un: white heron; ( o^ ^o)且 且(´ω`*)

[mistsplitter]

Greetings. My name is Kamisato Ayaka. You may know me as one of the organisers for the upcoming festival for the arts. Please worry not-- we are doing our utmost with the preparations, and I am positive that there will be something enjoyable for everyone.

I must also apologise for sending a suspicious message not too long ago to most people that I know. I received it from someone I did not know, but thought it was sweet of them to consider me a friend. If you received a message comparing oneself to a flower, and that you must send it to other people so that you will not turn into a bitter gourd, I do apologise for the inconvenience I have caused. (｡╯︵╰｡)

Apart from the festival, I am also working on opening a tea house. While I am still working on obtaining a permit, I would like to learn more about other's tastes through a game.

Participants must respond to this entry by posting a cup 🍵, and other players will respond to you by preparing tea that is made especially for you, based on the meanings provided with each kind of tea. They may even give you snacks, as well as other things for this little tea gathering, or even multiple pots of different kinds of tea.

Let us a have a fun tea party before the opening of the tea house. (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ

🖤	💚	🧡	🤍	💜	💛
black tea	green tea	oolong tea	white tea	herbal tea	yellow tea
I would like to get to know you better	You are a dear friend	You are like family to me	Our bond is unbreakable	I would like to take you out on a date	I like / love you
🌸	🍡	🥛	🍪	🍓	📚
flower	dango	milk	cookie	fruit	book
I wish you happiness and success in everything that you do	I will always be here for you	I miss you; let us spend more time together	I would like to hold your hand	I would like to hug / kiss you	There is much I can learn from you

((OOC: i mean if you guys wanna give eggplants at a tea party, that's fine too))

Comments

[essenceborn]

Am I a disappointment?

[ They've been called that before. A lot.

Anytime they didn't live up to the expectations of the researchers, or the scientists. Anytime they couldn't do what had been expected of them. Anytime their results weren't "within parameters" or "as expected."

Does wanting more people like Chipp in their life a disappointment? Should they really change that? Would that make Chipp "happy"? ]

[nugrass]

what?
no
fuck no
why would that make you a disappointment??
fuck
break my heart over this why don't you??

i just want to make sure you stay safe.
people like me are dangerous
just because someone's similar
doesn't guarantee they'll be nice to you, nenett.
you gotta learn the difference
it's like foraging for mushrooms.
if i'm a chanterelle
then you gotta learn how to pick out all the false chanterelles
that share a lotta traits
but would kill you in a couple bites.

[essenceborn]

I don't know what a chanterelle is.

[ But admitting that doesn't feel like a bad thing right now. The way Chipp's starting to explain things now is...better. And realizing that it's better is what makes Nenonen realize that they didn't like how he was saying it earlier.

Earlier felt like Chipp was saying he wasn't good enough. That he was intrinsically bad and not worth a friendship.

Now sounds more like he's worried they will be taken advantage of if they base their measure for friendship solely on what they think of people similar to them.

Maybe it's the first and the second, or just one, but Nen takes a long moment to stare at their phone and wonder why it is they didn't like the way Chipp spoke about himself. Would they have been fine with it if it were an object fact? That would have been the case back in their world, but something about that feels...wrong now, in a way it hasn't before.

Nenenon doesn't want to think anything less than the world of him. ]

But I will watch out for poisonous mushrooms.
I understand that this is a metaphor and the mushrooms represent people.
But also, I will be careful not to eat bad mushrooms.

and now he just needs to figure out how to broach the subject about ✨the murders✨

[nugrass]

[If they got the feeling that Chipp was degrading himself, saying he wasn't good enough, that he wasn't worth being friends with, that would be because he was.
It didn't take him long to realize that they weren't understanding it. Or, rather, were rejecting it.
But that's exactly what it was.

And the fact that they can recognise his backpedaling is huge.]

thank you
for listening to me.
sometimes it's hard to get across what i'm saying
and it's even harder to help people understand it.
so you know
thanks.

and you can trust mushrooms sold in stores.
don't be afraid of those.

lmdsgd y e s....... yes he does

[essenceborn]

[ Nenonen is growing in all sorts of ways thanks to the people they've met in Ellipsa. People like Chipp. There's a lot they might still accept at face-value, but him putting himself down? Now isn't one of those things.

As the tone of their discussion changes, Nen finds themself holding their phonea little tighter. Relaxing. Holding it tight, then relaxing again. Him thanking them makes Nen want to see him. It feels important. ]

You are welcome.
I like to listen to you. I like when you explain things to me.
So I want to say thank-you too.
Thank you for helping me understand the things I don't.
Thank you for wanting me to understand you.
I want to be able to do that.

im gonna move this to a thread in nen's inbox after this okok 👀

[nugrass]

[Is that what they want? To see him?
Because after all this, after hearing that they want to understand him, all he can think to do is ask-]

mind if i come over?
i'm gonna make a pit stop at the library first
but i wanna talk to you about stuff.

yyyyyyy!!

[essenceborn]

[ If Chipp didn't ask nen was going to. ]

Okay.
I will wait for you.

[ Nen would wait for Chipp forever, honestly. ]