crescentview | dec event.

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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[ Well.

Ellis knows what a 'get along' shirt is. However, he doesn't know where to get one. He'll find out later, but he's not sure how he sure portray it. Hmmmm.

After some thought, he points to his own head, withdraws his arms inside his shirt and sticks them out of the neckhole. It's meant to represent two heads. ]

Uh...

[ Why would anyone wear a shirt that way? Anyway, he doesn't make the rules. It's a bit tougher to pull off when you're wearing a jacket, a long-sleeved shirt, and a vest on top of that, but he's just going to get rid of the jacket and the vest for a moment to mimic Ellis. It turns out that he needs to unbutton his shirt from the top to make his arms fit, but he's getting there. ]

Are we getting along now?

[ Well, honestly! That's a tough question to answer! He thinks they are, but probably not in the way it's intended. He puts his arms back out in their correct positioning, picks up his own bingo card, and shows it to Noe.

"Share a ~~get along~~ shirt"

He lets his finger cover the "get along" part to see if Noe can understand this at the very least. ]

[ Sharing a shirt makes much more sense, somehow. ]

Do you want to wear mine or should we try yours?

[ When life doesn't give you a get along shirt, make your own. ]

[ ...

Ellis just makes an X with his arms. That's not it, but Noe is getting close. Ellis holds out his hand. Give him your hand ~~in marriage~~, Noe. ]

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[ Gasps... the speedrun is real. ]

I don't even know your name... will that really be alright?

[ Whether it will or not, Noé gives his hand to Ellis, most likely completely misunderstanding the whole situation. ]

[ Unfortunately, Noe might continue to misunderstand, because Ellis spells out his name on Noe's palm with his finger. E-l-l-i-s. His name! ]

[ I don't see anything unfortunate happening here, tbh. ]

Nice to meet you, Ellis! My name is Noé.

[ Should he write it on Ellis' palm? Maybe that's unnecessary, but he's going to try as long as he allows it. ]

I think we should get to know each other better first.

[ In his head, marriage is still on the table. That's the way to get out, right?? ]

[ Ellis nods, because that's what friends-to-be people do, right? Right. He looks at the pamphlet a little more before he holds onto Noe's hand tighter and leading him somewhere. Where could be be going? That's a surprise until future tag. ]

[ Is he taking him straight to the church? Is there even a church? He hasn't read the pamphlet too thoroughly yet. Noé doesn't resist at all, allowing Ellis to drag him along anywhere he's planning to go, even if he has a lot of questions. ]

Is there anything I'm supposed to do?

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[ Unfortunately for Noe, Ellis is deaf and he can't read lips if he isn't facing him, so he carries on as usual.

But he eventually arrives at a grocery store, which is subjectively cooler than a church in Ellis' humble opinion. ]

[ Noé doesn't even take it the wrong way and just assumes that Ellis is excited. He should catch on to what is going on here... eventually. ]

Are we getting food now?

[ He's watching in anticipation what will happen next... ]

[ When Noe bypasses the meat section with Ellis, he might smell blood. Sorry, they're processing it.

But they eventually reach the apparel section, and Ellis starts looking through shirts. Neither of them can do use their own as a get along shirt. Too small. So if he can find a—

He pulls out a shirt that looks super big (XXX-large or something) and holds it out to Noe. ]

[ Caught off guard, Noé feels slightly dizzy because of the blood smell, so Ellis might notice him pinch his nose. Funnily, he wouldn't even want it—human blood smells so much better, anyway.

Thankfully, the apparel section is more or less free of that smell, so he's not acting weird anymore when Ellis shows him the shirt. ]

Should we try it right here? I can't buy it...

[ One word and he'll be ready to strip for a bingo square... what a hoe. ]

[ Okay, we are retconning that they dropped by the grocery store, saw that there weren't any clothes, and then they went to the boutique and now they're here, pondering about trying on the shirt right here and now.

Ellis just takes off his hoodie sweater since that's just extra bulk. He has a t-shirt underneath it so that's fine. He takes a good look at Noe and decides that he doesn't really have to strip, so with this extremely big shirt, he puts it over Noe's head, trying to get it through the neckhole. It isn't a problem due to size, so Ellis ducks under the shirt next and tries to squeeze his head out of the neckhole.

Their heads are awfully close. ]

[ They're at the soup store. ]

I'm wearing a shirt on a shirt... [ This is what he decides to point out first? Where are his priorities. ] Oh, and we're close.

[ Now, that's better. ]

Should we wear it for a certain amount of time?

[ He's not sure if there was any additional information on the bingo card. ]

[ The thing about knowing what Noe is saying is that Ellis has to face him. He's doing that properly, but now their faces are way too close.

So, Ellis just nods. He wants to see how it'll be like if they walk in it, so he starts waddling in a direction. ]

Uwaah—

[ There's literally no reason to make any surprised sounds when Ellis starts walking and yet, here he is. Having to coordinate his moves with someone else feels a little weird, but he gets used to it after a few steps. ]

I guess we're getting along... what do you think?

[ Directly after asking that, he loses balance. Ellis please save yourself and this vampire dumbass. ]

[ Like a toppling domino, Ellis falls with Noe from losing his balance too. Hello, floor. How are you doing today... Ellis whines a little from the pain. ]

[ The floor also wanted to wear that get along shirt, that's the only explanation. Anyway, Noé at least manages to not fall on top of Ellis despite wearing the same shirt. ]

I jinxed it... [ He looks devastated. ] Are you okay?

[ Unfortunately, Ellis is too busy rubbing his head to pay attention to Noe's face, so he didn't get to lip read what he's saying. Ughhh. He feels like his head is spinning... ]

[ Since there's no answer, Noé reaches for Ellis' cheek and tips his head up to check on him. ]

You don't look okay... I can carry you home. You should rest.

[ Oh.

Ellis feels his head being moved and then leans against Noe. Take him home, boy... if he knows where it is. ]

There's one more thing I need to do.

[ He murmurs, leaning forward a little... because he needs to slip out of this get along shirt and check the pamphlet to confirm where Ellis' farmhouse is, more or less. Rural sounds like it won't be too far, at least.

If making once scene at the boutique was too much, everyone around better be prepared for Noé picking Ellis up and carrying him out of the store (bridal style, of course) after asking to put the shirt on his tab. He'll pay later for this disaster. ]

I'm really sorry about this. I hope you'll feel better soon.

[ So now Ellis has an extremely big shirt over him and is now being carried out bridal style. What is this? The morning after? But oh, Mister Noe, oooh. So manly. So dashing. So handsome. Perhaps he could shine bright if he was a vampire aligned with Edward Cullen.

But Ellis stays obediently in Noe's hold, taking in his warmth. What a good day. ]

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