crescentview mods ([personal profile] crescentviewmods) wrote in [community profile] crescentview2022-12-09 08:26 pm

dec event overflow.



prologue

You awake to find yourself in a bed that creaks with your every movement, motes of dust flitting about the sparsely lit room. Whether you wake alone or with another by your side, you exit the worn-down building to find yourself on an old, abandoned farm. It isn’t long before a familiar voice lilts in your ears, carried to you on the breeze—

“Hurry over to the town square. Chop chop!”

Whether you go willingly or find your feet inexplicably compelled to trudge into town makes no difference. Once you arrive, you find yourself surrounded by a small ocean of new faces— some confused, some angered, and others quite chipper. At the center of the crowd is a bright-eyed woman with an otherworldly allure, her white hair tied up neatly in a bun, pamphlets and assorted papers tucked in her grasp.

“Welcome to Crescentview, farmers!”

Spreading her arms out wide — as much as she can without her papers blowing away — she eagerly regales the crowd with some fun facts about the island and the town while also reminding everyone of one very important fact:

“Remember, you’ve been brought here to tend the earth, fall in love, and begin your new lives together. You’re not leaving until you do. It will be quite the experience for you, I’m sure.”

Complain, grouse, or rejoice if you like, but don’t expect the Goddess to budge. Oh, right, there’s that too: she, the Harvest Goddess, is the one presiding over this land. Don’t get on my bad side, she gently warns as she stuffs pamphlets into the hands of Crescentview’s aspiring farmers.

spring breeze

While you’re here, you may as well check out the pamphlet the Goddess insistently pressed into your hands. Within it, you’ll find a handy infographic on each of your neighbors detailing their likes, dislikes, and... ideal dates? Even the Goddess’ profile is there. How invasive! Each farmer’s picture is hand-drawn by crayon into simple stick figures with the only difference being how the hair looks on top of their heads… if it can be called hair with the mess of crayons, that is. Every single stick figure is smiling. In front of each personalized pamphlet, there’s a stick figure on the cover with the same style as the photo. It’s definitely yours with how the hair color seamlessly matches yours. For the ones who have multicolor hair, you might notice the goddess seems a little more huffy with you.

The pamphlet also includes a map of Crescentview and lists the services available in town. There aren’t many on this small, remote island. Learning how to fend for yourself seems like the best course of action. Finally, a hand-printed bingo card has been made up for each new island resident. The Goddess must have spent quite a bit of time making these...

The Goddess gives her new questionably loyal followers a chance to mingle and mix before speaking up with another announcement. A small group of haggard-looking fairies appear at her feet, and clapping her hands, a notice board springs into existence. When the fairies fail to react, she gives one a nudge with her foot, prompting them all to burst into the world’s smallest round of applause. It’s a little... pathetic.

“Ta-da! Behold: the task board. Every season, I’ll give you new tasks to complete, and in exchange, you’ll be richly blessed by me, the Harvest Goddess. Spring is the season of new beginnings, so let’s take a look at what we’ve got cooking, hm?”

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 December 1st to January 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.

1. Greet your neighbors. For every person you meet, you will be given a random bag of spring seeds. Potato, cabbage, turnip, strawberry, and cucumber seeds are available at this time. Alternatively, random mushroom spores are also available. These include morel, matsutake, and common white mushroom spores. This task can be completed a total of 10 times for rewards. Please specify how much of each you would like when submitting your threads, i.e. “I’d like 5 random spring seed bags and 5 random mushroom bags, please!”

2. Exchange names. Start learning some names and faces: you’ll be seeing a lot of these folks! For each name you learn, you’ll earn a random bag of spring flower seeds. Daffodil, tulip, forget-me-not, primrose, and hyacinth are available this season. This task can be completed a total of 10 times for rewards, and yes, you can cheat the system and introduce yourself to someone you already know, but the Goddess won’t like it.

3. Check out your new farm. Take a look around and settle in! After a bit of wandering, you’ll notice a small cat or dog following you around and looking up at you with them big ol’ eyes. Looks like it wants to stay with you, but will you adopt it? This task can be completed once.

4. Till your field and begin planting. Find the beat up farming tools in your beat up house and begin beating your farmland into submission. Plant some seeds and be rewarded by the Goddess with a single chicken or rabbit to keep in your coop. This task can be completed once.

