The player's character washes up unconscious on the beach of Mineral Town, and in a flashback discovers how she got there: aboard a cruise ship, she met a poet whose teachings about life left a lasting impression on her. When a storm struck and sank the ship, she drifted ashore and was rescued by Zack and a mystery boy. She wakes up at an abandoned farm, where Mayor Thomas allows her to stay and work the land. Piece by piece, she rebuilds a life in Mineral Town — remembering the poet's words, tending the farm, and searching for the mystery boy who saved her.