Harvest Moon Roleplay

Harvest Moon Roleplay

You need to escape your life and fast. Forget-Me-Not Valley, Mineral Town, Waffle Town, Happiness Island, and Kardia Village are all calling out for people, for new villagers. Advertisements in news papers, flyers on city buildings, you can't escape the call of that new life just waiting for you. You can start a new life, find love, begin a family - it's up to you what you do now.

[RULES]

1. Please don't kill off any character other than your own without permission.

2. No god-modding. This means you can't start out incredibly rich or have magical powers.

3. In Character posts only. You can PM other members of the roleplay or take it to the roleplay discussion if it's about the roleplay or take it to the general forum if it's not.

4. Please try and post a decent length or don't post at all.

5. Please wait for two members to post before you post again or you can wait for one member to post and two hours after you post before you post again. This prevents two people roleplaying constantly by themselves for an hour or two and getting ahead of the others.

6. You must roleplay all of your characters heart events and have known your chosen spouse for at least two months in the roleplay before you can marry them. If one bachelor/bachelorette has been taken/claimed please don't start a romantic relationship with them.

7. You must wait one season after marriage before you can become pregnant and two seasons before the baby is born. With adoption, you can apply one season after marriage and then take the child home two seasons after applying. If you wish to have another child, you must wait one season after your first child before you get pregnant again and then two seasons before the child is born. With adoption, after you have taken one child home you need to wait one season before applying again and then another two seasons before the child can be taken home.

8. You can marry a bachelor/bachelorette from another town after you marry them they will move to live in your house in whatever town your character lives in or you can move to their town.

9. Please post the full date on your posts: i.e Spring 1st, Monday, Year 1

10. Have Fun!

[BACHELORS]

Mineral Town

Cliff [Claimed by Pyra (Pyro)]
Rick [Claimed by Shayla (Estrella)]
Gray
Kai
Doctor Trent
Kappa
Won
Gourmet

Waffle Town

Luke
Chase
Calvin
Julius
Owen
Gill
Toby
Jin

Kardia Village

~ N/A

Happiness Island

Mark
Vaughn
Elliot
Shea
Denny
Pierre

Forget-Me-Not Valley

Carter
Marlin
Gustafa
Rock
Griffin
Skye [Claimed by Toya (Roxanne)]

[BACHELORETTES]

Mineral Town

Karen
Ann
Popuri
Elli
Mary
Harvest Goddess

Waffle Town

Reena
Kathy
Candace
Pheobe
Luna
Selena
Anissa
Maya

Kardia Village

Bianca
Felicity
Lara
Lynette
Mei
Melody
Mist
Rosetta
Sharron
Tabatha
Tori

Happiness Island

Chelsea
Julia
Sabrina
Natalie
Lanna

Forget-Me-Not Valley

Flora
Celia
Muffy
Nami
Lumina
Witch Princess
Leia
Keira

[CHARACTERS]

[MAIN]
Character - Username
Toya - Roxanne
Shayla - Estrella
Pyra - Pyro
Faith - Heart Angel
Stella - Christina
Will - Arctic Wolf

[NPC]

[FESTIVALS]

Spring
1st - New Years Festival
14th - Thanksgiving Festival (Boys Gives Girls)
24th - Cooking Festival

Summer
1st - Beach Festival
7th - Chicken Festival
20th - Cow Festival
24th - Fireworks

Fall
18th - Fall Horse Races
21st - Sheep Festival
30th - Halloween

Winter
14th - Thanksgiving (Girls Give Boys)
22nd - Winter Market
25th - Christmas
30th - New Year's Eve

Toya walked down the dirt path glancing back over her shoulder every minute or so. It was early that morning, the sun had yet to rise. Toya found it hard to see too far back down the path. Snap. "Aah" Toya gasped as she turned to look down the path. "Who's there?" When no reply came Toya turned and began to run. She wasn't paying much attention to where she was running and so she veered off the dirt path into the trees without realising. When she did realise she kept running. Branches were snagging on her clothes and her hair slowing her down but she kept running.

When Toya finally burst out into the open she wondered where she was. She had been heading towards the docks to get on a boat but now she had no idea where she was. She looked around frantically. The sun was beginning to rise and Toya saw no one. "Okay, it's just me, don't panic.." she whispered as she kept walking and glancing around. She walked on a little further and then the dirt path changed into a paved path. Toya looked up and around her were buildings. People walked past and didn't even glance at Toya. Toya back up to the dirt path. She looked around for another direction other than the one she had come.

