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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[sugarnaut]

( satoko sighs, shaking her head. )

Let's not worry about that right now. ... But thanks.

[associative]

No problem.

[ He can't just leave her alone like this, though.

Hm. What can they do for free around here? ]

Let's take a walk around. This place has some nice scenery.

[sugarnaut]

Oh... does it? Everything in the past hour feels like a blur.

( which is a little sad to admit, but...

bluh! no more of this! satoko shakes her head and offers a small smile. )

If you've taken a look around, why not show me the place you like best so far?

[associative]

That would be my farm.

[ He laughs. ]

It’s on the beach. You okay with visiting?

[sugarnaut]

Why not? Maybe the ocean will be nicer.

( nicer than the plaza, anyways. fuck that place and fuck the goddess. )

[associative]

I can guarantee to you that it will be.

[ The ocean here is nice and beautiful! Surely it will be calming. ]

Do you like the beach?

[sugarnaut]

( satoko laughs, because while he's probably right, that's still such a thing to say. )

Ah... yeah, but I can't remember the last time I've been. You?

[associative]

About a year ago to film a music video.

[ The memory is a bit tainted now for Reasons, but that's neither here nor there.

He'll start heading in the direction of his farm, waiting for her so they can walk side by side. ]

[sugarnaut]

( --a music video?

oh god did she not recognize a literal celebrity again. ... no it's fine she just has to not acknowledge it, and no one will know they will just think she's cool and chill and normal about famous people. good plan, great plan--

oh wait yeah they're going. she's catching up don't worry! )

On the sand? Sounds a bit tricky.

[associative]

[ Luckily for Satoko, he doesn't think anything of it. No one here has recognized him, and it's honestly been a breath of fresh air. ]

It was, but we didn't do any dancing on the sand. It was one of those music videos where we're driving around and having fun on vacation.

[sugarnaut]

Oh.

( those types of videos are always cute, actually. but she won't say that. )

... Do you think you'll like staying on the beach?

[associative]

I think so. I like the beach enough, and it'll be a challenge to grow stuff out here.

[ And he loves challenges, so it's a win all around. ]

[sugarnaut]

--Oh I didn't even think of that, what's supposed to grow on a beach?

( but he's not complaining? so satoko just laughs a little before shaking her head. )

Honestly I don't think I'd have trouble growing things in a forest, but a proper farm...? Ehhhh.

[associative]

No idea! I hope I find something!

[ It's going to require some real learning on his behalf. ]

I guess traditional crops would be hard in a forest, though. There are so many trees in the way... unless you plan on chopping them down.

[sugarnaut]

Yeah, no, I'm against deforestation. ... Maybeee... fruit trees? Or berry bushes?

[associative]

Hey, fruit trees could get you far! Berries, too, especially if you want to use them in anything.

[sugarnaut]

( satoko nods, practically beaming because fresh fruits!! ... but she's still not too sold on any of this... )

Mmmhm. --Oh! Uh. I'm Satoko by the way. Satoko Fukui.

[associative]

Gaku Yaotome. It's nice meeting you.

[ You know... despite everything. ]

I'll help you pick your fruits if that's what you go with.

[sugarnaut]

I'll hold you to it.

( especially when she is so tiny! and he is not. )

[associative]

[ That makes him laugh. ]

Yeah, come find me. I'll reach whatever you can't.

[ He can't help himself! ]

[sugarnaut]

Ah, yes, Gaku Yaotome. Friend, pioneer, ladder.

( no she's not snickering. but she is grateful. )

[associative]

Ladder is a new one!

[ But it makes him laugh nevertheless. ]

Hopefully I'll get some kind of reward for helping out?

[ Like maybe an apple or two... ]

[sugarnaut]

Naturally. What sort of baker would I be if I let anyone leave my place unfed?

[associative]

[ Oh, that's even better! ]

A baker? So, if I asked for muffins in exchange, you'd make them?

[sugarnaut]

Absolutely. What kind? I can do it all~!

( also i just remembered they were heading to his farm how's that goin- )