The Maelstrom of Stardew
Year 1 (Summer)
Chapter 3: Spring Cleaning (Part 3)
Sunday, the 29th of Spring, 2017
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If it was one thing he did enjoy was a free lunch, especially at the cost of former Amps…now Meta Jacks, alongside jacking a sweet [Sultan RS] from them that he got resprayed green with new plates. All and all, a good way to start the afternoon. Then he realized he drove into the spot where the 'special event' Kyu promised would start.
TING!
Taeko winced from the sharp pain in his head.
"What the hell?"
TING! HELP!
It was not as sharp, but Taeko pulled over before getting out of the car. He was at a loss for what he was seeing. A young girl was suddenly next to him staring right at him. Her skin was slightly tanned and she had medium length dark hair. Her eyes were black with a tint of green in them. She wore a pink bow in her hair, white stud earrings, a garish bright pink dress with a red collar, red socks, a red belt, and short boots.
"I need your help…" The girl said before Taeko's vision had blurred and changed. "You're the only one who can help me."
Not on the street, he was standing inside a house and he noticed two people…a man and a woman…Russian arms dealers from the looks of things.
"Is the System just bleeding characters from the DCAU?" He thought seeing the woman and men were dead ringers for Bombshell and Edgar Mandragora from Batman.
He took note of the symbol on their jackets on his phone. He realized they had to be in Mulholland somewhere when he saw the Jewish decor.
"Look, we got the girl as promised. Heidecker is more than happy to supply our special weapons to Joja Corporation for a price, Mr. Junior Exec." Bombshell said. "So who's the target? Taeko Maelstrom? Sounds like a real blowhard…"
Taeko moved closer to her.
"You don't understand…this man is not to be taken-"
"I don't give a shit about how you've failed to get him, Mr. Pyrce. We of Heidecker are the best that Mother Russia has to offer. We'll get rid of him easily. Now Jordan, where's the meeting point for our payment? Yes, I see. Calico Desert." Bombshell said, writing down the location. "Edgar is coming in a half hour to…"
Taeko took that location down before Edgar was looking at the girl. She tried to look stoic, but Taeko could see the worry in her eyes. The girl dropped her link, returning Taeko to reality. Taeko immediately got back in his car racing to his headquarters. Going into the room with the weapons pickup, he scooped up a dozen [Molotov Cocktails], some [Crystal Gem Apples], and a [Micro-SMG] before going to his closet to get some more weapons. He was looking for an outfit to change into…before seeing something. He had the [Gwen 10,000 Set] (given it was a level 5 version of it)...and he could now wear it.
"Meh. Another day." Taeko said, taking the [Fusion Wraith Mask] and leaving with it along with leather gloves.
First thing first was getting rid of Pyrce given Taeko was close. He dove into the car and raced off for the desert. Finding Pryce was easy enough, he sat on the hood of his fancy Joja blue Pegassi [Zentorno]. Taeko put on the mask and gloves before getting the [Micro-SMG] in hand. Taeko pulled up.
"About time you show-"
Taeko emptied half a magazine in his stomach before Jordan hit the sand.
"We had a deal!" Jordan said before coughing up blood.
"You did. I'm just fucking over your deal and showing you the consequences of working with communists." Taeko said before shooting him dead.
He immediately called up Dierdre.
"I need you to come to the Calico Desert. There's a green [Sultan RS] I need you to pick up and take back to the garage." Taeko said while wheeling the car near the Oasis. "It's near the Oasis. Keys are in it. Ok? Thanks."
"Boss, the profit from the sale should be arriving in your account now." Deirdre said before hanging up.
A little over 100k gold was added to his account as he checked Jordan's car before driving off with it, quickly driving to Mulholland up into the hills. If anything, energy sensing made finding the place easier. Keeping himself and the car out of sight, he checked out Jordan's possessions. For one it was clear that Jordan had no intention of paying Heidecker seeing the briefcase only had a mere 5k in gold. His phone clearly showed he was planning to use Blue Sector to strongarm Heidecker..
