The Maelstrom of Stardew

Year 1 (Summer)

Chapter 23: Far Away Follies

Thursday, the 4th of Summer, 2017

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After some driving, Taeko had finally arrived at the forest where his new farm was, the place looking like the secret woods with his dense foliage and trees. The map and his phone explained this was the North Cindersap Forest…mostly untamed forest far more difficult to navigate given what a maze it was. It was explained by the Game that he unlocked access to explore more of the valley that he fulfilled the prerequisites. He'd find his farm, driving down the northern entrance. He noticed a greenhouse that was slightly damaged to the right of him and turned left to find his house. The 'house' was really a two story mansion with an attached garage and pet houses. The color scheme vibe reminded Taeko of a woodland mansion from Minecraft, but the design harked with elements of Toni Cripiani's Shoreside Vale safehouse. He parked in the garage as he spied Kyu waiting for him on the porch.

"That forest fucker jumped the gun…I wanted you to wait before giving this place to you. But I am going to charge you for use of the Greenhouse…and I'll throw in your farmhand assistant alongside a set up of [Iridium Sprinklers]. Let's say, 100,000." Kyu said as Taeko paid up. "Think of the farmhand assistant as a pseudo-capture, figured of all people…Poison Ivy would be perfect for you."

"Isn't she poisonous and a basket case?" Taeko asked.

"A regular one would be…but this one's a bit neutered. Remember the old animated Justice League? The episode with the Justice Lords?" Kyu said with a smirk.

"She's from that universe." Taeko said relaxing.

"Yup, completely neutered in aggression…and easy to manipulate with the device. And so is her universe after Darkseid returned…yeah, no Luthor…the world was screwed. Me and the capture team had a field day snatching villains to sell left and right." Kyu said. "Her memory will be fuzzy, and don't worry she can emote."

"Wait, I want to ask for an order. I don't know if the mother/daughter special is over, but I'm interested in acquiring Yang Xiao Long and Raven Branwen." Taeko mused.

"About that…can't get you Yang. Due to the light import of RWBY characters, I can't get you the main girls, even if Yang is unlikely to show up. But do you really want Raven? In terms of RWBY waifus we got available, we only have Vernal, Emerald, Ilia, and Tock. RWBY characters sell like hotcakes, so I got limited characters for you." Kyu said.

"How much for Emerald?" Taeko asked.

"Tell you what I am cheesing you for cash considering this place was supposedly to be purchased for 350k. So…twenty grand and she's yours. I'll even throw in Ilia as a personal bonus from me for completing those bundles. I have to get rid of her anyway." Kyu said as Taeko paid up. "Pleasure doing business. Pamela's not too far…"

Kyu took off leaving Taeko as a blip showed on Taeko's radar as the greenhouse was fully repaired. Taeko walked on over to the blip finding a big flower. It hissed as it opened showing the sleeping Pamela Isley herself. She actually resembled her BTAS version with her pale skin, red hair, soft peach lips, and a full-figured body with a bust that boosted a high C. She could make plain clothes look good as she was in a dark green long coat, yellow-green turtleneck sweater, gray baggy slacks, and white sneakers. He used [Observe] and he was given a few methods of approach, but he decided to go for the reset route to which the Game informed of the gist of bits of Pamela's backstory and his first conversation with her would alter it a bit for adjusting. Pamela was a shrinking violet in her past? The thought of her being shy and demure was enough to get him bricked up as he chose that option as Pamela awoke. Taeko had a few ideas?

"What happened?" Pamela asked.

"You took a nap in the forest again. You really shouldn't wander off, Pamela." Taeko said. "I know you're rather shy, but we'll work on your shyness. You're here for a job after all."

"Yes, I remember now." Pamela said as she was helped up. "I've never met someone trying to actually help me. I'm tired of just not being confident. I figured I could change if I came here, taking this job, and be like the women who mocked me for being weird."

Taeko was taking it all in, and decided to go for it.

"And you will…I'll show you all what you need to know." Taeko said lightly, grabbing her behind, getting a blush out of her.

