crescentview | feb event.

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.

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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!

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[ And we're blasting off again ala Team Rocket!

Okay, maybe not.

Yuri can do incredible acrobatic maneuvers, but timing is what makes it counts. Unfortunately, the dice roll gods are not kind to this (un)lucky fellow, and so he's probably being spit out at Flynn.

This is going real well. Hopefully Judith does better... ]

Edited 2023-02-09 00:38 (UTC)

One on one seems like it'd be no fun for you--

[ Judith is very familiar with mid-air fights and she's quick to flip back away from the powerful hoses lf water and lands on the ground.

There goes Yuri--and for a second, her attention is caught up in making sure her team mates aren't getting destroyed too soon.

It's almost unfair a goddess has this much power, but it's to be expected too]

[ The goddess smiles as she rushes in with her stalk of corn, giving Judith a heavy slash maneuver as if she's swinging a broadsword. It sure feels like it has that much weight with the power she puts into it.

The other two will get bales of hay the size of one's fist raining down on their heads. Just because. ]

[ Judith is not a tank and can't exactly stop a blow like that. So she goes flying into the clearing, forcefully jamming her spear into the ground to keep herself from flopping away like a ragdoll. Come on Flynn, Yuri. You can do it!]

[ Flynn's Devotion skill, featuring: taking damage for other party members, or catching Yuri being hurled at him with intense speed.

Unfortunately Yuri's bad luck also infects Flynn's dice rolls and the two of them go down together with an audible 'oof' from poor Flynn. Even before the tiny hay bales add insult to injury. ]

[ ...awful, just awful.

Who will bale them out of this mess?! A grunt probably escaped him. Not from the teeny hay bales, though.

But, he's getting right up, murmuring a 'my bad' to Flynn, before brandishing his blade and deciding to come at the goddess, making a feint before then attempting to strike for real at her right side. ]

[ The tiny bales of hay also rain on Judith.

When Yuri attempts to attempts to strike at her right side, the goddess summons another stalk of corn to block his sword. What a good time to show that she can use both weapons at once, huh? She uses the other one to thrust at Yuri, aiming for his wrist. It may just be a stalk of corn, but the pointy tip will surely stab through harder things. ]

[ Flynn's on his feet again shortly, and with a glance at Judith — and fully expecting her to come in from the air when she rejoins — he lunges in on the left to try to do a coordinated rush with Yuri.

Yuri, don't roll terribly again for dealing with that attack please. ]

[No more hay! It makes for such a baleful experience and Judith hates reaching for straws. Judith bats away the tiny bales and launches herself up into the air again, swing down into another hook kick]

[ ...I don't know what to tell you guys, but Yuri keeps rolling low, practically almost nat 1s here. Canon bad luck, man.

Anyway, Yuri getting his ass kicked is super funny, though the ironic thing is while he's not able to properly block it, there's something blocking the thing from damaging his wrist. His bracelet's made of pretty durable material, though he stumbles back anyway (since the force is like, a lot, isn't it?), and he's already trying to swing in low, towards the goddess' legs. ]

Edited (alas my html) 2023-02-09 02:08 (UTC)

[ Huh. Once she sees that it's blocked with the bracelet and Yuri stumbles back, the goddess barely has enough time to have the corn stalks disintegrate and have two giant sickles in her hands, one each. Though she's being merciful and these aren't particularly sharp. In fact, they're dull. They're not made to cut.

That's why she attempts to hook Judith's leg and Flynn by the neck. Yuri? The goddess takes a quick, small step in an effort to kick him in the face. ]

[ Yuri please don't have your bad luck infect Judith too. Now she can't dodge.

Judith makes a surprised noise as her leg gets hooked by the sickle and moves to launch her spear into the goddess on instinct. Maybe that will release her and keep Yuri from getting smashed.]

[ The dull sickles are very courteous of her... Flynn's rolls are, at least, serviceable. The sickle probably clips him as he ducks under it, but he can tank a glancing hit or ten. He swings for her side with his sword, counting on her dividing her attention too many directions eventually. ]

[ ...The dice are out to get (1) Yuri Lowell.

Because it will be up to see if Judith's attack connects and affects the goddess' trajectory of the kick. Otherwise, he is definitely getting kicked in the face. Luckily, there are no cliffs if this occurs, and hopefully if he's getting hit or not, the others are still serving as a good distraction.

