[gay tea party!]

[kagekachou]

[What with the blizzard and all, it wouldn't seem as though yet another outdoor tea party would be the best plan of action. Somewhere in camp, though, a new tree has sprung into being, fully formed, like Athena from the head of Zeus, and a clear area of sufficient size has surrounded it.

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[samplemywares]

... Ah.

I would, if you are offering.

[kagekachou]

Please. I really could do with some human interaction after almost two weeks.

I don't believe we've met. I'm Tatsumi Seiichirou. Are you another counselor here?

[samplemywares]

[takes a seat, then]

Ahhhh, nothing quite so ... responsible. Merely an ... ordinary medicine-seller who wandered in by mistake.

[kagekachou]

There are a few different types brewed -- green, oolong and Early Grey. Which would you prefer?

Wandering in being much easier to do than wandering out, unfortunately.

[comeontoushi]

Such an unusual tree . . .

[kagekachou]

Yes, it is... unique. I actually don't remember ever seeing it around before. And it's not something you'd think you'd miss.

Would you care to join us?

[comeontoushi]

No, it's something people would have to be complete idiots to miss.

. . . I'm not that social.

[kagekachou]

Which doesn't mean at all that they wouldn't miss it, necessarily.

Would you simply care for something to eat or drink, then?

[bulletwthmyname]

[was not under this tree a second ago]

...

[samplemywares]

... well, well.

[bulletwthmyname]

What the hell? I definitely didn't intend to end up here. And that cannot possibly be any sort of tree found in nature.

[samplemywares]

In my experience, it is less ... what you intend to have happen that counts, but ... what this place itself wishes.

... I find the tree rather ... interesting, myself.

[virtueally]

Surely that is not natural.

[samplemywares]

Ahhh.

But who is to say what is "natural" and what is "not," in a place like this?

[virtueally]

People who understand the definition of the word.

[samplemywares]

Ahh, but by whose definition do we operate?

[swornmyoaths]

Pretty!

[samplemywares]

... Mikage-kun.

[swornmyoaths]

Hi, um...what's your name again?

[samplemywares]

Ah, no, no, Mikage-kun.

I'm simply an ordinary medicine-seller ... you may refer to me as such.