STORY OF A GIRL
Nayru: It's back! Despite the fact that we only got one vote, we're continuing anyway! We know you like to read, but you can only see what you want in a story if we know what you want. Here's the unanimous winner of our one-vote competition!
DISCLAIMER: Harvest Moon and its characters are not mine. Rae is. You don't even need to ask to borrow her.
The Cow Breeding Fiasco! No Need For Breeding Potion!
"Oh, Cliff, look, we got pictures!" Rae smiled happily, holding the envelope. She was exceedingly cheery, after being married to Cliff for two weeks. Her already cheery disposition had become twice as cheery. Karen was more pleasant than before her marriage. Cliff and Kai both seemed to laugh a lot more, and anyone who looked could see that the gentlemen were happier than they had been when they were alone. Whenever the couples were taking a break in public, they held hands and smiled at each other just to prove their love.
The after effects of the party was still wearing off the townspeople. Maria was still slightly irritated at Karen and Cliff, due to the fact that they had repeatedly harrassed Gray about her, but would forgive them because they were ridiculously drunk. Ann wasn't able to turn up at the farm three days per week, due to psychiatric counselling and meeting with her lawyer. When she did come, she was friendly and quiet. Popuri came every day, and was constantly happy. She and Harris were planning a wedding two weeks after Maria and Gray's. Elli had discovered her talent in baking, just like her grandmother had possessed after making the cake all by herself. She and Andrew had built a bakehouse in a corner of the farm property, and provided fresh breads and buns every morning. Rae's grandmother assisted Elli.
This morning, as Rae went to the fence Cliff had built for the cow and horse, she began to ponder something. "This farm is great on vegetables, right, Karen?" She asked her companion, who was fixing a broken log on the fence. Karen swept a loose strand of hair from her eyes.
"Yup. Our vegetables are the best here and in the city across the sea!" She smiled proudly.
"Hm. But what about our milk?" She looked at Koibito, pondering.
"Well, we don't know yet. We only sell one gallon per day."
"We can fix that." Rae grinned. "We're going to breed the cow!" Koibito looked up.
"Moo?" She gave Rae a pitiful wide eyed look.
Saibara was cleaning the counter when Cliff walked in. "Morning, Saibara."
"Morning, Cliff! How's your wife?"
"Busy and full of ideas. She got the notion to breed the cow. Is there perhaps a 'rent-a-bull' around here?" Saibara laughed.
"No, we have a more high-tech method. The 'Miracle Potion'." He took a bottle of blue liquid off the shelf. "Just give it to the cow, and you'll get a calf. That simple." Cliff blinked, utterly confused.
"Oh." He paid Saibara. "Thanks." He left, still utterly confused.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch (literally), Koibito was waiting in her pen. The whole group of workers surrounded the cow.
"Rae, Rae!" Popuri bounced up and joined them. "Can we have chickens too?"
"Maybe." Rae grinned. "We've only got another year to bring this place up to scratch, winter's upon us, and we do have a lot of spare time after the work's done... maybe we'll get chickens later." Cliff joined the group.
"I got the... 'Miracle Potion'." Cliff held it up proudly.
"How does it work?" Rae chirped, taking it.
"I think we... uh..." He looked at the bottle. "Well... eh heh... I dunno..."
"Maybe we make the cow drink it, like all in one shot." Kai suggested.
"Maybe we... put it... you know where..." Gray mumbled. He flushed furiously.
"I know!" Ann grinned. "Maybe we toss it all over the cow!" Everyone sweatdropped. "No?"
"I got it." Elli smiled pleasantly. "We inject it into her, like a medicine."
"I say we make her eat or drink it. Maybe put it on top of some fodder, or put it in her water." Harris scratched his chin.
"No, no, no, maybe we just open the bottle and a genie bull comes out!" Popuri giggled. Rae curiously opened the bottle.
"No genie." She replied. "I guess we pick one of those methods and try it." Rae wrote down all the suggestions except Ann's and Popuri's and put them in her bandanna. She shook it up and offered it to Karen. Karen pulled one.
"Elli's." Elli smiled and ran off to get the proper equipment.
