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

who where and nowhere...

[tot]

[ at least he isn't the rudest person that she's ever met and thus makes him okay. he's introducing himself as well! (never mind it's probably because of the tasks...) she'll take his hand and give it a solid shake. ]

I'm Uta, of nowhere particular, but I guess I could say Elegia if I needed to pick a place.

[ cheerfully, after letting go of his hand: ]

Are people serious like you in Mondstadt?

[pyronic]

[Oh? A solid handshake is a good sign, so they're off on the right foot already. Her upbeat attitude is refreshing as well, considering how many people aren't thrilled to be here... including Diluc himself...........]

Another person from a different world Well, it's nice to meet you, Uta.

[He does tend to like cheerful people even if he's far from it himself, though that question earns her an amused huff.]

No one place is made up of nothing but people with the same disposition. [WHAT A SERIOUS ANSWER, WOW,] Unless Elegia is different. Is everyone there as energetic as you?

[tot]

Seems like it, and it's my pleasure.

[ she'll chuckle at his very serious comment because, well, he took it in good humor at least? she was kind of joking but as for his counter... she'll take a moment to think her answer through. ]

No, not exactly, but the people there loved music and it was a paradise for anyone who wanted to learn more about music. They had everything any inspiring musician could ask for.

The "Island of Music".

[pyronic]

[When she puts it like that, Elegia sounds almost utopian... but no place is perfect. He won't say as much, but he does have to wonder what the downsides are to such a "paradise." That's Diluc, ever the optimist.]

That must mean you're a musician of some sort as well.

[tot]

[ he would be right to question the claim of it being a paradise for and to think that there are flaws within the land. though if he isn't going to call her out on it then she won't bring it up herself. instead, she'll smile brightly and place her hands on her hips as she straightens up. ]

I am! I'm a pretty famous singer where I'm from.

[pyronic]

[Don't you worry, Uta. The moment you give Diluc an excuse to call you out is the minute he roasts you over an open flame. For now, he remains civil.]

That doesn't surprise me, I suppose. You certainly have that look, but I don't know how much use you'll be on a farm.

[No offense, just throwing that out there.]

[tot]

[ thanks diluc...... cue her hair loops lowering because that's how her hair works for some reason. she doesn't seem to be offended because he isn't wrong. ]

...I've never had to do a lot of farm work before.

[ and not to let herself be down too long, she'll clench her fists and straightens up. ]

But doesn't mean I won't work hard to learn what there is needed to learn.

[pyronic]

[Oh... He should've chosen his words more carefully. Though they may be true, it isn't Uta's fault that she's without the proper skills to tend a farm. All the blame there lies on the shoulders of the goddess that brought them here, and Diluc shakes his head.]

That's no fault of yours. You perform your own job to the best of your ability, so it's unreasonable to assume you'd be able to take on another, unfamiliar task without struggle. A willingness to learn is more than enough.

[tot]

[ she'll give a nod of her head because it's true. at least his words are understanding if not just sharp. there are people who are like that, though with the way he treats all of this— ]

Does that mean that you're knowledgeable of what it takes to be a good farmer? Or, well, at least have some experience?

[pyronic]

[He doesn't not know how what it takes to be a good farmer? But he'll die on the "working in the vineyards isn't farming" hill, so he answers Uta first with a shake of his head.]

I manage my late father's winery back home, but you can't really equate that with farming knowhow. Laboring in a field is nothing new to me, but my expertise extends only to growing grapes.

[See? Diluc is also Useless™, kinda sorta.]

[tot]

[ if uta was a petty person she'd point out that he has not much more ground to stand on compared to her. ...though at the same time, she does have this much to say. ]

Isn't running a winery pretty complicated? It seems a lot more complicated than farming. There are so many things involved and to manage.

[pyronic]

[He's the last person who will disagree with that notion, but still—]

Both jobs come with their share of challenges. While managing a winery may be more challenging in one respect, farmers also have to plan carefully if they want to make money and survive.

[...Well, to put it another way:]

Your job also requires a fair bit of forethought and preparation, no? Practicing, scheduling, and ensuring you're in proper condition to sing all takes forethought and effort, doesn't it?

