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What's your dream?
My family, safe and whole.
#25.#“But first!” Mikey sprang to his feet. “Pizza!” Leo let out an amused breath of air.#It was his turn to look at each of his brothers#all awake in the middle of the night#with cuts on their legs from the glass but collectively ignoring it for now. Somewhere#deep down#something clicked back into place.#“I guess it could wait until after pizza.” Mikey ‘wooped’#and then stumbled when Raph caught the back of his leg with his foot.#The two of them started to bicker#but Leo tuned them out with the ease of long practice.#Don had slackened his hold on Raph’s arm#but had yet to let go. Raph hadn’t shrugged him off. “Hey#” Leo caught his attention.#Don tilted his head in his direction to show that he was listening. “It’ll be alright.” He promised. The bone deep relief in Leo’s chest#the one that had bloomed to life when he’d found Don#but that he’d been ignoring until now#added iron conviction to his words.#Don stared at him for a moment#like he was letting his promise sink in. And then#he seemed to come to a decision.#Almost everything Donatello did seemed like a carefully calculated decision#when he wasn’t being moved by his soft heart or strong emotions#And right now Don was choosing to believe him. He nodded. “Okay.” They’d be alright. Leo knew that they’d be alright.#There was no alternative. There never was.#((Hello everyone Ammo here! I want to thank Ame for doing this little back and forth with me. Melon for their help making this blog.))#((And both of them for cheering me on while i write this long overdue sequal to 'how to save a ghost'! Thats right! this is the first chap!)#((Im nowhere close to finished writing it and might even go back and change this first chapter but excited to see where it takes me.))#((this first chap will be posted to ao3 when I finish writing the rest of the fic. and thank you to everyone for reading!))
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I think you do still exist, you are just, lost
Some days I wonder.
#24.#Don shook his head rapidly. He was sucking in deep#heaving breaths. When he spoke it was raspy with his panic.#“The portal- the devise- it - it activated on its own. Sucked me in. It’s not even plugged in! I don’t know how-!”#”Hey#hey#” Raph held up his free hand towards his panicking brother.#He took a knee so that Don wasn’t dangling half off the ground anymore. He roughly bruffed away at Don's renewed tears.#“It’s alright#I ain’t going near that thing#none of us are#not until you give the say so#okay?”#“If it’s that unstable then it’s probably best if he disassembles it#”#Don flinched hard at the suggestion#Raph winced as he tightened his grip in response#and Leo hastily added#“Only for now. You can always rebuild it later.”#Don hesitated#but then looked at each of them in turn#before nodding slowly.#One last tear escaped from behind his mask and carved a line down his face.“Okay.”
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It's ok that you aren't happy. What happened was sad, it's okay to be sad
Mm. Staying sad for too long makes you forget how to be happy.
#23.#Raph stalked past their group#making a beeline for the broom leaning against the far wall#behind Don’s work table and radio-like mess of wires currently taking up most of it.. #Only Raph could make cleaning up look like he was about to go into battle-“No!” Don lunged out of Leo’s loose hold. .#He clamped both hands around Raph’s arm and yanked him back.#Raph nearly joined them on the floor#overbalanced and taken off guard by Don’s sudden weight.#Luckily#all that weight training must have come in handy#because he managed to keep both feet under him#even with Don half hanging off him.#“What the shell?” Raph looked down at his brother and the vice grip he had on his arm. “Warn a guy-“
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I love how everyone trying their best while also having no idea what's going on.
Also what's the progress, did we atleast have any clues on who this tag ghost is and where he came from or all we have are theories?
-Anon
The tag ghost has apparently confirmed that he is me from an alternate universe where he was on some sort of Discord server with someone named Mike. Supposedly, his kids tried to go back in time and put him back in his own world. Not sure why. Tag ghost has also been reblogging a weird blog called @life-at-best-is-bittersweet and responding to it in the tags, I'm not the one reblogging it. Thanks to those who informed me about that.
He's now looking for Mike. Not sure how he's going to find him. Or who Mike is.
