A Chaotic Experience
Chapter 1: No More Lying About
A young man, walking around the city. He looked a little lost. Eventually, the young man found the wharf and walked around a little.
"Where's the dock?" he wondered until he finally found the right one. It was hard finding ANYTHING in this hustle-and-bustle city. His ferry ticket was handed to the boarding man.
"Ewan, correct?" he asked Ewan, who nodded. The boarding person looked at the ticket once more and then nodded, handing it back to Ewan.
"Thanks." Ewan continued on his way to the ferry and then found an inside place on the boat. Ewan didn't pay attention to when the ferry left, but it wasn't too long after he had gotten on. Their destination was a very small little place called Flower Bud Village.
Once they finally got there, it was at a night time, most likely 9pm. Ewan picked up his bags and left the empty beach area. He walked out of the farm place right next to the beach and found his new, large farm not too long after.
"I'm so tired." groaned Ewan as he turned off all the lights and went into his bed. He started thinking about his grandfather who previously owned this farm and why someone like him was going to now run it.
"Turn off the alarm!" yelled Ewan, covering his face with his pillow. It was 7am, but Ewan would want to wake up earlier for the farming life. He now had a cat, Rosie, who he fed after he got dressed and grumbled as he left the home. A rather fat and short man wearing red was standing in front of his house now.
"Oh, hello there. You must be the new farmer, I am the mayor Thomas. Would you like a tour of the village?" the mayor asked the red bandana-wearing man.
"Uh… sure, yeah." Ewan answered, rubbing his eyes. He was still half asleep.
"Excellent, this way." Thomas answered, smiling. He walked out of the farm area and they were now at the crossroads. Thomas explained that the left was Green Ranch, which was next to the beach. To the right was the path to Moon Mountain and then another path to the Vineyard. Ahead of them were the two paths to the main village area.
"Hmm…?" Ewan got curious at the first stop: the Flower Shop. Two pink-haired girls were standing outside. He woke up more on sight of one of the girls. Probably because he could see more of her shiny hair.
"That's the Florist, they sell vegetable and grass seeds and they can tell you what to do." Thomas explained. The pink-haired girl who interested Ewan most beamed,
"Visit 'Florist Lillia for all flowers and vegetables. I'm Popuri, and I hope we see more of you here!" she said. Ewan smiled a little, nodding to Popuri. They then moved on to the next building.
"Here is the church. The children study there." Thomas said. Another little bit farther down was the Bar with a set of stairs next to them, which led to the Town Square. They walked down past a second set of stairs and saw a building with the Tool Shop and Crafting Shop.
"That's the Bakery. It has a good reputation." Thomas said.
"Hello. Please drop by for a bite." the brown-haired girl said as she stood at the front of the store. The buildings on the other side were the Midwife's house, the Potion Shop, the Mayor's house, and the Library.
"Thanks for the tour; I'll find all the other things on my own." Ewan told the mayor. He nodded and Ewan left the town area. The Vineyard was the closest place, so he went there. Suddenly, an enraged girl sped past Ewan, talking about her bad dad. This person yelled something like what the girl who walked by said and walked away grumbling.
"Sorry about Karen, she and the Master get into fights all the time, especially after all the hard events the Vineyard has endured." a purple-bandana wearing person said.
"Hi, I'm the new farmer here, Ewan." he greeted, holding out his hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Kai." Kai grinned and chuckled. Ewan did the same and then waved as he left. Ewan walked into the forest area now. The giant clearing now in front of him showed a pond, the path to the mountain (which Ewan had learned lead to a broken bridge), a building near the pond, and another building across the water. Ewan walked into the building nearby.
"Oh, a visitor, do you need some help?" a female voice asked Ewan once he entered. The girl was a little busy, writing down a lot of stuff and stamping.
"No, no, I'm just greeting myself. I'm Ewan."
"And I'm busy, but this is the Clinic, I am Doctor Raffi, just call me Raffi," Raffi said a little quickly, "And yes, we can talk later and stuff, but I'm just getting a lot of things about allergies, as Spring always brings." she let out a little groan.