One path led to a spring of some sorts with a mine and hot spring near by. The other led up the mountains past a lake. Toya sat on a stump. "What should I do?" she whispered. Toya's stomach gave a loud grumble. "Get food."

((Yessss long post 8D))



Toya headed into the town and looked around for somewhere that sold food that didn't look too busy. Toya spotted the Inn and when she walked in there wasn't a soul around except for the guy behind the bar. Toya ordered a sandwhich and a glass of juice and took it to a table in the far corner but close to the door. She didn't have to pay until she was finished. She took her time with eating. Eventually the man, Doug, went into the back room. There was no one around. She glanced once more around the large room before jumping to her feet and running to the door with the rest of her sandwhich in her hand.

Toya walked quickly to the beach and finished off her sandwhich there. 'Where am I going to stay?' she though. She couldn't go back to the inn or he'd make her pay and she'd have to pay for the room. 'Looks like I'll just been camping outside..' It started to rain so Toya ran for cover underneath the makeshift porch on one of the buildings on the beach. She leant against the door and it suddenly swung open dropping her into a heap on the floor. "Ouch," she moaned. Two men were looking at her almost dumbfounded. One sat behind a large box and Toya resisted the urge to laugh. The other seemed to have been pacing the room. "Umm, I'm Toya," she said as she got up off the floor and faced them both.

The three began to talk and soon Toya was explaining how she had no where to stay and then on the end she lied and said she'd spent the day looking for a job. The one that had been pacing the room, Zack, offered her a job and as soon as Toya found out it would be shipping things she snapped up the oppurtunity. He also said they had a spare bed she could use if she didn't have anywhere else to stay. Witht the rain pouring down it seemed like a good idea to her. For now at least.



That night Toya sat on the bed in the far corner while the other two slept and smiled to herself on how she'd got a job shipping things. It was just perfect and she would be shipping things from a farm. It sounded like free food to Toya.

Spring 2nd, Tuesday, Year 1

Toya woke up before the two men. She walked outside and took a deep breath in. Fresh salty ocean air it made her feel slightly more awake and alive. Toya left a note on the door saying that she was going out to explore but she would back on time to pick up the shipment. Toya didn't fancy hanging around Mineral Town that day, instead she headed down a path towards another village.

When Toya arrived at the Town she found that it wasn't a village but a valley, Forget-Me-Not Valley. She instantly passed a farm and she overheard them complaining about a theif. Toya froze until she heard the name Skye. 'Skye eh?' she thought as she walked around. 'It'd be nice to meet this guy.'

Toya suddenly got hungry and headed back towards the farm. Every person who had been working in the field that day were no where to be seen. Toya jumped over the fence pulled up a few Turnips and walked away. After she had eaten her turnips she finished looking around the Valley. She noticed it looked remotely destroyed. 'Hurricane perhaps?' she thought to herself. 'Darn that means it will hit Mineral Town soon...'

She headed back to Mineral Town as it reached 3PM and plotted how she was going to steal some of the shipment.

OOC: I might make an NPC later, so for now, I don't claim anyone.

IC:


Stella sighed as she lugged her bags up the stairs to her room. When she opened the door and found the room to be empty, she was greatly relieved. So she claimed the bed nearest the window and sat there, just staring out the window aimlessly. She missed her father already, but she knew that leaving her old life behind was the best option. After all, staying in California and living with rumors and lies, versus starting fresh in a place where no one knew her, Stella chose the easy choice. So she wrote down her knew address on a piece of paper along with a short note and sent it down to be mailed to her father promptly.

While Stella wasn't a big fan of small towns, she seemed to agree with this one, for as soon as she stepped outside, the cool breeze wiped away any thoughts of homesickness. So Stella stumbled around aimlessly until she thought of something to: Visit the shops.

The Market
The market was small and compact, which immediately led Stella to wish to leave. However, she would need to find something to do, so she settled upon walking around in nature. First, she found a lovely spring but once a few people began to show up, Stella quickly left without so much as a "Hello" to any of her new neighbors. Then she found the perfect spot, a secluded mountaintop away from everything and everyone. Stella could see a tiny town on the other side of the mountain, but beyond that, the secluded spot was sans civilization. So there she lay, basking in the son as she awaited something exciting to happen.

