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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

[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. ]

[lumberlady]

[TIME TO PLAY DUMB... very badly]

What other stuff?

[witchwithoutacause]

You can tell me if you don't wanna talk about it but. You know. ...when your body gets all hot and tingly and stuff...

[ Yeah. ]

[lumberlady]

[fenkwlgn

In the quietest voice possible.]

Jinba... already do that, so. I'm used to it.

[witchwithoutacause]

Mmmmkay. ...you're pretty set at being used to some of this I guess.

[ Amanda has spent all this time trying not to rip people's clothes off. ]

[lumberlady]

I recommend... really cold rivers. Those usually work for me.

[witchwithoutacause]

Oh great, wet dog smell every month.

[lumberlady]

Better than other smells.

[like "mare in heat" smells?!]

[witchwithoutacause]

Are we talking weird hormone musk stuff?

[lumberlady]

Are we?!

[witchwithoutacause]

Aren't we? Raw sewage smells pretty bad too, I guess.

[lumberlady]

Ahem- Well, that's what I recommend, okay? Cold rivers! Really cold rivers.

[witchwithoutacause]

Cool. I'll uh... figure out where all the rivers are I guess. Thanks...

[lumberlady]

You're welcome!