The Cursed Isles of Ilyamorra » Places

         The rays of the rising sun signaled the end of Eden's household chores and the start of her day outside. The isle had been cleared of monsters for quite some time, but her father had instilled a schedule regardless. They would awake before dawn and tend to the house, as soon as the sun rose, it was safe to go outside and plant, harvest, weed the crops. This routine had been in place for as long as Eden could remember, but over the years it became harder to keep. As time passed, her sisters were married and moved on with their lives, Eden was lucky to hear from them more than once a year. Her parents grew older by the day and she had to take on more of the responsibilities. Unfortunately, her father passed away and the farm rested solely on her shoulders. While the help had grown smaller, the farm had grown larger. What was once a small farm that barely sustained the people living there grew into a much larger plot of land that grew enough crops for a half of the town. Eden had added a small section dedicated to herbs and ingredients that she could use in potions and healing.

Eden pulled her long hair back as she prepared for the hard days work ahead of her. More often than not, she could barely pull her way into bed before she collapsed into a dreamless sleep. Thankfully, her mother took care of the cooking and most of the cleaning inside. On days she felt particularly active, she'd harvest some of the ready crops and walk to town with Eden. This happened less and less frequently. Eden pulled on her standard work clothes as she stretched for the work to come. Today would be spent primarily in town. She needed to sell her crops. Before she could do that though, she needed to gather the last few bundles of corn.

After a few hours, she heard the familiar voice of her farm hand and friend, Gavin. He wasn't supposed to show up yet, but he always seemed to be hanging around before he needed to start work. Just her luck, she could make him carry the extra crops that wouldn't fit in her small cart. She approached him with her arms full of corn. "Well, hello there! Gav, come help me carry these inside." She knew he would do as she asked, they were friends, but she was also his boss of sorts.

They sorted out who would carry what while the other pulled the cart and made the short trek to town. Eden hoped today would be a good day. She needed to sell a lot of produce in order to afford the few ingredients she needed. Her mother was running low on medicine for her cough and Eden was the closet thing to a doctor that the town had. She shook the negative thoughts out of her mind and set out to have a grand time selling her wares and seeing the people in town.