"This dumbass should have used the Red Sector." Taeko said to himself before destroying the phone with a flash of energy.
But not before backing everything up as evidence. He got out of the car before sensing out the property, sensing only three people. On the inside, Bombshell looked down at her charge.
"Irina, you could stand not to stare out of the window." Bombshell said as Irnia glared at her. "Glare at all you want…you're not getting out of this. Edgar, handle getting the money. I'll keep an eye on Irnia."
Edgar left for the car.
"Shit, I guess I'm doing this the loud way." Taeko muttered before taking aim.
The moment he started the car and got it out into the street, he fired his rocket launcher blowing the car and Edgar up. For good measure, he unleashed an energy blast into the burning wreckage to make sure he was dead. Bombshell came out looking panicked before getting a pair of [Gold Plated GDHC .50] pistols out.
"I don't know who you are, but you're not going to get away with this! You don't know who we are!" Bombshell screeched. "We have backup an-!"
"No she doesn't…it's just her." Irina spoke up.
"Irina, you stupi-"
BLAM! Bombshell fell to the ground…a bullet had torn through her was just glad she did not have powers like her counterpart. Taeko walked up before putting another right between the eyes before removing his mask.
"You came." Irina said, relieved.
Seeing the short girl in person made it click.
'Has Ace's body type with bits of Tamara Caulder. With a Russian accent.' Taeko thought before collecting the guns and finding house keys.
As Taeko was thinking, Irina removed her earrings which were actually trackers and destroyed them with a flash of fire. He doubted he could get the house now, but he took the keys anyway alongside whatever money she had.
"We need to get out of here. Cops are going to be on the way." Taeko said as Irina used her telekinesis.
She 'lifted' Bombshell's body before having it hurled into the wreckage. Then she closed the front door to the house before asking if he had anything that could channel electricity. When he handed Raikiri, she used her powers to fire what was basically a Skyward Strike bringing up lightning bolts that vaporized most of the wreckage, making it look like a freak lightning strike. Taeko took the sword back as the two bolted for the car.
"Hang on." Taeko said before speeding away.
He knew he had to get out of the city. Going back to Pelican Village was a no go given he'd be definitely cornered on limited places to hide. Red County was out as well…he got on the highway leading out to Zuzu County. Taeko contemplated on what to do. He needed to be off the road. It really came to getting a garage or a place out here, but first off…he checked the map to see gang turf…at least the major ones. He saw that Los Pantheros had parts of Route 68 under their control. Anomaly was really only major in the state wilderness. With that in mind, he made a purchase for a safe house in Grapeseed. Cost him all of the profits of selling that [Feltzer], but it was needed. As he was doing this, Irina was focusing on using her power to cover their tracks.
Velma called him to let them know that the police were prowling around in force after finding a Joja junior exec dead before asking if he knew anything about it.
"All I can say is the junior exec was meeting some Russian arms dealers. Heidecker. For some backdoor deal. This call is-"
"Secure? Yes. I might be able to funnel a rumor that Heidecker might have killed him."
"Do it, he was going to screw them over anyway and use the sectors to strongarm them. I'm sending you what I got." Taeko remarked before sending it over.
She looked it over.
"Perfect, I can work with this. Get this to Joja, they'll think Heidecker killed him in response. Make it look like Jordan arranged a car bomb. As for you, stay off the roads…and stay hidden until nightfall." Velma remarked.
"How far?" Taeko asked.
"I'd say the county would be fine, but in case you have his car or anything. The north side of the Zuzu State would be best. If you have his car, get it resprayed asap." Velma remarked, hanging up.
"Great, so buying that house was pointless. Oh well I still needed the place anyway."
~[MoS]~
He got the car resprayed and plates changed soon after before finally arriving at Angel Pine. Much to his relief, the update had added a second highway system that cut across the ocean making getting to Flint County and beyond easier.
"Thank you Overshot Highway." Taeko thought before noticing the mini-map. "Huh…I guess the update gives me the other save point in this town. Not that I'm complaining about a free trailer."
