Mint: #3

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The Mint Home

“Hey, girls!” Mento shouted as he caught up to the three remaining Pepper sisters. His wife, Mentă followed along to help.

The sisters slowed and turned, rolling their eyes. The Mint family had a gentle, patient disposition that was foreign to the Peppers. It was actually rather humiliating to them to exude such meekness.

“Heh, thanks for slowing down!” Mento said, rubbing his lower muscles. “My back’s been giving me some trouble.”

Mentă caught up to him. “It’s because your posture is terrible!” She pushed her hand against his spine, forcing him upright. He stood as straight as he could, for a Mint, though you couldn’t tell much of a difference.

“I’ve noticed you all seem a little shaken recently. Especially you, Pimenta. Is there something going on?” Mento asked lovingly to the fiery trio.

“Hey, maybe you should mind your own business instead of snooping into others’!” Pim shot back. She felt a twinge of guilt, realizing that she sounded exactly like B’zar, but she shook it off quickly.

Mento sighed. “Well, you all look very nice today.” He smiled, turning his head to each of them, admiring how lovely they always made the garden look with their colorful selves.

He and his wife turned and walked away, knowing full well what was going on, but taking the hint that their help wasn't wanted.

The Mints were the kindest of the garden. They were the first to be planted by Amani, more specifically Mento and Mentă, who were married. This gave them the responsibility of welcoming each newcomer. For this reason, everyone had a certain respect for them- even the Peppers, although they would never admit it. They were also the wisest of the garden.

The Mints were made up of Mento, Mentă, and of course - their cat, Munt. Munt was an…interesting cat. His plant would often gravitate towards the wild-growing catnip near the garden, causing some very stimulating effects. On top of that, he always had a very alluring, almost musical “Meeeooowww.” He was a very odd, but welcome addition to the Garden.

Then there was Zekka - Mento and Menta’s daughter. She was another very rebellious type, similar to Bżar. This comparison is what drew Mento and Mentă to try to help the Pepper sisters. Maybe they could help them where they themselves had felt they failed.

Similarly to Bżar, Zekka had a sort of dedication to chaos, though in a different way. She rejected the peaceful nature of her parents, becoming a kind of warrior, labeling herself a Samurai. No one exactly knew how she learned to fight, but her skill was very apparent. Often she would wander the garden, looking for invasive species of plants to cut down. Soon, she graduated to exterminating mice and insects and other troublesome critters. There were even times when she left the Garden to search for more to conquer. Many times, after long weeks of being missing, her parents thought her gone for good. But she always eventually returned. Be that as it may, her parents hated this lifestyle for the heartbreak it caused them.

They were slow to challenge her and her choices, however, worrying she would permanently leave if she knew how they didn't support her.

One evening, she returned to the Mint cottage, carrying the head of a fire ant. She threw it onto their makeshift table (causing her mom to gag) and plopped down in a chair in the corner.

“What’s for dinner, Ma,” she challenged, unashamedly.

Mentă looked over at Mento in distress, signaling with her eyes to go and talk to her. He let out a breath nervously.

“Honey,” he said as he sat in the chair across from his daughter. “Your mom and I need to tell you something that you probably won't like.”

Zekka's eyebrows raised while keeping the same placid, disinterested face.

“You cannot keep doing this Samurai act. We worry about you and your safety- and on top of that, you're hurting the natural environment and way of life of every creature living in this garden.” He took a shaky breath and looked at Menta for strength. “And also, your mannerisms are very disrespectful towards me and your mother. So I'm asking you from the bottom of my heart; stop fighting and stop pulling away from us.”

Her eyebrows drew together as she took a moment of consideration. But then she immediately stood up, saying nothing and walking away.

“Zekka, please!” her father cried out.

“Meeeooowwwwww,” Munt let out as she walked by. He tried to snuggle up to her leg, but was welcomed with a sharp kick. “Meeeooooo-ARW!” He yelped as she propelled him into the corner.

“Zekka!” her mom gasped, appalled.

Her daughter made no response. She left the small home, and hadn’t been seen by the family for weeks. Her parents remained hopeful for their daughter's eventual return, just as she always had.


The married couple sat on the small stump of a cut down stem, thinking about their last interaction with their daughter, and watching as the Pepper girls walked off. Mentă rested her head on Mento’s shoulder.

