[Leo's fear spiral is interrupted by confusion as he just stares at Raph. Leo ends up looking around, wondering if he's missing something.
All he really hears is the heavy silence in the hall outside and both of their breathing.]
What are you talking about? I'm not hearing anything.
[He tries to stand up, but ends up just losing his footing from the emotional exhaustion starting to set in. His shell clips into a shelf, sending a few things toppling down on them in the process.] Ugh- ugh, no!
[The giggling certainly seems to be getting louder from where those items had been, what a mystery! or merely a hallucination.
Leo unaware of the sounds, just scrubs at his face with his hands angrily.]
[ WHY MUST EVERYTHING HAPPEN SO MUCH ALL AT ONCE IN THIS CLOSET OF NIGHTMARES. Why can he not-- not just calm down?
It's never an easy A to B line to calmed down, when he gets like this, but Raph should still be able to remember the steps. It took so much work to learn. To make it a habit. It's like it's all just gone.
He does the cool thing and simply opts to stand very very still. If fight and flight are off the table, freeze will do just fine. Be a big brother. What do big brothers do. They take care of their little brothers. Sometimes they're the only one who can. ]
You-- you didn't. You- [ And a hitch because the laughing doesn't stop, it won't even let him talk, he's not crazy, why is she messing with them- Raph presses his hands to his head and tries to block out the sound. ] You're not. You're not. I just. Gimme a minute and I got you, okay?
[ Breathing is the big step. He remembered breathing is important. Maybe he'll work on that and then figure out where he stands re: confronting the fact that the laughing got louder over there versus trying to chew through the door like an actual trapped animal. ]
I am! Its kind of what I do, Raph! [The fear rolls over into frustration as he sucks in a breath. Then another. He is not feeling any calmer. Not even slightly.
He does go quiet at Raph's question. He clicks his teeth together, hunching into himself slightly. The bottles on the floor need to get picked up. Who knows what else is actually in them?
He awkwardly tries to crouch down again to try and collect the fallen bottles. He quickly discovers a few are broken when he grabs at glass. He reels back with a startled pained sound, biting the inside of his cheek as he closes his eyes. The anger is dissipating back into something else and Leo can't even quantify it. He's just shaking bodily next to Raph.]
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All he really hears is the heavy silence in the hall outside and both of their breathing.]
What are you talking about? I'm not hearing anything.
[He tries to stand up, but ends up just losing his footing from the emotional exhaustion starting to set in. His shell clips into a shelf, sending a few things toppling down on them in the process.] Ugh- ugh, no!
[The giggling certainly seems to be getting louder from where those items had been, what a mystery!
or merely a hallucination.Leo unaware of the sounds, just scrubs at his face with his hands angrily.]
Why am I making everything worse?!
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It's never an easy A to B line to calmed down, when he gets like this, but Raph should still be able to remember the steps. It took so much work to learn. To make it a habit. It's like it's all just gone.
He does the cool thing and simply opts to stand very very still. If fight and flight are off the table, freeze will do just fine. Be a big brother. What do big brothers do. They take care of their little brothers. Sometimes they're the only one who can. ]
You-- you didn't. You- [ And a hitch because the laughing doesn't stop, it won't even let him talk, he's not crazy, why is she messing with them- Raph presses his hands to his head and tries to block out the sound. ] You're not. You're not. I just. Gimme a minute and I got you, okay?
[ Breathing is the big step. He remembered breathing is important. Maybe he'll work on that and then figure out where he stands re: confronting the fact that the laughing got louder over there versus trying to chew through the door like an actual trapped animal. ]
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He does go quiet at Raph's question. He clicks his teeth together, hunching into himself slightly. The bottles on the floor need to get picked up. Who knows what else is actually in them?
He awkwardly tries to crouch down again to try and collect the fallen bottles. He quickly discovers a few are broken when he grabs at glass. He reels back with a startled pained sound, biting the inside of his cheek as he closes his eyes. The anger is dissipating back into something else and Leo can't even quantify it. He's just shaking bodily next to Raph.]