we are each others' harvest.

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i'm a working adult with a busy life who's here to have fun. activity will be low and spotty. please don't rush me for replies.

you don't need to know anything about naruto to write with me.

this is a revamping of my old kiri multi blog old blog, which i wrote in 2021. many aspects of my interpretations have changed.

the shinobi life is canonically awful. hard topics will be mentioned and discussed here, including: war, genocide fascism, authoritarianism, political and sexual violence, and more. no hard feelings if you'd rather not engage. we all deserve to be comfortable in our creative spaces.

that said: welcome! have fun!

For: Utakata and Yagura

Do I know your muse(s):  yes | no | a little | tell me more about your interpretation!

Setting: our verse | my verse | your verse | modern | alternate universe | other

Pre-established relationships? yes | no | depends on the relationship

Possible relationships: friends | classmate | co-worker ( depending on the timeline / verse we want to play in. i do hc utakata as, unfortunately, being the architect of several Shitty Things that happen under the sandaime, because he's forced to obey ) | roommate | family, real or adopted | dating or blind date | married | friends with benefits | unrequited love ( w/ preference for utakata pining for yagura but open to anything ) | lending a hand | teacher - student | rivals | allies | partner-in-crime | enemies ( really depends but hey, it's kiri; the lines usually blur at some point ) | protector - guarded | business partners | spy - infiltrated | manipulator - manipulated | star-crossed | first meeting | other ( depending on yagura's caste: childhood friends, acquaintances via academy / missions / jinchuriki business, fellow conspirators in the sandaime's downfall, besties, forced allies. these two can really do it all. )

I’m in the mood for: fluff | angst | horror | romance | humor | crime | hurt / comfort | action | supernatural | slice of life | crack | dark threads | light threads | any genre | multi-para | shorter para | one-line | any length | plotted threads | unplotted threads | other ( insane semi-plotted asks for us to launch off of )

Feel free to: message me ooc | message me ic | tell me your ideas | write a starter | answer one of my opens | send a meme | reblog this with your preferences - let’s find common interests!

For: Utakata and Takumi

Do I know your muse(s):  yes | no | a little | tell me about your muse

Setting: our verse | my verse | your verse | modern | alternate universe | other

Pre-established relationships? yes | no | depends on the relationship

Possible relationships: friends ( iirc uta and tak are a year apart, and with hoshigaki being high-caste, they'd likely share the same social circles, attend the same events, and so on ) | classmate | co-worker ( uta is an anbu tracker nin before his exile; perhaps they've crossed paths or worked together ? ) | roommate | family, real or adopted | dating or blind date | married | friends with benefits | unrequited love | lending a hand | teacher - student | rivals ( honestly they're both proabably too laid back for this but the idea of two otherwise chill guys being at each other's throat makes me laugh, soooo ) | allies | partner-in-crime | enemies | protector - guarded ( uta is the sandaime's son -- could work ! ) | business partners | spy - infiltrated ( tak spying on uta on the sandaime's orders to make sure he doesn't try to escape, or... something ? ) | manipulator - manipulated | star-crossed | first meeting | other ( i'm most intrigued by them having some manner of acquaintance, even if they aren't the closest starting out )

I’m in the mood for: fluff | angst | horror | romance | humor | crime | hurt / comfort | action | supernatural | slice of life | crack | dark threads | light threads | any genre | multi-para | shorter para | one-line | any length | plotted threads | unplotted threads | other ( organic, free-range asks )

Feel free to: message me ooc | message me ic | tell me your ideas | write a starter | answer one of my opens | send a meme | reblog this with your preferences - let’s find common interests!

For: Utakata and Mangetsu

Pre-established relationships? yes | no | depends on the relationship

Possible relationships: friends ( similar caste ranks ) | classmate | co-worker | roommate | family, real or adopted | dating or blind date | married | friends with benefits | unrequited love | lending a hand | teacher - student ( sandaime is one of the best kenjutsuists in the village, yet his son is shitass with a sword. he needs Training. fix him, for the sandaime's honor ! ) | rivals | allies | partner-in-crime | enemies | protector - guarded ( the 7 swordsmen/mangetsu are sent to retrieve an important object, and they need utakata's sensing abilities to find it so mang is guarding him... and also keeping the jinchu under lock and key ? ) | business partners | spy - infiltrated | manipulator - manipulated | star-crossed | first meeting | other ( you know how feudal estates would take on wards, the heirs of other clans, both as a sign of peace between families AND as a tacit threat: move against us and we'll slaughter your heir? i hc kiri as having something similar among the rigid upper caste houses to maintain stability. maybe young mangetsu is sent to live with the mizukage and meets young uta ? there are so many kiri-specific relationships we can explore, so i'm v open to any ideas you have )

Mangetsu hasn't mentioned anything crude about his courtship to Utakata's cousin Tsugi, or anyone, really, but he's been around enough swordsmen to know how they talk. He's sure the marriage bed won't be Mangetsu and Tsugi's first battle, if you catch his drift.

The strange pall that thought casts over him is forgotten the second he rattles the jar. Bubbles float to the fluid's surface, and the exposed nerve endings stir to life, grasping after them in ribbons of blue and purple as the appendage bobs in something too thick to be water. Like a sea anemone grasping at fish, this small part of Mangetsu clings desperately to life. He taps a fingernail against the glass, and marvels as tiny suckers extend from the nerve endings and cling to the glass.

A strange thrill hums up his spine. He’s read every file there is on the Hozuki, and not a single one mentions anything like this. This is something unknown and undiscovered. Two of Utakata’s favorite things.

“Fascinating,” Utakata murmurs. Or, rather, that's what he means to say. What slips out is, "Beautiful." He sets the jaw down and quickly coughs into his fist, covering his slip of the tongue just in time for Mangetsu's tidal wave of words to wash it out to sea.

"turns out i can lose limbs. seems like they still grow back," mangetsu wiggles his fingers where utakata can see, "but if i don't liquefy in time, this happens. took a while for it to regenerate, too. thought you might want it for your creepy sex dungeon—"

Utakata throws the first thing his hand touches at him. Mangetsu ducks the book with a laugh, and Utakata huffs a sharp tch when it sails out the open window, then winces at the cry of a servant and the distant clatter of expensive dishware hitting stone. He'll be hearing about that later.

"—okay, alright, your lab. i thought you might want it for your lab."

"Hmph," Utakata says, and because he's seventeen and allergic to saying thanks for thinking of me, he abruptly whips off his sandal and throws it at Mangetsu's leg with the pinpoint accuracy of a kunai. Mangetsu raises his leg out of the way. Utakata rocks back in his chair and shoves his friend down and back onto his bed in a ripple of unmade blankets and silky blue sheets.

Utakata stands, leaning over Mangetsu, dangling the jar over his face with a lazy, satisfied smirk. "Do you think you'll feel it when I pull you apart? Or... maybe I could clone you, with enough time and saline solution." Father and Tsugi would like that.