Lightning-Dono: Sorry about my slowly diminishing pace in updates! I've been spending less and less time on the computer to engage in other activities (Such as returning to practicing flute and reading!) so...I apologize! Nami's a little OOC in this one because...I'm not quite sure why.

Answers to the Reviews

Sikerra the Eternity Knight – Gustafa's an awesome person. -smile-

PenAngel – Thank you for the suggestions! Don't worry, Nami isn't going to remain a cold-blooded wanderer FOREVER. I'm trying to slowly allow the better, more passionate side of her emerge without making it seem too sudden. Really? I've never tried to marry Nami before, so I don't have much of an idea of what she's like once she's softened up. But thank you! I'll refrain from bashing Horseface. -controlled smile-

RWT – Well, sometimes that can be the case. Sure, it's a extremely hard to fall out of love and can even be considered impossible, but hey, it does happen. xD Yesh, Muffy the Murderer...I love alliterations. :D

Gia Lupin – Tee-hee! Thank you very much! I'm glad you appreciated the Gustafa and Nami...mush. xD Thanks for the encouragement – sometimes I wonder what is WITH him...

lil-c-girl2218 – Harry Potter has to be one of the greatest series around. :) I'm glad you like him FINALLY caring for the farm and edging his way from Muffy! It's the first step to life improvement. xD

Inusgrl90 – Thank you and I appreciate the fact that you pointed out the mistake...I must've been thinking of the Harvest Sprites. xD

Ryuchan13 – Thank you very much! I'm sure that your stories are excellent and I hope you become an aspiring writer! Don't worry about it; you've got plenty of time to get better – good luck!

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Fourth of Summer

You know, at first if I had said this last season, I would never have believed myself, but now I can say it without regret (Hopefully). Jack is actually shaping up to be a fairly decent farmer. I'm not quite sure what caused this sudden transformation, but apparently it turns out that he's actually learning how to hoe the soil and plant seeds. And frankly, it's about time he learned how since I didn't feel like hanging around much longer and looking at his miserable farm and Takakura passing by the fields, casting them looks of indistinct disgust. The Goddess knows he could use some help, but surprisingly, he's taking on the challenge himself, which is a pure embodiment of bravery, since it's looking impossible from where I'm standing. But Jack's pretty persistent, so I'm quite sure he'll pull through, even if it means starving himself day and night and having the doctor live at his house. The only issue is that he's not a person who plans to work and rot away on a farm for the rest of his life, despite Takakura's convincing speech about it being his destiny. Even though his farm is now prospering to a degree, he still spends plenty of his time giving things away that he should be selling and making failed cooking to distribute widely among us. Thusfar, I am quite sure that atleast four people, namely Rock, Lumina, Kassey, and Patrick, have suffered food poisoning at his hands, probably because they're too senseless and kind to refuse the offer. And rather brave to even put the food inside their mouth. At the moment, I'm seeing Jack to be somewhat a copy of Rock – always taking the time to party before working.

Speaking of Jack, I happened to witness a very interesting conversation between he and Muffy this afternoon...which was naturally spurred by the raging queen suffering from rejection: Muffy. I was lurking around the small patch if dirt the Inn uses to plant vegetables, gazing up the flourishing leaves in one of the trees when a horrendously perky voice said something behind me. In general, it just got highly interesting from there...

Muffy: "Jack..." (She sounded like she was mourning someone, honestly.)
Jack: "What is it?"
Muffy: "Why don't you ever talk to me anymore?"

There was a brief silence here, in which Jack is placed in the same demonically frustrating situation I was when he had cornered me the last time. Apparently, now he's feeling the pressure and I doubt he'll want to put anyone else under it ever again.

Jack: "Because."

That had to be the most childish answer in the book. What kind of mature man says, "Because" when he answers a pressing question?

Muffy: "But why? Every time I turn around you're always looking the other way. Is it because you hate me?"
Jack: (in an offhanded tone) "That could be a reason."
Muffy: "Why would you hate me, though? Is it because I'm not the kind of person you like?"

Great, how smart was she? Now she was leaving herself open and vulnerable by providing him reasons to despise her. But with Jack, you really never have a choice but to do something like that.

Jack: "Well...Uh...That's not quite it..."
Muffy: "Is there something wrong with me? Should I change the way I dress?"

I couldn't quite imagine her wearing anything other than revealing dresses, but I decided to stay quiet while they discussed this.

Jack: "No...I just...don't like you."
Muffy: "But you said that you loved me!" (I never realized her voice could get so high, squeaky, and whiny.)
Jack: "Yes, well that was a season ago."

As much as I dislike Muffy, I couldn't believe the pain and shock that just stayed plastered on her face. The same went for me, except more shock than pain. How could Jack reject her in such a spirit-pulverizing way? Muffy looked like she had just watched Jack break, smash, and stomp on her heart. Even though I had seen Jack to be careless, I had never expected him to be such a heartless bastard.

Muffy: "Jack...why?" (At this point, tears were absolutely STREAMING down her face.)
Jack: "Because maybe I'm not as dedicated so my lovers as I seem. Maybe I'm just growing up, Muffy, I don't know."

He's damn right he's just growing up, because I have never met such an awful person, with the exception of my father.

Muffy: "Really...really...fine then. I should just go."

And she just left...crying; and Jack didn't even bother stopping her. He was the absolute low from my point of view, and I was actually tempted to go comfort Muffy. But not to the extent in which I ACTUALLY did...However, it would've been nice to see Muffy smack him across the face with the back of her hand, since he would have deserved it.

I had a long talk with Griffin at around five this evening and he said that Muffy's attitude had changed drastically since she had encountered Jack and even more so since this afternoon. Apparently, she refused to talk about it and had locked herself up in her "Girls Only" room. Griffin says that this has happened more times than he could count and that Muffy never really learned her lesson by being dumped. She just kept playing hard-to-get until a guy of her taste actually came along before she would realize he wasn't really for her and go back to her old game. It was a matter of learning her lesson, and since she never did, I don't think I can help her even if I tried. Especially since she's insanely stubborn.

But ultimately, that was the only eventful thing that occurred all day. Other than Tim's sudden interest in tofu products upon taking a single sip of Jack's wretched milk, Rock rearranging his room (Which caused the upstairs corridor to be blocked all day with furniture while he figured out what he wanted his room to look like. You'd think he'd think of it beforehand.), and Lumina perhaps actually playing an extra note in her music.

G'night.