“In spite of the crazy stuff we go through in this ever-changing garden, I'm happy to have you by my side, Mento. I love you,” his wife proclaimed to him.

“I love you, too.”

They smiled at each other and shared a kiss.



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My o my. The season just began and we already have two rebels🤔😂. Interesting!

Your stories are really captivating Dreemie, I love them.

#dreemerforlife.

thanks - but there were three of us that formed this together!!! we crafted to be sure that we hit all the points we could ! i have very much enjoyed working with them on this season!!!!!!

Ah, yes! The dearest Dreem Teem 😚

😂😂😂😂 at this point, I wonder if there is going to be a black sheep in each family.

Hmmm, some clues can really be glaring that you will wonder if it's meant to be a sabotage.

Let me continue drafting my own post about the gameplay.

Always a #dreemerforlife

Well, I'm sure Dreem won't do that, she promised 😭. You sef you are seeing clue! Wow, am I a shoe?

I can't wait for tomorrow, let me read some people's gameplay and hopefully any dot will connect 🤦.

hehehehe a promise is a promise.

whatever comes from me is true! :)

Hehe, aye Captain 💃🥰

hahahahaha some of our dreemers are really starting to put things together well!

are you one of them? or... sabotaging us all??? heheheh

I AWAIT all the gameplay posts today hahahaha

I thought everyone in the mint family would be cool, hehehe! Didn't know one was going to be more spicy (tangy) than the rest of them. 🤔🤔
'Nough said, let's go craft the post.
#dreemerforlife

hahahahahaha but some are cool! hehehe you thought well there! LOLOL

Sunday we meet more!

Oh, these teenagers hahaha... youth is lost. 😅
Maybe Zekka and Bżar will end up together. Just imagine for a moment a menthol pepper. It's just that equals always end up together.

I smiled at the name Zekka (¡qué seca es!) LOL.

#dreemerforlife

hahahahaha yes - she is so eager to be a warrior... but where has her youth flown to?!?! hehehe

do equals join well? or is it opposites attract?? hehehe hmmm not sure! hehehe

Oh, the good old mint. How beautiful.
I just hope Zekka will have a change of heart soon and return to the family.

#dreemerforlife

Don't you just love the Mint??? aawwww hehehehe they're so kind and gentle!

lets see if Zekka comes home!

but before then - we have more members of the Garden to meet on Sunday! hehehe

That's right, we haven't met the others yet! 👀 This is not going easy on some of us 😬

hehehehehe just try to enjoy the story unfolding hehehe we still have lots more to read! :)

Exactly what I plan to do, hehe 🥰

Lovely story as always, Dreem Teem. As usual, I was immersed and wondering why every family seems to have a weak link. Can't wait to be a part of the unfolding story!🥰

#dreemerforlife

yes so far - a weak link in both groups that we have met!!!

with the next be the same?!?! we will see when we meet our next characters on Sunday!

It's obvious that zekka was supposed to he a pepper but by mistake became a mint, hehe
I remember someone saying often that in a family, there must always be a Judas, among the mint, zekka is that Juda just as B'zar is among the peppers
I pity the troubled parents sha, hehe
They should just keep baring it, it will be fine but let's really hope it gets fine, hehe
This story is starting to make some sense to me but I hope to have the intelligence to know what to do with those beautiful cards
#dreemerforlife

hehehehe you have very interesting insight here!!! i like it!!! I might have to pay closer attention to you!!! hehehehe

dont worry - the cards will start to make even more sense as time goes on! :)

Hehe, i hope I don't disappoint you because i am not intelligent like our gurus here, hehe

Another amazing turn out of event! As expected, I knew the mints will be kind enough to be concerned about the pepper sisters, too bad their own baby girl zeeta is proving to be a bone in the throat.

Anyways, if there was one thing I couldn't help but notice, it was the love mento and menta shared 🥰, so beautiful to read. Knowing that they always have each other, I think that will give them more strength to try to bring peace to their home.

You are amazing! I mean the writer of this story, I love it ❤️.

This #dreemerforlife anticipate the next story play, hehe

three writers on this! we all worked together hehehehe

and I totally love their love also!!!!!!!!! isn't it so precious and heart-warming!!!!!