ELLI'S ATTEMPT
"Okay, so here's the place where it should go in." Elli made an indentation in Koibito's fur. "Get the shot." Cliff handed the small syringe with the powder from the bottle in it. Kai abandoned his work on Harris's house to watch. Elli knelt next to Koibito. "Hold her still." Cliff and Gray held the cow as Elli inserted the needle.
The group learned something very valuable that day: Cows hate needles. There was a blur of brown and white and a huge "MOO!" as Koibito trampled Gray, Cliff, and Elli and ran. The needle fell out.
"Okay, injection's a big no." Rae simply shook her head. She put the other guesses back into her bandanna. Karen reached in and pulled out one.
"Harris's."
HARRIS'S ATTEMPT
Rae and Cliff had caught Koibito before she caused any major destruction to the fence and were gently brushing her. Harris and Karen carried a trough of water towards them. Harris had mixed about 1/8th of the powder into the water. Koibito looked at the trough blandly. She looked into the water curiously, sniffed it.
"She's gonna drink it..." Harris's eyes glowed eagerly.
The group learned something else valuable: Cows can tell when someone's messed with their water. Koibito turned around and kicked the trough at Harris.
"Doesn't work." Rae snickered as Harris blubbered like a stood-up date. Karen reached into the bandanna again.
"Gray's." Everyone gulped nervously.
GRAY'S ATTEMPT
Koibito was grazing quietly, unexpectingly. Gray slipped up behind her, holding the bottle. He stared at her back end, swishing tail. He looked into the bottle, stared at Koibito again, and finally put his face in his hand.
"I can't do it..." He dropped the bottle and went back to the pile of fodder where the rest of the group hid. "I can't do it! Haven't we learned enough about cows today?" Everyone nodded.
"Let's just try Kai's and say to hell with it." Rae sighed.
KAI'S ATTEMPT
Kai stood before the cow. It was like a Midwest showdown. He held a bottle of the powder mixed with some water. Koibito had horns. She didn't look happy. Kai swallowed hard. Cautiously, he offered Koibito some of the mixture. Curiously, Koibito nosed it. Kai jumped nervously. Koibito's face ended up covered in blue slime. She cow-scowled. Kai cowered as she charged.
"WAI, W-WAI, SAVE ME!" He ran for dear life. Andrew and Harris captured Koibito again and repenned her.
It was obviously a lost cause at that point. But Rae scratched her head, pensive. She went to her last option. "Damn it all to hell..." She gave Ann the bottle. "Knock yourself out." Ann took it, grinning like she'd just eaten a bowl of good macaroni and cheese. She ran in circles around Koibito, tossing the powder all over her. Koibito looked utterly confused, covered in blue powder. Koibito sneezed, and continued grazing peacefully.
The group of young men and women had fixed all the broken parts of the fence. The sun was setting over the huge farm. Harris had finished his new home and was just moving the last of his furniture in. Everything was peaceful, and Rae was doing nothing less than sitting on her roof staring at the indigo tinged sky. Karen stepped up the ladder and lay next to her. "Huge day, eh?"
"Right on." Rae smirked in a cool way. "Perfect for sitting on the roof and watching the sun go down."
"So, what'll we do about the cow?"
"Well, I guess we'll find out if she's pregnant in a few weeks."
"Cool beans." Cliff joined them on the roof.
"Wow. This is an awesome view." Cliff whistled.
"What, us, or the sunset?" Karen joked.
"Both." Cliff teased. "Tough decision."
"This could get kinky." Karen laughed. Kai joined them.
"Wow. Lookit the sun."
"We'll burn our eyes, stupid." Rae rolled her eyes.
"Oh well." Kai grinned.
"Well, today was a great day." Rae sat up, satisfied. "I think that when we pick up again, we'll have another great misadventure." Cliff sat up as well.
"Well, what'll we do then?"
Karen smiled eagerly. "We could always experiment with the fall grapes."
"Or we could insert a random festival." Kai suggested. "Like a horse race."
"Or we could always cause some turmoil between the girls and guys on the ranch." Cliff added.
"Yeah, that sounds good. Til then... let's go continue working on our plans for the future, Cliffy." And with that, Rae dragged Cliff wearing a macaroni and cheese grin off the roof.
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Nayru: You ask for it and you get it! Ran-Ran: Here are your choices for the next chapter!
1) Grapes=Wine? 2) The Horse Race! 3) Battle of the Sexes!
Xiao: Peaceout with the catlike, everyone!
