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!
pactmarshal: SKULL EMOJI (bruh i fukin)

🌸 kaspar

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Trahearne makes no change in his movement or path, and he feels Kaspar inch closer to him. It's something he would not have minded in any other circumstance--not that he really minds now--he just becomes...keenly aware of how close their are. Especially since he now knows this is a date.

And especially when Kaspar says that. ]


--Oh. [ He looks at his housemate, a visible golden flush settling on his cheeks. That's--has anyone ever said anything like that to him before? ] I'm--flattered.

[ He doesn't really know what else to say.

He turns his attention back up to the trees. ]


I'm glad you're enjoying yourself, Kaspar. As am I.

[ Well. At least he knows they'll get along! ]
pactmarshal: (do not make me repeat myself)

🌸 zhongli

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Trahearne stands before the emptied section, puzzled. How can this be? He reaches up to scratch at his neck in brief thought before turning to Zhongli, a gleam of suspicion in his eye. ]


I can't imagine an entire island borrowing an entire section of books at once. And at such convenient timing at that.

[ Something is amiss. ]
pactmarshal: (a good pose)

🌸 m-21

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Duly and with mild curiosity, Trahearne follows M-21 into the combination dining/living room and takes in the cube. Recognition lights up his face as he realizes he and Kaspar have the same. ]


Ah, I see. I noticed in our own farm, but I wasn't sure what I was meant to do with it.

[ Trahearne stares at the little people on the screen. Technology is fascinating. ]

Outdated as you may say it is, I don't smell any gas coming from it, at least.

[ that is supposed to be a joke. ]
bluminescence: (06)

🌸 🐛🌸 🍄🌸 🐛🌸

[personal profile] bluminescence 2022-12-11 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ah, did he embarrass him? Kaspar's brows knit in slightly, though he only glances away from their surroundings briefly. They ease, though, at Trahearne's following words.

And then, he also doesn't know what else to say.

So he falls silent but remains physically present with another gentler hand squeeze. Perhaps predictably, it is not an uncomfortable silence on his end. Kaspar, his smile, and his leisurely pace are clearly content to enjoy his awe of nature in the company of another quietly for as long as Trahearne can stand it. Sorry about him.
]
Edited 2022-12-11 12:46 (UTC)
pactmarshal: (patiently waiting)

🌸 van zieks

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here! ]


I aim to be, for whatever it is worth. [ Because even without all the job things to worry about, he's still himself--someone who is terminally dedicated to what he believes is good. "terminally" because uh ]

I doubt my experience will come in handy when it comes to farming or...romance, but if I can ever be of assistance, don't hesitate to let me know.
pactmarshal: (dawn's just a heartbeat away)

🌸 crow

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Trahearne just. stares at Crow with a look that's both skeptical and stern. He is really worried... ]


So you'll be throwing yourself in.
pactmarshal: (sigh i just have a new fave every batch)

🌸 kaeya

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 12:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Oh. For some reason, Trahearne was not expecting Kaeya to ask that. He looks at the other flatly, because he knows it is bad. ]


...It has the word "romance" in it.

[ He is also a real necromancer. ]
pactmarshal: (mother would know)

🌸 ellis

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


It is also very cute! When Trahearne notices the pup struggle, he reaches out to rip up the meat for it, patiently waiting for it to work through the slice.

Hmm. Maybe he got too much.

Doesn't matter! He turns to Ellis with a smile. ]


This is fun. Thank you, Ellis.
pactmarshal: (ehehehe)

🌸 lucia

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Coffee ice cream buddies!

Trahearne prefers the heat to the cold, only marginally, but he still can appreciate a cold treat in a climate like this. When Lucia begins digging in, so does he. And when he takes his first lick, he's pleasantly surprised! ]


You're right. I can taste the coffee, but it's just creamy enough that one can appropriately call it a dessert.

[ He takes a few more licks... Though he prefers his coffee black, this isn't so bad as an occasional treat. ]

Thank you for the recommendation, Lucia. This is delicious.
pactmarshal: (i wish i could've done more)

🌸 diluc

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


As Diluc sets off, Trahearne falls in step beside him. He walks lighter, like the weight of obligation has been lifted from him. It'll be nice to make a friend simply for the sake of making a friend (instead for the sake of two gacha items).

Trahearne chuckles. ]


I think now is a good a time as any to pick up new things. I may very well take you up on that, Diluc.

[ He looks at him. ]

You sound quite experienced.

[ 😳 ]
Edited 2022-12-11 13:23 (UTC)
pactmarshal: (ive done nothing to stop the devastation)

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 01:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ from here!


Oh, Trahearne has questions, that's for sure. But he knows better than to bite the hand that feeds him, so to speak. He can easily imagine her undoing his resurrection just as swiftly as she brought him back. And so, respectful obedience is what he goes for...for now.