"What are you doing?" Pamela squeaked.

"Exactly what you said. You wanted to be like them. Hip girls are a bit extroverted…enough to where you're intimate with your friends and don't have inhibitions slowing them down." Taeko said, squeezing it again.

"And you're sure this will help?" She asked him as he let go.

"It's just the first step." Taeko said. "And that wasn't that bad, was it…Miss Demeter."

"No, but can we not do it out in the open?" Pamela said with a small blush. "People might see."

"We're in the middle of the woods." Taeko said, taking her hand. "Come on, let's show you around the farm."

He showed her around and she lit up at the greenhouse admiring the structure of it. Pamela and him would have a brief chat on botany as she gushed about it.

"Yeah, your duties will be working in this greenhouse, tending to the growth of trees, and aiding me. I'll also be helping you with your shyness." Taeko said. "I know you have no experience with men…I'm more confused that you were ignored by them."

"I…kept to myself." Pamela said before looking at the house. "I did look around the house…it's really nice."

They entered the place.

"So spacious." Pamela said. "I do like the wall design."

The walls were a green forest design to fit with the dark oak floors. The kitchen and cellar setup was the same from more modern in decor to which Taeko did like the setup for the living room were all shades of green.

"This is where you'll be mainly staying. I got business interests all over…and this place isn't my main residence, so it'll mostly be you." Taeko said as Pamela lit up.

For her, it was a paradise…a comfy home, a library of books, entertainment, a big greenhouse, and a nice isolated spot away from most people.

"Where do I sleep?" Pamela said.

"We'll share a room of course…" Taeko said. "It'll be temporary to help with your shyness and for me to check over the place. It's new. But I think we'll make progress if you are willing to do what it takes."

"I'm ready to try…" Pamela said as they sat on the couch.

"We can start with some shock therapy…" Taeko said, taking her hand with his gently.

"This isn't so shocking…"

"That's not the shock…" Taeko said before moving her hand to his crotch. "This is."

The look on her face was priceless.

"What are you-"

"Exactly what you need…" Taeko said smoothly.

"I've never…touched.."

"Well the first step to warming up to it…is some careful massage." Taeko said.

"It feels really big." Pamela thought.

"You can stop if you want to…but it seems you're moving your hand without me." Taeko said sly as Pamela's hand was moving around.

He had let her go but her hand was still there. Taeko found it cute to see her blush as she retracted her.

"Taking care of this will be part of your duties as well. I know you don't have experience, but I'll be training you in that." Taeko remarked. "Understood?"

"Yes, Mr. Maelstrom." Pamela said.

"Now let me get you some clothes to change into…it's way too humid for you to wear all that." Taeko said going to his bedroom.

Never was he happier for the Beach Bum Update giving free clothes that respawned like the FusionFall clothes. He came down with the rope belt Daisy Dukes and green flip-flops.

"Here you go." Taeko said, giving it to her. "I also have this."

He revealed a white floral themed bikini for her.

"Given how hot it'll be and you'll be mostly alone." Taeko said. "I know you haven't worn anything more than a one piece but now's the time to change that. But I do think to talk about the benefits that you say that you'll bring to the table."

"Right…I never mentioned this, but I have special abilities over plants. A real green thumb that goes with my botany skills…"

As she went on, the Game gave him the gist of the boons: that she could grow trees in a day that were growing outside of the greenhouse, flowers outside of the greenhouse would only need a day to grow, time needed for things growing in the greenhouse would be cut in half, and he could purchase items from her. Aside from the third, both boons were limited to this farm only. There was also an added restriction of not allowing the use of fertilizer because Pamela had it handled. Taeko did not care, he saw it as a benefit.

"And you've proven that you're more than qualified for the job. Go ahead and change…" Taeko said going off to explore the house.

The cellar had items that clearly belonged to Pamela, lab equipment and such. The design and feel for the 'farmhouse' was different compared to the other two. He found that upstairs had a library and an entertainment center. He found that on the first floor, he had a home office, a way to the warp room, and a hot spring indoors.

