SonjaIntro
So this is Wraeclast, eh? Strangely warm and humid here, at least compared to back home. Might be better for growin’, but we’ll see about that. Name’s Sonja, and I’m here to help manage the farming.
Introduction
This soil. It should be barren. It’s sandy. It’s clay. All my experience farming tells me this spot should be lifeless. And yet… the plants, they grow. They even thrive. We should till, and sow. I am very intrigued to discover the secrets of this land. You, native, can call me Sonja. If you’ll invest in the proper tools, I’ll be farming here, and if anyone else wants to help, well, that’s on them.
Introduction_2
This soil. It should be barren. It’s sandy. It’s clay. All my experience farming tells me this spot should be lifeless. And yet… the plants, they grow. They even thrive… I am very intrigued to discover the secrets of this land. You, native, can call me Sonja. I’ll be farming here, and if anyone else wants to help, well, that’s on them.
SonjaInvestFarming
We all need to eat. With the proper tools, I can get to work right away. I don’t really see any other choice here.
Sonja
That is my name here, because I have chosen it. I choose to leave behind that which I was, for it was assigned to me. Forced, not given. Family names are the ties that bind.
The Soil
I have come to learn more about the land’s bounty. Far beneath the sand and clay, there is a hidden layer of volcanic soils, and a thick band of ash. These are rich and fertile deposits. Given our distance from the mountains on Tujen’s map, I have no doubt that something terrible ravaged this land a very long time ago. Middengard is mostly comprised of volcanoes, but none like this. I am surprised there are people still present on Wraeclast after what must have happened…
Oshabi
This Oshabi you met… this Lifeforce she spoke of… it confirms something I have come to suspect. The plants here do not grow as they should. I do not mean the bounty we have discovered. What we grow is not the same as it would be back home. It is not the same between harvests, nor even between individual plants. The differences are small, but ever-present. Wraeclast is a land of change. Given that we farmers specialise in long-term predictability, I am very concerned for the future. There is also the question… we, too, grow and change. Will {our} children be subject to the same vicissitudes?
Kingsmarch
I’d rather work than stand around gossiping, if that’s alright.
SonjaWildNotEnoughMoney_Random
Hah… I ain’t got enough for that, friend.
SonjaWildNotEnoughMoney_2
Ain’t got enough for that, friend.
SonjaWildBuildFarm
Let’s see what we can grow in this strange land.
SonjaWildUnlockFarming
Understood. I’ll get to it.
SonjaWildUpgradeCropThree_Random
Pumpkins aren’t my favourite, but the people love ‘em.
SonjaWildUpgradePlotNumberOne
We’ll scrape out some more space.
SonjaWildUpgradeWorkerSpeedOne
Toil is good for the heart.
SonjaWildUpgradeCropFour
Orgourd comes from the sea. It should take to the sandy soil.
SonjaWildUpgradePlotNumberTwo
More plots, more work. Great.
SonjaWildUpgradeCropFive
Blue Zanthimum is very fickle. We shall see…
SonjaWildUpgradeWorkerSpeedTwo
We’re getting more efficient with our work now.
SonjaWildUpgradeYieldPerDifferentCrop
A rotation system will benefit our yields.
SonjaWildUpgradePlotNumberThree
Now, we’re a proper farm.
SonjaWildUpgradeYieldPerAdjacentCrop
It’s all about cross-pollination. It shouldn’t work like this, but here… it does.
SonjaWildAssignMediocre_Random
Alright.
SonjaWildAssignMediocre_5
Ugh.. I’ll have to train ‘em.
SonjaWildAssignMediocre_7
I’ll have to train ‘em.
SonjaWildAssignMediocre_8
You’re the boss.
SonjaWildAssignGood_Random
Fine by me.
SonjaWildAssignGood_4
Hm! Fine by me.
SonjaWildAssignGood_5
That’ll work.
SonjaWildAssignGood_8
Hmm… that’ll work.
SonjaWildAssignGood_9
Okay.
SonjaWildAssignGood_12
Heh! Okay.
SonjaWildAssignAmazing_Random
Huh, not bad.
SonjaWildAssignAmazing_3
Not bad.
SonjaWildAssignAmazing_5
Good turn.
SonjaWildAssignAmazing_9
We’ll get along.
SonjaWildAssignAmazing_11
Ha ha ha! We’ll get along.
SonjaWildRemoveMediocre_Random
Good.
SonjaWildRemoveMediocre_5
Fine.
SonjaWildRemoveMediocre_9
Faster on my own, anyway.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_Random
So it goes.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_2
Hmm… so it goes.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_3
Heh… so it goes.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_5
Seasonal help goes with the weather.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_8
Ha ha! Seasonal help goes with the weather.
SonjaWildRemoveGood_9
Ah, alright.
SonjaWildRemoveAmazing_Random
Shame.
SonjaWildRemoveAmazing_2
Ahh, shame.
SonjaWildRemoveAmazing_5
Oh, wasn’t all bad.
SonjaWildRemoveAmazing_7
Wasn’t all bad.
SonjaWildRemoveAmazing_9
Good orgourd, that one.
SonjaWildIdleWorkers_Random
You’ve saddled me with idle hands. Pay somebody.
SonjaWildIdleWorkers_5
There’s no gold to pay the farmers.
SonjaWildIdleWorkers_8
Need a few Dinars for wages.
SonjaWildHarvestReady_Random
Got some to pick up.
SonjaWildHarvestReady_4
Bring in the harvest, why don’t ya?
SonjaWildHarvestReady_7
The fruits of our hard work are ready for {you} to enjoy.
SonjaWildHarvestReady_9
The fruits of our hard work are ready for you to enjoy.
SonjaConvoToHerself_Random
Fair weather today.
SonjaConvoToHerself_3
Hmm… fair weather today.
SonjaConvoToHerself_4
Strange crops…
SonjaConvoToHerself_7
Hmm… strange crops…
SonjaConvoToHerself_8
It’s good to be free.
SonjaConvoToHerself_11
I don’t care if you {can} hear me, you bastard. What more can you possibly do to me.
SonjaConvoToHerself_13
I don’t care if you can hear me, you bastard. What more can you possibly do to me.
SonjaConvoWithTujenOne
With farm work, there are no days off.
SonjaConvoWithTujenTwo
Heheh… buy me a drink, and I’ll show you.
SonjaConvoWithIslaOne
That ramshackle auto-planter of yours just scratched the dirt around, Isla. Didn’t do a lick of good.
SonjaConvoWithIslaTwo
A reactor? Didn’t you already
SonjaWildOnApproach_Random
Eh.
SonjaWildOnApproach_5
Ah.
SonjaWildOnApproach_9
Hmm.
SonjaWildOnApproach_13
Yes?
Sonja’s Journal
I should start a journal… tomorrow.