[video] With Great Power Comes Great Irresponsibility

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif is in high spirits today. He seems to actually be in one of the training rooms for once, which makes that a lot weirder. ]

Hey guys. There are a bunch of weirdos running around and it's been a while since we talked about powers. So guess what we're going to do today?

[ 'We' because he expects participation, dammit! ]

And because I'm feeling generous, I'll start. Guess who learned a new thing?

[ He points at himself with both thumbs and backs up, revealing a line of targets. He steps back, lines up his shoulder with them, and winds up his arm like a softball pitcher. He doesn't stop. Grif's arm blurs as he speeds up, and finally the force of the moving air is enough to tip over the nearest target. But only the nearest one. He stops, gestures at it with definite pride, and continues. ]

So let's talk about your powers because we already know mine are pretty awesome.

[ Of course they are, Grif. ]

Has anybody else figured out anything cool? And if you're new: I'm Grif and this is basically my job around here. Tell me what you got, because I'm still way disappointed about the lack of eye lasers we got going on on this team. I could read profiles, but who has time for that crap?

If I know you already... I don't know. Injury status report? What did you have for lunch? I'm just bored, okay?

((( This is a free for all mingle post! Grif will reply to everyone who responds, but if you want to have a character jump into a conversation with anybody you are absolutely welcome and, in fact, encouraged. Feel free to have characters ignore the point, talk about other things, etc etc. Threads are assumed to be public unless you mark them otherwise. This is set after the Ambush of TTHS but the Investigation is still ongoing. )))

Comments

[nerdninja]

[ The investigation being ongoing, Donnie's got a few programs running behind him looking for inconsistencies in the incriminating footage. And those programs being running might be why he's got the time to take a break and shitpost here. ]

You think you're bored.

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif squints at his screen, trying to puzzle out what's going on in the background on Donnie's end. ]

What are you doing that's so boring?

[nerdninja]

Breaking the footage that got Rocket in trouble down to the pixels. It's definitely faked, I just need to find the part that makes everyone else believe it's faked.

[whyarewehere]

I wonder if there are any conspiracy theories about this yet. They're gonna lose their shit when you prove them right.

[nerdninja]

I haven't taken the time to look, but I'm sure there were conspiracy theories about five minutes after the news hit the net.

[whyarewehere]

You're gonna be a hero to a bunch of dudes with crazy hair, Donnie. For the rest of your life.

[nerdninja]

Oh, boy.

[whyarewehere]

If you need something to watch while all that's running, I've been doing some critical tv research.

[ He's helping. Kinda. ]

[nerdninja]

Nah, there are some great threads going on Yellit. Someone's going all MythBusters on whether organic packaged snarlok really has less plibs or if it's just an excuse to hike the price.

[whyarewehere]

...Has anyone explained what a plib is?

[nerdninja]

To my understanding, it's...an adverse chemical reaction that causes some kind of change in texture, but to describe it any further than that, I'd be referencing at least five other things you probably aren't familiar with and a few that I still need to read up on.

[whyarewehere]

[ Grif shakes his head. ]

Aliens are weird, man.

[nerdninja]

That's what makes them interesting, though!

[jonesiseverywhere]

This alternate universe stuff is so weird.

[That's all the introduction Donnie gets. Because of course Casey knows him. More or less.]

[nerdninja]

[ Blink.

Blink blink. ]

You know, I really shouldn't be surprised, since I've seen it happen to other people already, but it is...definitely a little weird.

[ Well, okay, so they met old-him on that time hopping detour, but that wasn't quite the same. He could see himself growing up into that, whereas this Casey... ]

[jonesiseverywhere]

So like...how awesome is the Casey Jones in your world? Cause in the universe last time everyone was a weird dork.

[Casey didn't actually get to meet the him from that world, but he saw him once. Definitely had the look of a weird dork.

...Donnie's just always a weird dork in every universe.]

[nerdninja]

He's cool but he's...uh, troubled, I guess?

[ Is it a rude breach of personal information to say more to someone's alternate universe counterpart?

...actually, that's kind of an interesting philosophical dilemma, he's going to have to think on it some - ]

[jonesiseverywhere]

Troubled?

[It's pretty clear he has no idea what to do with that information. What does a guy as awesome as a Casey Jones have to be troubled about?]

[nerdninja]

Well, the way stuff went down with his dad and the Shredder...

[ Donatello, admittedly, was pretty sure he wouldn't take it that well if his father willingly worked for someone who tried to kill him, either. ]