Tote Valley Tales: Forget-Me-Not Festival | THE END | Town Win!

plotstickers was evicted from Tote Valley.
plotstickers was the MeGaCorp Bomb Maker.

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As the bus took the last MeGaCorp henchman away from Tote Valley, a tear ran down Mayor Isabelle's face. She could finally breathe.

"Finally... everything will be back to normal," she sighed.

And yet... three villagers have met their end in the last three days. A crater stood where the Flower Shop once was. Spring had never been so deadly for Tote Valley, but there there was cause to celebrate. The town had won.

The remaining villagers stood in the town square, rejoicing at their victory over MeGaCorp.

"We have triumphed, Tote Valley," the mayor announced. "Our little town may never be the same, but we are strong, and we are resilient. I believe in our capacity to rebuild."

"MAYOR," screamed a blue-haired villager. Everyone turned; she was holding a comically large bomb with a lit fuse. "WHY IS THERE ANOTHER BOMB??"

"...oh dear. I'll call the county SWAT team...."

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Just thirty minutes later, as the town waited in suspense, a black tactical vehicle rolled into the town square. A few heavily-armed men jumped off and began to do whatever it is a bomb squad does to defuse a bomb.

In the commotion, nobody noticed three villagers sneak off into the woods. They headed to the newly restored Goddess Shrine.

"Now that the bomb issue is being taken care of... what do we do? The Goddess has not yet been fully received into the hearts of every villager."

"That may be a bit difficult to do... there's so few of us left, and after such a traumatizing event..."

"WE MUST EXPAND BEYOND TOTE VALLEY. FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF THE GODDESS AND THE ALMIGHTY MATRIARCH."

"Yes! We must spread Her word! With baked goods!"

"The world needs to know of The Goddess... we must make haste."

"BEFORE WE LEAVE... DO EITHER OF YOU HAVE A LARGE CART. I HAVE A PURCHASE TO COMPLETE."

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"Well, Ms. Mayor, the bomb has been disposed of," said the burly SWAT team leader. "Just call us anytime you need help."

"I... I tried to call you when MeGaCorp started terrorizing the town. Why didn't you come?"

"We didn't get any calls from Tote Valley in the past week, ma'am. Are you sure you called?"

"It... must have been part of the spell on the town, then..."

"I hope that, with the spell lifted, I can go back to my normal work efficiency..." the town detective told the Mayor. "Somehow, SOMETHING always happened when I tried to figure out who was who in this town."

"Hopefully everything can go back to normal now," the officer said. "Have a good day, now."

As the police officers jumped off into the car and sped off back to the city, the mayor couldn't help but notice that two of them looked very familiar... one had blue hair in braids, and the other had a rather fashionable yellow scarf...

But it didn't matter. All that mattered was that she remembered everyone who was actually part of the town, and everybody remembered everybody else. The town fisherman was intently angling for small fish at the pond. The intrepid mail duck was delivering letters to each mailbox. The town survivalist was pondering the last few days' unintended uses of rope and wondered whether to change his shop's image...

She smiled as she returned to the bazaar, which was still bustling with activity. The carpenter and the shopkeep seemed to be having an argument at the Ranch stand...

"I need all these 20 eggs for the Egg Festival! I'm making everybody some egg dishes they'll surely love, ok!"

"BUT THAT WILL LEAVE NO EGGS FOR MY COOKIES. THE MATRIARCH WILL NOT BE PLEASED WITH YOU. STAND DOWN OR FACE THE WRATH OF A THOUSAND FLESHY HELLBEASTS."

Ah. Everything was back to normal. All was well in Tote Valley.

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Town has achieved its win condition!
The Harvest Goddess achieved her win conditions!

CONGRATULATIONS!