It's chapter two.O_O OMG YES IT IS!By the way,the problem with accessin this fic from my profile is all fixed now ^o^ Anyway,ficcy time..
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"Oh...My...God..."
Rose falls to her knees and stares, gaping at the sight of her new farm.
It's a mess. Rocks and twigs are scattered all over the field,and weeds are sprouting up everywhere.There's no way a person would be able to tell that it is a farm,except for the dusty,run-down buildings on the premises lightly resembling a chicken coop and a barn.
And then,of course,there is the house. It is the size of a shack. It has no paint, and the windows are boarded up,as is the door. Rose gawks at it, trembling.
"WHY ME!?!?!?!"
She grasps a nearby fence post lifts herself up,staggering feebly towards the boarded up door.
"Why the hell did I ever agree to this...I never would have agreed to this if I had known..."
Rose pulls the heavy wooden boards off of the door,which takes a while,considering how 'weak from shock' she is.When she finally stumbles awkwardly into her new home,she almost falls over with new shock.The room is -tiny-. The only furniture is a wooden chest beside the door,a dusty old TV,a bed and it's nightstand,and a small,wooden table in the center of the room.Rose holds back a scream and whispers brokenly to herself:
"There isn't...even...a chair."
She twitches,then notices a small door on the left side of the room.She staggers toward it.
(Please let it be big,please let it be big...)
She opens the door,only to reveal...
A toilet.A toilet,a sink,and a roll of toilet paper.The room is even smaller than the last.
Rose stares,falling back in horror.
"NO BATHTUB!?!?" She shrieks,her face pale.
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"This place is sick...This place is sick,twisted,and WRONG..."
Rose trudges gloomily toward the river on moon mountain in a dark red bikini,backpack sagging,her hair up in a loose bun.She dumps the pack unceremoniously onto the ground,and unpacks several different bathroom products.She looks down at them a moment,her brow knitted,then quickly collects four of them into her arms,and marches into the river.
Rose sits down in the freezing cold water,shivering as she undoes her bun and squirts some transparent purple goop onto her head from a shampoo bottle, mumbling incoherently. She rubs the shampoo into her scalp until her hair is good and soapy,then ducks her head underwater.A second later she comes up again,gasping.
"It's...so...cold..."
She shudders and gingerly lays the back of her head against the water, wringing the remaining soapiness out of her hair with her submerged hands.She does the same thing with the conditioner and the detangling spray,and is about to finish the job with her lovely peach-scented shower gel,when she feels something...cold...and slimy...sliding across her back.
Rose screams and jumps to her feet,hopping about,whimpering,and generally looking very,very silly.She peers down into the soapy water,and yelps in surprise as a small,silver fish jumps up out of it,slapping her in the cheek with its tail as it dives back in.
Rose curses and glares down at the part of the river where the fish disappeared into,then snatches up her things and walks quickly toward her backpack,silently fuming.When everything is packed and ready she slings the backpack over her shoulders and stalks angrily toward the Moon Mountain exit.She is just about to leave when a cheerful voice calls out to her:
"Hey,missy!"
Rose turns around and looks for the source of the voice. An old man in fishing equipment is smiling and waving to her,and so,curiously,she walks over to him.
"You don't like fish,I take it?" He says,chuckling.
Rose blinks. "What?Er...Not the ones in this river..." She casts an angry glance towards her bathing spot,then turns back to the fisherman. "Why?"
He beams at her. "How'd you like to get some revenge,dearie?"
Rose blinks,her mouth forming a small smile. "Revenge?..."
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"Gwa-haha-haHA!..."
Rose laughs,beaming triumphantly and marching toward her farm,a brand new fishing rod leaning against her shoulder.Her backpack moves a little every now and then,and a large blue fishtail is sticking out from under the flap.It has been a good day for fishing.She strolls merrily towards the gates of her farm,then notices someone standing by her new house.She rushes in.
"Hey!!Who're you?!"
The person turns to her. He is a large,muscular redhead with tanned skin and sweaty clothing.He grins at her.
"Oh,hey there! You must be the new farmer!" He says as Rose walks over to the small wooden bin the man is standing next to. "I was only checking the harvesting bin.S'my job,you know."
Rose blinks and cocks her head. "Harvesting bin?..."
The man blinks at her,then roars with laughter. "Ya mean they didn't TELL YOU!?"
She blinks again,looking a bit agitated. "No...What?"
After the man finishes laughing,he tells her. "Every day,I come to this farm at 5pm. When I come, I check this little bin here for any daily harvests. You put any farmed crops or foraged items that you want to sell in here every day before 5pm,and you'll make a pretty good profit off of it."
Rose's eyes widen. "Wow,really?I didn't know that...Foraged items?" She raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah.There are plenty of items on Moon Mountain the whole year round that you can sell to me.Basically anything that's not a bug,a weed or grass." He laughs.
Rose stares. "Oh...Cool.Uhm,do fish count?"
The man looks at her. "Well,sure! Why d'ya ask?"
"Well..." Rose takes her backpack off and opens it up,then hands it to the man.He looks inside and his eyebrows zoom way up.
"Woah...That's a LOT of fish!" He says,holding up a certain small,silver one.Rose smirks evilly at it.
"What'll they get me?" She asks,smirk plainly growing.
"Well.lemme see...He dumps the fish onto the ground and lays them out by size. "Hrm...2 large,4 medium,3 small...Why,that'd add up to 1030 gold,miss!"
Rose stares vacantly. "Is that a good amount?..."
The man blinks at her. "What,they don't use GOLD where you're from?!"
She shakes her head.
He laughs. "Well,its not great,but it's a pretty good amount for 1 day's work...around the same amount of cash a whole crop would get ya!"
Rose's eyebrows raise. "Wow..."
"Yeah." The man collects the fish and drops them all into a large sack."Well,I should get going now.By the way,my name's Zack.Oh,and I don't come on holidays."
Rose smiles at him. "I'm Rose...What holidays are celebrated here?..." She asks,and Zack laughs again.
"Why,just go buy a calender at the library,if yer so curious! And don't worry,a buncha people will always stop by to fill you in if a festival's comin' up."He grins down at her.
"The library?Where's that?..." Rose cocks her head again,hands on her hips.
He chuckles. "To the left side of town.S'the only place that looks like a store there,so it's easy to find.You'll have to wait until tommorow,though. It's closed now.Everything closes at around 5 or 6,cept the bar,of course."
Rose nods slowly. "All right...I'll do that.She holds out her hand. "It was nice meeting you,Zack.
He shakes it. "You too,Rose!" Then he lets go,gives her the gold for the fish,and exits the farm with a short wave.
Rose stares after him,then turns and looks at her farm,grinning.
"This is gonna be hell." She says, starting to laugh.
~Continued in Chappy 3!~
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