#stardew valley blueberry tart

[simmeringstarfruit]

Classic Blueberry Tart

Rich and vibrant blueberry tart, featuring a crisp yet tender sweet pastry crust (pâte sucrée) filled with luscious jammy blueberry filling, then topped with more fresh seasonal summer blueberries. A timeless classic dessert with hints of vanilla and fresh lemon, this homemade blueberry tart is sure to impress. Inspired by the blueberry tart recipe from Stardew Valley. Jump to Recipe Pie…

[sunflower-farm]

Summer 16th - Iridium Rod 💜

I took some gems to the community centre to see if i could put them in the junimo huts but i think i have to finish the community centre for that to happen

I bought an iridium rod so I could try out the dressed spinner thats been sitting in my fishing chest for a while (its really good haha)

Still didnt catch those weird fish on the beach :(

I ran into Shane on my way home :)

Photo of the Day:

Cheesecake is enjoying the grass

[klaprisun]

One Sunny Day

(Stardew Valley) (Haley x Female Farmer)

Epilogue

🌻 ~ One Year Later ~🌻

After living here in Pelican Town for over two years, I'm no stranger to this place anymore. I know all the ins and outs of how things roll here, and everyone knows who I am and what I'm like at this point, especially my wife, Haley. She knows me better than I know myself sometimes. She still surprises me sometimes like when she wakes up before me and waters all my plants, or feeds all of my animals for me. That Haley is not the same one I met two years ago, but to everyone's surprise, it sure is. Emily constantly wonders what I did to her or what kind of spell I put her under, but Haley has come to this conclusion on her own.

"Danny, darling, can you pick up some flour from Pierre's when you head over for your seeds?" Haley sings as she is bent over in the fridge, looking for a snack.

"Flour? Why flour? Do we not have enough? Why can't I just make it for you?" I fire out, all in one breath. Haley turns from the fridge, mid bite into a blueberry tart. She just stands there with her finger in the air telling me to wait, as she chews. I raise my eyebrow as I patiently wait for my answer.

"Cake," she mumbles as she chews.

"Cake?" I question.

"Yes."

"Why cake?"

Haley finally finishes her blueberry tart and takes a seat over on the couch, patting the cushion next to her to get me to sit. Without hesitation, I dash over to the couch and jump over the back, landing butt first on the cushion next to Haley. She takes one of my hands and starts tracing the lines on my palms, giving me goosebumps.

"Do you remember that day back at the Saloon? The day everyone was dancing and everything?" Haley begins.

"Haley, that happens often there. I think we've done that at least five times at the Saloon. You're gonna have to be a bit more specific," I reply, playing with a strand of her beautiful, golden hair.

"It was the first one you went to. The one where I cut in right at the end?"

"Oh. Yeah. I remember that. Why do you ask?"

"Well, just before I took over, you were dancing with Penny-"

"Oh my gosh. Haley are you JEALOUS? Over something from two years ago?!" I gasp teasingly. She gives me a playful smack on my hand but goes back to tracing my hand.

"No, I'm not jealous. It's just that...I remember what she was talking about and it has been bothering me ever since. I know, I know, it's been a long time since then but I finally have the perfect idea!" a small grin appears across her face as she recalls her plan.

"Love, you're gonna have to be more specific. A plan for what? What do you remember?"

"Penny was talking about her school books to you just as I walked up. She mentioned how they were in bad condition and falling apart in their hands. When I overheard that, it made me...upset. We don't have a school here in Pelican Town and Penny really took the young kids under her wing. These kids are getting a fantastic education thanks to her, but she deserves to have proper materials to work with. So I propose a Cake Walk! We just have to save up some money as a community and put it towards getting her new textbooks to work with!" Haley drops my hands and claps her hands together excitedly. She hops off the couch, pulling me up with her and starts tugging me around the edge of our rug.

"We just have to set up a really big mat with numbered squares on it and have the participants walk around to each of the squares. We also have to get a few people to bake cakes to enter as the prizes. That's why I was hoping to get flour right away so I can make my famous Pink Cake. Don't worry, I'm making you bring a chocolate cake so you can't get out of this one," she turns to accusingly wag her finger at me but proceeds to ramble on of her plan.

