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crescentviewmods) wrote in crescentview2022-11-30 11:55 am
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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[ though the fact that he offered at all puts a sincere smile on her face. truth be told, she probably wouldn't let him lift a finger at all, even if there was work to be done: he's been out late, so she imagines he's been busy — no need to put more on his plate, when there's already so much. ]
I've picked up just a couple of recipes, but I'm definitely no chef. It's...more of a hobby than anything, I suppose? You should just make yourself comfortable in the meantime. ...Or, as comfortable as you can, I suppose...
[ this place can definitely use a bit of sprucing...but that's a task for tomorrow, really. ]
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[ Nonchalantly, Childe gestures at the dining table. Please, sit! He'll go ahead and take a seat at the table afterwards, studying her more carefully. Rather than taken aback, the figure he strikes is languid, perhaps too composed for the situation. Nothing like perturbation or shyness is dwelling in him. ]
... Pyra, right? [ Did he say that correctly? Pronunciation wasn't included in the pamphlet. ] Call me Tartaglia. I also go by Childe.
[ So there won't be any confusion in the future, should strangers come around asking for one or the other. ]
I look forward to getting to know you better. Let's get along!
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[ she's a little stiff, like she's trying a bit too hard, but her voice, at least, is earnest. with a little bow, she moves over to the table, herself: with a tiny snap of her fingers, she lowers the flame on the stove a bit further, a low simmer as they wait for the stew to finish. she doesn't exactly need to keep an eye on the flame, after all. ]
We're in the same position, so I'd be happy to take some of the burden off your shoulders, where I may. It's...sort of what Blades like me are there to do.
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You really are a surprising person. I won't hold back, then. [ His gaze only briefly lingers on the low flame for all of a second, before it turns upon Pyra. ] No need to heed me. I, too, serve a master. And I know I'm not yours.
[ Even divorced from context, the willingness to act as someone else's blade is a sentiment he can understand. ]
But if we're to live together, shouldn't we act as equals? [ His loyalty to the Tsaritsa ensures that he doesn't lower himself for anything less. Nothing wrong with being used as a weapon, if it's all he seeks to give. ] Hold your head high. Isn't that the dignity of someone who's pledged themselves to duty?
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[ "pledging herself" makes it seem as though she's been knighted in service of the people, or something like it...and nothing she's done is quite so valiant that she feels deserving of that kind of honor. if anything...
well, in any event, her hand moves towards her chest, clutching at the green crystal there. she doesn't quite dip her head at his words, but she doesn't entirely raise it, either. ]
It's not that I serve a "master," necessarily...the relationship between Blades and their Drivers is more like a...partnership, I suppose? ...Not that I, er, have a Driver right now.
[ which is a pretty curious thing, all things considered... ]
There are things that a Blade is better suited for than a person, and the same is true in reverse...
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[ Wait, now he's confused again. He's clearly misunderstood, trying to follow her words, only to get tripped up by the terminology. The closest approximation are those who drive herds, or boats, perhaps— but he isn't even sure what the particulars of this arrangement would entail for her. One thing's evident, though. ]
If I have this right, what you're saying is... you need a partner? Or— want one?
[ What the heck? Does she actually need to get married? Now, Childe's staring at her crystal... which also happens to be on her chest. It's fine. ]
... Sorry. I should start by apologizing. I thought you meant something else.
[ Like, dysfunctional loyalty for the monarch of a nation, not a healthy relationship between people who don't use each other. ]
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[ though it's a bit funny, to imagine a place where blades simply...aren't a thing. ]
The short version is...back in my homeland, some people are able to resonate with special crystals to awaken a Blade, like me. We call people like those Drivers. And Blades are usually there to help lend a Driver their strength, and their weapons...thus, the name.
Usually, a Blade without a Driver is nothing but a core crystal. I'm...not exactly like that, though, as you can see.
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[ He'll demonstrate now, flicking his hand so a little Hydro construct in the shape of a fish comes swimming out into the air. It resembles flowing water, circling about without rhyme or reason, and lasts for only a couple seconds— then it promptly dives into the table with a splash and disappears. ]
I don't have a "core crystal", but I do have a Vision. [ Unfastening it from his belt, he holds the gem up, blue and twinkling. ] It's what grants me that power.
[ To put it lightly, that is. ]
I had a weapon, but... it's no longer with me. Usually, I can summon it with no issues. Did you manage to hold onto yours?
[ Does she turn into one? It'd be interesting to see. ]