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Part Two, In the PostCarden...
Seemingly, watching cress grow isn't very entertaining – so much so, we had to deal with Maxwell's attempted suicide this morning. Opening the curtains in the town of Window Ledge, we found Maxwell was nowhere to be seen – and after accusing the cat of walking off with him, we found him, on the floor below the window, looking up at us with a dazed look in his eyes. Oh Maxwell – it's not that bad - look, they might even be sprouting a bit!
Luckily, the thought of his hard work finally beginning to pay off seemed to cheer the little guy up a bit. So much so, he decided to pop to the shops for a bit of retail therapy, returning later with a top hat and blushing a bit when we asked him why he'd been gone for several hours. We think he's been playing Harvest Moon/Rune Factory while we haven't been looking, and might have found himself a lady friend – although he won't tell us who.
It's amazing what a top hat can do for your mood.
Meanwhile, on Rune Factory 3...
While it's quite sunny in real life, it was tipping it down with rain on Rune Factory 3 – not that I mind too much though, as it means I get out of watering crops, and it also makes it a damn sight easier to find people, seeing as they just stay in their houses till it stops. Having got out of my crop-watering duties, I just did a quick whiz round the field and picked three Pink Turnips, promptly shipping them off for some cash.Checking my post box, I found a request entitled 'Bring It On' from perpetually hungry Collette – heading over to her, she seemed more than a tad offended I'd assumed it was an eating contest. Instead, she decided we were to compete in a cooking battle, where we'd need to “use all our senses, skills and creativity” to tackle today's theme – which was 'Rice Ball'. Considering, up till that point, I'd never cooked anything on the game, I was a bit daunted – no less because I don't really know what goes into a rice ball in real life (bar rice obviously), let alone on a game.
Unfortunately, not all of Rune Factory's residents are sheep. It'd be more fun if they were.
First stop was the general store, where I bought anything and everything I thought I could feasibly need – three lots of Rice, three packets of Dumpling Powder, three bottles of Oil, three bags of Flour and a tin of Curry Powder (for creativeness!). Then I headed back to the Diner to see if Blaise sold a specific 'recipe bread' for Rice Balls – when eaten, recipe breads make you learn a specific recipe. Apparently, there's just general 'Cooking Bread' which teaches you stuff you can make in your kitchen – as I'd been hoarding six of them in my inventory, I promptly scoffed the lot, learning how to make Hot Milk, Butter, Squid Sashimi, Medium Yogurt, Pickled Turnip and (yes!!) Rice Ball.
Collette seemed rather insistant that I went first – and once I caved in and she tasted the delights of my culinary efforts, she decided there was no point testing hers because mine was "so good". Suspicious, much? As I left, she muttered something about “He'll never know I was just tricking him into cooking for me! Sorry Sarah, but a girl's gotta eat!”. Sneaky.
I did get two Strawberry seeds for my trouble though, and I now have a rather stocked up fridge, so it's not all bad. Talking to Collette again later on, she told me how “Shara gave me a flower. I know what you're thinking. And yes it was SO yummy”. She so crazy.
