video | un: konoha

[lumberlady]

[Lunatia's resident centaur lady is back on screen, excitedly trying to... set her network device up somewhere where it can actually get all of a rather large frame into the shot. Not that she waits to start talking.]


Greetings, everyone! I didn't realize it's been months since I last used this for "posting"... There's probably so many new people, so, um, very quickly- If you don't know me, my name is Konoha! I'm a jinba... Or a "centaur" if you want! And oh, that's my husband, Gonta... and our friend, Mikuni! Say hello, you two!

[Catching sight of the other jinba behind her pausing in their field work, she moves the camera to show a large palomino fellow (Gonta) who gives a gruff nod and semi-wave, and an elegant ebony-coated gentleman? (Mikuni) who dips into a more proper bow with a little smile.]

We run the Tsurugi Farmstead in the Greatmoon Groves! There was a lot of damage when it flooded before, but thanks to everyone's efforts we're back up and running properly... and we've had our first fall harvest!

So... as a bit of a thank you, and also maybe to celebrate not dealing with those awful nightmares anymore, I thought we could have a hotpot party here by the river? In my village we usually make imoni in the autumn, it's so delicious! It's full of beef and taro root and leeks and konnyaku... Mmm!

[She finally gets the device set up properly and trots back into frame properly, obviously excited by the invitation she's making.]


Cordis is almost over, right? So now seems like a good time before Iris shows up... But if you have a Cordis appetite, don't worry! We'll supply all the imoni... or, the ingredients, anyway, it's more fun if you cook it outside with everyone. We also have fresh sweet potatoes, pumpkin, new rice... oh, and persimmons!

But if you want to share anything, feel free to bring your own dish, too! Let's say... tomorrow? I'll send directions for anyone who hasn't visited before, alright?

I hope we see you there! Er, here, I mean! If you have any questions, just let me know!

[And with a last smile, she gives a big, respectful bow from the "waist" before moving to grab her device, a muffled "Gonta, Mikuni, wait up- !" before the feed cuts, and a moment later a pin on the Lunatian map app becomes available.]

SENT:
📍 TSURUGI FARMSTEAD, GREATMOON GROVES

[ooc: there won't be separate log posted for this, but I'll gladly action tag within this post with anyone interested!]

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[lumberlady]

TANJIRO, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SMELL!!!

i love them so much what the fuck

[zutsuki]

[He's laughing quietly almost the entire time, and almost starts to interrupt her a few times, but when she just apologizes at the end he shifts his device to rest on his lame hand so he can raise his good one in a submissive gesture.]

Konoha, oh my gosh. It's fine, I'm mostly just giving you a hard time...!

1/2!!!!

[lumberlady]

[HOW COULD THIS BE FINE, TANJIRO...]

I just- I just didn't mean for anyone to... to smell... to smell the-

[lumberlady]

[HNNGH]

It's only because it's Tanjiro, right? No one else can smell it, right?

uses the smelly icon

[zutsuki]

[He's sorry, he's still laughing.]

I definitely think it's just me! But that does mean I'm avoiding your persimmons, nothing personal.

approp

[lumberlady]

Hnnngh.

[She tries to exhale and stop panicking but it's! hard!]

I washed all of them! I did! And- We don't- We don't touch the fruit!

[JUST IN CASE ANYONE THOUGHT OTHERWISE... it's the branches and tree trunk they're there for!!!]

[zutsuki]

[His hand is still raised.]

I didn't figure you did-- the fruits themselves don't smell like anything but persimmons. I just came by at the wrong time once, and... [Bit of a far away stare.] The smell kinda lingers, y'know?

1/2

[lumberlady]

[Oh, no, the wrong time- which time was it!? Does the smell linger more from Iris? Or- There was that time that they barely got finished before people showed up for work- No, Tanjiro hadn't come that day... Was it that festival? Familiar surroundings tended to make th-]

[lumberlady]

I'm so sorry... Please tell me it at least doesn't smell worse than anyone else's...

[zutsuki]

[He's still laughing, but like always it's not an ugly or demeaning sound.]

Konoha. I'm not bothered, really! It's the nature of things, here. I'll eat a persimmon if it would make you worry less, I'm really just hassling you. It was embarrassing for me at the time, but no, I don't really distinguish one from another. [He scrunches his face.] I try not to focus too hard on whose sex I'm smelling, given that's not my intention when it happens in the first place.

[lumberlady]

[JUST LET HER... hide her face in her hands a minute and let the steam finish roiling off her head]

I totally forgot that Tanjiro's nose was so good... or is it bad... it's gotta be bad in Lunatia... it's already annoying for me and I'm not even a tenth of Tanjiro's ability...

[zutsuki]

It's definitely a little bit bad, here, but I'm slowly getting used to it. It's just... awkward. [Sometimes he'll smell someone in this way before meeting them, and then know immediately upon meeting them who they've shagged. It gets real uncomfortable.]

[lumberlady]

Maybe just-

[Wait, what is she supposed to do... now that she knows... that Tanjiro knows... Where she and her husband like to do it...]

Thoroughwort! Can you stick thoroughwort under your nose... ?

[zutsuki]

[He makes a face.]

If I did that I'd never smell anything but thoroughwort. [He happens to like many other smells.]

[lumberlady]

Maybe just... Before you visit the farmstead during moon cycles... ?

[zutsuki]

[More laughter.]

It's actually sort of important to me that I'm able to smell things? I can't explain the ability, I've just always had it, so I can't really just... Stop using it because it's a little weird to know these sorts of things.

[lumberlady]

Maybe I'll just... plant thoroughwort... by the persimmon tree... ?

[She doesn't want to give up the tree... The branch arrangements are too perfect... What is she supposed to use, a pine??????]

[zutsuki]

[He balances his device on his bum arm again in favor of setting his good hand over his heart.]

I swear I'll keep the tree's secret, really.

[lumberlady]

I- It's not like I think Tanjiro will tell other people...

[She trusts him!!! That's not what she's worried about... !]

It's just... How am I supposed to want to do it if I keep thinking that you might smell it the next day... ?

[zutsuki]

[This is the silliest conversation he has probably ever had, and he's fucking Hashibira Inosuke. He ponders the question and snaps his fingers, pointing at the screen.]

I've heard of a funny thing modern people do-- they'll put socks on their doors so housemates know not to bother them for these things. Obviously you can't really put a sock on your door since outside is easier for you, but... We can come up with something. Some kind of secret signal so I know? Is that too strange?

[lumberlady]

[Socks... on the door?]

Like... Like a ribbon on the tree, or something?

[zutsuki]

Or somewhere farther from it, since if I can see the tree I can definitely smell anything on it. Maybe like... on the gate to the Farmstead?

[lumberlady]

[fnekwln right- IF HE CAN SEE THE TREE HE CAN ALREADY SMELL IT]

I- I could... hang a sachet on the gate?

[She only has like five ribbons, she shouldn't get them dirty! (... Nevermind that she has enough chroma money to buy new ones.)]

[zutsuki]

[He can frequently smell things before he sees them, okay. Don't question Biggie Smells.]

That should work!! Usually the smell only really lingers a couple hours, at most a day, so just keep that out there and it shouldn't be a problem. I'm sorry that it's a hassle...!

[lumberlady]

No, I’m sorry!

[she bows a few times in and out of the frame, face still red as a beet]

I’ll try to remember to put it out there! I’ll try really hard, even times when my legs feel like jelly!