#lamb Draxum

[circusinarun]

More curly Draxum :3

Yup, nothing serious, just a grandpa who hates being brushed (or let anyone touch his hair)

And lamb! Lamb Draxum! :3

Curly, curly, curly lamb <333333

And just a funny thing about how i learned how to draw Draxum:

Want to draw Draxum, draw Miguel :3

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Thinking about a ROTTMNT Human AU I was gonna make, and randomly remembered a huge plot...

(I'm in an infodumping mood again)

So basically this human AU follows Yoshi Hamato, aka Lou Jitsu as he adopts four little boys from "Draxum's Home for Lost Lambs". (Raph was the unplanned child of a struggling single mother, who was forced to give him up for adoption. Leo and Donnie were the only biologically-related kids out of the four. Their parents died in a car crash. Mikey was a dumpster baby, found in the alleys by Draxum.) <This is important to the plot! There's a lot more to the story, but it's all subject to change and still in the rough draft state.

Leo, having found a flier for some cool event in the woods (like a musical festival or something) wants to go by himself, but is instructed by Yoshi to take Mikey with him. Leo has an argument with his Dad over it, but Yoshi remains adamant that he take his little brother. Leo grumbles the entire time he and Mikey ride up, and even has an argument with Mikey during the drive where he says something along the lines of "I wish I wasn't your older brother". Before Leo can take it back or Mikey can refute, the two get into an accident after a truck runs Leo's moped off the side of the road and onto a cliff ledge.

Leo wakes up in his bedroom, the day having restarted. He finds that no one remembers Mikey, no one knows who he is! Leo does some investigation and discovers that there is no evidence that Mikey ever even existed. In desperation, Leo visits Draxum's orphanage to ask if Mikey was ever found or adopted, and Drax says no, he has no record of Mikey. Leo realizes that it is possible Mikey was never rescued as a baby and may have died. Draxum suggests that Leo go to the last spot he saw "Mikey" at. Leo does, and has a vision of what happened (from the audience's POV, Mikey just simply yelled at Leo to "look out" before the screen cut to black), and Leo sees that a speeding delivery truck ran them off the road and clipped the back of Leo's moped, causing them to skid and spiral, knocking them into the barrier and sending Mikey flying off the side of the cliff while Leo was thrown several feet forward. Leo realizes that he's dreaming and goes to the vision of his real self and begs him to wake up because Mikey needs him...

Leo wakes up, calls 911, and manages to climb down the side of the cliff to rescue Mikey.

A helicopter arrives shortly afterwards and rescues the two of them, though Mikey is in a coma. At the hospital, Leo explains the situation to everyone, even the argument. Raph and Donnie comfort Leo after he admits what he said to Mikey before the wreck. Micheal stays unconscious for three days before waking up, and Leo is the first to see him. The two talk it over and Mikey slowly recounts his memories leading up to the crash, even remembering the argument, though he tries to gaslight Leo into thinking he doesn't. Leo apologizes profusely and comforts Mikey, saying that he "got a glimpse of what a world without his little brother was like" and that he never wants to see that again. Mikey also tells Leo he saw the truck that hit them, specifically the logo on the side of the van... it was a delivery truck for the Foot Shack...

There's more after this, but for now that's all I'm sharing!!

[starsfic]

Summaries:

Gangle abstracts before Pomni can speak up.

The Blob is willing to accept more souls, first a little fighter, and then a little rabbit.

Forced Back AU: The Lamb's funeral must be perfect.

Four snippets on how the main romantic pairs- Yoshi and Draxum, Raph and Casey, Donnie and April, and Leo and Usagi- get together.

How Mystery Inc. got together, one couple at a time.

Qi Xiaotian and Red Son end up with a cat that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Demon Bull Queen.

The Daycare Attendant, in both forms, finds both forms of Vanessa distractingly adorable.

Early Stone Monkey: Babysitting is going well, excluding the failure to find the one who put the glamor on Xiaotian, until the day Pigsy and Tang come home early.

Xiangliu is very fond of Sun Wukong's children. He can't help but try to warn them.

So many try to apply a image on Sun Wukong, to the point that he is terrified of what will happen if anyone sees the real him, all the tune to "All You Wanna Do."

In one universe, the explosion kills Maria. In another, the explosion and resulting burst of chaos energy kills Shadow and the Black Arms demands retribution. When that universe invades, Shadow and Sonic must team up to defeat...Maria.

[boots-with-the-fur-club]

Chapter 3 of These Are Not Our Masks!

