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Summer 14, Year 1

Deep in Cindersap Forest, the Weird Ass Deer and the Junimo called Chicken were having fun playing a game of Hide and Seek.

North of Pelican Town, in the Mountain area, Mayor Lewis had just concluded his business at Robin's store, checking in on how business is going. Just as he was about to leave, Robin had a question; Has anyone noticed the deer acting stranger than usual?

- The townsfolk were uncertain when a deer unlike any other they had seen showed up at the abandoned farm, and even more unsure when it didn't act like a normal deer. Marlon and the Wizard both declared it to not be a threat, so the townsfolk tolerated it's presence while the local Adventuring Guild kept watch over it. Just in case.
- Lewis has chalked up the produce and materials in Avalon Farm's shipping bin to the local teens causing trouble. His marked coins left behind hadn't shown up at any of the vendors since he started leaving them behind in return for the wares.
- Pam caught it with a book, almost like it had been reading.
- Marnie told Lewis about the deer guiding poor Jas back after she got lost in Cindersap Forest, and how despite her chasing it off, it didn't start shying away from people like you'd expect an animal to after being scared off.

Now Robin tells Lewis the deer had just walked in like it was perfectly normal, wearing the saddlebag Emily had mentioned making for it. Robin was about to shoo it out when it spat a leaf out onto her counter. But it wasn't just a leaf, it was a leaf with a chicken feather and few pieces of hay wrapped up in it. While Robin was confused, it reached around into one of the bags with its mouth and dropped a bundled Jojamart bag full of coins onto the counter.

Since when do deer understand economics?

The deer spit was disgusting, but Robin noticed the coins were all marked like Lewis had told the shopkeepers to keep an eye out for. The money, while also covered in saliva and needing to be sanitised, was quite substantial, but most notably a round amount. The deer was looking between her, the items on the counter, and the money. A chicken feather and hay, a large amount of money, and an unspoken inquiry.

"A chicken coop?"

There was an old coop on Avalon farm that could be refurbished easily. It'd take less time than building a new one with Robin's expertise. Once Robin slid the items closer to her side of the counter, the deer simply turned around... and walked out. She added the door knob to the list of things to sanitise... As soon as the deer was gone, Robin had called Marnie to ask if she was missing any chickens, but they were all accounted for. Deer were normally herbivores (baring the odd bit of protein), but this was a Weird Ass Deer, and those teeth were primed for flesh. What could a deer want with a chicken coop? As much as Robin was unsure about taking a job from a wild animal, she did have time and resources to fulfil the order. It would be trivial, even, to fix up the old coop. And she didn't want to find out exactly how different this deer was or how much it knew about promises being kept... And what would happen if she didn't fulfil her side of the deal now that she'd taken it's money. (What did a deer even need money for? To purchase farm buildings, clearly.)

Lewis made note to talk to Marlon again. Maybe someone could keep an eye while Robin was at Avalon Farm. Depending on how this went, Lewis might ask Gunther to start researching some things in the library section of the museum. This interaction was most interesting indeed, and felt like a significant event.

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In which I lore about shit while also writing like shit. Idk. Trying to balance how people would realistically react to the Weird Ass Deer, while also keeping things somewhat close to the Log I made. Also I forgot to write WHEN I requested the chicken coop, so breaking more canon; there's one already on the farm (which isn't true, even for the Frontier Farm map) and it'll be 'built' when I have it notated in the Log. I do this for fun, any inconsistencies are attributed to I literally do not care about continuity. The fact the deer (my fursona) keeps changing size despite my best efforts to keep things consistent shows how unserious I'm being about this. I'm just having fun, and that's it.

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Things different from canon; (AU???)
Gramps never had an heir, or they never show/ed up.
Special new farm map; Frontier Farm!
Stardew Valley Expanded; new maps, new NPCs, new events, a LOT of new stuff.
The new “Farmer” is just a Weird Ass Deer. NPCs will respond/react accordingly.

This is my first time playing Stardew Valley Expanded, so I’m learning as I go. (Please no spoilers if you play SVE)