seasonality ✦ tsuyukusa

[commandertoolbelt]

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[branches]

R-right...
[Turning red.]

I-I like you as more than a friend, Leo Valdez.
[Visibly fighting every tsundere bone in his body to say this.]

[commandertoolbelt]

Yeah? How much more?

[ he is enjoying this way too much, and it shows. ]

[branches]

Wh-I don't know!? I've never liked anyone like this before??

[HIM HITTING LEO AGAIN IS IMMINENT.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ he laughs and gives tsuyu a gentle nudge. ]

Okay, okay. Relax, man. You look like you're the one who's going to burst into flames, and that's my schtick.

[branches]

Well I keep waiting for this to be another one of your jokes!

[MAYBE HE'S BEING PRANKED!]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ hm. that stings a little, but it doesn't show in his expression at all. ]

I'm not going to joke about that kind of thing, dude. I promise. I'll even swear on the Styx if you need me to.

[branches]

[Well he relaxes a little now that he knows he's not being messed with. At the very least, he believes Leo's promise as is.]

What's the Styx?

[commandertoolbelt]

The Styx is a river in the Underworld. Make an oath in its name, and you can't break it, or you can face disastrous consequences.

[branches]

[Oh.... He's secretly impressed Leo would swear something like this that seriously.]

I-I'll just believe you for now. We haven't even gone on a date yet so you could still change your mind.

[commandertoolbelt]

Then let's go now. Class is over, and the 3D printer should be done with your flower by now, so why not?

[branches]

[!!!]

You already made it?
[But yeah he's... he'll just take Leo's hand as a tacit agreement. Let's go.]

[commandertoolbelt]

I set it up this morning, yeah, so it's been printing through class. But I don't know if it actually turned out nicely yet. So let's go find out!

[ handholding... the tips of his ears might be a little pink, but he's just going to lead them to the stem lab!! ]

[branches]

I guess a machine that makes statues wouldn't be that fast. Those usually take a long time, right?

[It's fine he's a little flushed too. Too bad no one will see this because it's happening in a PC.]

[commandertoolbelt]

Yep. It depends on how big the end product is, but I set it to be about the size of your hand, so not too big.

[ once they get there, he'll have to drop tsuyu's hand to go get the flower from the printer! and he offers it immediately to tsuyu. ]

What do you think? I don't know a ton about flowers, honestly, so you'll have to tell me if I got it right or not. It's supposed to be lavender, right?

[branches]

[He nods, and examines the plastic flower, turning it over in his hands, sniffing it. Then he bites it??? Sir???]

It's that weird material I keep finding all over the place here.
[Tsuyukusa does not know what plastic is.]

But it does have the shape of it. Even if it's lacking other qualities, a statue would anyway.

[commandertoolbelt]

It's called plastic, and most people don't treat it like a snack.

[ weirdo! but leo's laughing. ]

Yeah, call it like a miniature statue you can take with you, if you want. Glad it came out okay, though.

[branches]

I-I wasn't trying to eat it, I just know that stuff is soft!
[Shows off to Leo where his fangs left marks in the plastic.]

... But thank you for making it for me.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ does he actually have fangs... ]

You're welcome. Normally I'd try to make something you could use in other ways, too, but... you don't really need me to do that.

[branches]

[Tree fangs or trangs.]

What do you mean? I think the best kind of gift is something that's useful.

[commandertoolbelt]

I mean, yeah, but I don't know what I could make that would be useful for you. My specialty is machines and weapons and stuff, you know?

[branches]

Could you make a machine that dries things out fast or grinds them up? When I'm making a powder that can be easily added to ointments or drinks that's what takes the longest.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ his expression turns thoughtful. ]

You mean like a mortar and pestle, or something automated? Because I could do both. I don't know if we have the supplies here right now, but maybe Iris would take vouchers for it...

[branches]

W-well you shouldn't use your vouchers on it. I mean, I can still do it by hand the way I have been, after all. We should use vouchers for important things.

[commandertoolbelt]

...Alright, fine. Maybe after graduation, then.

[branches]

[Nods at that.]

So what else is in here?