"Then whichever numbered square they land on when I blow a whistle..." Haley stops in her tracks, putting her hand out to stop me from walking any farther as well. "That's the numbered cake they receive!"

"Oh so does that mean I get your cake now then? Cause there are no numbers right now and I'm closest to you so..." I snake my arm around her waist, and slowly move my hand down to her butt. I wrap my other arm around her to grab a double handful, squeezing tightly with both hands.

"Well you kind of helped yourself there, no?" She teases.

"I couldn't help it," I guide her back down to the couch where she decides to sprawl out, stomach down, across the couch and me. I inch my fingers up the back of her shirt and start tracing my fingers along her spine.

"You realize I'm never going to get up now?" She hums.

"You are going to have to if you want to get this Cake Walk up and running," I respond as I unclip her bra- with one hand- so I have better access around her back.

"Now I'm really never going to leave."

"That's too bad because I have to. Up ya get," I immediately retract my hand and give her a couple light smacks on the butt. She whines and groans but reluctantly gets up.

"Remember when you asked me to get flour?" I tap my finger to her forehead. "I have to go before Pierre closes or else I'll be late getting my seeds as well. I want to plant them as soon as possible." I bend down to kiss her before heading out.

"I'll have dinner ready when you're back. I'm CRAVING an omelet right now. I also best start making the Cake Walk mat too so it's ready. I guess I also should call around to see if anyone wants to bake a cake to have as a prize too." Her face starts to drop as she realizes how much work she has cut out for herself.

I know she will feel accomplished as soon as she has it all established though. It will be totally worth it once she sees the look on Penny's face. I'm so proud of her for coming up with this plan and I know she will blow it out of the water.

"Anything else you may need before I head out?" I ask to make sure.

"I think I'm all set. Thank you though. See you soon!" She smiles at me as she makes her way to the kitchen as I walk out the door.

🌻 🌻 🌻

In two days time, Haley's Cake Walk was all set into motion. She had the mat with squares numbered up to 8 on it, she had participants, and she had 8 cakes. Well... soon to be 8. Haley and I are just about finished making ours. We wanted them to be nice and fresh for the winners today.

"Mine is done! Take yours from the oven and then come running once you've finished icing it. I have to make sure everything is set up," Haley had just finished placing the last little garnish on top of her Pink Cake. Me, on the other hand, is severely slacking on the cake making.

"I'll go as fast as I can. It won't look pretty though," I sigh as I start getting the icing set up.

"It's a good thing you're pretty. It makes up for the way the cake will look," Haley giggles as she places a lid on the cake tray. I roll my eyes her way but feel my cheeks heat up as I blush.

I begin icing the cake, trying to take my time to make it look neat, but I still rush a bit so I'm not late to my wife's special event. She would kill me if I showed up just over 5 minutes late, and I currently have about 15 minutes to icing this whole, triple tiered cake.

"I can do it," I breathe as I keep a steady pace with the icing knife, carefully spreading it around evenly on each of the three tiers.

In no time, I finished all of the icing and have already booked it out the door to town square, careful as to not topple the cake over as I speed walk.

I watch as Haley's face lights up as soon as she sees me rounding the corner. She immediately clears a place on the cake table for me to gently place down my amazing creation.

"It looks amazing, my dear!" She stretches up and plants a kiss on my cheek as a reward for a job well done.

"Let's get this show on the road everyone!" We chant to the crowd that's gathered for the event.

Jas, Vincent, Emily, Caroline, Marnie, Jodi, Pam, and Clint all take a square on the mat, ready to start. Haley blows the whistle and they begin walking clockwise around the square mat. Jas and Vincent seem very excited to be participating in this event, and it makes everyone smile as we watch them excitedly hopping into each numbered square.

"It was a really good turn out, huh?" Haley nudges me happily, admiring her work.

"You did a great job, love." Just as I begin to go in for a kiss, Marnie chimes in.

"Um...Haley? When do we stop? My legs are..." Marnie begins to pant as she continues to try to keep up with the rotation.

