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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[calla]

Kaeya.

[ He offers her a friendly smile. ]

So, Satoko, where are you from?

[sugarnaut]

Tokyo, Japan.

( with a side eye at his outfit- and oh boy, how is he going to farm in that?- she gets the feeling that he hasn't heard of it. )

I'm guessing you're about as familiar with that as you are here.

[calla]

Correct. I've never heard of it before. And I assume that you're unfamiliar with Mondstadt?

[sugarnaut]

Mmmhm. Sounds like something out of a story book, honestly.

[calla]

What's your world like? Compared to the one that we're currently in.

[ There are plenty of things here that Kaeya isn't familiar with, especially the electronics. ]

[sugarnaut]

Mm... diverse? Tokyo's a huge, bustling city. Technologically advanced. I think it's something you've got to see to really get.

( she doesn't sound fond, but she doesn't sound like she dislikes the place either. it simply Is. )

[calla]

And what kind of technology does Tokyo have?

[ As a place with little to no technology... it's fascinating. ]

[sugarnaut]

What's the most advanced thing you're familiar with, first? So I know what you have a frame of reference for.

[calla]

I suppose that would be kamera, which allows you to take pictures.

[ Though he doesn't know if such things exist in other worlds, so he'll just make reference to things here. ]

These "fridges" are new to me.

[sugarnaut]

( honestly given the getup it's more than she was expecting. satoko hums, taking a sip of the cider. )

Cameras, then. Things have progressed a lot past that- and probably in terms of convenience too. Most of the population is able to carry a camera about this big- ( to emphasize, she flashes her phone for a moment- ) -and even then, that's really the least that little device can do. It can also look up information, record video and sound- that is, moving pictures, you could say? And instantly contact people over text and voice calls over distance.

Tokyo is... the busiest districts are practically covered in bright screens, signs and lights. Our main transportation other than walking are cars, buses and trains- cars are... hold on.

( she can't access any wifi or anything, but she's got some things saved on her phone at least. after a moment, she can lean over to show him a few pictures- a friend with white hair and black sunglasses showing off his car proudly, a scenic shot of a cherry blossom tree with a bus clearly seen in the background, and a group picture in front of a train before boarding. if kaeya looks longer, he can probably see the industrialization she was talking about too. )

[calla]

[ Kaeya leans over to take a look at this tiny device that seems to hold a bunch of pictures. It's honestly fascinating and he immediately wants one, but he's not a child so he's not going to grab out and take it. Instead, he just looks impressed. ]

It has evolved that much in your city? Well, now Mondstadt needs to step up their game.

[sugarnaut]

( #givekaeyaacellphone2022

just not hers.

satoko nods and pockets the phone again- she doesn't want to run the battery too much, given how... uh, rustic, everything seems. she didn't get a chance to see if the farmhouse had any electricity- or plugs. )

Mmmhm. It's pretty convenient, I gotta say!

[calla]

[ sharing is caring ]

I would imagine so. What is that device called?

[sugarnaut]

( she's sharing her brilliant and dazzling presence with you, don't be greedy. )

It's a cellphone- phones being the original device that allows for instant long distance conversations and the main purpose of this thing.

( she'll also explain cell towers but i don't get it so please don't ask me to write it out i'm tired :( )

[calla]

[ but being greedy is what kaeya loves being ]

Fascinating. Well, thank you for the demonstration. I've learned a lot today.

[ has he?? ]

Now that we've gotten to know each other, would you care to swap our bingo cards?

[sugarnaut]

Did you? Like what?

( except she forgets what they were talking about immediately because bingo cards. unfortunately, when things aren't life or death, she has no poker face whatsoever. therefore, she blushes immediately, looking away. )

Theeeere are some, uh. Things on it I'd rather not show in public.

( sips her cider casually. smooth as silk, satoko. )

[calla]

[ Now that's a reaction that he didn't expect. Why bother answering her questions when he can poke fun and tease instead? ]

Oh? Is that so? Well, I can say the same for mine, so I'll show you mine privately if you show me yours.

[sugarnaut]

( HOW DID SHE NOT SEE THIS COMING. were she slightly less dignified, she might whine pathetically at the offer. )

... You first, then. Since it's your idea.

[calla]

Of course. Here you are.

[ He'll hold out his card without any hesitation. ]

[sugarnaut]

( is he naturally shameless- especially given some of the things on his card- or is he just a good actor?

...

no, no, the tit window speaks for itself, he is. after a moment, satoko pulls her own from her pocket and gives it over. )

... My, you're a busy man.

[calla]

What can I say? I like to keep busy.

[ No, he doesn't, but he does like living in something more than just a shack. ]

Ahh, I see now why you were hesitant to share your card. A few of these are rather embarrassing, aren't they?

[sugarnaut]

( that does get a small whine of distress- satoko slumps forward a bit, semi-hiding her face. )

To say the least. I'll veto something if I'm not up for it...

[calla]

Well, then which ones are you up to?

[ He'll let her choose! Since she's clearly having a hard time with her card. ]

[sugarnaut]

Ah- well... we both share a couple, right?

( picnics, hand holding, kiss, twister- twister with two people isn't fun she thinks, so that's automatically out despite knowing full well it's not about fun... )

... I'd be okay with any of those, I think.

[calla]

Then... how about this one?

[ He points to 'handholding'. ]