Lightning-Dono: Fweee, updating! (Obviously. o.o) I've been kind of...lazy...I have horrible Writers Block and no inspiration to update whatsoever, but I'm trying. xx;; Maybe when high school starts I'll have more inspiration! But live with it until then, 'kay?

Answers to the Reviews
First things first. Thank you so much for the reviews, everyone! It makes me feel great that people are enjoying this and it makes me want to write so much more! -hugs everyone-

Sikerra the Eternity Knight – Thanks much! I feel like I'm getting a little out-of-touch with her character, especially with this Writers Block and all (Which has, yet again, made its return.). It will develop into something...It will, it will...

Inusgrl90 – So, true, huh? Yeah, the nephew idea is a thousand times more probable than Tim trying to murder the parents and somehow get away with it. Maybe that's how they ended up in Forget-Me-Not Valley? xD

Master Toku – (Pssst, Nami IS paranoid. -shifty glance-) Hmmm, you're right. But hey, I like the drama! Although I don't necessarily sit before my TV 24-7 taking in the heartfelt events of a soap opera, you know. It's hard not to over-exaggerate. xD (Oh no, Patrick can't get cancer! ;o;) Jack wouldn't do such a violent thing! Then again, you never know, especially with his fickle nature.

RWT – I know! Half the chapter is about Rock and his stupid hair! xD

Gia Lupin – Wally's crazy about sports, but not crazy enough to try and put Hugh on steroids. xD Besides...he likes milk and fruits. Not that that really says much, but you know. :P

Horseface – Poor Jack is so weak...I guess now it's time to slap some muscle on him!

lil-c-girl2218 – Good...now make sure you don't force Jack to become anorexic... -imagines Nami in a long beige trenchcoat, a monocle, a magnifying glass, and a beige buckle hat- Uh...Maybe not. :P

PacificTwist – I don't really have a theory about Rock yet that sounds reasonable, save for the nephew one. But then, it needs to be Rock! xD

Jaguira - Thank you so very much! That's very nice of you...I'm updating now! So you can all be happy. : D

--

Seventh of Summer

Today, I just realized something. It's not that I haven't paid attention to this before, but it surfaces more often in my mind when I'm trying to make conversation with a certain stubborn, gaunt hobo by the name of Murrey.

He lacks the proper education to be articulate. I've never been able to fathom the depths of his mind and intelligence from the minimal statements he's been able to utter in the face of pressure. Everything he says seems to be a mere phrase that doesn't even begin properly and, for a small percentage of the time, doesn't even BEGIN to make sense. Personally, I don't have a problem with his stuttering. I suppose being a homeless man for so long can detract from your sense of being able to communicate properly with others, but honestly. The only thing he will actually take from you is fodder and money. Ridiculously enough, I think the only thing he can actually hope to do with fodder is to weave an extra skirt and have it provide some itchy bedding. I can understand him accepting gold, but fodder? And what about food? He just doesn't take any. I've tried everything, mainly from Ruby's kitchen, in hopes that it would fill him up and add some more meat to his bony frame. The only thing he'll say in response is, "That looks y-yum." Wonderful. Then when you walk away after several attempts of trying to make him eat it, he looks at your back, aghast, as though he can't believe that you're leaving him. What the hell is wrong with that guy?

Let me rephrase that. What in the world is his problem with accepting generosity in the areas he most needs it in? Unless I'm very much mistaken, he needs food and nourishment that doesn't come from slop on the floor of the Blue Bar. He looks intrigued when you go up to him with food and offer it to him. So why in the world is so picky and never takes a thing that you give him? Seriously, sometimes you just have to wonder.

Any way, I'll let that just wander for now, since I don't really feel like writing much about Murrey. He's a rather dull person in general, unless you like tweaking his shaggy facial hair, then I rest my case.

Jack...well, let's just say I've been more and more intimidated by his behavior lately. Just this morning, he decided he needed a break from farm work (For the record, yesterday was the only full day he's worked on it. And now he's giving up. Typical Jack.) so he's been thudding around looking like the world is against him. And when I say thudding, I'm not kidding in that matter. It's like his footsteps are amplified over a microphone and whenever you walk by him the ground rumbles, he's walking so heavily. That's great that he's showing that he's tired, but if he was truly tired, he would be lying in bed, not cursing us with his presence. And what's more, when he thought I was following him around with relentless vigor, that was an exaggeration of my ability to follow compared to his. Plain and simple, he is making it quite obvious that he is very much stalking me.

I was heading up to Romana's house this morning and behind me, sounding like a horse trampling someone, he ran up to me and offered a hip fossil. Since I supposed he was just trying to be nice, I took it (I can't resist such objects, anyway.) and let it be. I then headed back from Romana's mansion and from behind one of the trees, I swore I saw locks of brown hair swaying in the wind and blue overalls. And if this makes it any better, I'm quite sure that I didn't take any hallucinogenic drugs, and quite frankly, I don't believe I ever will. That type of thing is sickening. Back to Jack. A couple of hours later, I went up to Vesta's plantation to just sit there and converse with Celia since she's one of the more intelligent citizens of this valley. As we exchanged greetings, I saw him "coincidentally" fishing in the stream running by the plantation. I know this wasn't a coincidence because I KNOW he wasn't there when I crossed the bridge. And he has that shifty look about him that can't be promising anything good.

More on that later. I'll head on over to Gustafa's and ask for his opinion on this issue.