8496/Truck, not Treat

Truck, not Treat
Date of Scene:	30 October 2021
Location:	Alleyways: Brooklyn
Synopsis:	Leo, Raph and Kainashi don't exactly go Trick or Treating, but do stop a drunk driver from taking down some kids.
Cast of Characters:	Kainashi, Raphael, Leonardo

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Kainashi has posed:
    BROOKLYN -- HALLOWEEN EVE

    The city streets are strange enough without the whispers and rumours of a werewolf hanging about, whispers of the Beast of the Bronx returning for another night of terror, fed on by mutual panic and the screams of children as they're undoubtably taken, wrested from their patrols for confectionaries!

    -- or maybe because they got spooked by some older kids wearing scary masks, bullying them for candy. A Power Ranger (of whichever generation is current), a Captain America, and one of the Disney Princesses who isn't blonde come screaming out of an alleyway, minus their candy as they panic-run for the nearest adulty-seeming people!

    "WEREWOLF! THERE'S A MONSTER IN THE ALLEY!" one of them cries out, booking it past people walking on the streets!

Raphael has posed:
    "Hoo boy," Raphael says, the ninja wearing only a token disguise (a Green Power Ranger mask), watching the kids flee. "This might be a worse idea than I thought it was." The hothead is playing chaperone tonight, unwillingly, having been shanghaied into the task as opposed to what he really wanted to do: sneak out an beat up troublemakers as his alter-ego. He scratches his head, adjusting the mask a bit so it better covers his very not-human face.

Leonardo has posed:
Despite having express his opinion that its the night before Halloween so the official trick-or-treating should be happening twenty-four hours later, Leonardo has joined his brother and his student in their outing. Unlike his brother, he's done a more detailed job in making a costume: one of Master Splinter's old robes, tabi socks and traditional Japanese wooden sandles, his sword and a faux top knot... its Samurai Leo! (He even has his normal mask hidden inside the robe.)

"The kids truly are imaginative, seeing Kai as a wolf and all," he comments.

Kainashi has posed:
    Kainashi blinks a moment. She'd styled her hair into a faux-hawk and dyed it BRIGHT pink. She was wearing a ripped T-shirt and studded denim vest, ripped jeans and had a cardboard-cut-out of an electric guitar, but her tail was wagging a moment as she peers past the brothers.

    "Well, I mean -- for a while I was called the Beast of the Bronx. Before we moved to Brooklyn." The Bronx-accented teen replies, and her tail wags harder, the scarred-up pitbull mutant hopping over a trash can as she spreads out her arms. "C'mooon -- this is one of the few times that aaall of us get to walk around without getting yelled about -- 'cept me. I guess." Kainashi gives a glum sound, and then gives a huff of breath.

    "An' these kids mighta never seen a wolf, Leo, if they think my ugly mug's wolfish." she adds, and she hops out of the alley, looking at the throngs of costumed kids, tiny superheroes making their way into another apartment building to try and fill up pillow cases with candy.

    "... an' besides. It's just another patrol. What's the worst that could happen?"

Raphael has posed:
    "Most of 'em ain't seen a wolf," Raph points out, gesturing with a finger. "'Cept in movies and stuff. Eh, don't let it get to ya, it won't be a problem unless someonme makes it one. Lotta weird stuff out on the streets, one dog and two turtles ain't gonna be much this weekend."

Leonardo has posed:
"I know, I know, even though there are wolves in the zoo for them to see," Leo acknowledges, lamenting the state of learning this represnts - ironic for someone who never went to an /actual/ school. "No, not likely. One of the reasons Master Splinter agreed to let me borrow his robe for this 'costume'."

Addressing Kainashi, Leo asks, "Are you really wanting to patrol or do you want to get some trick-or-treating in?" with a friendly smile that touches his eyes with a friendly sparkle.

Kainashi has posed:
    "Most of them never seent a giant turtle either. Otherwise they'd be going 'aaah, Kappa!'" Kai teases brightly, and she gives a snort.