Nayru: It's back! Despite the fact that we only got one vote, we're continuing anyway! We know you like to read, but you can only see what you want in a story if we know what you want. Here's the unanimous winner of our one-vote competition!
DISCLAIMER: Harvest Moon and its characters are not mine. Rae is. You don't even need to ask to borrow her.
The Cow Breeding Fiasco! No Need For Breeding Potion!
"Oh, Cliff, look, we got pictures!" Rae smiled happily, holding the envelope. She was exceedingly cheery, after being married to Cliff for two weeks. Her already cheery disposition had become twice as cheery. Karen was more pleasant than before her marriage. Cliff and Kai both seemed to laugh a lot more, and anyone who looked could see that the gentlemen were happier than they had been when they were alone. Whenever the couples were taking a break in public, they held hands and smiled at each other just to prove their love.
The after effects of the party was still wearing off the townspeople. Maria was still slightly irritated at Karen and Cliff, due to the fact that they had repeatedly harrassed Gray about her, but would forgive them because they were ridiculously drunk. Ann wasn't able to turn up at the farm three days per week, due to psychiatric counselling and meeting with her lawyer. When she did come, she was friendly and quiet. Popuri came every day, and was constantly happy. She and Harris were planning a wedding two weeks after Maria and Gray's. Elli had discovered her talent in baking, just like her grandmother had possessed after making the cake all by herself. She and Andrew had built a bakehouse in a corner of the farm property, and provided fresh breads and buns every morning. Rae's grandmother assisted Elli.
This morning, as Rae went to the fence Cliff had built for the cow and horse, she began to ponder something. "This farm is great on vegetables, right, Karen?" She asked her companion, who was fixing a broken log on the fence. Karen swept a loose strand of hair from her eyes.
"Yup. Our vegetables are the best here and in the city across the sea!" She smiled proudly.
"Hm. But what about our milk?" She looked at Koibito, pondering.
"Well, we don't know yet. We only sell one gallon per day."
"We can fix that." Rae grinned. "We're going to breed the cow!" Koibito looked up.
"Moo?" She gave Rae a pitiful wide eyed look.
Saibara was cleaning the counter when Cliff walked in. "Morning, Saibara."
"Morning, Cliff! How's your wife?"
"Busy and full of ideas. She got the notion to breed the cow. Is there perhaps a 'rent-a-bull' around here?" Saibara laughed.
"No, we have a more high-tech method. The 'Miracle Potion'." He took a bottle of blue liquid off the shelf. "Just give it to the cow, and you'll get a calf. That simple." Cliff blinked, utterly confused.
"Oh." He paid Saibara. "Thanks." He left, still utterly confused.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch (literally), Koibito was waiting in her pen. The whole group of workers surrounded the cow.
"Rae, Rae!" Popuri bounced up and joined them. "Can we have chickens too?"
"Maybe." Rae grinned. "We've only got another year to bring this place up to scratch, winter's upon us, and we do have a lot of spare time after the work's done... maybe we'll get chickens later." Cliff joined the group.
"I got the... 'Miracle Potion'." Cliff held it up proudly.
"How does it work?" Rae chirped, taking it.
"I think we... uh..." He looked at the bottle. "Well... eh heh... I dunno..."
"Maybe we make the cow drink it, like all in one shot." Kai suggested.
"Maybe we... put it... you know where..." Gray mumbled. He flushed furiously.
"I know!" Ann grinned. "Maybe we toss it all over the cow!" Everyone sweatdropped. "No?"
"I got it." Elli smiled pleasantly. "We inject it into her, like a medicine."
"I say we make her eat or drink it. Maybe put it on top of some fodder, or put it in her water." Harris scratched his chin.
"No, no, no, maybe we just open the bottle and a genie bull comes out!" Popuri giggled. Rae curiously opened the bottle.
"No genie." She replied. "I guess we pick one of those methods and try it." Rae wrote down all the suggestions except Ann's and Popuri's and put them in her bandanna. She shook it up and offered it to Karen. Karen pulled one.
"Elli's." Elli smiled and ran off to get the proper equipment.
ELLI'S ATTEMPT
"Okay, so here's the place where it should go in." Elli made an indentation in Koibito's fur. "Get the shot." Cliff handed the small syringe with the powder from the bottle in it. Kai abandoned his work on Harris's house to watch. Elli knelt next to Koibito. "Hold her still." Cliff and Gray held the cow as Elli inserted the needle.
