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!
associative: (109)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...He's honestly shocked by the question, and it takes him a few seconds to figure out how he should even respond. ]

What do you mean?
exiguous: (mona6)

[personal profile] exiguous 2022-12-15 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. Lead the way, will you?

[ She'll follow. It's nice to see a familiar face, though she's really not sure how the Knights will handle things in Kaeya's absence. ]
calla: (kaeya158)

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-15 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ And he is shoved! With his shoddy sense of balance right now, he falls on his butt, but he doesn't seem to mind. Instead, with a cheeky smile, he just looks up at He Xuan. ]

See? You got up after all.

[ haha he wins ]
calla: (kaeya009)

[personal profile] calla 2022-12-15 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Is that so?

[ This is the tone of someone who doesn't believe youuuuuu. ]

Well, I believe it's now your turn. Truth or dare?
framestory: (pic#9404591)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-15 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Why do you like looking at me the most?

[ Ellis doesn't keep his eyes off Gaku's face even while he writes on his palm. ]
associative: (85)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Your face is nice, and I think you're cute.

[ Gaku really isn't one to wax poetic about these sort of things, his bluntness shining through. ]
blankpoint: (61)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-15 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cute... Mira nods and smiles. ]

Better, right?
blankpoint: (108)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-15 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
You shouldn't.

[ They say it abruptly, quickly, then wince. ]

Sorry. I just meant... it's not your fault that the goddess brought you here. You didn't leave of your own volition.

[ They shrug and look away. ]

... Whenever you return, I imagine they'll be upset in some way. But when you explain what happened, I don't think that'll last for long. A good leader wouldn't leave intentionally. I can't say for sure, since I obviously don't know them, but I think they'd understand. Bonds like that aren't easily broken, right?
unsync: ([S] Unhappy)

[personal profile] unsync 2022-12-15 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Let's talk about it Ellis, what's a little bit of existential dread to bring two folks together? ]

Ah... uhm, only kind of. Not really. I haven't cooked in a while, either.

[ He looks a little distant for a second, but he just shakes his head. ]

What about you?
blankpoint: (97)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-15 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Don't perceive them!!

But, just like Kaeya, like hell they're going to pick truth. ]


Dare.
catarou: (those words are priceless to me)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-15 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ahhh, terribly. The very act of working a field makes my bones ache terribly...

[ He sighs. ]

I truly envy you young ones. Oh, to be so young again... such simple times.
framestory: (pic#9234306)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-15 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...

Ellis thinks Gaku could get anyone, should he desired them, so that's why it feels a little unbelievable that he'd choose him over everyone else.
]

There are cuter...
catarou: (Ramuda Gentaro and then--)

[personal profile] catarou 2022-12-15 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. Shall we go to the boutique? I'm afraid my attire is less than ideal for this sort of place.
associative: (109)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-15 05:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah, he's not budging. ]

That's subjective. I think I can decide what and who I like on my own.
sluice: (220924 (32)2)

[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-15 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
That easy to tell? [ Used to a sleight of hand that won't avail itself now, Tartaglia casts his gaze sidelong. ] Either your eyes are that keen, or I'm losing my touch.

[ Most of his silence on the matter has been tactfulness, conducting himself around what's effectively knowledge in the public domain. Powerlessness isn't an easy state to accept, not when Tartaglia's ruined by so much yearning for more than he's given. Nearing the base of the hill, he pops the million-dollar question. ]

Ask away, if you want. It's no grand secret I'm keeping. I'll even demonstrate. Doubt it'd be that interesting to watch, though.

[ These nerfs are so, so heavy. ]
lapidation: (pic#16128881)

[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-15 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Zhongli isn't quite convinced, finding it all suspicious despite the confidence of the librarian, but he doesn't see it as his problem, really. At least not yet. ]

Farming books. [ So to the farming section! ] What are you interested in cultivating, Trahearne?
sluice: (220924 (106))

[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-15 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, he's gonna go ahead and ignore the """murder""" part of this loaded statement. ]

What makes you think I would resort to sabotage? I prefer to best my opponents honorably, you know! A competition is no good if your adversary isn't at peak condition.

[ Underhandedness is just so entirely beneath him. It's irreconcilable, actually, but there are some things he just can't help if the Tsaritsa demands as such of him. ]
exiguous: (mona013)

[personal profile] exiguous 2022-12-15 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
It certainly doesn't make a difference to me. I'll follow you to the shop, then.

