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#16133909)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-02 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis sips the drink every now and then and continues to paint. Should he do this? Or this? He ponders, but he finds it harder to think as time passes and the more he drinks. This still beats full on drunk though, and Ellis is worse than a lightweight.

He eventually finished painting and he turns the canvas so that Sylvando can see it. It has a blue sky with some white clouds that he sloppily painted over it. The sky is pretty but the bottom half is not. It's full of tall gray rectangles with traces of red bricks and the bottom of the painting is just grass. The grass is navy blue.
]
hypnowhip: (💖 laughter)

[personal profile] hypnowhip 2023-01-03 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Sylvando's putting the finishing touches on his fancy little boat when he sees Ellis' canvas shift.]

Ready to show me? Okay!

[He lifts his head up and looks over...

Uh. Hm. Well, he puts on his most supportive voice as he takes a sip and gathers his thoughts.]


is that a city in progress? It looks wonderful so far!
pactmarshal: (mother would know)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-03 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's because he's a goth plant.

Trahearne watches Diluc make his move, and then looks back up to him with a smile.

Unkie does not know how to play chess either, nor is there any information on what chess is like in GW2 so all of this is being winged hard. Trahearne points to a few pieces on the board, offering the names he's more familiar with with a quiet chuckle. It's kind of funny to him.

And he makes his move, scooting a pawn forward in turn. A look passes over his eyes, one that betrays the calculations and strategizing churning in his mind, but it goes quickly. ]


Who taught you how to play?
for8000amonth: (Default)

[personal profile] for8000amonth 2023-01-03 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
oh, sorry about that! it'll be 3 spring seeds!
framestory: (pic#16133911)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-04 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's really too bad that he doesn't hear the supportive voice, but he can tell by Sylvando's gestures that he's being nice--as if he wasn't always nice? Sylvando has been nothing but nice to him. Ellis nods and writes on his notepad. ]

Born
campus
uni


[ Writing neatly is hard when you're tipsy. ]
pyronic: (diluc005)

[personal profile] pyronic 2023-01-04 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Damn, that's deep.

Hm, but it's interesting to note that the game they're both familiar with has its own unique differences between their worlds. Interesting names... that he probably won't be adopting, but he'll use them whenever he plays chess with a tree from now on.

Diluc makes his move and it's, you know, what you'd expect from someone good at chess. I trust Unkie to understand exactly what that means... His approach is far from aggressive, but it's clear from how Diluc plays that he doesn't intend to lose.]


My late father. He was a busy man, but we'd spend our Sunday afternoons playing chess and darts together. These days, I'll challenge staff around the winery if I happen to have a free moment.
calla: (kaeya078)

[personal profile] calla 2023-01-04 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I suppose not. Then I expect you to have learned how to read the stars by the end of the week, mm?

[ :) ]
hypnowhip: (💖 now then!)

[personal profile] hypnowhip 2023-01-05 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
[A-ha. The jittery writing in contrast to what he saw earlier gives a few clues. Ellis really wasn't kidding when he said he was weak to alcohol. He'll have to make sure the man gets home safely after this.]

Oooh! You were born and went to school here?

[Hopefully he's interpreting that correctly.]
framestory: (pic#9404596)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-06 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Perhaps "born" isn't the correct word, but tipsy Ellis won't fuss about the semantics, so he nods regardless of how weird the answer might seem out of context. He seems glad that Sylvando got it right anyway and claps a little too, grinning. He's like a happy seal... ]
exiguous: (mona5)

[personal profile] exiguous 2023-01-06 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, certainly. I'll try and have a word with her myself. Perhaps my impression will be more favorable.

[ Which...is a low key diss, she supposes, but she's committing to the bit. Mona's a confident girl, she can handle herself in front of a goddess, it's all good. (Probably.)

She tosses more bread at the birds flocking around them, and when he hands her his bag, she lets out a little chuckle and takes it from him.
]

In that case, don't mind if I do! Thank you. For now, I think this will suffice. I'll keep you posted on anything regarding the goddess, but in the meantime, should you need anything from me, my home is up in the mountains.
hypnowhip: (💖 kindness)

[personal profile] hypnowhip 2023-01-06 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I was right? [Wow, that's absolutely adorable. Sylvando can't help but clap along with Ellis.] Yaaaaay! I would love to hear more about it sometime! I won't trouble you with it now, though.

[He motions at the messy writing with a knowing giggle.]

Would you like to see what I ended up with?
framestory: (/sparkles at)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-07 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis quickly nods despite feeling tipsy. He wants to see! His curiosity is overwhelming him at this very moment. ]
edamamepon: (too much french)

[personal profile] edamamepon 2023-01-07 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ Makoto sighs, still thinking of Laurent. He isn't about to tell Diluc his real theory that this might be some otherworldly punishment for all the mistakes they've made. But Laurent was way worse than him! This isn't very fair at all. ]

I don't know. It's not like we're friends or anything. [ A spike of laughter, sardonic despite the short burst and the flat sentiment that follows-- ] and it sounds like you want to marry your partner as much as I do.

[ Famous last words, continuing his track record from home. ]
edamamepon: (new auctioneer)

/adds to the list of tag casualties of my new phone sob I'm sorry 😞

[personal profile] edamamepon 2023-01-07 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Makoto nods at the first answer, about to agree that he didn't either. But then the pinching offer catches him off guard and he blinks as he responds. Still trying to be polite- ]

What? No thanks. Seems pretty real to me.

