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crescentviewmods) wrote in crescentview2022-11-30 11:55 am
dec event.
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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... Are you talking to me?
[ They seem pretty doubtful, and a more than a little awkward. ]
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Yeah, I am. There's no one else around us, is there?
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More than that, though, he's got a nice smile; they squash that thought down before clearing their throat. ]
Ah. Well. ... No, of course not. [ They offer their bingo card for Gaku to look over. ] I'm fine with any of these.
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But that card gives him some pause. ]
Any of them, huh...?
[ Because, uh, there sure are some Prompts! ]
We've got a couple in common, like wine tasting and frolicking in the grass.
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They don't even know how to frolic... ]
Wine tasting. [ ... ] If you'd like.
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[ He smiles. If they're not gonna be embarrassed about those squares, then neither will he!! Mostly. ]
I wonder what kind of brands they have around here.
[ He's picky. ]
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[ They're not nearly as picky, really, and cider is more their cup of... well, cider. ]
I'll follow your lead as far as wine goes. I haven't had many kinds.
[ ... oh, right. ]
I'm Mira, by the way.
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[ He grins. ]
And there is a winery. I didn't get a chance to stop in, but it looked nice enough. They should have some decent wine at least.
[ It's fine. He can settle. ]
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[ Just casual things, going with a very attractive guy they've just met to taste some wine. ]
Lead the way, then?
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[ He'll just... start going in that direction and hope it's the right one. ]
So, what do you do back home?
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The question trips them up, even if they don't show it. They're definitely not going to tell Gaku--or anyone else here--what they do, because the only thing that really matters is trying to figure out how to exorcise the vengeful god. "Researcher" would fit, but then he'd have to come up with a lie about what they're researching.
... ]
I work at a book shop. [ They end up going with what they did before everything started to go downhill. ] What about you?
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[ He sounds genuine too. ]
I'm the leader for the idol group TRIGGER.
[ There's some pride in his voice as he says that, but it's more focused around his group rather than the fact that he's an idol. ]
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[ They mean that, too. It's been so long that they aren't even sure what it felt like, or maybe that's just how their memories are going to be from now on. The latter seems more likely, as much as they hate to admit it.
But he's curious. They can't miss that note of pride in Gaku's voice, and despite himself, he smiles just slightly. ]
Really? What's that like?
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[ But he'd have it no other way, and his tone doesn't make it seem like he's complaining either. ]
It's a thankless industry, especially if you're working your way up the ladder, but it's worth it.
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But... they wish they could relate. At one point, they did, but any of that has fallen by the wayside. There are far more important things, anyway. They've accepted it, because there's nothing they can really do. ]
It sounds tough, but it seems like there's nothing you'd rather do. I'd say that's a quality great leaders have.
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[ The smile on his face shows he means it too. ]
It is. At first I was doing music because I had to, but dancing with my members made me fall in love with the group itself.
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A blessing in disguise, then.
[ Even if they're somewhat jealous--and it's not his fault--it's hard to dwell on the negative for too long. Their expression is somewhat somber, though. ]
It's got to be difficult to be away from them.
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[ It could be worse, but still.
The winery comes into view up ahead, and Gaku feels silent relief in picking the right direction. ]
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I hope you can get back to them soon. I'd bet they miss you, too.
[ ... but, anyway, they look ahead. ]
Good sense of direction. I'd have gotten us lost going pretty much anywhere.
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[ If they're gonna admit to that, then Gaku can at least admit to this much too. ]
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Especially in a new place, right? [ They rub slightly at the back of their neck. ] ... Thanks, by the way. For giving me a hand with this card thing.
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[ And he has to admit, it's a good way to meet people.
They're finally at the winery, and with his much longer legs, Gaku gets to the door first and holds it open for Mira. ]
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[ But he didn't have to go with them. They wouldn't have taken it personally or anything. Maybe it's just their habit of overthinking things, though.
Because Gaku doesn't strike them as the kind of guy who'd turn down someone in need... even if it's just bingo. He's kind, at least from first impression, but they think they're not wrong. They do get a bit flustered at his holding open the door, too... ]
Th-thanks.
[ People doing nice things for them? Can't relate. ]
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[ He doesn't think much over how flustered they are, instead simply walking inside behind them. ]
Why don't you pick out the first one we try?
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[ Is it obvious they weren't expecting that?
But they check out the selections offered--they're glad for a list that describes each one--and lands on-- ]
How does Merlot sound?
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