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!
bluminescence: (Default)

[personal profile] bluminescence 2022-12-21 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
It does.

[ Kaspar nods. The Vair would study their whole... lives for that art. But they were all gone now. ]

What is, your favorite?
blankpoint: (109)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's a shitty thing to have in common, honestly. Mira wonders if they'll manage to get used to it. ]

If you'd rather do something else for yours... that's alright with me.

[ It's concern that's intertwined there. Now that Diluc's told them that, they don't feel right about subjecting him to that. ]
pyronic: (diluc096)

[personal profile] pyronic 2022-12-21 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Mira can't see him shake his head, so he'll firmly refute another way.]

No. I'm just warning you now so you don't take offense if I'm tense beneath your fingers. I hardly mind a fair exchange.
edamamepon: (i cant paint)

[personal profile] edamamepon 2022-12-21 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Too bad he is, at least with stuff like this. Laurent and him are both suckers. ]

Well, I agree. But disposing sounds a little harsh, don't you think?

I mean, it's not like you'd actually murder him or anything... [ Makoto says it so confidently, but tacks on a less sure-- ] right?
framestory: (pic#9234248)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-21 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Is... Is he good at studying? Ellis isn't sure, despite having "memories" of it. He'll just look at Ryuki with a sheepish smile that might suggest that he isn't. Only one way to find out. He brings up the book on the table and opens it. Mushrooms. ]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-21 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
You two can talk it out. If you need a referee, you should ask someone. Not me, because I can't focus on two people at the same time.

[ We can end the thread early if you'd like!! Ellis is just going to keep Kaeya like it is though. ]
blankpoint: (132)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Right.

[ They take a deep breath. ]

You can keep going.
unsync: ([S] Confused)

[personal profile] unsync 2022-12-21 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ One word for Ryuki: nerd. ]

That's okay, it can't be that hard, right?

[ Easy: learning mushrooms like damp and dark places. Hard: figuring out what you need to build mushroom racks. Easy: remembering this place is wack and if you just put in a request for it, a mushroom rack or whatever it's called will basically appear overnight. Hard: harvesting the tons of little button mushrooms you will inevitably have under your care. ]

A lot of effort really goes into this...

[ If Ryuki doesn't leave with a ship, he definitely is leaving with a newfound appreciation for the farming industry. ]
blankpoint: (96)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ how dare you

They grimace, and not because they can still taste it. ]


... I felt bad.
framestory: (pic#9117761)

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-21 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis nods as he looks through the text. There's so much text for general mushroom common traits alone. He looks back up at Ryuki upon realizing... yeah, he's not cut out for this. ]
blankpoint: (100)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Sure. I'd like that.

[ They give him a smile, too, even if it's only a slight one. Teasingly, with a hint of a glint in their eyes-- ]

Don't keep me waiting too long, alright?
harvestashya: (pic#16102837)

[personal profile] harvestashya 2022-12-21 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I must eat this again. Whenever you make a batch, I would like one as well. Feel free to drop them into the pond. They will not be soggy.

[ She seems pretty excited about this. ]

Why don't you open a shop?
associative: (50)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-21 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
I don't have one. I just know that I've liked the ones I've attended.

[ It was before he picked up training and vocal lessons, so it was a very long time ago now. It's hard to remember. ]
harvestashya: (pic#16102794)

[personal profile] harvestashya 2022-12-21 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
We will see, indeed.

[ :)

Feel free to end the thread here!
]
blankpoint: (105)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Sure.

[ People wanting to do things with them? Seems sus. Anyway, they offer their card. ]

Any of these is fine.
unsync: ([S] YEEHAW)

[personal profile] unsync 2022-12-21 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's all right now, because I am here! Half-Might!

I'm sure you can do it!
bluminescence: (06)

[personal profile] bluminescence 2022-12-21 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ That was almost an order. It's less anger than sudden pressure, ideally only a brief freeze, but this for something he enjoys doing for once. It only makes his flush worse, though his tone is genuinely agreeable. ]

.. Alright.

[ And he plans to. He can see it now. Every few days from here on out, paired with tea. Maybe he'll prepare the tea in a pot, swaddling it to keep it hot. On those days, he plans to enjoy a cup too, whether she shows up or not.

She might notice a marked increase in quality after they produce their own coffee.
]
associative: (90)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-21 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he likes the teasing! It's a surprise coming from them. ]

I won't. I don't like to keep potential fans waiting.
bluminescence: (06)

[personal profile] bluminescence 2022-12-21 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
... and of music, more broadly?
frenchkiss: (and maybe fill a small balloon)

[personal profile] frenchkiss 2022-12-21 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ Truly, the piece of paper might as well be a list of Laurent's interests instead of a list of rewardable tasks. Everything there comes so easily to him. ]

Do we? Fascinating. I'd be interested in seeing how your paintings turn out when you've got a bit of a buzz in you.

[ Laurent hums thoughtfully at the next suggestion, yanking up another half-successful clump of weeds. Cooking? When was the last time he really cooked? ]

We could. Might as well. I have a feeling we should get used to cooking for ourselves, right?

It is, but I guess we wouldn't be very useful if she let us starve to death.
sugarnaut: (and i'm not sure that i'm okay)

[personal profile] sugarnaut 2022-12-21 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, a few times. When my brother was alive, we had campfires on the beach sometimes. And sometimes I'll go camping up in the woods with friends- we don't have a lot of time because of classes, though...

( quietly, she turns the marshmallow. )

Haruka likes to go stargazing, so she'll do everything she can to show us the stars.
blankpoint: (86)

[personal profile] blankpoint 2022-12-21 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ They laugh quietly. ]

I'll hold you to that, then. I'm looking forward to it.
associative: (105)

[personal profile] associative 2022-12-21 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
Pop. There's a lot of varieties, and you can do just about anything with pop music.
edamamepon: (not even a little bit)

[personal profile] edamamepon 2022-12-21 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
Some of us already are used to it. So, if we're gonna have a tab, it shouldn't be at the restaurant. Save it for alcohol.

[ Makoto is already slipping back into being short with him. But it's once again because of an annoying weed. Yet if Laurent saw him around town earlier he knew how he'd been all friendly smiles then. They'd been genuine, but not like this. The work is tiring and he'd walked everywhere today. He just doesn't have the energy for more than bluntness anymore. He wants a nap.

The weed comes free and Makoto tosses it with a sigh as he passes Laurent to skip to the other side. It puts them face to face across a row of weeds, shirt only a little oversized. Just enough when he leans over if Laurent is sitting tall enough. But Makoto looks at him after pulling the weed in front of him. He removes one glove, to shove his hair back with a clean hand before resting his chin on that palm.

He's hungry. But also too tired to cook more than one meal or give up half his crops because Laurent ate out too much.
So, with only a little bit of a grumble, he asks--
]

What do you want to eat, then? Pick something that doesn't take forever.
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[personal profile] exiguous 2022-12-21 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
No. The way the stars align here...it's far different from Teyvat's sky.

[ Which may be false, apparently, but that's a can of worms she isn't ready to open just yet.

Though...
]

You aren't doubting me, are you?

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