    "I'm /not/ a kid. Besides -- most people give out chocolate candy. I can't eat it. Alopex said it would make me really sick, and there wasn't a good way for anyone to test if it would or not." she comments back to the other two, and she cracks her neck. "Besiiiides... there's an empanada truck three blocks up and two over that has the REALLY spicy Buffalo Chicken Empanadas!"

Raphael has posed:
    "See, that I like. Empanadas are way better than crappy grandma candy. Probably givin' out those horrible circus peanuts and stuff." Raph seems satisfied by this, lacing his fingers behind his head and walking as casually as possible. He's not /particularly/ concerned about being seen tonight, but making sure that the mask stays on will prevent a lot of awkward questions.

Leonardo has posed:
"Well, we do have some cash on hand from Mikey's tip jar we could use," Leo says also seeming to be interested in the empenadas. "Maybe an adult will appreciate our 'costumes' even," he adds as he heads in the direction of the indicated food truck.

Kainashi has posed:
    "Nnnng.... I don't wanna use Mikey's tips." Kai protests, and she gives a huff, and she taps herself to see if she's got anything on her. She opens her pocket -- and a moth actually flies out. She blinks at it in surprise, and then looks in her pocket again, and her ears flatten back.

    "... maybe." she adds to Leo, and she gives a bit of a huff as she makes her way, her nose to the air, her head back slightly, sniffing out the empanada truck like she was trailing some masterful game -- until she pauses, and snuffs the air again.

    "... do you guys--" she pauses, snuffing the air, and she makes a hard left, going to cross the street "-- do you smell--" she adds.

    A truck comes barreling down the street, its headlights dark, its engine revving up as its V8 tries to push it faster and harder, not even bothering to try for the brakes or to swerve!

Raphael has posed:
    "Aw hell," Raph says, his thoughts about wasting Mikey's money (very much for) left by the wayside as a truck races down the street. "There are kids out," he grumbles, not waiting for Leo to make the call as he rushes towards the car, trying to figure out just how the hell he's going to stop it. Without much more than the barest moment for quick thinking, he whips a kunai at one of the tires - he's not slow, but he'll never catch up with a speeding car.

Leonardo has posed:
The whole reason Donnie and Mikey make money is for the family but before he can verbalize the thought there's the truck speeding along the street crowded with costumed kiddos.

"Kainashi, think you can fling us that far?" Leo asks his cainine student indicating the distance between them and the dangerously driven vehicle.

Kainashi has posed:
    The kunai is thrown, and the tire pops. The oncoming vehicle skids and turns broadside, and Kai draws back, her ears pulling back as she looks to Leonardo, and then gives a nod.

    She reaches, snappily, grabs for his carapace, behind his neck, and turns like an Olympic Hammer Tosser before she LAUNCHES the blue-bandana'd turtle at the oncoming truck!

    " -- you too?" she asks to Raph.

Raphael has posed:
    Raph grumbles. "Yeah, yeah, fine." He doesn't want to get thrown, but it makes too much sense not to do it. He tenses to let Kai do her thing, flipping his sai into either hand, gripping them between his fingers so he doesn't lose hold in mid-flight. He grimaces, ready for just about anything to come out of that speeding car.

Leonardo has posed:
Leonardo and Kainashi discussed this kind of move in theory during one of their training sessions after which he had her lift her to practice the grab and for him to get useed to the feel of being lifted by his cainine student.

Now, being thrown though the air, he yells out in elation at the thrill of the air passing. Tucking into a summersault he controlls the flight and releases from the spin in time to land with a thump on the cab of the skidding truck.

"Out of the way everyone! Kai, help them!" Leo shouts at the pedestrians and the pit-bull mutant while he reaches down into the vehicle so that he can pull the driver - who stinks of alcohol and stale bar smoke and wasn't buckled in - out as he prepares to jump clear of the truck.

After his brother lands in the truck bed, Leo says, "Raph, that girl tripped!" indicating a child who fell and still lays in the path of the onrushing truck.

Kainashi has posed:
    "Out of the way, everyone out of the way!" Kainashi calls out, and she bellows it as loud as her little form can bellow, running up to catch up to the truck.

    The canine steps over the girl that's tripped down, and she just scoops her up and calls out:

    "CATCH!"

