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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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I can get them for under 10,000 yen at the local department store... or cheaper from a stall.
[ THINGS ARE CHEAPER WHEN THINGS AREN'T PRICED BY GOLD PIECES. Maybe. Idk we pay outrageous amounts for other things instead but not necessarily glasses. ]
Is it the opposite problem? [ Is he MISUNDERSTANDING? ] Is it too dark for you right now? I don't have a flashlight on me...
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...Are you attempting to bankrupt me?
[ he looks mildly horrified, despite the sun in his eyes. 10,000??? 10,000??????? this man is fucking insane. the plutomania in him is screaming. ]
Do you even hear the words that come out of your mouth? [ he is so stressed right now, solyma help him. he gives his head a furious shake, inhaling sharp through his teeth. ] No. That's not- ugh! If it was too dark here, do you think my eyes would be burning like the fucking nine hells?
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[ He's so very genuinely confused. ]
10,000 yen isn't that much, it's like... a really nice shirt. You could make that in two or three days at minimum wage in Tokyo, depending on how many hours you work.
[ HE'S VERY 'ARE YOU OKAY? DO YOU NEED MONEY...?' ]
I don't know! You got mad at me about the concept of wearing sunglasses in the dark, so...! -- Look, do you need help?
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Just- be quiet!
[ ok!! he can handle this in a minute when he can see (nearly) perfectly again. adelis gestures, quite crudely, with one gloved finger to the spot a few feet in front of him. ]
Stand. Right there. Don't move for a minute. If you want to help, then don't complain about it.
[ block out the sun for a hot minute so he can gain his bearings is what he's saying. ]
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[ To his credit, he is quiet. Kind of a vaguely rueful quiet, but he'll get over it within the next thirty seconds or so perhaps.
And thusly, in a way that feels like a horse being led by a face-reign, he trudges over to the pointed spot, standing there with his hands out in a motion like there.
Respectfully, not talking-ly. ]
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luckily, it doesn't take long since they've been here a while already, and eventually he manages to straighten up, lifting a hand to his somewhat bloodshot eyes to wipe the wetness away from them. at least the other is no longer a fuzzy blur being squinted at.
well, he's still squinting somewhat, but now he looks almost put together as he slips his glasses back on his nose. ]
...Fuckin' hells. [ his speech seems become more accented as he finally manages to look at ryuki properly, trying to not stare at the stretch of blue sky behind him as he rubs his temple. ] How the rest of you lot apparently walked out in that eye-burning disaster and didn't flinch is beyond me.
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[ He will take this as permission to talk, and allowance to continue being confused at what Adel is is talking about. He quickly tries to run through possible places that are so grimdark that Adel is could be from, but without the wifi connection, it's a little hard. ]
You... don't get much good weather where you're from, then?
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[ he doesn't attempt to hide the scoff, ill-mannered creature he is. the idea of having this as a normal...well, it's difficult to process. now that he isn't hurting as much from exposure to lights far beyond the norm, it's a little easier to think. ]
'Good' is laughable. Nowhere above ground is it as bright as this, and the sky isn't...blue. [ now, below is another story, but we're not going to talk about bright tomb encounters because he really doesn't want to think about that right now. ] You're saying this is frequent?
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That's interesting though. 'Above ground'. He's starting to form a loose profile, and he kind of gets why Adelis may be looking like death incarnate right now. ]
Right. Well, as far as I've known, yeah. On average, the weather's like this during the day time just about anywhere, except near the poles during their respective winters.
Maybe a sun visor or something would help you? I know light sensitivity can hurt a lot.
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he stares blankly at ryuki for a few moments while he computes this, gaze slowly slipping upwards the soft white of clouds drifting by in bewilderment. ]
...Daytime. So that comes back every day?
[ the sun, he means, with a vague gesture. considering his 'daytimes' are hazy and grey, only marginally brighter than the night, it's pretty jarring.
still, it doesn't stop the squint of his eyes once more at the other's helpful advice. ]
I've no idea what a sun visor is supposed to be, surely you realize by now.
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[ His tone shifts into something more sympathetic and accepting, like he agrees that it sucks that the sky is blue and bright. ]
Depending on the season, an average of twelve hours of light, give or take a few hours for transition into and from night.
A sun visor is, uhm. Like a sun hat, but mostly just for the front to shield your eyes. Though now that I mention it, a sun hat would be simpler...
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...he'll have to invest in some heavy curtains. ]
I see. At least half of the day is somewhat easier to manage. [ he's...taking this all in. it's very jarring, but he's attempting to make himself look not flabbergasted anymore. his expression shifts into that of a man deep in his thoughts, gloved fingers pressing to his chin. ]
...That sounds ridiculous. [ like, just a little. ] A hat would suffice for now, even if I'd rather not. A cloak would be far better.
[ you know, as rogues and fantasy people do. ]
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Ryuki has, mentally, assigned Adelis a shut-in. He has not realised this is his to-be roommate. ]
A cloak... Well, maybe that's easier, could be made out of a blanket or something. Uhm...
[ Well. Surely, Adelis isn't going to just... stay in this alleyway until night falls? ]
Do you need help getting somewhere out of the sun? Inside?
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at the word 'blanket' leaving the other man's mouth, adelis' face twists like he's stepped in something awful. ]
A blanket. Exactly how poor do I look like to you? Unless you're trying to insinuate that's not something they sell around here-
[ he can't imagine. what is wrong with this place. ]
No. I'm fine. [ as fine as he can be, anyway. ] The more I hide from it, the more irritating it'll be. I've little choice but to get used to it.
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I don't know enough about this place, but I'd assume they sell that around here. [ Who doesn't? It's a sleeping necessity. ]
Are you sure? You really look in pain. It's really not a problem.
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The only pain I'm in at the moment is the ever-increasing strain of this headache.
[ from this conversation, of course. and he thought legba was dense- this man almost makes her look intelligent. he rubs his temples and resists the urge to bite something far less kind. ]
I'm not so weak as to have to hide inside all day.
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I'm sure an aspirin would help.
[ Genuine stupidity or willful ignorance? You decide. Either way, he is purposefully letting Adelis's huffiness slide over him. He isn't paid enough to counter with belligerence, and van Zieks insulted him enough already. ]
But if you'd rather I leave you alone, then I will.