"Well, I'm running the old farm, so you can find me there." Ewan said, waving. It was hard to tell whether or not Raffi waved back or not, though. Ewan walked across the bridge that was over the flowing river and he saw two carpenters and the carpenter master outside.
"Oh, hello!" one of the carpenters greeted. He, too, was wearing a bandana, but it had stars on it and he was a brunette.
"Hi there, I'm Ewan. I'll be running the old farm soon." Ewan greeted, but that line was getting old.
"Oh yeah, I heard about you. I'm Joe, carpenter and fisher extraordinaire!" Joe said with a little laugh, holding up his hammer.
"BACK TO WORK!" the carpenter master yelled at Joe, making him groan. He smiled again and waved to Ewan before running back to work. Ewan crossed the bridge again, taking a look at the Clinic as he walked by.
The typical morning began once again for Ewan, but he actually woke up on time. That was a good celebration for him and his cat. Today was now Spring 4th.
"I guess I can get some seeds for Spring later today. I'd better stop by the Green Ranch today and maybe the Bar tonight." Ewan muttered as he stretched and then put on his shoes. He had his hoe and watering can already with him.
"Oh look, a new person." an orange-haired girl said as Ewan walked onto Green Ranch property.
"Yes, I'll be running the rival farm?" Ewan said, trying to make his introduction creative, but the girl just put her hands on her hips and laughed.
"It's a little too run-down to do that," she said, "Anyway, welcome, my name's Ann. My dad's in the shop area and my brother is out in the pasture tending to the animals."
"Nice to meet you, Ann, I'm Ewan." he added. Ann smiled and then realized something.
"Hey, if you're going to be running that ranch, do you want our baby horse? She could use a good home and I don't think you have any animals." Ann suggested.
"Well sure, if I was allowed to." Ewan replied as he slowly shrugged his shoulders. Ann called for her brother and he walked over.
"So, Gray, what do you think of the horse going to Ewan?" she asked Gray, looking back at Ewan. Suddenly, Ewan and Gray clashed eyes in a brutal, rivalry way. Gray simply scoffed.
"…I don't think so." Gray then walked off. Ann gave an odd look and then called again.
"G-Gray! Ohh…" she groaned, holding her face with her hand. A man came out to the pasture area who had a striking resemblance to Ann.
"Who's this, Ann?" he asked Ann.
"Hi, Daddy, this guy is going to be running the Rancho Farm nearby. I was just suggesting that he take our horse." Ann explained to her dad, who nodded.
"You look competent to me, why don't you give her a name and I'll take her back to your place?" Ann's dad suggested. Ewan nodded and took a close look at the horse for a while.
"How about Speedy?" Ewan then came to that decision. Ann and her dad nodded.
"That's a fine name. I'll see you later." Ann's dad nodded and walked off with the horse.
"I better get back to work too. Sorry about my brother, and see you later!" Ann replied, waving quickly and running into the nearby barn. Ewan decided to go to the nearby beach and saw a familiar figure there: the girl who fought with her dad at the vineyard.
"Um… hello there." Ewan decided to make his presence aware. The girl, who was sitting on the sand of the beach, turned to Ewan and then turned back.
"Hey." she simply replied. Ewan walked closer, but only stood next to her. She had her chin in her hands as she stared out at the sea.
"I think I saw you earlier at the Vineyard. I'm Ewan."
"Oh yeah, Kai said something about a 'Ewan' running the old man's farmland," the girl looked back up at Ewan and then stood up, "Well, I'm Karen." Ewan nodded and then smiled.
"Nice to meet you." he said.
"Yeah, yeah, but don't just think we're completely friends now…" Karen's voice trailed off for a moment. Ewan gave Karen an odd little look. He'd have to find out a little more about her…
"I'll just go, then." he muttered.
"Sure, nice meeting you." Karen nodded and then turned back to the sea. She didn't bother sitting back down in the sand though.
