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would kid lime be the type that he’s allowed to bully mochi, but if anybody else does he gets pissed? :o ‘cause I could totally see that, and after it happens the first time he’s like “wait why was i so upset ??????? we’re not like friends or anything ???????”

oh FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hes 100% THAT TYPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! probably he bullys and teases her cuz he likes seeing her reactions (even though little lime is adamant that its because he hates her and shes annoying), so seeing someone else genuinely bully her or push her around just rubs him the wrong way

and YES he certainly has those "What do I care? I dont. I'm going home." moments when he sees it, starts walking away, stops, takes a long pause, and then marches his ass back over there and starts fighting the other kid

#he claims (i know how to bully her. you guys dont know how to bully her alright?) #lime bullies in a relatively harmless way (he thinks he goes much harder than he does). and half the time shes cool with the shit he does #like putting bugs in her backpack or dropping candy on the floor. free spell things!!! she thinks #so when someone ACTUALLY bullies her hes like. nah. #and his excuse is (my mom would yell at me if i didnt help you) #i should draw their childhood honestly

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hello! quick question, i know this is very soon after you posted the comic of young lime trying to bully mochi, and i’m sorry if a question like this has been asked before, but when mochi sees the candy bits and is able to recognize what spells they could be used in and the effects they have, is that from studying magic a lot or is it like a natural identification ability/instinct that she has? thank you!! i hope you have a good day :)

oh thats a great question actually!!!! it comes from studying!!!!

as a kid she was already trying to be a very diligent witch-to-be!! she would spend a lot of time with her mom while she was making spells, so between reading a lot of spellbooks + hanging out when her mom was making potions + wanting to be like her mom, shes good at spotting things that could be used in spells even from an early age!!

(that being said, as a kid she still messed up a lot on the right ingredients. shed bring home random items and be like "I got us spell ingredients!!" and tiramisu would be like "Oh!! Thanks sweetie!!" and didnt have the heart to tell her that whatever she brought home was some useless piece of grass or something jkldj)

#i guess nothing is really USELESS to a witch but there are items that are like. dont really grab those #either cuz theyre abundant enough that you dont need to collect them or the effects are so weak its not worth it #baby mochi had such a passion for magic and was so excited to be a witch and have magic one day #but when she gets magic and works with it she gets hella discouraged #she frequently wishes she had the mind of her 5 year old self who was so full of enthusiasm #but she messes up so much as a witch and its so exhausting it becomes more like a chore #like how you have a childhood dream of being an astronomer or artist something #but once you grow up you face so many struggles pursuing it you lose the love for it #magic burnout is mochis character arc #she finds herself again eventually and becomes confident in magic #but in a more mature way that uses it responsibly and loves it for what it really is #and less like her baby self that wanted to make cookies and fireworks appear out of thin air #the tags got serious but the question was cute #i hope you have a good day too!!!!!!!!!!! #new thing i never touched on: mochi character arc #you see hints of it in the webtoon though. its rough for her starting out. pom was not easy on her #but i think its the kind of familiar she needed

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trying to bully the weird girl who always grabs random shit

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trying to bully the weird girl who always grabs random shit

#the cat witchs guild #the misc adventures of mochi and lime #mochi #lime #limochi #childhood #art #ocs #original #comic #bullying mochi just ends in him feeling bad because she doesnt realize shes being bullied #young lime wanted to see her get all mad and frustrated but instead shes like (wow such great materials) #(Get off the ground i cant be seen with a little gremlin person walking home)

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The fronts of Mochi/Tiramisus shops must be so clean

Onlooker: aww look she’s picking up the litter on the side of the street, what a kind young lady looking out for her community

Mochi under her breath: these are gonna make the BEST smoke bomb potions

YEAH EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

at first its "Aw so nice look how she cleans up in front of the shop"

and then you see her using one of those turkey baster things to suck up regurgitated soda on the sidewalk and put it into a jar and theyre like "Uh............"

