Day 8

## Story

Lily explains to Luke she grew up without a father and he shouldn't do the same thing to his daughter. After Lily tried her talent on sculpture and painting, Luke comes help her raise statues and open a passage to a new area. Cleaning the new area reveals a status of a pregrant aunt Mary but, as no child was ever mentioned, Luke and Lily deduce Mary and Arthur never managed to get the child. Looking at the status, Luke rationalizes he should stay for his daughter.

## New Characters

*No new characters are introduced on this day.*

## Locations

New places unlocked on this day:

* Secret Garden (Uncle Arthur's studio)

## Tasks

Players must earn 42 stars to complete the tasks of this day.

* Talk To Luke
* Find Car battery
* Make Stone Art
* Finish The Statuette
* Make Mosaic Stone Floor
* Make A Painting
* Re-arrange Statues
* Clear Hidden Entrance
* Clean Secret Garden
* Lay Out Flowerbed
* Lay Out Statue Flower Bed
* Build A Bench
* Build Steel Foot Bridge
* Plant A Tree
* Place Decorations
* Clean Satue
* Unclog The Waterstream
* Talk To Luke
* Start New Day

## Dialogue

#### Opening Scene

> **???**\*WRRRRRR! WRRRRRR!!\***Lily**Ugh... So... loud...**Lily**Somebody can't their car to start.
> Luke?[Lily comes out from the house]

#### Talk To Luke

> [In Luke's yard, Lily approaches Luke who is fixing the car]**Lily**Howdy, stranger!
> Oh, wow, I've never gotten a good look at your sculptures before. I like 'em.**Luke**Mm. Can you get that battery for me?**Lily**Battery...?**Luke**Car battery. I need to keep this clamped. It's over there somewhere.**Lily**Oh sure. I think I see it.

#### Find Car Battery

> [In Luke's yard, Lily approaches Luke who is fixing the car, followed by Roxy]**Lily**Here you go.
> What's the battery for?**Luke**... Uh, for the car.**Lily**Oh. Right. Righ. Car battery
> Luke, uh...
> I grew up without a dad.
> ...
> And it sucked, you know? Mom had to work so much.
> That's how I ended up here so many weekends and summers. There were weeks...months...that I barely saw her.
> I'm glad I had Aunt Mary, but it would have been better if my dad was actually around...
> ...And if he was a good person. That would've helped too.
> I'm just saying that there are a lot of kids like me, and not all of them end up inheriting mansions.
> I just wanted to tell you.**Luke**...[Lily walks away]**Lily**Come on, Roxy. I feel like making some art.[Lily and Rokes moves in Uncle Arthur's studio]

#### Make Stone Art

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio]**Lily**Uncle Arthur neved finished this statuette
> And this mosaic floor is either damaged or also unfinished.
> Well... Uncle Arthur was a renaissance man. No reason I can't be a renaissance woman!
> Accountant...gardener...sculptor!
> Alright. Looks like a complete hammer and chisel toolset.
> Now, master sculptress...which should you work on first?

#### Finish The Statuette

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio]**Lily**I remember reading one of those inspirational quotes on social media a while back
> "The sculpture already exists within the stone. You just have to chip away the superfluous material."
> That's sorta what I'm doing with my life right now...just chipping away whatever doesn't belong.
> [Lily starts to carve the stone]**Lily***Easy... EEEASY!!
> Yeah!... nope.NOPE!
> Oookay!*[Lily finishes to carve the stone]**Lily**Not bad for a collaboration between me and a dead guy
> Wonder if this would fetch a good price at a gallery...
> Just kidding, Uncle Arthur!
> ...Kinda...

#### Make Mosaic Stone Floor

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio]**Lily**Oh, looks like the other mosaic tiles are still here. Guess I don't need that chisel after all.
> I can definitely finish this thing myself. Right? How hard could it be?

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**THAT WAS REALLY HARD.
> But I did it!
> I bet Uncle Arthur is up there right now saying "Hey, that's nowhere near as terrible as I thought it would be."
> Thanks. That means a lot to me, hypothetical angel uncle.

#### Make A Painting

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio]**Lily**I'm not much of a painter...
> But if Uncle Arthur could do it with arthritis and dementia, I know I can do it even with my case of thirty-something back.
> [Lily starts to paints]**Lily**Let's do it!
> *A little green.
> A little blue.
> A little... seagull?*[Lily finishes to paint]**Lily**Hmm... I kinda like it!
> I wonder if Uncle Arthur would be prod of me.
> I think he would.