"Whoops! Forgot to blow the whistle!" Haley quickly puts the whistle to her lips and blows. Everyone freezes on the spot, and begins to look at the number they landed on. Haley begins to give out the designated cake prizes.

"Caroline, you get Mayor Lewis' cave carrot loaf, with extra fiber" Haley announces.

"Oh, joy" I hear her mumble.

"Emily, you get Pam's chocolate stout cupcakes with aged bourbon buttercream!" Haley announces again.

"You're in for a treat, kid," Pam chuckles to Emily.

"Jas... you get Clint's wild horseradish cobbler..." Haley's face goes a shade green as she could hardly get the sentence out of her mouth without gagging. The look on Jas' face is so heartbreaking.

"It's an old family recipe. I baked it right in the smelting oven. Oh and I might have burned the bottom a little... you may have to peel off a large amount of charred matter. But the rest should totally be edible!" Clint declares, causing everyone to have a disgusted look on their face.

"Next up is Vincent! We've got Robin's triple syrup n' cream strawberry log!" Haley holds up the next dish for everyone to see.

"Oh no..." Jodi's face goes pale. Vincent is already jumping up and down excitedly.

"Jodi, you get Emily's organic red velvet cake...colored with beets!" Haley says.

I hear Jodi reply with a soft "yum" from the mat.

"Last but not least...Pam! You are the lucky winner of my wife's deluxe chocolate cake!" Haley holds up my beautiful chocolate cake for everyone to see.

"Thanks, kid," Pam says to us. She nods her head my way as well as Haley's.

"Thanks everyone for joining in. We raised over 5000 coins!

"What's the money for anyway? You buyin' a new purse?" George scoffs from the sidelines.

"Actually... it's for Penny," Haley turns her attention towards a confused looking Penny.

"Penny, about two years ago I overheard you telling Danny about those school books you use for Jas and Vincent. It sounded like you could use some help and I couldn't think of the right thing to help until recently. I know I'm pretty late to this, but I hope you're okay with this?"

Penny's face lights up as she processes what Haley just said. "Did you hear that, kids? You're getting brand new school books!" she shouts, ecstatically. "I don't know what to say... Thank you so much to both of you!" Penny gives us both a big hug.

"Hey Lewis... since we're funding the education without touching the town's coffers, you'll be lowering our business tax, right?" Robin calls over to Mayor Lewis.

He starts looking around nervously at everyone, avoiding eye contact with Robin. I can see visible sweat drops fall from his forehead.

"We'll discuss that at a later date. I have...somewhere to be right now!" and with that he scurries off.

I swoop Haley into a big, celebratory hug, spinning us around a few times. Her feet come off the ground a bit from how far I pick her up.

"You did it! The Cake Walk was a success!" I exclaim.

"You helped, Danny. I couldn't have done it without you," Haley gushes.

"I hardly did anything. This was all you. It was such a thoughtful gesture, I love that you did this. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with such a kind and thoughtful person," I place little kisses all over her cheeks making her giggle and try to swat me away.

"You better be, because you are stuck with me Mrs. Danny," Haley swipes her finger down my nose and then tips my hat over my eyes. 

"I love you, Haley."

"I love you, Danny."

[urmultideadfandomperson]

Stardew Valley OC

Hooray! I'm finally able to draw V in Stardew Valley! It's been a while since I've drawn on paper, and I'm happy the skills remain! I also applied line weight on paper and I like the results!

Vianne "V" Dela Torre

Age: Mid-20s, not specific

Height: 5' ft (152 cm)

Nationality: Filipino 🇵🇭

Hobbies: Farming, Reading, Animal Caretaking, Reading, Writing

Likes: Burgers, Blueberry Tarts, Spice Berries, Farmer's Lunch, Red Wine, Opal

Loves: Pancakes, Clams, Grapes, Coffee, Cookies, Champagne

Dislikes/Hates: Slimes, Oranges, Apricots, Quartz, Mayonnaise

Description: V is the new farmer in Pelican Town! She is quiet and kind of weird, but kind.

