My favorite thing about this holiday? Is--I always used to get this special kind of wine, right?--hic---oh, sorry---it had a koala bear on the label, okay? And then I used to get together with my girlfriends before they all got married and ditched me, and we used to watch romantic movies. My favorite is STILL "An Affair to Remember" with Humphrey ( Read more... )

This is April O'Neil. I need...someone. Have to diffuse this bomb. Please. I'm at the playground. And--just keep the kids away. God, don't let any of them near the playground, okay?

[The Malnosso have finally returned April O'Neil, bruised up and battered and wrapped in what looks like a vest of charges and wires. There is a timer attached to it, ( Read more... )

[April is very quietly arranging flowers on the kitchen table when the droids come tromping through the door. She can hear the metal footsteps in the hall, and without even thinking drops what she is doing and runs barefoot out the kitchen door. April's special fear of killer robots gives her the adrenaline rush needed for a sprint through the snow ( Read more... )

[A red-haired woman stumbles through the village toward House 55 carrying a bulky package. The corner of the brown paper-wrapped item is leaking blood onto the snow, leaving a trail as she walks--although the woman has no idea that this is happening. Is it Boadicea, back from the wars with the head of a general? Or April O'Neil with a special ( Read more... )

[It is evening, and a warmly-dressed redhead is making her way down to the freezing river with a bulky bag cradled in her arms. By the time she gets there from House 55, she kneels in the snow on the riverbank and sets down her bag, unzipping it to remove the contents ( Read more... )

[Since arriving in Luceti, April has developed a sleepwalking problem. It wasn't too bad at first: she'd wake up halfway to the living room, sitting in a kitchen chair, or lying on the floor next to her bed. Unfortunately, as Halloween nears her problem is getting worse. She found herself in the forest two days earlier with no knowledge of how she ( Read more... )

[April has been browsing at her favorite store in Luceti, the Items Shop. It is not long before she makes a WONDERFUL DISCOVERY!]

MY PAINTING! OH MY GOD! It's HERE!

[She is SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS! One of her favorite works of art has turned up in Luceti. Here's a picture of it as it looks in her apartment back in New York City, leering down on ( Read more... )

[The odd recent behavior of her friends since she arrived has left April a little bit stressed ( Read more... )

[This morning, April O'Neil has decided she needs to prepare for the upcoming baseball game.Unfortunately, once she gets into the Items Shop, she is reminded of her antiques shop, Second Time Around--and she gets a little homesick. It's the first time she's felt this way since her arrival. Homesickness probably has held off because Donatello, Casey ( Read more... )

[The metal MTA voice is starting to grate on April's nerves. "Eighty-first Street. Eighty-sixth Street. Doors Closing On Your Left."

She pops her headphones on and switches up the volume.

"Just a small town girl livin' in a lonely world."]

YES! She took the midnight train goin' anywheeeeeeeere!

[April grins and settles back on the near-empty ( Read more... )