#and then time shoots whoever it is a dirty look and theyre like (maybe we should just keep walking...) #let the weird girl be #if anyone says anything she just goes (Im just a clean freak) with the sweet mochi(tm) smile #and a little hint of be-on-your-merry-way spell #and they go (uhh okay well..good luck?)

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i need to draw this part of mochi more but she is honestly, from an onlookers perspective, very weird. and the reason for it is that she has a habit of collecting and hoarding old, gross, used, useless, or otherwise unwanted things.

as a witch, anything can be used all spell ingredients because objects in the world inherently have properties that can be used for spells (think botw where its like "old snail shell can boost speed" kind of thing), and often times the properties are stronger AFTER said object has been gently to moderately used. an eraser has good properties for glue spells BUT a used and chewed on eraser has STRONGER properties for glue spells

so when she was a little kid, in school you could catch her on the floor scraping up eraser shavings that a kid brushed off his desk. the teacher tries to empty out the pencil shavings bin and mochi ZOOMS in with a jar to catch all of it before it goes into the trash. a kid sticks their gum under the desk and 10 minutes later mochi is on the floor scraping it off and putting it in a little box. and when they were young it really FREAKED lime out, but over time hes like "Whatever, you do you i guess." (shes trying to be a good little witch-to-be and help her mom collect potion ingredients)

as she grows up she gets better at blending in and and uhh NOT doing that, but occasionally you'll still catch her picking up old chewed on pencils, rusty paper clips, soggy pieces of paper, whatever off the floor

#young lime was an asshole and encouraged it #lime: oh look...a half-empty carton of chunky milk in the dumpster... #mochi 2 seconds later: (fishing it out) #lime: (WHEEZING AND TAKING PHOTOS) #poor mochi #shes the type of gamer who collects every single collectable item no matter if she needs it or not #older lime still encourages it but hes less of an ass #she sees a torn up shoe in a tree outside the school and wants to grab it but doesnt want to call attention to herself #lime just sighs and grabs it out of the branches for her #theres so much spell ingredient shit in the greenhouse where they keep all the magic stuff #most random things ever #in a jar youll see a frost-bitten chicken breast in motor oil #mochi: that needs to marinate more to be useful #lime: ?????????????

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thinking about another cute thing because im too busy with school and work to draw..

lime right after realizing he has a thing for mochi, stressing out and moping around because "I don't even know what kinda guys she likes..."

and when oscar and coco eventually wring this out of him, oscar straight up rips the rug out from under him by calling mochi over and saying "Hey Mochi, what kind of guys are you into?"

meanwhile lime trying not to obviously lose his shit and show all his cards right there, trying to be cool while stealing glances at mochi while she thinks it over. eventually she goes "I would like...someone sweet."

lime immediately plants his face into his desk, because the only thing he can think is "I DON'T STAND A CHANCE!!!!!" mopes around zoning out the rest of the day being sad about it, thinking along the lines of "She likes sweet guys? So she's into the soft boy type? How the hell am I supposed to have a shot with her?? My whole identity is bullying her and being an ass to everyone else. I guess I could overhaul my whole personality... ugh, but what if she hates that? Why couldn't she be into irritable dumbasses who can't get their shit straight? Of course she wouldn't like that. I guess its fair, she's a sweet girl, she would want someone whose sweet like that too--"

and the whole time his brain is rattled with all this bullshit hes going about the day doing normal lime things. opening doors for her. giving her little snacks. lending her his jacket. helping her pick up her moms groceries. little nonsense that's so normalizes and hes so used to doing them that he doesnt realize thats what she was talking about

#random lime thoughts tonight #eventually weeks or months after the fact after he does something for her she mumbles out a #(youre so sweet lime.) #and something in him clicks #(...o...oh yeah...?) #(yeah) #lime in his head: (wait...do i actually have a chance...?) #it turns into one of those (you think so?) (yeah) (really? you really think so?) (yes) #(you think im sweet?) #(im going to sleep if youre just going to keep asking !!!!) #she forgot about what she said when oscar asked her #lime: (im like the least sweet person i know.) #meanwhile mochi falls in love with him every time he buys her a twix without even asking if she wants one

