Mark/Events

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This page lists currently implemented events for Mark.

## Three heart event

(The event starts when the player arrives near the Cavern.)
 **Mark:**...
  **Player:**Hi Mark! How are--
 **Mark:**Shh!
C'mere.
  **Player:**I don't see...
 **Mark:**SHH!
C'mere, cutie. I'm not gonna hurt ya.
(The player is surprised.)
 **Mark:**Very good.
  **Player:**Is it dangerous?
 **Mark:**Dangerous? Nah, just looking for a good home. Aren't you? Aren't ya?
C'mon.
  **Player:**Doggy treats? Do you just...carry those around with you?
 **Mark:**Sure do!
In case of emergencies just like this one.
They're yummy, I promise. Try some.
(The dog eats the treats and loves it.)
 **Mark:**Good puppy!
You've been through some rough times, haven't you? How long have you been living out in the wild?
You're in luck! I have just the place for you. We'll keep you at the animal shelter until we can find you a good home. How's that sound?
I thought you'd like that! Come on, you can stay with me tonight.
I'll get you cleaned up.
  **Player:**Keeping a stray in your house? What if she bites?
 **Mark:**This small thing? No, she's a sweetie, I can tell. It's all in the eyes.
  **Player:**Keeping a stray in your house? She could have fleas!
 **Mark:**What, you think I've never had fleas before?
 **Mark:**I like dogs. They're just so full of life and happiness.
You know, I spend my days down in the caves.
It's an honor to defend this town from the monsters that plague it, but after a while...well. It can weigh on you. All that monster hunting.
I need balance in my life, and volunteering at the animal shelter--helping the strays find their way--really helps me find my way, too. Keeps me sane.
It's a win/win. Ain't it, girl?
I thought so. I'll see you around, *Player*!

## Four heart event

The event starts when the player enters the pet shelter.

(Mark plays with his stray.)
 **Mark:**Get it, girl! Get it!
 **Mark:**Good job.
 **Mark:**You've really come a long way, haven't you?
It wasn't too long ago that I found you in the woods, and now look at you! Playful, energetic. And between you and me, you smell much better.
 **Mark:**We have some work ahead of us, though: You still have a way to go to get back to your normal weight.
 **Mark:**But guess what? I have a surprise for you!
(Mark runs and brings a dog food.)
 **Mark:**Surprise! Brand new dog food!
 **Mark:**Don't knock it until you try it, now. This is my own special blend of preservative-free protein, locally sourced organic rice, and a healthy mix of essential vitamins and
nutrients that are guaranteed to pack on those pounds. It's good for you!
(The dog smells it and refuses to eat.)
 **Mark:**Don't be picky! C'mon, I'll even give you the special treatment.
(Mark tries to convince the dog to eat it with dog treats, but the dog still refuses to eat.)
 **Mark:**I'll be straight with you, girl. You really need the nutrition.
You're better than you were but you're not out of the woods yet, you know?
(The dog runs and still doesn't want to eat it.)
 **Mark:**I'm just trying to help you, girl.
But you have to trust me, okay? We give this to all our pups here at the shelter, and they love it.
You'll be okay, I promise.
 **Mark:**That's right, you can do it.
(The dog finally tries it.)
 **Mark:**THERE'S a good girl!
 **Mark:**See? Isn't that the best? A few more servings of this and you'll be back to...
 **Mark:**Are you feeling--?
(The dog coughing and throwing up the food. Mark is panicking)
 **Mark:**GIRL!
(Mark brings the dog to Huntress Cabin.)
 **Mark:**Please be okay please be okay please be okay...
(Kenny comes out and greets Mark to bring some news.)
 **Mark:**Tell me she's okay.
 **Kenny:**It was close.
The poor thing went into anaphylactic shock. It was allergic to something it ate.
 **Mark:**...Oh no.
 **Kenny:**But don't worry, she'll pull through.
Did she have any new food recently? Anything she wasn't used to?
 **Mark:**Oh no!
 **Kenny:**What was it?
 **Mark:**The...the special blend. She didn't want to eat it, but I...I give it to all my strays. I didn't even think about allergies, not once.
She didn't want to eat it.
 **Kenny:**I'll want to keep her here for a bit for observation. If that's all right with you.
 **Mark:**Y...yes. Of course.
 **Kenny:**Get some sleep, Mark. She'll pull through.
 **Mark:**She didn't want to eat it.

## Six heart events

### Part one

The event starts when the player enters Fishensips.

