- Harvest Moon, A Wonderful Life -
== A Changed Life ==
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- "Takakura" -
"You know, its really strange. First he's all upset, then grumpy, and now he's going normal. Its like he has multiple personallities."
"You know how it is, Nami. First of all, he lost his fiance. How would you feel if you were in love?"
"Probably sad, but not multiple personalitites."
"Oh, stop it..."
"You stop it."
"I didn't start it."
"Shut up you two, you're acting like children."
The next morning in the Blue Bar, Nami and Hardy were having a conversation, while Galen was eavesdropping from the other room.
"Who asked you to listen in?" Nami said stubbornly.
"I couldn't resist," Galen muttered, stepping into the bar. "I mean, Seth's encountering what I have encountered before when I lost Nina."
"At least you were able to get over it," Nami said.
"Oh come now," Hardy muttered through a glass of Orange Juice. "Haven't you heard anything Celia said? He's getting better. But he visited Takakura last night... and..."
"What about Taka?" Galen asked, cleaning a glass with a rag.
"Well... he has this... secret... between me and him... but its gonna break out sooner or later."
"What is it?" Nami asked, interested.
Hardy looked around, hesitant to say what he was about to say. He told his words quietly.
"Takakura's poisioning has become... fatal," he said. "He's going to die."
Galen nearly dropped the glass he was cleaning. He and Nami were silent.
"Seriously?" Galen asked, putting the glass down.
"Yes," Hardy sighed. "By week, or so. I'm amazed he's held out this long. If he doesn't tell Seth, and if Seth doesn't visit again soon, I'll have to tell him myself, and I won't like it any more than him."
Nami was quiet. "I never thought it would be that serious..."
"Belive it, Nami," Hardy said. "It was serious since Griffin fired the first shot with his gun."
They all fell silent again. Galen went back to cleaning his glass.
---
Celia was observing the crops at Vesta's ranch.
"Looks like a good crop this Spring," she said, as Vesta walked by her.
"Yes," the plump lady said. "Even though Forget Valley is at a time of sadness, it can't keep us from our work, now can it?"
"No... it can't," Celia said.
'There we go, thinking about Seth again,' the thought. 'I just feel so sorry for him...'
"Hey... you okay?" Vesta asked, looking at Celia's vacant expression.
Celia blinked. "Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine... listen, I'm going into town for a while."
"Don't be gone long," Vesta called after her.
---
Hugh, Lumina, and Katie were running around Daryl's lab, playing tag, while Rock watched them.
"Eh, you guys remind me of me when I was younger," Rock said.
Hugh ran over to Rock and tagged him, then ran as fast as he could. "You're it!"
"You little..." Rock chased after him, while Lumina and Katie giggled.
Celia walked over to them, watching Rock and Hugh as they ran by.
"What are they up to?" she asked.
"We're playing tag!" Katie exclaimed.
"I've noticed," Celia smiled. "Say, Lumina, wheres Romana?"
"Up at the mansion, as usual," Lumina said, pointing. "Why?"
"I just need to talk to her..." Celia said.
"Well, she's up there if you need her," Lumina said.
"You look sad," Katie said. "Whats wrong?"
"Its just Seth... well, I have to go. See you kids around."
They waved after her. "Bye, Celia!"
Rock and Hugh ran up to them, both panting.
"Man!" Rock moaned. "What do your parents to do you?"
"Nobody can tag me!" Hugh said triumphantly. "I will never be it again!"
Rock whacked his back as he was talking. "Tag, you're it."
Hugh realized what just happened. "Aw, man!"
Lumina and Katie giggled again as Hugh chased Rock.
---
After a few knocks on the door, Celia was let in by Sebastian.
"Welcome, Celia," the elderly butler greeted with a smile. "What brings you here?"
"I need to ask Romana for advice," Celia explained. "I'm in a spot of problems... where is she?"
"I'm right here, young Celia."
Romana was decending the stairs slowly, having trouble with her cane.
