crescentview mods ([personal profile] crescentviewmods) wrote in [community profile] 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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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-01 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When Sherry also notices that she's in a new bed, she also jerks upright. Unlike Ellis though, she doesn't go tumbling to the ground. Instead, she just stays in the bed and jolts when there's a whole thump next to her. Ummm... peering over, hand on the gun on her hip, she notices the man on the floor. After a moment of hesitation, she calls out. ]

Are you all right?
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-01 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When Sherry moves, Ellis perks up and stares at her face... and then. Hold up. Is that a gun? He rubs his eyes a little to make sure he's seeing correctly, but it only makes his sight worse. Good job.

He immediately tries rolling under the bed. Can't shoot him here!!
]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-01 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey!

[ She can't shoot him unless she comes underneath the bed too! Well, she won't, but she'll get out of her own bed to kneel down beside Ellis' to peer under. ]

I'm not going to hurt you. Promise.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-01 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Good thing Sherry speaks when her mouth is within Ellis' view so that he knows what she's saying. He slowly scoots himself out from underneath the bed and when he rises, he takes the blanket with him. Not like that would protect him from bullets, but it's a method. For what? That's for him to know and no one else to figure out.

But he peeks out from the blanket wall that he's holding up. He looks ridiculous like this. Not to mention his bedhair is wild. It's sticking up everywhere.
]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-01 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh good, he's getting out. She steps back to give him some space, but she doesn't really know what to make of the situation. Removing her hand from her gun (though still on guard), she looks at Ellis from up to down. Strange boy... ]

Do you live here? I'm sorry, but I don't know how I got here.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-01 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis shakes his head no. He's just a scrawny guy at 180cm with white hair and green eyes. He doesn't look terrified, but he's a little wary. Just a bit. He doesn't know either, and for all he knows, he could have been kidnapped, but a bed was too luxurious for him to wake up in and also, he's not bound by anything? It's definitely not what he expected, but. Hm.

He relaxes a little when Sherry removes her hand from the gun, but he still has the blanket between them like a flimsy wet noodly wall.
]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-01 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis seems harmless enough, so she tries to be more open with her body language. He says that he doesn't live here, so was he kidnapped as well? She shouldn't assume anything. ]

My name's Sherry. What's yours?
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-01 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis looks surprised and then relieved. Someone with an english-sounding name! He doesn't know all language has been converted here, but there's still much relief on his face. He lowers the blanket and holds out his hands towards her, as if he's asking for hers as well. ]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-02 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...? She doesn't know why he's not answering, but she holds out her hand too. Is this a handshake...? ]
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-02 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not quite! He tries to open her hand so that he can spell out his name to Sherry by writing it with his finger on her palm. E-l-l-i-s. ]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-02 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ohhh, once he starts to write letters, she understands. She feels a bit guilty all of a sudden. ]

I'm sorry, I don't have a pen or know sign language, but it's nice to meet you Ellis. I wish it was under better circumstances.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-02 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellis shakes his head. He's fine and definitely not offended. It's just a way of life. With that, he lets go of her hand and points out the door. Maybe they should look around? Also idk if Ellis "hears" the goddess, but I'm gonna say no. ]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-02 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ Yes, they should look around! But ah, she hears the goddess and stops. She taps Ellis on the shoulder if he's already gone ahead of her. ]

Someone's calling us to the town square.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-02 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ He quickly turns to see what Sherry says and looks around. He doesn't see anyone else around them...?

He lightly tilts his head.
]
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[personal profile] superg 2022-12-02 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ This confirms that Ellis is deaf rather than mute, so she's going to have to enunciate her words so he can read her mouth easily. ]

There's a voice in... the air? I'm not sure, but there's a voice calling for us.
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[personal profile] framestory 2022-12-03 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's extremely helpful and Ellis is thankful that Sherry catches on pretty quickly. Though a voice in the air? That sounds kinda creepy. So Ellis decides to do what he knows best:

He urges Sherry to lead him to it. He wants to see what's going on.
]