Taeko was planning. Given his perks, the halving of time would be icing on the cake of what he could produce. For one, getting a few peach and orange trees here was a must, flowers as well to put near several bee houses, and plenty of seeds to grow stuff. The Game had asked if he'd like to read the 'backstory' for Pamela Demeter.

A passive shy elven child, Demeter's only friends were the plants she tended in her family greenhouse. In high school, she blossomed into an attractive young woman (but few noticed) but her insecurity and withdrawal only really made her the target of bullying from other , one day when she was working alone in her greenhouse, those bullies attacked her. During the struggle, several heat lamps fell, starting a fire and destroying the greenhouse. As Pamela escaped, fearful for her life and having nothing left…she fled Yelenhelm being a vagabond in the deep woods of North Cindersap until things changed.

"So basically Ingrid if she wasn't chubby…and a pervert." Taeko said under his breath. "For once Yelenhelm works in my favor."

"Did you say Yelenhelm?" Pamela asked, interrupting his thoughts.

"Yes, I happen to know of the place. Visited actually…and my actions led to…" Taeko said, showing the noble ring.

Pamela's jaw dropped as she immediately bowed.

"So you saw through my disguise…" Pamela said as her ears turned elven.

"For the most part…" Taeko said.

"I must confess…because of my abilities, my skin truly is a shade of green-"

"Not a problem." Taeko interrupted.

"It's not…" Pamela said.

"Not really. I don't really care too much…about the skin color. Not really a big deal at all…" Taeko said. "Ok, whether it's your pale skin or your light green skin, doesn't matter to me."

Pamela was touched as Taeko left the house to explore more of his property. He found the path to the east leading to a lake with a nearby helipad. The south led to crossroads with signs pointing in different directions. Interacting it would trigger a menu of dungeons to explore including a path to an alternate entrance to the crossing to access the dungeons which Taeko would need if it wanted to invite friends. Given Pamela, he'd keep the forest farm nice and isolated. He bid Pamela goodbye for now as he'd leave by the helipad using his [Maverick] to fast travel to the Kurokusa Airfield. Ingrid was out again…apparently out shopping.

"I just realized I never established pay for Pame-fuck it, considering I can buy shit from her and she's got room and board…don't think I need to worry." Taeko said getting in his [ZR-350] before driving further into Red County.

He headed straight for his apartment building in Montgomery. Parking, he got to see Amanda outside, smoking a blunt. She put it out when he saw him.

"Taeko Maelstrom. I've been hearing of the family drama going with the Belmonts…what's this about a dhampir?" She asked as he explained it to her. "Well shit, ain't that ironic."

"It is, but I'm just here to check on the building. See if it needs upgrades and/or repairs." Taeko mused as they walked into the building. "More of Stardew Valley has opened up after a recent earthquake cleared the way. I checked out North Cindersap."

"Then we have to go monster hunting together sometime." Amanda said as they got in the landlord's office.

"Shit…I never did get around to supplying you with cash." Taeko said, taking a seat at the desk.

"Don't fret. I got work via your assistant who reached out. But now that the way around the valley is clear, you might be able to travel to see more of Stardew Valley. Grampelton's nothing too important, but what is of value to you is the castle village of Crossroad Castle. A lot of history there, it used to be the base for the Adventurer's Guild until they split up across Ferngill. The one still in the valley ran by those two old guys, they used to be of the real Elite before retiring. Your guild masters were something special back in the day." Amanda said as Taeko was on the computer.

"So about the other bases, where are they?" Taeko asked.

"There's a guild based in the Great Chaparral. They cover the other half of Los Zuzu and Los Zuzu County. Another is on the highway in Flint County…their turf is basically all of Flint County and Whetstone. One in Forjado Fierro, one somewhere in Bone County, and one in Sao Paradiso." Amanda explained.

"Ok, laundry room, a few more vending machines, and a bit of a small shared lounge in the lobby. Only raising the rent 100G. But honestly, Amanda…you could just move to Yelenhelm, they got Kokiri there that basically has your condition." Taeko said before putting money down on upgrades.

