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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video | un: okumura

[reflash]

[Yukio hasn't left his apartment at all during this, his first experience with the Cordis moon, and he knows he shouldn't, but this seems extremely safe.]

That's very kind of you, [wait, what was her name?] Konoha-san.

Are you sure you don't need anyone to bring ingredients? I don't cook, but I'd like to help somehow.

[This is a teenager who is way too distracted by the idea of a social gathering with food to do things like introduce himself properly.]

[lumberlady]

Hi, there!

[Wait a minute... This person's face looks... familiar... Where does she know him from..........]

You don't have to, but I certainly would appreciate anything people brought! Do you cook?

[reflash]

I don't. My older brother has a restaurant here, but I don't think he'd appreciate me volunteering him.

1/2

[lumberlady]

[Older brother... Restaurant...]

[lumberlady]

Oh! Rin! That's how I know you! I mean, your face!

You're not twins? You look so similar, wow!

[reflash]

We are twins, actually. [Even though Rin has apparently been workshopping for years now?? It's confusing and not worth considering, especially during Cordis.

... he's forgetting something...]

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm Yukio. It's very nice to meet you.

[lumberlady]

Yukio-san! Nice to meet you!

[Wow, twins! ... She shouldn't be excited, that would be weird, right? Even though she's never met two twins in real life before!]

I thought you looked familiar... What a surprise! Did you come to Lunatia just recently?

[reflash]

I arrived last month. It's been... an interesting experience. There's a lot here that's different from the world I come from.

[lumberlady]

Ehe, yeah... "Interesting" and "different" are really nice ways to put it.

I've been here over a year and I'm still seeing interesting things every day...

[reflash]

[Yukio is nothing if not polite, and he nods, listening to her.]

Are there humans where you come from, or are we one of the interesting things you've seen? [Is it just jinba where she's from? He has so many questions he isn't going to ask directly...]

[lumberlady]

Humans? Yeah, my world is jinba and humans... but lots more jinba than humans! It’s not human people and people with powers and stuff that are new for me.

Lots of people say my world should have magic for some reason, but it doesn’t! As far as I know, anyway.

[reflash]

To humans who've never seen a jinba before, you do seem like something magical.

[lumberlady]

I heard humans used to think we were gods of the mountain, but... that was ages and ages ago. We're just people...

But yeah, everyone here says things like we're magical creatures or from a place called Greek doing lots of drinking.

[reflash]

Where are you from? If you were from my world I would assume you were from Japan, but I don't know what the countries are like in your world.

[lumberlady]

Oh, no, you got it right! I'm from Echizen province... But lots of people tell me I'm from the past, even though I'm pretty sure I'm from right now...

It's, um, the sixth year of Genna, for me...

[and there's jinba, but. you know. that Japan!]

[reflash]

The sixth year of Genna... [Give him a second.]

That's about three hundred and ninety years before me. It was Heisei 22 for me. Things must be very different for you here, but it looks like you've adjusted to this technology very well.

[lumberlady]

Three hundred and ninety... That's one of the highest numbers yet!

[She's met some "2000s" people, some "Showa" people, some "Taisho" people... 390 sounds really big, though.]

So you're also from the future Japan with no jinba? This technology stuff must be a breeze for you, then... I've been here a year and there's still lots of stuff I don't know. But if it's electricity and this device thing... or the kitchen tools, then I've got it!

[reflash]

My math might be wrong, [eras are a little tricky...] but if I remember correctly Genna was in the early 1600s in the Western calendar, and it's 2010 for me.

The technology is about the level that I'm used to, but I've never owned a phone that makes video calls, and the medical care here is much better than back home.

[lumberlady]

I think you're right, since I'd heard other future Japan people tell me that number before! Sixteen hundred!

[It's just really hard to remember... What emperor lived that long???]

The doctors are my favorite part about Lunatia! They can fix so many things here! And they don't have smallpox, or lepers... and they said almost no women die in childbirth here! Isn't that amazing?

[reflash]

[Yukio listens, nods, smiles.

And then that smile abruptly falls. It comes back, a little strained.]

That's... very nice.

[lumberlady]

[konoha continues just a bit obliviously, (Sorry yukio), completely honest in her judgement of how amazing Lunatian healthcare is]

It’s more than nice! I don’t mind my world the way it is, you know... technology and magic, I mean... but if we had doctors who could do things like the ones here...

I really want a big family, and I know everyone says jinba are better at birthing than humans are but I don’t know if that’s real or just what people say because of the whole horse thing...

[which she does not appreciate tbh]

[reflash]

Well, my mother died when my brother and I were born. So even in the future of Japan, it remains a possibility.

1/2

[lumberlady]

Oh-

[oops]

[lumberlady]

Just because it's amazing that it happens much less than in my world, I know that doesn't mean it hurts the people it happens to less...

I'm sorry, I should have been more considerate.

[reflash]

... no, I'm sorry. I'm overreacting. It is a good thing.