Toya bit her lip and confidently walked on to the farm, the farm she would be shipping goods for. She went to the shipping box and collected everything. The farmer was no where in sight. Toya could have easily made a run for it with everything and told Zack she hadn't shipped anything. Toya counted out the total for everything and then deducted two bamboo shoots and a grass from the total money she would be giving to the farmer. She put the two bamboo shoots and the grass in her bag and then put the rest into the basket she aquired from Zack for shipping. She slipped the incorrect amount of money under the door of the house and dashed off smiling to herself. As soon as she had rounded the corner she pulled out the bamboo shoot and began to nibble on it as she made her way to the beach hut. When Toya reached Zack's house the door was locked. She panicked for a moment and she heard muffled footsteps behind her. She spun around but no one was there. She bit her lip and turned back to the door.

"Toya, would you get inside already." Won demanded ushering her inside. Toya gave a quick look back over her shoulder as she walked in. "Zack is just gathering his shipments from the supermarket and the other farms." Won explained as he took his usual seat behind his cardboard box. Toya nodded and set the shipping basket down in the middle of the room. Won began to whistle to himself absent minded as he gazed at the ceiling without much interest. Toya shuffled over to her makeshift bed and fished out the bamboo shoot and the grass from her bag stuffing them under her pillow.

Content, she lay back on her bed and closed her eyes. What seemed like minutes later, but happened to be a couple of hours later, Zack called across the room. "Anyone hungry?" Toya sat up and her stomach growled. She nodded. Zack cooked up a quick scrambled eggs for each of them and they sat around Won's cardboard box to eat. Once Toya had finished, she took her plate to the sink and placed it in the bottom. Zack had insisted that Won wash up after he had finished eating so she didn't make any attempt to wash the plate. She quickly gave Zack the left over money from the shipment to Zack minus 100G which she left in her back pocket. "You'll get paid on Friday, Toya, unless you need the money sooner?" he said as she shuffled back to her bed seemingly uneasy.

"No, no Friday is just fine," she said quickly and she dived into her bed without changing.

Stella loved the sun because it made her feel so warm. And the sun in this particularly calming and healing. Stella felt so at home that it made her miss her dad less than she had since she left. However, someone quickly interrupted her silence by standing in her sunlight.

"You're blocking my sun," she growled without opening her eyes.

"Oh, that your's? Sorry, I didn't see the tag hanging off of it," a man's voice commented sarcastically.

Stella tore open her eyes and glared at the man who said this. His brown and blonde hair fell in layers in front of his eyes but the golden color in them still shone through. He smirked as she looked at him and his smile was dazzling. But what most intrigued Stella was the fact that this guy had made such a terrible first impression.

"What, you like what you see?" the guy commented smugly and brushed the hair out of his eyes. "I'm Ethan and you must be the new heartbreaker," Ethan noted as he checked out Stella's appearance. He smirked and offered her a hand which she scornfully rejected and got up on her own.

"First off, I'm not candy, so stop looking at me like I'm sweet and delicious because I'm far from it. Secondly, Ethan, I'm Stella, not a heartbreaker and I strongly recommend backing up a few feet," Stella said brashly as she stared him down. He stood his ground and his smile grew wider, "A fighter, eh? That's alright, you'll learn to love me," he said and gave her one last smile before departing down the hill.

Stella stared angrily at Ethan as he walked away, she had only been in town a few hours and she already hated someone. It was high school all over again.

Wednesday, Spring 3rd, Year 1

The moment Toya woke up that morning she grabbed what she needed in a hurry and stumbled out the door. She'd noticed a map of Mineral Town and the surrounding area stuck to Zack's notice board and figured he wouldn't mind if she borrowed it for a while. She pulled the scrunched up map out of her pocket and took a look at it. She was set on going back to Forget-Me-Not Valley to find this other thief. But she scribbled on the palm of her hand the other places she wanted to visit and in what order.

She began to run down the path feeling a little more free than usual. The wind blowing through her hair was a nice feeling and the chill wasn't so bad either. She reached Forget-Me-Not Valley a lot sooner than she had yesterday. She wandered around again before realising she didn't even know who she was looking for apart from his name, Skye, and what he was, a thief.

