crescentview | 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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[ unfortunately for lucia, the choice of being brave enough to knock on the door rewards her with a dog running at her from her side. the dog isn't growling at her, but he sure is barking at her like he has a lot to say and doesn't look like it's going to stop before crashing into her. however, fortunately(?), there is someone else running behind the dog seemingly more friendly than the dog. ]

Wha—Luffy wait!

[ dog gonna keep running though he will look back at uta. ]

Wait! [ uh. ] Sit! [ nope. ] Heel!

[ there we go. as soon as uta tells luffy (apparently) to heel, the dog will stop right before he crashes into lucia. he stands tall, alert, and watching her every movement. ]

[ There's some footsteps coming towards her, and it makes her even more nervous – and then she sees it's a dog.

...

She loves dogs, don't get her wrong, but getting pounced on by one? No thank you. She likes petting them and admiring them, and certainly wants one someday...but, uh, getting jumped on while it's angry is a big no. Anyway, she kind of whimpers a bit and takes a step back before the dog can lunge at her, and she holds her hands out to brace herself for the worst.

Thankfully, Luffy's owner is on it, and she's spared for the time being. ]

H...ha....

[ and sure enough uta is not too far behind luffy as he sits there watching her with a piercing stare; it takes up until uta has gotten close enough to the two of them before he relaxes somewhat. ]

I'm so sorry! Are you okay? He didn't scare you too bad, did he?

[ she's a bit out of breath but pays it no mind as she bows before lucia a few times before standing upright to give lucia a look over. it didn't seem like there was anything wrong with her other than the obvious. ]

Luffy, come over here! [ she'll point to the spot right next to her with a stomp of her foot. luffy doesn't seem to move right away but after giving lucia another sniff, he'll plod over to uta and take a seat exactly where she was pointing. ] I'm really, really sorry.

No, no, i-it's okay! I...I scared him, it's my fault. I'm very sorry.

[ Hopefully they don't just keep on apologizing to each other – in either case, it seems like Uta's got this under control, so she visibly relaxes a little before she rubs the back of her head. ]

I didn't mean to cause any alarm. I...I just wanted to come over and greet people. For the task.

[ Wait, no, that's a bad thing to just say off the bat? ]

But it's to meet people, too, of course!!

[ no, they'll probably end up keep apologizing to one another for a little bit before stopping. especially considering the fact that lucia thinks that it was her fault for scarying luffy when that truly wasn't the case. ]

I think he scared you more than you scared him. [ she places a hand on luffy's head and gives him a small pat. ] Even though I've just met him, he's been extremely protective of me.

[ uta will take a step towards lucia and only to pause for a moment before holding out a hand. ]

But you're welcome to come over and say hello. I'm Uta, and I'm really sorry for Luffy.

I see. At least he'll be a good watch dog.

[ And at least Uta's got a handle on him? Lucia's still recovering from the almost-lunge but she'll get over it. She almost misses the offer for a handshake, but she does extend a hand and lightly shake Uta's hand. ]

I'm Lucia. It's nice to meet you, Uta – and...Luffy, even if I don't think he likes me very much, heh.

[ Does he still look angry... ]

Maybe too good of a guard dog. I've never been around any animal that's been like this.

[ uta definitely has a good handle on luffy and will just give lucia a single solid handshake before letting go and patting luffy on the head to prevent him from doing anything. ...which seems to pacify him as he looks up at her and barks once. ]

It's nice to meet you Lucia. Do you live around this area?

[ she means the beach. ]

[ She nearly jumps when he barks, almost expecting him to be angry again, but...nah, maybe this is just a greeting? He seems calmer, thank you Uta. ]

I'm in the forest. I thought I'd look at some of the beach farms, since I've never seen one of those before. Have you tried growing anything yet?

[ it's definitely a greeting thing and luffy will continue to chill by uta's side as she continues the conversation. ]

I'm not too used to seeing a farm so close to the ocean, myself, but I don't think it's necessary a bad thing.

[ as for the growing aspect...well. ]

Not yet... I'm not entirely sure where to start. It's a bit more involved than just digging a hole in the ground and placing a seed inside, right?

No! No, it's not. I think it'll be a fascinating experience.

[ It seems like some of that anxiousness has gone away with the start of their farm discussion. ]

Hmm... I'm interested in learning about it myself. I know there's a library here. Maybe there will be books on what sorts of things you can set up on a beach-based farm. I'd be surprised if there weren't.

[ oh, that's good. everyone here can be relaxed now that she's less anxious, especially when she brings up a very good point. ]

I've forgotten about the library; it would be a good idea to check it out. Even if they don't have anything beach-based, it would be good to know the basic farming fundamentals and techniques.

Yes. I had picked up on some things through that sort of research, back at home.

[ Via internet but that doesn't exist here, so. ]

... If you'd like company when you go, my...my farm is in the forest. Please come over anytime.

[ WHAT IS THE INTERNET...i ask in one piece. ]

I'd love some company. [ why wouldn't she like company?? ] You would have a better understanding of where I should start—even if you don't know that much.

[ and not to breeze past the invitation, uta will give lucia a nod. ]

I'll make sure to definitely come over some time, and maybe not bring Luffy with me.

[ WE DO NOT PERCEIVE ONE PIECE TECHNOLOGY. ]

Oh, no, you can bring him! I-I just... I don't do well with animals that are angry especially, but if he can stay calm, I'm sure it'll be okay. And you seem like a good owner.

[ Just throwing that out there. Uta's quick response truly saved her life (Dramatic). ]

I'm happy to hear that you'd like to come over, though. I'll have some books from the library ready, when you do.

over here coco c:

dec event.

farm visits!

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