"Guess I'd better get those seeds now." Ewan muttered, putting his right hand on his chin. He turned to the Town area, but then Raffi entered the crossroads from the mountain area.
"Oh, hi. Ewan, right?" she asked him. Ewan nodded and Raffi smiled, "Great. I need to give Hall (Ann's dad) his prescription, can you give these flowers to Popuri?" at hearing this, Ewan blushed.
"P-Popuri?" he nervously stuttered. Why on earth would she just want him to give Popuri some flowers?
"Yeah--" Raffi then realized this, "You know what, why don't you give them to her and say they're from you. My treat." she let out a devious grin and handed him the Moondrop Flowers. Ewan, still blushing, watched Raffi walking away.
"Bye…" Ewan was able to mutter. How odd. Raffi certainly was an interesting one… Raffi lifted her left hand in a wave. After smiling at the flowers, Ewan walked into the Town area and met up with Popuri, who was watering the plants near her sidewalk.
"Hi, Ewan." Popuri greeted with a warm smile as she set down her watering can. Ewan laughed and scratched the back of his head with his left hand and then pulled out the yellow flowers from behind his back.
"Uh… flowers… for you!" he was able to muster up. Popuri happily gasped and took the flowers.
"Wow, this is so nice. No one has been nice enough to give me flowers in a long time." the pink-haired maiden couldn't help but blush as well.
"You're welcome." Ewan answered a little more forwardly and not as nervously, "Oh, I don't want to forget the other reason on why I'm here, could I get some crop seeds?" Popuri had put the flowers in her pockets now.
"Of course, let's go inside." Popuri beamed, leading the smiling Ewan inside, "I suggest turnips, they're the easiest to take care of." she said as they got inside.
"Hi, you two." Lillia greeted them, "You're buying seeds, Ewan?" she asked Ewan, who nodded in response.
"Turnips sound like the best for me, thanks." Ewan went with what Popuri told him, "Three bags, please." Lillia nodded and handed Ewan the three bags. Ewan thanked her and gave her the 600G to pay for it.
"Thanks a lot guys, I'll see you tomorrow." Popuri and Lillia waved as Ewan left the shop to see Raffi staring him down.
"Nice job, Romeo." Raffi laughed at him. Ewan just nervously blushed.
"Shouldn't you be getting back to the Clinic?" he asked her.
"No, we were closed today." she grinned at Ewan, making him realize that Raffi had tricked him into giving Popuri flowers.
"But, why only me?" Ewan blushed even more after this realization.
"Popuri is my best friend, and I know who's best for her and all those things. Let's just say I have a gut feeling about the two of you." Raffi answered. And with one last little laugh, she left the Town area. Ewan groaned after she left and then went back to the Rancho Farm.
"Better start planting these guys." Ewan started to till the land until he had good spaces for the three sets of turnip seeds. Once he tossed the seeds over the cultivated land, Ewan watered all the seeds. He put his watering can away and began to brush his new foal.
"Doing some good ranch work?" a familiar voice asked. Ewan wondered who this was and turned to see a smiling Ann at his farm.
"Oh, haha, yeah. What's up?" answered Ewan with a little laugh.
"I just came to give you some food to keep you going through the rest of your work." Ann answered, handing him a pink bag of cookies.
"Ooh, thanks," he said, opening the bag and taking a cookie. Ewan offered Ann one, but she simply shook her head, "So what is life like in this town?"
"I love it here. The only problem… well is my anti-social brother," murmured Ann, "Yeah…" she sighed a little.
"Hmm? Something wrong?" Ewan wondered, wrapping the cookies back up to save them. He obviously knew about Gray, but wondered if Ann meant anything specific.
"No, no! My brother's fine... I just wish he wasn't so… rude to people," she lifted her arms up in a shrug, "Anyway, I've got to go. I'll see you later." Ann waved and Ewan did the same before getting back to brushing the horse.
6pm rolled in pretty quickly and Ewan let out a little yawn.
"Oh wait… there's one last place I haven't been…" Ewan realized, putting his tools away and walked to the Town area. He looked up at the Bar building and walked in.