Sallie-Splinter, Sallie's apartment.

[realmrsreynolds]

[ooc: Continued from here.]

"Home again, home again," Sallie intones when she unlocks her apartment door to let Splinter in when they arrive. There isn't much to Sallie's place, and it's certainly smaller than the suite that Splinter, Leo, and Mike share. It is all one central area, with the bedroom cordoned off with a latticework screen, the bathroom beyond that, the kitchen in the opposite corner from the entranceway, and the main sitting area consisting of a sofa, Sallie's recliner, a table and a vidscreen. A piano is on the agenda, but Sallie hasn't gotten there yet.

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[mnr_splinter]

"Jiggity-jig," he finishes for her as he crosses the threshold into her apartment.

"Have you...redecorated?"

[realmrsreynolds]

"When everything got destroyed and then - un-destroyed, all my things were gone. This whole space was sort of reset, for lack of a better term. I'd have Mrs. Cullen come back and redecorate, but I'm just letting it be and adding to it when I get the compunction. Would you like anything?"

[mnr_splinter]

"There is something to be said for negative space," he says considering the living area. It reminds him of the spare room in the basement of April's apartment building that she gave him when he returned from the TCRI containment.

Alien, blank, and yet full of possibility.

"Hmm? Oh A glass of water if it is no trouble."

[realmrsreynolds]

"'Course."

Sallie heads to the kitchen, digging out a pair of glasses for water and returning to place them on the coffee table as an invitation to sit.

But they need a topic, really. Something slightly easier than -- everything.

"Have you given any thought to what you might do now? Travelin', things you couldn't before?"

[mnr_splinter]

While she's getting the water, Splinter takes a spot on the sofa closest to the recliner.

"I have not, to be honest. I find myself easily overwhelmed with the options."

[realmrsreynolds]

"Mike had mentioned Japan. I think you should go for it, myself."

And if Sallie sits on the couch too instead of her chair - and closer - that's just a thing that happened.

[mnr_splinter]

Mike mentioned Japan?
Splinter pinches the bridge of his nose.
"Of course he did..."

[realmrsreynolds]

"Is that such a bad thing?"

She's getting the feeling that it is.

[mnr_splinter]

"Not bad, but," he sighs. "I hardly consider one's funeral arrangements to be polite conversation."

[realmrsreynolds]

"Oh. I missed that part."

After a second: "No going for that, okay?"

[mnr_splinter]

When his hand drops there is a smirk playing about his lips.
"Not if I can help it no. Though...it is an interesting prospect. I, do not remember much of the country of my birth. My cage offered a limited view."

[realmrsreynolds]

"I've traveled a lot more since comin' to Milliways - even in my own where and when. Traveling off-world legally is expensive at times. Most o' the time I never had a reason to that would support the cost.

"Now here, if I want to go anywhere I can wave Malcolm. Which I really should do more often - I do not harangue that boy nearly enough."

[mnr_splinter]

"Did you not see him yesterday?"

[realmrsreynolds]

"...No. Should I've done?"

[mnr_splinter]

".....no."

Ut oh.

[realmrsreynolds]

"He was here." Flatly. "I'll deal with him later."





"I talked to your son and you talked to mine."

[mnr_splinter]

"Did mine provide you with comforting insight?"

Stranger things have happened.

[realmrsreynolds]

"He did. Almost always does, actually.

"We talked about -- all sorts o' stuff. Why he chose to go back to turtle-shape for a spell. Talked about you. How disorienting it is to go from one shape to another."

How petrified you were. Are, Sallie doesn't add.

"Mike is very easy for me to talk to."

[mnr_splinter]

"It is one of his many considerable talents," he says sincerely. "It always did amaze me that while Raphael excelled at bringing people into our lives, Michaelangelo was best at keeping them there."

[realmrsreynolds]

"He has very good habits with folk," Sallie confirms.

"What did you and Malcolm talk on?"

[mnr_splinter]

"Horses, and how I apparently think too much."

[realmrsreynolds]

Not that Sallie's in silent fervent agreement on that one or anything.

"Glad he was helpful, in his way."

[mnr_splinter]

"He was indeed. Also, he let me feed his horse."

This is a THING which is IMPORTANT.

[realmrsreynolds]

"If you wanted to come visit Shadow, you could spend all day feedin' horses."

It's important for life, but not terribly interesting most of the time!

[mnr_splinter]

"They...are usually frightened of me."

And the feeling is somewhat mutual.