dec event overflow.

[crescentviewmods]

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!

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Comments

[framestory]

[ Such enthusiastic cheering... He still doesn't believe in himself (for various reasons), but he's curious and tilts his head. ]

I'm not sure if I interpreted this right, but "Half-Might"?

[ This is clearly more important than studying. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ The moment where Childe's concentration is shaken is evident, his startled reaction committed to memory, as well as the arrogant words that pass through his lips. There are many who have boasted to one day match the strength of gods, but to throw them out of their own place where they rule from up high?

Just trying to imagine that is entertaining enough. Though, it's also more likely the man will be torn apart before he even succeeds. Or, he would be made to kneel before them, as he is now... ]

One most would run away from. But some have been unable to. And you? You wouldn't even last long enough to appreciate it.

[ He Xuan is fairly used to being cursed, but it's been awhile since he's had an inability to do anything about it. Indeed, per Childe's technique, nothing misses, and he can't call on a simple fire spell like he might've picked up awhile ago. But, he's sturdier than most people. Even without access to his powers, and given Childe's own lack of power behind each strike, well...it doesn't take him much to move forward, braving the solid hits against his frame.

Now his intention is unleash a barrage with his own fists, and feet, directing mercilessly towards Childe's front, all the while also pulling in some of that heavy, black colored water, aiming it lower, at the other man's feet. A complex maneuver, but designed with the intention of overwhelming the other man. ]

[esurientabyss]

...Hmph. Fine, then go ahead.

See if you can make that 'magic' of yours work, though I guarantee you it will be fruitless.

[ Sylvando now has permission to try his best to make him smile...which he himself perceives to be hard mode, ganba. ]

[catarou]

[ Ah, is he like Ramuda, then? Well, hopefully he's more conscious of his nutrition.

Gentaro nods, still holding his hand as he leads Owen to the town proper. ]

Of course. We'll find a masterpiece of a dessert. Do you have any requests?

[accredit]

Yeah! I can't say no to free stuff. [ he winks at that.

jk, he can pay in theory. ] I know you mentioned you liked alcohol, but didn't expect you to be such a go-getter. Color me impressed.

Do you handle your stuff well?

[pactmarshal]

[ Unfortunately, Zhongli has found himself in a conversation about food with someone who could never really afford to be picky when it came to meals. A diverse diet is a luxury, one he likely only really got a taste of in the last few years. ]

But it's there and ready to be filled with what produce we trade with our neighbours. [ A smile crosses his face as he opens the book. It's 200 straight pages about watering plants. ] At least the goddess is kind enough to provide us with basic sustenance, at the very least.

[archivists]

[ He absolutely shouldn't. And that's why he will. ]

Gacha in my heart...

[ Obviously, Noé has no idea how to do that. ]

Who's your favorite character, though?

[ Tell him about your gacha adventures... ]

[associative]

I bet that exists somewhere! But you could definitely make your own.

[ Gaku, at least, is very much on board with that idea. ]

not me messing up the html super bad

[archivists]

[ Noé understands the desire to be understood—it's something he wants for himself too, albeit subconsciously. Kaspar's response fills him with both excitement and anxiety alike. There's always a chance that he might start perceiving Noé as some kind of a freak which would be truly painful, especially after finding out that they might have some things in common, their curiosity coming first to mind. ]

I'll be able to see more... if I drink blood directly from your wrist.

[ Or neck, but he doesn't say that. ]

[archivists]

It must have been really annoying.

[ It's hard not to smile, though. Of course, it's one of the brightest smiles too, so He Xuan might end up being even more annoyed. ]

Because I have a hunch that he misses you.

[ It's not like Noé has his own grump like He Xuan back home. And he doesn't miss him at all, why would he? ]

[sicklysweet]

[He absolutely isn’t, thanks for asking.]

I…

[Oh. That’s a hard question to answer, when he knows so little…]

Cake?

[esurientabyss]

[ There's a small pause on He Xuan's end, seeing such a bright smile that it catches him off guard. Not visually, but internally. Yet, at the second comment, his expression becomes stormy...then, empty, and blank. ]

You're wrong.

[ ... ]

He's rightfully afraid of me.

[ That, is something he knows for a fact. His tone is devoid of any sorrow that may be expected. The bond between him and that person has been irrevocably severed...for the sake of his vengeance; a revenge he has taken that he does not regret. But it is complicated, for the person who got caught up in it. This is where he decides their conversation is done, though.

He turns on his foot and begins to walk off. ]

[calla]

[ The last sentence gets Kaeya to huff out a small breath of laughter. ]

Understood.

