seasonality ✦ tsuyukusa

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[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.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ nodding! ]

It's usually what they recommend if you've got a stomachache or something. Not my fave, but not bad.

They do have tea back home? But you'd probably hate the tea they make back in Houston. It's not real Texas tea if there's not, like, a pound of sugar in it.

[branches]

[Honestly he is too jazzed at the idea of Medicinal Sodas to be mad about sweet tea.]

What are coke and mountain dew good for? Also, why do they call it that when it clearly has so much more in it besides water?

[commandertoolbelt]

They're just drinks with brand names, man. It's not that deep. People like them for the flavor, mostly, and I guess the caffeine.

[branches]

[Hmmmm.]

I think I'll stick with tea.

[commandertoolbelt]

It's not like anyone's going to force it down your throat. But it's there if you're ever feeling adventurous.