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I’m sure this has been posted before years ago but I’m putting it up again now because it’s one of my favorite images in my EO folder and it’s not even fanart

(almost) every crafted ‘far eastern’ housing item!

1. hingan chochin latern, 2. hingan oven, 3. kimono hanger, 4. hingan open-shelf bookcase, 5. hingan chair and sofa, 6. hingan fire pit, 7. paper partition, 8. hingan bookshelf, 9. hingan bed, 10. hingan cupboard, 11. bamboo flowerpot, 12. hingan hanging toro lamp.

not pictured: kotetsu replica, fool’s portal, hingan armor display, outdoor items.

Send ☔ for our muses to share an umbrella on a rainy day.

(I think I’ll go Kaze, if you don’t mind?)

Kaze considered himself a man willing to undertake any task, no matter the conditions or the difficulty involved.  So, despite the rain coming down this afternoon, Kaze took to his duty as he always had before, patrolling the grounds with a watchful eye.  He had brought along an umbrella, but didn’t want to open it so as to not draw attention to himself.

As he was proceeding across the grounds, he spotted a figure in the distance, standing in the rain despite the downpour.  Confused yet suspicious as to why the figure was in the rain without any coverings, he made his way toward the figure, masking his footsteps carefully.

Upon closer inspection, it looked to be his leader, Lady Vanora - or as he knew her, Princess Renka.  He couldn’t understand why she was out in the rain like this, considering no one else was out here.  Still, he should make himself known, since she was there.  He popped open his umbrella and cleared his throat, hoping that would keep his words from startling her.

Kaze nodded as he approached Vanora, resting the umbrella against his shoulder. “Of course, Lady Renka.  I shall always serve to the best of my abilities.”

The moment he was standing in front of her, he bowed deeply, as was customary.  He straightened himself, glancing around the grounds that were slicked with rain.  It would be very rude to pry into her personal choices, but at the same time, it was his responsibility to keep track of everything going on here while on patrol.

His gaze returned to Vanora, holding out the umbrella to her. “It is a very wet today, Lady Vanora.  Your outfit looks positively drenched.  If you wished to spend time out here but lacked an umbrella, you need only have asked for one.”

          The shinobi’s response elicited a faint knowing, relenting smile to curl the corners of the princess’s lips as his greeting was returned with one of her own; if there was one thing she had learned about Kaze quickly, it was that he took his duty very seriously. A patrol even on a rainy day like this was well within normal behaviour for him. Vanora’s gaze followed his as he looked past her to where she’d been idling moments before, but it wasn’t until he made mention of it that the embarrassment at being caught doing something... perhaps questionably unusual kicked in.

Send ☔ for our muses to share an umbrella on a rainy day.

(I think I’ll go Kaze, if you don’t mind?)

Kaze considered himself a man willing to undertake any task, no matter the conditions or the difficulty involved.  So, despite the rain coming down this afternoon, Kaze took to his duty as he always had before, patrolling the grounds with a watchful eye.  He had brought along an umbrella, but didn’t want to open it so as to not draw attention to himself.

As he was proceeding across the grounds, he spotted a figure in the distance, standing in the rain despite the downpour.  Confused yet suspicious as to why the figure was in the rain without any coverings, he made his way toward the figure, masking his footsteps carefully.

Upon closer inspection, it looked to be his leader, Lady Vanora - or as he knew her, Princess Renka.  He couldn’t understand why she was out in the rain like this, considering no one else was out here.  Still, he should make himself known, since she was there.  He popped open his umbrella and cleared his throat, hoping that would keep his words from startling her.

          The voice of the rain. The earth drinking deep. The hiss of a hundred thousand droplets striking every conceivable surface was the song of greenery and tree roots rejoicing at the heaven-sent gift; when she breathed, the air felt cleaner in her lungs.

          Vanora had never quite understood where her draw towards water had begun, only that she did. The stillness and silence beneath the surface, when her body felt weightless, and the worries of the world felt miles away... True, she’d caused her servants and siblings no small amount of panic when she used to do that in Nohr, but somehow those periods of solitude made the intense scolding worth it all. The rain was no different, though perhaps not quite as worry-inducing as submerging oneself for well over an hour. Most people remained indoors, where it was warm and dry, so the princess had taken the opportunity to slip out and enjoy the quiet.

          “Lady Renka? Is that you over there?”

          A familiar voice calling out shook the albino from her reverie. Pale blue hues snapped open to the drab grey underbellies of the pouring clouds, then slid to the source of the new sound: a man in greens like treetops shrouded in mist, an open umbrella in one hand.

          “...Kaze.” There was faint surprise in her voice, reflecting the part of her that hadn’t expected him to be out in this weather. It took only a few moments more to deduce the reason for his presence. “...Yes, it’s me.”

          It was only now that Vanora realized that she was drenched from head to sole. Grass and mud squelched beneath her bare feet, telling her that she had been outside for quite some time, yet she made no indication that this seemed to bother her as she made her way towards the shinobi.

The RNG goddess:

Saizō and Suzukaze

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