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!
calla: (kaeya049)

camping!

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-14 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It's only been less than an hour since his argument with Diluc. It still hangs in the back of his mind, even as he fetched Ellis and have been wandering through the forest. He's been rather quiet, less playful, so there's certainly something off about him. ]

This looks like a good spot, don't you think?

[ There's a clearing with nothing to really bother them. Well, except bears. ]
archivists: (059.)

[personal profile] archivists 2022-12-14 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Usually Noé flusters people with myriads of questions, so it feels a little strange to be on the other side for a change. Not that he minds it—people react differently to this kind of a revelation, but Kaspar seems to be genuinely intrigued. ]

If it smells good, then it's going to taste good as well. [ For some reason, a light blush spreads across his cheeks. He's definitely not used to talking about it so casually with strangers. ] There are so many things here...

[ Kaspar definitely isn't the only one who's amazed by what the grocery store has in stock. It's so easy to get distracted by the various products and Noé finds himself turning abruptly into the other aisle to examine the foods a few times.

When it looks they have everything they need, Noé's eyes linger on the bottle of the maple syrup before he begins with a sheepish smile: ]


Ah, wait. I should tell you about one more thing. I can... read memories through someone's blood. It might be something you don't want to share, so... I thought that you should know that.
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[personal profile] archivists 2022-12-14 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Noé's pretty close to lose balance and falling right on ice when He Xuan tugs him along, but he miraculously manages to stay on his feet. ]

Your grip is strong. [ He's just going to point that out because why not. Especially since it's the main reason his face didn't meet the ice. ] Have you done this before? You seem to know what you're doing.

[ For the time being, Noé's still figuring out how to slide forward without making a fool out of himself. ]
esurientabyss: (🌊16)

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-14 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
What if I can?

[just try him]
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[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-14 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Strong enough to keep you on your toes and not on your face.

[ ... Which is like, true. But also the flat way he says that...well. No one said He Xuan ever had a good sense of humor. ]

I've done it at least once before. This sort of nonsense isn't something I do often.

But you don't forget how to do so some things after you've done them.

[ Like for example, eating. Then again maybe that is a very extreme one. ]
sluice: (220924 (272))

[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-14 10:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Aha. So you were playing around. How long were you planning to hold out on me?

[ Insult to injury, although Tartaglia didn't ask and doesn't elaborate, the subtext left out in the cold: he'd go longer, if only he was at full strength. So they're both at a loss. Trekking back down the long and winding path leading back to town, he shrugs off the offer to be healed: ]

I wanted to see if you were good for a fight. [ Self-assured, to the point of contentment: ] Now, I know. You couldn't bear to look away.

[ Turning his back is some kind of unveiled threat; Tartaglia isn't afraid of repercussions, doesn't know enough of fear to succumb to it. Is Mira going to come along, or just stand there? ]

Lost something important, have you? [ Obvious enough, given the bewilderment on their face. Tartaglia prefers his opponents formidable and beyond his own scope. ] Get it back and come at me again. I'll gladly welcome you with open arms.
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[personal profile] chevaliered 2022-12-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
In terms of acting up?

I was planning on ignoring the marriage thing. Maybe the farming thing, but I'm not gonna kick a mostly-free food option in the face out of spite, y'know?
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[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-14 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ After glancing over her card: ]

Birds would be an easy bet, if it makes no difference to you. [ Pigeons count as wildlife, right? Probably. ] There's a glade up ahead that I've noticed some often frequent. All we need is some bait to lure them in.

[ Prey doesn't move without some nebulously-defined reward for the risks taken, after all. ]

How about we stop by the shop first?

[ For some bread... anyways, he'll lead the way to the grocery store to start perusing the shelves. ]
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[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-14 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
I wasn't going to show all of my hand right off the bat. [ a pause. ] ... You're right. I couldn't. It's been a while since I fought like that.

[ It's somewhat muted, the mess of interest and curiosity and something terribly close to gratitude in their voice. It says they want to figure Tartaglia out even more.

Anyway. They will indeed follow. Mira, despite their knowing that this will very likely blow up in their face--because Tartaglia had viciously torn to the surface a part of them they've tried so hard to deny--but they're not at all new to making stupid decisions.

It's what landed them in this mess of corruption in the first place, what had resulted in that faint stirring in their chest that doesn't belong to them. The most awful part is that it's getting harder and harder to stifle that presence.

.... ]


Something like that. [ They're hesitant. They don't want to cross into the complicated territory of their powers, but maybe it would be fine here. Keeping stride next to Tartaglia, they look sideways at him with a faint smirk. ] Maybe I'll show you. But only if you're the same way. I'm not alone in losing something, am I?
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[personal profile] harvestashya 2022-12-14 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that so?

[ The goddess seems to consider it. She likes the nature for obvious reasons, and what Kaspar describes sounds very peaceful. ]

If you decide on a time, I will be there then.
associative: (77)

second

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-14 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh! Someone new! Gaku raises his eyebrows as he looks at Mona. ]

Sure. What is it?