"Lady Romana!" Sebastian said, rushing up the stairs towards her. "Here, let me help you."
"Thank you, Sebastian."
When she got to the end of the stairs, she walked over to Celia. "What advice do you need?"
"Well... Its about Seth."
"Say no more," Romana said with a wave of her hand. "Come, let us go to my room. Sebastian, do you mind cooking up Lunch for us?"
"Not at all, Lady Romana," Sebastian said with a bow.
---
Romana relaxed in her rocking chair. "Tell me all," she said, closing her eyes and sighing.
Celia gulped, and began. "Okay... well... I take it you know about the Blue Bar Incident three months ago? Well... Seth was affected greatly, and I feel so sorry for his loss... I mean, he was so sad, and after whats happened... Muffy... Murrey... Takakura..."
"Takakura is very much alive," Romana said, smiling and opening her eyes. "He is just poisoned... by some sort of lead. Its very odd..."
"Hardy doesn't talk about Takakura much," Celia continued. "Its almost like he's keeping something from Seth he should know..."
"Quite the opposite," Romana said. "It is Takakura keeping something from Seth. What it is, I do not know."
"How do you find these things out?" Celia asked, amazed.
"I have my sources," Romana said, nodding.
---
Takakura was sweating. He felt sick. He breathed gulps of air loudly, panting.
'Whats... happening...?'
He felt a large amount of pain in his stomach, almost making him vomit. He would get up, but he couldn't. The pain was overwhelming.
Suddenly, the pain stopped, his body untensed. His eye pupils shrunk, and he stopped breathing. There was silence after this.
A few seconds later, Hardy opened the door.
"Hello, Takakura. How are you...?"
He fell silent once he saw Takakura's face. It was frozen, the pupils not growing back to their normal size. Hardy knew what had happened. Taking the medical chart from Takakura's bedside table, he looked at it. His heart wrenched.
He had read the chart wrong. It wasn't going to happen next week. The chart clearly said this week. There was no doubt about it.
Takakura was dead.
== A Changed Life ==
================================================
- "Takakura" -
"You know, its really strange. First he's all upset, then grumpy, and now he's going normal. Its like he has multiple personallities."
"You know how it is, Nami. First of all, he lost his fiance. How would you feel if you were in love?"
"Probably sad, but not multiple personalitites."
"Oh, stop it..."
"You stop it."
"I didn't start it."
"Shut up you two, you're acting like children."
The next morning in the Blue Bar, Nami and Hardy were having a conversation, while Galen was eavesdropping from the other room.
"Who asked you to listen in?" Nami said stubbornly.
"I couldn't resist," Galen muttered, stepping into the bar. "I mean, Seth's encountering what I have encountered before when I lost Nina."
"At least you were able to get over it," Nami said.
"Oh come now," Hardy muttered through a glass of Orange Juice. "Haven't you heard anything Celia said? He's getting better. But he visited Takakura last night... and..."
"What about Taka?" Galen asked, cleaning a glass with a rag.
"Well... he has this... secret... between me and him... but its gonna break out sooner or later."
"What is it?" Nami asked, interested.
Hardy looked around, hesitant to say what he was about to say. He told his words quietly.
"Takakura's poisioning has become... fatal," he said. "He's going to die."
Galen nearly dropped the glass he was cleaning. He and Nami were silent.
"Seriously?" Galen asked, putting the glass down.
"Yes," Hardy sighed. "By week, or so. I'm amazed he's held out this long. If he doesn't tell Seth, and if Seth doesn't visit again soon, I'll have to tell him myself, and I won't like it any more than him."
Nami was quiet. "I never thought it would be that serious..."
"Belive it, Nami," Hardy said. "It was serious since Griffin fired the first shot with his gun."
They all fell silent again. Galen went back to cleaning his glass.
---
Celia was observing the crops at Vesta's ranch.
"Looks like a good crop this Spring," she said, as Vesta walked by her.
