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Winter 18, Year 1

When Beep disappeared for two days, the Adventurer's Guild member keeping Robin company reported it to Marlon. When Marlon heard, and that this happened after townsfolk entered the peryton's den and replaced it's nest, he became increasingly worried. This was an abnormal creature amongst an already rare monster species. The sudden disappearance of an anomaly was concerning. Despite being informed the new nest had been slept in, he wasn't entirely sure that meant Beep had been the one to use it.

When he arrived, there was no indication Beep had noticed. Previous times, the peryton had met him near the farm house, or was clearly visible walking towards him. (He'd seen the peryton stalking prey before, and he was only able to due to decades as a monster hunter.) When he pushed open the farmhouse door and saw Beep sleeping in the nest, he backed out instantly for fear of disturbing him, but instinct had him on alert. The fire was out and Beep hadn't moved. Keeping an arm out just in case this went poorly, Marlon entered the beasts den, and gently kicked the side of the nest. No movement. He snapped his finger near the peryton's ear. It twitched on the third snap. Something was wrong. Beep only began to rouse when Marlon began to roll Beep from his side onto his belly, head trembling as he lifted it.

When next Beep opened his eyes, he was laying on a bed in a bright room. This had been beyond Marlon's ability, and Harvey had medical training. While Beep would be fine after some rest and rehydration, having a doctor look him over brought attention to something Beep had hoped would be overlooked with his antler glamour. When Marlon and Harvey came back to check on him, Harvey started using the wrong words to describe him. Each time, Beep's hackles raised just a bit higher, despite being exhausted. Of course since he had been asleep when he was brought here, he didn't have his antlers with him, which didn't help his feeling of wrongness.

It was when Harvey called him a 'doe', that Beep actually lunged (half-heartedly) and bared his teeth. Harvey backed away fully, but Marlon held his hand out towards the peryton. Beep sniffed his hand, then licked his lips much like a stressed wolf, settling back down. When Harvey referred to Beep incorrectly again and got a repeated reaction, Marlon had to explain that despite his lack of natural antlers (and other things), Beep was a buck. He was no threat to the townsfolk as far as the Adventurer Guild had determined.

So long as Marlon stayed, Harvey would treat Beep's dehydration and make sure he recovered quickly. Also having a wild animal that he learned was actually a monster (and sworn to secrecy for the town's peace of mind) in his office wasn't something he wanted to have long-term, so the sooner Beep left, the sooner Harvey could clean up all the deer fur.

While waiting for the saline drip to do it's thing, Beep laid on the clinic bed. Perhaps trying to cast a complicated spell on barely any sleep, and after forgetting to eat and drink for a couple days, wasn't the best idea. He would've been fine on his own, but Marlon helping him (and standing up for him) helped speed things along. Beep would have to be more careful in the future before doing any big spells again.

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I rewrote this thing like five fucking fucking times. I'm leaving it like this even if I'm not 100% satisfied with it. Gist of it is this was the day Harvey did the farmer's first check-up, so how and what would he discover if he examined Beep? Harvey discovered; Beep isn't a normal deer, and also he's transgendeer. I wasn't sure how that would be communicated clearly, so I'm bullshitting Marlon as an ally. Is that actually in character or realistic? Fuck if I know. I'm moving onto the next piece after struggling with the story bit for several fucking hours.

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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)