@daboyau

@that-0n3-shr00mi3-guy

@iobsesswaytoomuch

@sady-is-secretly-an-alchemist

@dluebirb

Raph and Leo snap back to attention at Draxum’s voice and arrival. He stands in front of a still open and glowing portal and has a look of pure disappointment on his face.

“You were supposed to collect your brothers and eliminate everyone else who stood in your way. Are you disobeying my orders!?”

Mikey holds onto Raph protectively.

“Yes they are! And nobody is going back with you!”

Draxum rolls his eyes.

“I should have made you all have some level of higher intelligence instead of putting it all in the purple one. This is not a situation where any of you have a choice.” His hand glows as he holds it out towards Raph and Leo.

The two of them scream out and hold onto their faces in pain.

Splinter steals one of Leo’s katanas and strikes at Draxum.

“You can not have them!

Draxum dodges.

“You fool, they were mine from the start! Now listen to my commands! Artemis! Atlas!”

Raph and Leo revert to their earlier behavior and go after both Mikey and Donnie.

“S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N! Release the nets!” Donnie commands.

“Here they come!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. shoots them out, getting both brothers caught and put to the floor.

They claw and thrash around which makes it clear the nets will not hold them for long. Another plan is needed, and fast.

“It’s a marvel what you’ve done with your limited resources. I’m sure you’ll make something better than this trash under my command.” Draxum waves his hand again.

Vines shoot up and around Donnie, completely surrounding him. A mask is held by several of them while others grab Donnie’s arms and legs.

The mask is smaller than the others, only being enough to cover his eyes. It’s metallic purple all across. There’s a goggle over one eyehole with two screws next to it’s top and bottom. The other side of the mask has gears and a geometric pattern around the eyehole.

If Donnie wasn’t in so much danger and didn’t know who it was from, he might actually be impressed.

He struggles heavily, also trying to bite the vines.

Splinter turns to help him but gets stopped by Draxum who he continues to fight with. Mikey pulls at the vines as much as he can. Every one he gets rid of has another pop up in its place.

“Donnie! BOOYAKASHA!” S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. gives out a battle cry and starts mowing down the vines.

Draxum notices while continuing his fight and moves some vines to grab the drone. He tears him to pieces, S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N’s head dropping to the floor.

Donnie’s eyes widen as his heart absolutely shatters alongside his robotic son.

“No! S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N! I’m going to turn you into lamb chops, do you hear me Draxum!?”

“Save that attitude for humanity.”

The vines with the mask slams it onto Donnie’s face.

Everything starts falling apart almost immediately afterwards.

Raph and Leo escape their nets, barreling towards Mikey since he’s the only one left without a mask.

Donnie is finally released from the vines.

That proves to be a mistake.

His fingers twitch unnaturally as he types, but he still manages to use his wrist device. Lasers start firing all over the place from different directions.

Leo gets distracted from chasing the lights, Mikey vaguely remembers when they were little and that worked on him.

Raph gets distracted trying to stop Leo from burning himself.

Mikey grabs at Donnie’s hand and attempts to get him to safety.

Donnie doesn’t move any inch.

“Leave me. Don’t go anywhere obvious. Warn April before she gets here. I’m destroying my controls for the tank. Go.”

Mikey tears up and shakes his head.

“No! I’m not-!”

Donnie slaps Mikey across the face, leaving him completely shocked and with scratch marks on his cheek.

“Did I ask you!? Do you know how hard it is to even be talking to you!? Get father and leave! Leave! LEAVE!”

Mikey runs and grabs his father’s hand instead, pulling him along as they run.

“Purple! Red! Blue! No! I will save you from this! I swear!” Splinter insists.

“What are you doing!? You’re letting them get away! Do as I say, Artemis, Apollo, Atlas!” Draxum orders.

Donnie suddenly appears next to him, having moved so fast the sheepman could hardly react in time. The wrist device is grabbed and smashed against his face as hard as possible.

Draxum shouts and reels back in pain.

Donnie tackles him, scratching and biting relentlessly.

“Artemis! Atlas! Get him off me!“

Raph and Leo move back over. Raph wraps both arms around Donnie tightly, lifting him off the ground.

Leo cackles.

It’s unsure if it’s at Draxum or Donnie.

Draxum stands up and glares down at the snapping soft shell.

“How are you able to resist my commands this much?”

Donnie spits at him.