[ She'll punctuate it with a nod. Pigeons are fine, nothing she isn't used to (especially with Timmie around). As she turns around to follow him, she makes note of the Hydro Vision casually sitting on his hip. Interesting. It seems like introductions are in order, now. ]

Before I forget: My name is Mona Megistus, a renowned astrologist from Teyvat.

[ Hello there, fellow Hydro user. He may have caught a glimpse of her vision, sitting near the nape of her neck on her backside. ]

And you are?
exiguous: (mona012)

[personal profile] exiguous 2022-12-15 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ A fellow so eager and willing to help? Count her in. She will gladly show Gaku her card, even if she's not enthused by its contents. ]

I'd like some assistance with any square of your choosing, if you don't mind. In exchange, I'll help you clear one of your own. Seems like a fair trade, does it not?

[ She's got a confident aura, but she is wheezing on the inside. Please don't pick anything too embarrassing. ]
blankpoint: (3)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-15 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
In a way, but mostly it was just a guess. If she's messed with my powers, then I can't be the only one.

[ They can relate. As bitter as they are about how they'd gone and acquired their powers, it feels like they've lost a part of themselves. No wonder they're conflicted. It worries them somewhat, that the desire to regain them is stronger and stronger the more they think about it. ]

I'm curious, you're not wrong. How about this: You tell me about them, and I'll do the same. No demonstrations just yet. I'd like to experience it the way it was meant to be.
sluice: (220924 (35))

[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-15 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ what if he spilled the beans on his affiliation with the fatui the way he did with diluc, how messed up would that be ]

Childe, at your service! People also call me Tartaglia. [ An astrologist, huh? She strikes him as more of a witch, but there's nothing that explicitly says that Mona can't be both. ] Since we're both from the same place, I don't have to keep tight-lipped about this, do I?

[ Idly, he points to the one at his hip as Childe continues perusing the shelves for bread. Wow, he's not even in the right aisle. Time to head into the next one. ]

I can answer any questions you have, by the way. I've been here about a week already, but you're a new face, right?

[ He'd remember seeing a hat that distinctive. ]
sluice: (220924 (64))

[personal profile] sluice 2022-12-15 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
I can't pass up a challenge, now can I?

[ Promptly, he unclips the gem strapped to his hip, holding it out. It shines this bright, vicious blue, a much more vibrant hue than his lightless eyes. ]

This is my Vision. Apparently, it's a power granted by the gods. [ Offhandedly: ] I could care less about that. I'll use what I'm given. With it, though, you could say I can exert control over water.

[ To put it simply, at least. Explaining concepts like Hydro constructs and manifesting H20 from nothing and the application of Riptide on his foes sounds awfully convoluted, though. ]

If I were at full power... I wonder if I could even take on the Harvest Goddess? She'd have to fight me if I challenged her authority. [ Sounds exciting! ] That must be why she inhibited it.

[ No other viable explanation for his inoperable Delusion and inability to transform, among other things. Taking even his bow, which he has the least expertise with, is horribly telling. Evidently, she fears him. ]
sugarnaut: (and i'm not sure that i'm okay)

[personal profile] sugarnaut 2022-12-15 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
( satoko chuckles and takes the sticks, idly roasting her own marshmallow as she watches. )

This is nice. I can't remember the last time I did something like this.
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[personal profile] for8000amonth 2022-12-15 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...good lord.

judging by the scrunch of his face, he definitely didn't find that one too funny. still, it's a spot crossed off if he actually does this...and nobody said they had to be his jokes, specifically...

there's a pause as he combs his brain for something equally ridiculous, something he's heard before from the Worst Companion Ever during their numerous jobs together, before he finally lets his shoulders sag. ]


...If they have no nose, how does an undead smell.
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[personal profile] judascontract 2022-12-15 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Tara looks across the room at the new guest, her expression betraying no emotions. She had been laying on her own bed, reading a book (magazine, really) and blissfully ignoring the rest of the world as she's wont to do.

She's noticed that Dehya's been gone for a few days, which, fine. It's not like Tara cares what her roommate does. But now, it would seem like she's got someone new, waking up right in her roommates bed. So the turnaround rate at this place is pretty brutal, apparently.

At this rate, it's closer to the cat's bed now, since Dehya left and she and the cat have come to an uneasy alliance based on mutual respect. (God, she's sad.)

She takes in the appearance of the other girl. Cute. Witch-like. She can almost think of Raven - but no, the girl in front of her just isn't fucking miserable enough for that comparison to be made.]


Farmville. But with public sex.

[She goes back to reading her magazine.]

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