[ It's definitely the card, as he sees it plainly in her hand, but he figures he'll ask anyway. ]
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[personal profile] harvestashya 2022-12-14 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ idk who crow's new housemate is gonna be, but that poor sap ]

It's nice to welcome you as a permanent resident of Crescentview, child.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis tilts his head after interpreting all that. Yoyagi parks sounds particularly nice to go to and Ellis wonders if he can recreate that feeling in Crescentview.

But then he thinks he misunterpreted something. "Hole-in-the-wall style restaurant"? The only hole in the wall Ellis can think of is--
]

Do they feed you through a hole in the wall...?

[ Since it's a restaurant, it's not like there will be "dick in the box" surprises, right. ]
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[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-14 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, but it's going to take time to nurture a fruit tree into good health (years and years, realistically). Wandering over to some nearby grove to steal an apple seems to be in somewhat poor taste, but then again, he did just gift her a shell with Cthulu sounds in it. Discretion and tact have long-since been off the table. ]

Wouldn't be much of a gift if it was meant for anyone else.

[ He'll keep that in mind, though! Next question— and perhaps the last one, depending on what she says? The answer's already foregone. ]

And what can I do to win your attention? Specifically for me, of course.

[ Talk about unsubtle, echoing her with such audacity. Does he have to squash the competition, or grow the biggest apple? Pray tell. ]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis claps his hands together to marvel at the fire. He thinks Satoko did such a good job that he's mentally taking notes on how to make a campfire so quickly and efficiently because he's never done it before. It's his survival instincts kicking in despite how there's really nothing to survive from at the moment, don't mind him. He sits near it and eyes Satoko's little kitten. It's cute...

He also has a bag of marshmallows and several small sticks that he puts between himself and Satoko so that they can share. Time to get this party started.
]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis nods excitedly, not minding that he can lead Gentaro to places. He points to the pamphlet with all the areas and shows it to him. Where would he like to go first? ]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis looks at Gaku with an exasperated look and he can't help but to smile a little. It's so ridiculous and Gaku probably meant it too? Even if he didn't, Ellis just feels so tired that he could laugh at anything. ]

Fluffy.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yup! Safe on the way home! No bears or anything!

we can end thread here \o/
]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-14 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis sighs loudly and looks at the VHS cases again. Easterween? Maybe...? What the fuck is an Easterween? He hesitantly holds that out to Souji. Here, before he gets fiction cooties from it. ]
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[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ He laughs, and yes he did mean it. ]

Fine, fine. Fluffy.

[ Without thinking about it, Gaku reaches out to fix Ellis' hair, adjusting any stray bangs as he combs out the cherry blossom petals with his fingers. ]
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[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
...Thanks.

[ Compliments about his looks or his singing don't catch him off guard, but that? That certainly does. He laughs softly. ]

I try, you know? It's not easy, but I think I've gotten better over the years.
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[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-15 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Came out nothing like I imagined. Oh, well. Expectations don't often live up to reality! It only means one thing. I need to get stronger.

[ Always room for improvement, in everything and anything he does, whether it's tempered with violence or some passing fascination in the arts. Taken up with this spectacle, he adds one last flourish to the canvas: one more wide, swathing ocean to accompany He Xuan's portrait. It resembles a caricature. Ridiculous! Leaving the painting to dry on the easel, he wanders over to admire his companion's handiwork. ]

... If you want the truth, I don't see the resemblance. [ Bit too much warmth and genuine effort injected into the painting for someone as cold-blooded as him, but Childe's still staring at it all the same. ] I like it. How could I not? It came from your heart, didn't it?

[ Satisfaction comes into it, heavy on his undertone. ]

Could I keep it? Given that you'll keep yours.

[ Maybe stash it in a place that'll never see the light of day, so no one ever sees it. Somewhere quiet, where conversations can go into a lull. ]
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[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Rest in pieces to their kitchen. ]

No, it doesn't.

[ He opens the fridge to see if they have any eggs. The cabinets were filled with food, so maybe they got lucky... ]

All you do is put them in a pot of boiling water for a few minutes.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-15 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis looks down as Gaku fixes his hair. It feels nice. Physical affection like this... is nice. Strangely intimate? It's fine when he initiates it but when other people do it to him, he's baffled. He's nothing. He's not real. He's--

--shaking his head like a dog to get the remaining petals out. It doesn't work.

Anyway, Gaku came all the way out here, so Ellis doesn't want it to be for nothing... He holds up a finger to tell Gaku to wait here as he runs into the house. Shortly, he comes out with a block of cheese. It's ten pounds and it looks like Ellis has trouble carrying it.

Here. It's Gaku's now.
]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-15 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh! Ellis looks a little sheepish at that. Let him tell Souji why... as he writes down on this notepad. ]

I get drunk really easily...

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