“How should I know why your shoddy work isn’t functional!? I’ll tear you into pieces-“

“Now I remember, you didn’t steal one of my weapons. You aren’t attuned to mystic energy like my other creations. I’ll just have to imbue more of my energy in your mask. A simple solution that will also serve as your punishment.” Draxum places his hand on the mask.

Donnie’s throat hurts from how loud he screams.

Draxum smiles.

Donnie eventually goes limp, head only held up by Draxum’s hand. It falls down when he moves it away.

“Atlas, release him.”

Raph let’s go.

Donnie fails to his knees.

“Apollo, are you ready to be of use now?” Draxum questions.

Donnie lifts his head.

“Yes, Baron Draxum.”

Draxum smiles widely.

“Then it’s time you fulfill your purpose.”

Splinter portaled himself and Mikey into the tank then tossed the katana outside the hatch. It probably has some kind of a tracker, knowing Draxum.

He closes the hatch and gets into the driver’s seat. His heart aches as he knows he’s taking Raph’s place, but he presses the button to open the garage door and speeds the tank out of there.

Mikey silently sobs while sitting in his seat. Donnie might have hurt him, but he was doing it to get him to just listen and go. Maybe if he had just done that Donnie wouldn’t have anything to feel bad about later.

Splinter drives so fast that he barely has time to stop when they see April about to open a manhole.

Mikey very quickly hops out and pulls her in before Splinter speeds off again. He clings to her as much as he can, soaking her shirt with his tears. April squeezes him and decides to ignore the fact that she’s going to need a new shirt.

“What happened? Donnie texted SOS! Why isn’t he here!? Wait, why aren’t Leo and Raph here either!?”

Splinter grips the arms of the chair tightly.

“They’ve all been taken and forced to work under Draxum.”

April’s face pales.

“They’re….no way….Mikey’s the only one left?”

Splinter nods solemnly.

“I’m afraid so. Donatello warned us not to go anywhere obvious. They will look for us at your home. I know somewhere else we can go.”

“And that is?”

“LEMONADE! Todd’s special lemonade for my gue-! Oh no! What happened to you!?” Todd sets the tray with cups and pitcher down on his table and rushes over to Mikey and April.

Mikey sniffles and let’s go of April just to open up his arms to Todd.

Todd whistles and an army of puppies come running to tackle Mikey to the ground. They lick at his face, taking away any tears on it. He moves his head a bit so they don’t lick his scratch.

“Thanks Todd, I really needed this.”

“Of course! Anything for my best friend! But I could help a lot more if I knew what happened!”

Mikey sadly tells the entire story, fully filling everyone present in.

April and Splinter look even more terrified. Neither of them knew exactly how bad it had gotten. Now they’re aware that might be entirely screwed.

“Donnie did that to you….?”

“H-He wouldn’t have done it if he could help it. Even with how hard it was to talk, he wanted me to remember to warn you, April.”

She feels a little choked up that Donnie used some of his last bits of sanity to worry about her. April rejected hanging out with them today in favor of spending some time relaxing with Mayhem. If she had been there, she could have done something.

No, no time to think about that. She’s here now and her pseudo brothers need her.

“We need a plan! We can’t just let Draxum use them like puppets! Splints, what are our options?”

“If this is what I believe it to be….then I am not sure….but I do know where I can get some information. That auction house must have some of my family scrolls since they continue to sell things from my time as Lou Jitsu.”

“Then we go looking! There’s no time to waste!”

“Y-Yeah, let’s go!” Mikey tries to sit up.

April gently pushes him back into the puppy pile.

“Sorry buddy. It’s better for you to be here where they won’t find you. Todd will protect you, right Todd?”

Todd rips off his shirt and shows off a surprisingly good physique.

“Nothing will get to my pal while I’m here!”

“Okay, I wasn’t expecting all that, but my point is proven.”

“But I want to help! Leo and Donnie….they both made sure I wasn’t taken….I have to repay the favor by helping fix them!” Mikey whines.

Splinter kneels down next to him and strokes his non hurt cheek.

“My son, you can repay the favor by staying safe like they wanted. If Draxum gets you as well, it’s truly over.”

Mikey leans into his dad’s hand and sighs.

“Okay….I’ll stay. Both of you be extra careful!”

“You’ve got it. We’ll be back!” April heads into the tank again.

Splinter kisses Mikey’s forehead and follows after her. The tank speeds off quickly.

Mikey sighs.

“Don’t be sad, friend. Let me get you patched up, then you can have some lemonade and we can cook together and play with the puppies! Doesn’t that sound fun?” Todd holds out his hand.