[ Arms crossing before he goes on. Sorry, he's still feeling a little offended about this whole thing. ]

You know, I'm pretty sure that means we've all been kiddnapped. That doesn't bother you at all?
edamamepon: (excon bb)

[personal profile] edamamepon 2023-01-07 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Makoto snorts, ready to believe it when he sees it. Laurent is sociable and people like him, but he knows that isn't all there is to the other man. Makoto is sure the blond will get bored, restless, and start fucking people or fucking them over. Or worst of all, moping around all the time.

It is this moment he realizes that he'll need to keep Laurent busy if they want to make it through this together. Because that is the instinct he doesn't fight for once. They work well together. Makoto isn't an idiot, so even if he won't admit it out loud, he knows it. This isn't a con, but it is a job of sorts.

He sighs at the question anyway. Because he doesn't feel like admitting he doesn't know yet and it feels like Laurent is poking on purpose.
]

Well... this farm is ours. We're responsible for it now, so it deserves the best we can give it at least.

And who knows, [ Makoto starts working again, as if this part is clearly secondary and the less comfortable point he has to make--- ] we might both find love here, right?
hypnowhip: (💖 yay!)

[personal profile] hypnowhip 2023-01-07 08:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Aw yeah, that's some infectious anticipation!]

Okay! Heeere we are! [He gingerly picks up the still-drying painting at its edges to present it to Ellis.] Ta-daaaa~!

[It's a ship sailing in the night! A very basic version of that image, though. Sylvando has creative talents but art is not his strongest.]

This is the Salty Stallion, my ship from back home! Isn't she adorable?

[Adorable is a unique word to use, but it is very like Sylvando to use it.]

She is practically invaluable for getting me and my companions around Erdrea.
framestory: (pic#16133911)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-07 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Salty horse? Ellis feels like he can make the connection, but the ship must be impressive, because Ellis is getting the feeling that this isn't the exact one with full details. But still. Impressive. He scribbles on his notepad: ]

Majestic.
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[personal profile] sluice 2023-01-07 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Worth a shot, right? [ Having gleaned so very little, every little bit helps. ] Talk to you soon, then.

[ That exchange went so pleasantly? This girl is way too perceptive, however— perhaps as much as Kaeya, if not more so, and Tartaglia doesn't loiter for very long, swiftly exiting the scene. Goodbye, Mona. Here's hoping their next encounter goes just as smoothly. ]
hypnowhip: (💖 teehee!)

[personal profile] hypnowhip 2023-01-08 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He grins after reading that.]

Tee hee! Thanks, honey! I miss her sometimes, but I suppose it wouldn't make much sense to have a ship here, even if there is the ocean all around us.

[He thoughtfully places a hand on his cheek.]

I don't think the Goddess would let anyone sailing out to sea fly...
framestory: (pic#9234253)

[personal profile] framestory 2023-01-08 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Considering that the goddess brought them all here, he highly doubts that she would let anyone escape. Ellis nods, but... exploring the ocean in a ship sounds fun. ]

Do you think it'll be worth asking her?
pyronic: (diluc039)

[personal profile] pyronic 2023-01-08 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Go ahead and tell him they're in hell, Edamura. Diluc will believe you.

...But while Edamura is clearly joking with regards to marriage, he's uh. Correct? Not that Diluc will admit it, fighting back the urge to sneer when Edamura strikes the nail on the head. Anyway! Moving on!!]


Who knows? Maybe the Goddess in her infinite wisdom suspects you'd be happy marrying this man you despise so much. Have you given it any serious thought?

['Moving on' means gently punishing Edamura for a mistake he hadn't meant to make, but don't mind him. This is how Diluc socializes.]
pactmarshal: (a good pose)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2023-01-09 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ It is obvious, though Trahearne is clearly not as experienced in chess as Diluc is, and the strategic wheels begin to churn in his head.

But when he looks up at him, his eyes are kind. ]


I'm sorry about your father. It seems he's left you with a wonderful gift that you now share with the others around you.

[ He genuinely means that. Other little facts about him stick in his mind as he reaches to move another piece forward. He's clearly Trying. ]

It was the scholars at the Priory--a group of excellent researchers who taught me how to play. My visits were not often long, but when they were, they would always insist I join them for a game.

[ He's a loner........ ]
edamamepon: (these water filters are useless)

[personal profile] edamamepon 2023-01-09 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
No way. And despise is a little strong too, you know.

[ Makoto tacks that last part as he catches on though, sounding just as friendly as before when he asks-- ]

But since you asked: have you given it serious thought yet?
pyronic: (diluc017)

[personal profile] pyronic 2023-01-09 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[Forgive him for the rote response, but some years later and Diluc still misses his father terribly. There's more than a little conflict in his heart regarding the man as well, but this isn't the time nor the place to unpack any of that. Regardless, Trahearne strikes him as thoughtful and considerate, so it's not as if Diluc is offended, quiet as he is.

...Ah, and he's clearly trying at chess, which is appreciated. Diluc wouldn't mind practicing with him a little more often, but they'll see what the future holds, won't they?]


I would argue those scholars gave you a gift as well. Chess is not only a good way to pass the time, but it tests your wit and keeps your mind sharp. For what it's worth, I can tell you'd do well if you wanted to pursue playing chess competitively.

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