If remains safe from le kick by virtue of Judith's actions he is absolutely going to try to see if he can do a leg sweep. If not, he is hitting the ground right about now. ]

[ There are too many things everywhere at once, so if she has to take one attack, she will take Flynn's. The sickles disintegrate so wherever you're being swung to, that's where you're going, Judith! The kick to Yuri's face connects and she promptly shoves him to the pond (lol) with her foot.

Despite Flynn's sword strike striking the goddess, it merely makes a nick on her long dress and sword, meet inertia. To Flynn, it might seem like he struck a rock.

Anyway, the goddess grabs Judith's flung spear and attempts to jam the blunt end right at Flynn's solar plexus. She'll make sure Flynn doesn't get pierced, but merely hit back. ]

[Back into the trees Judith goes. She twists midair, hitting a tree roughly with her feet and landing hard on the ground. Without her spear, she'll have to take a second to regroup. Hopefully Flynn, shining knight and all, can recover that for her. She glances over at Yuri in the pond with brief bemusement, but as soon as Yuri is out of there, she'll throw herself back into the fray]

[ Well. Flynn knew she was going to be tough, so he doesn't really do more than blink at the lightly numb tingling in his palms from trying to chop a rock. But without his shield he doesn't have much recourse except to be knocked back by the spear with an "oof" of the air leaving his lungs. He does try to strike the spear sideways with his blade as he staggers back, in the hopes of knocking it from her hands to return to Judith. ]

[ Down he goes, straight into the pond! There's the sound of a lovely splash, and then he's getting right up, coming right out of it despite the bruise on his face.

Unsurprisingly, Yuri's not going to give up, though boy. He's going to alter his course of attack, so he's doing another attempted strike aimed towards the backside of the goddess, hoping she's too preoccupied with Judith and Flynn yet again. ]

[ The goddess could go for Flynn right about now, since he seems the most vulnerable despite his tanking tendencies. Unfortunately while Judith was recovering and waiting for her spear and Flynn hit back, she has a lot of attention to give Yuri.

She has an axe that's taller than herself which, strangely enough, only uses to deflect Yuri's strike and smack him to the nearest tree with the blunt side.

The other two will have literal pitchforks raining on them. Hope you can dodge! ]

[ Judith dodges those pitchforks, rolling out of the way nimbly. Well, with an opponent like this, care wasn't an option. Reckless aggression it is. She gets nicked by one pitch fork but charges back in to retrive her spear. Sorry Yuri, she can't quite help you there. ]

[ Yuri, buddy... Flynn's used to him getting tossed around a bit in a fight, but he's starting to get a little worried. He tries to deflect the pitchforks, taking a few glancing hits from clumsy parries as he does.

If he gets a second he's going to start casting a proper heal over in Yuri's direction. He needs a moment to actually finish the spell though. ]

[ Sometimes, you have your bad days. This being hilarious extremely bad rolls—anyways, Yuri goes flying straight into the nearest tree with a grunt, because that smarts. Damn, he would be absolutely feeling this in the morning, though he doesn't want to leave the blond a sitting duck.

It'll still take a little more than that to leave him down and out for the count! So ignoring the feeling of his bruises, he leaps back in, thinking maybe he should try to switch things up. Watching the goddess carefully, and the rain of pitchfolks, he's going around them.

Next up, he's going to go for a feint. Not the usual, appearing to strike low, at the woman's (apparent) unprotected side, but his real intention is to at the last moment, draw back, making the real attempted strike at the goddess' back. ]

[ Her focus is being divided again, but the axe is tossed up in the air. She allows Judith to reposition, Flynn to heal, and for Yuri to strike her back. It feels as if Yuri just struck a boulder with his sword.

For those who have been eyeing the axe up in the air, it divides into three, spinning like a boomerang at each one. If someone gets struck by one, it will only be the blunt force. Nothing is getting chopped. ]

You have landed two hits on me. That's better than I expected.

[ She announces to the group as a whole and gets out her wheat stalks out again. ]

[Judith huffs quietly, a short little breath and then she goes back in, charging in with a series of kicks, while she dodges the axes. The goddess seemed to have no intention of hurting them too badly, she thinks but still...]

Then why offer a spar to us all?

I'm sure that you know the thrill of battle, dear.

[ The goddess attempts to parry the kicks. ]

It isn't my intent to murder any of you.

[ Except Owen, only because he's a shithead to her face and that she knew he had no qualms about dying since he's used to that. She tries to hit Judith's legs aside with one stalk and tries to strike her with the other. ]

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