Well what do you know?! As soon as I post this story that complains about the bot farms I get another longer Spam review on my other recently updated story Hunter's Moon almost as if whoever runs the Bot Farms noticed and gave me another spam review to spite me well as Bugs Bunny always says 'Of course you know, this means war!' actually it already is war but you just asked for another hit
The next day as Buttercup was furiously typing her complaint on the forum boards while simultaneously stuffing sour cream & onion potato chips in her face (As a Mutant Pig she of course was rather gluttonous and was not in the best of shape, her adoptive human Dad had made a home gym to help her exercise inside before it got bad enough she suffered the typical overfed Potbelly malady of becoming her so overweight a roll of fat would cover her eyes leaving her 'fat-blind') of course she had reported the spam reviews and asked for them to be removed but seems the mods of the website only cared if it was content that could potentially get them sued like the time Buttercup reported one review that was just a bizarre racist tirade that got removed lickety-split!
Upon waiting for a reply after she made her post and noticing there were only crumbs left in the potato chip bag so Buttercup took the bag to empty the crumbs into her mouth she didn't have to wait long for a reply though…
The one called Turtle Titan was instantly sympathetic 'That totally sucks! But my brother knows a lot about computers, you've said you can see the Justice Force Tower from your house...Maybe I could come over and…'
This got Buttercup's heart racing from reading this proposal...Sure she had mentioned before admitting living in NYC but lots of people live in NYC that's like finding a needle in a haystack but with this Turtle Titan mentioning her admitting to seeing the Justice Force tower as a clue...Was he actually THE Turtle Titan of the Justice Force Reserves? I mean still beyond the usual 'stranger danger' warnings of meeting anyone in person you meet online Buttercup knew accepting this proposal to meet in person would mean revealing she wasn't a human being.
So quickly she began responding 'I'm not sure that's a good idea, you see' Trying to quickly think up the most logical and realistic cover-up lie 'I have this rare disease that makes me all hairy like my entire face is covered in hair I tend not to go out much because of that'
Buttercup was the typical Pot-Belied Pig phenotype mostly covered with black fur with a thin white stripe that traveled the bridge of her snout between her eyes and her hands had white fur making it look like she was wearing white gloves but the thing she liked the most about herself was that the fur on her scalp had mutated to be like long human-like scalp hair same black color as most of her fur that she often wore in a pony tail.
While most of the other forum members were beginning to respond saying 'Really? That sucks if you really do but that also sounds like the worst lie not to meet someone in person I've heard of'
However she quickly noticed she now had a PM from Turtle Titan, with her heart in her throat and sweating profusely she opened it.
'Demon Hunter' (Her screen name was Demon Hunter) 'After that last reply I realized something so I had to send you this private message...You're probably wondering why I call myself Turtle Titan...Well after that reason you gave to why you can't meet me in person I realized I better confess because I suddenly got a hunch that you're like me...I am a Turtle...A Mutant Turtle and cuz you said you can't meet me cuz you're all hairy that felt like trying to confess you're a mutant animal without actually saying it call it a hunch'
Buttercup gently punched her chest a few times just to make sure her heart was still beating and realizing she probably really should follow her Dad's advice and start going on a diet...She really shouldn't have eaten that entire bag of potato chips!
Trembling she typed 'So...You're really Turtle Titan of the Justice Force'
The reply was 'Yeah, but Silver Sentry did tell me I shouldn't say so online we got limits of what we can say and do online'
Buttercup asked about the brother he mentioned and asked if he was a turtle too and Turtle Titan told them he had three brothers who were all turtles and their adoptive father was a mutant rat...They thought for a long time they were the only mutant animals in existence till they met mutant crocodile and that was probably why he realized he might be talking to another mutant online
So they agreed to meet at midnight, Buttercup told him where she lived and Turtle Titan said he would come not dressed in his superhero outfit...She would see the 'normal' him
So late at night while her Dad was asleep Buttercup stepped out all bundled up in her overcoat and wearing her usual blue bandanna wrapped around her head to try to conceal her porcine features in the dark...Still she felt anxious being outside all by herself normally being outside was just for a short trip to the car so she could be taken to a different house.
She couldn't help but let out a squeal when he just dropped down in front of her from above
"Whoa! Whoa!" The Turtle in an orange mash exclaimed holding up his hands "It's OK! It's me! MY real name is Michelangelo, but you can call me Mikey!"
Blinking at a few times Buttercup exclaimed "You really are a Turtle!" She sniffed "Yeah...You're not human at all!"
She also noticed aside from his mask and other accessories he was...Naked...Which growing up being taught human standards of modesty was making Buttercup feel very awkward looking at his buff handsome bod…
Mikey didn't seem to notice her blushing instead he lifted up his arm to sniff his armpit "Do I stink?" He asked
"It's not good or bad it just is…" Buttercup said "...Just confirming you weren't human by your scent."
"You're a lot like Master Splinter." Mikey said "He uses his sniffer a lot too!"
He went over to the nearby manhole and lifted up the cover
"Well...I'll take you to my home to meet my family." He said
"You...Live in the sewers?" Buttercup asked thinking she was already about to gag from the smell coming up from the manhole
"Uh yeah…" Mikey said
"Um…" Buttercup said twiddling her fingers nervously "I have trouble going down ladders because I have hooves...Pigs are really not good with heights at all…"
So originally I was planning for it to be Donatello to be the Turtle Buttercup was talking to online but in making her a giant pop culture nerd I realized it would be more likely she was talking to Mikey which also makes sense why he would be so willing to expose himself to someone he just has a hunch is a mutant