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Like spending a whole lotta savings to BUY A HOUSE where he and Mochi (& misc) can live? My boy would pretend he hasn't thought of that and it's just the most convenient thing, but he would be BOILING inside at the romance of it all, the chivalry, the IMPLICATIONS

OH THATS SO SWEET I DIDNT EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT!!!!!!!! hes so cute..... on one of his m-34th missions he helps an old guy who happens to be selling his run down old building in the outskirts of the downtown area, and lime just staring at it thinking about how mochi wouldve loved this place... nice location and everything. how cool would it be if i had a place for her to open a shop in, he thinks. and it makes him a sad thinking about it because hes standing there listening to an old guy talk about this house, daydreaming of a life he could build with the girl he loves meanwhile he has no idea where she even is.

(and buys it anyway cuz with his salary, if anything he could fix it up and resell it or use it to finally move out of the stupid m-34th barracks. totally not because hes thinking of living there with mochi and building a life with her together one day. yeah definitely not that)

#hes so sweet.... #some soilder bragging: yeah i bought my girlfriend flowers the other day #lime: i bought my girlfriend a house #the moving out of the barracks thing is such a good excuse #when mochi does come back and is like (why do you just...have a house?) #Lime: so i can move out of those stupid ass barracks. #Lime in his head: marry me already

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In that last picture cozy cute Mochi having her braid on her right and destroyer of worlds Mochi having it on her left also helps give VERY different vibes between the two which makes me think she does this on purpose or by accident

Mochi coming down stairs in the morning: -_-

Lime, noticing her hair is on the bad side shoving the last of breakfast in his mouth: I have to go now, good luck everyone byeeeeee!

OH THATS A CUTE IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i think the better distinction is "braid in the front" vs "braid in the back" since i imagine it would be hard to keep the braid in the front when youre running around fighting

but equally funny to imagine mochi getting mad at lime at home for eating her leftover cake again, and she doesnt say anything. just slowly brushes her braid behind her and limes like "Okay okay wait wait wait hold on a second--"

#moving the braid from the front to the back is like rolling up your sleeves before a fight #taking the rings off #he knows what shes doing #(youre gonna FIGHT ME ON THIS??) #(Yes.)

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Didn’t you say once that Oscar was the one who like inherited or bought the place that they run the shop out of and live in? So… is Oscar technically the boss cause he owns the place?

THAT WAS AN IDEA I HAD YEAH!!!!!!!!! i do think its a very funny idea if mochi does not actually own the lease to the building so one of them has the leverage to hold it over her head. cant be mean to oscar otherwise hes gonna kick us out LOL

but i think she does own the actual shop!!! hed be more like a landlord at that point

i had that idea back before lime joined the m34th because reasonably at that point oscar would be the only one with actual income, but actually now that lime has a really good job it wouldnt be too farfetched to say that hes the one who bought the house........hm.....

#lime being able to hold the whole ass house over mochis head whenever they have a fight is hilarious #(get out of my house) and no one can do anything because his name is the only one on the deed #anyway. all that to say. yes someone else technically owns the building #any of them would be the worst landlord ever because they wouldnt do anything #coco would complain about a broken pipe and immedately they phone it over to mochi #her magic handles all the house repairs #(though idk how much the house breaks...the inside is all magic) #(its bigger on the inside than on the outside) #mochi turned a creaky old 2 bed 1 bath into a 4 bed 4 bath with an attic and storage room #(the bedrooms nicely hidden so if any non-magic guest comes over they dont really notice how much bigger it is on the inside)

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more timeskip mochi outfits and doodles 🐈‍⬛

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ITS BEEN 10 FUCKING YEARS?! 😭

#10 year tumblrversary #damn #happy that m&l have been around for like half of that

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I’m just imagining the others finding out Lime wanted it go be a special private thing with him and Mochi, and calling him a pervert and accusing him of wanting to do inappropriate things. Of course he’s just suffering thinking “I JUST WANTED A ROMANTIC NIGHT WITH MOCHI 😭🤬”

HES GONNA BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!

for once its actually NOT that and the main intention was truely a nice romantic mochi date (for once. something thats not just casual movie night or grabbing breakfast. a REAL, ROMANTIC date)

(but also in the back of his head hes thinking "I mean if it turned into that kinda thing I'd be down but THE MAIN INTENTION WAS A NICE DATE!!!")

