seasonality ✦ tsuyukusa

[commandertoolbelt]

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[branches]

[Sometimes you are old timey and don't know what horny means.]

Tsuyukusa is just my name? My tree is a gingko.

[commandertoolbelt]

Oh. See, they're just named after their trees back home? I've never heard of a gingko, though.

[branches]

Are there only one dryad for each type of tree, then?

You're not the first to tell me that, though.
[Also I'm dumb it's spelled ginkgo not gingko.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ blinks. ]

You know, that's a great question. I never actually asked them.

[branches]

Maybe they don't trust your exploding hands enough to have an extended conversation.
[Yes he is bringing that back up, days later.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ TSUYU ]

Hey, I told you I've never set anyone else on fire! That includes the trees and dryads!

[branches]

There's a first time for everything, right?

[Now he's just teasing.]

[commandertoolbelt]

A first time to... set someone on fire?

[ hello??? ]

The only way I'm going to be setting anyone on fire is if I set fire to the flames of their heart.

[ okay we're back to being stupid now i guess. but it's better than being annoyed about trial, so. ]

[branches]

[Oh but he turns a little red at that and looks away. Focuses his attention back on his work.]

That's a stupid line to say. How often does something like that actually work for you?

[commandertoolbelt]

Never in my life, but sometimes it gets a laugh, so it's worth it.

[branches]

Well, you do say some weird stuff sometimes.

[Hm.]

Since I'm making it anyway, did you want some tea?

[commandertoolbelt]

Well, as we have established, you like weird.

[ teasing. ]

And sure. Might as well. You guys are almost making me get used to the stuff.

[branches]

[HMM FOCUSING ON TEA.]

What, do you not normally drink tea where you're from?

[commandertoolbelt]

Not really? It's mostly soda and stuff where I'm from. You know, like Coke or Mountain Dew?

[branches]

[Squinting at him in confusion.]

I don't know what coke is, and dew isn't a soda? Soda is a powder.
[HELLO LEO I AM FROM THE 1800S AND I LIVE IN THE WOODS?]

[commandertoolbelt]

...I know you're a tree spirit and all, but you could just look around the cafeteria for two seconds and find soda. We're in a school. It's not that rare.

[branches]

Are you eating soda???

[LEO, TSUYUKUSA KNOWS ALMOST NOTHING ABOUT FOOD.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ snorts. ]

It's a drink, man. Here, let me find some and you can try it.

[ leo is going to make him try mountain dew ]

[branches]

[Ray you monster.]

Okay. And for the record, I basically only ever come here to make tea, so you don't get to make fun of me.

[commandertoolbelt]

Then think of it as a learning experience. Here.

[ uno can. ]

[branches]

[He takes it, startling at bit at how cold it is. And then he sniffs at the opening like a feral animal. Makes a bit of a face. But then he sips it. He's clearly startled by the carbonation, but he manages not to choke.]

Why is everything people give me here to try so sweet?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ he's at least giving a nominal effort at trying not to laugh ]

That's just how people like it! But I guess there's ginger ale for something a little lighter on the sugar.

[ probably? he doesn't know. ]

[branches]

[He perks up.]

So they make medicinal sodas too?
[Now he's interested.]

[commandertoolbelt]

Alright, alright, hold on. One ginger ale, coming right up.

[ he goes to fish out a ginger ale for tsuyu, then! this time tsuyu gets to open it. ]

[branches]

[He watched Leo open the first one so he only struggles a little bit in opening it. And he's more prepared for the fizz! He only sputters a tiny bit.]

This is still really sweet. I can barely taste the ginger. But I guess it would be easier for people to drink this.