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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?]

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...Outside.

[ ALARM!! ]

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

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

[ SO UNSURE ABOUT THIS ]

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

I will, next time.

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

Really...?

Really.

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

...Okay.

[pets...]

You really don't know any other kitsune?

[ mmmm petting ]

...No, just my mother.

...Can I ask why?

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

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

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

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.

--Hunters?!

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

[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.]

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

[wait what why--]

[oh.

fuck.

CALM DOWN DAMNIT.]

[THIS IS HARD but luckily i have the sort of will-power that enables me to block out entire chunks of my own memories.

the pressure eases slowly.]

[ ...didn't actually end up getting too far, but stays where she'd huddled against the wall, wide-eyed and tails between her legs, fur veery slowly flattening back down. For a moment, she's silent, but-- ]

...I-I-I'm s-sorry--

Shhh.

[holding his hand out again, still concentrating on calming down, but not wanting to upset her further.]

It's not your fault. I'm sorry I snapped. I- I didn't mean for that to happen.

[ Just sinks down against the floor, narrowing her eyes a little in uncertainty rather than suspicion. She's breathing a bit heavily. ]

W-why did...

...I don't like how --

Never mind. This isn't the place to be picky about that sort of thing.

Are you alright?