I hope you all like my persona! Mabuhay! <3

[local-gay-man]

I made a stardew valley profile just for me!

I love Willy, and I love Harvey, I would’ve added Shane, Elliott, AND Haley butttttt

It wasn’t gonna fit in those boxes

My loves: Morrell mushroom, peach, iridium bar, dinosaur egg, and super sea cucumber

My hates: Wool, mayonnaise, salmon dinner, blueberry tart, and grape wine

Minerva is based off of my actual cat! Here she is <33

Ty for looking !!!

[chimairasden]

Meet... Orestes ⚒️

from Stardew Valley! I didn't find a picrew that satisfied me, so I tried to give him a face myself.

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Height: 5 feet 6 Birthday: 17 Fall Lives in: The Mountain

Likes: cut grass' smell, mead, roasted hazelnuts Dislikes: doctor's annual appointment, Miner's treat, serpents

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Full name: Orestes AKA: Chatterbox (ironically, by everyone at the Saloon), creep (by Alex and Hailey), Dumbest (when in Marlon and Gil's company, who are Dumb and Dumber), Mr. Good Mouth (ironically, by Harvey) Pronouns: He/him

Hair colour: Hickory Eye colour: Chocolate brown

Story: He has been always living in Stardew Valley and he picked up his father's job, the coal miner. The reserved but cheerful type, he became more like a pot stirred after an accident where he lost both his father and his left leg under a rockslide. Once he recovered and got himself a prosthetic leg, he rushed back to the mine and started helping Marlon with the monster hunts. You can also see him sometimes in town delivering goods or drinking at the Saloon.

Gender & Sexuality: Orestes is a cisgender man unsure about his romantic and sexual orientation. He had mainly male lovers, but lives intimacy with so much difficulty and shame that he rarely talks about the topic even with his friends. His crush is Leah right now, but it's more an amor de lohn than something that he would actually act on. Maybe is comphet? Avoidant behaviour? Or simply self-hatred? Only time will tell.

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Relationships with the canon LIs & with other people:

Since Stardew Valley has a lot of LIs and NPCs, a more detailed post will be published soon. Here you can find some:

Alex: his acquaintance. They don't see eye to eye and often fight, to Evelyn's regret. Town rumors say they were lovers that broke up, but they both deny it. Evelyn & George: his acquaintances. The old couple knew Orestes's father and George felt a sense of duty towards the young man after his death and Evelyn started to cook for him. Orestes didn't really need this kind of help, but the gesture warmed up his heart. He is really grateful to them and he often does chores for them. Harvey: his physician. Orestes lives medical appointments with high distress and when it's time for his annual visit Harvey needs a sedative too. Leah: his crush. They are often seen drinking together with Elliott, but they don't really hang out beside the Saloon and festivals. Maru: his friend. Orestes often provided her father materials for his research and they got to know each other this way. Maru sees him like the older brother Sebastian has never been and started recently to share her projects with him.

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Trivia:

His favourite dish is Blueberry Tart;

He bit Harvey's hand more than once;

He despises anything that is magic-related.

[dewdropstars]

I don't believe I properly introduced Ella so Here she is!!

art by positivelyweird14

Full name: Ella Delannoy

Age at the start of the game: 27

Birthday: Winter 28

Sexual orientation: Lesbian

Former occupation: SWAT officer in the Ferngill Republic Army

Love Interest: Abigail

Description: A quiet, hardworking gal from the suburbs of Zuzu City, Ella is new in Stardew Valley! After years of serving on the Ferngill Republic’s SWAT unit and firsthand witnessing the horrors of armed conflict, disillusioned Ella is desperate for a change of environment. Will this shy woman rise to the challenge set for her by her grandpa? Remains to be seen!

Mbti: INFJ- the Advocate (keywords: intuitive, sensitive, meditative)

Loves: Potatoes, Poppyseed Muffins, Salmon Dinner, Fairy Roses, Hashbrowns, Stir Fry, Blueberry Tarts, Fruit Salads, Prismatic Shards, Rainbow Shells, Pearls, Peaches, Honey, Jelly, Cheese, Starfruit, Cheese Cauliflower, Complete Breakfast, Pizza, Pancakes, Chocolate Cakes, Pink Cakes, Rice Pudding, Sashimi, Maki Roll, Pumpkin Soup, Pumpkin Pies, Banana Pudding, Opals

[swampysmiles]

Hey! Tell me about your favorite things!