#22.#Raph once more interrupted#but this time by Mikey coming into view and shouldering him out of the way.#“Yo#dudes#it’s not nice to have late night parties without the Mikester.” “Mikey.” Leo cut in. “Really not the time.”#“It’s always time for pizza.” Mikey strode into the lab like he owned the place.#Leo’s not sure when Mikey had caught sight of Don or the state he was in#but he must have by now.#Mikey dramatically tiptoed around the glass on the floor#coming to a stop next to them.#“And Donny looks like he could really go for a slice#if I do say so.”#Don’s eyes were a second too long focusing on Mikey#but he did muster up a thin smile for him. “That would be nice#thanks.”#Mikey dropped down into a crouch#and continued to bounce on his toes.#“What are you thinking? Olives? Pineapples?” He brought a hand to his chin#doing his best impression of Don when he was stuck on a problem.#“Jellybeans? Artichoke hearts?” That got a snort out of Don. “You try to put pineapple on my pizza and I’ll send your Gamedude to space.”#Mikey gasped and clutched at his plastron. “The punishment doesn’t fit the crime sir Donatello!”#“As you are a repeat offender#I’d beg to differ.” Don looked more settled in his skin and the tears had slowed.#Leo tried not to let out an audible sigh of relief. It looked like they’d just managed to avoid Don completely shutting down.
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ohhhhhhhh hey ghost-san... uh tag ghost isnt doing that hot... like at all... theyre starting to remember things and theyre not... good things either
tag ghost: im so sorry we cant do much to help other than offer you some strawberries 🍓🍓🍓
I see... I'm not sure what I can do for them. As far as I can tell, they can affect my messages going out, but not coming in.
#21.#Leo opened his mouth#firstly to reassure his brother and then to suggest they get off the cold ground and broken glass they were currently#kneeling on#but movement behind him quickly grabbed his attention.#Already tense with worry#he snapped his head around to glare at whatever was standing in the lab's doorway.#It was Raph. Leo’s shoulder lost all tension and he sighed. “Donny#I told you to call it-“#Raph stepped further into the lab and finally caught a good look of Don.#Raph’s face flickered from annoyed#to worried and then finally settled on mildly pissed off.#Which was#of course#just a cover for the mounting worry he’d buried under it. “What the shell-“
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Tag ghost says you look familiar and that you might have the same face? Also they're looking for a "Mike". And theyre lost. Idk about y'all but the more I learn the more concerned I get
The multiverse is infinite. I guess there was always going to be a chance that another version of me happened somewhere.
... Hm.
I think I'm gonna go ahead and sleep now.
#20.#“What's wrong?” Leo asked#letting every drop of the concern he was feeling into his voice.#Don blinked at him#and more tears escaped#darkening the purple around his eyes. “What?” He sounded dazed. “Nothing is wrong.”#“Donny#” Leo slowly reached up and caught a tear as it escaped under Don’s mask with a finger. “You’re crying.”#He drew the hand back and showed him his hand#and the finger that was damp with his tears. “Oh#” Don blinked again#apparently baffled.#He brought a hand up to touch his face#and drew back when it met the now soaked material of his mask.#Leo waited for Don to speak up again#but it quickly became apparent that he wouldn’t.#There was a dip between Don’s brows that meant he was either deep in thought or spiraling. Either way#Leo needed to speak up.#He gently took a hold of the hand Don had been staring at#forcing him to look at Leo instead. “Hey#what’s wrong?”#“I..don’t know.” For a second Don’s eyes met his#and he could see the growing confusion at his own emotional reaction.#Then they flicked away before Leo could see more. “…I don’t know.”
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tags dude if you don't exist how are you existing rn. you can talk to us is that not a sign of existence/lh/hj
Logic would dictate that this statement makes sense. However. Sometimes the multiverse is wide and expansive and weird.
You can tell a person isn't there anymore because of the gap they leave. Especially if they've touched people's lives. So what happens when that gap becomes a personification of what's missing?
I might be thinking too much again.
