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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rest in fucking pieces

[associative]

[ You know what's a good place to go to after hard days of tilling soil and planting trees? The hot springs.

Gaku wants to go with a real change of clothes this time, so he invites Ellis to go up with him, promising views of a pretty spring. And he's right, too! He stands at the side of the natural springs in a t-shirt and shorts, getting out his change of clothes and setting them down on top of his folded towel. ]

It's nice, right? It was really relaxing last time I was here.

today, ellis dies

[framestory]

[ If Ellis could hear, he still wouldn't be able to hear anything from how nervous he is and the total opposite of relaxed. He agreed to go with Gaku because rejecting him makes him feel bad to an extent that he doesn't really like thinking about, so here he is. He just stares at the springs while also getting out his own change of clothes to put on top of the towel. He heard that it was a must to be completely naked in the springs, so here he is (no one tell him).

But Gaku looks so excited that he can't help but to smile too, even if it's awkward. He tried his best. ]

[associative]

Are you sore? It'll help you with that too.

[ Don't mind him as he gets rid of his shirt. That's easy enough, what with all of the shirtless photoshoots he's done, but the rest of it makes him feel... nervous.

What an odd feeling.

At least there's a lot for Ellis to look at, considering Gaku is in incredibly good shape and his shorts accentuate his hips. ]

[framestory]

[ Wow.

Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow.

Ellis tries not to stare, but he can't help but to glance every now and then. He stares at hot people pretty often, but unclothed?! Have mercy. Ellis quickly shakes his head no, putting his arms inside his shirt to take it off, but is very hesitant. ]

[associative]

[ Gaku notices the way Ellis hesitates to take his shirt off, and he stares for a moment too long before looking away. Why is it that he's just now realizing what he's done to himself?

His fingers are frozen on the hem of his own shorts, his nervousness hitting him all at once. ]

[framestory]

[ Two idiots, standing five feet apart because they're dumb.

When Gaku makes a more obvious gesture that he's not looking, Ellis quickly takes off his clothes and speeds into the hot spring. Alas. Nothing of importance was seen. ]

[associative]

[ He only saw a flash of Ellis before he was in the springs, and he wonders if that was for the best... even if he is a little disappointed.

Gathering up courage, Gaku takes his shorts and underwear off in one fell swoop, making his way into the springs at a safe speed. Running is dangerous, after all.

But thankfully the spring is pleasantly warm, and he sighs when he sinks into the water. ]

[framestory]

[ Unfortunately, Ellis is in the furthest part of the spring, completely submerged except for his head while curled up into a ball underneath the water's surface. He wants to blend in with the steam, so he tries not to stand out... him and his white hair and green eyes.

But despite everything, the springs are actually nice. He feels warm and he doesn't feel as tense as before. Ellis squints through the steam. Is that Gaku all the way near the entrance? Yes, it is. He still steals glances every now and then, but he closes his eyes from time to time. It's so comfortable. ]

[associative]

[ The whole point was to come here with Ellis, so when Gaku doesn't see him, he wades around the spring looking for him. Eventually, though, he does.

And he does his best not to look down and through the beautifully clear water as he taps Ellis on the shoulder. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis jolts and looks up to see Gaku. Oh. Hello. He tries his best not to look down through the clear water. He just nods to acknowledge that Gaku is here and that he knows it while sinking back down... even further... ]

[associative]

[ Doing his best not to look at anything in particular, he reaches down into the water and pulls on Ellis' wrist to bring him back to the surface. ]

We're here together. Let's at least... talk. Or something.

[framestory]

[ Ellis squeaks when pulled up to the surface. Well, he'll try to look at Gaku's face the whole time, but it's kind of... hard. ]

[associative]

[ what's hard

Gaku lets go, briefly looking away from Ellis before finally making eye contact. ]

I didn't think this through.

[framestory]

[ wow i really just walked into that

He can't tell if the steam is getting to him already or if it's Gaku's expression that makes his own face a little red. Either way, he sinks his body under the water again except for his head and neck and curling into a ball again. It's fine. Look, his knees poke out from the surface of the water. Ellis pats them a little as if playing drums. ]

[associative]

[ He looks down at Ellis' knees and even that feels scandalous.

...What the fuck is he, a Victorian?

Gaku closes his eyes and submerges himself in the water for a few seconds, trying to clear his thoughts before resurfacing. His hair is soaking now, and he pushes his bangs out of his face. ]

It's warm. Do you think it's nice?

[framestory]

[ Wow. Ellis appreciates the wet look too as he looks over at him. He needs to see what Gaku is saying, after all. He nods to his question and smiles the best he can without getting embarrassed.

He's embarrassed. help ]

[associative]

[ For once, Ellis being embarrassed makes him feel embarrassed. ]

...This wasn't a bad idea, right?

[ Reassure him. Please. ]

[framestory]

[ It's only a bad idea if you make it one, Gaku. Ellis nods. It's not a bad idea. Yeah. Gaku can keep thinking that as Ellis pats his knees some more. He's used to sitting around and not doing much, but he still wants to do something.

He reaches out to poke Gaku's cheek. Just because. ]

[associative]

[ That earns Ellis a glare, but it's clearly not something Gaku is mad about, what with the way he reaches out to pinch his cheek in return. ]

[framestory]

Uweh...

[ Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuu unhand him, you fiend!! Ellis tries to shake his head to try and make Gaku let go of his cheek. ]

[associative]

[ Oh, that's hilarious.

Gaku laughs, now bringing up his other hand so he can tug on both of Ellis' cheeks.

His face ones. ]

[framestory]

[ P L E A S E

Ellis whines when Gaku tugs on both of his face cheeks and tries to shake him off again!! His cheek from where he was pinched is already a little red from it... help. ]

[associative]

[ He finally lets go, but instead moves right back in to cup his cheeks, patting them to soothe them. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis whines some more, but then he realizes what Gaku is doing and his eyes widen just a little. This is... really intimate. Really, really intimate. They're both inside the hot springs, completely naked, and Gaku has his hands on his face.

He feels like he's going to combust and the steam isn't helping. ]

[associative]

[ It really is, and it's a situation that Gaku has no idea how to navigate. The reality of it doesn't dawn on him until he thinks about kissing Ellis, his gaze briefly traveling to his lips before he looks back into his eyes.

...

And so he drops his hands. ]

...Sorry about that.