Casey Jr Learned A Valuable Lesson That Day.

Casey Jr learned a valuable lesson that day.

This is 100% canon and happens at some point in Replica I just don't have anywhere to stick it since things are going to shift gears at the end of this chapter!

Honestly Mikey would not have been bothered at all with CJ being crowned as best hugger. But when he found out that Omega was trying to keep it a secret from HIM he wanted to poke the bear and get a reaction out of the normally unfazed AI. Too bad it backfired. Also for the record, Mikey is on the "Raph was the best hugger" side of the argument, and they know Raph liked Mikey's, thus the stalemate.

Also I'm curious... help them solve this dispute:

It'd be hilarious if they tied.

a neurodivergent nerd. call that

nerdodivergent

Let's roll, boys.

Mutant Abilities at Work

(Note: typing in-character as Gio here.)

Being mutated by an oozesquito was painful and weird, especially at first, but it isn't all bad. It gave me some cool powers, including...

Uncanny navigational instincts

Enhanced low-frequency hearing

Increased swimming speed

Enhanced underwater eyesight

Of course, this is kind of a best-case scenario. You could get unlucky and wind up like the imitation crab pizza delivery guy. But I'd say it worked out pretty well for me. :)

If you've ever wondered why people in Hawai'i hate tourists, try to wrap your mind around the fact that there are CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, tourists sipping martinis and looking at fish within swimming range of the fresh corpses of local people who couldn't escape the overnight destruction of their entire town.

Try to comprehend that there are fully functional, high capacity boats passing through the waters in front of an area full of survivors who are stranded and in need of supplies, refusing to help. They are hosting snorkeling tours.

Really think about, try your best to actually picture over two thousand people unhoused and in need of shelter, with nothing but the clothes on their backs and nothing to return to. Understand that the island, stolen land, is littered with hotels full of air conditioned of rooms with beds and showers and toilets, each fully equipped to host hundreds of families for weeks, turning these people away because they're booked up with tourists who refuse to leave.

And understand that these tourists were offered free transport to return home or be hosted on other islands. Free. Courtesy of local tax dollars. 4,000 wealthy tourists were offered free flights shelter on Oahu and begged to leave the island, BEFORE the survivors were given shelter.

And enough still insisted on remaining and carrying out their vacations that people are left without shelter and resources while they enjoy "their stay in paradise".

[Edit]: This current situation, and this type of tourist behavior is horrifying beyond words. In other circumstances, the tourism situation is much more complicated, and I need to ask that people do not add on to this post unless they are local.

"I feel like people have started bashing Aroace Donnie a lot more recently so here's your PSA: let people hc their characters as they like! personally, I headcanon Donnie as Aroace because I feel like his love for technology and his family would be stronger than anything else. If you don't think he's Aroace, good for you! Just don't harass me or anyone else who does!"