Day 9

## Story

The day starts with Lily discovering in her mailbox a mail from the tax administration about a large amount of money she owns them. Again Philips offers no help and tells her to continue renovating the domain. She opens the new area of the vegetable garden and starts its renovation wondering where she is going to find that amount of money. Her work is interrupt by a new inspection of Philips. Philips talk about his past during WWII and how the government helped citizens grow their own vegetables as in a "victory garden". Philips reveals the estate originally belonged to Arthur's family. Lily discovers a small lock box while replacing the soil. Opening it with the Luke's help reveals an old notebook from Aunt Mary's past life as a pilot. Philips at the end of the day tells Lily he'll look into Mary's papers to find money. By looking at an old tree, Lilly awake her new nemesis: a squirrel. During her sleep, she dreams of the her as the pilot ace while being chased by the squirrel

## New Characters

*No new characters are introduced on this day.*

## Locations

New places unlocked on this day:

* Greenhouse

Places to renovate:

* Vegetable garden

## Tasks

Players must earn 45 stars to complete the tasks of this day.

* Check Mailbox
* Call Philip
* Clear Weeds
* Build Wakway 1/2
* Build Wakway 2/2
* Trim Hedge
* Build Benches
* Ask Philip About This Place
* Replace The Soil
* Grow Berries
* Place Scarecrow
* Ask Philip About the Box
* Call Luke
* Open The Box
* Grow Vegetables
* Repair Ccompost Bin
* Ask Philip About The Other Thing
* Drive Philip Home
* Check Out Lemon Trees
* Plant Fruit Trees
* Start New Day

#### Opening Scene

> **Lily**Ahhh... Nothing like getting to wake up gradually...
> Slowly adjusting to the light of a beautiful new day... No sounds but the birds chir--**???**\*HONK HONK\***Lily**\*sigh\* No sounds but the birds chirping, and the mailman honking.

#### Check Mailbox

> [At the entrance gate]**Lily**Maybe the mailman dropped off a letter saying I just inherited a big house! And tons of money!
> ...Oh, wait. I already got one of those.
> Let's see...junk mail...underwear catalog...State Tax Board?[Lily reads the mail]**Lily**"Dear Miss Roberts...This letter is to inform you of unpaid property tax on the estate of Mrs. Mary LaRosa in the amount of..."
> HOLY MOLEY THAT IS SO MANY NUMBERS. IN A ROW.
> It's fine! It's fine! I'm sure I can just use the money in Mary's account to pay it off...
> "Automatic payments for the amount in arrears could not be processed due to insufficient funds in the decedent's linked account."
> Wait! Aunt Mary didn't have enough money in her account to pay this off?!
> Insufficient funds. Insufficient funds. Insufficient funds.
> Insufficient fuuuuuuu--
> PHILIP! PHILIP CAN HELP!

#### Call Philip

> [At the entrance gate]**Lily**I hope he has soem actual advice for me and not more of his Yoda nonsense....[Lily calls Philip]**Philip Jones**Ah, Miss Roberts! What a pleasant surprise. I was just--**Lily**Yes yes yes, hello. I have a problem.
> I got a letter from the tax board saying Aunt Mary has a ton of unpaid property taxes.**Philip Jones**Did she? Hm, well, fret not! You can just make use of the funds in her account to pay it.**Lily**That's the problem! They said there's not enough money in her account for that. Is this another test from Aunt Mary or something?**Philip Jones**They said what...? I'm sure that's not right. Mary's mail has been forwarded here to my office; I'll just check her bank statement.
> ...There does seem to be...less in here than I imagined there would be.**Lily**Wait, you didn't actually KNOW how much money Aunt Mary had?!**Philip Jones**I, err...hrm. Well, Mary did keep secrets, you know, even from me.
> I'm sure if you just, ah, keep doing what you're doing, all will be well!
> ...But I'd also perhaps start looking around the property for any money or valuables Mary might have hidden away.
> Well, good luck! \*click\*[The call ends]**Lily**...
> Okay. Okay. Business as usual...business as usual...I'm sure this will all resolve itself...somehow...**Dog**BORF!**Lily**Oh, hey girl! Wanna come to the veggie garden with me?[Lily and Dog walk in the vegetable garden]**Lily**What a mess...at least there's plenty to do to keep my mind off this tax stuff...

