rootless | (no subject)

Huh? Oh, I said I'd come to you if things went wrong, didn't I? No, the forest is fine.

[ ... but then why are you on my bed ]

I see. That is good.

To what do I owe the pleasure, then?

...

[shrugs]

[ ... man why are you so cute ]

You simply felt like visiting?

[what cute no cute]

I got bored!

I would think that you would have simply wandered off to another forest, if that were the case.

[ crossing over to the heavily curtained window, lifting the fabric up a little so he can peer out ]

You were not nervous? Venturing into the city on your own?

Didn't I say I'd come say goodbye before leaving?

[but he shrugs]

I was just caught off guard last time.

[ p... ausing, and dropping the curtain. ]

You are leaving the forest?

If I were I'd have said so when you asked me why I'm here.

[ wait what

oh ]

My apologies.

[ relieved, tho. and then crossing over to stand near him, not quite touching him but looking like he... sort of wants to. ]

Did you want to... talk?

[tips his head up to look at him, apparently comfortable with the proximity.]

Sure.

[ .. sitting next to him on the bed, letting out a soft sigh. ]

I sent the banapples back to the Queen along with a note. I doubt my envoy followed it, however, and had a few choice words of his own to say to her. [ looking only a little concerned, but shaking his head in amusement. ]

Without the aphrodisiac, I am sure they would have been more enjoyable.

It was still really good though? But sending them back was probably the best idea.

[ smiling a little ]

Forgive me if this seems foolish, but... how long have you been in this world, Tsuyukusa?

This one? Uhhh. Twenty years, maybe?

You are very young.

[ reaching over, absently brushing a few strands of hair from Tsuyu's face ]

But you have existed, before this?

...I'm two hundred, Sigmund.

[taking that touch in stride, more concerned with being called young]

... For a tree spirit, that is still very...

[ dropping his hand and... quieting, because it probably isn't best to say anything more on this. ]

...You know more than you let on, don't you?

Yeah, I'm young for a tree spirit.

[also climbing into your lap but that's neither here nor there]

[ ... that's not gonna make me stop from thinking you're young you know

letting him, letting his fingers ghost over Tsuyukusa's hips lightly, then curling over his waist ]

Perhaps.

[well there's the thing where he's casually straddling you, it's that kind of lap-climbing.

also he weighs much less than he looks to, much less than any actual person would. like. 20 pounds.]

I'm not used to hearing it from humans, though.

Is it because you don't come into contact with them often?

[ ... yeah being super light... is... not... helping much either

but lap sitting is nice. he can do lap sitting ]

Or you don't give them the opportunity to talk?

Mostly when I talk to humans there's something at stake. At least these days.

[leans on.]

[ gently kneads Tsuyukusa's back, massaging him gently before splaying his hand against the small of it. ]

What do you mean?

I'm strong enough that even people with no spiritual sense at all can see me, and strong enough to help them.

'Course, I'm also strong enough to kill them, and inhuman enough not to be trusted. So I stick around while I'm needed and then leave before things turn sour.

[shrugs]

It's a decent system.