"And have you fucked them?" She asked crassly.

"Got a bj from one." Taeko said nonchalantly. "Well I'm done here."

"I'll pass. Men are in short supply…and there are the intersex women there." Amanda said as Taeko asked for context. "They're a tiny, tiny minority of women who got both. I think there's only about less than 100. They're dying out…before they're pretty much sterile. They're also on the bottom rung of society…ironic really…you'd think they were in high demand."

"Well good to know…" Taeko said getting up. "Well I'm done here. Amanda, if you need anything…"

"Yeah, I know. Don't treat me like a-damn it, I'm doing it again. I wish I could stop looking like this…I want to look like an adult…or at least a late teenager. I just want to not look like a child." Amanda said with a pained sigh.

"Your curse can be broken, right?" Taeko asked.

"In theory, if I can get my hands on something personal beginning with that witch and burn it with the broken trinket…I could use it to undo this state. But getting to her isn't something easy…we never met her at her home so…I have no idea where she lives." Amanda said. "But hey thanks for caring."

She left as Taeko left the building soon after. Taeko hadn't a clue where to look and he had other things on his mind. He would go back to Kurokusa before [Fast Traveling] back to Angel Pine. It was good to be back for a bit as he went to his trailer to check in the 'home office' to work on customizing the park. He noticed there was only one upgrade available for a quarter million which he purchased.

[The 'Angel Pine Trailer Park' has been upgraded with a second regular trailer park nearby for families. Your daily profit has tripled to 2,100 per day and a 300 gold bonus for every new tenant. You will gain new tenants in time. And there are new 'free use' features for the main park. (Don't worry, a medical kiosk is going to be in the park. ~ Kyu)]

Well that explained the price tag…with the secondary park a bit within woods near town. As for the 'free use' explanation, it was basically free rein to bang the tenants in exchange for reduced rent as 'givers'. He could also have 'receivers', those living there who pay a bit more in rent to use the 'givers'. As a bonus, every 'receiver' made that 300 gold bonus into a 1000 gold bonus. Of course, it had relaxed rules on public acts of indecency. He went outside to see the fence was much taller, being a high privacy fence with a barrier over the place to shield them from the rain. The trailers even looked fancier as the dirt paths were [Crystal Flooring].

"Well, totally worth a quarter million." Taeko said, tossing off the jacket and hoodie.

The two articles of clothing landing on his porch swing. He wanted to see Rosemary, but he noticed he had to go to the front to deal with interviewing new tenants. He went to the front noticing a new kiosk to which he went in. He got in there and rang the bell to signal the landlord was in. The first people in were a young couple…who were asking about the reduced rent.

"Yeah…no." Taeko said, writing down an address. "I own an apartment building in Montgomery, Red County. 500 Gold rent. Trust me, you'd like it better there and more job ops."

The couple looked at him, bewildered at first.

"Trust me, that reduced rent program is more for single women." Taeko remarked.

The couple decided not to question it and left with the paper which netted Taeko some good karma points and a hundred for new tenants. Next came Brandy with another girl with a similar build only with long dirty blonde hair, blue eyes, and blue lipstick. She also had braces, tattoos, and piercings.

"This is the por-"

Brandy smacked the new girl at the back of the head for that.

"This is the man operating the park…and considering you need a place to stay…be nice." Brandy said before turning to Taeko. "Hey there, stud~. My cousin, Autumn, just got out of jail and she needs a place."

"What for?" Taeko asked.

"She slapped a cop." Brandy said.

"He was groping me…"

"So touchy, says the Neo-"

"Look, coon. I am not a Neo-Nazi, I'm a white nationalist, a proud American."

"As if that makes a difference, everyone wants to claim their race is superior, but we all still bleed red. And race doesn't mean a damn thing when money's involved." Taeko said. "And what have your bout for your 'superiority' got you?"

"Whatever. Just where's the paperwork…"

Taeko gave it to her and she raised an eyebrow.