She saw someone standing nearby and she edged closer not feeling so great about herself at all. "Umm, excuse me do you think you could tell me some more about this thief Skye?" He gave her a funny look. "I've been having some trouble with him and want to know if I can help stop him," she lied.

"Well he's the thief in Forget-Me-Not Valley and no one has ever managed to catch him. Silver hair and eyes. He's got one wicked look and if he does it most find they can't move. It's odd really. He's never in the Valley during the day. If you want to find him you'll have to stay up until it gets dark." Toya nodded and thanked him before hurrying off.

"Dang, I'll have to wait until night fall but I'm supposed to be collecting that shipment..." Toya pondered her options for a moment and then headed back towards Mineral Town a little down.

Stella was slow to find the next thing to do in town. She had seen everything so far and decided that Mother's Hill, the Spring and the Mines were her favorite places. Of course, when Ethan was there she abruptly left, but when night fell on the peaceful town Stella decided it was finally time to go eat and her stomach eagerly agreed.

The Inn

"Hello, you're Stella, right?" the man who owned the inn asked kindly. He had bright orange hair and grey eyes from which a sorrowed kindness shone through. Stella nodded reluctantly and the man who introduced himself as Doug began to introduce her to everyone else. Not seeing Ethan anywhere, Stella complied with the man and allowed herself to be escorted around the first floor of the inn.

"And the woman at the bar is Karen, boy can she store 'em," Doug said with a laugh.

"If you need anything I'll be behind the counter," he mentioned before walking away, leaving Stella to wander aimlessly. She found a table that seemed innocent enough, a man named Grey and a girl named Ann sat talking sociably although there seemed to be more conversation on Ann's side then Grey's. Stella assumed that she could give short answers and Ann would supplement the majority of the conversation.

"Hi, I'm---" Stella began but was quickly interrupted by Ann.

"Stella, right. Yeah I heard you moved from the big city, was it interesting there? I myself love small towns but did you like the city? Was it noisy, I'll bet it was noisy? And how about crowds, was it crowded..." Ann continued to trail on with Stella interrupting every now and then with a yes or a no. Grey just stared into space aimlessly, he seemed to be more of a quiet one also.

After a very long conversation, if it could be called that, from Ann, Stella was more than ready to sleep. So she lay on the comfy bed upstairs and quickly dozed off into a world where there was lots of suspense and action, and no Ethan.

Toya repeated today what she had done the day before. Once she had delivered the remaining items of the shipment to Zack she walked back towards Forget-Me-Not Valley. As she reached the Valley the sun began to set. The air became much cooler and instead of keeping her jacket on she took it off and let the chill beat her arms as she ran towards the beach. The salty air hit her as soon as her foot came into contact with the sand. She breathed in deeply and span around a few times with her arms extended outwards. Toya loved it.

She ran further down the beach towards the water flicking off her shoes in the process. Toya had never felt so free. The possibility of someone watching her or following her never entered her mind even as people from the Valley came and went. Not one cared for her strange behaviour or why she was there. They all seemed pleased that she was there and enjoying herself. Toya sighed as she dipped her feet into the cold water and then waded up until her knees.

She wondered what Zack and Won would be doing and then pushed them from her mind. She began to think of this other thief when she heard a small cough behind her. A tall man stood there with longer than average silver hair and stunning silver/gray eyes. She couldn't believe it. She hadn't had to do any looking or searching he had found her.

"You seem to be enjoying yourself..." he muttered as a smirk appeared on his face. Toya laughed.

"Of course I am," she laughed loudly. "A thief always enjoys themselves.." she said much quiter giving him an odd sideways glance before she began to laugh at his reaction. He merely raised an eyebrow at her wondering what on earth the crazy girl standing in front of him was on about. He then realised what she was referring to and gave a little chuckle.

"You're a thief too, huh?" he asked. Toya nodded. "Come with me tonight?" Toya shook her head.

"I have to get home soon before I get locked out," she explained. "Some other time.."

"What's your name?" he asked realising he had forgotten to ask. She told him her name and explained he knew his while she put her shoes back on. Skye shrugged no longer amused by her behaviour. It was dark now and Toya began to head back. As the night air became even chillier she put her jacket back on and began to run back to Mineral Town. Not long after she had left Skye he had dissapeared presumably off to steal from someone's house.