 **Frank:**Another, Mark?
 **Mark:**Another.
 **Frank:**Should I bother asking why you're--?
 **Mark:**No.
(The player approaches and greets Mark.)
 **Mark:**...
  **Player:**Great to see you, Mark!
 **Mark:**Ey Garden Rake.
  **Player:**Hey Mark. Are you...uh...drinking alone?
 **Mark:**Yes and I'd like to keep it that way.
(The player sits beside Mark and Mark looks annoyed.)
 **Mark:**...
  **Player:**???
 **Mark:***\*sigh\** Of course you'd sit.
 **Mark:**Remember that stray I found the other day? Sure you do. You were there.
 **Mark:**You're everywhere nowdays. Why is that, Garden Rake?
 **Mark:**I was trying to nurse it back to health and I kind of...force-fed some food it was allergic to.
(The player is surprised.)
 **Mark:**She almost died. It would have been mu fault!
Don't worry, she'll make a full recovery. But dang, what I almost did...
 **Mark:**I know what you're thinking. It was a mistake. No harm, no foul. Right? But you don't understand.
She didn't want the food I was trying to give her.
She was trying to tell me no.
 **Mark:**I shouldn't have forced her. I shouldn't have pushed her too far. And the thing is...
 **Mark:**The thing is, this isn't the first time I've done that.
 **Mark:**Look, I've never told anyone this before. The only one who knows is Kira, but...ah, I'll just say it.
 **Mark:**The Band of Smiles trained me to fight, you know. But I wasn't their only student.
There was another boy. Drake. Nice kid, but he just didn't have the chops.
 **Mark:**I'd master a move in the first showing, he'd still be struggling by the end of the day. He was just in the wrong place.
And I...I made him pay for it.
 **Mark:**I taunted him. Teased him. He didn't belong there, right? Well, I made sure he knew it.
 **Mark:**But the thing is, Drake was proud.
He didn't give up, didn't give in. But I shouldn't have pushed him like that. Because when the dark wizard showed up...well.
Drake was just looking for a chance to prove himself.
 **Mark:**He wasn't ready. He went anyway, fought some legendary creature alone. To prove himself. He...he didn't make it back.
And it's all my fault.
(Mark sighs.)
 **Mark:**And here I am again...
 **Mark:**Give me some space.
 **Mark:**Please? I think I need to be alone.
(The player agrees, pats Mark's back and leaves.)

### Part two

The event starts when the player nears the Huntress Cabin.

 **Mark:**Thanks for coming with me to pick up the stray, Garden Ra-... Umm... *Player*.
(Kenny comes out from the cabin.)
 **Mark:**Hey! How's she doing? All recovered?
 **Kenny:**Well...that's a little hard to say.
 **Mark:**Spit it out.
 **Kenny:**There was...ah...an issue last night, Mark. I put her to bed at night...
 **Mark:**Yeah?
 **Kenny:**But when I woke up, it seems she was...well, she was gone.
 **Mark:**WHAT?
 **Kenny:**Gone. The door was open, and I found the window open last night too. She must have snuck out.
(Mark is so surprised.)
 **Kenny:**I'm so sorry. I mean, I can't even begin to...
 **Kenny:**This has never happened before, you understand.
Never. Never in a million years my cows...
 **Mark:**Uh huh.
 **Kenny:**I'm sure I locked up last night. I'm sure of it. But, well, I did open the window to let a little breeze in, and...
 **Mark:**Uh huh.
 **Kenny:**I'm so sorry.
 **Mark:**Do you have any leads? Any idea where she might have gone?
 **Kenny:**What No, no...I just found out myself!
 **Mark:**This is a disaster, and it's all my fault. If I hadn't...if she hadn't been here in the first place, this never would have...
 **Mark:**I have to find her. Right now.
(Mark runs leaving the player and Kenny.)

## Seven heart event

The event starts when the player arrives near the Cavern.

 **Mark:**Here girl! Here girl!
 **Mark:**Here girl...
(The player greets Mark from afar.)
 **Mark:**Oh. Hey, *Player*...
 **Mark:**...
  **Player:**Did you get lost out here?
 **Mark:**Lost? No, I practically live in these caves.
Just haven't slept in a while.
I only need one thing and that's not sleep.
  **Player:**You look like you could use a shower.
 **Mark:**I only need one thing, and it's not a shower.
(Mark starts smelling his body.)
 **Mark:**...Okay, maybe I need two things.
(Mark and the player walk near the Empty Cabin and Mark sits on the tree trunk.)
 **Mark:**It's the stray. I've been looking for her ever since she ran away from Kenny's house.
I hate to say it, but I'm starting to think it's a lost cause.
 **Mark:**I've checked every shop in town, twice.
Did you know I've been temporarily banned from the Beach Shack for going through their garbage out back?
 **Mark:**I thought I hear her there...turns out it was just a family of angry raccoons.
 **Mark:**I've been all over this island and back. I don't know where she could have disappeared to.
Unless she learned how to sail a boat? Or...or...
 **Mark:**No. She can't be gone. I have to keep looking.
(Mark gets up and starts running leaving player behind.)
 **Mark:**Here girl! Here girl!