#real #coco and oscar: sicko......bringing her out in public to do that shit? #lime: IT WAS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE A DATE!!!! #or throwing misc snacks at them to make them shut the fuck up before mochi hears them

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The meteor shower date cont: what if when he learn that his secret spot was not so secret like an hour before the shower Lime spots a actual hidden secret place but it’s far so it’s a race against time and he’s like Mochi please bare with me and like he’s rushing trying to beat the clock and boom gets there like just as it’s starting and it’s the clearest most beautiful view….. BUT HE EXHAUSTED

THIS IS SO LIME CODED LMAOOOOO HES SO CUTE !!!!!!!!! mochi trying to tell him like "Lime its okay we can watch it wherever I don't mind--" and in his frustration he admits "NO I want it to be special god damn it."

#its okay she sees his struggle #he would get lots of mochi cuddle time as a reward #he says that line without thinking about it and mochi is stunned shut for the rest of the time it takes to get there #lime is only romantic when hes too fustrated or mad to think about what hes saying

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more timeskip mochi outfits and doodles 🐈‍⬛

#the cat witchs guild #the misc adventures of mochi and lime #tcwg #tmaomal #mochi #art #ocs #beta #outfits #original #i dont know....theyre all cute... #i think the first one might be too fancy for her #thats more lady magg-lynns style #i drew the third one for the first time and its not bad actually #i dont know...still deciding #shes so cute... #i want to give her something that a cute cozy girl who works at a bookshop would wear

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fun fact i was thinking about the other day: when mochi opens the cats cranny bookstore and works there on the daily, if the customers ask she tells them "Oh I just work here!" and for any important matters she says "I'll let the owner know."

so anytime someone comes in and wants to talk to the owner she goes "Let me just go back and ask her." and then goes back and talks to pom for five minutes

#you hear two voices but if anyone goes back there all they see are a bunch of cats and old books #(pom pretending to be a normal cat) #witches owning stores but posing as employees is actually more common than i thought #murda does that too

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lime hearing theres gonna be an awesome meteor shower visible from the capitols outskirts and hatching a whole plan to take mochi on a stargazing date. hes over there pulling all the stops, bringing pillows and blankets and a pop-up mattress, (somewhat) forcefully getting taffy to lend him his truck, bringing snacks and picnic dinner, the whole time thinking "Hehe, the perfect date idea. She's gonna eat this shit up and fall in love with me no problem."

but then of course like a hundred other people had the same genius idea as him so the location has tons of people. including the other guild members. (he didnt tell them where he was taking mochi so they couldnt follow him. by coincidence they also went to the same place. maybe not coincidence, limes idea for a spot isnt exactly a hidden location)

#poor lime...maybe next time #he was like (this date is gonna be so nice i swear to god) #had a whole mind image of setting up a cozy bed in the back of taffys truck and cuddling with her under the stars #watching the meteor shower all romantic #plans foiled by the general public #some dude barbequeing. another playing music on a loud stereo #he wants to kill everyone there #marshal and clarinette show up like (hey guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!) #poor lime #and a disappointed mochi because she wanted to actually go on a real date with him #he went through the whole (hey so... [leans against wall] i heard theres gonna be a meteor shower on saterday...) #(i thought maybe we could go grab dinner and watch it together or something...[trying not to fall apart]) #dont worry she still (subtly) sits close to and leans on him while theyre watching #snuggle under a blanket... #they get a little bit of romance time #quickly diffused by taffy asking who has the box of crackers #anyway. random ideas i have