[closed] A-MAZE-ING

[faceguy]

WHO: turtle bros
WHERE: the Warrens
WHAT: maze time!
WHEN: maze time!
WARNINGS: maze time!

If Leo's being honest, he doesn't have the best track record with mazes.

And he and Donnie haven't exactly been... okay, lately. And Leo is still worried about Donnie's leg.

So all things considered, maybe they weren't the best choice to volunteer to trek down one of the routes that opened after Keith's group went ahead.

But the thing is, Leo doesn't know if either of them would have been happy sitting around waiting for something to happen. Donnie always wants to fix things. And he would have gotten too anxious the longer they sat there.

So here they are, in the maze. Leo supposes, in good news, that nothing scary has happened yet. The maze isn't full of monsters or deadly traps. It's just big and confusing. The most dangerous hazard so far is the threat of running out of food, but at least they thought ahead on that front.

So they're exploring, and trying not to have to double back too much. This has been going on for awhile now. Leo hasn't been paying attention to how long, but he's sure Donnie knows. At least tech works down here.

"I wonder who built all this?" he asks. "Was it just for... a-maze... usment?"

This is hardly his first maze pun since they came in here, but now he's really stretching for what even counts as a pun.

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[faceguy]

He will and he will give him crap about it!

“Ha!” Leo snickers, his shoulders shaking a little where he’s pressed against Donnie. “As soon as we’re out of here, I’ll hand out invitations.”

[thepurpleone]

Ugh.

It makes Donnie grin, even if planning a party (whether they're serious or not) at this time seems almost ludicrous. But he feels like they've earned something good after all that they've been having to deal with lately.

"Excellent! And Thomas should have no objections to supplying for a celebratory engagement."

[faceguy]

“We have a plan,” he says happily. “We can invite Max and Robin and Cayde. And anyone else you wanna ask.”

Wow, his circle of friends is depressingly small. Let’s not think of it right now!

[thepurpleone]

Thinking about it, Donnie's own list of acquaintances has shrunk due to the fluctuations of arrivals and departures. But he's also pretty sure that Leo wouldn't care for some of the people still around that he'd think to invite, given the usual reactions his brother has to even a name-drop. He refrains from making any suggestions, not wanting to spoil the mood, not when Leo seems so happy about it.

At least they're on the same page with Max and Robin.

"An excellent start already," he says instead. "Ooh! Maybe we can invite the Wanderer. They might not eat what we do but I'm sure they'd enjoy observing how we party. They're big on information gathering."

[faceguy]

Hey, he’d let Donnie invite whoever he wants! Even if it’s someone who sucks…

“Yeah, why not? Maybe the plants have some wild party traditions to share.” He chuckles. “Too bad you can’t invite Te Mi. I guess he can’t come down from the ship.”

Leo would be happy to invite some of the other Agrii kids too.

[thepurpleone]

"I do have to wonder what they might do for their own celebrations," Donnie muses.

"Ah, but that is so true. I'm sure Te Mi and some of the others would like the idea. It can't be much fun just watching us do things." He sighs. "Well, some day we'll be able to hang out without them having to worry about being physically compromised."

[faceguy]

“Maybe when we get rid of the storms,” Leo suggests, nodding. He knows his brother would like to invite Te Mi, and the others.

“Or we can have a big party next time we go to their ship.”

[thepurpleone]

Donnie nods back. "That'd be the ideal situation," he says. "But I'm not opposed to a ship party. I wonder if the politics have settled any."

A different problem that he hopes won't end up somehow bleeding into their own, but it's not like they can do anything right now.

"So how much longer should we sit here?" Far be it for him to suggest a nap.

[faceguy]

"We can call and ask after we get out of here," he says to that.

But ah, the question... Leo is not one to suggest a nap either. Even if one would be nice, right about now...

"Probably not long... We have more to go, after all..."

[thepurpleone]

"Sounds like a plan. We'll probably have a list of things to do once we get back."

Donnie looks down the way they've yet to explore. "Yeah... Well, whenever you're good for it."

[faceguy]

Ugh, that makes it sound less fun... Maybe they don't have to hurry.

At that, Leo debates getting up... and then shifts a little closer.

"Whenever you're good for it."

Said as he puts his head against Donnie's shoulder.

[thepurpleone]

Donnie rolls his eyes.

"Well, we can't sit here forever, 'nardo," he says flatly, glancing down at him as he looks more like he's getting comfortable than preparing for the next leg of this hamster run.

...not that Donnie's looking forward to anymore deathtraps or puzzles to deal with, but sitting here won't get anything done, and not getting things done will make him antsy.

He pokes at Leo's forehead with a finger. "I'll give us five more minutes."

[faceguy]

Leo scrunches up his nose, going cross-eyed when Donnie pokes him.

"Fine, fine," he grumbles, shifting to get a little uncomfortable again. "Five minutes, then we start walking."

[thepurpleone]

A quick grin flickers across his face at that. Once Leo moves, Donnie taps at his computer again to set a timer.

"Think of it this way, the sooner we get through all this, the sooner we can party."

[faceguy]

Leo grins at that.

"Alright, that's a good argument. We'll finish our break, then get back to our a-maze-ing march!"

[thepurpleone]

"Don't spoil it."