk and rejoice in one of his brothers' pain over that. However, instead, his eyes widen a bit as he just looked at Donnie their own eyes suddenly widen like looking into a mirror as they shared the expression.

"He gave yas the talk?"

“Please tell me I’m not the only that he’s spoken too about that.”

"Well... not exactly." Raphael commented on. He also had the joy of getting that talk worse because Splinter sat Casey down along with him. He would have rather it just been him why did he have to rope them into sure was nice he knew Splinter liked Casey and saw them as family even but that had to be the worst day if Raphael's life to this very moment

"Yeah I don't blame ya hidin' away 'ike ya 'ave. I dipped outta her a few weeks myself-" cut off when he picks up on all the noises going on beside him in that very moment. Turning to watch Donatello the usual more level headed of the group currently unplugging the coffee machine from the wall. Gating the thing up into his arms along with his mug in hand. Raph haven't even noticed when the pot finished brewing let alone when donnie got his mug made up.

"Hey are ya brain dead from the lack of coffee ya gonna burn yourself that things too hot!." Raph jumped to scold and hated it because he sounded like fucking Leo when he did it.

“I’m taking this with me and never leaving my lab again.”

Donnie grumbled back, oh look they really were twins. Raph rolled his eyes and huffed before going and grabbing at his twins arm. More to keep the top of the machine from getting to close to Donnie from how they were lugging the thing around.

"Oh come on Don, it ain't that bad jeez and ya already got 'the talk'what more could Splinter do now? Stop bein' a wuss and man up." As if Raph had any room to talk considering how he himself ran off after getting that same talk from thier father. But, he chose to ignore that because this wasn't about him anyway. Working on getting the machine out from Donnies hold. Because if he had one in his lab, they really would not see Donnie as much as they do now.

"I will break it don' think I can't or won't." Of course he could, and of course, he would find a way to make it happen. Carful to pull the manchie back so the top was angel away from both of them before he set it back to the counter, careful to push it back into place. "Man ya got me soundin' 'ike Splinter Jr over here now."

It's hard to say which Raphael was more upset about.

"Jeez it ain't the end of the world sometimes Don you can be the most dramtic turtle. Even more than Mikey an' thats saying somethin'. Now stop bein' an idiot and just sit down and drink your sludge."