3821/A Case can be Made

A Case can be Made
Date of Scene:	15 October 2020
Location:	April's Apartment
Synopsis:	A Moonkin joins the Turtle clan. In plush form.
Cast of Characters:	April O'Neil, Casey Jones

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April O'Neil has posed:
April went to the Jones Farm a few days ago, but had to come back for work related issues. She'd gone with Vanessa and helped deliver supplies that the group out there would need to get by more comfortably.

Now back at her place, she's seated on the sofa with her phone out and her legs up on the middle cushion, she's texting Mikey to ask how they are holding up and if she needs to come back out that way.

The sun is setting outside, and the street lights are all on now, the sky a dull grey, the tv in her apartment is on, set to Channel Six, with the anchors blathering on about something.

Casey Jones has posed:
Casey Jones is on the hunt for Apes. As he walks in slowly, his hands are holding something. He sets that paper bag down on the table as he waves to her."Hey Apes, got you a present."

His voice is soft, as he hands that bag to her, it's from China town. Inside is a little plushie of that pet she just got in WoW, see he does pay attention, as he sinks into the couch next to her, with a wicked smile."I went down there to fix a car and like I saw it, and I had to get it to ya and stuff."

April O'Neil has posed:
April hears him coming up the stairs outside of her apartment's front door. It's fairly easy to hear most people coming up those old wooden stairs as they make a decent amount of noise, especially the people who aren't trying to sneak. Of course, only a handful of people ven have the keys to get inside the building downstiars, to LET them ascend the stairs too, Casey being one of those people.

When he enters,, she sits up and turns to put her feet down on the floor in front of the sofa. She smiles at him. "Hey, you're back too, huh?" She asks. When he sets the bag down she eyes it, then does indeed lean forward to open it and peer inside. A quiet 'awww' is released from the woman, whilst she draws the plush of the Moonkin pet.

Holding the Moonkin, April leans back on the sofa and smiles at it,t hen looks over to him with that same smile. "How thoughtful of you." She tells him. "I love it, thank you."

Casey Jones has posed:
"Good good, like it's the cutest thang evar ya said on the discord. So I found em for ya." Casey nods as he picks up his feet on the coffee table, with a little sigh."Just back tonight, heading back to the guys and gals on a supply run. Also, had a job that needs doing. It was high paying and shit."

Reaches over to rub April's hair with his large hand as he smiles at her with love in his eyes."Anythang, for ya Apes, Anythang for ya. Ya know that, you're my gal forever, even if we aint' like a couple and shit."

April O'Neil has posed:
April looks back over at him as he give sher dark hair an affectionate petting. She was a natural auburn, but she darkened it at the stylist to go with a more 'smoldering brunette' look, as she described it. Details Casey probably has heard, maybe hasn't retained though!

"Our lives are pretty complicated, ya know." she tells him back, placing the Moonkin plush on her knees as her feet are on the edge of the coffee table too, minus andy shoes though. "But, hey, it keeps us on our toes, right?" She looks from the Moonkin, back over to him and smiles.

"Are they going stir crazy there? They're not fighting each other yet, are they?" She asks of the 'guys'. "The girls are keeping them settled, I hope?"

Casey Jones has posed:
"Yeah, they are doing fine. Give em chores, and they did some of em, they like the wild. The quiet, it's like they can just be them, have a lot of unwatched land ya know." Casey watches her for a moment, as he thinks of the question, as he blushes softly. As he shakes his head, he is not that brave, as his eyes close.

" I'm sorry for the way I acted last time. It was wrong. I wish I could take it back." Casey mumbles this, as he stands up, turning his back on Apes, as he walks over to the sink."Your the best thang I ever had, and it scared me. So I fucked it up cause, you too good to be my gal."

April O'Neil has posed:
April sits forward when she watches his mood shift to that dark side she's all too familiar with. She sets the plush aside to her left up against the arm of the sofa, then leans forward to put her elbows on top of her knees, her palms together.

"Casey." She says toward his back as he stalks toward the kitchen doorway.

"Stop." She tells him further. "You're doing that thing you do. Where you take the smallest stuff, in the past, and then turn it in to a reason to hate yourself now. Then you're gonna get angry, grab your stuff, and head out in to the night to find 'bad guys' to beat up, to get your aggressions out. It's a repeating cycle, don't you see that?" She asks.

"You gotta not dwell on the past, and just focus on the here and now."

Casey Jones has posed:
"Nope, not hating myself. I see it's the normal and shit. I just wanted it off my chest. I read closure is telling people you are sorry. Got this 12 step thang, I'm reading."

Walking backward in a moonwalk towards April as Casey turns now, beaming at April, with a boyish charm as his hand is touching her face."It is like, how to make sure you don't like dwell and shit, I ain't going to be dumb."

He sits down for a moment, as he leans over to kiss her cheek with a soft motion, as he kicks his feet back up."I'm trying to be better, and the boys will take me out and teach me. I got this apes."

April O'Neil has posed:
April leans back in to the sofa's embrace when he sits back down again, and after he pecks her on the cheek. She smirks over at him, offering a light nod of her head to affirm his spoken words. "Well, good." She tells him then. "Because you've been a big help to the guys too, down in the ... crazy fight ... and off on the farm. That kind of stuff is important to them, they need those kind of strong role models. They're all still so young, and ... well, yeah, they need your tough guy self to keep them inspired."

She smiles over at him then beside her. "You've been doing good, I'm happily impressed, Casey Jones."

Casey Jones has posed:
"Yeah, well I gots to be better ya know, I gots a family to protect." Casey nods slowly with a little smile as he looks into April's eyes. As he leans forward slowly, his hand is resting on her check."I got people that need to be not crazy and shit, I got reasons to fight."

He gulps down as he sighs softly, as he goes for it like a crazy idiota the first attempted kiss since they broke up, trying to kiss Apes slowly just in case he is reading it wrong.

April O'Neil has posed:
April doesn't shy away from the kiss. She even raises a hand up to the side of his face to share it with him. When it's said and done, and they part again, she flashes him a smile. "I'm glad to hear you say that." She tells him back.

With a light exhale though, April reaches for the remote on the side of the sofa. "You want to hang out and watch a movie, or do you need to get on the road if you're going back up north?"

Casey Jones has posed:
"I was thinking of spending the night ya know, than going out early." Casey's eyes on hers as he smiles wider, his hand is reaching for her waist."But, if ya want me outta your hair, I can do that ya know."

April O'Neil has posed:
April just smirks at him. "Suave man." She says and shakes her head softly side to side. "You can stay, doesn't bother me. We'll probably have Harley here any minute though, remember?" She asks as she looks back over at him. "My roommate that used to be an Arkham Asylum inmate?" A grin is cracked at the ruffian beside her. "Can't forget about her, huh?"

April flips the tv to a streaming service and starts to swipe the selection of options around.

Casey Jones has posed:
"Dude harls is the shit, I love harls." Casey nods slowly as he leans over to cuddle into April, his hand is resting on her waist, as he kisses her neck softly."She has a bad ass car, I fixed it and she helped me chase a cow, and yeah she is a fly as a mother fucker." His eyes on the tv, letting her pick."Put whatever on, I'm just happy to getcha in my arms again and shit."

April O'Neil has posed:
April just laughs softly at Casey's words. "Well I am glad for that, admittedly, I worried about how that would play out, but... guess I didn't need to be." Her eyes are on the television though and she finds a good classic movie to watch.

Spaceballs.

"I love this movie." she glances over at him then and gives him a quick smile. "I'll order us some food too, Chinese maybe?"