He watches and listens to her with patience, taking her advice to heart. ]


Your guidance is deeply appreciated, Goddess. I will not hesitate to see you if either I or my acquaintances need help.
harimaya: (pic#15770192)

Hizen Overflow

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Original TL
Still open to new tags!
Edited 2022-12-11 15:16 (UTC)
harimaya: (🍙 oyakodon)

soba man (gaku)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

It's not like I wanted to learn!

(So, yeah, he does know a thing or two about it but he doesn't have to like it!!)
Edited 2022-12-11 15:21 (UTC)
harimaya: (🍙 karaage-kun)

milkbone (ellis)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

He's huge. He had to've come from somewhere.

(Ugh. The dog licks at Ellis and tries to get at more food. Do you have any more apples? No? It's whining now.)

Shut up.

(Bops it again (gently)..... and gives it a piece of chewed up apple. God, he hates dogs.)

What're we s'posed to do now... no way this thing's fitting inside.

(THEIR HOUSES ARE SMALL.)
Edited 2022-12-11 15:26 (UTC)
harimaya: (🍙 fugu)

konbucha (he xuan)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

What's that supposed to mean?!

(WOW YOU WANNA GO?????)
harimaya: (pic#15904407)

beanpole (otegine)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

...

(Oh, well... that gets him to calm down some and he seems to deflate a bit,)

A different one.

(Hm,)

Don't worry about it.
esurientabyss: (🌊22)

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-11 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Very fortunate.

[ Joking between them aside... ]

...You've taught me a few things, so it will be natural for me to handle something so small.

[ ...Also, Gaku will be cooking for him, so... ]
harimaya: (🍙 onigiri)

famichiki (crow)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

(Don't agree with him.)

You're real calm.
harimaya: (🍙 nikumaki)

the dog whisperer (souji)

[personal profile] harimaya 2022-12-11 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
continued from here

(The dog's attention is caught and he lets out a little "ruff" in response and bounds over to see what's being offered. Despite it's size, it's a friendly doggo. A real gentle giant.

Hizen is also watching.
)

You just go around giving things to strays?

(Why is he so prepared....)
pactmarshal: (dragons are not stars in the sky)

🥺

[personal profile] pactmarshal 2022-12-11 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Luckily, Trahearne is much the same. He's happy to spend it in silence.

At some point in their walk, in a particularly deep, dark part of the woods, they come across a tree that is wider, older than the rest. Its trunk twinkles a faint blue, like the deep underside of the Mother Tree, and Trahearne can't help but be drawn in by the faint reminder of home. With a slight squeeze to Kaspar's hand, he indicates his intention to change course and check it out...

And as they approach, he finds that the trunk is covered in worms that glow in the darkness. He stares up in awe--they're beautiful. ]
bluminescence: (01)

[personal profile] bluminescence 2022-12-11 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Kaspar follows, at the squeeze. His curious attention focuses on the tree, eyes widening in surprise at what is almost familiar. This gasp of surprise is different, leading without interruption into a little laugh of recognition.

Then, to Trahearne with a trace of confusion--
]

Have you not seen worms, before?
feralheart: (16)

[personal profile] feralheart 2022-12-11 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, god. They have parallel senses of humor, because M-21 gives a tiny snrk of a laugh for that. ]

I'll take anything that doesn't smell. Not like the picture quality matters.

[ Or the channels here. Since he's giving a tech demo he'll dig for the remote to flip through channels helpfully. What are these cheesy-looking movies even. ]

Wonder if this is the goddess's taste. [ ...But considering certain past experiences. He pauses and then adds a little louder: ] It's. Fine.
esurientabyss: (🌊24)

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-11 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Well...they'll figure it out soon enough. Really no point in worrying about it, as the other said. Though, he imagines the whole 'mirrors' really did refer to something to explicit.

Carrying a mirror sounds annoying, but if there is like, a smaller one, it won't be cumbersome.

...At least with Childe mentioning the way the purchase is conducted, the shopkeeper doesn't have to be worried about being scared out of their wits or worse. He does the very same. ]


Let's head to the beach. It's quieter and there's less opportunity for distraction.

[ He Xuan then starts to make a beeline for said area.

Once they're there, the man sets up things. By which we mean he tosses them down, and begins to get right to painting after a brief look in Childe's direction to commit the details—even if the portrait part will not come out well—to memory. ]
esurientabyss: (🌊19)

[personal profile] esurientabyss 2022-12-11 07:09 pm (UTC)(link)
What do you think?

[ Maybe he does!! ]
framestory: (pic#9117773)

Pretend that last tag dialogue was written

[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-11 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis thinks he will be doing horrible things, despite everything. In fact, he's already doing that right now. Just existing without a purpose.

He just smiles at Gaku and lightly bumps his forehead with his shoulder.
]

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