He pulled up at the house as they got out before Taeko let her in. With them in and the deadbolt on, the two could relax. Taeko looked around the safehouse, it being the same like the games. Only the difference being the small box TV was replaced with a small flatscreen TV. He sank into the couch as she took off her boots at the door.
"I tried several times to reach out for help even when they had me on dampeners, but somehow you responded." Irina remarked.
"I guess I was caught on your breadcrumbs." Taeko remarked as she plopped herself on his lap.
She promptly squished her bottom into his groin, beforing squirming around to find a good position on his lap.
"What are you doing?" Taeko asked.
"Rewarding you. Not like I have anything else to repay you with other than my body." Irina said. "Don't fret, I'm older than I appear. The dampeners they would put me stunted my growth…to 'keep me cute and harmless'. Once they flush out of my system, I should start growing…so I really just need to hide until then."
Taeko was given two options by the System: wait for her to grow or [Bang That 'Legal' Loli] which was the option in pink. He chose the second one as the world returned.
ZIIIP!
She pulled Taeko's zipper before searching inside his pants. When she finally touched it, she did not hesitate to get it out which smacked her face.
"It's…girthy." Irina said. "I'm surprised you got this hard this quickly."
She positioned herself which had the back and front of her dress now obscuring everything. She rubbed it up and down for a moment, before sitting back down. Her thighs grazed his shift initially, before she pressed tightly around it to move it up and down.
"Like that?" Irina asked, turning to face him to kiss him.
She was reading his mind, subtly to get the idea on how to do all this. She squeaked when he grabbed her behind to squeeze.
"Mind reading, Irina?" Taeko asked. "I didn't give you permission."
"How astute…" Irina said before yelping from the light slap on her behind. "Oh fine…"
She got off of him, unzipping her dress letting it fall off her body. Her body was a small one, almost looking like a doll. Her stomach was rather lean. Despite the dampeners stunting some of her growth, there was a bit of curve to her body. She had small white panties remaining which was ironically fitting. She wasn't wearing a bra as her modest chest caught his eyes before tugging on a nipple.
'Props where it's due, she's got to be a B-cup despite the stunting.' Taeko thought before letting go.
She was readying her lips to put his shaft only for her to grab her to lift her up.
"I think we can skip that." Taeko remarked.
"Eager, much?" Irina said before jumping out of his hold. "But…so am I."
The two moved to the bedroom leaving their clothes behind as Irina was tossed onto the bed.
"Oh, what are we going to do now, mister?" Ace asked playfully, turning onto her back. "Or do I call you daddy~"
Taeko rolled his eyes at that remark as he came closer, rubbing his shaft at her entrance. Irina bit her lip as she grew moist. Despite the dampeners, the libido was still there. She was pretty sure they designed it to make it worse. Taeko started to thrust inward hitting her hymen before he stabbed through her hymen, removing her proof of virginity. Blood seeped onto his tool, but Irina's focus was not on the pain which did not bother her. No, she felt a jolt, one that hit her pleasure center and her mind. It felt…good, relieved, and she wanted more. Her insides were gripping him tightly.
"More…" She moaned out with sweating starting to run down her body.
He went faster moving back and forth, sliding inside and out. Wet noises surrounded them. Taeko felt a wonderful pleasure building up inside him inwardly. Irina kept moaning as he slammed inside her, that jolt coming in full force. Irina went into a bout of a bit of sensory overload as her eyes rolled back. She did not notice it, but Taeko did as he kept going. Her body was changing, growing in size. Her short hair grew in length, the sparse hairs between her legs and under her arms exploded to a coarse bush, her breasts grew a size up, her hips widened, and her feet grew. She now looked more like a young lady and Taeko was motivated to keep going.
"Fucckkk…"
She was clamping down on him from all around. Her bigger, but still dainty hands digging into his back. He picked up his pace, pulling in and out very quickly. Irina gasped with the first few thrusts, but then she got used to it. Her eyes were closed, being transported to orgasm. He kept thrusting into her as she let out a moan.