[tot]

[ the life of a farmer... it's not a life she fully understands. she has seen and interacted people on farms but to be one herself or do that kind of work? the other way he frames it, does make it easier. ]

It does.

[ a soft laugh. ]

I just hope that the time and effort I put into becoming a singer isn't what is all required to pick up the skills of farming.

[pyronic]

I suppose we'll have to see.

[Realistically, Uta probably will have to put in a considerable amount of effort if she wants to become as skilled a farmer as she is a musician... but the basics shouldn't require that much effort. Besides:]

Hoeing a field is nothing for me. If you require assistance, feel free to call upon me. We'll consider it a favor.

[tot]

Really? Thank you!

[ since she only has so much arm strength for this kind of thing and she won't make achilles do everything. (even if he might be willing to.) uta was trained to be a musician and a singer, not to be able to lift claymores unlike a certain someone. ]

There must be something I can do in return for that help, right?

[ hmmm. ]

Perhaps something on that bingo card she gave us?

[pyronic]

[Ah, right, the bingo cards. Diluc hasn't put much thought into filling his out, but seeing as they're going to be stuck here for some time, there's no time like the present. Nodding, he pulls out his bingo card and hands it to Uta.]

Here you are. Please disregard the more... unsavory options.

[tot]

[ unfortunately because diluc mentioned the unsavory options, uta will notice them. though tragically, this means that she will be slightly confused by the "mirrors" and "bathing" option. rather... does she know? she must know.

we're not getting into that territory and instead she'll look over the bingo card. ]

Oh, there are a few here that seem easy. Getting ice cream, singing a song together, a hug, or even head patting.

What sounds enjoyable to you?

[pyronic]

[sometimes you get a little funky with a mirror, nbd, that's exactly how that square works and i won't be told otherwise]

I haven't had ice cream in a long while... not since I was a boy. Why don't we start there? I believe I saw an ice cream vendor on the beach.

[This should be fine. What could possibly go wrong when eating ice cream?]

[tot]

[ that's valid and fair. i, naru, am in full understanding how it works but i will not think about that in relation to uta. also who refers to themselves as "boy"?? not that she calls it out. ]

Getting some ice cream sounds fine to me! I actually can't remember the last time I've had some either myself.

[ but honestly what could go wrong with eating ice cream?? ]

[pyronic]

[Hey, 'boy' is better than 'young lad,' which is what Kaeya refers to his younger self as??? Be nice, Diluc is from ye olde fantasy Germany!!]

Then we have ourselves a plan. Shall we head there now?

[tot]

[ neither one of these are good options. eats his ye olde fantasty germany... ]

Let's! There's no time like the present and there is ice cream to be eaten.

[ and off they go. how far is the ice cream stand from where they are? no idea but they are going and i am unsure of what kind of pace that diluc would take but uta will match it. ]

[pyronic]

[goodbye mond, have fun in nawu's tummy..........

Diluc is a gentleman, so he walks only as fast as Uta is comfortable following. Once there, he strides up to the cart to take a look at their offerings. It's all the usual fare as far as flavors go with some absurd ones (by Diluc's standards) like pomegranate and pistachio, but before long, he turns to Uta.]

They have a wide variety here for such a small cart. Has anything caught your eye?

[tot]

[ burps.

truly a gentleman, but uta will be quick to join diluc at looking over at the flavors that are available to them. she'll be almost child-like as she reads over the flavors being amazed by the selection. pistachio? butter pecan? rocky road? she can't help but wonder what any of them would taste like... ]

This is much more than I'm used to but...[ hmmm. ] What if I went with half strawberry and half vanilla?

[ you know, like how her hair is both white and red? yeah? she doesn't expect diluc to get the reference nevertheless react to it, but she also couldn't help herself. ]

[pyronic]

[She's eyeing that menu with an almost childlike wonder, and if that wasn't charming enough, her ice cream suggestion urges a small laugh out of Diluc.]

Not unlike yourself.

[Just like that unusual (but pretty!) hair of hers. How cute!]

If that's what you'd like, I'll order for us. In the meantime, why don't you find someplace for us to sit?

[There are a few bungalows on the beach, so he'll leave Uta to choose whichever one she prefers.]

[tot]

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