lumberlady: (おにぎり)
Konoha ([personal profile] lumberlady) wrote in [community profile] prismatica2019-11-15 10:11 pm

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[Lunatia's resident centaur lady is back on screen, and this time she's sharing the spotlight with... a table full of fresh vegetables? Still a bit dirty, fresh from the soil, good ol' vegetables... That Konoha bows over to start out.]

Hello, everyone! My name is Konoha... I'm a jinba, or a "centaur" if you want... I'm from Echigo in Japan, but lots of people say I'm from the past...

[She's just going to do the same introduction every time, counting off details on her fingers to make sure she gets all the good points... there's too many people on this thing and she doesn't check it enough to keep track... oops. Anyway-]

I wanted to ask people some questions about food! My husband and I have set up a little farmstead, but the crops are growing, um, way faster than they really ought to be... [we're just going to speed past the blush] and it's not like we actually have to work for money here, so I was thinking of not just taking the crops to market but... serving meals at the house? Or sending them to people elsewhere in the city? I don't know, but I've met a lot of people here who said they just eat food from the stores, and I know those are really convenient, but it can't be better than a home cooked meal, can it?


[Look at this big turnip! Isn't it healthy looking?! Don't you just want to eat it?? Konoha smiles, making the root vegetable dance around the screen.]

So... can I ask you some questions about what sort of food you like? Or what kind of things you miss from your home? Maybe what they make in your country with vegetables? If you give me some of your time, I'll send you some fresh ones as a "thank you"-

Promise!

[One last bow... and she and the turnip sign off.]
originalshen: (细细吟呻)

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[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-18 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh hey, it's the...jinba...that ran away. She's married? There's two of them? More importantly, she's offering food?

Considering his own perpetually low chroma levels, this particular Shen Qingqiu has been living mostly on instant meals and things since he arrived—and while he's used enough to bland foods and simple meals, he can't help being particularly attracted to those fresh vegetables on the screen.]


Wouldn't it be rather a big task, to offer meals to everyone like this? Even if not everyone accepts, the work would still be time-consuming.
originalshen: (thus fell other qingqiu's dignity)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-20 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[It's fine, clearly she sounds so awkward because of their awkward introduction, right? That'd make sense.]

It's a very kind offer to make, regardless. And if it really isn't a bother, then...well, I'll admit to having very little experience in the kitchen myself, and while I've never heard of Japan, I'm sure your cooking is far superior to any store-bought meal. Could I trouble you for the occasional delivery?

[While they have the same face and voice, this Shen doesn't put his hair up quite as fancily as the other one does...and his overall tone might be a little more gloomy....small differences.]
originalshen: (好徒儿)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-20 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have any particular preferences that I can think of, when it comes to food...nothing too strongly flavored, perhaps.

[Life back at Qingjing Peak might've ruined his tastebuds in that regard. All those decades of bland food....]

...Thank you in advance. I realize it must be strange for you, having...two of us here. [Strange for him and everyone else too, really.]
originalshen: (我的师尊呀)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-21 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Strongly spiced.

[The double Shen issue is the more pressing matter here though, it's true.]

Fox people? [Is being Shen Qingqiu a fad or something-] Well I can assure you this Shen is as real as they come, and I don't plan to kidnap anyone anytime soon. [A beat.] There's no need to worry about offending me, either. I'm...sure it was very confusing for you to be faced with two of the same person. I'm certainly confused about that matter, myself.
originalshen: (binghe get out)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-22 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
It's easy enough to believe the idea of parallel worlds, considering where we are right now. [He's already stuck in one strange new world, why not acknowledge parallel realities too?

Though he looks rather unsure at the "pretend we're relatives" suggestion.]


I suppose that would be a simpler way to look at it...though I'd rather not treat a stranger as family, even if we are apparently the same person.
originalshen: (let me think on that...)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-22 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't see why there would be doubles of me, either, but here we are... [A sigh.]

We haven't interacted enough for me to be able to describe every way in which our personalities may differ, but....he does act differently in some ways. [Nicer, for one thing.] It might be better to assume that we've had different experiences, at least.
originalshen: (the answer is no)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-25 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
As strange as it would be for the face in your dressing room mirror to wave hello to you.

[It's weird!!!]

But the other one is a friend of yours, I suppose? It's good to see he's kept his manners on that front.
originalshen: (细细吟呻)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-25 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[That gets a nod...and a slight frown, which he isn't going to elaborate on.]

Saved you? You weren't in serious danger, I hope.

[The human half of her doesn't exactly look like a fighter.]
originalshen: (binghe get out)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-28 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that question throws him off a bit.]

I--could, yes. Though I don't...currently have my sword with me.

[He hasn't seen it in a long time, really.]
originalshen: (thus fell other qingqiu's dignity)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-11-30 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Honestly he's not sure how you could get an entire horse onto a sword anyway, did Other Shen try that at some point???]

We should have the same abilities, yes. You can call it powers or magic if you like. And while I don't know what powers he may have shown you, I can at least assure you that we learned from the same sources.
originalshen: (the answer is no)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-12-01 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
...It is. Our cultivation gives us the ability to use a variety of magics.

There's no need to be quite so specific with vocabulary.
originalshen: (眼迷离)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-12-03 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
No, no cooking magic. I'm afraid that isn't a subject most people have considered using magic for.
originalshen: (thus fell other qingqiu's dignity)

[personal profile] originalshen 2019-12-05 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
Cultivation is called as such because it is focused on cultivating body, mind, and soul through means of rigorous training. Cultivators of a high enough level may even achieve immortality, among other things.

In light of that, wouldn't housework be considered something a little too mundane to be using one's spiritual powers for? If anything, the physical exertion required for daily tasks could serve as an added bit of training for young disciples.

[He says all this but a resourceful/lazy cultivator could probably find a way to cheat with their powers if they wanted...]

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