     -- and just lobs the girl at Raphael! Maybe she felt bad that Raph didn't get to drag anyone out of a truck. Or because she was going to try and catch it.

Raphael has posed:
    Raphael has his differences of opinion with Leonardo, to be certain, but in the heat of the moment he listens to his leader without question. "On it, Leo," he shouts, vaulting over the cab of the truck and making a spinning leap, snatching the child as Kai throws her at him, holding the little girl against him as flips onto his shell, skidding down the street and burning out the momentum on the most durable part of his body. It hurts like hell, but a sore shell is a small price to pay for saving a life.

    "You okay, kiddo?" Raph says, yanking his mask back into place, the cheap plastic knocked askew in the hard landing. He lets the kid lay there on his plastron until she's able to get up on her own, flicking his eyes back at Kai and Leo, hoping they've got this.

Leonardo has posed:
Leo knows that he and Raph have unresolved issues but it is clear that he has no doubt or distrust related to their relationship in the middle of action - once the child was pointed out to his brash brother he knew the kiddo was going to be safe. The toss, yeah, he noticed that... and it worked out so that's fine.

"Kai, brace for impact!" Leo yells out as it is clear that she's imposing herself between the out of control truck and the crowd of bystanders.

Then, still carrying the drunk driver, Leo runs off the top of the cab onto the hood from which he springs out and away just as the tire Raphael's kunai was thrown into blows and finally causes the truck to flip onto its side - thus adding more force to Leo's well timed jump.

A half spin in the air has the ninja turtle land in a skid that shreds the robe he was wearing while also scuffing his carapace but also keeping the driver from contacting the ground.

Kainashi has posed:
    "Remember, remember... Donnie taught me--" Kainashi whispers, "Physics-- physics--"

    The girl is saved, she curls up, holding her arms over her head, smearing the make-up whiskers of her cat costume against Raph's plasteron as she cries out -- but she's safe.

    "I'm... I'm okay...?" she questions, looking up and around.

    The drunkard Leo dragged out of the truck is flipping out a little bit, and flailing about. Kainashi herself is as braced as she'll ever be when that truck decides its going to flip. It turns, bounding, rolling, and Kainashi adjusts herself until --

    she grabs it. She braces those mutant muscles, the super-strength pitbull giving a growl before there is a kiai of frustration -- and Kainashi suplexes the truck to take the rest of the kinetic energy out of it, using the remaining force to flip herself on top of it, in a crouch, between the wheels.

    She looks mildly surprised.

Raphael has posed:
    "Yeah kid," Raph says, helping the little girl back to her feet. "You better get back with your group." He pushes himself up, stowing his sai again as he wobbles for a moment, disoriented. Well, it's just a kid, he thinks, nobody's gonna believe a kid talking about being saved by a mutant turtle. Leo's costume being shredded probably isn't good, however.

    He lets out a low whistle of appreciation as he notices what Kai's done. "Nice moves, Kai, but we better vanish, this is gonna draw the boys in blue like a shot." He gives a withering look at the drunk Leo pulled from the truck. There's a lot he'd like to do to this lowlife, but Leo's here, no being the bad cop tonight.

Leonardo has posed:
In an act meant to scare the drunk, Leo winds back for a punch.

He swings...

... and his three fingered fist stops inches from the man's face. He then opens it up and lightly smacks the man on both of his cheeks - first left then right - as he says, "You're lucky nobody died," before dashing away as the man just stares at him slackjawed.

Reaching his companions in time to hear Raph's comment, he simply says, "Agreed," and leads them back towards the alley where they began their evening and from where they can head back towards the mall lair via a conveniently placed manhole cover.

Kainashi has posed:
    The fur on the back of Kainashi's neck is up, and she's visibly baring her teeth at the drunk -- she probably shares at least one or two things that are on Raph's mind, but ultimately, not their job to do the punishing once the day is saved.

    ... at least while Leo's around. Kainashi looks up, giving a frown at the lack of empanadas in her life, but she follows direction from Blue Leader, and hops down the hole in the street "Alley-oop!" she states, swinging to the side to land on the walkway beneath.