"Oh yeah!..." She said spraying him as her first climax.
Taeko was not done yet as he grabbed her hair as his rutting got careless, humping her with reckless abandon. He could feel it coming, about to erupt. He pulled out spraying out sperm that went splat against the discarded dress of Irina's. Irina got on her feet as Taeko pointed to a mirror. She was shocked to see her body going from barely five feet to five foot five.
"I guess average height is better than being short…at least I look 17." Irina said as Taeko facepalmed.
"Whatever." Taeko thought before sighing.
"I'm going to need some new clothes." Irina said as he went to the closet.
He put the [Beta Blacklight] shirt, pants, and shoes on a table for her.
"Least I can do." Taeko remarked. "As for underwear, you'll have to buy some."
"Good because I'll actually need a bra." Irina said. "But I suppose you want an explanation about Heidecker…and my origins."
"One sec." Taeko said before going to take a quick shower.
With that done, he changed into fresh underclothes before getting on his equipped clothes bar the hat. He went to the fridge, finding it had the same inventory as his home fridge. He snatched out six cans of [Joja Cola] before putting them on the coffee table. The still naked Irina plopped down on the couch.
"You can start." Taeko said, closing the floor.
"To make the long story short, I am a metahuman experiment made what you Americans would call a Black Ops division. Heidecker, Russian's secret weapons developer. They operate out of Ukraine." Irina explained.
"That sounds like that is a war crime waiting to happen." Taeko bluntly said drinking a soda.
"It is one." Irina said before downing one herself. "Aside from plans to assassinate Ukraine's leaders for Russia to take over, they kidnap Ukrainian or even Russian orphans to experiment on. I was their first success story. They had their weapon…I got cheated out of my childhood and adolescence."
"Well they hunt for you?" He asked.
"No. Given the explosion, they'll think I perished especially with my tracker earring destroyed. And given my appearance now, they'll be hard pressed to find me…those dampeners take time to wear off and add the fact that that house that's now yours was paid in cash so they can't trace it to it. Bombshell was supposed to stay in a hotel, but she wanted something fancy. I do need some kind of ID, but I'd be more content to stay under the radar in the countryside." Irina remarked.
"You'll need a place to stay. Given that you'll need some kind of identification…how soon are you going to be 18?" Taeko asked.
"As soon as summer starts." Irina said as Taeko looked relieved before having an idea. "What?"
"Hold on." Taeko said before going outside to make a call. "Natasha, come on…pickup?"
"Hello?" Natasha asked.
"Hey Natasha, where are you? I could use your help." Taeko asked.
"It'd be a while…I'm in Whetst-"
"Perfect, I'm in Angel Pine. I need you to meet me at my place there…I'll send you the location." Taeko remarked.
He did not have to wait long to show up. Natasha looked a bit different given her red cheek marks were gone. She wore jogging clothes while carrying a heavy backpack. He noticed she now had a dog, a Siberian husky.
"So, what's up with the call? And you're pretty far from home." Natasha mused.
Taeko explained the situation to her.
"I'm not going to say no to a house out here in this town." Natasha admitted. "Even with all the money I inherited, I don't feel I really want a big place."
"Well you can have the house. I owe you that much considering what I'll be asking of you." Taeko remarked.
"Hey, it'll be fine. I could use a smart person around me…I'm still not used to living among humans. I actually was out camping and hoofing it in the woods. Having a house of my own would help, and don't worry about Irina…I'll help her out. But what about you?" Natasha asked.
"I have a trailer in Angel Pine. I can use it…and while I did lose out on cash. I snatched that house from those pricks who had her." Taeko said before handing Natasha the key. "I'll visit once in a while. I do have to get Irina's documents in order. I just need a surname for her."
"Molchalin." Irina said from the door.
"Quite the bush on her." Natasha said bluntly.
"Irina, this is Natasha. A friend of mine who will be your roommate and who will be looking after you." Taeko explained. "I am curious to know what you'll do once you're 18."
"Not sure, maybe travel a bit." Irina remarked.