#### Clear Weeds

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Oh! I can do my weed-pulling theraphy again! I'll just pull one weed for each dollar I owe the state.
> ...
> We're gonna need more weeds, Roxy.[Lily and Dog pull the weed]**Lily***1 dollar...2 dollars...*
> *347 dollars...348 dollars...*
> *99... ugh! Lost count...*

*Not nearly enough weeds later...*

> **Lily**Weedless-tastic!**Dog**Borff?**Lily**You're right. That's... really not my best one of those. I'm really off my game today...
> Anyway...let's fix the walkway!

#### Build Walkway 1/2

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Alright, Roxy. Feast your paws on THIS!

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**Walkway-zing!
> After a week of all this, I'm basically a walkway expert!**Dog**BORF?**Lily**Yes, yes. I KNOW We're still missing the edge stones.

#### Build Walkway 2/2

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Walkway...more like...cakewalk! Yeah!!
> Yup, totally of my game today.

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> **Lily**Tadaaa!
> I'll have the best-looking walkways in the state!
> ...If I don't have to sell the whole estate just to pay the property taxes.
> What would even be the point of all this work then..**Dog**BORF!**Lily**You're right, Fuzzyface! I beat Larry...I can beat the state tax board. Somehow.

#### Trim Hedge

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Once again, Roxy, we find ourselves in the middle of a huge mess.**Dog**Boof!**Lily**At least THIS mess can be solved with a pair of hedge shears![Lily trims the hedges]**Lily***DON'T go hiding...oh!*
> *Where'd she go?*
> *How'd you get up here?*

*Some more trimming later*

> **Lily**So much better than before.
> Hmm...think the taxman would let me work off my debt by doing yardwork?**Dog**Arf?**Lily**Yeah, probably not.

#### Build Benches

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**We used to sit on these benches on summer days and eat fresh-picked cucumbers.
> They're still my favorite snack veggies!
> Ever had yourself a cuke, Roxy?**Dog**Arf?**Lily**I'll grow you one. I don't THINK they're bad for dogs...
> Okay. Let's fix these benches!

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**There. Ready for snacktime!
> Now we just need the veggies to snack on. But that's for later!
> Okay, what's next...

Transition Dialogue

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**This is such a cool greenhouse.
> I remember seeing a big one like it online. I think it was in Copenhagen?[Philip walks towards Lily]**Lily**Hm...wonder if I could go into hiding in Denmark to ditch the taxman...**Philip Jones**Hello, Miss Roberts!**Lily**GAAHH!!
> Philip?! Where did you even come from?!**Philip Jones**Hm? Why, from my house, of course!**Lily**But I just talked to you on the phone...**Philip Jones**You didn't think this whole tax business would stop me from performing my inspections, did you?**Lily**If I did, I thought wrong, apparently.**Philip Jones**I see you're working on the victory garden**Lily**"Victory... garden"...?

#### Ask Philip About This Place

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**What do you mean by "victory garden", Mr. Jones?**Philip Jones**Oh! Not a student of history, I see.**Lily**Was more of a numbers gal...[Lily, Philip and Dog walk towards the vegetable garden]**Philip Jones**Well, despite my youthful appearance, it might surprise you to know that I was alive during World War II!**Lily**It would absolutely not surprise me.**Philip Jones**It was a hard time for the soldiers of course, but also for those of us at home.
> Farms and other factories were focused on feeding our soliders abroad. Food was not as plentiful as it is today.
> So, to reduce the pressure on the national food supply, the governments enouraged us to plant "victory gardens" full of fruits and vegetables.
> "Sow the seeds of victory" Plant and raise your own vegetables!", they said. They had some lovely posters.
> Anyway, this very garden was once a victory garden!**Lily**I had no idea.[Lily, Philip and Dog walk back]**Philip Jones**Mmhmm. Though you think of this as Mary's home, it originally belonged to your Uncle Arthur's family. And this was their victory garden.**Lily**Really? Aunt Mary never told me that.**Philip Jones**Oh yes! History is everywhere, Miss Roberst. Even in the dirt.
> Now, I'm going to have a seat, and you can just go about your business.
> [Philips sits on the bench]**Philip Jones**Ahh...days like this always make me crave a fresh cucumber...**Lily**Victory Garden, huh? Let's turn back the clock on this place.**Dog**BORF!**Lily**Yes, that means cucumbers for you.

