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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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For that matter, the disruption may be aimed at her directly.
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[ Some hypotheticals always seem overly complicated to him. And somehow, he doesn't think this man would appreciate him having some level of trust for the goddess. She's the whole reason he's been able to see the sky. But even he doesn't know what his answer would be for his own question.
This man is logical, so he can't help but soak it up. ]
... Which side would you fall on?
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Neither. I have no intention of defending our host as she has made it clear how she will handle dissenters. However I also do not currently find it advisable to resort to force.
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[ You think he'd learn, given his history with misplaced loyalties, but Kaspar is certain his gut is right this time. There is little chance he is going to try and explain any of that out loud. ]
... it seems you might choose a new role here, whether there's peace or not?
[ Don't mind him moving on to subtly sniffing strange flowers(?) As he speaks. ]
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No. A crime has already been committed, and due to the lack of any of the Yard or their resources, I will have to investigate it myself.
[I AM THE LAW GUARDIAN, GUARDIAN OF THE LAW.]
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But he's too tired not to just ask, looking over to him when he stands straight again. They are the two kind of people meme, as Kaspar has already allowed his white military uniform to fall out of regulation. It's less messy than it is adjusted for comfort and his own sudden fashion decisions. But the design isn't dissimilar to Earth, even with the changes. ]
... What crime?
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Anyway he's looking at Kaspar like he's an idiot.]
Have you been approaching our situation with such a lackadaisical attitude it failed to pass your notice that we've all been abducted and forcibly held here indefinitely? Or is such levels of ignorance typical for you?
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Kaspar doesn't shy away from the look when he shakes his head no. There's a better argument here somewhere, but-- he avoids the conflict in so many innocent words. ]
But... can you really arrest her for it? Do... laws from other worlds matter here?
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Even if British law applied here, I am a prosecutor, not a police officer. Arrests are not within my purview. However, the fact that we lack a proper legal system here does not mean we should simply give up and accept her demands. It means we will have to work harder to see to it that justice is done, as that ideal is simply aspired to by a legal system, not created by it.
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[ He does look like he mulls it over seriously. There is some effort made as he crosses his arms. His gaze sort of wanders the other man's outfit idly while he works up another sentence. He is no longer surprised by what aspects of clothing he finds familiar.
Maybe Kaspar shouldn't tell him he grew up in a theocracy, or that up until now he'd accepted the goddess as island ruler...
Still, his tone is one of genuine curiosity. ]
... if justice is the ideal, who decides what is just with no... legal system to aspire to it?
Do you think... there is anyone strong enough to arrest her for you to, prosecute.
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... These are both questions I cannot say I have a concrete answer to at this moment. I intend to, after giving everyone a chance to gather their bearings, collect information from everyone on a more comprehensive scale. That is the first step in discerning what our next move should be.
All I can offer you at the moment is what I, personally, see as the ideal form of "justice."
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Kaspar isn't sure he agrees yet, but that's not the point to him anyway. ]
So that means... you have some free time now?
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[Hm. Considering his options before deciding on a judicious, if slightly waffling answer.]
That depends on the intent behind your asking.
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The intent? ]
... to walk with me, if you'd like.
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I suppose I could, though I hardly know why you would desire such a thing.
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Because I'd like it. [ Simple as that, though he forgets himself only briefly while imagining all the gears turning-- ]
And you think a lot.
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[The forthright response catches him a little of guard, but at least the follow up gives him something to latch onto instead.]
In my line of work it's important to choose one's words carefully. I suppose I could say the habit comes from that.
[It's not really just because of that, though.]
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[ Kaspar says it like he does, with his quiet sort of sincere confidence. Choosing words carefully, sometimes it is easier to choose none at all.
He rolls back on his heels once before taking a few steps closer, smiling as he steps past. With a nod of his head, he gestures for him to join him. ]
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I... don't believe I caught your name.
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[ Kaspar matches his pace, destination unknown and unimportant. He glances over expectantly between happily taking in the scenery. ]
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Barok van Zieks.
[Offering his own name in turn.]
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[ Kaspar tips his head, only copying him slightly. He thinks it too late to provide his last name now. Besides, "Mr. Kaspar" makes him laugh softly and he finds he likes it far better than being referred to like his father. Mr. Blumlund.
Unless Van Zieks decides to disturb it, a comfortable silence falls from Kaspar's end. His hand slides to his wrist, still behind him as they wander. ]
[ Eventually though-- ]
[ He looks over again-- ]... do you have plans for your farm, in the meantime?
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I do not. Regardless of whether I'm interested in playing along with this "goddess," I hardly know the first thing about farming. The closest I could claim is some basic knowledge of hunting, but that was always more-
[A hesitation, a pause, a frown.]
... Something more of my brother's past-time than mine.
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[ Kaspar watches, listening, but there's no calculating behind it. The expression, the tense, he doesn't need to ask about it yet. He nods though, lifting a hand towards him only to pause and drop it, leaving it between them. This isn't someone asking to cuddle in the middle of town. And something about this man reminds Kaspar of a history of misunderstandings.
He goes comfortably quiet again, a habit they might share. For him at least, it gives him time to find words. Ignorance in farming is common, so he can't begrudge someone being forced into it just because the prospect of farming excites him. Experience with minor handiwork is another matter. ]
... then, I can fix them. If you, have any leaks. A nice place to stay might make it easier for you to work?
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... You needn't put yourself out on my account. Enough people have suffered due to my own ignorance that I can hardly say I don't deserve some level of inconvenience.
[He was SUPPOSED to make up for it by working hard to fix all the problems in the system, but now that he's been removed from it, what else is he to do but suffer?]
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