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!]

Comments

[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!

[zutsuki]

[Possibly too much information. He scrunches his face again.]

Satchet is probably most useful if you put it out there before engaging in sexual activity...

[lumberlady]

[she splutters... then bows again... then splutters again... then mutters...]

B- but that only works when you plan it...

[zutsuki]

Planning is a bit of a requirement if you want me to not notice, I guess... But I mean, I don't mind, it's your property and your husband, I'm not about to tell you you can't...!

[lumberlady]

I can’t cant... I’m sorry! I’ll try to put the sachet up!!

[zutsuki]

[By the time he actually gets to the Farmstead he's put his device in the pocket of his sleeve and has his hands over his face, navigating the area by memory and honestly, smell until he winds up walking up behind Konoha and laying his hands on her back, putting his forehead on them.]

I'm sorry my sense of smell is so troublesommmmme.

[lumberlady]

[Busy with tending to a large boiling pot of imoni, that's all Konoha's nose can really smell at that point, so when she feels someone touch her she startles just a little, turning to look at who has found a spot on her bay hide-

And it's Tanjiro.

And her cheeks are suddenly bright red, and regardless of the very hot ladle in her hands she's clasping said red cheeks to ry and hide the reaction.]

Tanjiro... !

[HOPEFULLY IMONI IS JUST DOMINATING THE AREA NOW...]

No, I'm the sorry one! I'll feed you lots and lots to make up for it!

[zutsuki]

[He laughs softly, shifting to just put his face on her back proper for a moment, smiling into the short fur there and turning his head, draping his arms across her back to kind of hug her.]

I'll accept that. But-- you know, apart from that, you actually smell very nice. I hope that isn't strange to say.

[lumberlady]

[There's a moment when... this feels weirdly familiar. Deja vu, is that what it was called? It feels something like... a pleasant, wonderful dream she'd had a few weeks back.

And it calms her down, even though the blush stays as she reaches back around with her flexible upper spine to lay a hand on his head and ruffle his hair affectionately.]

I do... ?

[There'd been a period in her youth when a village boy had teased her for smelling like a horse, and she'd anxiously rubbed herbs into her coat for months after until her parents convinced her that she was fine the way she was and she ended up accepting that... maybe humans would just think she smelled like an animal.

So. If she looks weirdly happy to hear that...]

[zutsuki]

[He's a little startled by her reaction, and smiles, nodding and turning his face into her back to draw in a long breath. That, maybe, is a little strange, Tanjiro.]

Mm-hmm, like... Clean, and warm? And a little bit like soil. Not dirt, specifically the kind of soil people use to plant flowers in. [He closes his eyes and stays leaned there a moment, turning his head to look at her again after a while.] ...reminds me of home, actually. Minus the sharpness of pine, or the chill of winter. [Apparently he can be strangely poetic about smells??]

[lumberlady]

Oh...

[That sounded... Really nice? And actually did sound like a poem. If... If his nose really was that good... She can't help but want to check.]

Not... I don't just smell like a horse?

[zutsuki]

[He scrunches up one side of his face a little, shaking his head.]

Well, of course not! You're not "just a horse", are you? All living things have smells specific to themselves... humans have smells, demons have smells... I assume, the underlying scent I can't quite articulate is what jinba smell like. But it's not like a horse or a human smell.

[lumberlady]

[................ Jinba smell.

Honestly, there's nothing about what he says just now that should make anyone feel much of any sort of way. But in a combination of how high strung embarrassed she'd been feeling over the idea that people might know where she had sex, how worried she'd been that the persimmons might taste sexual, and the sudden defeat of a childhood complex by someone with complete nose authority...]

Oh-

[Konoha is. Crying? Or wait, maybe she's laughing, it's hard to tell, and even she seems a bit confused as to which one it is, reaching up to wipe her suddenly wet eyes with her sleeves.]

That's such a relief- ! No one ever said I smell clean before!

[zutsuki]

[He startles, raising his hands-- even if the left sort of flops uselessly -- and stepping forward to put his good hand on her shoulder, laughing a bit himself.]

Well, I happen to be the leading expert on smells, I think. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you...

[lumberlady]

No, I'm not upset- !

[She's just crying a little while she half laughs. Which, admittedly, is not an uncommon thing for Konoha, she wears her heart far too obviously on her sleeve and she's just gone through a lot of extreme emotions today already...]

I just really wish I could go back to my world and tell that brat Hiroaki that I don't smell like a horse- !

[... Nevermind he was a grown ass man now. Vindication!!!]

[zutsuki]

[He worries, even if he knows tears aren't always an upset. It's one of those One Fear moments.]

[He laughs again when she brings up telling a brat she doesn't smell like a horse, patting her shoulder and drawing back from her again.]

Well, he obviously needs nose-training.

[lumberlady]

[Thankfully, Konoha has a handkerchief, which she pulls from one of her kimono sleeves to dab at her face as the little raincloud burst of tears fades back towards sunny disposition.]

Thanks, Tanjiro...

[But before she can go back to normal again... she curls around to envelop Tanjiro in a loose hug, part greeting and part... very shameful whisper.]

Please don’t mention the persimmon tree to Gonta, okay? He’d die...

[And she only half dies. It’s not that she thinks Tanjiro is likely to, but- Just In Case.]

[zutsuki]

[Oh, hello, hugs are nice. He startles for a second before raising his arms in favor of looping them around her neck, and-- Well, he cracks up laughing and squeezes her gently.]

I hardly know him well enough to tease him like I do you. But I'll make sure not to mention it.