"Ironically, you and Natasha are alike. She's got quite a story."
"Yeah, I can see that." Irina said as Taeko used SecuroServ to spawn two [Patriots].
"Here." Taeko said, giving Natasha keys to the cars. "There's a black car for you and her to travel about. The other one's for Irina when I get the paperwork for her done. I suggest taking her clothes shopping. She needs some."
Taeko went for his own car.
"Taeko, thank you." Irina remarked.
"You're welcome." Taeko said before closing the car door before driving off.
The System would alert Taeko to the increase of good karma for helping her alongside the reveal several rewards. His trailer would get redecorated which was nice. He got the [Mulholland Safehouse] which was great as the Game mentions a few prizes left behind there. New events in Angel Pine were something to get interested in. His weapons cache for the pick ups in the room got an update.
[Current Weapons Pickup Room: [Composite Endsville Slugger], [Pistol], [Molotov Cocktails] (a dozen), [Nightstick], [Pump Shotgun], [Micro SMG], [Assault Rifle], [Knife], [V-Charger Special], [Crystal Gem Apple] (a dozen), [Kablambazooka], [Protoplasm Cannon], [GDHC .50]*, [GAL 43]*, [Samurai Sword]*]
While he would not be able to buy Saint's Row weapons, he could buy ammo for them if he had them which worked out for him. He'd guessed he would have to seek them out.
He also got 40,000 Gold. He looked at the time seeing it was already nighttime. Pulling over at the gas station, he called Velma for a status update only to be told he was going to have to spend the night in Angel Pine.
"Damn." Taeko cursed before driving over to the trailer park.
He got a parking lot which also counted as a [Fast Travel] point. He hung up on Velma to call up Elly May to give her some instructions. Namely, packing up the wine for Chen to put in the selling bin, deliver the dozen [Potato Juice] to Pam, and put 20 [Cherries] in the kegs.
"I'll get on that, Taeko. Have a good night." Elly May said before hanging up.
Taeko put his phone away, locking his car before the world went gray as Kyu appeared.
"I thought you weren't supposed to do that." Taeko asked.
"Just nipping a bug. Enjoy your bonus story, you pervert?" Kyu teased.
"Yeah, yeah, but I wanted to make sure of something. I can't buy any of the Saint's Row weapons?" Taeko remarked.
"Nope, you have to get them as rewards for side activities. I just wanted to let you know some activities from Saint's Row 2 are going to be available to you on the map. Currently, you have FUZZ, Fight Club, Hitman, and Septic Avenger. Their locations are marked on your map, and you'll unlock a few other activities as you progress. Also, some new characters are going to be imported…from High Guardian Spice." Kyu said before snapping her fingers.
Taeko twitched.
"Why would you show me a shittier version of RWBY? Are they going to be canon fodder?" Taeko asked.
"Yes and no. You'll meet some of them, I just wanted to give you very little reason not to feel so bad for a corruption path I have for something you'll meet in the trailer park. Think of the path like Candace, only she's eighteen and far more innocent. Hope you don't mind her being physically stunted. You do need to cash in that karma you have piled onto some bad things. Why do you think you got your trailer?" Kyu said before vanishing.
The world returned. Taeko simply shrugged it off for now wondering who it was as he walked to the porch of his trailer. He had parked his ride behind it, finding he had a 'parking spot' to store one car. The trailer park did look kind of empty, but he was not complaining of a possible lack of neighbors. He found that next to his trailer was a spawn point for a [Sanchez]. He opened the door to be hit with a blast of cold air. He grinned. Air conditioning was something he was happy to have given the nights were already getting hotter. Heck the place even looked slightly bigger on the inside than out. The place used a lot of the 'Pimp' decor from Saint Row 2's cribs. He even had a big flatscreen plasma TV with surround sound. Posters were on the walls, there was an island style kitchen, and the bed was circular. Taeko changed to a simple white t-shirt and shorts. Taeko plopped down on the couch turning on the television only to get a short knock at the door.
