10th bushel | the weather inside is JUST AS BAD OKAY

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[On the phones, there can be heard a scratching noise as Elly scrabbles at the receiver. She's just snapped back from being droned, and she is Not Okay.]K-Ko...nnn... Chouno? Par--Komachi? Anybody... Why did they do that to me? And why is it cold? It's not supposed to be cold. I just planted my flowers and now they're frostbitten again

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[ouch.

I mean no Elly deserves Komachi!

brb lurking under one of your windows....]

[worst_apple]

[So Parsee gets to hear Elly wailing in the kitchen when she discovers that her drone self really likes cut flowers. And when she discovers that she shredded all her loli-kei dresses...

Really. All she wanted was friends and someone to appreciate her. And someone to protect, for reasons she doesn't even understand.

And don't you feel like shit for doing this to her, Parsee? DON'T YOU? :|

....Okay, okay, probably not. XD]

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[hnnnnnnnngh hnnnnnnnngh I mean NO. NO SHE DOESN'T CARE c-caring is for other people

the package in her arms is totally not a sweater for Elly or anything

because that's just effin' ridiculous;i-it doesn't matter if Elly is cold....]

[worst_apple]

[Yeah, well. Elly's just going to slam a few drawers, then a few DOORS, and then she slams the windo--

Oh. Why is there a blonde head down there?]

WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHO ARE YOU?

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[oh fuckles

trying to sound casual as she hunches up a little]

I don't want anything. I'm just sitting here.

[worst_apple]

N...nothing? [YEAH SHE KNOWS THAT VOICE HNNNNN her chest feels tight.]

Y-you... don't want tea? O-or the muffins I made yesterday?

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...I didn't come here to take your food.

[worst_apple]

N-no?

W-we-well. Um. THEN JUST LEAVE! Don't come over here and be mean to me again!

I-it... it hurts. S-so don't do it.

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I didn't come here for that, either. But believe what you want.

[she wishes that she hadn't heard every mumbled word, but oh well.]

...you said you were cold, right?

[worst_apple]

............Y-yeah. I don't like the cold.

[She looks angry on the surface, but the emotion veiled in her eyes ins pure fear. Parsee is going to hurt her again. She knows it. She can't stand the thought.]

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[She stands up, clutching the badly-wrapped package in her arms. It crinkles; she doesn't turn around.]

'Cause you're a flower youkai. [dully, not really a question.]

[worst_apple]

A-am I... That's what Chouno told me. I'm a flower... right?

[Elly tugs at the hem of her dress.]

[bridgetroll]

Sure.

[A deep breath, and then she turns around.]

You don't have to accept this or whatever, but...

[worst_apple]

W-what? Did you...

[Her eyes go wide and she jumps back when Parsee turns around.] W-wh-what is it???

[bridgetroll]

....a sweater, 'cause you're cold. If you want, I guess.

[holds the package out to Elly, close enough to the window for it to be received; she stares hard off to the side]

[worst_apple]

Mmm... R...really?

[Her voice is tiny... but she takes a ginger step forward, reaching out for the gift. Suddenly, her eyes go wide again, and she darts into the house. If Parsee waits, or doesn't go far, Elly will come bursting out the front door with something clutched in her hand. She dashes up to Parsee, pink-faced, shivering.] H-here.