The group learned something very valuable that day: Cows hate needles. There was a blur of brown and white and a huge "MOO!" as Koibito trampled Gray, Cliff, and Elli and ran. The needle fell out.
"Okay, injection's a big no." Rae simply shook her head. She put the other guesses back into her bandanna. Karen reached in and pulled out one.
"Harris's."
HARRIS'S ATTEMPT
Rae and Cliff had caught Koibito before she caused any major destruction to the fence and were gently brushing her. Harris and Karen carried a trough of water towards them. Harris had mixed about 1/8th of the powder into the water. Koibito looked at the trough blandly. She looked into the water curiously, sniffed it.
"She's gonna drink it..." Harris's eyes glowed eagerly.
The group learned something else valuable: Cows can tell when someone's messed with their water. Koibito turned around and kicked the trough at Harris.
"Doesn't work." Rae snickered as Harris blubbered like a stood-up date. Karen reached into the bandanna again.
"Gray's." Everyone gulped nervously.
GRAY'S ATTEMPT
Koibito was grazing quietly, unexpectingly. Gray slipped up behind her, holding the bottle. He stared at her back end, swishing tail. He looked into the bottle, stared at Koibito again, and finally put his face in his hand.
"I can't do it..." He dropped the bottle and went back to the pile of fodder where the rest of the group hid. "I can't do it! Haven't we learned enough about cows today?" Everyone nodded.
"Let's just try Kai's and say to hell with it." Rae sighed.
KAI'S ATTEMPT
Kai stood before the cow. It was like a Midwest showdown. He held a bottle of the powder mixed with some water. Koibito had horns. She didn't look happy. Kai swallowed hard. Cautiously, he offered Koibito some of the mixture. Curiously, Koibito nosed it. Kai jumped nervously. Koibito's face ended up covered in blue slime. She cow-scowled. Kai cowered as she charged.
"WAI, W-WAI, SAVE ME!" He ran for dear life. Andrew and Harris captured Koibito again and repenned her.
It was obviously a lost cause at that point. But Rae scratched her head, pensive. She went to her last option. "Damn it all to hell..." She gave Ann the bottle. "Knock yourself out." Ann took it, grinning like she'd just eaten a bowl of good macaroni and cheese. She ran in circles around Koibito, tossing the powder all over her. Koibito looked utterly confused, covered in blue powder. Koibito sneezed, and continued grazing peacefully.
The group of young men and women had fixed all the broken parts of the fence. The sun was setting over the huge farm. Harris had finished his new home and was just moving the last of his furniture in. Everything was peaceful, and Rae was doing nothing less than sitting on her roof staring at the indigo tinged sky. Karen stepped up the ladder and lay next to her. "Huge day, eh?"
"Right on." Rae smirked in a cool way. "Perfect for sitting on the roof and watching the sun go down."
"So, what'll we do about the cow?"
"Well, I guess we'll find out if she's pregnant in a few weeks."
"Cool beans." Cliff joined them on the roof.
"Wow. This is an awesome view." Cliff whistled.
"What, us, or the sunset?" Karen joked.
"Both." Cliff teased. "Tough decision."
"This could get kinky." Karen laughed. Kai joined them.
"Wow. Lookit the sun."
"We'll burn our eyes, stupid." Rae rolled her eyes.
"Oh well." Kai grinned.
"Well, today was a great day." Rae sat up, satisfied. "I think that when we pick up again, we'll have another great misadventure." Cliff sat up as well.
"Well, what'll we do then?"
Karen smiled eagerly. "We could always experiment with the fall grapes."
"Or we could insert a random festival." Kai suggested. "Like a horse race."
"Or we could always cause some turmoil between the girls and guys on the ranch." Cliff added.
"Yeah, that sounds good. Til then... let's go continue working on our plans for the future, Cliffy." And with that, Rae dragged Cliff wearing a macaroni and cheese grin off the roof.
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Nayru: You ask for it and you get it! Ran-Ran: Here are your choices for the next chapter!
1) Grapes=Wine? 2) The Horse Race! 3) Battle of the Sexes!
Xiao: Peaceout with the catlike, everyone!