Taeko did not want to get off the couch, but he knew whoever was there knew someone was home. He got up to answer the door to open to see a girl there. She was rather short and petite, barely hitting five feet tall with blue eyes and a peach skin tone. Her messy hair color stood out as a bright reddish pink tied into pigtails being small and poofy. She only wore a faded red sweat stained football jersey that was too big for her going down to her knees.
"You have AC? Can I please come in,mister? The AC over at my trailer's broken and my grandma kicked me out for a while. She's entertaining some guy or something." Rosemary said innocently. "I'm Rosemary."
He was given a choice on accepting or not, but chose to accept letting her in.
"Taeko. What do you mean entertaining?" Taeko asked as she shrugged.
"I don't know. She just tells me to mind my business." She said as he closed the door. "I'm just glad we have a new neighbor. It's really only us here as most of the others live in the woods. I'm just surprised you're here…we don't get black folk coming through here. Are you from the big city?"
Talking to her got him to realize she was not particularly bright among a few other details. No, she was not that at all. She was innocent and plucky but did not have any actual intelligence to go with it. Taeko had to admit to himself that Kyu was wrong to compare Rosemary to Candace. Especially with the description he got from [Observe], which basically called her brainless. If Kyu wanted her corrupted, he'd do it.
"Ugh, sorry I'm all sweaty." She said taking off her shirt to wipe her face.
Like Irina, despite the stunted physicality, she had a bust…her cups were definitely lower B side. Despite her petite body, she had a bit of body hair, a clump of reddish-pink curls between her legs and wisps of underarm hair. Takeo was inwardly in disbelief that she was just doing that in front of a stranger, but he took the shirt from her. The thing was rather faded to where no wash was going to save it.
"Ugh, this thing smells rancid. This needs to be tossed out and you need a bath. Bathroom's over there." Taeko said as she tottered off to the bathroom.
As she showered, Taeko had a thought while throwing out that jersey.
"I could just leave her naked, she'd buy the excuse of me not having extra clothes. Or I just give her a shirt out of the FusionFall stuff that respawns." Taeko thought. "Eh, I'll flip a coin."
Easy enough to get out a gold coin calling out heads for a shirt, tails for none. He flipped it and got tails. He simply leaned back and switched the television to the news. Ironically enough, stuff came out from Jordan Pyrce's illegal actions and Joja was making a statement condemning the dead exec's action. He could only snicker.
"Like you assholes give a shit." Taeko said under his breath. "Considering Heidecker's actions, I…"
Taeko's phone rang as he stepped out to answer after seeing it's Velma.
"What's up, V?" Taeko asked.
"Got something big. The IAA is interested in employing our services, namely because of Heidecker. Case in point, they need a competing arms dealer because Heidecker is trying to have ops in our neck of the woods." Velma explained.
"And their super soldiers?" Taeko asked before telling her about Irina.
"I didn't exactly tell them about her, if you're wondering. I did mention super soldiers, and they'll send word to Ukraine, leaving it for them to investigate. By the way, you're due for a reward from them for killing those two Heideckers. The agent will be meeting you at a cabin. It'll be marked on your map. Either see to this tonight or tomorrow morning. And I'll get to work on Miss Molchalin's papers tonight. You'll get them in the mail." Velma said before hanging up.
Out came the naked Rosemary, no longer sweaty.
"Sorry to say, I did just move in…so I don't have anything for you to wear." Taeko fibbed.
"That's fine. You did like me use your shower." Rosemary said before going outside. "The light's out…meaning grandma's done."
A guy came out of the trailer before leaving on a dirt bike.
"Tell you what…come over tomorrow. I'll be able to replace your sleeping shirt then." Taeko said as Rosemary nodded before going inside her trailer. "At least she's not like her canon self."
He got on the yellow [Sanchez] before riding off on it to go to the meeting spot that lay in a Xoomer gas station on the Forjado Fierro Highway according to the map. He came up to the glowing marquee.