#### Replace Soil

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Well, it's no veggery garden without some victorables. And we need freshly turned soil for that.
> Wait. Veggery? Victorbles??
> This tax thing is destroying my last brain cells.**Philip Jones**Chin up, Miss Roberst! Now's the time to put that energy from horry into hoeing!**Lily**Yeah...I wonder what the scientific formula is for converting worry into hoeing...**Philip Jones**Well, like I always say, spend all day THINKING about hoeing, and you'll never get any real hoeing done!**Lily**...You \*always\* say that?
> Alright, Roxy. Let's hoe!**Dog**BOOF?

*Lots of hoeing later*

> [While Lily hoes Roxy's found something in the ground and digs]**Dog**Bwoorf! Boof!**Lily**What did you find, Roxy?[Lily kneels and digs into the ground and finds...]

> **Lily**It's a lockbox. Wonder if it's a time capsule or something?
> Ugh! I hate mystery. I'll just set it aside for now...
> Good job, Roxy. Soil's ready for Vige....vege...vict--it's ready for me to plant things.

#### Grow Berries

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Freshly turned and tilled soil. Perfect for planting...
> Hey, I can plant anything...hmm...**Dog**Boorf? Arf?**Lily**Ha ha, no you can't plant dog biscuits, Silly. Let's plant some berries instead.

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> **Lily**Berrylicious![Some blue birds arrive]**???**\*Chirp chirp\*[Roxy barks and makes the birds run away]**Lily**Hey! Hey get outta here, birds!**Philip Jones**Oh, chasing them off is no help, Miss Roberts. You'll find they're quite hard to get rid of!**Lily**Awful lot of that going on around here...**Philip Jones**That's why tehere used to be scarecrow over there**Lily**Wait, are scarecrows, like...real?? Do they actually work??**Philip Jones**It's right there in the name! I seem to recall you had an unwanted male guest recently, too. Perhaps he left some of his clothes?**Lily**Ugh, yeah, I haven't thrown thos out yet...let's put them to good use!

#### Place Scarecrow

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Time to scare some crows!**Philip Jones**Those are blue Californian scrub-jays, Miss Roberts.**Lily**Wait, will the scarecrow work on non-crows?**Philip Jones**I believe the functionality of a scarecrow is species-agnostic.

*A little while later*

> **Lily**Just little padding here...well, some extra padding for realism's sake...
> Up you go, Mr. Scarecrow.
> Well, I dunno about birds, but \*I\* certainly wouldn't want come here if I saw him.[The birds fly away]**Lily**Huh, look at that. They really hate him!
> Art imitating life.
> Okay. Pests are dealt with. What's next...

#### Ask Philip About The Box

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Do you know anything abou the lockbox, Philip?**Philip Jones**How do you mean?**Lily**I mean, like, is this part of some big treasure hunt Aunt Mary planned for me as a test?**Philip Jones**You think your great-aunt planted a lockbox decades ago in anticipation that she might one day need to test a grand-niece with it?**Lily**...
> I "just happened" to find a berret in a well with a perfectly preserved hair from my great-uncle's head in it so I could run a DNA test.
> Excuse the heck out of me for assuming everything I find from now on is part of some grand scheme by my crazy great-aunt.**Philip Jones**Now, now. Mary was many things, but crazy wasn't one of them.**Lily**Sorry, you're right...
> Oh! I bet Luke could open this!

