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[familyproblem]

We think - I think it's the parallel to my home region. [looking vaguely perplexed under default affected cool. what the fuck is an america]

[makesascene]

[He swallows back about three hawaiian shirt jokes, though the inclination is RIGHT THERE.] I'm guessing tropical, island kinda deal then?

Makes me wonder what your version of New York is like.

[familyproblem]

Volcanic archipelago region in the middle of the planet's largest ocean, four major islands and their minor neighbors. [ie yeah] Where's New York?

[makesascene]

New York is a city that is in America. [Leo is trying to vaguely remember what he read online about America at some point. It is incredibly vague and probably not helpful in the least.] America is a part of Northern America. It's one of the larger continents on that side. Definitely away from Hawaii.

[familyproblem]

[.....

ALRIGHT.]

No clue. ["America is a part of Northern America" is an unhinged sentence but it probably makes sense in context. Also he thought it was a "state of" - never mind actually.] I might have the right part of the world in mind, but there are plenty of regions to pick from, let alone cities.



[spoilers he is thinking of the wrong side of the atlantic]

[makesascene]

[Leo goes quiet as he mulls over his own words again. He holds up a finger with a scrunch of his 'snout'.]

...We need a globe. That would probably help a lot more?

Also you know, me saying that gave you no context at all. I'm used to just... [Awkward three fingered jazz hands] Assuming people know what America is.

[familyproblem]

[Nod. Yeah a globe would help. Too bad they are in a secret third world type where the globes are completely different when they do exist...]

That's a given, right? If I asked you if New York was north or south of Kalos, I couldn't expect an answer. [With a little less energy:] Lots of things like that when you talk about homeworlds.

[Like animals. You know.]

[makesascene]

[Alas, neither teenager realize a globe would help this folly. Leo might realize that later on. For now, he's mentally trying to figure out where one gets a globe. Would it be weird if he gave Gladion a globe?]

Yeah, it is, still. [He shrugs a little.] Its gonna sound like gibberish when we try to go for that stuff.

What we can say; both our worlds are great. That's the most obvious thing to lay out there.

[familyproblem]

[.....pff.

COOLKID VOICE:] It's true. [What's cooler than standing up for the dignity of your homeworld? Like, you know, as long as it's not a hellpit.

Hey look it's a turtle.]

[makesascene]

No one can argue with us, obviously. [Leo says with a lazy wave of his hand. Then his gaze drops onto the turtle.]

Oh my god, that's me, for real. [Time to lean in and stare at his turtle-y brethren.] Okay, I'm technically a red eared slider, but still!

[familyproblem]

[...Horizontal Squirtle looking ass.

Cool spots though. (imagines this but with red ears)]

So small. [God they're all so tiny.]

[makesascene]

[Not all of us can be an anime turtle, Gladion. Leo smiles as he glances back at Gladion, just relaxed and happy to talk turtle apparently.]

Yeah, only a few are really big. My big bro Raph is a snapping turtle and they're huge.

[familyproblem]

[snapping turtle...] Let me guess: they bite?

[makesascene]

Yep! A lot even! Though Raphie is not prone to biting anymore. [He says this casually, as if being bitten by ones sibling is extremely normal at all times.] Normal snapping turtles end up pretty huge.

[He gestures a comically large size with his arms.]

[familyproblem]

[I mean sure yeah if you're not a human then it might be? Silvally loves to chew now that it can put its face on things. Sometimes that's how you express yourself. Nbd.]

Respectable. Are there any here? [where are they hiding the Reasonably Sized Creatures]

[makesascene]

Unsure. If so, I will name it Raphael Jr. [Leo says easily in turn. Already committed to the idea of renaming a turtle.] You wanna suggest a middle name here or we just going Raphael Jr?

[familyproblem]

[Looks baffled to be hit with this question?] Middle...?

[makesascene]

[Leo blinks a little.] You know... middle names? Like its a human thing. My brothers and I never got any, but, its like common?

[familyproblem]

I know about middle names, [he starts, and then another flustered little pause of working through confusion so that he can keep sounding steady here- ] ...Thought I lost track of the joke. I wouldn't call them common, they're kind of...posh.

[they are EXCRUCIATINGLY posh, he thought leo had somehow just read his whole fucking backstory.]

[makesascene]

Yeah, I... wouldn't call them posh where I'm from. Kinda rare to find people without middle names most of the time, unless they were yokai. Yokai have a crazy culture I don't know about. [He scrunches his snout idly. He rubs at his chin a little in thought.] But okay, making a snapper turtle posh would be lit though.

[familyproblem]

[immediately] Dietrich.

[makesascene]

[Leo doesn't seem bothered by the name choice.]

Alright, so, our hypothetical stolen turtle is Raphael Jr Dietrich Hamato? [He says this casually enough as they move through the reptile house. He jams his hands into his hoodie pockets.]

Unless you wanna go for a diff last name?

[familyproblem]

[JOKE ACHIEVED(?)] Nah. Sounds good. Go ahead and sign him up for ballroom dancing lessons.

[makesascene]

[Leo grins back, happy to add to it.] He snaps, and he snaps whilst on the move. [He snaps his own fingers rhythmically, starting to sway slightly in the mimicry of dancing.]