crescentview | mar event.

a quaint winter wonderland

What few leaves remain on Crescentview’s trees have fallen away to return to the soil beneath a blanket of powdery white snow. Winter has arrived and with it comes sweater weather and the occasional snowstorm. Stock up on fire wood to keep your fireplace roaring all winter long and settle in for colder days to come!

While Fall is the season of many festivals on Crescentview Isle, winter is a much quieter time. There is, however, the matter of one very important ceremony: the Sacred Unity ceremony.

What is this ceremony, you ask? If your character is looking to get engaged, married or otherwise promise to share a future together with their partner (or partners!), participating in the Sacred Unity is the only way to have your partnership recognized in the eyes of the townsfolk and the Goddess herself. With winter comes the opportunity to have your bond recognized and richly blessed by the Goddess, but perhaps more importantly, it's an opportunity to throw a grand party and celebrate with everyone you've come to love and care for on the island.

Very few crops can withstand winter's unrelenting chill and consistent snowfall. This is the season to clear out your field and turn the soil in preparation for the upcoming spring.

the sacred unity checklist

The Sacred Unity is, well, sacred! As such, there are customs that must be honored in order to hold a ceremony of your own. Luckily for you, the steps have been neatly outlined by the townsfolk and pinned to the task board for your consideration.

1. Pray to the Goddess to honor your union. You will be granted a pure white feather with which to propose to your partner (or partners) which will then take the form of silver rings.

2. After a successful engagement, partners will be mailed an application to fill and submit by Winter 10th (March 10th OOCly). Through this application, characters and their partner(s) will be able to specify various details of their engagement or marriage party.

3. After submitting your application, you will receive a bundle of invitations to invite your friends and neighbors to your ceremony.

After characters are prepared to go forward with their Sacred Union, players will be assigned an IC day for their ceremony to take place during the final two weeks of winter. OOCly, you may set up your Sacred Union toplevel, log, etc. any time during event 4.5., but please do not set up your posts in advance of our final event.

Submit your applications here.

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 March 1st to March 31st 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.

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This month’s task board reflects the rewards you’ll receive for completing the Sacred Unity checklist along with a few more additions. The Sacred Unities themselves will also have their own unique set of tasks to complete, the details of which will be included in event 4.5.

In addition, many farmers are ahead of curb and may have already proposed to their chosen partner(s), so for this event, several of these tasks may be completed retroactively. Just link us the relevant threads or, if need be, provide us a summary.

1. Receive the Goddess’ blessing. Approach her pond with an offering and express your intent to marry or engage. Reward: one pure white feather. This task may be completed retroactively.

2. Formally propose to your partner(s) and present them with the Goddess' feather. Reward: one fairy priest and one fairy ringbearer. This task may be completed retroactively.

3. Submit your Sacred Unity application. Reward: bundle of Sacred Unity invitations.

4. Share news of your engagement with your friends and neighbors. Take the opportunity to hand out those invitations! Reward: a traveling tailor’s coupon for each ceremony attendee invited.

5. Try on your Sacred Unity attire and show it off to your ceremony attendees and friends. Alternatively, present your attendees with their special attire if your Sacred Unity has a dress code. Reward: one gaggle of musical fairies who can be instructed to perform live orchestral arrangements of your favorite tunes during your Sacred Unity.

6. Decide with your partner(s) whether you’ll stay or remain on the island after getting hitched. Reward: those staying will have their homes and farms fully upgraded. Those leaving will be granted a return ticket to return to their previous homes or to that of their partner.

7. Prepare for winter. Chop down wood, clear your farmland, prepare hearty stews! Help out your friends and neighbors by getting ready for colder days to come. Reward: three magical heated blankets that make you feel safe, comfortable, and more honest than usual. Gift one to someone who needs a little help opening up!

8. Build a snowperson. With winter comes snowfall! Grab a few friends and head up to the mountains to build some snowfolks, but don't be surprised if they come to life! Crescentview's soil is humming with magical energy and any snowfolk made with this magic-dense snow will spring to life with a serious attitude problem. Reward: one box of the Goddess' special Lovey Dovey hot chocolate. Consuming even a sip of this hot chocolate will compell you to snuggle up with someone nearby.

finely tailored and freshly prepared

Every winter, a tailor from the mainland arrives on the island to take custom dress and suit orders from islanders looking to engage or marry their sweethearts. This tailor is highly skilled and specializes in crafting attire for Sacred Unions, weddings, and other formal events. Whether you’re looking to have a very specific style of garb made or want to leave your fate in the tailor’s hands, you’re guaranteed to leave with Sacred Unity attire you'll love.

In addition to the tailor is a world-renowned chef that ventures to the island every winter to cater meals for those participating in the Sacred Union. Bring him your own recipes or request that he craft you a feast fit for a king. Either way, with his catering prowess on your side, every guest will be leaving full and satisfied.

local happenings

The Crescentview Times newspaper has chronicled the latest happenings around the island. A physical copy of the paper will arrive on your doorstep early in the morning on Winter 1st.

