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

[irresponsibly]

[ i fucking forgot someone apparently died ]

Yes.

[ She doesn't elaborate on that, though. Moving on. ]

Anyway, I don't think you have a mean face. Is...that something you worry about?

[associative]

[ LMFAO ]

I don't worry about it. People just tell me.

[ He's well aware of his resting bitch face, it's fine. ]

I get cast as the bad boy a lot in shows and movies.

[irresponsibly]

Eh? They do?

[ Wow, maybe they're the rude ones?! ]

Heh... Well, that's the kind of confidence you need to be an idol, that's for sure.

[ She likes that. Good for him. ]

Are those roles difficult for you?

[associative]

Not really. Most people think I'm some kind of playboy because of it though.

[ One of his own members even thought he was sneaking out to go on dates... the betrayal. ]

I'd never treat someone like that.

[ Before coming here he'd just say a girl, but he's been on multiple dates with guys here, so. He's realized some things. ]

[irresponsibly]

[ Gaku is such a good person. She's impressed by how little he cares about his perceived image and, conversely, how much he seems to care about others. All qualities she likes in other people, but has yet to embody herself. So she thinks, anyway. ]

You seem to deal with a lot of misconceptions, as an idol. It...honestly, it makes me feel kind of lucky, that I get to know the person behind all of that.

[ She turns a little sheepish. ]

Ah, sorry... I've been a little cheesy all night.

[associative]

I'd call it honesty.

[ That's what it seems like to him! ]

I'm glad you get to know me without my status hanging over everything.

[ He smiles a little. ]

And you're right about the misconceptions, but that's something you get used to after a while. You learn that what matters is your fans and the people you're performing right beside.

[irresponsibly]

[ That's a good way of looking at his predicament. She wishes she could do the same. Maybe one day she'll bring up her family with him, but tonight...nah. They can just hang out. ]

Heh...I guess it was honesty. I have a hard time conveying those things, usually, so I get embarrassed when I do. ... Then again, I get embarrassed really easily in general.

[associative]

Yeah, you do. I don't mind it, though.

[ He grins, expecting that to fluster her. ]

I'm pretty used to people getting embarrassed around me.

[irresponsibly]

[ Why are you like this, sir. 3-0. ]

I-I can imagine, what with your status... Hah, well, I'm glad you don't think I look like a moron when it happens.

[associative]

[ Gaku laughs, waving a hand. ]

Yeah, I don't. So don't worry about it when it happens.

[irresponsibly]

Okay. I'll try not to. Especially because not all of us are as unflappable as you are.

[ She probably will anyway. ]

[associative]

[ He laughs again, shaking his head. ]

I'm not unflappable. There's just no one around that pisses me off.

[irresponsibly]

That's a relief, then!

[ She has a feeling it takes a lot to get on his bad side. ]

Hopefully it stays that way, then. But if it happens, maybe you know that they wouldn't be a good match? Hehe.

[ She's joking. ]

[associative]

...Maybe.

[ Hm. Arguing with someone wouldn't be the worst thing in the world, he thinks, as long as things work out. ]

If it's things I can't compromise on then, yeah, we'd be a bad match. But getting mad over competition or something might not be so bad.

[irresponsibly]

Oh, that makes sense. A good time to get mad, I think.

[ ... ]

T-that is to say, if you get mad while we play against each other, I won't be upset. I don't take that stuff personally!

[associative]

I don't think I'll get mad.

[ Besides, he has a feeling that she would actually take it personally—she strikes him as pretty sensitive. ]

Not unless you do something underhanded.

[irresponsibly]

Of course I wouldn't. I have zero tolerance for people who cheat.

[ She sounds completely serious when she says that, too. ]

It just means they aren't good enough to win fairly.

[associative]

[ Oh good, they're on the same page. ]

You're right about that! If they don't have the talent, they're gonna use underhanded tactics. It's not worth playing with people who do stuff like that.

[irresponsibly]

Yes, exactly. See, you understand.

[ Only honorable opponents please, thanks. ]

I look forward to our match, then. Our very honorable one, that is.

[associative]

I hope you're ready to lose.

[ He'll be the one losing, he's sure, but he might as well play into this anyway. ]

[irresponsibly]

[ Oh? Is he...is he serious? Or teasing her? Either way, it gets a little laugh out of her. ]

Uh-huh, sure, maybe in your dreams?

[associative]

[ That gets a laugh out of him as he rolls back onto his back. ]

Nah. I'll win. You'll see.

[irresponsibly]

And what do you want if you win?

[ She's so sure she'll win that any answer will be acceptable. ]

[associative]

Food. Cook some dinner for my roommate and I.

[ Please. He's tired of cooking all the time. ]

[irresponsibly]

[ She's normally really eager and happy to cook for others, if only because everyone's been so impressed by it, and the feedback loop has been really nice to hear...

Something about the thought of Gaku trying it, though, makes her a little nervous. Still, she'll go ahead and nod. ]

Of course. I'd be happy to.