#### Call Luke

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Jeez, he's already in my Favorite list...
> I guess he kinda is my favorite...neighbor?[Lily calls Luke]**Lily**...**Luke**Yello?**Lily**Hey, it's your favorite neighbor.
> I don't suppose you have any lockpicks?**Luke**...What?**Lily**I found an old lockbox and I don't have a key for it. THought maybe you might know how to open it.**Luke**Old lockbox, huh? Yeah, I think I have just the thing. I'll walk over.**Lily**Thank you! Bye![The call ends]**Lily**Mystery almost solved!

Transition Dialogue

> [In the vegetable garden]**Dog**Arf! Arf![Luke walks towards Lily and Dog that is barking and leans over to pet her]**Luke**Gooooooood girl!**Lily**Hey Luke.**Luke**Heard someone needed a lock picked.**Lily**That's me.[Luke turns his gaze towards the bench]**Luke**Who's your pal on the becnh?**Lily**Oh! That's Mr. Jones, my great-aunt's lawyer.**Philip Jones**Greetings!**Luke**Why's there an ancient lawyer on your bench?**Lily**It's...not important. Did you bring your lockpick?**Luke**I brought a real delicat tool. For lockpickin' experts.

#### Open The Box

> [In the vegetable garden Luke puts the lockbocks on the ground and picks up his sledgehammer]**Luke**Stand back, girls!**Lily**Wait...THAT's your delice lock picking tool?**Luke**Never question the methods of a master lock picker, Lily**Lily**Okay, fine, just... don't hurt the box!**Luke**Can't hurt an inanimate object! YAAAHHH!!!

*One unlocked box later*

> **Luke**Oh yeah, that lock was all eaten up by rust.
> But check it out! Who's the master of unlocking?**Lily**You. You are the master of unlocking.[Lily pick something from the opened lockbox]**Lily**It's a...journal? Aunt Mary's.

> **Lily**Wow, these entries ar from after the war.
> "The relief I feel being back home cannot be overstated, and yet I worry...I must be able to make a living."
> "I was not born wealthy, but I was born determined. I'll turn to my modest skilss to take care of myself: gardening and, of course, the other one."**Luke**Uh...what?**Lily**My great-aunt picked up gardening after the war ended. But she mentions another skill she had...to make a living.**Luke**Planning treasure hunts and setting up questionable motivational schemes for her future great-niece?[Luke walks away]**Luke**Well, uh, congratulations on your new diary. Gimme a call if you need help with the greenhouse, yeah?**Lily**Sure, later![Luke leaves]**Lily**There's a lot about Aunt Mary's life I still don't really know...I should read some more of this when I get the chance.

#### Grow Vegetables

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**These'll taste great!

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> **Lily**Veggiestastic!
> I wonder what it was like back then...
> Having garden like this so they didn't go hungry, instead of just for fun.
> Maybe I even EXIST because of this garden...
> Kinda wild to think about.**Dog**Borf?**Lily**Oh, right. Here you go, Roxy. One fresh new cucumber!**Dog**\*Munch munch\*

#### Repair Compost Bin

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**I can compost scarps from the veggies I grow here!
> Then I can use the compost to grow MORE veggies!
> Which I can then turn into scraps, and--**Dog**Arf!**Lily**Yeah, sorry, you get the idea.
> [Roxy starts to dig]**Lily**Let's get this fixed up.

*10 minutes later*

> **Lily**Com-POST-TASTIC!
> WOOP-BA-DOOOoooooo...
> ...Ooooooo...
> ...
> Maybe Luke is right...maybe I DO get a little too excited about garbage...**Dog**Borf...

