Dirk (Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns)

Description
Dirk (ディルカ, Diruka) is the messenger boy for the towns he is constantly on the go and can be pretty hard to track down, he doesn't work on Sundays and starts later on Thursdays and Saturdays.He has a cheery personality but he gets pretty tired from climbing up and down the mountain and returns late to his house.

To unlock Dirk, be in Summer of your first year and WALK from the Konohana low-mountain area to the Konohana entrance area between 9:00 am and 8:00 pm on a sunny, snowy, or half-day rainy day.He will then live in Konohana (the house with the post bow on the outside)

Family: Ivan (brother - grand bazaar)

Favorite Outfit: Classy Outfit

Favorite Animals: All

Disliked Animals: None

Dating
Dirk's friendship flowers are white making him a special bachelor but this changes little just count the flowers while talking to him. being the delivery boy for the two towns he runs around a lot if you live in Konohana just run over to his house first thing in the morning and if you are in blue bell he will be there at 3 in the afternoon take into account that his day of is Sunday and he will stay in Konohana and on stormy or full-day rainy days he will stay in his house.

DATE TIMES: Thursdays and Saturdays 6.00pm to 10.oopm (he will be in Bluebell) or on Sunday from 11.00am to 6:00pm (he will be in Konohana)

DATE LOCATIONS:
 * GOOD: Dirk's House, Yuns tea house
 * NEUTRAL: waterfall
 * BAD: mountain

Marriage
After marriage he keep delivering mail. He will be home all day on Sundays and stormy or full-day rainy days. On his work days he'll be home until 6:30 am and then be out until 8:00 pm.

Events
Dirk has no flower events and doesn't take part in festivals making it harder to increase his flower level, also he has a lot of extra requirements on top of the normal marriage requirements.

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

-year 2 or later - big bed - full flowers (60,000 FP) - all flower events witnessed(ignore this with dirk)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

-go on at least 50 dates with him* -give at least 80 gifts to him -give him Cream Croquette at least once -complete the tunnel between Konohana and Bluebell


 * you will need to count the dates manually

Schedule
Monday to Saturday (before tunnel completion); Sunny, Snowy, or half-day Rainy:

6:00 am to 6:30 am - Dirk's house 7:00 am to 11:00 am - deliveries in Konohana 11:00 am to 1:00 pm - Kana's then going towards the mountain 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm - walking over the mountain 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm - entrance to bluebell 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm - deliveries in Bluebell 7:30 pm to midnight -walking back over the mountain to Konohana

Monday to Saturday (after tunnel completion); Sunny, Snowy, or half-day Rainy:

6:00 am to 6:30 am - Dirk's house 7:00 am to 11:00 am - Konohana deliveries 11:00 am to 1:00 pm - Kana's then around his house 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm - walking through the tunnel 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm - entrance to Bluebell 3:30 pm to 7:30 pm - deliveries in Bluebell 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - walking through the tunnel 9:30 pm to midnight - Dirk's house

Sunday; Sunny, Snowy, or half-day Rainy:

6:00 am to 12:00 pm - Dirk's house 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm - Konohana entrance by his field, by Kana's etc.) 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm - (walking to Yun's Tea House) 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm - Yun's Tea House 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm - walking home 7:00 pm to midnight - Dirk's house Sunday through Saturday; Stormy or full-day Rainy:

6:00 am to midnight - Dirk's house

Gifts
the easiest gifts to give dirk is tea,like a lot of Konohana he loves the stuff the following will all give him 300FP and can all be bought at Yun's tea house Green Tea-70g spring Matcha Tea-80g summer Sencha Tea-140g spring Buckwheat Tea-210g summer Puer Tea-90g fall Oolong Tea-140g fall Ginseng Tea-390g winter

his favorite gift is cream croquette(+800FP)you can either buy it at Howards cafe in winter for 410g or make it buy buying combining potatoes'oil'breadcrumbs and milk in a frying pan

other easy ideas are the beetles found in summer: Anubis Beetle, Atlas Beetle, Big Pincer Beetle, Elephant Beetle, Pincer Beetle, Hercules Beetle, Rhinoceros Beetle, Stag Beetle, White Beetle, White Giant Beetle, White Hill Beetle and White Morn Beetle

and curry dishes the easiest one being rice and curry powder in a pot to make curry rice

Trivia

 * Dirk also appears in Grand Bazaar.