"Free use?" Autumn said, scowling at it. "Ugh, I'd rather whore myself out."

"One problem with that. The white nationalist tattoos and being a general bigot isn't exactly going to appeal to men. You could try to appeal to white men only, but that's limiting the market. You want money, and you're an American like me. That means we believe in capitalism. Like I said, race means nothing when money is always green." Taeko said. "Am I wrong?"

Autumn stammered but admitted that he was not wrong.

"So look, if you want the free use option for reduced rent. Fine, but you're not going to be able to pimp that butt out like that." Taeko said as she signed the paper and checked the free use option. "Oh…"

"It's just until I make enough…" Autumn said.

"Brandy, go help her get rid of some of those tats." Taeko said as Brandy left with Autumn. "NEXT!"

What surprised him was to see Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie come in, of course in modern clothes.

"We're here for free use…it's perfect for us." Nora said.

"Ok, tell me about yourselves." Taeko asked.

"I'm Nora Odinson and this is my boyfriend, Ren Fua. We're college students…and we're in an open relationship. We're in love, but we got kinks the other can't exactly provide. And I can see you fill in the box for several of them. You into this do, Mr. Landlord." Nora said with a purr.

Taeko just gave them the forms.

"Aside from you, there's two others on free use as givers." Taeko said as he put Brandy on the list for givers. "There's markers for you to tell. Welcome to the park."

"You busy right now, Mr. Landlord?" Nora said leaning in. "I could use a warm welcome to the park."

As tempting as it was, he had two more clients to see so he had to decline.

"Nora, we have to unpack." Ren said, dragging Nora off.

The next client was a woman, who looked like a doppelganger to Nora in physical build. Her short hair was onyx black with dark green fringe with dark green eyes. She had several piercings on her ears and a right eyebrow piercing. She wore a mesh top over a black sports bra underneath, a pair of dark jean shorts, long strappy boots, black painted nails, and moss green lipstick. In demeanor and tone, she was the opposite.

"How can I help?" Taeko asked.

"Heard this place got 'free use' for reduced rent. I'm not going to have a problem recording some of it for my Onlyfans, right?." She said as she was given the form.

"As long as they consent to recording…and I'm inclined to remark that you probably shouldn't do that in the yard." Taeko said, eyeing her up.

"So you're on this…because you'll do, but I want to know if you're the only option."

"No, we have another guy living here. Funny enough, he came with a girl who looks just like you…if you wore bright colors and smiled more." Taeko said as he took the form. "I'm serious, Hela."

"Damn…well this might not be so bad." Hela said before leaving with her things.

He called in the last applicant to see it was an Indian elf. She was rather short at just five feet two. She had her dark brown hair in a bob, square-rimmed glasses, an oversized orange sweater, a black skirt, orange socks, and black boots.

"She looks like an Indian Velma…but she's got that resting bitch face." Taeko thought.

She introduced herself as Katelyn Dard, a noble of Yelenhelm trying to use the title to get her into a free trailer at the park. Taeko used [Observe] and promptly began to laugh, netting him a glare at her.

"Do you know who I am?" She snarled.

Taeko got out his phone and made a call, putting on speakerphone.

"Taeko, good afternoon."

"Hello, your highness." Taeko said as Katelyn went pale. "How's the queen doing?"

"Just fine, and please…call me Lorelaan. You've earned that right when all that you've done for Yelenhelm so far. Speaking of, I wanted to ask for some wine for a dinner that me and my paramour are planning." Lorelaan mused.

"Send the request to my assistant. She'll pass it on to me and I'll get on it." Taeko mused. "How soon do you need it?"

"Before Friday. It's a group dinner of the nobles, I'll need you to attend, of course." Lorelaan said.

The look on Katelyn's face was priceless.

"Of course, being the Marquess of Shadow, I shall attend. By the way, I want to ask what's the punishment for someone trying to pass themselves off as a noble." Taeko said.