Mikey takes it, smiling softly.

“Yeah….it does. It would just be a lot more fun with my brothers.”

Todd helps him up and leads him to the first aid area of the puppy park.

“You can always come back with them after they’re okay again!”

“You’re right. And they will be okay again!”

“That’s the spirit! Do you want a Dalmatian or Golden Retriever bandaid?”

“Dalmatian please.”

April sits in Donnie’s seat as Splinter once again drives the tank.

“So….you said reaching out to them helps a little?”

“Not enough, but yes. Perhaps if they could stay away from Draxum for longer. It wouldn’t be an easy task.”

April thinks for a second.

“If Draxum wants the guys to rule the world for him or something, Donnie would need more parts. He also can’t work fast if he’s distracted so any place he goes to has to be somewhere he can be alone. I bet he’d go to the Purple Dragon’s lair!”

“Please do not tell me that you want to try to find him there. You have seen what happened to Orange, and he told us what Red did to Blue. They aren’t themselves. He won’t forgive himself if he hurts you either.”

“I won’t give him the chance! Besides, I’ve known the guys for years. They’ve got weaknesses even they don’t know about but I do. If anyone is going to get Donnie back, it’s me.”

Splinter sighs.

“Then you want to split up?”

“Yeah! You drop me off and go head to the auction house. I’ll calm Donnie down enough for you to use whatever you find, then he can help us get the other guys back!”

“You’re sure about this?”

“Of course I am. You know I’d do anything for them.”

“Then let’s save our boys.”

After getting the address from April, Splinter changes course to the hideout.

He hopes he doesn’t regret it.

[percyaugod]

Othello AU: Summary Part 1

Okay, there is a lot when it comes to the Othello AU, including multiple what-if scenarios, so he's the basic summary.

We start over five centuries ago. Karai trying to find what keeps attacking the cattle and stealing crops finds a small yokai. It's the size of a three-year-old and resembles a turtle. She eventually gains his trust and calls him Kappa. Because I fully believe Karai, like Splinter and his colors, is bad at naming things. It's hereditary.

Karai takes Kappa in as if he was her own child and raises him. He's smart and quickly learns to speak and fight from her. She also teaches him to sew, care for the animals, and garden to better appreciate the crops and fabric so sees how much effort goes into taking care of them so he's less careless with them.

The rest of the clan, do not like the Kappa. It's unpredictable and dangerous. They've seen the massive creatures it has destroyed and brought back as "gifts" for Karai. Without her to control it what's to keep it from turning on them?

A couple of decades after finding Kappa Karai sacrifices herself to seal Shredder. Kappa growing slower than the human only appears to be about four or five. Karai asked him to protect the other child and can she left behind. He can't though because the clan banished him and cursed him so he can't harm them. The amount of power in the spell weakens the Hamato clan when the foot clan starts hunting them down.

Kappa survived on their own for centuries after. Fighting to survive and avoiding the Hamato clan. No one called them Kappa in a long time. So when stories started spreading of a large turtle yokai of devastating intelligence, size, and strength people came up with names for him. Othello is the one that stuck around.

Everywhere he went there was only fear in people's eyes. Othello spent most of his time trying to come up with a way to make more creatures like himself so he wouldn't be alone anymore.

His experiments were put on hold when a little lamb came seeking him out looking for his help trying to eradicate humans. After pointing out the flaws in young Draxum's plans the poor creature looked so lost. Othello let him stay until he figured things out. He teaches Draxum about fighting, science, and alchemy in the meantime. Draxum never did leave.

Neither did the little lady. A young spider yokai who wanted Othello's help in ruling with intimidation. She never did tell him her real name, only calling herself Big Mama. She seemed to make herself right at home sitting on Othello's shoulder.

Draxum and Big Mama are constantly at odds. Othello even has to stop several of Big Mama's attempts on Draxum's life. Draxum never did outgrow taking her things without permission.

When Big Mama moved out to start her business Draxum stayed behind to watch over Othello. That sounds ridiculous considering he's one of the oldest and strongest known yokai. Yet Draxum once had to hunt Othello down because he snuck out of bed and found him out in the garden. Along with some skeleton he never met before!

Hueso had broken into Othello's garden because of the rare herbs Othello grew. He saw Othello also sneaking around because he wanted to garden, not sleep and thought he was also trying to steal. Othello wanted to see where this went and helped Hueso rob him until Draxum caught them both. Othello will always treasure the look on Hueso's face when he learns who he was sneaking around with.