[Cues BGM: GTA Chinatown Wars - Wade Heston's Theme]
An [FIB Buffalo] drove up at the station as out came a young man about his age. Clean cut, medium tanned skin, Hispanic, and sharply dressed.
"Taeko, right?" He asked as Taeko nodded. "Pleasure to meet, I'm Agent 87. Let's not pussyfoot around, I know who you are, I know what you're into. We've put up a property on Maze Bank Foreclosures, and you're just the kind of tenant we want taking it. You'll be starting an underground operation in more ways than one. Log on, click buy, and we're in business."
"I see, you need my organizations' help in arms dealing so you can stick it to those Russian bastards." Taeko remarked.
"And I'll aid you there, if you get started. I'll also get work for you…soon. The two Heidecker members you killed were high ranking agents in that group. They're already wanted in Eastern Europe for a few crimes." Agent 87 said before getting a duffel bag of his car, tossing it to Taeko. "They had a bounty, a big one. And there's some extra from us…thanks to you we were able to prove one of our citizens had a tie to Heidecker and prosecute them. We'll be in touch."
The agent left as soon as he came.
[BGM Ends]
He found five million inside that bag, but he only took four of it for himself. He rode back into Angel Pine going straight for the house. He found he could still go in and out of it as if he still owned it, but shrugged that off.
"Irina, here." Taeko said, tossing the duffel bag on the table. "When you do decide to leave and seek whatever you want to do in life, I want you to have this cash to help you get started. It's part of the reward money for killing those handlers of yours. Turns out, several people wanted them dead."
"Well, with this money, I really can pick anywhere in the state to go." Irina said as Natasha whistled in appreciation. "I do have a plan now that I do have the money. I was looking at the map and Bayside looks nice enough."
Taeko left before riding back to the trailer park. Another [Sanchez] spawned in the spot, but he simply ignored it before parking his bike. He went inside, texting Elly May to put the twenty bottles of [Cherry Wine] in the selling bin. Glad to be done, he went inside his trailer, kicking off his shoes before heading off to bed, being informed by the System that his [Brute] perk was no longer frozen.
[STATS]
Taeko Kiba Maelstrom
Occupation: Farmer/Oyabun
Age: 20 years
HP: 1300/1300
Energy: 1230/1230
Overall Level: Rancher
Farming Skill Level: 10
Mining Skill Level: 5
Foraging Skill Level: 10
Fishing Skill Level: 6
Combat Skill Level: 10
Gold: 12955147
A former employee of the corrupt Joja Corporation, Taeko Maelstrom is determined to screw it over while growing his business, Stardew Shadows. A monster hunter and yakuza leader determined to live life to the fullest. Among his favorite foods are pizza and pancakes. His favorite gifts tend to center around gaming, manga, and combat. His least favorite food is sea cucumber as he can only tolerate it in Lucky Lunches as he recently discovered.
[Taeko's Perks]
The Gamer's Mind – Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Allows a peaceful state of Mind. Immunity to Psychological Mass Effect and Hypnotism.
The Gamer's Body – Grants the user a body to live life like a video game, Immunity to Physical Damage, but not the pain. Sleeping in a bed fully restores HP/Energy, Sleeping in a tent restores HP/Energy by 75% of total amount, and sleeping on an improvised surface (a couch, the ground) restores HP/Energy by 50% of maximum amount.
Made of Iron – You can survive your HP going down to zero, and you only need four hours and ten minutes of sleep to function perfectly. (Downside, you have to bed before 2 A.M. or else you pass out.)
Fighter – All attacks deal 10% more damage. (+15 HP) (Augmented by Anasatsuken fighting style)
Brute – Damage is increased by 15%
Gatherer - Chance for double harvest of foraged items. (20% chance of double harvest)
Botanist - Foraged items are always highest quality. (All foragables found will be of iridium quality.)
Geologist - Chance for gems to appear in pairs. (50% chance per Node. Also applies to geodes spawned from breaking rocks.)
Fisher – Fish are worth 25% more.
Tiller – Crops worth 10% more.
Agriculturist - Crops grow 10% faster.
