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Harvest Moon: Tree of Tranquility

Of Ark and Amity

Angela Hale here. I'm the new farmer at Waffle Island, in case you didn't know that about me, and I've been at it for over a year now. The place has it's perks for me: decent company, good food, and an overall peaceful atmosphere. This whole time I'm usually either working my butt off with the crops and animals, enjoying a tea or cocktail with my pals at the Sundae Inn, or fishing it out at Caramel Falls. And let me tell you about the fishing: it's total hit or miss from day to day. Either I'm catching more Hucheps than I thought possible, or I'm really lucky if I could catch just one lousy Rainbow Trout. With those bad days, not even a fresh dip in the hot spring can fix my frustrations, but luckily my dedication to the farm has made fishing less and less of a necessity for earnings.

It's not like these have been my only choices for money. Sure, there's foraging, but I was also glad to find out the stores were generous enough to let me work part time. Heck, this was how I made fast friends with the tailor family that moved in awhile ago. Granny Shelly welcomed me with open arms, of course, being the sweet old lady she was. Little Luna wasn't at all pleased with the smell of sheep poop I'd bring in every day, despite my best efforts at showering, but we were hitting it off as soon as she spontaneously loosened up on me. And Candace? How could you not like her? She's absolutely adorable! Only a complete and total prick would lay down the law on this unsuspecting gal… or a complete moron who could use more common sense, as I soon found out.

But of course, as I said, I've already been around here for over a year now, so some of this stuff isn't exactly recent. If you want the real update, let's just say some of the islanders have started pairing up to board Cupid's Ark of Love. First up was Renee and Toby, the latter being my best guy buddy. This must have been an anticipated marriage from the start, because the crowd went WILD at the ceremony. Next was Dr. Jin and Anissa, the medical duo. As fine a couple they make in retrospect, the conditions of the proposal that I had a first seat to had bothered me immensely, but their marriage so far looked like a strong and sincere one. Gill and Luna were next, and I was really cracking up with this one when they finally tied the knot. You thought Luna sounded rough? Gill was the grand overlord of pompousness, making every little calculated excuse possible for all the good deeds he pulls off. With their bad 'tudes put together, I wouldn't be surprised if fists were flying before the sparks did. I guess this is what the Japanese would call a regular pair of "tsunderes", whatever the heck that means.

So if you couldn't tell already, the options are starting to run thin for a single person. Man, this is starting to sound like the intro to a cheesy romance story. And I feel more like a girl on the sidelines more so than the heroine. I sure as hell hope I'm not the heroine, because…er… never mind. We'll reach that roadblock if I deem it necessary.

If there is any hint of this so-called "romance" in my life, to the islanders, it involves this prick of a chef named Chase, whom I personally like to think of as "Vanilla Douche", but I'll stick with his real name to avoid confusion. You see, some of the locals had the bright idea of bringing Chase and me together so many times, only for all hell to break loose. When I finally called them out on it, they told me they saw chemistry. All I see is a lame, greasy-haired snob who's quick with the verbal abuse. Sure, he has good moments, but he's unbelievably thick on why I hold this damn grudge against him. So many times I had the urge to shove one of his beloved oranges down his throat. Only one reason had kept me from doing this all this time. Only one. And even that is starting to wear thin on me…

Okay! It looks I've brought you up to speed, right? Good. Now we can move onto Present Day…