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Fall 16, Year 1

Lewis owed him BIG TIME.

Marlon wouldn't even be redirecting Beep if Lewis hadn't put the letter about the Stardew Valley Fair and the Grange display in the peryton's mailbox. The last thing this town needed was a tourist seeing a monster wandering around freely. It would open up too many questions and while the local Adventurer Guild was keeping an eye on the strange creature, if word got out to other Guilds, it could result in chaos. Maybe even Marlon's removal as head of the Stardew branch of the Guild. And most certainly the capture and/or death of this curious peryton.

Thankfully, Beep seemed to enjoy being helpful. So long as Marlon put out the display for him, Beep was content to go to the deepest part of Cindersap Forest to collect made up ingredients for a made up potion that at most wouldn't work. (At worst; poison the imbiber.) A task that would take several hours at least; Andy was bragging about clearing out most of the forage yesterday, so pickings would be slim.

Still, Marlon made sure to hold up his end of the bargain. Lewis had left an open Grange display (Why???), so Marlon set up the forage, flowers, and animal products for the reclusive proprietor of Avalon Farm. Marlon had no intention of finding out what would happen if Beep lost trust in him or Magnus. They were key in keeping this whole facade up. If the strange peryton were to flee or be captured, they'd never find out why he was so far and so different from others of his kind.

This train of thought distracted Marlon so severely, he almost missed that Avalon Farm won the Grange display, much to Pierre's chagrin. The shopkeeper couldn't outwardly say it in a crowded festival, but he knew he had just lost to what he considers "just a weird animal". With the displays judged, and prize collected, Marlon collected everything once more. He traded in the points for something he assumed a four-hoofed farmer would want, then went off in search of Beep.

A quick lie of finding the rest of the ingredients on his walk, and one iridium bar lighter (ouch), Beep was happily trotting back to Avalon Farm. None the wiser. Was it naivety? A mask of innocence to lower their guard? Marlon was starting to drift into paranoia. He shook it off and reminded himself Beep had done nothing to rise suspicion other than being a bit too smart for a peryton. Just as Krobus was different from other Shadow People, perhaps this was a similar situation? Only time would tell.

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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)