Othello thinks the bone man is amusing and won't leave him alone. The dumb lizard.

There's a lot more, but tired of typing. More later.

[moonriddles]

can i ask for relationship headcanons for baron draxum x your oc

BUT OF COURSE YOU CAN

For some little context, these two started as friends when they were kids/teens, then grew apart for a couple of hundred years and then reconected in the present, but it's funny cuz' now they're in different sides with Draxum being the protector of yokaikind and Dandelion(my boy) being the most wanted criminal in the whole city. So before being a couple they had sorta like a frenemy dynamic.

Moving onto my hc's!!

-Since they have a rival reputation to keep, affection is strictly closed doors. They have this whole theatric of hating eachother and chasing when being in public, just to be all sweet and cuddly afterwards.

-Draxum isn't the most affectionate of creatures, i mean it in the it's weird that he asks for cuddles kind of way, Dandelion's the one who's always doing so and Draxum happily gives him kisses and everything he wants. But he shows his affection in more subtle ways; letting D spend time on his lab while he works, getting stuff from the higher shelves for him, listening to all his yapper while doing other stuff... It's the small things that melt Dandelion's heart cuz' Draxum could hate being interrupted but loves spending time with his idiot of a husband.

-When it comes to nicknames, Dandelion has the most creative and corny ones.

"Salutations my gracious and beautiful sugar cottontailed lamb!~"

While Draxum just goes

"Mornin' Dandelion"

-They have training sessions from time to time because Draxum doesn't want the jerk to stay in a sedentary state, he's too confident in his abilities and that's why he losts practice, so he makes sure to keep him constantly moving. They know their strategies and movements perfectly, they are each other's perfect rival, even if it is a simple training session they always go for everything, and even so they end up overconfident in their own abilities and end up defeated by the other.

Their current score is

D:40 B.D:39

-The gargoyles LOOOVE Dandelion, when the three of them are together it's absolute hell for Draxum cuz' they are invulnerable under Dan's protection, so they're just messing around singing and joking while Draxum works on a project thinking about divorce/J

-Dandelion used to hate the turtles, straight up wanting to kword them for messing up with his operations and stuff. After Draxum's redemption he's obliged to spend time with them, not wanting to befriend them but only interacting cuz' they're his husband's family yk

Eventually Dandelion grows attached to them, more like a father he acts like a cool uncle who gets them weird and expensive gifts, Leo's his favorite.

Is this good? I think i got a bit carried away gahdga sorry i just love em' so much

[artistgem]

Just some sheep moms with their lambs.

Akai (left) and Rin (right), the mothers of Draxum and Melodrax.

[mudlarkspur]

sheep have a way they bleat that calls their lambs. it's also extremely effective on turtle children.

these two are together now! in any further interactions in the comp it'll probably be with both of them, sorry to those with Draxum related trauma.

Note: Eṉ aṉpē is the anglicized Tamil phrase for 'my dear' or 'sweetheart', my Draxum is Tamilar which is an ethnic group from southern India.

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two image comic, ink on paper.

image 1 part 2:

CY!Donnie in a wooded background with her arms thrown up while Muninn flies out from around her.

Donnie: the woods?? I love the woods!!

(text bubble from offscreen): -bleeeaat- -baa- -bleat-

image 1 part 2:

Donnie looking over her shoulder in surprise.

offscreen text continues: -baa- -baa-

image 1 part 3:

Donnie looking to the right in excitement, Muninn is now on her right

Muninn: Huginn (in old norse runes)?

Donnie: Appā!?

(Offscreen): -bleat- Donnie? Eṉ aṉpē? Where are you?

image 2:

Donnie being held up by Draxum with one arm and he's smiling affectionately up at them. Donnie is smiling at them and talking while their headphone ears wiggle up and down with a fwip fwip sound effect. There is no text dialog.

Draxum is wearing a kurta style shirt, has a more sheep-like ear, nose, and mouth, and is wearing horns and a forehead plate rather than a full helmet

The second bracket theme is going to be...

The WOODS!

Behold! The birthplace of all books. You and all your fellow competitors are getting a one way trip to the great outdoors! Want to survive? You'll have to rough it up! And who knows what mysteries the forest might hold... Good luck!~

Nrtfvo!

