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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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[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?

[ ...Cautiously crawling back over to him, curling into a tight ball under his outstretched hand. ]

...I-I'm sorry. Um, d-don't like how... what?

[smooths her fur with a gentle hand.]

How calm you are about hunters. I- I don't like a world where it's normal, to be like that.

[ She's quiet for a long few minutes, shivering under his pets, but. ]

...They don't know any better, between one animal and another. I only had one tail then, too. The dogs don't know, either, they just do as they're told.

...It doesn't change, when they do know better. Hunting an animal and hunting an ayakashi--

It's the same, whether they know or not.

[ Doesn't respond, unsure of how to go about it without angering him further, and just closes her eyes. ]

[just. pets.]

[ ...snuggles against him .__. ]

...that was very frightening.

[okay cuddles i can do cuddles.]

...I'm sorry.