#19.#Leo pushed through the strange emotion that arose at the sound of Don’s voice down.#There would be time to study it later. Right now#his brother needs him. He held up both hands and slowly approached.#“Hey#I was just looking for you.”That#it seems#was the wrong thing to say.#Don’s breath hitched#and Leo watched with growing horror as water started to gather rapidly in his brother’s eyes.#Leo was at his brother’s side before he even thought to move#dropping to his knees in front of Don.#He ignored the sting of the glass digging into his legs.#He hovered his hands over Don’s shoulders and waited for a second to see if Don would lean away from the contact.#Donatello didn’t always want to be touched when he’s upset#and could quickly grow overwhelmed by it.#So#no matter how desperately he wanted to hug his brother#Leo settled for grasping his upper arms.
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I have a theory about the tags ghost. They almost sound like the CREATOR of the Discord server, though I don't know much about him besides what Mike said over discord.
-Aria🪶
#18.#Maybe he’d gone to get something to eat? Leo turned to check the kitchen. He made it halfway there.#There’s a great ‘wooshing’ noise behind him#a flash of light casting shadows over the whole of the lair and then the ‘thud’ of something .#hitting the ground#Leo was turning around and rushing back into Don’s lab#the outline of the lights still seared to the back of his eyes.#He slid into the lab#and there was Don#on his knees among the broken glass.#Leo wanted to rush forward#to help his brother up#and ask him if he was alright.#But something stopped him. Some hook in his chest caught and pulled. “Don?”#Don’s head snapped up. Their eyes met#and for a second they both just stared. Don’s chest was heaving#like he’d just run a marathon.#When he spoke#it was raspy. “Leo?”
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I THINK I know who TagGhost is!!! Maybe… possibly…
There is a universe where you Ghost used to exist but don’t anymore because your kids went back in time and sent you home immediately. What if the “Ghost” from that world is still existing but in your tags? He was talking to Mike last if I remember correctly. TagGhost seems to remember the heavy feeling when he went to the hammock.
…Maybe I’m wrong… I don’t know if I want to be right or wrong…
This is similar to this theory, I believe:
There's something I don't know if you guys are coming up with the same theories...
#17.#Leo walked out of the room and headed to Donny’s. As expected#he wasn’t there#so Leo hopped down to his lab.#Surprisingly#that was also empty.Leo frowned as he stepped inside the old subway car#looking around. Some things had been knocked over.#There was broken glass across the floor. The machine Donny had been working on was still humming faintly. A glass of water sat untouched.#Donny’s shell cell was still on the table.Something felt wrong.“Don?” Leo said#stepping out of the lab.#((everything beyond this is back to my writing))
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Ghost, have you noticed you are self reblogging some of your older posts? I think it's tag ghost. They seem to be remembering more
I have not noticed that, thanks for the heads up. I can see the reblogs but no tags. Good for them, I guess.
#16.#He found Mikey asleep in his room#up in his bed#curled up with a comic hanging from his hand over the ledge.#Leo carefully extracted the comic and set it aside for Mikey to find when he woke.Raph was twitching in his hammock#a frown on his face.#Another nightmare. Leo carefully rubbed over his shell and Raph sucked in a breath#mumbling#“Leo? Whaddya doin’?”#“Just checking on everyone#” Leo murmured. “Go back to sleep.”“Hmph. Make Don go to bed if he’s still up.”“Got it.”
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HOW DO WE GO WHERE GHOST GHOST IS? HOW CAN WE HELP GHOST GHODT NOT BE TRAPPED?
--Affectionate Red
Unfortunately I don't know. I wish I could do more.
#15.#It had been a rough few months. Travelling all the way to the floating city of Beijing to set it back down safely into place#(the wrong way around)#the return of the Y’Lyntian people in the underground city#stopping a nuclear bombing by H.A.T.E.#the…#thing beneath Wall Street that had sent them spiraling into their worst nightmares.#All of that overlaid with whatever the Shredder was up to now. Leo’s nerves were at an all time high. Raph’s temper was shorter than ever.#Donny was working later into the days and sleeping less and less. Mikey was doing his best to keep the mood light and joking.#It had been a rough few months#but they had stuck together#they’d supported each other through nightmares and flashbacks and aches and pains.#They’d rested together when one of them felt too exhausted to continue doing this.#They would always have each other#no matter how bad things got.But something felt wrong.