Matters of the Mind - Gamer's Mind has expanded your mind to where you can perform new feats. (Access to learning telekinetic abilities)
Friend to all Children - You are considered a friendly person to children. (This perk can make befriending kids, mothers, and fathers easier.)
Fruitful Multiplying - Leah lends you support! Forage finds are doubled when you forage, and the growth of fruit trees are halved (V-Card Boost Doubles the multiplier, so fruit crops only need 25% of the time to grow.).
Booze Boss - Pam lends you support! You have the ultimate tolerance. No Tipsy effect from drinking liquor. Any liquor you make is automatically silver quality. Double all sales of liquor.
Creative Craftsman - Maru lends you support! Crafting objects will now only require half the materials, and time needed to create or gather artisan products (kegs, cheese press, tappers, etc.) will be cut by 69%. (Lol!– Kyu) Tappers and Bee Houses now only need one day and will produce three a day.
Swordman's Soul - Abigail lends you support! It is now easier to learn and teach sword techniques via observation or getting lessons. Regular attacks using a sword will not take up energy, and energy sword attacks' cost is halved.
Dwarfish Dialogue – You can now speak and understand Dwarfish languages. For convenience, you'll automatically be able to swap in and out of doing so on a dime.
[Items Equipped]
(No change)
[Relationships]
Pam - 8/10 Hearts - 2,060 Friendship Points
Robin - 5/10 Hearts - 1,150 Friendship Points
[Status of the Farmland]
[Column 1]
Row 1) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 2) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 3) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 4) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 5) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 6) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 7) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 8) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 9) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 10) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 11) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 12) Coffee Bean (Quality Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 9/8) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
[Column 2]
Row 4) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 5) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 6) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 7) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 8) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 10) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 12) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
[Column 3]
Row 2) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 4) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 6) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 7) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 8) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 9) Ancient Fruit (Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 24/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
[Column 4]
Row 6) Ancient Fruit (Basic Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 48/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 7) Ancient Fruit (Basic Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 48/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 8) Ancient Fruit (Basic Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 48/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
Row 9) Ancient Fruit (Basic Fertilizer) (Days in the Soil: 48/6) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days after its Fully Grown)
[Column 5]
Row 1) Coffee Bean (Deluxe Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 12/3) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 2) Coffee Bean (Deluxe Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 12/3) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 3) Coffee Bean (Deluxe Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 12/3) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 4) Coffee Bean (Deluxe Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 12/3) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
Row 5) Coffee Bean (Deluxe Speed-Gro) (Days in the Soil: 12/3) (Will Produce More Every 2 Days)
[Column 6]
Row 4) Tea Sapling (Days in the Soil: 19/17, Will Produce Every Day After Fully Grown)
Row 5) Tea Sapling (Days in the Soil: 19/17, Will Produce Every Day After Fully Grown)
(Day 29 Total Profits: 20,094 Gold + (Gold Gained from Bus Profits: 500) = 20,594 Gold)
(Shadow Farm's Total Profits (This adds all the money made by the end of each day): 1,727,427 Gold)
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(A/N: Before I get into the content, I wanted to explain that I streamlined how the display for the farmland will work. Basically, if the slot isn't mentioned, it's empty. Also I've reworked the perks, that's why they are shown. I've also unfrozen the [Brute] perk, at this point, there's no reason to keep it on ice. I also rewrote the [Friend to All Children] perk given I don't like how I wrote it looking back and that technically Taeko's sliding on basically being the between of Playa from Saints Row and a GTA Online Protagonist. So not exactly a completely good role model. Moving on, there's the introduction to Rosemary, Irina, and the brief return of San. Yeah, brief. She'll be exiting the story alongside Irina. I realized Irina and San could make for a pretty good friendship seeing they have skills the other needs…and I think they'd leave Angel Pine together. So a bit of the next chapter is going to be their sendoff. As for Rosemary, the other Spice girls are in the story just scattered about. You'll see them soon enough. And to note, I've removed status of the pets, mainly because unless there's a drastic change, there's no need to put their stats up.)