AAA HEY! oh cheese n rice I didn't study for this and it takes me forever to reply to everything ever but my power is out so HERE WE GO UMHMHMHM

💜🩵🤎🖤🤍 <- these colors? S tier.

Data hoarding (esp web 1.0). Swimming used to be my favorite outdoor activity but it's a bummer doing it alone. I write and dabble in digital art for fun but I struggle a lot with sharing.

I love the smell of the ocean. Hopefully one day I can return to Cornwall and get a good sniffa in on Merlin's Cave. I almost got stuck in there at high tide, but I gotta say it smelled delightful while I hopskipped for my life.

Teeth are also neat! I have intimate experience. It's so neat that we have bones on the outside.

Also fish. Fish people. Fictional fish people. Eridan. What're we talking about

🦀 Animals: seahorse, opossum, kiwi bird, cephalopods, crows and pigeons bc they're smart af and know no fear, chickens bc they have so much personality... man I'm all about the animal kingdom's weirdest n silliest lil fellas.

🕹️ Games: JUST GOT A ROG ALLY SO I BE GAYMIN!! Currently playing Stardew Valley, Dave the Diver, Balatro, and Fallout New Vegas! Some all-time faves: Zelda, Zero Escape, BioShock, Fallout, Dragon Age, Baldur's Gate, Bugsnax, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga... One of my besties got me into Vintage Story, which I can't recommend enough, even if it's been a bit since I updated our multiplayer server. I should defs get on that... Anyway I friggin adore games that focus on story and exploration! I'm a slut for environmental storytelling, like object clutter... Oh!!! Also surreal and psychological horror! But like if monsters are involved I'd prefer to be dating them ya feel me?

🫐 Food: blueberries, blue powerade zero bc regular tastes funny, cheese, jerky, pickles, cheesecake, tarts, fish (cooked or raw, in general tbh, Cajun cooking means tons of wet critters yumyum). Anything spicy or sour or with a dash of acidity for balance! I can't handle too much sweetness and prefer more tart or fruity snackies.

...

AND MORE!

Just now realizing I reeeaaally let this get away from me so I'll try to wrap this up IM SO SORRY TYSM FOR ASKING! ;u; On an unrelated note, I have a neurological disorder LAMOWASDFGHJKL

HOW BOUT YOU LESGO ◉⁠‿⁠◉

[sakura394]

Stardew Valley Food 🍳

I made Blueberry Tart.

[madameofechoes]

I’m hardly ever in the baking mood, but procrastinating from schoolwork gets the best of me!

Decided to try my hand at some recipes from my favorite game ever, courtesy of @stardewvalleyrecipes ✨✨.

First, we have Evelyn’s Seasonal Cookie: Winter which reminded me a lot of a batch a cookies I had to sell my freshman year of high school. So soft, so delicious.

Next, is the Blueberry Tart. I shamefully admit that I ate like four of these little things before sharing them with the family.

And of course, Dovahkiin helped me with the entire baking process, but retired early cause it’s hard out here trying to be a chef cat 😂.

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If you want to try out these recipes, go to @stardewvalleyrecipes and check out his entire collection.

He’s like perfect marriage material.

😬

[uroboros-if]

Since you mentioned Stardew Valley in a previous ask, who would the ROs + parents romance in Stardew Valley and what would be their liked and disliked gifts?

Thank you!

