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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touring

[chevaliered]

[ he looks at zhongli



he looks at the dog.


he looks at zhongli and then at the dog. ]

That dog looks like it might just follow you forever.

[lapidation]

[ The dog and Zhongli do look alike... Matching clothes and everything? They look perfect for each other.

There's a soft sigh as he looks down at the dog with his arms crossed behind his back. ]

He has been following me since I found him... He's a friendly one.

[chevaliered]

[ this dog is his son now. congratulations on your child, zhongli. ]

Better than him constantly trying to bite your ankles, right?

[lapidation]

[ Not his ankles?? That makes him mildly frown and the dogs continues to be happy. ]

That would be unpleasant... There are more suitable things to chew. [ No more ankle biting. ] I am guessing this dog is unfamiliar to you as well?

[chevaliered]

[ the dog is not biting your ankles sir. it’s ok. ]

Yeah, but that’s the point. That’s a good dog. No ankle biting here, right?

[ puppy…. ]

Nope. Don’t own any pets myself.

[lapidation]

[ The dog will sniff Crow a little, though. What does he smell like? This is where you get to tell me Crow's scent. ]

Then the search continues... [ He looks over to the establishment—i'm choosing inn/bar. There's a wave of his hand towards it. ] Would you care to join me? If not in the search, then perusing the drinks here.

[chevaliered]

[ he smells like crow. ]

Oh, I'm down for drinks. And, sure. Maybe someone will know what the dog's name is or something. [ the owner has been found. ]

[lapidation]

[ crow is a dog supporter...... Zhongli likes him a bit more since I decided he's a dog person cause Liyue is full of them. Follow him into the inn. The dog stays outside, by the door.

What a good dog? ]

The sun is still out, so ideally hard liquor should be avoided.

[chevaliered]

[ hmmm. ]

It’s not got the same vibe in the middle of the day, but there’s some stuff that works as a little treat midday.

[ … although. ]

Is it dog friendly? I can nip in and check. Wouldn’t want your new friend to be stuck outside when they’re the star of the show.

[lapidation]

He's quite friendly and wouldn't cause anyone issue, I believe. With all the people we've passed by, he didn't once jump or bother them.

[ We as in him and the dog before they met Crow. He gives Crow an approving and also appreciative nod.

What a good guy... Caring for the babies. ]

I'll order us some appropriate drinks while I ask around.

[chevaliered]

It’s less about the dog and more about the place. Some places just don’t let dogs in, because they might get underfoot, y’know?

It might kinda suck to get kicked out before you can even ask where your little friend might’ve come from.

[ y’know? ]

[lapidation]

In most cases, they allow animals if you dine outside.

[ But it all depends. They can ask and it seems like the barkeep is okay with it and waves them off, saying as long as they keep the dog from going everywhere. ]

[chevaliered]

[ he’s thinkin’ about it.


…


…

… ]

Outside it is then. You planning on asking people as they leave or enter?

[lapidation]

People would be more inclined to answer questions after a meal rather than before.

[ You're not you when you're hungry. Have a snickers.

And the barkeep mentions they can pick whatever table outside. They'll send a waiter out. ]

[chevaliered]

Ah. A little reading the room, a little setting up your hand… I see, I see.

[ he approves. also i hate snickers.

crow will pick a spot pretty near the entrance so they can watch for people coming out and zhongli’s new pet for life-not-that-he-knows-it-year can happily greet everyone entering and leaving like it’s their job. ]

[lapidation]

Most importantly, it would be impolite to delay someone's meal.

[ EATING IS LIFE. EATING IS CULTURE.

They can settle! The dog also lies down beside them, chilling. ]

On topic of care, it would be remiss of me to not introduce myself. My name is Zhongli and I appreciate your help.

[chevaliered]

[ wowee he learned grandpa's name. ]

You're gonna have to name the dog too, eventually. Unless you know its name?

[ crow just accepting this dog is zhongli's forever. ]

Crow.

[lapidation]

You have an interesting name, Crow.

[ Because your hair is white silver lavender whatever the fuck. He looks over to the dog as he puts in his order.

A name? ]

I do not know his name, but he must have one. I have no plans to replace it unless it's necessary.

[ THIS DOG IS NOT HIS YET ]

[chevaliered]

[ he shrugs. ]

You'd have to take them up with my parents, if you wanted to know the "why" behind it. Buuuut, I've had it long enough I'm kinda fond of it.

[ zhongli is really resistant to his new life as an old man with a cute and very well behaved dog. ]

Not even a nickname? It's not like you can go "hey you" at it until you figure out who it belongs to. That's kinda sad. [ crow, you keep calling the dog "it" ]

[lapidation]

[ aren't your parents dead Zhongli doesn't think much of that, just finding it a strange yet charming name. ]

Dogs are keen and can sense when you are in need of their attention. [ But... It is kind of sad. ] What would you name him?

[ The dog looks up! To crow?! ]

[chevaliered]

[ don't spoil cold steel like this for everyone hei ]

It's your dog, not mine.

[ he's insistent. also he could call the dog hu tao. ]

Do you know if the dog's male or female?

[lapidation]

[ CROW IS GAY ]

... You're very insistent. [ just repeats the meta. ] He's male.

[chevaliered]

[ excuse me... he's bisexual. ]

I'm calling it like I see it. [ new dog owner. ]

Hmmm. Let me take a good look at you, dog. We need to know if you have cool or cute vibes, right?

[lapidation]

[ The dog is big eyed and happy, panting with a smile. ]

... This dog is definitely of the cute variety.

[ HE SAYS THIS SO DEADPAN. ]

[chevaliered]

...

Milo?

[ THIS CUTE DOG NEEDS A CUTE NAME THROWS PHONE ]