Blf mvvw gl zmhdvi nb gvcgh, R hslfow mlg szev gl hvmw blf mlgvh erz kligzo. YFG. R zn gibrmt gl ivhkvxg blfi hkzxv yvxzfhv blf ziv nb orggov yilgsvi zmw R olev blf.

Sldvevi.

Zh hlnvlmv dsl szh szw nb uzri hsziv lu zdufo yivzp fkh: Blf wrwm… g mvvw svi. Gsviv ziv kovmgb lu.. Urhs rm gsv vi… Bvzs.

Orhgvm, nb klrmg rh gszg nlkrmt zilfmw zolmv rh lmob tlrmt gl nzpv blf uvvo dlihv. Xlnv slnv zmw dv xzm nlkv gltvgsvi.

Blfi uzelirgv yilgsvi, Ovl

[fingolfinwiththesteelchair]

I love that ROTMNT's "day out in the city and each member gets their own episode and story" ends with everyone in jail except for Splinter and Mikey, not because they behaved, but because they're better at running from the cops

[tench]

Baby goat 😭

[circusinarun]

Mom found out about his "scientific research" on her favorite flower

I'll draw more lil' Draxum soon 👀👀👀

[tin-the-turtle]

*She clicked, snapping at the lamb, trying to stab the lamb yokai*

*Huginn tried prying tin off of muninn*

"Get him off me! Why couldn't draxum mutate something less bitey!"

"I'm trying!"

*He dug his claws into one of the goyles, hissing*

*She rattled her tail, snarling louder*

"Why are you taking mutants? They aren't a danger to you, yokai... well, maybe that one is! But you don't care whether they are intelligent or not!"

*After hours, jennika snuck into the zoo, heading to the enclosure before sinking in, the gargoyles soon following after*

*He watched, staring at jennika and the gargoyles before clicking*

"Tin Beware! Tin be-"

*Jennika grabbed tin, hissing*

"Shut the hell up if you want to get out of here and go back to your pond.."

"And you two, can you shoo from here?"

"No can do, we watch over tin"

"That's right, and now we watch over you"

*Jennika hissed*

"And you couldn't fucking get this turtle out?!"

@npcs-for-everyone

@npcs-for-npcs

@npcs-ig (any npc blog PLEASE!)

[phoebepheebsphibs]

Free invite to rant about your tortillas as humans

*clears throat*

Mkay @belleyellsaboutturtles @truths33k3r4 @boots-with-the-fur-club come getchy'alls food

So I'm calling the AU "Lou Jitsu's Kids". I'm still working on the story and a few details, but basically this is how the story goes...

It begins introducing the most important characters to the AU and giving some quick context, starting with Lou Jitsu. (His story is exactly the same as canon until a certain point so I won't explain him lol).

Next we're introduced to Bea M, Lou Jitsu's manager, publicist, former roadie, owner of the Hotel Nexus where Lou Jitsu lives, and girlfriend. But secretly and unbeknownst to Lou, she runs an underground crime syndicate and mafia under the pseudonym "Big Mama".

The story picks up at Lou's proposal to Big Mama. She declines, fearing that if they were to get married, her secret double life would be revealed. Lou is heartbroken but accepts her answer, believing that she will one day accept it when she's ready.

The next introduction is to a young struggling single mother, who's boyfriend left her after the unplanned pregnancy of their son, Raphael. Raph's mom has just been laid off and rent is due at her crummy apartment. Though she wants to keep her son, she understands that she cannot support him and is forced to give him up for adoption so that he might have a better life.

Next, we are introduced to a happy young family moving to NYC for the father's new job as an architect. The mother has taken a job teaching kindergarten so she can stay close to their twin sons, Leonardo and Donatello. However, on the drive, the vehicle is crashed into and Leo and Donnie's parents are killed instantly.

We are then introduced to a person the narrator refers to as "a nobody" or something like that. The "nobody" has just been given a wonderful gift, but decides to throw the gift away simply because they do not want the responsibilities that come with it. They are shown shoving a small bundle into a dumpster in the alley before running. We are then introduced to Michelangelo, a newborn baby, who is quickly running out of time.

Lastly, we are introduced to Baron Draxum, a man who owns a small and failing orphanage. He manages to hear Mikey crying in the alley and rescues him, taking him to the hospital before bringing him to the orphanage later. At first, we are meant to believe that Draxum is just a grumpy old man yet essentially harmless, but we learn that the orphanage is a front for illegal science experiments, drug enhancements, and genetic experiments hidden beneath the building. Draxum begins experimenting on the four newest additions to his orphanage -- Raph, Donnie, Leo, and Mikey.

