The Other Side of NYC

“I guess I could take one off your hands…” he giggled, trying to sound coy but swiping up the sachet far too quickly to pretend the he had anything resembling self-restraint. “One day I’ll reverse-engineer this stuff, and then I’ll be able to pay you back a hundredfold!”

“Why don’t you focus on your bigger projects, like finally fixing the Shellraiser’s suspension, and we’ll call it even?”

“Say no more, girl. I’m on it! I’ll do it for the good of these girl scouts–uh, wait, what’re girl scouts?”

“And selling cookies is part of how they rise in rank, so it’s important that we sell more than the other groups, got it? Can I count on you?”

“Master Splinter was all training with Leo on their ninja magic stuff and I got bored as heck. You wanna go a few rounds with me?”

“Wanna come with? You’re green enough to be an honorary girl scout, and there’s cookiiiies~”

“I-I mean telegram!”

“They had some zoo valentine cards in the drugstore. I mostly just bought them for the turtle puns.”

“Guess April’s singing telegram will have to be a cappella.”

“My what?” 

–[☠]– “ Apriiiil…. ”

“Yes, Casey?”

–[☠]– “ How was I supposed t’ know you were gunna chuck it at my face? I thought you were all about, I dunno, healin’ stuff? ”

“I thought I would test them.”

–[☠]– “ I did catch it. ‘Cept it kinda bounced off my face. Still counts, Red. ”

“So I guess you wanted your soda all over the floor? And you.” 

–[☠]– “ You’re th’ one that threw it first. ”

“You should have caught it, then.”

–[☠]– “….”