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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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She hesitates, but reaches out to weakly shake his hand anyway. ]
Lucia Lee, from California. It's nice to meet you. No small talk required on my end, heh...
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Well met, Lucia. I've never heard of California.
[is that in inazuma or]
We'll be neighbors, I suppose, but I don't expect to stick around. The very idea of being brought somewhere against my will doesn't sit well with me.
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[ And honestly, she understands. ]
That's okay. You're just doing what you have to do for now. I wouldn't want to put in too much effort for this either, if I didn't plan on staying long.
[ She would like to, even if she was brought here against her will, but marriage?? Lmao. ]
At least you got one task out of the way, right?
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Mondstadt is on the continent of Teyvat, but from the sounds of it, we're worlds apart.
[And he's aware that there are other worlds out there, so this is nothing new, at least. Diluc waves all of that off with a hand.]
My investment in completing these "tasks" is little, but supposing there is no way out, completing them may be the best course of action. You've seen the condition of these farm houses, haven't you?
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...Alien...? But you look human...
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You're correct, in a manner of speaking. Still, isn't rude to call someone an alien?
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[ help ]
You're Diluc, not an alien!
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Relax. I'm not easily offended. Address me as you wish, but I'd prefer being called by my name.
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[ She lets out a quiet sigh. First impressions have never been her strong suit. ]
A-anyway...the tasks... I'm complying because I'm afraid of what might happen if I don't. She seems scary.
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[His tone suggests he's anything but afraid of her.]
I wouldn't let her get under your skin. Using fear as a means to rule over others is what a weak, powerless leader does. I doubt she has the strength to do half the things she claims to be capable of.
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She's ...certainly more forthcoming than the ones in my world.
[ The gods of the seasons, that is, but she doesn't elaborate. ]
Um...that does make me feel better, though. You think it'll all work out, right?
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It's impossible to know, but at the very least, we're not in any danger. Kidnapping people from multiple worlds to force them into servitude isn't unheard of, but making us do farmwork is a little... unorthodox.
[if you think he's dissing the goddess, yes he is]
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Gods wanting this sort of thing done isn't entirely unheard of, in my experience. But...the manner in which she went about it is strange. That, and her wanting everyone to find love.
[ ...Right. That's a thing. ]
...Which I'd forgotten about until now, oh...oh no.
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...That's her main purpose, isn't it? To push us all into marriage.
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[ This is the worst. ]
So about that plan of yours to leave...
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I thought you didn't want to go home? Naturally, that may entail meeting someone and forging a bond, but being forced into such a thing is less than ideal. You have my sympathy.
[But Diluc sounds confident. He's a stone cold man of the night, he doesn't have time for romance!! It won't be happening on his watch.]
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[ It sucks!! She hates it. But she also doesn't want to be so mopey in front of a stranger. ]
Anyway, um, if there's anything else I can help you with, please let me know. I'm sorry I called you an alien. The concept of humans living on other planets is really foreign to me. But...I'd like to be of assistance, even so...
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Think nothing of it. What do you intend to do with your farm, Lucia?
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[ She sounds sure of herself, surprisingly. ]
Mushrooms will flourish where I'm stationed, if the ecosystem is the same as what I'm familiar with. But I need to consult with my roommate, first.
[ ... ]
How about you?
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I'll be looking for a way off this island. Should I fail to find one, what choice will I have but to tend the land?
[He sounds more than a little frustrated, but that's fine. Typical Diluc. Lucia will get used to it, probably.]
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[ Diluc...so determined! She respects it. ]
Have you done anything like this before? Farming, I mean.
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Not quite. I manage a winery back home and have worked in the vineyard many times, but there's a difference between that and working in a field. In either case, I'm used to heavy lifting, so whipping this field back into shape won't be difficult.
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[ And if Figaro's good at it, well. How much he'll help is up in the air. ]
If you're unable to find a way out, what would you like to grow? Grapes, I assume?
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As I said, I'm used to working with heavy tools. If you need assistance in the field, don't hesitate to ask. I'll help you.
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Realistically, I'll need to grow more than grapes if I want to survive. I'd rather not rely on the others for my meals, so I'll have to grow a variety of produce.
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[ She is very grateful for his offer, and he seems like he's quite capable of doing a great job here, so she has high hopes for him. ]
Um...you're free to help yourself to some of the mushrooms I'll plant, then, in exchange for your help. How does that sound?
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