#### Ask Philip About The Other Thing

> [In the vegetable garden Lily talks to Philip who is sitting on the bench]**Lily**Mr. Jones?**Philip Jones**\*snrrkk\* Ahh! Hmm?**Lily**Sorry, I couldn't tell if you were awake or asleep.**Philip Jones**Which was it?**Lily**Uh...asleep, I guess.[Philip gets up from the bench]**Philip Jones**Fascinating! How can I help you, Miss Roberts?**Lily**Well, I got the lockbox open and it had one of Aunt Mary's old diaries in it.**Philip Jones**Family history! A true treasure.**Lily**In it, she says she needed to make money, but was only god at two things: gardening and "the other thing."
> Do you know what she meant by that?**Philip Jones**She must have written that when she was young! Mary had many talents when she met me.[Philips goes back to sit on the bench]**Philip Jones**She DID make a mean rabbit stew...maybe that's the answer!**Lily**Rabbit stew?**Philip Jones**Just gotta rest my eyes for a s-- \*zzzzz\*[Philips falls asleep]**Lily**What could Mary possibly do for a living besides gardening?**Dog**Orf?

Transition Dialogue

> [In the vegetable garden]**Philip Jones**Well, Miss Roberts, you've done fine work today.
> Mary was, of course, correct to trust you with the estate.
> I'd just ask that you not let this business with the property tax cast dark clouds over your experience here.
> I'll go over Mary's records and see if I can find a solution.**Lily**Thank you, Mr. Jones.[Philip walks away]**Philip Jones**Now, hurry up, Miss Roberts! I haven't got all day.**Lily**Where are we going?**Philip Jones**To your car, of course, so you can drive me home! Heh heh!**Lily**Sure, though I'm still not 100% on how you got here in the first place...

#### Drive Philip home

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Okay, Mr. Jones. Your chariot awaits! Right this way.**Philip Jones**Lovely![At the entrance gate]**Philip Jones**You know, I can identify with your great-aunt as she was in the journal.**Lily**What do you mean?**Philip Jones**Well, after the war was hard for everyone. Not as hard as the war, of course. For most.
> I found my young self in debt after having borrowed from some unsavory types for medicine for my mother.
> I found a grove of unattended lemon trees. I had enough money to buy some sugar, and so I stole the lemons to make lemonade.**Lily**You just stole someone's lemons?**Philip Jones**Not just someone's. The trees belonged to your great-uncle's parents.
> And his mother noticed the lemons missing, and found me in town later that day.
> But instead of calling me a thief, she just bought two glasses of lemonade and winked as she walked away.**Lily**That was nice of her.**Philip Jones**That's how we all made it out of the hard times together. With kindness, Miss Roberts.

*One long drive later*

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**Still a bit daylight left. Lemon trees, huh?
> I should get rid of these dead fruit trees and plant some new ones. Maybe I can start a trendy smoothie joint!
> "LaRosa Smoothie - the exclusive, original fruity energy booster made with apples and love"[Roxy barks at the lemon tree]**Lily**"Traces of dog saliva may be present..."

#### Check Out Lemon Trees

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**You're right, Roxy. That tree is NOT smoothie business material.
> What are all these twigs and carefully placed dead leaves doing in the treetop?**???**\*chitter chitter!!\*[A squirrel comes out the tree and Roxy barks]**Lily**Ahh!
> Hey little squirrel friend.**Squirrel***Chitter chitter!!***Lily**Oh, he's really mad. That must've been his nest!
> I'm sorry!![The squirrel runs away]**Squirrel***Chitter chitter!!***Lily**..Did that squirrel just swear revenge on me?
> I should tend to these trees.

#### Plant Fruit Trees

> [In the vegetable garden]**Lily**I could ALSO make my own lemonade like Philip...

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> **Lily**It's fruitastic!
> Kindness, eh, Mr. Jones?
> He's right, I think. That's how I made it out of that Larry business. Regina, and Luke...
> I'll have to find a way to pay it forward.
> You never know who might need some of your lemons.

#### Start New Day

> [In front of the house]**Lily**Sure learned a lot today.
> And my back doesn't even hurt too much!
> ...maybe...just a little...
> Time to wind down for bed.[Lily goes to sleep]**Lily**Fffflying...
> I don't actually have a licenssss....[Lyly dreams]

> **???**\*ratatatatat\***Lily**Hey!
> Mayday! Mayday! Flying, acorn-shooting squirrel on my tail!
> Yes, it's shooting explosive acorns out of its paws, like in real life!
> Noooo! I'm going dooowwwnn....