TSUYUKUSA

[foreversweaterweather]

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[branches]

[HMPH.]

Fine, you can be my friend too. But I'm still going to kick your ass next time, Mabel!

[branches]

I don't think she was mad, but she didn't like it, or whatever.

[foreversweaterweather]

I can do that! I'm sure there's plenty of flowers I can pick for this! Like...this!

[ she plucks a random dandelion out of the grass nearby ]

[foreversweaterweather]

That's me! A tree spirit's best tree human friend!

...how do you get a tree from a snake demon and a bird demon? Are you technically a demon too?

[foreversweaterweather]

[ she laughs and tackles him in a hug ]

You can try!

[foreversweaterweather]

So you're gonna...wash your feet in Lila's memory?

[branches]

Well it sounds stupid when you put it like that.

[branches]

[OOF. He shoves her a little.]

You've got a brother, right? Is he older or younger than you?

[branches]

[Well he doesn't have any other tree human friends so that's hard to dispute.]

We're not blood related. But I guess? Spirits, demons, ayakashi, ally pretty much the same thing?

[foreversweaterweather]

We're twins! But technically, I'm 5 minutes older.

[branches]

[A very Mabel choice.]

Sure, if that's what you want. Then stems of those are a little hard to work with but... I'm sure we can figure it out.
[He sits down and just pulls a tied bundle of fabric out of his shirt. Inside is a bunch of fucking grass.]

But first I need to show you the technique, right?

[branches]

[Looks at her for a long minute.]

Huh. You don't really have the demeanor of an older sibling.

[foreversweaterweather]

Wow, that's a lot of grass! You went and picked that all yourself?

[foreversweaterweather]

Huh! So if you're not blood related, do you just get to...point at a random spirit guy and decide he's your dad now?

[foreversweaterweather]

Hahaha, well, we are twins! I only like to pull out that I'm older when I wanna make fun of my brother!

[foreversweaterweather]

[ well. Mabel thinks it sounds a lil weird, but not stupid! ]

...what about shoes? Are you gonna start wearing shoes too, for her?

[branches]

... I guess maybe? The shoes you all wear seem weird though. So I guess I'll have to ask Chad if I can get some tabi.

[branches]

Of course, who else would have done it? Anyway, come sit here so I can show you how it works.

[branches]

[Good job Mabel, you've offended Tsuyukusa!]

What? Of course not! But Byakuroku raised me since I first sprouted, so that obviously makes him my father!?
[MABEL HAVEN'T YOU HEARD OF ADOPTION?]

[foreversweaterweather]

Okay!

[ and she scooches in closer to see what he gets up to with all this grass! ]

[foreversweaterweather]

Oooohhhh! So it's more like a random guy gets to pick you as their kid! Okay!

[foreversweaterweather]

...you're gonna wear cats on your feet?

[branches]

[I don't actually know how this works and I refuse to learn so just assume he's explaining it, and demonstrating as he does.]

... Does that make sense?

[branches]

[I'm in tears.]

I-it wasn't random?? My predecessor was his master, so he was tasked with planting my tree and raising me from his master.

[branches]

[Squints???]

What?