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feb event.
crisp fall weather
Heralded by cooling temperatures and the crunch of orange leaves underfoot, fall has arrived on Crescentview Isle. It’s time to break out your sweaters and scarves in preparation for the cooler days ahead.
Fall is a season rich with tradition and festivals aplenty, so head down to the Town Square to find out what all is in store for you this season. While you’re at it, take a look at the calendar for Fall 1st through 15th.
This season’s crops are eggplant, carrot, yam, spinach, and green pepper. Fall’s seasonal flowers are lamp grass, lilac, sweet pea, chrysanthemum, and petunia. As for mushrooms, porcini, enoki, and portobello spores are available for the fall.
hot! ...or pot?
Every Fall 1st, the townsfolk of Crescentview Isle get together for an island-wide feast with food, beverage, and merriment aplenty... but this banquet is a group effort.
Centralized in Town Square is a massive pot simmering with the Goddess’ special broth, and on Fall 1st, townsfolk are invited to throw an item of their choice into the pot to contribute to the stew everyone will enjoy together during the banquet the following day, Fall 2nd.
The thoughtful, rational contribution would be a vegetable, animal product or other edible item, but no one is saying you have to toss in something edible. For every item added to the pot, the flavor, scent and/or special attributes may change, so choose your addition wisely! Here is an example of how your contribution might affect the stew.
Each islander may only contribute a single item to the pot, but be warned! Throw in anything too ridiculous and the Goddess reserves the right to make you regret it for the rest of your days. OOCly, you have from February 1st to February 8th at 12pm EST to add in your contribution.
fallentine's day chocolates
Fallentine's is a local tradition in which the townsfolk gift their friends, neighbors and loved ones special chocolates to show thanks and appreciation for all the joy they bring to their life. This year, the Goddess has provided the island's farmers with her own special chocolates that have arrived in your character's mailbox on Fall 1st.
Each box contains 20 pieces of buff fairy-shaped chocolates. The notecard tucked neatly into the box recommends that you give out one piece of chocolate per person, which might not seem like much... until you see what happens when that little chocolate is consumed!
As you might expect, something special will happen upon consumption of the Goddess' special chocolates, so be warned when consuming or giving out your chocolates! OOCly, each character's chocolates boast a unique effect when consumed, but characters won't know what that effect is ICly until they start giving them out to their neighbors. The effect of each chocolate (and the chocolates themselves) were distributed via the permanent AC post for January, so if you forget what effect your character's chocolates have, you can refer back to that page.
introducing the dulces sueños resort
Thanks to the efforts of our deep-pocketed islanders, all current community projects have been fully funded! One in particular — the mysterious island — is worth noting for the special resort that occupies it.
The Dulces Sueños Resort is a new destination available to all island residents and its tropical-themed suites aren't notable just for their immaculate decor. Spending the night with another person will result in the two of you exchanging a memory with one another as you slumber. Soaking in the resort's large open air baths will allow you to feel your partner's emotions while you both occupy the water, so if you're struggling to understand one another on a deeper level, a little bath may solve that!
This resort is a new and permanent feature of Crescentview island, so feel free to stop by and visit whenever you'd like. They're open for business all year-round!
task board
The task board is located in Town Square and changes from season to season. In real time, a season is one month long. The following tasks are available from February 1st to March 1st and more tasks may be added mid-month.
Certain rewards are only available through event participation, so please keep this in mind when planning your threads. Multiple tasks may be completed within a single thread, but when turning in, please link to the individual tags in which each task was completed.
Finally, rewards are per character, not per farm, so those with housemates may want to coordinate with one another with regard to what animals you’re bringing home to your farm.
This season’s tasks are all about deepening your bonds and helping you get even closer to your fellow islanders. Some of you may already be in relationships or working your way towards one, so what better way to get to know your partner than to explore their dreams and memories? Curious? Take a look at this month’s tasks!
1. Distribute your special chocolates. Fall is the season of love and thankfulness. Share the chocolates the Goddess gave you with your friends and neighbors to receive 1 random fall crop seed. This task can be completed 10 times.
2. Express your appreciation for your neighbors. Tell your friends you care for them, give them a hug, make them a warm meal. No matter how it is you show your appreciation for the people around you, ‘tis the season to make sure they know it. Complete this task a total of 10 times for 1 random fall flower bag.
3. Go foraging. Bushes producing blueberries, blackberries and raspberries can be found in the foothills and are prime for the picking in fall, but be careful: you might get a mild case of poisoning if you don’t know what you’re looking for!
You can also pick bioluminescent mushrooms in the forest and seashells at the beach to complete this task. You will earn 2 random bags of fall mushroom spores with each submission and you may complete this task a total of 5 times.
4. Check out Dulces Sueños Resort. Travel there alone or with a friend for 1 cow, sheep, alpaca or goat of your choice. This task can be completed once and can be combined with tasks 6 and 7.
5. Contribute an item to the community pot. Throw in an item of your choice, but be warned: the Goddess might punish you if she catches you throwing in any garbage or dirty work boots. Complete this task once to receive a rabbit or chicken of your choice for your coop.
6. Share a memory with someone else. Spend the night at Dulces Sueños Resort with a friend. As you rest, you’ll exchange a single memory with the person sleeping beside you. You can complete this task to receive a Buff Fairy contract that summons a single Buff Fairy to work the farm, harvest and water crops, feed and brush animals, etc. You can complete this task a total of 3 times. That's three times the buff fairies!
