seasonality ✦ tsuyukusa

[commandertoolbelt]

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[branches]

[HE IS STRESSED OUT? Even with the records room open and them seemingly being able to leave soon... He is sitting next to the inflatable pool, listlessly dragging his hand through the water. When he hears Leo, he looks up.]

Oh, hey Leo.

[commandertoolbelt]

Hey.

[ he's just going to come and sit next to tsuyu, then, and give him a gentle nudge with his elbow. ]

At least we got some good news, right? They'll be able to come with us, once we break out of this place.

[branches]

Yeah. I'm still mad it happened at all, but...
[Frowning.]

I mean, you're right, it's good.
[We still don't know if the wishes are real.]

[commandertoolbelt]

I am, too, trust me. But it's better to finally be able to do something than sit around finger painting forever.

[ ...he's going to take tsuyu's hand, if allowed. ]

Remember what they said in their town hall this week. "All items retrieved from the field trips are truthful." That means the wishes are real, too, so all we have to do is graduate - and now, we should be able to.

[branches]

[He is allowed. Tsuyukusa will squeeze his hand a little.]

I... I guess that's true. But we still need to deal with the story. I don't know how that's going to work. If someone has to become a villain for the story to end?

[commandertoolbelt]

I don't know either, man. But we've got a chance now, and I'm not going to give that up because of something that voice won't even give us details on. I want you to get that wish.

[branches]

[Sniffs. Nods.]

Yeah. But-I mean, everyone else too. Lots of people have equally important wishes. I...
[Frowning.]

I guess at some point I got used to assuming good things weren't ever going to happen.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ that's true, but i don't know how to fix it yet.

...but of course, he has to try to lighten the mood. ]

What does that make me, then?

[branches]

[OH]

That- I mean, outside of people, obviously?? You're not a "thing" that "happened," that's completely different!

[commandertoolbelt]

Our dates were things that happened, though.

[branches]

Augh, obviously not ONLY bad things have happened or I'd be like, sad all the time?? It's just that on a wider scale it feels like nothing good has happened since Byakuroku died.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ haha wow! that hits a little too close to home! ]

It was the same for me after my mom died. And it wasn't until I met Jason and Piper that it started to feel like it coul dget better, so... I get it.

[branches]

[Nodding. Squeezing Leo's hand a little more.]

It just... every time I got close to people, and things seemed like they could be better.. it never... there was always some new way for things to go wrong. Even here.

[commandertoolbelt]

Well, keep in mind that this place was literally made for drama. That's what a story is, especially one involving murder.

[ wonder if amatsuki is the same way... ]

It's not over yet, though. We can still kick its butt for all it put us through.

[branches]

... Yeah. Though I keep thinking about the yakou. It wasn't obsessed with making a "story" in the same way, but. It was lonely. It tried to talk down to me, about how Byakuroku wasn't my real father, and I think it was because it was jealous.

[What if the story is lonely too?]

[commandertoolbelt]

I guess that would be a question for that voice they keep talking to. What would we even do about that, though? We all have somewhere to go home to, so it's not like we can stay just to keep it company.

Guess that would explain it wanting a sequel, though.

[branches]

... Yeah. That's true. I... I'm not really the type for pity but... Shinonome eventually managed to realize that was the issue. And he turned it back into the original thing he made was, that was benign.

[commandertoolbelt]

You? Pity? Perish the thought.

[ a bit of gentle teasing as he listens to what tsuyu has to say. ]

Sounds a little like Festus - like something went wrong with the parts, and it lost its way. But things like that can almost always be fixed. Or at least, repurposed.

[branches]

[Nodding... He actually seems to be perking up.]

Then maybe once we're all back together, between you and him... You could find a way to reason with it?

[commandertoolbelt]

We can definitely try. Kon will have the advantage because he's familiar, but I don't need to be familiar to help out a machine in need. Between the two of us, we could probably figure out what it needs to make it better.

[branches]

Yeah. I don't like him, but I know he's smart. And so are you. Plus there's Futaba that knows about computers too? And Caleb who knows a lot about magic.

[Hmph!!! There it is, his huffy confidence is back.]
They picked the wrong people to mess with, basically.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ there's the tree we all know and love. ]

You got that right. If anyone can figure it out, it's the people here. We've got this, Tsuyu.

[branches]

Yeah. And if we need to kick it's ass first, I have my staff.
[He says even though it is nowhere to be seen???]

[commandertoolbelt]

...Do you? I thought the profile said it was broken.

[ what is the truth ]

[branches]

Oh, right, you weren't at trial. I used my vouchers to get back my ability to conjure it. I guess since we're heading back soon for the final battle I could get it out now.

[He does want to show off for Leo. So he pulls out a... twig?]

Wanna see?