[ and we can end the thread here!! because kaeya will just clam up after this and insist on going to sleep ]

[calla]

My, a bleeding heart. How kind of you.

[ But it's called a bleeding heart for a reason!! It's not good for you in the long run!! ]

Well, that's our game of Truth or Dare. Thank you for indulging me.

[ keep it short and sweet with just one round each! ]

[calla]

No, of course not.

[ He's quick to retort with an easygoing smile. ]

I was simply curious as if your abilities could be useful in other worlds too.

[pyronic]

[Diligence... He takes that as a compliment, not that it's ever easy to tell when Diluc is as stone-faced as he is. Once they reach the house, he holds the door open for Trahearne. M'tree?]

There's no point in working if you aren't working hard. That's all.

[But with that said, the best compliment to working hard is playing hard, and even a stick in the mud like Diluc can admit that. Setting the chess board down on the table, he motions for Trahearne to sit before wandering into the kitchen.]

Would you care for a drink or anything to eat?

[calla]

Well, I'm certainly not a lightweight.

[ That's one way of saying that he's an alcoholic :) ]

Shall we?

[tarotcards]

Of course. I would never do that.

[ Oh, and look, there's a reason to end this thread. Souji spots something and must go. He's going to sound super sketchy while he runs off because cat... he must find this cat to kidnap... ]

Well, I'll catch you around. I'll let you know if I find your cat.

[sluice]

[ Resonating in him is so much instinct— three months of treating himself as dead and years afterwards of honing himself as a weapon first and a person second— ensures that Childe is so loathe to flee. Fear isn't the closest thing to his heart, it's madness, and without being bidden, he heeds it. Longing, so much longing is inside of him— he's trapped in it, sick with it— and that obsession swallows him up, carving out anything kinder he could've shown He Xuan. ]

I'll test that theory now.

[ The pain that hits him is so familiar and Childe's coming home to it, pausing only to call upon the water so it'll surge up below his feet even from beneath the sand, propelling him upward. Briefly, he's airborne, his bow shattering into knives, mist around his fingers until he curls his hands tight around the pair of blades.

Here's how it is: he goes in the plunge, coming down on He Xuan like absolute death. ]

Who'll prevail? You, or I?

[ Battling his master, Childe could never triumph over her. And yet, he's casting around for the advantage, to sink those glinting blades into He Xuan until he has to acknowledge that it may be possible yet for him to overcome even a god. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ He Xuan never has considered someone as one who held much interest in battles. By the time enemies reached him, they were broken, and those who called themselves gods...he could take their power from them, drain their spiritual energy to dust when they dared infiltrate or find themselves in his domain. They were nothing.

He felt nothing when they died, and even simply a dull sense of satisfaction when he beheaded one, his hands a veritable crimson red when done.

But here he is, fighting, and Childe, in his crazed movements, still dares to press forward instead of retreat. How could he feel nothing against that?

Indeed, Childe has managed to do one thing for certain—he's impressed him. ]

I will.

[ Yet, He Xuan's words are uttered with a tone that may be mistaken for a dull flatness, but those who are familiar with the tone of people who have irrefutable confidence in their tone will find it present, without a doubt—an ancient, stubborn indication of pride.

After all, one thing He Xuan has learnt over the centuries is the value of patience, to know when to strike, to know which part to play, to know when to speak, to act, to react. A battle is no different, and so as he watches Childe fall down towards him swiftly, he moves quickly, so swiftly, so that when the man has fallen far enough, He Xuan will be at his side.

And with one, cold hand he reaches out to, mercilessly and quickly, with the intention to grab a hold of Childe by the throat. Should he be successful, his next move would be to slam him into the ground... ]

[catarou]

[ He smiles and nods. Cake is more than easy enough--at least, to find. Whether it's good or not has yet to be seen, though... ]

I believe that's doable. If not, I shall simply have to make one for you.

[catarou]

[ He lets out a laugh, bowing. ]

Then, I'll make it an excellent performance. Until next time, hm?

i literally do not know where the notifs for this thread are going.

[irresponsibly]

No, it doesn't.

[ ... ]

But everything else I received was a gift from the Goddess, I think...so maybe this is one of those things? Maybe we can use it to fish?

[exiguous]

Of course they are! All I need to do is learn how to read the stars in this world, and then it'll feel like I'd never left Teyvat in the first place.

[ Hmph! Don't be ridiculous, Kaeya! ]

Being in a new world doesn't make me any less of a genius.

[exiguous]

Mona Megistus. I'm a renowned astrologist from Teyvat.

[ She says it proudly, not even apologetic for forgetting to introduce herself earlier. ]

And your name is...?