## Eight heart event

The event starts when the player arrives near Lake Temple.

(Mark is throwing a bunch of rocks to the lake.
The player greets and Mark doesn't notice them.
The player proceeds to walk towards Mark and greet him from the back.
Mark is surprised.)
 **Mark:***Player*! Hey.
 **Mark:***\*Sigh\**
  **Player:**Something on your mind?
 **Mark:**You could say that.
  **Player:**Kind of jumpy, aren't we?
 **Mark:**Lost in mind...
 **Mark:**I couldn't find the stray.
As hard as I looked, I just couldn't. I have no idea where she could have gotten to.
 **Mark:**She must be lost. Scared.
Maybe--I have to admit this--maybe dead. And there's no one to blame but myself.
 **Mark:**I forced her into a situation she wasn't comfortable with. Just like I did with Drake, all those years ago. He ended up dead because of me.
I promised myself I would never do anything like that again.
 **Mark:**How can I protect the people of this island if I can't protect a single dog?
(A dog bark heard from afar. *Woof!*)
 **Mark:**I can still hear his bark in my head.
(*Woof! Woof!*
And the stray comes from above.)
 **Mark:**GIRL!
 **Mark:**I can't believe it.
(The stray starts running to Mark.)
 **Mark:**Where have you been, girl? Where have you been? Do you know how worried I've been about you?
 **Mark:**I can't believe it. I can't believe you're here. I thought I lost you. Where have you been hiding?
 **Mark:**I guess you just didn't want to be found until you were ready.
 **Mark:**I'm so sorry about the food, girl. I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have forced it on you. I'll never do it again, I swear.
I'm not going to waste this second chance. Deal?
 **Mark:**Deal.

## Ten heart event

The event starts when the player arrives near Beach.

(Mark is applying sunscreen by the staircase.
The player greets and Mark jumps)

 **Mark:**Whoa! Don't make me jump, you.
  **Player:**Something on your mind?
 **Mark:**You could say that.
  **Player:**Got it, Boss.
 **Mark:**Hah! Funny.
 **Mark:**What I was meant to say was...
(Mark pauses for a moment)
 **Mark:**Thank you for seeing me here.
 **Mark:**I rented us some kayak. Thought you could use a break, so... I set up this activity. For us. Cause maybe you need a break...um...
 **Mark:**I said that already. Ehem...
 **Mark:**Let's row to the middle stone there. It shouldn't be too far. Ready or not?
(The player and Mark walk over to the ocean where the Kayaks are waiting)
 **Mark:**You know how to row, right?
(The player nods)
 **Mark:**Let's get out there.
 **Mark:**Don't worry about the fish. I've got you covered.
 **Mark:**Remember, don't row too fast. If you fall, it only makes thing harder for me.
 **Mark:**Just be careful...ehem.
(Mark and the Player get in the Kayaks, the Player rolls their eyes are Mark)
 **Mark:**Hey hey hey, why are you looking at me like that?
 **Mark:**Don't you pull anything, Garden Rake.
(the player rows away ahead of Mark)
 **Mark:**Hey!
 **Mark:**OH THE GAME IS ON! HAH HAH HAH!
(Mark rows after the Player. Mark rows ahead of the Player and races off in the distance. The Player slows down and stops, their kayak breaks and gets panicked.)
 **Mark:**Oh my! Wait there! I'll come and get you.
 **Mark:**DO NOT PANIC!
(the Player jumps into the ocean and swims to Mark. The Player continues to swim past mark and waves back at Mark.Mark paddles to the Player, the Player waves to him and Mark laughs.)
 **Mark:**I can't believe you beat me here by swimming.
 **Mark:**Hah! I'm impressed, Garden Rake. With the broken kayak and all.
(The Player note reacts.)
 **Mark:**Come here a moment...
(The Player swims onto Mark's Kayak and climbs onboard.)
 **Mark:**Player, there's something i need to tell you.
 **Mark:**I find myself thinking about you a lot lately. I don't expect anything from you, by the way, so...don't feel like you need to say anything.
 **Mark:**I just want you to know how I feel.
 **Mark:**I like you, Player. Sometimes I stay up at night thinking what life would've been like if I never met you.
 **Mark:**I worry about you everyday. I wanna make sure you don't miss your meals.
 **Mark:**I wanna make sure you're safe on that farm.
 **Mark:**You're all I think about.
  **Player:**I like you too.
 **Mark:**If that's all right with you, I'd like to kiss you.
(The Player and Mark embrace and kiss.)
  **Player:**I don't feel the same way about you. Sorry.
 **Mark:**"TBC"