"Jail time, fines, and depending on the level of fraud…execution. Especially more likely if they were caught doing it outside of Yelenhelm. That's low level treason." Lorelaan said. "Why do you ask?"

"Just wanting to familiarize myself with some details. Lorelaan, you have a good day. Tell your lover I said hello." Taeko said before hanging up.

"I…"

"You haven't been in Yelenhelm for a long while, haven't you?" Taeko asked, showing the noble's ring on his finger. "So if you don't want to be dragged to Yelenhelm, you'll sign the paper and I'll give you asylum here covering your rent. You'll be put to 'free use' here as a giver. Understood?"

"Yes, sir." Katelyn squeaked signing the papers.

"And you can start undressing. Seeing as far as I'm paying your rent, I make the house rules for you…I forbid you from wearing any clothes while within the trailer park. You can put them on when you go out into town, but that's it."

She blushed, but she complied, taking them off. He expected her to be pudgy, but she was rather lean with a pair of D-cups topped with dark brown nipples. She was also clean shaven between her legs as well. If he wasn't busy, he'd take her now.

"Welcome to Angel Pine." Taeko said, slapping her rear.

With that and bonus money collected, Taeko left Angel Pine to return home using the beach [Warp Totem], not before taking his hoodie and jacket with him. He had work to do and he really wanted to do it right now. He did deliver his [Pink Cake] to Jas for her birthday when he saw his calendar before racing to Pierre's.

"Pierre. I got a big order for you." Taeko said as Pierre grinned. "I need ten both orange and peach saplings, fifty [Wheat Seeds], a [Yam Seed], an [Eggplant Seeds], a dozen [Poppy Seeds]...and you still have that recipe to make a [Tub o' Flowers]..."

Pierre nodded.

"I'll take that too. And the seeds needed to make it. Also 20 [Melon Seeds]." Taeko said as Pierre was happily giving it all to him.

Of course, Taeko knew Pierre's at this point was the only place he didn't get a discount at…but he didn't mind as the alternative was Joja. He went home to chop a few trees to get [Wood] to which he crafted the [Tub o' Flowers] which he intended to give to Pamela as a gift. He also crafted twelve [Bee Houses] for materials he'd normally need for three without his perks while taking down his six [Bee Houses] he had on the farm. Simply put, with Pamela…it'd be easy to shift honey production to split between both his beach and forest farm.

"Ok, I've gathered the supplies…but I need a load off. Abigail's working, Maru's working, and Penny's…" Takeo said, checking his phone. "Out to sea, fishing. There's a text."

He realized he still hadn't checked his mail or his text messages. He did look at Penny's text.

'Taeko, thank you for last night. You left me a bit sore…so I need some time away. Here's a reminder of good you wrecked me.'

He took a look at it and found himself laughing. Penny was in a loose white bathrobe sitting on several ice packs but she's holding a paper saying 'Worth it' while smirking. He decided to look into Maru's message which informed her that her robot sent images of the stars before leaving the galaxy. Absentmindled, he took several seeds from storage to grow at the forest farm when Kyu called.

"Yo, Kyu." Taeko said getting to his garage to get on his [Shotaro].

"Taeko, how's my second favorite menace?" Kyu said as Taeko rode off.

"Dealing with some business, what's up? I know you're not one for a casual call." Taeko said.

"I'm not. But I wanted to let you know while it's unlikely I can get you any of the popular RWBY characters…but I can get you Cinder." Kyu mused. "And before you ask…yeah she's popular. But someone in the multiverse had the genius idea to make Cinder clones."

"So am I paying for her or…"

"Actually, I owe you a reward for an achievement you made that doesn't have a reward originally. [Singular Talent]. Tell you what, I'll have Cinder over to you on Level 3 and I'll give you a pair of special items for you to use for your captures. You'll find out what they are when you get there." Kyu said before hanging up.

Taeko arrived at the Oasis to go straight to the counter.

"Taeko, I…"

"Crap, I forgot I still have [Starfruit Seeds]." Taeko remarked.

