Mary (Harvest Moon: DS)

Mary (マリヴィア, Marivia) is an aspiring writer who visits Forget-Me-Not Valley on her days off. She's best friends with Lumina and Romana and uses their mansion as a vacation spot to work on her writing projects. When she's not visiting, she's back home in Mineral Town running the town's only library.

Schedule
Visits the mansion on Mondays (after FoMT:FG connection)

Black Heart

 * Location: Romana's Mansion, Second Floor, Lumina's Room
 * Day/Time: Monday after 10AM
 * Weather: Any Weather
 * Responses: Animals; Crops; Nothing
 * Description: The Player enters Lumina's room and is greeted by Lumina and her friend. Lumina introduces him to her best friend, Mary. Mary visits from Mineral Town every Monday when Mineral Town's library is closed. Lumina mentions there's another farmer in Mary's town who farms, and Mary confirms this. Lumina adds the Player's farm has been around for a long time, which piques Mary's interest. She asks the Player what the specialty is on his farm. If the player selects Animals, Mary is happy to hear she can visit sometime to try the milk from your cows. Crops is the preferred answer, when the Player finds Mary's family has worked with plants for generations and she's happy to hear she can visit to see your plants. If you select Nothing, you'll find both Lumina and Mary are disappointed in your laziness.
 * Full Scene Script

Purple Heart

 * Location: Your Farm, in your Mushroom Shed
 * Day/Time: Monday after 10AM
 * Weather: Any Weather
 * Responses: Sure; No
 * Description: Mary surprises the Player when he goes to tend his mushrooms. She expresses interest in how the mushrooms grow, and asks if she can take a closer look around the shed. If the Player selects Sure, she'll inspect the mushrooms, mumble some of her discoveries, and then thank you before she leaves. She tells you she's going to ask Gotz to build a mushroom shed for her back in Mineral Town. If No is selected, Mary is quite upset with you and apologizes for bothering you.
 * Full Scene Script

Blue Heart

 * Location: Your Farm, right before you harvest a Giant Crop
 * Day/Time: Monday morning
 * Weather: Sunny Weather
 * Responses: I'm sorry but...; Sure
 * Description: Just as the Player is about to harvest a giant crop, Mary arrives at the scene and asks him if she can help. With a bit of effort, you both accomplish in harvesting the crop. Growing somber, Mary delivers a sincere request to the Player to take the Giant Crop you just harvested back to the Villa to study. If you say Sure, she asks for your help to carry it to the Villa and then thanks you profusely for all the help today. Selecting I'm sorry but... will lead to Mary realizing she may have been selfish to request a crop you grew, and she'll help you carry it home and then she will leave.
 * Full Scene Script

Yellow Heart

 * Location: Excavation Site
 * Day/Time: Monday after 10AM
 * Weather: Sunny Weather
 * Responses: No.; Of course yes!
 * Description: When the Player visits the Excavation Site, he finds Mary has followed him inside. She straightforwardly tells you that she's writing a novel and wants to gather authentic information about excavation sites for her story. If you say Of course yes!, she happily watches you dig and will even tell you when you've made a discovery. You happily hand over the coin you find to Mary, which both surprises her and pleases her. Mary says she has her research, and then heads home. If No. is selected, Mary becomes exasperated with your dismissive response and says she can't count on you, and next time she'll ask Carter for assistance.
 * Full Scene Script

Proposal
You can propose to Mary if you meet the following requirements:
 * If you have 60,000 Affection Points with Mary,
 * If you've seen her Black, Purple, Blue and Yellow Heart Events,
 * If it's a Monday and Mary is in Romana's Mansion.
 * Full Scene Script

Trivia

 * [1] This sprite is only available in Harvest Moon: DS. Otherwise, Harvest Moon: DS and Harvest Moon: DS Cute share sprites.
 * Mary's Library in Mineral Town is closed on Mondays, so Mary visits Forget-Me-Not Valley.
 * Mary is good friends with Lumina.
 * On the days she visits, Mary uses the locked room on the second floor of the mansion to write her book. Romana is funding her book's production.