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we dont need anything gogo, we got a nest and arent hungry either. um can you tell us about where you are? maybe we can help plan you out! im the best planner!
-- Blue Dragon
Are you talking to the tag ghost? I don't know if there's a way to get him out. I've been looking.
#((part of this next section was written by Ame and used with their permission. everything after 'stepping out of the lab.' is me again.))#14.#Leonardo woke in the middle of the day.#He was a light sleeper#it wasn’t unheard of#but instead of the usual rustling of Mikey out for a midday snack or the sound of Donny still#working on a project#it was eerily quiet. There was the regular creak of pipes#the distant rumble of the city far above their heads#but nothing unusual.He got out of bed anyway to check on his brothers.
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Hay Ghost and tags Ghost,
Can I have a virtual hug? (As you can't physically hug me over the internet)
Also I have a theory on where tags Ghost came from. An alternate timeliness where you join a discord server, meet another PeePaw who you call Mike, and your sons want to make you happy and try to make it so you are happy by making a portal that would send you back hame before you were alone for years. These were things that we were getting from what tag Ghost was saying.
I hope you have a good rest of your day. ^v^
That's... an interesting theory. I hope that's not the case.
#13.#The mug was still left on the tray on the desk and had gone lukewarm#but the figure in the hammock didn't seem to notice.#He moved closer to the hammock. The top of the occupants head was peeking out from the blankets.#He raised a hand and let it hover just over his head. His chest ached. Sorrow. Hope. Happiness. Regret. It ached with all of that and more.#All of it for the turtle that laid grieving before him.#He wished that he could stroke his head#that he could tell him that it would all be alright. That they missed him.#That they don’t blame him. He’d never wanted anything as much as he wanted to comfort his little brother right at that moment. “Oh Donny#”
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🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍰
for tagghost!!!!!
-- Thousand Oranges
Ah, thanks kiddo.
#12.#“Okay#” He wiped at his eyes one last time. “Okay. I gotta go.” He said that last part like he was reminding himself. “Love you Gogo.”#A deep#painful breath#and then#“...Love you too.”#The kid sniffed one last time#and gave the blankets pile one more smile before pushing the curtain aside and exiting.#Briefly#the shapes of three larger turtles could be seen beyond. The curtain closed on their fierce#worried#hushed voices.
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Hey, the ghost on your blog was sad about strawberries. Do you think he misses them or something? Can we provide him fruit so he'll stop being sad?
I have no idea how you would provide an internet ghost fruit.
#11.#The kid sucked in a sharp#wet#breath. “Of - Of course! I'll make something even better tonight#you'll see.” A slightly lighter hum.#An agreement.#The kid wiped at his eyes with a free hand. “I'm going to go. Leo said he'll be by later#he wants to show you the newest JJ issue.”#Another hum.
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hey ghost? whats your favorite plant that doesnt offer fruit or berries?
---purplelilies
I like bonsai. I'm terrible at taking care of them, but... maybe I'll try it out, and ask Donnie for help with it...
#10.#The kid pulled the bowl back and Ghost slowly settled back down in the hammock#pulling a blanket up to cover most of his body.#There was a moment where the kid stood there#staring at the exhausted and grieving form of his dad.#And then#muffled by cloth but loud enough to hear#a soft#“...Thank you.”
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First I'd like to say "Hi"! I just found this blog and it's so cool.
Second! You say Mr. Ghost is too formal but Ghost-san is ok? Isn't that just as formal?
Third and (in my opinion) most important, TagGhost! Just as you want to let Mike know its ok, you need to know its ok. Take a moment to collect yourself and know you'll be ok.
Hello, nice to have you here.
Mister just feels... off, I guess. It's technically the same formality. Might just be because everyone called my father -san when we went to the Daimyo's Nexus.
#9.#The kid's mouth tightened into a wobbly line and the forced cheer in his voice was painful to listen to. “You're doing great Gogo!#Just one more bite?”A huff. He managed one more bite. For him.
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