Toya reached the beach and tried the door. She panicked when she found it locked. A pin was stuck in the door but whatever had been attatched to it had blown away. "Oh crumbs," she muttered. She paced the beach a little when she heard a small laugh behind her. She spun around but no one was there. She ran back to the door and shook it violently. "Zack," she yelled and he threw the door open while she was still holding on to the handle.

"The note explained the key was on the wood over there," he yawned. Toya pointed to the pin in the door lacking a note and he mouthed an 'Oh' before letting her in. Not another word was spoken. She changed quickly and jumped into her bed. She had finally met another thief out in the countryside. She wasn't alone. She felt even happier than she had earlier when she had met the thief. She drifted off to sleep slowly that night with the days events running through her head.

Wednesday, Spring 3, Year One

Stella awoke with a sigh the next morning. She stretched out her muscles before lazily getting out of bed. Then she proceeded to head downstairs and get some breakfast.

"mornin' Stella. Sleep well?" Doug asked kindly. Stella nodded and grabbed a piece of toast, which she ate quickly before turning back to Doug.

"Do you think...is there anywhere that I can get a job?" she asked softly.

"Yeah, we need another server. I just hired one but I'm sure he could use some help. You wanna start today, he can probably train you," Doug said. He smiled at Stella as she nodded, she was sure that this server couldn't be that bad.

After getting her job, Stella looked at her watch. She could probably stop at the beach and check out the merchant that lived there.

The Beach

Once at the beach, Stella walked nervously up to the house where the merchant lived. She lifted her hand to knock when a voice startled her.

"Nobody's there. Zach is out on errands and the merchant is flirting with Karen. There's a new girl who moved in there, but she isn't there, either," Ethan's voice remarked casually.

Stella whipped around, ferocity glimmering in her eyes.

"What. Is. Your. Problem!?" she exclaimed. "Do you have a God Complex that makes you think everyone likes you, or are you really just that dumb? I don't want to talk to you, and while stalking me may seem funny to you, it won't be funny when I beat the *** out of you!" Stella said angrily. She took a step towards Ethan, expecting him to take a step back, but instead he smiled cockily.

"You? You are tiny. You are the size of my baby sister. You have tiny, ineffectual fists. I doubt you could be the *** out of me, and even so, I could take it. Besides, anyone who cares as much as you do obviously likes me," Ethan said smartly and sat down on the pier.

"OK, really? You think I like you? You are a cocky, ignorant, self-centered jerk who thinks everyone owes something to you. I am a smart, pretty person who normally doesn't dislike someone so quickly, but you are easy to dislike. I can't bring myself to hate you but I really just wish you would leave me alone," Stella commented rudely.

Ethan gestured to pier, beckoning her to sit. She sat about a foot away from him, rolled up the legs of her jeans, took off her socks and shoes and waded her feet into the cool water.

"I'm sorry we got off to a bad start. I realize I can be a little, rude, but I mean well. Besides, I'm the type of guy you have to know to love," Ethan said politely, adding a touch of sarcasm to the last line.

Stella sighed, "I have to go," she said quickly and abruptly left. She couldn't help but look back and see Ethan sadly looking at his own reflection in the water.

Toya woke up the following morning to the smell of eggs and bacon. "Good morning Zack," she yanwed as she sat at the makeshift table. "I'm going to be gone all night tonight so don't leave the key out for me." Zack nodded and handed out breakfast.

Once they had all finished Toya washed up and then went to pack a bag of things. She made sure there was plenty of room within the bag even with everything packed. Toya put her hair up and washed her face before she headed towards the door. Just as she was about to open the door there was a slight knock on the door. Toya opened the door and looked warily at the girl in front of her. "Can I help you?"

[Short Post D:]

Stella awoke the next morning and thought about what happened the day before. She couldn't help but wish that Ethan wouldn't have said anything at all, she didn't want to get to know him. However, she was still curious as to who he really was. She even missed work because of him; she told Doug she had a stomach-ache just to get out of working with him.

Maybe I'll go see if Won's there today, she thought to herself.

The Beach

Thankfully, Ethan wasn't at the beach when she arrived. She quickly walked up to the beachside house and knocked. When the door was opened, a small girl, slightly older than Stella stared at her.

"Can I help you?" the girl asked.

"Yes, I was wondering if Won the merchant was here, I was hoping to see what he has in stock," Stella asked cautiously. She noticed that both of them shared the same look of curiousity and caution. Stella admired someone who was as careful as she.