"Yes," the plump lady said. "Even though Forget Valley is at a time of sadness, it can't keep us from our work, now can it?"
"No... it can't," Celia said.
'There we go, thinking about Seth again,' the thought. 'I just feel so sorry for him...'
"Hey... you okay?" Vesta asked, looking at Celia's vacant expression.
Celia blinked. "Huh? Oh, yeah, I'm fine... listen, I'm going into town for a while."
"Don't be gone long," Vesta called after her.
---
Hugh, Lumina, and Katie were running around Daryl's lab, playing tag, while Rock watched them.
"Eh, you guys remind me of me when I was younger," Rock said.
Hugh ran over to Rock and tagged him, then ran as fast as he could. "You're it!"
"You little..." Rock chased after him, while Lumina and Katie giggled.
Celia walked over to them, watching Rock and Hugh as they ran by.
"What are they up to?" she asked.
"We're playing tag!" Katie exclaimed.
"I've noticed," Celia smiled. "Say, Lumina, wheres Romana?"
"Up at the mansion, as usual," Lumina said, pointing. "Why?"
"I just need to talk to her..." Celia said.
"Well, she's up there if you need her," Lumina said.
"You look sad," Katie said. "Whats wrong?"
"Its just Seth... well, I have to go. See you kids around."
They waved after her. "Bye, Celia!"
Rock and Hugh ran up to them, both panting.
"Man!" Rock moaned. "What do your parents to do you?"
"Nobody can tag me!" Hugh said triumphantly. "I will never be it again!"
Rock whacked his back as he was talking. "Tag, you're it."
Hugh realized what just happened. "Aw, man!"
Lumina and Katie giggled again as Hugh chased Rock.
---
After a few knocks on the door, Celia was let in by Sebastian.
"Welcome, Celia," the elderly butler greeted with a smile. "What brings you here?"
"I need to ask Romana for advice," Celia explained. "I'm in a spot of problems... where is she?"
"I'm right here, young Celia."
Romana was decending the stairs slowly, having trouble with her cane.
"Lady Romana!" Sebastian said, rushing up the stairs towards her. "Here, let me help you."
"Thank you, Sebastian."
When she got to the end of the stairs, she walked over to Celia. "What advice do you need?"
"Well... Its about Seth."
"Say no more," Romana said with a wave of her hand. "Come, let us go to my room. Sebastian, do you mind cooking up Lunch for us?"
"Not at all, Lady Romana," Sebastian said with a bow.
---
Romana relaxed in her rocking chair. "Tell me all," she said, closing her eyes and sighing.
Celia gulped, and began. "Okay... well... I take it you know about the Blue Bar Incident three months ago? Well... Seth was affected greatly, and I feel so sorry for his loss... I mean, he was so sad, and after whats happened... Muffy... Murrey... Takakura..."
"Takakura is very much alive," Romana said, smiling and opening her eyes. "He is just poisoned... by some sort of lead. Its very odd..."
"Hardy doesn't talk about Takakura much," Celia continued. "Its almost like he's keeping something from Seth he should know..."
"Quite the opposite," Romana said. "It is Takakura keeping something from Seth. What it is, I do not know."
"How do you find these things out?" Celia asked, amazed.
"I have my sources," Romana said, nodding.
---
Takakura was sweating. He felt sick. He breathed gulps of air loudly, panting.
'Whats... happening...?'
He felt a large amount of pain in his stomach, almost making him vomit. He would get up, but he couldn't. The pain was overwhelming.
Suddenly, the pain stopped, his body untensed. His eye pupils shrunk, and he stopped breathing. There was silence after this.
A few seconds later, Hardy opened the door.
"Hello, Takakura. How are you...?"
He fell silent once he saw Takakura's face. It was frozen, the pupils not growing back to their normal size. Hardy knew what had happened. Taking the medical chart from Takakura's bedside table, he looked at it. His heart wrenched.
He had read the chart wrong. It wasn't going to happen next week. The chart clearly said this week. There was no doubt about it.
Takakura was dead.