[IC] The Village of Soren (a 1x1 Harvest Moon/Rune Factory-inspired Village RP for FaithfulMuse and Stern Algorithm)

[Stern Algorithm]

Teann led Ryul back to the inn and showed him his room, "Here you go, have a good night!"

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It was mostly Bormash and his sisters, Zaria and Lannis who helped clean up the food and plates, while the dwarf triplets were putting away tables and chairs. When everything was done, Bormash said, "Thanks for helping out, guess I'll see you tomorrow then."

[FaithfulMuse]

Ryul smiled friendly to Teann and thanked her before getting ready to go to sleep. Het didn't exactly have stuff that he needed to unpack anymore, and he'd rather just go to sleep already.

Elizabeth nodded and smiled. "Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow." She said, already looking forward to it.

[Stern Algorithm]

The new day dawned on Soren; Grom, Zaria and Bormash woke up early to tend to the livestock and take care of the fields, Balio and Sunder headed into the mines while Harin and Gil went woodcutting, Malkas went to his desk to manage and plan, Anya and Teann started making breakfast for themselves and their guests, and Emtardas wouldn't be waking up until a little later.

[FaithfulMuse]

Elizabeth, Eline and Elliot woke up early, with Eline getting ready to ho into the forest to go hunting for a moment. Ryul, Ilithor and Talila only woke up a while later.

[Stern Algorithm]

While Balio proceeded into the mine, Sunder, who was the more sociable of the two, stopped by Elliot's smithy to say hello, "Good morning, Elliot. Any specific ore requests today, or just the usual iron, and copper?"

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Anya was still cooking when Illithor and his family woke up, "Ah! You're just in time! Please join us for breakfast. Kalram, could you go get your father?"

"Sure!" Kalram said before running off. Teann continued to help her mother.

[FaithfulMuse]

Elliot looked up and smiled. "Hey Sunder. The usual should be just fine." The man said, not really planning on making anything special.

Ilithor smiled and greeted the others, which was afterwards repeated by. Talila and Ryul, although Ryul didn't sound as cheerful as the other two already just yet, not exactly being a morning person.

[Stern Algorithm]

"Alright then, I'll talk to you later," Sunder said as he left and headed into the mine.

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Kalram came back with Malkas, who sat down at the table. "Good morning, I hope everyone slept well?" Malkas asked as people started eating. "Ryul," Malkas asked, "How long will you be staying with us before you need to get back on the road?"

[FaithfulMuse]

Elliot nodded. "Yeah, I'll see you later."

Ryul shrugged. "I'm not planning on staying very long. Just a few days." He said Malkas.

[Stern Algorithm]

As he headed out, Sunder stopped, "Your...umm...sister, I suppose she's already gone out to hunt?"

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"Very well," Malkas replied, and continued eating.

"Do you have a girlfriend, Ryul?" Anya asked.

[FaithfulMuse]

Elliot nodded. "Yeah, thiugh I'm not sure in which part of the forest she is now. You want me to say something to her for you?" He asked, looking at Sunder.

Ryul shook his head. "No, it's actually been a few years since I had a girlfriend." He said to Tanya.

[Stern Algorithm]

"Umm, n-not r-really," Sunder replied, scratching his head. "I-I'll be off then."

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"I see," Anya said, "What do you think of my Teann?"

"Mother!" Teann yelled, getting up, and looking extremely embarrassed.

Kalram snickered while Anya said, "It's just a harmless question."

[FaithfulMuse]

Elliot nodded and continued with what he previously had been doing.

Ryul felt rather emberassed as well, though he tried to hide it. "I think that she's a pretty girl, but I don't think I've talked with her enough to know more about her than that." He answered, figuring it was a bit early to say that he liked anyone. So far, he hardly knew any of the girls in the village.

[Stern Algorithm]

Teann blushed and sat back down when Ryul called her pretty.

"Let's not rush anything, Dear," Malkas said, trying to change the subject, "What fish are good this season?" It was early spring.

[FaithfulMuse]

"Trouts and bass are good during this time." Ilithor said to Malkas. He supposed that he woukd have to make a new fishnet first, seeing how he had lost his last one, and using just a fishing rod would take far too long.

Ryul said nothing, glad that the subject had been changed.

[Stern Algorithm]

Breakfast soon came to an end. Teann and Kalram collected the plates to be washed, while Malkas lingered a bit in case anyone wanted to strike up a conversation with him before he would head back to his office.

[FaithfulMuse]

Ryul, Ilithor and Talila left to do other things.

Meanwhile Eline was out hunting, when she heard leaves crunching, as if something stepped on them. She readied her bow but didn't shoot just yet, wanting to know for sure that it wasn't a villager.

[Stern Algorithm]

It was Sunder walking up the forest path towards the mine. He was pretty oblivious and didn't notice Eline.

[FaithfulMuse]

Upon realising that indeed was just a villager walking through the forest, Eline lowered her bow and came out of her hiding spot. "Hey Sunder." She said, showing him a friendly but very brief smile.

[Stern Algorithm]

"Oh!" Sunder dropped his pickaxe, "H-hi...E-Elliot said you were in the forest...W-what are you doing? Hunting, I guess, haha." Sunder rubbed the back of his head, then leaned down to pick up his tool. He had never acted this flustered before, but he had started slowly realizing a slight attraction to Eline.

[FaithfulMuse]

Eline nodded. "Yeah. I already checked the some of the traps, but so far they were all empty. I hope I'll have more luck with hunting." She said to Sunder. She noticed that his behaviour was rather different from usual, but didn't pay much attention to it.