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[rootless]

Who: Tsuyukusa
When: Day 24, night
Where: hallway outside apartment sparkles
What:

[Treebird seems to have regained his humanoid form, even devoid of antlers of any sort. He's been staying pretty scarce after his run-in with Thusia in his basest form, and is currently leaning against one of the hallway walls near Apartment Sparkles, running his hands thoughtfully over a length of sturdy branch he apparently has brought in from Nature.

Investigate, y/n?]

Comments

[deretsune]

Oh...

[ something about earscritches is making her ability to be coherent nonexistant. And concentrate, apparently, since those tails are certainly wagging. ]

[rootless]

I live here too, so.

[just smiles and pets.]

[deretsune]

[ Just settling innnwait what ]

...You do?

[rootless]

I do.

[deretsune]

Where were you...?

[rootless]

...Outside.

[deretsune]

[ ALARM!! ]

Isn't it-- it's supposed to be dangerous, right? Chrono-san told me it's not good to go alone--

[rootless]

--And Chrono's right. It is dangerous. But I'm fine, see?

[deretsune]

[ SO UNSURE ABOUT THIS ]

...P-please be careful-- um, take somebody with you--

[rootless]

I will, next time.

[deretsune]

[ ...just slumps back down into his lap .__. ]

Really...?

[rootless]

Really.

[but not making any promises about the time after that.]

[deretsune]

...Okay.

[rootless]

[pets...]

You really don't know any other kitsune?

[deretsune]

[ mmmm petting ]

...No, just my mother.

[rootless]

...Can I ask why?

[deretsune]

...I just haven't. Um, other foxes, sure, but they couldn't do... this.

[ makes a vague motion referring to her body '-' ]

[rootless]

...They couldn't take a human form?

[deretsune]

I don't think so... but back then, there was a lot of hunters around, too.

I didn't see any at all when I started going around humans, but there were other yokai... I was weaker then, too, so maybe I just didn't notice.

[rootless]

--Hunters?!

[deretsune]

...Yes? We're just animals to them, after all.

[rootless]

[so you know how the air's been heavy with his presence but overall pretty manageable because he was calm.

right now he's pissed. guess what happens then.]

[deretsune]

[ --IMMEDIATELY poofs back into a fox, scrambling off and away from him as quickly as she can under that pressure, bristling and terrified. ]

[rootless]

[wait what why--]

[rootless]

[oh.

fuck.

CALM DOWN DAMNIT.]