Hearts and Flowers from Rune Factory Frontier

'Hearts and Flowers'

by ILuvHM

Dear Diary,
I feel I am bursting with excitement today. I cannot bear to keep this news to myself. It could be the beginning of the greatest adventure of my life.
Tonight, I won Iris' heart completely. She cannot resist my Tomato Juice, made from a special type of Tomato grown deep in the dungeons.

I prepare the Tomato Juice carefully in my blender and each time I make it, I can hear the cheering of a great crowd... so it has to be good! Iris drank 12 glasses of it in one sitting last night and now her Heart is filled with Love and Friendship for me. Yippee!

I don't think I ever ran down the steps from the Tower of Rest as quickly as I ran last night. I practically flew down the Beanstalk and ran home.

Tomorrow I am going to enter the Snow Ruins for the first time. I feel like a hero now. I am almost too excited to be afraid.
And now to bed...

Dear Diary,
I slid out of bed this morning and immediately ran to the Snow Ruins. Totally lost, I somehow stumbled upon the door that led to the Boss Chamber without passing out...
only to discover that the door would not open! I thought to myself: I have to find another way! Suddenly I realised: Oops! I forgot that I still need to speak to
Kanno!

I fought my way slowly back towards the entrance, only to pass out with Glaces all around me.

I awoke in the Clinic to the sound of Festival music. I ran outside and in my haste, bumped into Lute. I apologised and gave him chocolate in restitution.

Seeing Lara and Melody, I ran to them to ask about today's Festival. They were giddy with excitement and both acted a bit strangely. Could it be that they
actually were blushing?

They each gave me flowers. In fact, all the girls gave me flowers today. How nice! In the spirit of the Festival, I went over to Erik to say 'hi' instead of
avoiding him. I should have known though. All he did was brag about all the girls who gave HIM flowers today. (If he has so many girlfriends, why doesn't he have a
wife by now?)

I've looked through Erik's meagre book collection, hoping to steal one or two good recipes, but he doesn't even have 'Happiness 101' so there is no way that he won any girl's heart, let alone ALL of them as he would have every one believe. He was lying as usual, but why?

Erik still was talking about his imaginary girlfriends when I left him to speak to Kanno. The old man and I discussed places where Runes might gather. Kanno,
ordinarily a patient man, appears to have a sense of urgency about him now. I didn't want to upset the old man because of his 'chronic illness' so I told him not to worry, that I would take care of everything.

The day was drawing to a close, but I knew I had to speak to Stella before going to bed. Having spoken to Kanno, I was very excited by the thought of exploring the Snow Ruins again. Would the door open for me now?I finally found Stella with Kross. Those two have a weird relationship. Kross certainly lives in the past
most of the time and I sometimes have a feeling that Stella may do the same.

Stella began to counsel me about marriage. What?! Just because Iris loves me does not mean that I'm in love with her or even if I am, it doesn't mean that I'm ready to settle down now. (How did Stella know about Iris anyway?)

Then there is Euni. I have such strong feelings for her. I don't think I could be happy if I didn't see where THAT might lead. Truth is, I haven't ever gone on one date yet. I really wanted to get my house and farm in order first. I don't even have a proper bedroom yet, let alone a double bed. What was Stella thinking?

Well, you know how Stella is. In the end, she had her way and I left with the 'Happiness 101' Recipe Book tucked under my arm and my head stuffed with advice about all the girls of Trampoli.

Good night, dear diary... until tomorrow.

Note from Freyashawk: This is a nice piece of fan fiction by ILuvHM that gives information about a number of aspects of Courtship in Rune Factory Frontier, including the Recipe Book for the 'Wedding Bouquet' and its heart level requirement. It is written in the form of a 'diary' for Spring of the 2nd Year and introduces the Foliage Festival. Incidentally, you will look for Erik's Book Collection in vain!
He has as many books as girlfriends, sad to say.

Harvest Moon Prank Calls' by Mars Frog

The following piece was written by Mars Frog, a veteran Harvest Moon player and fan:

Harvest Moon Prank Calls
Today several random locations received a call from an anonymous caller who seemed to be confused with the number he was using... The following conversations were recorded:


***RING!***


"Hello, this is Sunny Island Animal Store."


"... What?"


"Hello?"


"Is Taylor there?"


"I'm sorry who?"


"Taylor! He sells seeds!"


"... We don't sell seeds here, sir."


"... But this is his number ..."


"Um, no sir ... you must've dialed wrong."


"No ... this is his number! Where is he!?"


"There's no one by the name of Taylor here sir."


"LIAR! That little brat owes me fifty-five bags of cabbage seeds!"


"..."


"... and an eggplant."


"Sir, where are you?"


"Waffle Island."


"...Well, that's halfway across the globe..."


"... What's your point?"


***Line gets cut***


***Re-dials***


"G'day! This is the Perch Inn! How can we help ya today?"


"... What happened to the lady?"


"Lady?"


"The lady of the animal store?"


"Um... I think you have a wrong number."


"This is the same number!"


"... Well son, this is the number for the Perch Inn ... so, not sure what to tell ya there."


"Nevermind, just give me Taylor."


"I'm sorry, who?"


"TAYLOR!"


"Taylor? ... I don't have any employees named Taylor here."


***background voice*** "You don't have any employees uncle..."


"Who was that?"


"Ah, that was just my niece being a smartpants."


"Look, I don't care what he's told you - just put him on!"


"Who?"


"TAYLOR!!!"


"There's no Taylor here!"


"LIAR! I HAVE HIS NUMBER RIGHT HERE!"


"Ok, I'm sorry sir ... but I don't think I can help you - have a good day."


"You son of a -"


***Line cuts out***


***re-dials***


"He -"


"#@$%^"


"Excuse me!?"


"..."


"Hello? Who is this!?"


"... Is Taylor there?"


"Taylor? This is Mayor Thomas of Flower Bud. Who are you?"


"..."


"Hello?"


"What's he paying you people..."


"Paying?"


"CUZ I'M REALLY GETTING TIRED OF THIS CRAP!"


"What?"


"YOU TELL THAT PUNK @$$ THAT HE'S DEAD WHEN I FIND HIM! DEAD!"


"I think you really need to calm down..."


***hangs up***




Further investigation into this incident revealed a young child by the name of Taylor redirecting phone calls to his shop to random individuals as a funny prank. Police discovered this after the boy called for 911 and was found being strangled by a young farmer. The attack lasted nearly half an hour until the farmer finally fell unconscious after 70 tranquilizers. No one was too seriously injured.


***This incident brought to you by the screwy phone system in ToT***