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Setting...

This is the beginning. No, not the beginning of the Turtles' story, we already know that. It's the beginning of our story, how we first got pulled into the Turtles' lives. Seriously... that's it... pretty much. xp This RP will be darker than the other RP, which doesn't necessarily mean it will be totally serious of course. However New York is a scarier more corrupt place and random fights, bloodshed and frequent bad words are to be expected so don't throw a hissy. (Besides, you can't die so don't whine.)


The canon cast: Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michelangelo, Splinter, Casey, April, Saki and Hun [Other characters will be added as they appear in the RP.]
The player cast: L (Lady Leonardo), Alisa (Leonardo Mystic), Tim (GohanWinner) [Other characters will be added as they join the RP.]
Non Character OC cast: Mr. Shapiro (the girl's former fat greaseball boss), Tammy (former coworker and a total b***h), Dr. Marie Charles (friend of L's), Sushi (their kitten), Cindy (the girls' manager at the pizza place)

OC bios...

L (Lee) - A 21 year old schizophrenic whose only friend is Alisa until she re-unites with Casey and meets the Turtles. She has been in a psychiatric hospital twice, the second time she was not discharged but rather she "escaped" and was promptly disowned by her parents. She fights with a pair of knives kept in her boots and against her will is training with Raphael to better her skills. She and Raphael were in an emotionless physical relationship but she is now Donatello's girlfriend.
Alisa - A 19 year old woman whose parents were killed by the Foot. It is later learned that the Foot were after her and her parents were simply killed for trying to protect her. It is known that Saki wants Alisa to join him but it is not sure why. Alisa is trained in ninjitsu and furthering her skills with the help of Splinter and Leonardo. She is also Leonardo's girlfriend.
Tim - A 17 year old young man whose father was a crime boss murdered by the Purple Dragons after failing to hand Tim over to them. He sought refuge with a friend but only days later the Purple Dragons murdered his friend and Tim was saved by Michelangelo just before a bomb blew the apartment building he was staying in to pieces. (Donatello was unable to difuse the bomb and has felt guilty about the casualties since.) With no place to stay and the Purple Dragons after him he was taken in by Casey Jones.

Important plot points...

* Casey is the ex-boyfriend of L's older sister. He hadn't seen L since she was admitted to the hospital but reunites with them after saving Alisa from some Purple Dragons.
* After Alisa was kidnapped by the Foot (and rescued by the Turtles) and her and L's apartment was destroyed (by either the Foot or Purple Dragons, presumably the Foot) the girls stayed with Casey for a few days before Leonardo invited them to stay in the lair.
* During her kidnapping Alisa was cut badly along the arm by Saki and after an overnight hospital stay has her arm in bandages.
* After insulting Alisa and L Raphael was attacked by L who managed to cut both his face and arm. He retaliated by throwing her hard onto the ground bruising her back. As punishment Splinter has forced him to help L better her fighting skills in an effort to make the two get along.
* Now Casey (keeper of TMNT survivors apparently) is letting Tim stay with him.
* While Leonardo and Alisa are in a deeply loving relationship, Raphael and L are in a physical one. They consider each other good friends but their relationship doesn't extend past the bedroom (or occasionaly sewer tunnel).
* L is working at a pizza place.
* On their way home from the grocery store Alisa and L were jumped by a gang of Purple Dragons. Mr. Shapiro the girls' old boss had hired the thugs to bring the girls to him so he could pay them back for sending Casey and Leonardo to retrieve the money he owed Alisa. In the process Alisa is nearly raped and L is nearly beaten to death after she stabs one of the Purple Dragons in the throat. Luckily Tim saw them being abducted and was able to call the Turtles who then rescued them.
* After it becomes apparent that Donatello has feelings for L, Leonardo tries to intervene by suggesting to Raphael that he back off, which he does reluctantly. This backfires causing L to feel betrayed by Leonardo and Raphael, losing trust in both of them and ending her "relationship" with Raphael. She does however begin her first real relationship with Donatello and becomes his girlfriend though both she and Raphael have unresolved feelings they don't understand. Amidst the drama Alisa feels hurt that Leonardo would do such a thing to her friend and her relationship with Leonardo is tested, though she does end up forgiving him.
* Michelangelo has brought home a black kitten that Splinter names Sushi.
* Alisa and Leo are engaged.
* During a stress induced schizophrenic episode L slit Donatello's throat. It didn't kill him of course and he did not blame her but she has since been put on antipsychotics and has begun meditating with Splinter.

Alisa stacked the dishes on the sink counter, adding to the growing pile around her friend. "A little water won't hurt us."

She used the sleeve of her uniform shirt to wipe her forehead a bit. "I'm tired too, but don't worry. Our shift ends in half an hour. We can go home, and have a quiet evening."

"Yeah yeah I know. I want nothing more than to go home and relax... and to not wash dishes. The paper plates are worth the few extra dollars I think, even if we are stuck with the cheap ones."

While the two talked a rather pudgy man with big sausage fingers came in, blubbering his big blubbery lips and looking quite miffed.

"Aw crap, better get back out there before he eats you or something. He'd do it to, I know! I know things!"

L grumbled with each new load of dishes but knew there was nothing Alisa could do about it. Besides they'd soon be leaving and by the rate the dishes were coming in it seemed like things were slowing down anyway. Soon it would be back to the tiny apartment, back to the lack of hamster (Alisa still hadn't given in on that one) but back to comfort.

Before long L was humming to herself, zoning out in her own pleasant little way and was only brought back by a crash she heard from the dining room. There were at least two new employees out there, one waitress and the cashier, chances are one of them had broken something. But a broken dish was one less she had to wash.

Tim was quite soaked and it bothered him. His shirt was sticking to him, and his feet were squishing with every step. He wasn't even sure if he was being followed anymore, but he was out of breath. Looking around frantically, he ducked into the first door he saw, which happened to be a pizza place. WIth an air conditioner. "Hey, we're closig in a few minutes, and...you're really too wet to seat."

"Sorry," Tim said grinning as if he were embarrased. "Just trying to get out of the rain for a few minutes."

Alisa shook her head. "Neither do I, but I'd rather try to get along with her than to be fired."

She helped L finish scrubbing the last of her dishes before the two weary girls were able to leave the kitchen after passing inspection, and clock out to go home.

Tim walked ou tthe door, and looked around. He didn't see anyone who looked like a Purple Dragon. Taking a breath, he ran down the street, trying to get to his friend's apartment complex. Hopefully he'd let him spend the night or something. When he was almost there, a hand grabbed him from behind and threw him into an alley. "Thought you could get away from us, kid?" a round, yet strong looking Purple Dragon thug asked.

"What? Of course not, in fact, I had just gone out to get you guys a wonderful present. Maybe something shiny and round. That way, not only would it look pretty, but you could play with it."

"You think you're funny, don't ya?"

"Well my friends tend to tell me that I am in fact a laugh riot." The thug pulled his arm back and threw a punch right at Tim's head. The teen sidestepped barely in time as the fist grazed his cheek. "Damn, you're fast for such a fatty." The Purple Dragon sent a knee at Tim, but he backfliped away from it. "Phyoo, I knew those karate classes would come in handy. Why the heck do you want me to come with you, anyway? You don't know pops won't pay you."

"Haha! You think we actually expect him to. By now, his brains're probably all over that little rat hole you call an apartment." Tim probably should have felt something from the comment, but the way his father was, he really just...didn't care.

"oh, then I guess you have to takeme by default, then?"

"That's about right," The thug said, cracking his knuckles. He then proceeded to send a barrage of punches at Tim, who had to work as fast as he could just to dodge them.