If I remember correctly, a few years later, grandpa Shō dies. Distraught by the loss of his last remaining family member, Lou Jitsu reflects on his life and his family. He chooses to visit "Draxum's Home for Little Lambs" on a whim and ends up meeting the four boys, who adore his films and idolize his characters. Lou decides to use his wealth and and connections to donate to charity, specifically choosing to renovate Draxum's Orphanage and provide funding for a rec center as well. Lou continues to donate to the orphanage and even goes so far as to invite all the kids on a tour to his film studio to watch how movies are made. With each visit, he falls more and more in love with the four boys and eventually decides to adopt them all, much to Bea M's disagreement. However, after meeting the boys and seeing the poverty they come from, she changes her mind.

There's a heck of a lot more after that, but this post is long enough so I think I'd stop there for now and ramble another time...

[nettledevil]

My brain: Draxum→ Sheep→ Lamb Chop→ Drunk Lamb Chop

Meatsweats singing: Leg of lamb so pink and rare

Draxum: . . . you would really eat a friend?

Draxum: you wouldn't dare!

Meatsweats: . . . . . .

Meatsweats: I would!

and

Draxum: Im always drinking for medicinal purposes, im trying to forget Lou Jitsu

Hugin: Lou Jitsu? There is nothing between you and Lou Jitsu

Draxum: Thats what Im trying to forget!

[cutepastelstarsalior]

2012 and Rise God au

All the gods are immortal, have a animal companion, wings, can turn people into demigods, and can control a element.

2012

Leo god of healing, patience, and honor

Raph god of animals, bloodlust, and protection

Donnie god of intelligence, passion, and machines

Mikey god of arts, friendship, and laughter

Apirl demigod of Divine retribution, and Foresight.

Casey human

Splinter of grief, traditions, and old age

Karai demigod of misfortune, and hardship

Rise

Raph god of traveling, medicine, and love

Leo god of trickery, confidence, and logic

Donnie god of wisdom, invention and technology

Mikey god of children, harvest, and sun

Splinter god of pain, acting, family

Apirl human

Cass human

Casey Jr human assistant to Leo

Draxum god of conflict, conquest, and alchemy

Animals companies and elements

2012

Leo element of winter. Animal- Deer

Raph element of fire. Animal-Leopard

Donnie element of earth. Animal-Centipedes

Mikey element of air. Animal-Lamb

April element of water. Animal-spiders

Casey element of metal. Animal-wolf

Splinter element of spirt. Animal-Horse

Karai element of rage. Animal-Hawk

Rise

Raph element of earth. Animal-Bear

Leo element of breath. Animal-Tiger

Donnie element of metal. Animal-Fox

Mikey element of fire. Animal-Hummingbird

Splinter element of air Animal-Luna Moth

April element of water. Animal-Cat

Case element of doom. Animal-Dog

Casey jr element of time. Animal-Raven

Draxum element of mind. Animal-Snake

[remmushound]

Bay/rise 41!! @errorfreak88 @brightlotusmoon @digitl-art-monstr @yarchurr @sententiously-sarcastic @dakotafinely @sprinklestheditty

Rise April = April

Bay April = O’neil

Rise Casey = Cassandra

Bay Casey = Casey

This wasn’t how it was meant to go, but it was where they were. The only solace they held in their hearts was the fact that, wherever Shredder was, he couldn’t get to them. Not without someone to make a rift for him. So they were safe. For now. The first thing they did was call O’neil and Casey to tell them what happened, and the two had found their way to the lair within the hour to mourn with everyone else.

Together they sat in the living room in absolute silence, lotus-style on the floor as they all simmered in the broken fractures of their own minds. Leonardo was gently tending to the injured Splinter, dabbing the blood from his pelt after resetting the rat's leg and binding it with bandages he found in Donnie’s lab. He did his work in silence, though his eyes often searched between the rat he was tending and to his own father. He hated to think of when Splinter would awake, and he would have to tell the rat what happened to his sons.

Draxum was more than aware of what he was feeling. That hopeless feeling of survivor's guilt was a feeling he knew from his lambhood, though it had been a while since he had felt it this strongly. He knew it wasn’t his fault— nothing was ever his fault because he was flawless and faultless and that was what he kept telling himself to keep his sanity. He remembered being a lamb in Japan during the time of Shredder—barely off of his mother's milk and still completely reliant on her. There had been such harsh treatment of yokai following Shredder’s defeat that many of his kind was forced from their homeland, and those who refused to leave were killed or forced to hide away. His horns had just barely started to come in when he was captured by the humans hellbent on destroying his kind, and the way they had mutilated him and taken his horns… Draxum shook his head. It was of no matter. He had done his very best in getting as much of the Hamato Clan out of danger as he possibly could. He had more than fulfilled his duty, and he held no shame to admit that.