Zekka ... hmmm let's see what she does. It's always a "bone in the throat" to have a child go wayward - jus as you said!!!

but maybe their love will be enough? or not?

we will see as the season unfolds!!!

Oh wow! That explains it all! You dreemers are amazing!!! I love how you all worked together to produce this Masterpiece ❤️.

Yeah, it's hard when a home is divided, hopefully they can settle this matter or not? Hehe, looking forward to the next season 🥰

and our next story drops on Sunday!!! hehehe so.... let's see :)

My ears, eyes and Brain is looking forward to it 😂

Zekka, zekka, there's something up with that lady. Why is she different from her family? 🤔 Hope she's not trying to.......

Okay, I am a #Dreemerforlife 🤣🤣

hahahah trying to???? keeping all your secrets close??? LOL

Hehheh, I love the fun am having 🥰

This put us in a strong dilemma, despite the mint being the meekest and wisest in the garden, they have their own share of rebellious member in their clan similar to the pepper clan. Now we have b'zar and zekka in the wind.

It is strange though, the mint seems to be more family oriented that other plants in the garden, well I have not read anything about the carrot clan yet 😅

#Dreemerforlife

hahahahaha or the others!

but it's coming!!!!
who will we meet on Sunday???

This suspense is making me desperate for more 😅

for what it is worth blueberry and blackberry merge to a squash.

So blueberry + blackberry was squash and bluebeery + mint was squash. My takeaway is combing at fundamental level might not be good idea :) Maybe first move them to characters and then try and merge :)

i will say this....
hmmm

no - i will not say anything now... hehehe

but maybe in 2 hours i will

hehehehe hope to see you there!

This is getting too easy... Looking at dreemie with bombastic side eye

Maybe too easy for me, let me speak for myself 😂.

#dreemerforlife 🌹

hahahaha but you have SO many more characters to meet LOLOL.... I wonder if your opinion will change over the course of the story hehehehe

That is why I am looking at you with Bombastic side dreemie 🤣😂🤣. I am seriously doubting this easy route.

LOLOLOLOL

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🤣😂🤣😂 Let us see as it unfolds 😃

When it's becoming easy when it's just starting then that's not good trust me especially without a teem 🤣

You are right o. My #dreemerforlife spirit is telling me to trust the process and trust dreemie too but then dreemie is a pirate 😂🤣😂. Let me still be watching her and be calculative, not letting my guard down.

not just a pirate.

a pirate Captain!!!!!!! LOLOL

heheheheh i agree!!! LOL

Yeah, something that I'm still struggling to understand, it only means there is a little more 🤣

I'm very sure it would 🤣

She rejected the peaceful nature of her parents, becoming a kind of warrior, labeling herself a Samurai.

Only Zekka knows how to live right 😂 I mean how can you be all peaceful, sometimes, you need to have a bit of vawulence in you and Zekka got this one....

Go on girl, I am solidly behind you Zekka but don't get yourself in to trouble oo because I won't be there😂

hahahahahahahahahahahaha when you said "because I won't be there" I died! LOLOL

I'll have to read this story again and again to fix the dots hehe.

#dreemerforlife

there is still lots coming also.... many more clues!!! hehehe

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Well I love peppermints as opposed to spearmints!

#dreemerforlife

hahahaha you are the master of the mints!!! LOL

I knew it!!! I just knew the mints were the wisest, in fact I wrote it in my game play post just some minutes ago but I know people will think I’m sabotaging them because of whatever reasons
But I love that all my predictions are coming up gradually 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

What a time to be a #dreemerforlife🥰🥰

hehehehehe you are on track then??? hehehe let's see if your intuition holds up for you - and works to get your teem that prize!!! hahahaha

i'm looking forward to seeing the gameplay posts tomorrow hahahaha

and wouldn't that be funny - if everyone expects you to sabotage - but really you do share all the info - and they don't believe anyway !!! LOL

that's the way it goes sometimes hahahaha it can work in your favor that way too LOL

Exactly 🤣🤣🤣
I’m just remembering all the times I did the exact opposite of what my siblings were expecting and they wished they had just paid close attention 🤣🤣🤣

hahahahaha see? being the baby of the family allows you to see what everyone else is doing wrong first hahaha

I won't be swayed by anything you write, I'll only trust only dreemsteem's words, hehehe 😂

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA THERE YOU GO!
she is listening to the Captain!!! LOL

I really do so I don't fall into some dreemer's witty traps, lol 😂

and they all have SO many traps! LOL

Ahhh Just as Dreemie said
People won’t even know when I’m sharing real clues 🤣

YOU SEE???? LOL

Wow, so you already have your gameplay? You never cease to amaze me. Here I am still trying to figure out what to write for mine.

