i started playing Stardew Valley again after doing multiplayer with my boyfriend— who told me about how much he loved Elliott and how he married him. so, naturally, i made another save file and went after Elliott for the first time— and man was i missing out because Elliott is exactly my type.
i may give the farmer a name for later works if i do more Elliott/player, idk. i wanted to avoid that, but it'll more than likely get annoying just referring to him as "the farmer."
i dunno. giving the farmer a name feels more personal than what i want this to be, but it'll probably have to come down to that vnv.
"Are you giving it enough water?"
"Every day." Elliott answered, attentively watching the farmer inspect the rose he presented to him.
The farmer prodded the soil in the pot with his index finger— damp; proof that Elliott was being honest. It was surely getting enough water, and Elliott's shack had plenty of windows, so sunlight shouldn't have been an issue…
The farmer couldn't think of any reason why the rose should have been wilting. Perhaps Elliott was cursed? Perhaps he would talk to the wizard about that.
"I mean… it's really not that hard to take care of a rose." The farmer sighed, "Just sunlight an' water. I don't get it, either."
Was the air in the shack too dry? He considered it, but immediately disregarded the thought; the place was actually pretty humid.
He moved in closer to the rose to see if maybe there were unwanted parasites in the soil, then a certain scent caught his attention— like the rest of his shack, the rose smelled of the ocean. Which, in this case, was far from a good thing. Upon closer inspection, there was a faint salt residue left on the clay pot.
"Elliott," he began, an near look of disbelief on his face, "Are you… using ocean water? When you water it?"
"Yes?" Elliott replied, "...Should I not be?"
He wasn't kidding when he told him that he was no good with caring for plants.
"That would be the problem." The farmer laughed, "Salt water isn't any good for plants. Pretty sure that actually dehydrates them or something."
"Really!" Elliott genuinely sounded surprised.
...Which meant he would have to venture all the way up to the river to fetch water for this single rose.