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

[associative]

[ Oh that's... kind of cute. It's a really unusual thought for him to have about another guy, so it catches him off guard for a second before he laughs. ]

Come on, you'll embarrass me if you keep doing that.

[framestory]

[ He's laughing... Even though Ellis can't hear him, the expression alone makes him want to melt on the spot. He eventually uncovers his face with his cheeks a little red.

He shows Gaku his bingo card, which now has "climb tree" marked off. Nice. ]

[associative]

Good work.

[ They both deserve a pat on the back for this! But Gaku doesn't want to startle the other man by patting him on the back and thus sending him off of the tree, so he won't. ]

Let's enjoy the scenery while we're up here.

[framestory]

[ Nice. Bad end avoided.

Ellis takes a look ahead. They're not too high up, but it's a decent view from here. But he makes sure to glance over at Gaku frequently just in case he's saying something. He wouldn't want to miss it... but it just makes him look fidgety. ]

[associative]

[ He sure does notice and it makes him worry. ]

Does being up here make you nervous? We can head back down if you want.

[framestory]

[ Ellis shakes his head, straightening his back upright when Gaku finally says something. It was like he was waiting for him to say something... but he might as well tell him.

He covers his ears with both of his hands. ]

[associative]

[ He furrows his brows, frowning in confusion. ]

Huh? Too much sound...?

[ Then it clicks. ]

Oh. You can't hear.

[ That explains why he hasn't said a single word too. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods. He isn't offended by people not getting it, so he just keeps smiling. He puts to his own lips and mimics a talking motion with his hand. He can do lip reading. That's about it.

Which is why he kept glancing over at Gaku because he needed to see when he talks. ]

[associative]

Oh, I get it!

[ Bracing a hand against the trunk, he turns ever so slightly so that Ellis doesn't have to put so much effort into looking at him. ]

You gotta see me, right? Is this better?

[framestory]

[ His hands fly to cover his own mouth in surprise. Gaku is so sweet. Holy shit. Such a beautiful man doing him such a huge favor. Ellis can probably cry if he wasn't who he was. Alas. So he nods and grins. It's his way of telling him "thank you". ]

[associative]

[ Augh, that surprise actually embarrasses him a bit. ]

Yeah, yeah... If I can make something easier for you, why wouldn't I?

[ It's common decency! ]

Too bad I can't get your name. I don't think you have any pen and paper, right?

[framestory]

[ Ellis shakes his head no, but he holds out a hand to Gaku, asking for his in return. Give him your hand in marriage, Gaku. Do it. ]

[associative]

[ You know what? Ellis is pretty, so fine.

Gaku holds out his hand. ]

This is one way to do it, huh?

[framestory]

[ Ellis doesn't know what Gaku is talking about, so he just writes on his palm with a finger, spelling out his name. It's just Ellis. The pamphlet said that too. No surname or anything. ]

[associative]

[ Just as expected, Ellis writes on his palm. It tickles, but he can feel the words at least. ]

My name is Gaku. Gaku Yaotome.

[framestory]

[ Ellis grins. Gaku... he remembers him from the pamphlet because his hair was oddly drawn too (the goddess cannot draw white/gray/silver hair correctly it seems). He lets go of his hand and points to the people out there. They're so small from up here. ]

[associative]

[ It takes him a second to figure out what Ellis is trying to communicate, but when he sees others walking around down below, he thinks he gets it. ]

Yeah, it's like being on a plane, huh?

[ He laughs. ]

You know, I can't remember the last time I climbed a tree. I couldn't have been older than ten.

[framestory]

[ Ellis slightly tilts his head while kicking his feet in the air. Why did he stop? Nothing is stopping him from climbing trees. ]

[associative]

[ Ah... he wants to know why Gaku stopped, right? ]

Got too busy for going out and doing things like that. You know how it is!

[framestory]

[ He... doesn't, actually. Ellis tilts his head and pretends to write on a desk while pushing up his imaginary glasses. Schooling? That's what normal people do, don't they? ]

[associative]

[ It takes Gaku a moment to interpret that, his eyebrows furrowing before he nods in realization. ]

No. Training.

[ But that doesn't really explain much either. ]

I'm an idol.

[framestory]

[ Finally, someone hot that works in an appropriate job field. There seems to be sparkles in Ellis' eyes as he leans towards Gaku a little bit. He seems eager to learn more about it. ]

[associative]

[ That gets a laugh out of him. ]

I'm the leader of a group called TRIGGER. Our music is edgy and meant to give you feeling.

[framestory]

[ torigaa... kakkoi ne

Ellis nods, though he's not sure if he can define something as edgy based on the beat, which is all he can feel. He writes on Gaku's palm again: ]

"What kind of feelings?"

[associative]

[ His hand twitches a bit, only because having someone write on his palm makes him feel ticklish. ]

Fiery passion.

[ Yeah, it's exactly as it sounds. ]