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Happy Day in the Valley

All was at peace.

The wind gently stirred, causing the luscious trees and fresh, tasty looking grass to sway ever so slightly.

The sun shined brightly causing the trees to cast dappled shadows on the path.

Seems like a pretty good day, right?

Well, you're wrong.

The name's Scara. Scara Starr.

I'm new to this town, but I can already tell it ain't picture perfect. Just by the way that grass looks. Too green. Too 'perfect'. These people are psychos if they're paying that much attention to GRASS.

But anyways...

I'm here on a mission. To discover special rocks and maybe even name one or two after myself. But let's not get ahead of myself. I might not discover anything new here but I guess it's worth a try.

So I walked down those picture perfect paths and made my way into town. I was greeted with random people walking around, some smiling, some frowning, some neutral. Just a typical town. Or so I thought.

It gets weird.

I walked a bit deeper into town and found this big ass blue building. There were words written on the building...

Life's Better with Joja.

Alright, then let's see if they're correct.

I walked inside what seemed to be a store and it looked like I was correct. Aisles everywhere, cash registers, yep this is a store.

I looked at the lady working the cash register.

She had long orange hair tied back into a ponytail. She was pale and looked like she hadn't slept in months. I walked up to her.

"Yo. My name's Scara and I'm new to this town."

She sighed.

???: "My name's Claire. What can I get you today?"

She showed me her stock. Joja Cola, Joja merch, seeds, farm equipment and some decor for my new house.

I was about to tell her I wasn't interested, but then I figured I'd just buy some cola so it didn't look like I was in here for no reason.

She handed me a pretty blue can of soda and I paid. It was kinda pricey... as everything else was in this store.

I just nodded and thanked her. I was about to leave, but then I heard a stutter from behind...