D has a very OH DEAR look on his face. He... exchanges another glance with T-chan, and the creature LOOKS at him.] I have some. [He doesn't want to say they will be much better than... the leaves, as not to insult her, but... they are much better than those leaves.
He bends to take the paper bag from T-chan's mouth, and then he turns to try climbing the tree. T-chan double-takes, leaping to grab a hold of D's pants leg, growling and tugging on it. D stops and looks over his shoulder, flapping his hand dismissively.]
[thank you for feeding her real food that isn't plants she found on the ground.]
You friend would prefer you stop. [she informs him.] Stay there.
[and she moves like she's going to jump down from the tree, but then hesitates. hm. okay, no, wait. she learned this is a bad idea earlier. instead, she climbs down carefully.
and then offers him an unmunched flower. tradesies.]
[Oh. Alright. He settles and steps back to make room, then looks a little panicked when it seems like she might JUST JUMP OUT OF THE TREE?
Oh thank God. He puts a hand to his heart as she climbs down. —Oh.
He takes the flower, smiling. He is not going to eat this.] Thank you. [Instead, he tucks it in his hair behind an ear, then gestures for them to all sit.]
[man you and kaveh have no faith in her whatsoever which is fair, you shouldn't, because she broke her ankles the first time she tried that here
anyway, she will sit, and she will very cautiously hold out her hand to goat tiger. she's wary around animals, because she was raised by them, but. she probably smells like bird, honestly.]
[THERE IS GOOD REASON. Just look at these reasons, hello.
Once she is seated, he also sits down with the paper bag. He starts getting the McDonald's apple pies out while T-chan looks at her extended hand uncertainly. T-chan looks at D, then at her again.
He huffs air out of his nose and then very tsunderely turns his head in the opposite direction... but kind of leans toward the hand with his body. He's very stupid. D is trying not to laugh...
D puts an apple pie down on the edge of her lap.......after opening one end of the box for her.]
shenhe doesn't really laugh or smile but it's clear she's very amused. wow, it's just like her mom! tsundere as shit. she will pet him gently. scritch scritch.]
... Thank you. [apple pie... wow, it smells good. this is so much better than the plants she was eating.] The place that sells these makes me uncomfortable.
[He is extremely stupid at all times. Unfortunately, his fur isn’t soft and silk, it’s coarse, but it doesn’t feel bad.
He sits there for a moment, quivering………… with restraint apparently because he instinctively starts making a quiet noise which sounds like purring. HE’S HAVING SUCH A TIME!!!! Kill him.
D bites his lips between his teeth, but is luckily distracted by what she says.]
The McDonald’s? Yes, it can be a little overwhelming. Many human establishments and cities can be this way.
[that's fine, if he'd been nice to touch shenhe would've been suspicious. wild animals usually are kind of gross, it's what she's used to. she continues to pet, pleased by the tsundere purring.]
So I've noticed. [she glances at D.] There are too many people, and it's loud, all the time. Do you come from a place like this?
[D may or may not be offended if she implied animals are gross. (They can be, but he would be offended on their behalf.)]
Unfortunately so.
[T-chan does this thing where he turns his head back around at the hand and opens his mouth wide, revealing a lot of sharp teeth while also looking skeptically at D. D raises both brows and gives T-chan a look, and T-chan very slowly and carefully closes the mouth over her hand. He doesn't bite, just keeps it there, expression very much I'm-not-doing-anything-wrong-see at D.]
...There are many cities like this in the world I come from.
[HELP. T-chan looks at her with eyes which get a tad larger. Unsure if this makes him more excited, or more threatened.]
T-chan.
[It does not seem to bother him that she has said she would bite him? Very funny. T-chan begrudgingly removes his mouth from her hand, cutting a side-eye at D.]
You'll have to excuse T-chan. He has a voracious appetite. Love and hunger are one and the same for him. It means he likes you.
[T-chan TURNS HIS HEAD AWAY in embarrassment, and D hehes.]
[Oh! He smiles genuinely (i hate him) at the memory. T-chan already starts to look more embarrassed.]
He was a chef at a restaurant. He was very handsome; I could tell he was a totetsu. He courted me for a while because he wanted to eat me. He almost did, but the detective got in the way. So I asked him if he would like to stay in my pet shop instead.
[He gestures at T-chan after saYING THIS SO CASUALLY LIKE RECOUNTING A YOUNG CHILDHOOD LOVE. T-chan huffs.
Shenhe gets this lore because she is a little weirdo like him.]
[ok listen like, shenhe has heard a lot of batshit stuff because she comes from genshin, but even this is a little pushing the boundary of what is Weird and Not Weird for her.]
And... you would be fine with being eaten? [this is apparently the problem she has with this]
[Wow, he's still all smiles. God, he's so stupid. He unwraps his own apple pie and has a small bite of one corner of it. What is he happy for...]
Well, I did not want him to eat me necessarily... But I would have sacrificed a limb or two in order to have him stay in the shop... [A smile.] Thankfully, I did not have to do such a thing.
And T-chan agreed to live there with the rest of us.
[This makes him laugh a little. He gazes fondly at T-chan...]