Good luck to your teem #dreemerforlife

Hehehe in Dreemie’s Voice
Thank you dear

Lol, what happened to your voice? 🤣🤣

People only believe me when I speak in Dreemie’s voice🤣

Hahaha, that's brilliant it's now I'm understanding 🤣

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you can simply just write what you've done this week - what you collected - what you merged - what you suspect... it can all just be clues - OR misdirection hehehehe

That's a beautiful suggestion Dreemie, thank you so much Capt. 🥰

I really hope she would return. The teenage period is usually hard for parents, sometimes. 😅

You kept me glued to the end, #dreemer.

hehehe glad you enjoyed it - the #4 story releases in 17 hours :) come back to meet new characters and get more clues hehe

I'll be in anticipation. Thank you.

This sounds so interesting, I'll love to be a part of this contest😊
#dreemerforlife

hi @meyateingi ! the next story is releasing in about 17 hours hehehe you can be one of the first to read and gather more clues!! :) join in the fun!

Thank you, I'll look for a partner to work with😊
Thanks a lot for the heads up, I appreciate 🤗

The Mint Family has become my favorite and this is the best story so far. Two rebels in a garden.

Though Zekka is wild and untamed, her survival skills are what any garden needs if pruned and guided properly with gentle hands like Mento.

Good work.

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hehehehe I like the way you think about that!!! who will take care of the problems if we don't have people like Zekka!!!

we have our next characters being introduced in about 17 hours hehehehe come find more clues @kei2!!

Thank you. I'll be on the lookout for it.

I will love to follow this story to the end
Always a #dreemerforlife

hehehe sure - we will be here for you!

What’s with these little ones? Should they be flogged?😂😂😂

It’s funny how they both have funny names, distinct from the rest of the clan, could that be why they are so rebellious?😂

Always a #dreemerforlife

hahahahaha they stand out even in their names!!! LOL perhaps if they had been named better - they would have been more compliant hahahahah

Ok, now we're adding Samurais and Cats to the Garden... I cannot even imagine who (or should I say what?) we will be introduced to on Sunday! As patterns emerge among the stories, it will be hard not to get squashed through all the trial and error with one's cards. Maybe we need a Rotten Squash Leaderboard to reward those of us who like to Merge for Fun 😜 #dreemerforlife

hahahahaha when we talked about creating the cat - we laughed and laughed!!! LOL and then when the card was designed for Munt - we knew we had a hit LOLOLOL

have you see him yet?!?! LOLOL he is... um... shall we say... "under the influence" of his catnip addiction hahahahahaha

and i'm not sure if you were in PYPT... hmmm i think i saw you there!

but.... you got that important clue??? yes? hehehehehe

It might save you from more squashes hahahahaha

haha, I can't wait to see him when I start merging again... I was there in PYPT, and got the clue 👀 but after merging a single Blackberry into a Rotten Squash, and then Merging a Single Mint into a Rotten Squash... I was pretty confident that merging single cards was going to be a no-go 🕳️

hahahahah you learned fast LOLOL

and i had to laugh when you said "when i start merging again" LOLOLOL you're like.. hmmm perhaps i'll wait a bit LOLOLOL

glad you got that clue! and hope it helped! hahahahaha
i think it was really 2 clues :)

and... only 17 hours until the next characters emerge hahahaha get your pen and paper ready for your clueboard hahaha

What even makes up a family?unity, love, or common interest? A thing to decipher

so many things to decipher... but you are on the case! hehehe

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Zekka is quite weird in a way

#dreemerforlife

hehehe how so??? will you talk more about it for your post today? hehehe

I wonder why the teenager is kind of disobedient to the parents.

I look forward to the next episode.

You got me glued to the end, #dreemer

#dreemerforlife