Salvatore

Loves: Solar Essence, Diamond, Gold Bar, Melon, Pink Cake, Blueberry Tart

Likes: All Minerals, All Fruits (except Salmonberry)

Hates: Void Essence, Mayonnaise, Wild Horseradish

Luciel

Loves: Life Elixir, Frozen Tear, Void Essence, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Tea Leaves

Hates: All Animal Products (including Rabbit's Foot), Garlic

Ciocana

Loves: Frozen Tear, Chocolate Cake, Fairy Rose, Crocus, Super Cucumber

Likes: All Mushrooms

Hates: All Vegetables, All Eggs, All Milk

Alessi

Loves: Survival Burger, Omelet, Gold Bar, Coffee, Triple Shot Espresso

Likes: All Cooking (except Strange Bun, any with mushrooms)

Hates: All Mushrooms

I miss playing SDV now!! 🥺🥲 Thanks for such a fun ask!! ♥️

[disastergay]

re: this post, I was able to scrape together a list of Stardew Valley cooking videos eventually! here's a playlist <3

on it are all the SDV canon-based cooking recipes I've found so far (separated into categories below the cut because it's a LONG list)

🍜. ���️. 🍕. 🍰. 🍔. 🍱. 🍪. 🥞. 🍣. ☕. 🍓. 🍟.

appetizers & sides:

parsnip soup

cranberry sauce

vegetable medley

glazed yams

stuffing

bread

carp surprise

bean hotpot

fried calamari

cheese cauliflower

tom kha soup

radish salad "sandwich"

crab cakes

meals:

fiddlehead fern risotto

fried mushrooms

dinosaur mayonnaise

stir fry

super meal

survival burger

lucky lunch

pepper poppers

eggplant parmesean

tropical curry

pancakes

spaghetti

fish taco

salmon dinner

pizza

complete breakfast

baked fish

crispy bass

drinks:

beer (non-alcoholic)

triple shot espresso

desserts:

maple bars

pumpkin pie

pink cake

stardrop sorbet

strange bun

chocolate popcorn

rhubarb pie

blackberry cobbler

chocolate chip cookies (evelyn's secret recipe)

blueberry tart

banana pudding

ice cream

based on in-game objects:

lemon lavender stardrop cookies

jelly sweets (prismatic shard)

stardrop shaped donuts

golden walnut bonbons

not edible:

void mayonnaise (slime)

[sunflower-farm]

Summer 5th - More Birds! 🐣

Shane mailed me some stolen Pepper Poppers

Robin upgraded the coop its so big now theres an incubator also

Lemon Drizzle poked her head into the forest corner :) I love how theyre starting to explore :)

I went to Marnie’s and bought a duck (Key Lime Pie) and a blue chicken (Blueberry Tart)

I gave Kent a cheese because it was in my pocket and he liked it

Got my pickaxe back off Clint

I went fishing at the beach and got some magma geodes and a rare disc from chests (and lots of Halibut from the rod)

I didnt make it to bed though I passed out on the rug lmao

Photo of the Day:

Lemon poking her head out :)

[twpsyn-who]

Sdv Tumblr Fandom, if your farmer would be an NPC what would they be/do?

My farmer would probably be a florist. Is having the shop somewhere in the Desert and sells flowers seeds (a much larger variety of flowers seeds, cuz Pierre barely gives us something), flowers and personalized bouquets you can give to your friends/love interest (I actually have a vague idea of how that would work and such, but that's a story for another time).

You know the secret forest? The one close to the Wizard's Tower? Let's say there's an open space deeper into it and that's where my farmer's living. He does have a flower field (yes, all the products come from his farm) and a bee farm. If you go to his house you can buy honey from him. Otherwise if you talk to him at the shop he might give you some honey, similar to how Sandy gives us milk from time to time.

He only shows up to Flower Dance (if your own farmer is dancing with Haley, then he will dance with Alex. Otherwise he doesn't participate in the dance— useless you ask him to dance of course), Dance of the Moonlight Jellies (he's standing next to Alex), Stardew Valley Fair (you will be able to buy flowers from him) and Night Market on the 3rd day.

Birthday : 19 Spring

Lives In : Secret Woods

Address : Unknown

Friends : Alex, Sebastian, Sam, Penny

Marriage : Hmmmmmmm

Best Gifts : Fairy Rose, Blueberry Tart, Green Tea, Jade, Piña Colada

As a side note, in a furry mod he will totally be a wolf ok? Just putting it out there.

[heliosthegriffin]

Farmer Jaune #1

AN: here’s a little background for you people, places, or things, I love Stardew Valley... That’s all.

