Unlike with your Mastermind's research, Herta's progress seemed to stall when it came to figuring out how to cure the Bad Luck curse. You couldn't blame her too much, considering that she tended to get tired more easily due to how she was expecting, not to mention how much she helped you out otherwise; Herta's help was far more critical than you expected in terms of getting that scrying orb finished—she revealed ways to make the legendary artifact's final version much better than you could've figured out on your own.

"We make a great team, Master." Herta would say after working with you for hours on end. It would've been a pretty normal compliment were she not currently acting as your footstool.

"Oh?" You gave an almost playful scowl. "You say that even after you've procrastinated with the Bad Luck!"

"Kyaah~!" She'd happily cry out, even as you put some pressure on her. "Getting punished by Master... is seriously the best~"

And you continued to harass her in ways that she loved, making her—if not fully finishing her work— then at least coming close to finding a cure when you made her focus on it again.

Anyway, the week came to a close. And with it, there were some new things to consider for your wives.

You:
>Begin working on aluminum production.
>Continue interacting Yumi. Maybe make some items so you could share physical contact with her, or practice using the crystal wand so you could use her ghostly magic.
>Work out, get some more muscle on your body and try to learn a spell. This should be easier with what Todred taught you.
>Train with a wife of yours to increase a stat. (Which wife?)
>Try getting Ayane to conceive your child.
>Upgrade a vehicle with ingots and materials (BoatMech or The Vixen's Luck?)
>Construct a large artillery piece.
>Start another construction project. (What?)
>Create more clank variants and get the factory running again. (Will require ingots and other materials)
>Tinker up something. (Weapon, gadget, set of armor, other?)
>Explore the surrounding region. (For settlements, resources, scrap?)
>Visit a place you know about. (Centria? Northumbridge? Vonstadt? Riverdale? Other?)
>Set off to visit Thea. (Bring any of your wives with you?)

Herta:
>Begin working on aluminum production.
>Build a dockyard by the dungeon's entrance.
>Build a lighthouse.
>Continue to look into finding a cure for Bad Luck. (Potential to find a cure this week with a good enough roll)
>Create for you some manner of magic item.
>Charge up the little jewels with single use spells.
>Either create more of or upgrade the robotic sewing machines.
>Begin refurbishing one of the mansion's unused rooms into something else.
>(Write-in)

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