Transition Dialogue

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio Luke walks towards Lily]**Luke**Howdy, stranger.**Lily**Oh, hey Luke. Car stuff all sorted out?**Luke**As sorted out as it can be right now.
> So is there...anything I can help with?
> If I can't find somethin' to do with my hands I'm gonna go crazy.**Lily**Well...you do seem to have some upper-body strength.**Luke**Mm, thanks for noticin'.[Lily and Luke look at the statues lying on the ground]**Lily**Yes, yes, you're a big boy, I'm very impressed. Now help me move these statues

#### Re-arrange Statues

> [In Uncle Arthur's studio]**Luke**Okay, ready?**Lily**1...2...lift!

*Lots of lifts later*

> **Luke**That wasn't so bad.**Lily**Says you.[Luke notices an entrance]**Luke**Hey, uh...what's that?**Lily**Looks like an entrance to another part of the garden... a SECRET GARDEN?
> Got a machete?**Luke**Ahh...those three little words I've always wanted a woman to say to me.

#### Clear Hidden Entrance

> [At the entrance of the secret garden]**Luke**Hacking away at overgrowth with a machete. \*sniff\***Lily**Luke, are you...crying?**Luke**Hey, I'm having a moment here!
> \*Sniff\* Okay... stand back, Lily.
> HYYYAAAAAAAAAAAH!**Luke**Luke cuts the overgrowth grass with a machete

*5 minutes later*

> **Luke**Thanks, Lily. I needed that.**Lily**...Whoa.
> I don't remember this part of the garden.**Luke**Seems like no one's been in here for...decades, maybe?**Lily**I'm gonna need to do a lot of mowing and trimming.**Luke**As it turns out, I DO have a machete.

#### Clean Secret Garden

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Okay, machete man. Ready to get to work?**Luke**Ready when you are, boss lady![Lily cleans the area and Luke cuts the overgrowth grass with a machete]**Luke***Yiah! huah! Gargh
> Hngh! Grrr! Arhh!
> Woooooooooooo!*

*A few hours later*

> **Lily**All done! Nice work, machete man!**Luke**Ha ha, thanks. I MIGHT have strained a muscle or two. TOTALLY worth it though!**Lily**The statue is still overgrown, but I don't feel like climbing up there right now.**Luke**I can probably handle if you want.**Lily**We'll save it for later. I'm gonna work on flowers for now.**Luke**Hey, I got some more steel back home. Want me to fix up a new set of footbridges?**Lily**Sure!Thanks, Luke.

#### Lay Out Flowerbed

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**The weeds really took over this palce. Not a bee in sight.**Luke**Well, that's just unacceptable!
> Time to plant some FLOWERRRRRRRS!

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Whoa! What's with all the bees all of a sudden?
> I'm not walkin' into a horror movie, right?**Lily**No, you dork. The bees smelled the new flowers and came over to get some nectar.**Luke**Still an awful lot of 'em in one place.**Lily**Yeah, they're getting a little crowded. I'll have to lay down some more flower beds so everyone gets what they need.

#### Lay Out Statue Flower Bed

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Time to dig in!

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**There you go, little guys. Eat up!**Luke**You're really into bees, huh?**Lily**They're a surefire sign of a healthy flower garden!
> Aunt Mary really loved them, too. When I was younger, she always said she could talk to them.**Luke**Oh, yeah, me too.**Lily**What?**Luke**No, yeah, I can talk to bees too.**Lily**Oh, knock it off.**Luke**What's that, little bees? You have a secret? Oh my.
> She has a CRUSH? Oh, who does she have a crush on?**Lily**LUKE!**Luke**Hang on, Lily, I'm talking to the bees.**Lily**I'm going to storm off and pout on that bench if you're not careful!**Luke**She said that about my muscles? Really!**Lily**Okay! That's it! Storming off! Pouting on a bench![Lily walks away and look at the broken bench]**Lily**...
> Why are the benches always broken when I need to sit down?

#### Build A Bench

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Let's see...

*Player selects an option*

> [Luke walks towards Lily]**Luke**Nice bench! Mind if I sit?**Lily**Well... it was originally made for pouting, but sure! Have a seat.[Lily and Luke sit on the bench]**Luke**So...erh, Lily...
> These past couple of days has just been...**Lily**Crazy. I know...**Luke**Yeah.**Lily**So, Alaska, huh? What are you gonna do for a living - Ice fishing? Bear hungting?...sled dog trainer?**Luke**Ha ha! Come on... I don't know, goofball!
> Right now, I just wanna see what that statue looks like.**Lily**yeah, me too!
> But I kinda wanna save it for last, you know? Like a reward for all our hard work.**Luke**I like your thinking![Lily and Luke get off the bench]

#### Build Steel Foot Bridge

> [In the secret garden]**Luke**Alright. We're all set. Just need you to pick a design for the bridge, Lily.**Lily**Well...how about THIS...

