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[lumberlady]

[Good morning, Lunatia. The video starts with a view of hooves, a too close view of a face... and then finally... a centaur? Who keeps looking off screen while she talks and never seems to actually focus on the lens correctly.]

Hello? Can everyone see me? Connor, am I doing this right? Okay? ... Okay.

[She clears her throat and dips into a bow, the camera bobbing along with her.]

Hello! This is Konoha... some of you maybe think my name is Shizu, but- It's Konoha! I'm from Echigo province, in Japan, if you know it... and I'll be in your care.

If you don't know me, which, I figure is most of you, this city must be even bigger than the capital I'm the... well in my world we say jinba but I'm the "centaur". I haven't seen anyone else like me so I think I can say "the"...

Anyway... what I wanted to ask was... if anyone had an recommendations for... shops? I've never really shopped before, and I haven't seen any locals quite like me, so if you know somewhere that does... I don't know, tailoring? Or a restaurant with really big seats or tall tables? Anything like that!

I'd appreciate it, so... thank you very much!

[Another bow, another bob of the camera... and a blurry flash of android helping her turn the dang thing off. Thanks, Connor.]

Comments

[witchwithoutacause]

A shovel too, huh?

[ She could do that, but the aerodynamics sound... wobbly.

Amanda sits up straight, picks up her phone, and heads to open up her window. ]

Wish I could give you a lift, but you might... not actually fit. Sorry.

[lumberlady]

Oh, no, I'm fine... The shovel was scary enough, I'm good... Jinba weren't meant to fly...

[She waves her hand to wave away the very idea- It's cool! For people who are not her!]

Th- Thanks, though... You must be really quick at getting around...

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Amanda bends herself... pretty damn flat to ride her broom straight out a window. Flexible. ]

Suit yourself. It's reaaal convenient.

[lumberlady]

I'm way too heavy, I'm sure...

[Holy moly there she goes]

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Casually, just drifting around, multiple stories up. ]

If you ever change your mind, I can figure something out.

[ But horses are probably more terrestrial than humans, so she's at least... part that. ]

So how's everyone here treating you?

[lumberlady]

Th- Thanks, I guess?

[Hard pass, though! The shovel was an emergency thing and that was terrifying enough.]

Me? Mostly good? I was a little surprised, but apparently the native people here like Moonblessed a lot... and some of them have like... horns and tails and stuff, so I guess they don't mind the whole jinba thing... ?

I don't fit in some of the doors, though. That's not fun.

[witchwithoutacause]

[ Some people just aren't built for flight. ]

I even grow like, a tail and ears during... certain times of the month?

[ Which makes it sound more like a period thing. ]

So it's not like you'll stand out as much. ...that does sound like a pain in the ass though.

[lumberlady]

You do?

[It kind of feels like an estrus thing to Konoha, so... no complaints for the phrasing.]

What kind?

[witchwithoutacause]

Like a wolf? And I get fur all up and down my arms and legs and on my body, only it's like... the color of my hair.

[ Which is confusing don't think too hard about what her hair's doing. ]

And fangs.

[lumberlady]

There's... lots of wolf people, huh...

[Jeez, why does it have to be wolves... Konoha will just be over here, subconsciously clutching a bite-scarred forearm.]

[witchwithoutacause]

...so if we do ever hang out at all, want me to stay away if I'm like that?

[ That's not the fun kind of freaking someone out. ]

[lumberlady]

Oh- gosh, no, sorry, I didn't mean to make you feel bad-

[Oops???]

I'm a little scared of wolves, but- I'm getting better at it! A lot of my friends do the wolf thing here... one even has a real one...

[witchwithoutacause]

Okay, cool. Just... you're way too sweet to scare that badly. But uh, I guess it's hard to avoid all of us, huh?

[lumberlady]

Thanks... Kind of, yeah. It sort of stinks of wolf everywhere part of the month... So at least that means I'm getting used to it?

[witchwithoutacause]

Oh no, does that mean I'm stinky?

[ Now she's just teasing. ]

[lumberlady]

[not realizing she's teasing...]

Oh, no- Not at all! Not like stinky like bad it's just, you know, wolf smell, it smells like wolves is all-

[witchwithoutacause]

Well now I'm gonna have to go around sniffing other wolves, like some kinda animal huh?

[lumberlady]

You... could! I guess? I know humans don't smell as good so, you'll probably be surprised...

[witchwithoutacause]

Maybe I'll start developing my wolf senses.

[ Sounds useful right? ]

[lumberlady]

I guess it could be good to... if we have to do this stuff every month and all...

My coat just changes color.

[And then there's the whole... going into heat thing... But she's honestly not sure yet if that was the moons or her actual breeding seasons yet, so.]

[witchwithoutacause]

What's it look like?

[ The uh... 'heat' thing is definitely the most awkward part, more than the fur. ]

[lumberlady]

More light brown, I guess?

[tell her about it]

[witchwithoutacause]

...well that's pretty normal. Lucky.

[lumberlady]

I guess I'm already not human enough, so.

[witchwithoutacause]

So what about the... other stuff?

[ It had to come up eventually. ]