video | un: konoha

[lumberlady]

[Lunatia's resident centaur lady is back on screen, starting out her post with her customary bow and smile.]

Hello, everyone! It's been a while since my last "post", I feel like there's probably so many new people here now...

My name is Konoha... If you don't know me yet, I'm a jinba... Or a "centaur" if you want! ... I'm from Tateyama in Japan, but lots of people say I'm from the past or that jinba don't exist, so I guess that's not very helpful? Anyway-

[She twirls the camera around, giving a panoramic view of the bucolic Tsurugi Farmstead and a large palomino centaur working in one of the fields before coming back to her face after she accidentally focuses on her front hooves.]


My husband and I run Tsurugi Farmstead in the Greatmoon Groves, and we're hoping to hire a few more extra hands to help out during harvests and planting! Which, um... Happens way more than I'm used to in my world, so...

[No one point out why that might be...]

You don't have to have experience farming, but you do need to be willing to work hard. It's not easy to work the earth, you know! It wouldn't be an every day sort of job, just a few days here and there throughout the month, but we pay in chroma money at the end of each day. And on days you work, you can take home a small basket of the harvest for yourself, and I'll provide lunch for free!

I guess I should use this chance to say that we also deliver, if you're looking for fresh vegetables and rice for yourself or your own business! Or you can find us on weekends at the green market... Wait, I feel like I'm forgetting something... Oh!

[As if remembering, she pulls out a piece of paper from the bear pelt tied around her "waist", checking it with a squint. Right-]

Also, my neighbors said I should mention that everything we grow here is... "organic". Apparently that's popular!

Thank you for your time, everyone! If you want to sign up for work or you have any questions, I'll answer you here, okay? And if you know where I can find a priest or priestess to bless the rice fields before planting, let me know, please!

Comments

[lumberlady]

Eight million myriad of gods... !

[That doesn’t count as cursing does it???]

I apologize for speaking so casually to you before! And for using text when I’m not good at it! I didn’t know you were a real goddess, I swear!

[ragingnature]

Oh no! It's perfectly fine. My goddesshood really doesn't mean much in this place so you needn't worry so.

[lumberlady]

No, no, a god is still a god- ! Right?

If you would bless our crops... I’ll make an offering! Do you have a shrine?

[ragingnature]

[ She really doesn't know how to deal with this kind of stuff. ]

I-I'm just a minor goddess and I'm not very powerful, you really don't need to go through all the trouble.

I don't have a shrine, I don't think that's really necessary here.

[lumberlady]

B- but, spring is so important... My village makes so many offerings to Princess Sakuya every year...

[ragingnature]

Spring happened before I came along, my mother had seen to that.

Mama raised me to work hard rather than take handouts. It might be an offering but it's not necessary, I'm perfectly happy to work for Chroma and any vegetables I'm allowed to take home.

[lumberlady]

I... guess?

[Is that how things work? Did seasons happen before the gods?]

If it's vegetables you want, you can have them! Or chroma, that is okay, too! Do we need to prepare anything for the blessing?

I don't know how Sicily gods do things...

[ragingnature]

[ Before she was born her mother was in charge of spring, and before her it would have been her mother. ]

I just have to be in the field, nothing more.

I'll be honest, I've never blessed fields like my mother. I've only watched her do it so I'm not sure how well it'll go but I really want to try and be helpful.

[lumberlady]

You just have to stand there?

[Huh!!]

Should I... prepare tea, then? Or something?

[ragingnature]

That is one way. I can also do blessings as I'm planting seeds or starters.

I won't say no to tea.

[ There's a short pause before she adds ] When would be best for me to come by?

[lumberlady]

Oh, wow...

[it might take awhile for her brain to recover, plz stand by...]

I think the rice needs to be blessed most... can I ask you to bless when we plant next month?

[ragingnature]

Next month will be fine. Just send me a message the day before.

[ That gives her time to hopefully conserve enough Chroma so that she doesn't pass out right after. ]

[lumberlady]

O- Of course!

[And... gosh, she really hopes this isn’t sacrilege or something]

Should... I don’t really know if I can teach anything new to a goddess, but... Did you still want to cook... ?

[ragingnature]

Oh... [ She's not sure if she still wants to learn to cook meat as she was doing it for Fjord but he probably deserves such a meal as an apology...but that would mean seeing him and -- Augh, it's all such a pain! ]

S-sure! I would like that.

[lumberlady]

Then... on that day! We can cook afterwards?

[so it’s... kind of like an offering of food???]

[ragingnature]

I would like that.

[ Though she doesn't eat meat so everyone else gets to be a taste tester. ]

[lumberlady]

Then... it’s a new deal!

[omg no her offering... !!!]

[ragingnature]

See you next month.

[lumberlady]

Thank you, Lady Persephone!

[just gonna try and sneak a title back in there SHE IS A GODDESS???]

[ragingnature]

[ She'll just have to let it go for now. ]