Thalassa and the Mochi

It was very rare for Thalassa to venture outside their personal residence during the winter as that was their lowest working season yet due to brands favoring more colder aesthetics over their mythical sea siren deity aesthetic which often sold well in the warmer months.

However Thalassa had gotten a message requesting them to go to nearest specialized mochi shop and pick up a gift package. Ze had been rather bemused yet had agreed. After thoroughly dressing in warming layers to brave the cold, zemself was on zyr way to the shop and pick up the package. As far as the Sloth knew it was very likely to be a gift from one of zyr many clients.

With a soft sigh, ze headed off toward the shop ze had been directed toward to pick up the package. Upon arrival, it was a quick work to greet the employee, receive the package and hurry back to zyr home near the beach. Thalassa was not in the mood to socialize with anyone despite the festive season; they happened to be a recluse at heart.

Thalassa felt a sense of relief the moment they stepped a hoof inside their residence and immediately stripped off their layers as their residence had been kept at a comfortable hot temperature with humidifiers everywhere to keep zem's Scales, Fins and Aqueous from drying up. Thalassa took the box with them as they headed toward the living room where they had sunken lounge pit full of sofas to recline in. Time to look inside the box and perhaps write a letter of gratitude to the sender.

Zyr eyebrows raised when ze opened the box to three beautifully crafted mochi. On the left is a beautiful soft pink mochi that Thalassa recognized to be Strawberry Moon Mochi; strawberry flavoured with a whole stemless strawberry stuffed inside. The middle was lovely soft grey with black dots all over; Sesame Moon Mochi, sesame flavouring with sesame filling inside. The right was pale blue-green that Thalassa knew to be Matcha Moon Mochi; matcha flavouring with matcha cream inside.

This must be a gift to celebrate the Mochi Moon. Thalassa cracked a small rare smile as the box was set down and they ventured into their personal quarters toward a box set by one of many windows. Upon opening the box, the tall Sloth rummaged around the velvet pouches until they pulled out a dark blue velvet pouch with turquoise swirls stitched on it. It was also unusually small but it contained one of many pendant ocarinas that Thalassa owned. Upon opening the pouch, a lovely rosewood four-note ocarina was pulled out and ze returned to the living room to where the box of mochis were waiting. They settled in comfortably and gazed out the floor-to-ceiling windows where the ocean was.

The middle mochi was plucked from the box and Thalassa hummed softly as they took a bite out of the chewy and sticky treat, not minding the way it stretched when they pulled the soft treat away. A letter of gratitude was definitely going to be written either later that evening or next day. Thalassa quite loved mochis even if they so rarely indulged in them.

The matcha mochi soon followed once the sesame mochi had been devoured and Thalassa savoured every bite of the grassy tea flavour, enjoying how it tasted on tip of zyr tongue. Licking zyr fingers clean and reaching for zyr favorite; the sweet strawberry mochi. Fruits and fruit flavoured treats had always been Thalassa's favorite. They were delighted to have seen the soft pink mochi in the box and took great care to savour every single last bite.

Then Thalassa reclined further into the sofas, picked up the four-note small ocarina and began to play a soft song befitting of the season.