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]

You've memorized yours?

[ Damn. Gaku will never be that good.

Anyway. ]

We could get drunk or play Twister. What do you want to do more?

[ While he doesn't know that they can't complete two at once, he knows for sure that drunk Twister would be a disaster. ]

[calla]

[ > gaku asking kaeya if he prefers drinking to something that's not drinking ]

Well, there's a quaint bar in town, if you're up to it.

[associative]

[ He's definitely going to learn that it was a pointless question, huh? ]

I am. I haven't had a chance to drink in a while, so let's go check it out.

[calla]

[ Kaeya will begin to lead Gaku towards town and to the local bar. ]

I recommend the dandelion wine. I had some earlier and it was quite splendid.

[associative]

Never heard of it. Are there actual dandelions in it?

[ It's probably a stupid question, but look. He's curious, and this is a weird place with a goddess and everything. ]

[calla]

No, not in the after product, but it is made of dandelions. It's a staple back in my world.

[ That a particular archon likes to get drunk off of hmmm are all gods and goddesses just irresponsible?? ]

[associative]

[ Much to think about! ]

So they have stuff from your world here, huh? I'll go ahead and give it a try then.

[ Otherworldly wine... what does it taste like... ]

[calla]

[ And into the bar they go! Kaeya seats at the counter, saying hello to the barkeep he met earlier. He orders "the usual" and quickly, their drinks are prepared and presented before them. ]

Here you are. One glass of dandelion wine.

[associative]

[ Gaku takes a seat right next to Kaeya, holding the glass in one hand while the other arm rests on the bar. Giving it a couple of gentle swirls, he brings it to his lips. Since this is his first time trying the wine, he lets it linger on his tongue before finally swallowing it. ]

Pretty good. Refreshing and kind of sweet, which I like.

[calla]

It appears that you have just as good taste in wines as you do with pet names.

[ Kaeya watched with anticipation, curious as to what Gaku's response would be to the wine. Luckily, it was good so he smiles and takes a long sip of his own drink. ]

What is typically your pick of the poison?

[associative]

[ That earns a laugh from him. Hopefully the name he actually picks ends up being acceptable! ]

When I drink wine, I try to match it to whatever I'm eating. It's better if it complements the food, right? I like red most, though.

[ He doesn't always get the option to pick out his wine, so he likes to put effort into it. ]

[calla]

Yes, normally, but food will just delay our eventual inebriation. I suggest that we simply order as many drinks to our heart's content and see where we go from there.

[ let's get blackout drunk and pass out behind the bar ]

[associative]

[ let's fuckin gooooo ]

You like sake, Kaeya?

[calla]

I haven't had it.

[ Which clearly means that Gaku should order some for him! ]

[associative]

[ It sure does! Gaku motions over the bartender and orders some. ]

You're in for a treat. It's pretty different from that wine, but I think you'll like it.

[calla]

[ Kaeya isn't afraid to try new things, so when the bartender brings over a glass of sake for the both of them, he takes it and finishes it in a single swing. After a second of appreciating the taste... ]

Oh, now that's definitely a treat. It's quite smooth. [ He taps on the glass. ] I think we should order a few more of these.

[associative]

[ That earns a whistle from Gaku as he holds up a hand for more. ]

I'm impressed! You can really handle your alcohol, can't you?

[calla]

Haha, only a little.

[ He lies. It'll take a handful more before he starts to feel the buzz, but only because he's an alcoholic who puts his liver through the wringer every other night. When the barkeep comes over with the intention of pouring another, Kaeya just waves for him to leave the bottle. ]

And how about you? Should I expect you to pass out any time soon?

[associative]

I'll let you know now that my tolerance isn't very high.

[ Only because he drinks so rarely. Unlike someone sitting next to him. ]

But I'm not gonna pass out. I do know how to pace myself, you know.

[ He's already feeling it after that glass of wine and sake, which is why he won't chug this next glass like Kaeya. ]

[calla]

Then feel free to help yourself at your own pace.

[ pace yo'self before you wreck yo'self, that's what they always say, though Kaeya completely ignores that to down another sake shot. Someone should introduce him to sake bombs... ]

But do let me know when the room starts spinning and I'll catch up.

[associative]

[ maybe but also.... maybe not

It only takes a few more glasses before Gaku has to wave the proverbial flag of surrender. ]

...The room is spinning.

[ Don't worry about the fact that he's holding onto his barstool to keep himself grounded right now. ]

[calla]

[ For each sip that Gaku takes, Kaeya takes two, sometimes three. So, by the time that the room starts spinning for Gaku, it's also doing the same for Kaeya. ]

You're right, that didn't take long at all. [ He rests his head in his hand. ] But then who's going to finish the rest of these drinks?

[ Because Kaeya ordered too many "accidentally", they have a handful of sake shots left. ]

[associative]

Can't you finish them? Your tolerance is way better than mine.

[ It's by sheer force of will that Gaku isn't laying his head on the bar as he looks at the remaining drinks. Be proud of him. ]

[calla]

[ He's proud but he could be prouder. ]

But it'd be no fun to drink them by myself.

[associative]

Fine, fine.

[ He grabs one of the glasses and takes a sip. ]

I'm not chugging it, though. You can do that.