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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]

[ --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.]

[rootless]

[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.]

[deretsune]

[ ...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--

[rootless]

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.

[deretsune]

[ 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...

[rootless]

...I don't like how --

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

Are you alright?

[deretsune]

[ ...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?

[rootless]

[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.

[deretsune]

[ 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.

[rootless]

...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.

[deretsune]

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

[rootless]

[just. pets.]

[deretsune]

[ ...snuggles against him .__. ]

...that was very frightening.

[rootless]

[okay cuddles i can do cuddles.]

...I'm sorry.

[deretsune]

[ just. flopping, a little drained. ]

I-I-- maybe, I shouldn't have said anything...? I-it wasn't... anything I could have helped, really, and Mother protected me for when we were together...

[rootless]

...It happened to me too. But they knew I was an ayakashi. And the snake who raised me died in the process of saving me. That's why I was so upset.

It's not your fault.

[deretsune]

[ wow i am full of feelings right now i can't

Poofing into human form for A BETTER HUG paws are not good for this sort of thing. ]

[rootless]

[i. o-okay hugs are okay i guess.

i'm just going to vaguely hug back and try to figure out why i'm even talking about this.]

[deretsune]

[ Huuugs. ]

U-um-- nothing like that has... ever happened to me, so... I can't really understand, how it must feel, but I'm sorry.

[rootless]

[that's okay i'll just pet your hair.]

[deretsune]

[ bluuuh no feelings are terrible ]

...Tsuyukusa-san?

[rootless]

Yeah?

[deretsune]

...I didn't mean to make you think about upsetting things.