What pirates remain alive have scurried back off to their ship and departed the island. On the way out, they scream and shout, vowing to return to reclaim what is rightfully theirs... whatever that means.

The end of the year is swiftly approaching! Every year, a massive new year's celebration is thrown in town square. The resident farmers have all been invited to attend and participate in the local favorite: king's game. Leave your shame at the door!

mod notes

⬥ Welcome to winter and the final month of Crescentview! Thank you all for engaging with our little project and making Crescentview the warm, friendly, and active game that it is. We hope that you enjoy plotting out your endgame plans!
⬥ Our final event will go live on March 15th.
⬥ Please plot over at the Event 4.0 Plotting Post.
⬥ As a reminder, please keep all plotting on the OOC post as not everyone uses Discord or Plurk.
⬥ Please submit your completed tasks at the top-level below.
⬥ Have fun!

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[ He digs into his bag, the silver ring on his finger catching in the sunlight before he pulls out a wedding invitation. ]

Here.

[ Gaku holds it out so that M-21 can read it. ]

We'd both love it if you could be there.

[ M-21 knows what that is! His eyes narrow in interest at the ring as he reaches out to take the invitation and skim it. ]

You really went for it, huh?

[ Look... extremely unreasonable behavior on Gaku's part. But he respects that. ]

[ WOW! But it’s understandable, honestly. At least it all ended up working out. Sometimes doing stupid things turns out well. ]

Yeah, I did. We’re going back to my world together.

[ "Sometimes doing stupid things turns out well" is M-21's motto too. ]

You're not worried about it turning into a big deal? An idol getting married like that.

We're gonna keep it under wraps. One of my members is gonna have an issue with it, but he'll come around eventually.

[ Meanwhile Ryu will just be excited... it's great to have a himbo for a member. ]

I've already gone over all this with Ellis, so he's fully aware.

Figured you would.

[ Gaku is a straightforward guy. ]

He mentioned a little. I guess you're already used to dealing with the idol stuff. ...Congrats.

Thanks.

[ He really means it!

But... ahem. ]

What has he mentioned...?

[ Sorry he's like this. ]

Hm? The idol thing. [ Helpful?? ] And that he wanted to go back to your world with you.

[ What is Gaku even fishing for? M-21 isn't exactly sharp about any undercurrents there. ]

[ Luckily, M-21 landed on it. ]

Oh, he mentioned that to you?

[ That at least serves as a bit of confirmation for him that Ellis really does want to go back with him. ]

[ Oh, that. ...Okay, now he gets it. M-21 isn't going to cough up all of Ellis' gossip or anything, but that seems safe enough. ]

...Yeah. You're important to him. Didn't you talk about it before you proposed?

We did, but it's nice to hear it from other people, you know?

[ He sighs. ]

Part of me is still worried he's doing this for my sake and not at all for himself.

[ Gaku shakes his head. He needs to get his shit together!!! ]

If he's doing it for me, then that's also for him.

[ He's just kind of watching this play out, like a dog watching the tennis ball making its steady arc back and forth. ]

Yeah. Change is a big deal to him, isn't it? I don't think it'd be a bad thing if he's doing it for you. Like you said, it's the same thing.

You're right. You know, it's really reassuring to hear that from someone else.

[ It makes him feel better, and like he isn't ripping Ellis away from this island when he was so hellbent on staying before.

But now that he's got that figured out... ]

So, how are you and Ori?

[ What about him and Ori... M-21 gives a guilty little fidget. ]

She's good. We're good? You know... dates and stuff.

...That's really all you have to say?

[ He's kind of disappointed, honestly. ]

What? Were you expecting gossip?

[ Man, he's probably wearing a floral hairtie by now, let him live. ]

I was hoping to hear a little bit about how much you like her. That's all.

[ With the way M-21 acted at the auction, that's what he expected. ]

That's definitely gossip.

[ Ugh!! But just a little contradictorily: ]

I, uh. Was it hard to get the feather from the goddess?

[ Sure is contradictory! He raises a brow. ]

No. She asked me a couple of questions and told me to come back at the beginning of winter. I did that and she gave me the feather immediately.

Hn. That doesn't sound so bad. She's probably pretty busy right now.

[ Which is more important than hating M-21 personally! Probably. ]

Yeah, probably. There's gonna be at least six or seven weddings, I'm sure.

[ Or maybe ten? He has no idea... ]

Did you ask for a feather?

...Thinking about it. I might have to try something else if she gives me a hard time, so I don't have a lot of time.

[ He can pull a heist on the goddess if it comes to that. Right? ]

Just tell her your true and honest feelings and that should be enough. No bullshitting.

[ Easy peasy, right? ]

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