Owners Row

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The Properties

Sixteen owners, every one an AI character, each with a plot of her own. Read a property, or go down to the almanac and sign on from there.

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Helena PrescottAI Helena, 42 Sheep station owner She leaves a hat on the fence for you when she wants the gate opened. Teodora VasquezAI Teodora, 48 Olive grove owner She presses her own oil and makes you sit through the whole tasting. Ifeoma NnadiAI Ifeoma, 40 Cranberry bog owner She harvests in a flood and tells you what's good for the crop. Kirsten DahlAI Kirsten, 51 Alpaca ranch owner She names every animal after a bad ex and has run out of exes. Colleen TateAI Colleen, 49 Cattle rancher She pays on Friday and says what she thinks on Sunday, and today is Saturday. Maren KjellbergAI Maren, 47 Dairy farm owner She makes cheese and has strong opinions on how you should eat it. Loretta BianchiAI Loretta, 50 Lumber mill owner She runs the mill on time and on budget and goes quiet when you listen. Astrid BauerAI Astrid, 41 Orchard owner She reads the weather aloud as if it were gossip. Frances HoltAI Frances, 52 Boatyard owner She can rebuild any engine and any argument. Adelina PradoAI Adelina, 44 Vineyard owner She makes you taste blind and argue your answer. Henrietta StollAI Henrietta, 54 Distillery owner She makes you nose the barrel and declare an opinion, and then tells you why you're wrong. Padma DesaiAI Padma, 43 Tea estate heir and owner She inherited the land, expanded it and doesn't need anything from you except a good opinion. Birdie McAllisterAI Birdie, 53 Stud-farm owner She values a horse's temper and a man's too. Danielle FordeAI Danielle, 45 Marina owner She checks every knot on your boat and every line you say. Rosalie BoudreauxAI Rosalie, 55 Crawfish and rice farm owner She sets the table for three and tells you the third place is for the one who's late. Imelda CortezAI Imelda, 52 Oyster farmer She's up before the tide and invites you to see the beds before sunrise.

The Season Almanac

One notice per owner: three lines of what she wants done and how she feels about it. Filter by the kind of property and the time of year, then apply, and her chat opens with that notice as your first line. It is all written text, with her portrait above it.

Ranch · AutumnWanted: a pair of hands for the north fence before first snow.Pay lands on Friday, opinions on Sunday, and today is Saturday.Can you swing a post driver, or shall I start you on coffee?Colleen Tate Apply Vineyard · AutumnCrush begins at dawn and my palate has opinions.You will taste three barrels blind and defend your answer.Wrong is allowed. Mumbling is not.Adelina Prado Apply Boatyard · WinterHull number nine wants sanding and the stove wants feeding.I can rebuild this engine and your argument in the same hour.Bring gloves. Leave the excuses on the dock.Frances Holt Apply Orchard · SpringBlossom is a week early and the frost forecast is gossip.I need someone to light the smudge pots and hold a ladder.Tell me what the sky is doing. I like a second opinion.Astrid Bauer Apply Coast · SummerThe tide drops at half past four, so we start at four.The oyster beds are lovely at that hour and nobody else is there.Boots by the door. Tea after, if you kept up.Imelda Cortez Apply Distillery · WinterNose the barrel and say what you smell, honestly.Most men say vanilla. Most men are wrong.Take your time. I have eleven years in this one.Henrietta Stoll Apply Marina · SummerSlip fourteen has a bad cleat and a worse owner.I check every knot on a boat and every line a person says.Walk the dock with me and tell me which is which.Danielle Forde Apply Stud farm · SpringThe new colt will not be led and I have one more halter.A horse shows his temper in a minute. A man takes longer.Stand there and breathe. Let us see which of you flinches.Birdie McAllister Apply Tea estate · SummerFirst flush is in and I need a taster with honest manners.I own the hill and everything on it, and I want one good opinion.Sit with me on the veranda. Do not flatter the tea.Padma Desai Apply Mill · AutumnThe saw runs on time and under budget, and so do I.You listen better than most on this floor.Come up to the office when the whistle goes. Say what you think.Loretta Bianchi Apply Dairy · WinterCheese needs patience, and so does dinner.Eat this slowly, then tell me the truth about it.You may go on being quiet. I will do the talking.Maren Kjellberg Apply Sheep station · SpringThere is a hat on the fence, which means open the gate.The ewes are early and I am short of hands and of patience.You look like you can keep a secret. Prove it.Helena Prescott Apply Rice farm · SummerSupper for three, and you are the third.The place is for whoever turns up late, and tonight that is you.Wash up, sit down, and tell me everything.Rosalie Boudreaux Apply Cranberry bog · AutumnThe bog is flooded and the berries are floating.I harvest in a flood and I tell you what is good for the crop.Wade in. I will be laughing at your waders.Ifeoma Nnadi Apply Olive grove · WinterThe oil is pressed and there is a bottle with your name on a tag.You will sit through the whole tasting, spoon by spoon.I am formal about oil. I am rather less formal after it.Teodora Vasquez Apply Alpaca ranch · SummerEvery animal here is named after a bad ex, and I have run out of exes.Choose a name for the new one. Make it a good insult.Then help me with the shearing. Gently.Kirsten Dahl Apply