Harper Farm is a large one, and the road runs past it for half a mile before reaching the main entrance. It's well-organized, too. None of this 'here a pig, there a sheep' nonsense here. To the right of the road the party will pass a neat dairy, where cows stare at them with bovine curiosity as they pass. To the left lie orchards, placed to help shade the road from the glare of hot afternoon sun. Cherry trees are closest to the city, giving way to peaches further on. The entrance to the farm itself is just past the dairy pastures, where a hard-packed dirt road leads to a large stone house ringed around by barns and outbuildings. The yard bustles with activity as farm workers feed animals and load produce carts to take to the city markets. A child notices the party as they turn off the main road and leaves off weeding an herb garden to run ahead and give notice.

Widow Harper looks to be in her late 50s or early 60s, with a complexion like old leather and a wiry build. Rumor says that she's very wealthy, but it hardly shows in her worn work clothes. She stands in the middle of the yard giving orders, and her voice and the crispness with which those orders are obeyed would be the envy of any drill sergeant. She looks the party up and down, and doesn't seem particularly impressed with what she sees. "You the ones what's come for the monster? Guess you'll do. Come with me."

For an older woman, she moves very quickly, and leads the group back out to the road. She points at the trees directly across from the house and outbuildings. "I got ten acres of peaches here, but look... see the ones what got red ribbons on 'em? Those're special. Meant for the king's table. 'Cept every night somethin' comes and picks all the ripe ones. I've had bird nets up, and I've had men stay out here all night, and they don't see nothin, but come morning every ripe peach is gone from those trees and only those trees. You lot find what's doing it and I'll give you half the profit from the peaches the King buys this year."

There are 20 trees marked with red ribbon, and all of them have ripening fruit on them. It's about midmorning, so you have plenty of time to investigate before nightfall when the peaches always disappear. If you have any questions and can't figure out how to phrase them in character, feel free to ask Wyrm in the OOC thread or through PM. Otherwise, write out what your character wants to do and roll against appropriate skills, and I'll let you know results!