#sciatica to the tune of disturbia

[brightlotusmoon]

A snippet from a fanfic RP with @fire-fira . 2003 turtles meet some dimensional counterparts. Mikey is a telepath and everyone is casually snarky.

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"Well," Raph coughed. "See, y'know how Mikey always had a brain run on backwards logic an' sideways logic-"

"Quantum entanglement in neuronal form," Donnie supplied,

"-so, he was jawing on about all his thoughts, and there was that one about cats, and buttered toast, and the joke about putting buttered toast on a cat's back, and he was like, turtles can't get themselves upright on their shells, what if they were buttered..."

"You weren't supposed to think about it as an action," Mikey yelped, "it was a philosophical thought experiment!"

"How was I supposed to know that?"

"Dude, when have you ever taken my weird thoughts seriously?"

Raph's mouth clamped shut.

Donnie stared at the ceiling. "And this is why the Trolley Problem doesn't have a good solution nor should it."

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