Not particularly. T-chan is not for sale. He stays in the shop with me and a few others who cannot be purchased. The people who come in come with their own abstract desires. They want love, or fame, or wealth, or to heal their loneliness. I've even had a girl ask for the "ugliest" pet I had, the one no one else would want.
Only sometimes do they come in with something in mind. A cat, a dog, a bird.
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D has a very OH DEAR look on his face. He... exchanges another glance with T-chan, and the creature LOOKS at him.] I have some. [He doesn't want to say they will be much better than... the leaves, as not to insult her, but... they are much better than those leaves.
He bends to take the paper bag from T-chan's mouth, and then he turns to try climbing the tree. T-chan double-takes, leaping to grab a hold of D's pants leg, growling and tugging on it. D stops and looks over his shoulder, flapping his hand dismissively.]
It's alright, T-chan. I won't fall, I promise.
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You friend would prefer you stop. [she informs him.] Stay there.
[and she moves like she's going to jump down from the tree, but then hesitates. hm. okay, no, wait. she learned this is a bad idea earlier. instead, she climbs down carefully.
and then offers him an unmunched flower. tradesies.]
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[Oh. Alright. He settles and steps back to make room, then looks a little panicked when it seems like she might JUST JUMP OUT OF THE TREE?
Oh thank God. He puts a hand to his heart as she climbs down.
—Oh.
He takes the flower, smiling. He is not going to eat this.] Thank you. [Instead, he tucks it in his hair behind an ear, then gestures for them to all sit.]
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anyway, she will sit, and she will very cautiously hold out her hand to goat tiger. she's wary around animals, because she was raised by them, but. she probably smells like bird, honestly.]
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Once she is seated, he also sits down with the paper bag. He starts getting the McDonald's apple pies out while T-chan looks at her extended hand uncertainly. T-chan looks at D, then at her again.
He huffs air out of his nose and then very tsunderely turns his head in the opposite direction... but kind of leans toward the hand with his body. He's very stupid. D is trying not to laugh...
D puts an apple pie down on the edge of her lap.......after opening one end of the box for her.]
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shenhe doesn't really laugh or smile but it's clear she's very amused. wow, it's just like her mom! tsundere as shit. she will pet him gently. scritch scritch.]
... Thank you. [apple pie... wow, it smells good. this is so much better than the plants she was eating.] The place that sells these makes me uncomfortable.
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He sits there for a moment, quivering………… with restraint apparently because he instinctively starts making a quiet noise which sounds like purring. HE’S HAVING SUCH A TIME!!!! Kill him.
D bites his lips between his teeth, but is luckily distracted by what she says.]
The McDonald’s? Yes, it can be a little overwhelming. Many human establishments and cities can be this way.
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So I've noticed. [she glances at D.] There are too many people, and it's loud, all the time. Do you come from a place like this?
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Unfortunately so.
[T-chan does this thing where he turns his head back around at the hand and opens his mouth wide, revealing a lot of sharp teeth while also looking skeptically at D. D raises both brows and gives T-chan a look, and T-chan very slowly and carefully closes the mouth over her hand. He doesn't bite, just keeps it there, expression very much I'm-not-doing-anything-wrong-see at D.]
...There are many cities like this in the world I come from.
[He is watching T-chan.]
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If you bite me, I will bite you back. [she informs him.]
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T-chan.
[It does not seem to bother him that she has said she would bite him? Very funny. T-chan begrudgingly removes his mouth from her hand, cutting a side-eye at D.]
You'll have to excuse T-chan. He has a voracious appetite. Love and hunger are one and the same for him. It means he likes you.
[T-chan TURNS HIS HEAD AWAY in embarrassment, and D hehes.]
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I like him too. He reminds me of home. [ok] Where did you find him?
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He was a chef at a restaurant. He was very handsome; I could tell he was a totetsu. He courted me for a while because he wanted to eat me. He almost did, but the detective got in the way. So I asked him if he would like to stay in my pet shop instead.
[He gestures at T-chan after saYING THIS SO CASUALLY LIKE RECOUNTING A YOUNG CHILDHOOD LOVE. T-chan huffs.
Shenhe gets this lore because she is a little weirdo like him.]
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And... you would be fine with being eaten? [this is apparently the problem she has with this]
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Well, I did not want him to eat me necessarily... But I would have sacrificed a limb or two in order to have him stay in the shop... [A smile.] Thankfully, I did not have to do such a thing.
And T-chan agreed to live there with the rest of us.
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[The stupid name..... Weirdos. He's not sure if Shenhe knows what a pet shop is, so:]
It's a place a person may go to purchase any animal they desire when they are looking for a pet.
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And do people often desire a pet like him? [her tone suggests that she thinks they shouldn't,]
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Not particularly. T-chan is not for sale. He stays in the shop with me and a few others who cannot be purchased. The people who come in come with their own abstract desires. They want love, or fame, or wealth, or to heal their loneliness. I've even had a girl ask for the "ugliest" pet I had, the one no one else would want.
Only sometimes do they come in with something in mind. A cat, a dog, a bird.