7. Feel another person’s emotions. Visit the island and soak in its waters with another person. Doing so will allow you to feel what the other person is feeling. This task can be completed 3 times and each completion rewards you with a Diva Fairy contract. These fairies in their little designer heels are quite sassy, but they'll cook, clean, and do whatever work around the house that you demand of them.
local happenings
The Crescentview Times newspaper has chronicled the latest happenings around the island. A physical copy of the paper will arrive on your doorstep early in the morning on Fall 1st.
The Mines have been expanded to include more rewards and more floors to explore! To continue your mining adventures or embark on one for the first time, please visit the new permanent page for the mines.
Pirates have been spotted off the coast of Crescentview Isle in recent days. They've been circling the island in a large boat flying a tattered banner of unknown origin, but their current intentions are unknown.
A blacksmith has made their way to Crescentview and has set up shop in town! The blacksmith can process any ores and gems you've acquired in the mines and fashion them into fine jewelry in exchange for any leftover materials that come with the ores and gems provided. He can also touch up and repair any farm tools brought to him.
The annual Fall Animal Exhibition is set to take place on Fall 15th. Farmers are encouraged to enter their favorite barn or coop animal in the contest to receive accolades and unique rewards. Participation also comes with its own rewards, so don't hesitate to apply with your finest animal when the time comes!
mod notes
⬥ Welcome to our third event! We've made it to the halfway point and we couldn't be more pleased with how much everyone has engaged with and contributed to the game. Thank you all so much!
⬥ A second event post will go up in mid-Feb.
⬥ Please plot over at the Feb Plotting Post.
⬥ As a reminder, please keep all plotting on the OOC post as not everyone has Discord or Plurk.
⬥ Please submit your completed tasks at the top-level below.
⬥ Have fun!
ii - bar chocolates;
Not yet. Was tempted to, but apparently we're supposed to hand these out to other people?
[ If he isn't careful, he might still eat them all (he won't, though.) ]
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[ He opens up his box, peering down at the chocolates. ]
Guess I should let you try mine before I do, right?
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[ He Xuan says that now, before the effects of Gaku's chocolate inevitably kick in...RIP his dignity in the next few moments.
Anyways, he simply holds out one hand, ready for the other to just place it in. ]
The order of exchange doesn't matter to me, so that will be fine with me.
[ With his other hand, he ends up holding out a piece of his chocolate for Gaku to try, though. ]
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Oh, hey. It's pretty good.
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♫ Good enough to satisfy me. But will it last forever?
After all, these chocolates are finite and brief. Like the seasons that pass us by. ♪
[ ...Wait. Is he...dancing? ]
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He stares at He Xuan, shock and confusion written all over his face. Is he ill? ]
Hey... what are you doing?
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♬ What am I doing?
There's only one answer, right in front of you, with me being hardly idle. But could it be that you're just in denial? ♫
[ ...Yeah, this is absolutely a thing that is happening. ]
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[ Gaku buries his face in his hands so he doesn't have to look at this. He can't deal with this. Please. ]
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Don't worry, when He Xuan regains his senses, he too will want to do the same. ]
♪ You can't ignore it forever.
Such is the way of life. Even you can't disagree, no? ♪
[ Just give him two more lyrical lines and he will come back to his senses, soon enough. ]
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I guess not... Hopefully it'll be over soon.
[ At least he's learned something new about He Xuan today. ]
1/2
♫ Even in this, hope is slow to come.
But perhaps not too late to arrive. ♪
[ ...And then just like that, he's done. ]
2/2
. . . ]
...That never happened.
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[ He will never look at He Xuan the same way again. ]
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Supposed I should've expected that some nonsense might sneak into all of this.
[ A huff escapes him. He Xuan is far too dignified to call it as such, but this is him "pouting". ]
...No urge to sing and dance on your part?
[ Gaku had taken his chocolate too, after all. ]
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No. I'm kind of surprised, since all the chocolates here seem to have strings attached to eating them.
[ Like the ones on the cruise.
Anyway.
Gaku has a sip of his drink, frowning as he pulls the glass away. ]
This tastes really boring, though.
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[ ...anyways. ]
Does it? You could always ask for something with more flavor.
[ They're all here to enjoy the spoils on this cruise, right? Special requests are surely not against the spirit of it. Though, this is him not noticing this might have something to do with the chocolates, so. ]
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...You think they have anything hot?
[ Spicy, perhaps? ]
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[ Given the full-service bar and everything, there's probably people around to assist in other unrelated requests. Or at least, he has assumed as much. ]
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[ And he goes to do just that, asking the bartender if they have hot sauce. After receiving a strange look, he does manage to get his hot sauce.
Then... he squirts a lot of it into his drink. ]
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Not a good idea.
[ Is that going to stop Gaku, though. ]
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So… bottoms up. Gaku drinks the entire drink at once, and immediately looks like he regrets it. ]
…Ugh.
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It was only a matter of time, then.
[ Clearly the chocolates were to blame here. ]
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...I'm never trusting candy here ever again.
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A sentiment we both share.
[ ...
Doesn't mean he won't just end up eating it anyway, depending on the situation. Life is hard when you are a very hungry ghost king. ]
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[ Look, he doesn't want to ask directly if it was the aphro chocolates... ]
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