Summary: Jaune takes a bet with his father that if he can get the old family farm up in running he’ll have shown enough dedication to be a huntsman.

Forteen year old Jaune stood in front of ‘The Club’ at lunch time carrying large crate of assorted fruits on his left shoulder for this Junior guy to try, while in his right he played on his scroll while the two bouncers out front refused to let him in.

Sure, he could barge in, but that’d be rude and create a bad impression on a potential buyer. So the stuck up suits could glare at him all they wanted, he’d wait till Junior saw him or picked up his scroll, or they finally let him in.

Huh, who knew Spruce Willis liked to garden, another reason to look to the guy as a man among men.

The two suits kept a steady glare on the boy with bangs covering the his right eye, only leaving a single blue orb to stare at his scroll. He was all lean muscle, tanned skin, and sun-bleached hair package up in a dirt stained tee and blue jeans.

They’re were sure that they could take him, and there were no notices about a fruit shipments, so they were ready to put down a scam-artist if they had too. Though, if he was a scam-artist he really was easy going.

“So, ‘Mr. Arc’,” One of the suits said as sarcastically as possible.

“Just Jaune.” Jaune said boredom, hoping Junior wasn’t messing with him, if he was he’d have to sic dad on him.

The guards snicker. “Ok Just Jaune,” Jaune rolls his single visible eye. “What do you got in the crate?” “Are you mugging me? Because if you are that’s just lame, it’s a crate full of fruit, how poor are you if need to mug a man for fruit? Delicious, juicy fruit sure, but just fruit.” Jaune say rapid-fire without looking up from him scroll.

The suit who spoke up went flush with anger at the insinuation, he worked for the damn mob! He made very good illegal money! He didn’t even recorded it to the irs that’s how bad he was!

Suit two just snickered at his friend. “I think what my buddy meant was what do have in the box to sell to the boss, and why do you think he’d buy from you over importing from Mistral or bulk buying from the Agri-Dis?”

Jaune rolled his eye again. “For the fourth time he asked me to bring him a crate, which I would have delivered to him by now, and gotten some lunch to if you two lumper didn’t get in the way.”

“And for the fourth time your not on the list, so try sell us on your product and we might let you in!” The first suit said exsperated. “Also why not just eat some produce?”

Jaune shrugged. “Same reason, I’m going to refuse to sell any to you two right now, cause I have things called standards. I always include a little extra on the orders so that people know their appreciated! If I took that away, it’d ruin the magic!”

Jaune then said with a smile, “That said if you’re interested, I can give my website to place an order, and little peak of the goods too.” Jaune said wiggling an eyebrow.

The second suit let out a tired sigh, knowing that this would be long day already. “Ok, back to my second question first, why would anyone buy from you some dirty looking kid from outside the city walls, instead of the nice clean stalls at the Agri-Dis? Also, I make good money wouldn’t I just import good food from Mistral or Vacuo?”

“Ok, find you’ve worn me down fine. Ok first, the Agric-Dis’s food is abysmal grown for two thing!” Jaune said putting away his scroll, and then holding up two finger making them glow with the light of his soul, making both guards jump at the realization this boy was also a hunter in training. “Bulk production, and fast regrowth speed, they inject Earth dust into the soil to make it more fertile, and genetically mod the plants so they grow as fast as possible and big as possible with account for taste! Which to be fair isn’t a bad thing, the city is overpopulated as is, and the Agri-Dis needs to feed everyone, and neither dust usage or gene mods are intrinsically bad, just that bulk produce doesn’t always taste as good as growing something with love and care!”

The two suits inched back in shock at Jaunes passionate rant, and the first suit recovered faster and asked. “Alright, you’ve made a good point. But what about outsourcing production to Mistral or Oasis in Vacuo? They’re food is really good!”

Jaune held a finger as he regained his breath.

“Ok, that’s a fair point, Vacuo has a warmer climate than Vale so it’s easier to grow more crop in season there in certain areas, and Mistral has the same benefit, but, it’s not the food that bad but the prices, and time you have to wait in between shipments.”

