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[flamebrand]

nsfw included in the threads! please skim through at your own risk...!

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[flamebrand]

[ The BIGGEST sigh in the world. ]

I can't make you promise to be more careful, but you will eat mushrooms tonight.

[ putting his foot DOWN ]

[recreatable]

You remind me of my father. He also tried to force me to eat mushrooms, and he also couldn't take 'no' for an answer.

[flamebrand]

And I expect you were a stubborn child. Will you or will you not eat?

[recreatable]

I suspect you might try to force-feed me if I refuse, papa.

[flamebrand]

If you prove evasive, yes. The others worry too, you know.

[recreatable]

None as much as the worrywart figuratively before me.

I'll eat [ now that it's become a whole Thing ] but it's you who should be upping his portions, given your

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heft.

[flamebrand]

Now I'm beginning to suspect that you're the only one who's been looking at me impolitely.

[recreatable]

[ he looks at everyone impolitely, you ain't special ]

It's quite difficult to ignore the tree trunk constantly on the front lines of battle. You understand, mon arbre.

[flamebrand]

[ objectify him more king you deserve it ]

First your father, now a tree. I have a name, you know.

[recreatable]

I didn't mean to offend.

[ oh this is not a safe space to give fun french nicknames suddenly ]

I only meant that you're sturdy, like an old oak.

[flamebrand]

And as wide as a Portier, and as dull as a Sakapatate. Anything else?

[recreatable]

I was attempting charming impertinence about looking at you impolitely.

[ please it was a cOMPLIMENT ]

Clearly, I only achieved impertinence.

[flamebrand]

[ Laughing!! ] And I was trying my hand at humor. Clearly, we both need to work harder in our respective fields.

[recreatable]

I'm rusty. [ At, like, interacting with human beings. ] What's your excuse?

[flamebrand]

[ let's face it, Verso is shockingly well-adjusted for a guy who spent like 8 decades socializing solely with jabbering broom-people. ]

A tumultuous adolescence defined by death. [ wow ok clive

that said: ] I got over it.

[recreatable]

[ ... ]

Want to talk about it?

[flamebrand]

If you eat all your mushrooms.

[recreatable]

I'm old enough to be your grandfather, you know.

[ great-grandfather actually but who's counting... ]

But I wouldn't dream of insulting the chef.

[flamebrand]

I may not even burn the pot, this time.

[ Unlike the last time he was on cooking duty, when he almost burned the entire campsite down, let alone the pot. Shh. ]

I'll be back shortly. And thank you for your mushroom-related counsel.

[recreatable]

Remember: small speckles, not medium-small. [ There's a difference!! ] I'd rather you all didn't die tonight.

[flamebrand]

[ ... ]

On second thought, I might have you appraise my findings before I commit to cooking them.

[recreatable]

[ ... ]

I'll do the foraging.

[ gotta do everything my fucking self around here ]

[flamebrand]

[ 🥺🥺🥺 ]

No. You rest. I'll never get better at foraging if I don't try.

[recreatable]

You'll never get better if you die, either. I had a lot of close calls before I got good at it.

[ or maybe he just grew a tolerance...... ]

At least let me teach you. You know, poison mushrooms still give me a stomachache.

[flamebrand]

[ Clive reads this and thinks he definitely died a few times eating bad mushrooms, Founder help him. ]

...Alright. If you'd do me the kindness, I'd appreciate it.

I'm by the thickets near the cliff walls.

[ Staring at his basket with mounting suspicion. Are these small... or medium-small spots?????? ]