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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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Trahearne. [ He says this clearly--it's only two syllables, not that he thinks Kaeya can go wrong anywhere. ]
It's a pleasure to meet you, despite our odd circumstances. [ And he extends a hand for a handshake.
A thought comes to him. And after a beat where his mouth twists in embarrassment, he speaks up. ]
I must say, our goddess's portrait of you hardly does you any justice.
[ is this how you flirt. ]
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I can say the same for you. Where do you hail from, handsome?
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There's a pause as he registers Kaeya flirting back, because for some reason he was earnestly not expecting this. It's brief, but noticeable. Especially in the way his expression twists.
Is he really handsome??? Sounds fake. ]
...Tyria. [ nailed it. ] I'd be happy to teach you a thing or two about-- Do you really think I'm handsome?
[ SOUNDS FAKE?? this has to be a joke he is bad at this. He has never done this before. ]
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[ Which he all says without hesitation. When it comes to flattery, Kaeya is good at it. ]
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[ If Kaeya sees a golden flush over Trahearne's cheeks, no he doesn't.
Trahearne regains his composure quickly, a smile crossing his face. ]
Thank you. I'm flattered. That's quite the high praise coming from someone as good looking as yourself.
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Thank you. So, Sir Trahearne, what is Tyria like? Are everyone there as fine looking as you?
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My people and I are unique, even at home. So no, I'd say. You may be in luck. And-- [ Before he forgets! ]
Normally others address me by rank, but perhaps I'll make an exception for you. No need for titles, Kaeya. Call me Trahearne.
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Thank you, Trahearne. Then just out of curiosity, what is your rank?
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[ He seems to stand a little taller when he says this. ]
Though I doubt it will mean much here.
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[ Like Kaeya may not be a captain here, but he should probably still act like one (hahahahaha) ]
What are you a marshal of?
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[ He is proud of this! They took down two. ]
And what about you? What did you do before all this?
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[ He's already fibbed and lied about killing a dragon to someone so hopefully that doesn't go back to Trahearne. Someone might know that it's not so easy to take one down by oneself. ]
As for me, I am the Calvary Captain of the Knights of Favonius. Just prior to my arrival, I was patrolling the city.
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I'm impressed. You must be a capable individual in your own right. I hope the scope of your duties goes beyond patrol.
[ Because genuinely, he has a feeling that would be talent wasted. He'd like to see Kaeya fight now. out of. professional curiosity. ]
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[ But he likes to take it easy when he can. Patrolling is much better than handling a bunch of paperwork. ]
But a military marshal and a knight captain. Why, we make quite the power couple.
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Oh, right. Are they still flirting. Surprise crosses Trahearne's face for a second. ]
Yes, I suppose we do.
[ ... Is he supposed to say something else. After a beat, he reaches up run a hand through his hair..... his leaves in embarrassment. ]
...I'm sorry. I have never flirted before. [ he does not know what he is doing ]
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[ Even if they weren't flirting, Kaeya probably would have still said such a line. He's a smooth talker like that, so he smiles at Trahearne's reaction. ]
I don't suppose there's a lot of flirting in the military.
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[ At least. Not around him. There might be in the lower ranks... He doesn't know. He smiles sheepishly. ]
I can't imagine it's much different in your knight order. But then again, you are quite charismatic.
[ what does he know... ]
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[ He was not. He was a huge crybaby as a kid. He had to learn how to become charismatic. ]
But I certainly wouldn't mind giving you a few pointers, if you like.
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You know, I would be honoured, in fact. I'm certain it'll come in handy at some point.
[ There are. hm. smut squares on his bingo. that will need conquering at some point. ]
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On an island like this? It would certainly be helpful.
[ if u need help on smut squares, just hmu ]
Well, I don't think it needs to be said, but you should be confident and use the appropriate body language. And don't use any pick-up lines.
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Real tips, he's honored. At the mention of being confident, Trahearne unconsciously adjusts his posture and stands a bit taller. He can do that (can he). ]
Pick-up lines. [ He repeats this to himself. ] So no, "Allow me to show you why they call me a necromancer".
[ what the hell kind of pick-up line is that ]
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And why do they call you the necromancer?
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