The suits leaned in with interest.

“This also has a couple problems, compared to my products.” Jaune holding up his free hand, letting it glow freely to attract the suits attention. “First, is the price you’d paying is roughly three time as much as my own for virtually the same product.” Jaune said slowly and methodically, letting it sink into the mens minds, he’d never let a potential customer get away, even if they were goons.

“Second is bidding, when you order from out of kingdom your have to compete with everyone else who wants that food, which also is reason the price is higher they can afford to hike it because it’s in demand, so since it’s in demand that means people want it, which implies scarcity, so even if you place an order there no garuntee that they’ll have any left for you.“ “I never thought of that way when I saw the restock sign...” “Most people don’t, in fact most people don’t care about the quality of the food long as it’s good and edible. So like I said limited supply, right? Well, right now I have tons of food to sell, I won’t be running out either,” Jaune said with a smirk, “but for how long? Anyway, another problem if your foods coming from outside the kingdom means that it’s coming outside the kingdom, this is two probelm. One, you’re weakening the local market, while strengthening foreign market, and you don’t want freaking Vacuo to be stronger than Vale in anyway right?” Jaune asked slyly.

“No..”

“The other problems with outsourcing from out of kingdom, is the shorter shelf lift, shipping takes time, you know this, you’re smart guys right?”Jaune asked the men, who quickly nodded. “Well, you should know that caravans only come so often, there could be month in-between you ordering your product and actually getting it! So your food could be moldy and black!”

The suits looked at each other, remembering the bosses fits of rage about a ruined order of fruit, and their own bad experiences with outsourcing. Conveinently forgeting this only happened once or twice, out of the hundreds of times they’ve ordered.

Jaune continued, “The final problem is it’s outside the kingdom anything can happen! Bandits, grimm, White Fang, Then Bam!” Jaune punctuating by slamming his hand against the crate. “You just lost three hundred lien by ordering from freaking Vacuo, what the hell you’d expect from ordering from those them, it’s all gone now! And it’s all your fault from ordering from Vacuo!” Jaune said quickly, and almost out of breath.

The men scowled at the idea of letting Vacuo pull a fast one on proud Valemen like themselves.

“Now, on the other hand my produce is loved and cared for only a mere half hour away in hunter protected settlement of Stardew Valley. Barring in-climate weather, or Grimm, I will have your product, if it’s ready for shipping out, to you within a week or you get the shipping free! Bam!” Jaune slammed his hand on the box again. “You just cut your grocery bill by a two-thirds!”

Silence then filled the gap again.

“So, did I answer you gentlemen’s questions?” Jaune asked with a slightly sore throat.

“I think I’ll be taking a look at your scrollsite later today,” The second suit said, then smiles thinly. “I just hope you’re not exaggerating, but regardless you got me rethinking my spending habits!”

The men and boy let out a little chuckle.

“Alright how about I let you two see what it’s in the crate to see proof of product.” Jaune said easing the crate on two the ground, easily being twice as wide as his waist, and coming up to his torso.

The men gave a shrug.

Jaune undid the latch on the crate and opened it up, assulting the men with sweet, starchy, and delcious smells of produce, their mouths involuntarily starting to water at the sight of fresh cherries, ripe melons, golden-yellow corn, full and juicy blackberries, tart and sweet blueberries, the spicy red hot peppers, ripe to bursting tomatos, and the most robust coffee they’ve ever smelt.

Jaune then slammed the lid closed a minute later, and put the crate onto his shoulder.

“Arc! What are you doing here? I told you to meet me at noon, and I’d meet you at the Club, not for you to wait for me outside the Club for an hour.”

“Dad say “If you’re early you’re on time, if you’re on time you’re late, if you’re late, everybody’s dead and you’ve lost your huntsman license.”

“Whatever, just follow me in, and we’ll hash out the deal today.” Junior looked at his men. “I’m not mad, you did well.”

“I’m not mad either, just bored.” Jaune said slipping in.

.....

“So, you wanna go half in, on a order?” “Why not? All that talking got me hungry.”

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blueberry tart - stardew valley (2016)