Toya raised an eyebrow. She eyed the girl in the doorway for a moment or two before turning on her heel to face Won. "There's someone here to see your stock Won," she said quite bluntly uncomfortable with the newcomer at the place whilst she was there. Won nodded before scurring behind his box. Toya invited the woman inside. Toya, after closing the door behind the woman, leant against the wall listening to the conversation and watching the girl with curiosity. The woman seemed almost as cautious as Toya and it intrigued her. Having lived with only thieves before moving to Mineral Town she became to think that it was only natural of thieves to be so cautious.

"Welcome," Won said cheerily. "I'm Won. That is Zack and Toya." Won gave a quick wave of his hand towards Zack and Toya before bringing the focus of the conversation back over to him, her and his stock.

Toya annoyingly uncomfortable with the woman moved towards the door. "If you need me I'll be in Forget-Me-Not Valley apart from when I'm doing the shipping," Toya told Zack as she shut the door quite violently behind her.

Stella admired the simplistic interior of the cabin, before stepping towards Won.

"Hi, I'm Stella. I was looking for some vegetable seeds, do you have any?" She asked.

Won grinned greedily, "Why yes, I have cabbage seeds. 500g."

Stella sighed, knowing that she probably wouldn't get a better price anywhere. She bought one packet, and thanked Won before leaving. She needed to get back to train the new waiter anyway.

Inn

Stella rushed into the inn, pulling her sleek, blonde hair into a ponytail before heading towards the kitchen. Once inside, her jaw dropped to the floor, her heart ceased to beat, and everything pleasant and good about her life was swept from her mind.

Ethan was standing next to Doug, discussing amicably the rules of the Inn.

"YOu...you're the new server?" she choked out.

Ethan turned around, smiled, and nodded, "Yep!" He exclaimed gleefully.

Stella took a deep breath. She could do this, she had to. So she put aside her contempt for Ethan and turned to Doug.

"What do you need me to show him?" She asked.

Doug explained that Ethan needed to learn customer rules, and the best way to do so was showing. So while Stella waited on each table, Ethan followed her like a lost dog, checking her out as she walked.

When their shifts were finally over, Stella was more than ready to head to bed, but Ethan wouldn't give up.

"Go out with me," Ethan said.

"What?!"

"C'mon, I like you, you will like me, so go out with me and you can start to like me," Ethan said, his eyes shining.

"No! Even if I did like you, we work together, and I have a rule, I don't date co-workers," she said curtly.

Ethan frowned, "C'mon, just drinks. I promise I won't hit on you, it can be like a friendly date," he tried convincingly.

"I don't drink."

"No wonder you're so tense. Dinner?"

"I don't eat, either."

"I highly doubt that."

"Fine. Seven O'Clock, tomorrow at Blue Bar."

"Thought you didn't drink?"

"Who said I was going to drink?"

Ethan laughed and nodded, "Seven it is." He left quickly, a little more spring in his step than he had before. Stella was very curious about this, she didn't understand how he could actually like her, especially when she had been so mean to him.

Toya didn't rush her way to Forget-Me-Not Valley that morning - she simply strolled along at a leisurely pace knowing that Skye wouldn't appear until nightfall. As she walked, she tried conving herself that Zack and Won would never find out about her being a thief. As she walked into the Valley she began panicking - she couldn't steal with Skye that night. She was convinced they would find out if she did. Sge was so caught up in her thoughts that when she glanced around and saw someone walking a few steps behind her that she screamed. "I didn't mean to! I wasn't going to honest!" she yelled before running away to a quiet spot. The man that had been walking behind her, but not following her, stared after her completely and utterly confused and a little shocked.

The sun was setting before anyone found Toya sitting hidden between the trees around the Goddess Pond hugging her knees and breathing heavuly while she thought to herself. She heard him approach but she didn't realise who was there because she didn't bother taking her eyes of the pond. "I didn't do it!" she shrieked getting to her feet. "Who told you!?"

"Toya, no one told me anything. You didn't do what?" he said casually trying not to get worked up over the screaming woman in his face. Toya took a good look at him standing there before looking back at the pond.

"Nothing, it doesn't matter," she lied. Skye didn't want to argue with her over it and so he simply dismissed it.

"Are you coming tonight?" he asked. Toya nodded hesitantly and Skye led the way. It took a few moments, but eventualy Toya followed him - she had managed to convince her they would never find out.