5. Visit another farm. Pay one of your neighbors a visit to receive a stationary set blessed by the Goddess herself. There are no cell phones or Internet on the island, so get used to sending all your “LOL”s and “XDDDD”s by hand. This task can be completed once.

6. Make a new friend. Isn’t friendship wonderful? For each person you proclaim to be your friend, you will receive two random gacha items. This task can be completed 3 times.

7. Pray to the Goddess. Whether you do so grudgingly or willingly doesn’t matter much to her so long as you’re doing it! Clasp your hands together and bow your head or throw an offering into her pond— she’ll hear you either way. Praying to the Goddess will net you a barn animal of your choosing: a cow, sheep, alpaca, or goat. This task may be completed once.

Caution: throwing certain items into her pond may have consequences. Choose your offerings wisely.

mod notes

⬥ Welcome to the game's opening and our first event!
⬥ A second event post will go up in mid-Dec.
⬥ Please plot over at the Dec 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!
framestory: (pic#9329083)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ When he comes back with the water, he looks back at his own card as he gets settled next to Gaku on the couch.

...

He looks at Gaku dead in the eyes and points to "getting drunk" on his own card. You wanted to do this one??
]
esurientabyss: (🌊34)

Kaeya Alberich.

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-10 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ ....he supposes some people really might be looking for that type of thing after all.

Well, it's not like he can assume Kaeya will fail. ]


There's enough people in this place that it wouldn't be impossible for someone like you.
esurientabyss: (🌊28)

Otegine

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-10 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Otegine will find He Xuan in the grocer, for specifics, however.

Maybe he was looking for food or honestly just getting more familiar with his surroundings. Just in case he needs to know every inch before raining destruction everywhere, or something unpleasant.

Jokes aside, he does at least respond! ]


If that's something you originally had, I wouldn't be surprised if you would have to do something for the goddess first to repair that or get something better.

[ It seems to be the case for a lot of other things, anyway. So why wouldn't it be the same? ]
associative: (36)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-10 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ He looks away, pretending to preoccupy himself with the VHS tapes before he remembers he actually needs to look at Ellis for his sake.

...He looks up. ]


Is that really a good idea?
framestory: (pic#9234304)

adelis

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ from here.

Ellis takes a look at Adelis's bingo squares and... well, some aren't so bad. He tries to pick the most painless one for him, which, in his opinion, "compliments" and "tell jokes". Just string some words together, man.

But because Adelis let Ellis look at the bingo card, Ellis lets Adelis look at his. Time is weird and most of these shouldn't be filled out at the time of this thread, so just pretend the marked out options are invisible for meta reasons.
]
framestory: (pic#9234258)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's what Ellis is trying to ask, Gaku, so he insistently points at it like "are you sure??" ]
catarou: (Ramuda Gentaro and then--)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-10 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
closed to lucia
[ Upon waking, Gentaro had definitely not expected to stare up at a ceiling that isn't his, in a bed he's not familiar with, and in a house that's much smaller than his own. Quite frankly, he has no idea what's going on. Kidnapping, perhaps?

... Well, he can figure it out later. Right now, his priority is getting his bearings together. He sits up in bed to see-- ]


Ah.

[ A girl trying to deal with a very large spear. Gentaro might be annoyed and slightly disoriented, but he's not about to ignore someone in need. ]

Excuse me. Would you like a hand?

i.
[ Right. The bingo card.

Gentaro has no idea what to make of it, because several things are things he'd never do, and the others are doable but extremely mortifying. There are only a few Gentaro knows immediately that he can complete, but surrounded by strangers, it's... questionable. Still.

If there's anyone nearby, he clears his throat lightly. He holds up his card. ]


These are quite interesting, aren't they? Though, "interesting" is an extremely mild descriptor.

ii.
[ The tasks are considerably easier, but there's one problem with a couple of them: Gentaro is not, under any circumstances, about to go digging around in the dirt in the clothes he holds dear. To the boutique, then. He manages to secure a decent outfit--though one that Ramuda would probably never think to put Gentaro in--with the promise of bringing some of his harvest as payment.

Once his clothes are safely put away, there's nothing to do but the tasks. He's got some experience with farming, mostly in his childhood, so he's not totally hopeless. If you're visiting another farm, Gentaro's out in his and Lucia's, meticulously tilling parts of their plot.

