dec event.

[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

[calla]

[ Poor goddess. She's just getting trashed on by everyone. ]

No, neither shall I, though she is presumably quite powerful to bring us all here.

[esurientabyss]

[ He Xuan, of course, is lacking sympathy given he is participating in such a thing. Though, Kaeya's comment does give him brief pause because of the truth of it. ]

A rather powerful goddess...and I haven't heard of her until now.

[calla]

It appears that we're all brought from different worlds. It's most likely that she's a goddess not from your realm.

[ Based on just looking around and after talking to a few people. ]

[esurientabyss]

And not from yours either, I assume.

[ Assuming as much since it sounds like he may be unfamiliar with her too. ]

[calla]

No, certainly not from mine.

[ As far as he knows. Well, might as make the best of this conversation and get to know someone. Gotta get those tasks done! ]

What is your world like?

[esurientabyss]

[ Hmm, well, he will start simple. ]

One filled gods, goddesses, demons, ghosts, and humans, who may be capable of becoming either. If you're fortunate, you will be blessed. If you're fated to be unlucky, you will suffer.

[ ... ]

What about yours and your name?

[calla]

My world is just as you've described yours - gods, goddesses, demons, and others.

[ Not much difference there. ]

As for my name, Kaeya. What's yours?

[esurientabyss]

Not much difference.

[ He'll agree with a slight nod and then answer: ]

He Xuan.

[calla]

Well, He Xuan, how about we exchange bingo cards and share a square?

[ He'll hold out his card. ]

[esurientabyss]

...Should be simple enough.

[ He looks over at his and then Kaeya's. ]

We've a couple similar ones. But I doubt you'd want to get drunk with a stranger.

[ He eyes 'trying out a new restaurant' and wishes that was one of his, though. ]

[calla]

Not at all. There is no better time than to know a stranger over a couple of drinks.

[ This is his invitation to go and drink right now. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ PRETEND THERE WAS A LINK IN THERE...I'm hecking crying. ]

...Then, let's go. No point in wasting time. We should be able to find a place.

[ He isn't the type to dither when he's decided on something. Also, doesn't know how they're going to pay, but maybe it's free?? And if not, he can probably threaten the person or something into giving them free wine.

Hopefully the guy at the bar can mention the thing about the tab fast enough than a threat can come out of He Xuan's mouth... ]

[calla]

[ And off they go! Kaeya will lead them to the local bar that is marked on the map. i want to see he xuan threaten someone so the bartender will simply welcome them in and ask what they would like ]

[esurientabyss]

[ Golden eyes look piercingly into the bartender's eyes like he's going to stick claws into his chest and rip his soul out before crumbling it in his hands.

...

That's probably a little extreme, but He Xuan is good at looking imposing. Yet, when he speaks, it sounds relatively harmless at first. ]

Whatever is the most popular drink that you have...

[ Presumably the bartender slides them some. Though when his fingers wrap around the glass, he narrows his eyes like he's about to tear the poor dude's throat out. ]

We will have this at no charge. Consider the fact you still exist, standing as you are with a fortunate fate as the payment.

[ Probably weirding and creeping the guy out or something, at the very least. Sharp ears, pale skin, and golden eyes don't for a human make. ]

[calla]

[ What is with this customer......... Kaeya is perfectly content to watch, a smile on his face the entire time, as the bartender tries to explain that he can't just give things away for free. Whoever this strange threatening man is, he's going to have to pay! Or so he tries to explain... ]

[esurientabyss]

[ Kaeya just like popcorn.gifing in the background, this is fine.png. ]

I already explained.

[ His hand shoots out quickly to grasp a hold of the other man's collar, despite the barrier between them. But he does have a good reach where they're standing.

He raises his other hand closer and closer to the other man's face... ]

We've nothing to pay with. We'll have this for free.

[ ...He Xuan has absolutely done this before. Can't wait for him to realize crops will be adequate payment. ]

[calla]

[ Kaeya is definitely popcorn.gifing in the background. Even when He Xuan reaches over to grab the bartender by the collar, he simply sits back and watches. This is extremely entertaining. ]

[ The barkeep, on the other hand, is not having as much fun. He's starting to get flustered, waving his hands around so he can get out of the hold. Okay, nothing to pay for, but what about crops? You're the new farmers, right? Just bring some crops in when they start to grow. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ This is extremely funny that Kaeya is not even intervening...crying. ]

...Is that so?

[ He Xuan lets go of the guy, and lowers his other hand that he may have been intending to utilize to threaten the man some more. A huff escapes him, as if it is the bartender's fault for not saying it sooner...

But, the ghost king looks at Kaeya. ]

It appears we'll be fine regarding our drinks. Let's begin.

[calla]

[ Kaeya just smiles when He Xuan looks at him. ]

Of course. You've handled that gracefully.

[ Although it may sound like sarcasm, he's using a more playful tone. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ He Xuan pauses for a second to discern if, in fact, there was sarcasm in there. ]

You mean it?

[ He takes a gulp at the drink. This is not unfamiliar. A certain someone used to drag him into things where he'd end up eating and sort of socially drinking even if he had not done much of the social aspect properly. ]

Seems like it isn't too bad.

[calla]

[ Kaeya doesn't answer the question because think carefully, He Xuan, did you handle that situation gracefully......... instead, he'll just drink from his own glass. Ohh, that's nice. ]

Ahh, that's refreshing. Well then, my friend, shall we?

[ let's fucking down all these drinks at once, that's how you get drunk faster ]

[esurientabyss]

[ ...yes. Yes, he did. Because he accepts no other answer!!

Well, whatever. He Xuan blankly stares at Kaeya for the 'friend' comment. ]

Let's get it over with.

[ He Xuan proceeds to down each drink one after another. This is one way to run up a tab. Though, he certainly has a good amount of alcohol tolerence...to his detriment, he supposes, considering the intention behind drinking all of this in the first place. But, eventually, he starts to get there... ]

Hrmph. It took awhile.

[calla]

[ With Kaeya's similar tolerance, it takes a handful of drinks before he starts to feel the buzz. Already being in a decent mood beforehand (thanks to He Xuan's 'talk' with the barkeep), he's currently very pleased. ]

Do I have to be concerned about any sloppy drunks?

[ aka you, are you a sloppy drunk because that doesn't sound like fun ]

[esurientabyss]

[ ... He Xuan gives Kaeya a 'Look' that reads as annoyed; is it the wine that makes him even more grumpier? No, it is just his personality.

Though at this point, the feeling of alcohol is a bit pleasant, not that he's in a rush to show how more relaxed he is, RIP. ]

No.

[ ... ]

Are you the type of drunk to become loud and annoying?

[calla]

Why don't we find out?

[ Kaeya smiles as he downs another glass in a single go. ]