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**It's a bridge perfect!
> Hey, you've been hard at work. Need a break? Something to drink?**Luke**Nah, I'll just grab a lemon from the tree over there.[Luke points the lemon tree and Lily turns her gaze to it]**Lily**Oh the lemon tree. I gotta fix it up.[Lily turns her gaze back to Luke]**Lily**Wait a minute. Did you say you're gonna eat a lemon, just like that?**Luke**Well... yeah. I like lemons.**Lily**Weirdo.

#### Plant A Tree

> [In the secret garden]**Luke**Oh, man! These are REALLY good lemons!**Lily**You're a strange, strange man, Mr. Lorenzo. Help me out with the tree?

*Player selects an option*

> **Lily**I'ts treerific!
> Maybe a little new growth will help this place recover from whatever happened before.**Luke**Yeah. Something new to make everythin' feel alive again.

#### Place Decorations

> [In the secret garden]**Luke**Gonna place a few lamps?**Lily**Yeah... lamps OR garden gnomes!**Luke**I'm NOT sure garden gnomes are--**Lily**Quiet! I'm trying to think here...

*Player selects an option*

> **Luke**Hey, that's gonna look great with the statue.
> Of course, we don't know what the statue is yet.**Lily**Well, I mean, its a lady! Might even be Aunt Mary.**Luke**That'de be a pretty romantic thing for your great-uncle to do.**Lily**Would you make a statue of me?
> "Lily of the Hubcaps, 2019, L. Lorenzo. Metal."**Luke**Careful what you wish for! Hey, are we gonna clean the statue or what?

#### Clean Statue

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Let's clean this thing...**Luke**Time to CLEEEEEEEN!**Lily**Think we need a ladder though.**Luke**Gonna find a LADDERRRRRRRR!

*A few hours later*

> **Luke**That was fun. So what have we got?**Lily**A lady with a baby, apparently.
> Oh! And another photo.[Lily collects the photo]

> **Lily**...
> It's my great-aunt.
> And she's... pregnant?
> The statue must be her, then...But she never mentioned having any kids.**Luke**...
> Maybe, uh.
> Maybe she...didn't.**Lily**Oh, jeez.[Lily and Luke gaze at the statue]

> **Luke**Maybe this was Arthur's "painting the nursery" moment.**Lily**He abandoned it when they lost the baby.
> It does explain why I was so important to Aunt Mary. And why she was always so happy yo take me from Mom for a while.
> Thining you have a child and never getting to see it...**Luke**That's...horrible... It truly is...**Lily**You okay, Luke?**Luke**Yeah... I'm fine.[Luke turns his gaze towards the waterstream]**Luke**Hey, we should unclog that stream and get the water flowing again.

#### Unclog The Waterstream

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Ready for the grand finale?**Luke**Ready![Lily unclog the waterstream]**Lily***O...kay... yuck!
> Gross gross gross!
> Aha! Here we... go!***Lily**We did it, Luke! The water is flowing again!
> Luke?[Lily turns her gaze to Luke who is looking at the statue]**Lily**...

#### Talk To Luke

> [In the secret garden]**Lily**Hey, come on. What's eating you?**Luke**Just...
> I don't want to lose my daughter.
> I may not like my ex, but she's not totally wrong about me.
> I run from responsability. I disengage when things get too complicated.
> I told myself I wasn't suited for fatherhood.
> But now I feel like that was just a rationalization.
> Unlike your great-aunt, I HAVE a daughter.
> And if I lose her now...that's on me.**Lily**That sounds like being responsible to me.**Luke**First time for everything, I guess.
> Anyway...if I can get my life in order here, I might be able to convince the judge to give me shared custody.
> Will you help me?**Lily**I thought you'd never ask. Of course I'll help.**Luke**Thank you.[Luke walks away]**Luke**I gotta go make some calls. Talk to you ltaer.**Lily**...

#### Start New Day

> [In the secret garden Roxy runs towards Lily]**Dog**ARF!**Lily**Hey, Roxy.
> It's been a wild week, hasn't it?**Dog**Arf! Borf!**Lily**And it's probably only just getting started.
> Aunt Mary knew this wasn't gonna be a cakewalk, but I wonder if she knew about Luke when she constructed his whole scenario.
> There's still so much to do...
> But...
> One day at a time, pup. Right?**Dog**Ar-ARF!**Lily**Come on, girl. Let's go home and get some sleep. Tomorrow, we'll check out the veggie garden!