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[petaless]

[ Oh look it's a tree without any flowers. It's kind of just... standing there for the moment. 'Cause that's what trees do, you know? ]

Write a book, have a child, and... plant a tree.
[ A petal would fall here, if there were any, as the tree takes its time speaking... ]
Those are but three goals to have in one lifetime.
[ ...and a petal would fall there as another moment passes. ]
Have you done any of the three?

Comments

[agricultural]

[Not creeped out at all, Grandpa shovels a liberal amount of fertiliser around the tree. It's super high quality from genetically engineered animal cyborgs designed to produce supernaturally good manure.

This is the sort of shit Grandpa does.]

Hah-hah! Of the three, I've done one once, one twice and one I'll do a thousand times!

[petaless]

[ Empty branches rustle. The tree doesn't mind this gift at all. ] You've accomplished much.

[shipwrecking]

Speak properly, you.

[petaless]

[ Yeah, the branches just seem to rustle at the moment, almost in a whimsical fashion. ]

[borderoflife]

[...well then.]

Ah, I'm afraid not. I do have a gardener for that last one, though.

[petaless]

[ A pregnant pause. Well within the third trimester. ] These tasks are good for those that still live.

[princesstenko]

... You being here can only be an ill omen.

[petaless]

This is a welcome with which I am familiar...

[what_anime_is_this]

[ Do not mind them; they will just be sitting here with their popcorn. ]

[petaless]

[ The tree, being a tree, also will be just sitting here as well.

:| ]

[stardustreverie]

...What are you doing here?

[petaless]

Ah, my branches are quite light...

[milletian]

I haven't written a book, per se, but I do dabble in writing music scores! Does that count?

[petaless]

That depends...

[rrbando_rambo]

[Dale's ears flitted in awestruck wonder as he looked up curiously at the tree. There was something very satisfying and primal to his chipmunk species about being among trees, and this one was special, he was certain.]

You talkin' ta me?

[petaless]

[ The tree remains silent.

But yes. Yes it is. ]

[mezooooool]

What?

[petaless]

[ Tree doesn't say anything in return for now. Maybe you didn't hear anything at all. After all, it's just a tree. ]

[empressofflowers]

[This woman's going to stand there for a moment, before pressing a hand against the trunk of the tree.]

You look so...sad.

[petaless]

Do you not see my branches...?

[ No petals, no leaves. Dead. It's so very... hungry. ]

OH BOY OH BOY, here have an... AU youkai!Yuyuko

[sanguinary_paean]

... Goodness me. [She looks both surprised and... delighted. Grinning. That's not the reaction one should have to an evil youkai cherry tree.] Hello old friend~. [Just gonna. Put her hand on the 'trunk'.] Or should I say, hello my other half. [And that grin turns... kind of totally unhinged.]

I haven't written a book, as it were, but I have written much poetry. [... Mostly in other people's blood. Ahem.]

this will be beautiful

[petaless]

[ Again, the tree falls silent, but... it branches seem to move lower, as if in a caressing-- possessive-- manner.

The tree agrees; this is a good reunion. ]

[endless_clouds_of_violet]

[NOPE.]

What are you doing out and about here? Furthermore, how did you gain enough youkai essence to communicate? You should be sealed, creature, the daughter of the man who cursed you spilled that blood on your roots. That was to be your last 'meal'.

[petaless]

[ A dismissive movement passes through its bark. Subtle, but it's there. ]

Yukari... Yakumo...

.....Why does an infant begin to push itself out on its new life?

[wisteriaorigin]

Nope, can't, planted at least a few hundred, I lost count. [ not to mention burnt down a few hundred as well, but let's not go there for now ]

What's this about?

[petaless]

It's but a harmless question..... I am allowed that.

[tsunmiko]

...What the hell are you even doing here?

[petaless]

Shrine Maiden....
[ The tree seems to lurch forward, great and barren branches dipping lower ever so slightly. ]
welcome.