Casey and O’neil were sitting close together. The only one they truly knew in the group surrounding them was unconscious, and so even if they were in the mood to talk, they wouldn’t know where to start. O’neil, of course, knew the turtles far more than Casey did, but that didn't negate just how close Casey had gotten to the mutant family in the months he knew them. Whether it be butting heads with Raph or arguing with Leo or bothering Donnie or playing with Mikey, he got along well with them all. Even on a few occasions he had gotten wisdom from the old rat and taken every word to heart. O’neil wanted to cry, but her body wouldn’t let her. She wanted to scream and cry and yell at these new turtles for putting her turtles in harm's way, and she wanted to ask, no demand, they go rescue her friends! But she knew no good would ever come of it, and that she would practically be sending them to their deaths! But still, she was mad.

Donatello didn't know how to feel. His head was low and so was his heart; so low in fact it felt as if it was in his stomach. He barely registered it as hunger pangs, though some small part of his mind told him that no one would fault him if he just got up and got a snack from the kitchen to hold him over. He didn't move though. He dismissed the thought and slumped just slightly more, sniffling and wiping his eyes. He wasn’t sure if he was upset about losing Raphael or if he was just incredibly hungry from almost three days with no food. Probably both. He always cried when he was hungry. He didn't care anymore; it was a different kind of not caring than he was used to. This time, he truly didn't care about life or death. All he cared about was getting through the seconds and not being lost to the darkness that tried to steal him away.

April sat close to Donatello, almost on top of him as she rested her head on his shoulder. She showed no shame as she openly cried, Donatello occasionally offering her fresh tissues to wipe the tears that just seemed to keep flow and leave her cheeks ashen and hot. The mystic bat returned to her by Casey Jones suddenly seemed not so important, though she still kept it and the mystic orb on her lap. It wasn’t fair! Raphael shouldn’t have been taken like that and, though she knew it dumb, she couldn’t help but think she could’ve helped somehow if she had been there. If there had been more people fighting, more chances of escaping! Even if she wouldn’t have been able to save Raphael, she might have been able to spare one of the other four captured! Donatello’s arm wrapped around her and gave her a comforting squeeze, and that somehow helped.

Michelangelo was heartbroken, his crying softer than April’s but still loud enough to break the silence. He was tucked into the comfort of his shell with just his muzzle hanging out, tears pooling on the inside of his plastron and spilling out. What he wanted more than anything was a hug from Raphael, and that was one of the only things he couldn’t have. Yoshi was curled beside him, his tail wrapped around the box turtle’s carapace trying to comfort him as best he could while Michelangelo cried and cried. Splinter cried too, though his tears were silent. He had always told his sons that crying was not a sign of weakness, but now that he was there crying in front of them— in front of all but one— he couldn’t help but feel ashamed in his own, overwhelming grief. His Raphael, his boy! He could still see the anguish in his eldests face ever time he closed his eyes. His baby turtle… the same hatchling he had warmed through the winter and cooled in the summer. The hatchling he had fed and dressed and loved. Kissing his bruises when he fell down and hugging him when he was upset. Singing to him and loving him and teaching him and guiding him! Fourteen years, gone in a day when it should have been him…

Cassandra was tense. She had a tight hold on her naginata, her eyes darting between everyone else in the room. Enemies, all of them! The mutants, the humans, the yokai— any one of them could attack her at any moment and she would be outnumbered so she needed to be ready for anything! She was sure she could take them, but what she wasn’t quite sure of was why Draxum just sat where he sat, doing nothing and saying nothing. Why? She understood the need to get away from the monster her Master Shredder had become. The image of the green mutant being ripped apart was still so fresh on her mind that she couldn’t possibly forget it if she tried, but she and Draxum didn't need to be here! Not when every passing moment was a passing threat! They needed to—

Draxum pulled Cassandra closer to him, holding her at his side and giving a comforting shush. That was all it took for Cassandra’s mind to start to simmer, and her to realize just how tired she was. Maybe a quick nap couldn’t hurt, as long as Draxum was looking out for her.

Leonardo couldn’t stand the silence anymore.