Or he's come to visit yours, partly out of curiosity but mostly for the rewards. If you're out working on your own farm, Gentaro watches for a few moments. ]


Hard at work, I see.

iii.
[ Wildcard! Gentaro is most likely to be at the library or grocery store, but he can be found taking a walk around the town to see what it has to offer. I'm fairly flexible in general, so hit me with a starter or DM me, and we'll hash something out. ]
esurientabyss: (🌊24)

Gaku Yaotome

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-10 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Anyway. ]

We managed to complete that square. And it is far too early for bed.

[ ...Said, quite frankly, so he will simply ask: ]

Which square would you like to have done?

[ Since He Xuan did agree to them fulfilling one square for each other. ]
associative: (46)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-10 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ He sighs eventually, giving Ellis a half-hearted shrug. ]

I don't know. I'm still not over you kissing me like that.
framestory: (pic#9234255)

I

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis didn't hear Gentaro, but he can understand body language enough to notice him and realize that he wants to talk. He smiles as he sees the bingo card, takes a look at it and then attempts to tickle Gentaro by the sides.

Hello, welcome to Crescentview.
]
irresponsibly: (5607565)

🫡

[personal profile] irresponsibly 2022-12-10 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ She has no idea why she has such a heavy weapon with her? How did this end up in her house? Is it a random gift from the Goddess? It's so difficult to even lift this thing, and she's trying to be careful with it, dragging it on the ground lightly while she holds it by the hilt.

She turns around and - wait. That's not Dr. Figaro.

She lets out a yelp and almost drops it, but manages to keep her hold on the spear.
]

H-huh? Who-?! S-sorry, um, wrong house?!
framestory: (pic#9234257)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ ... ... ...

Ellis tilts his head with a confused look on his face. Huh?
]
calla: (kaeya162)

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-10 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ He breathes out a little laugh before he pushes the plate back. ]

Thank you for the concern, but you need it far more than me.
framestory: (pic#9234300)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis takes a chicken wing, stares down at it, gets up, waddles to Kaeya and tries to shove it into his mouth. ]
Edited 2022-12-10 03:43 (UTC)
catarou: (Humourless tales written)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-10 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
[ It sure isn't Dr. Figaro! But, oh-- that's not good. Gentaro gets up, shaking his head. ]

I'm not sure. I'm just as lost as you are. [ But he'll go over and help steady the spear. There--that should alleviate some of the weight. ] I woke up here just now.
associative: (47)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-10 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ He stares at Ellis for a long, long moment. ]

You kissed me.
irresponsibly: (i015)

[personal profile] irresponsibly 2022-12-10 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh. Oh, he's so nice already, helping her like that... ]

I... Ah.

[ Right, someone had mentioned something like this happening, at the meeting. So Dr. Figaro is... ]

Well...I did too, a week or so ago. Most people here have. Welcome to Crescentview.
catarou: (The victim was buried on the beach)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-10 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sneak attack...! Good job, Ellis, you found his weak point-- He's laughing, though, making sure he doesn't flail around and accidentally smack him?! ]
framestory: (pic#9234258)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well, Ellis sure isn't watching the movie now if it's on, because. Huh. What? He kissed Gaku?

He points to his cheek. That's what he's talking about, right??
]
associative: (36)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-10 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Gaku shakes his head, a light blush on his cheeks, and points to his lips.

Let that sink in, Ellis. ]
catarou: (a scientist on a lonely planet)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Huh. Seems he's already behind, but Gentaro can roll with that. He's nothing if not adaptive. ]

Thank you. My name is Gentaro; it's a pleasure to meet you. [ a pause. ] I assume you don't usually handle weapons this large?
calla: (kaeya027)

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Kaeya is surprised by Ellis' fast movement (he's not fast, Kaeya's just drunk). The chicken wing is successfully shoved into his mouth! Garbarhghbhgh, will Ellis keep his hand there until Kaeya chews or will he relent? ]
calla: (kaeya042)

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-10 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Someone like me? What's that supposed to mean?

[ ohhh bad start already ]
irresponsibly: (u003-2)

[personal profile] irresponsibly 2022-12-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Lucia. It's nice to meet you. ... I'm assuming you're staying here, then.

[ She liked Figaro, so she's a little sad, but that's no fault of Gentaro's.

At his question, she turns a little pink.
]

No... I don't.
framestory: (pic#9117762)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-10 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, that's enough tickle torture for now, so Ellis withdraws his hands. Congratulations for getting that first bingo square done, Gentaro! Because apparently, tickling works both ways. ]

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