"I got a special today. A box of [Deluxe Speed-Gro] for 80 gold and an [Old World-"

"I'll take it." Taeko said before paying and leaving with the items.

He finally got on his bike and raced off for North Cindersap arriving at Shara Farm before it hit eleven in the morning. He parked the bike in the garage and got to work. He planted the summer saplings to make a 'grove' of [Orange Trees] on one side and [Peach Trees] on the other side.

"Oh, you're back…" Pamela said coming outside. "The rain's stopped."

Taeko's jacket was back inside the garage and his hoodie was tied around his waist.

"I went to get supplies." Taeko remarked.

"Oh well, I went and did my own thing making my homemade tappers on some of the trees at least five of the liquid producing ones, I marked them so you wouldn't cut them down by mistake…so now we have a good source of [Pine Tar], [Maple Syrup], and [Oak Resin]. With the rate they're gushing, I can net up at least sixty bottles of each at least every six hours." Pamela said. "I had just stored them a while ago."

"Excellent. Here…" Taeko said, giving her the [Tub o' Flowers]. "For your room."

"This is beautiful…and smells so potent." Pamela said with a light blush. "Thank you…I'll go put it in my room."

He got to putting down the [Bee Houses] realizing he could just plant two [Poppies] and surround it with nine [Bee Houses] which left a gap to get to the flowers. He was on one side near the oranges and the other near the peaches. He planted the remaining eight in a patch near the house. Now, it was time for the greenhouse. He planted fifty of the [Wheat Seeds] realizing he should save the seventeen remaining for the beach farm. He planted all the [Starfruit Seeds] and [Melon Seeds] he had on him, making a mental note to get some [Ancient Fruit Seeds] over here to be planted. He lastly planted the seeds for the yam and eggplant before leaving the greenhouse. He went into the house, putting down that new rug in the living room.

"Well I handled planting the stuff." Taeko said as Pamela came out. "I'm interested in the stuff you said you could sell."

Pamela showed him down to the cellar to her equipment.

"For now, I got [Life Elixirs], basic throwable bottles of poison, and I do have this…a one-time immunity booster. It'll add to your natural immunity and vitality." Pamela said. "This is rather difficult to make…which is why it's so expensive and I'm asking for 200,000."

The Game showed it'd grant a permanent +3 [Immunity], increase his HP by 25%, and his energy by 25%. He gave her the money with no question as Pamela injected him with it.

"Just to note, I do have some items that went mixed with the right stuff, I can make bottles of enhancers. I just wanted to know if it's ok for me to have some of the sugar in the fridge." Pamela mused. "I can make speed boosters and throwable bottles to cause slowness."

"Ok then, take what you need to make some. Anything else?" Taeko said.

"Well, if you can get me [Hot Peppers], I can make something to boost your resistance to fire temporarily." Pamela said. "I can also make aphrodisiacs and pheromone stuff with peppers and [Strawberries]."

"All the stuff I got in the fridge. But I'll get some seeds to grow [Strawberries] in the greenhouse for you to use for making these tonics…"

"Tonics is right. I'm not a magic user making potions" Pamela said. "I'm a woman of botany. Though I doubt you'll need the pheromone stuff."

"I'll give it to you…I'm heading out for lunch." Taeko said before leaving.

He placed an order over the phone for Chinese food with Katie happy to hear from him. After lunch, he'd work on the captures.

[GAME PAUSED? WOULD YOU LIKE TO QUICK SAVE?]

[Yes *] [No]

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[GAME QUICKSAVED! Hurry back.]

(A/N: Lengthy with a lot of setup for later. I'll say this, corrupting Rosemary is going to be a lot easier. I did neg my rule on RWBY characters only because I realized that Nora and Ren would fit perfectly for it. Yes, I do plan to have Blake and Weiss appear as elves in Yelenhelm. As for Yang, Jaune, and Pyrrha…Yang can't appear as I set up Ruby as an only child unless I set Yang has an alternate universe capture given I didn't have Raven show up in-story. Pyrrha, I need more time to think about it. Jaune's less likely as I don't really need him at all.)