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Spring 24, Year 2

A lot of the townsfolk were going through Cindersap Forest. Beep was on the other side of the river, foraging for Spring Onions when he noticed. When he followed them, he saw an elaborate set up for some kind of festival, one that required a lot of flowers! Unfortunately, Shane spotted Beep very quickly, so the deer didn't get much chance to look around and see what was going on. Since he was closest, Shane wrapped an arm loosely around Beep's neck, then used his hoodie sleeve like a makeshift lead rope. A trick he learned from living on Marnie's ranch when one of the cows escaped. While it wasn't necessary, since Beep readily followed Shane away from the festivities, Shane was still a bit wary.

This was some weird kind of deer. One that raised farm animals itself, and could maintain a whole farm. It had bolted when Marnie swung a broom, fled when Demetrius threw a rock at it, but Shane had personally seen it go after a rabbit on a walk to work. Even now, he barely needed to use pressure to keep Beep following him, since the deer seemed to understand Shane was leading it away. Seeming to notice Shane looking at it, the deer met Shane's eyes.

There was intelligence in those rectangular pupils.

Shane let go of his hoodie sleeve and put it back on, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. There was something unnerving about standing so close to Beep, something building in his legs and causing his heart to pound. Even the weird bleat Beep gave before walking off didn't quite sound right for a deer. What kind of deer had wings and sharp teeth? Even as Beep walked away, he could see the fangs as Beep took a spring onion from it's saddlebag, as easily as he'd take his keys from his pocket. A chill ran down Shane's back as he hurried back to the Flower Dance.

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Originally, I had Shane pick up and carry Beep away like a calf, until I learned red deer stags are on average 400-ish lb (200kg). Even taking hollow bones into consideration, that's still too heavy, and too large a body (4ft/1.2m at the withers), to carry like that. Also I forget who was supposed to give Beep the flower necklace, so someone did at some point before Shane kicked him out.

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Things different from canon; (AU???)
Gramps never had an heir, or they never show/ed up.
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. Please no spoilers if you play SVE.