crescentview mods ([personal profile] crescentviewmods) wrote in [community profile] 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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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-02 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, hello.

[ i see that once again there is a canine in your character's possession... not that it matters because things are different here and uta will look down at the dog and smile at it. she doesn't try to pet the dog yet but she will offer her hand to them for a sniff, if they wish it.

as for zhongli—
]

If none of the locals know then he might not belong to anyone. [ a beat before cheerfully adding: ] Yet, that is.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-02 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ Liyue has so many dogs I've assigned Zhongli a dog bias. The dog looks quite happy and does appreciate the sample hand to sniff, tail still wagging. ]

That's a possibility. [ There's relief when he looks down at the dog that maybe no one is missing him and— ] Are you interested?

[ is this why she's saying that?? ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-02 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ what a good dog... she will give them a pat on the head and scritches behind their left ear which she'll abruptly stop with the question. ]

Me?

[ did he really misinterpret that so quickly?? here she thought she was pretty obvious. ]

With how happy the dog seems to be by your side, wouldn't it be better for them to remain with you?
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-02 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A dogs are good dogs. Zhongli wouldn't quickly presume to own a pet... He has always seen animals living freely or with their mortal owners.

When she points it out, it hits him that he's "mortal" now. He can own a dog?
]

I hadn't considered. [ Back to the dog. ] Is that what you would like?

[ Bork. Dog spins... What does this mean... ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-03 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ all dogs are definitely good dogs, yes, and uta will laugh when she sees the dog bark before spinning in a circle. she doesn't have a lot of experience with dogs but they look happy. ]

It looks like they would like to stay with you.

[ though... ]

Unless you have reservations about owning them? If their family does eventually show up, then at least they'll be taken care of until then.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-03 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's logical... He has no qualms about fostering in the slightest, though he seems perplexed about it at the same time. Still pensive, he admits: ]

My only reservation is that I've never cared for a dog before.

[ Inexperience. ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-03 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her intent isn't to force zhongli to adopt the dog but to have him to work through any doubts he may have. if he resists or refuses then that would be that. ]

Then you'd only have to learn.

[ she'll raise one finger into the air beside her and with all of the confidence in the world: ]

You don't look like someone who would let anything bad to happen to them, so I'm sure you'll do just fine.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-04 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
That I would. It has been a while since I acquired new skills.

[ Said with a smile... Because this does sound like retirement? Doing work that is fulfilling on a personal level. The compliment is noted.

Gently, he pats the dog on the head and it licks... his gloves... Slowly, he retracts his hand cause hm. Maybe he should stop wearing gloves from here.
]

He is in need of a name, then.
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-04 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ awe. soft. uta doesn't comment on the way he phrases it thinking nothing of it; sometimes some people don't push themselves to do things differently than they always have. she'll rock on the balls of her feet for a moment as she watches him pet the good dog. ]

Right, it should be a name that he likes. Something probably not too long.

[ with her hands on her hips. ]

Does anything like that come to mind?
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-05 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her thinking she isn't ancient. Zhongli thinks—something not too long and his mind drifts to more noble names.

Then trends hit him. He had heard that many nowadays name their pets based on how they look, something cute?
]

Jiaotang?
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-05 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Jiaotang? Sounds cute.

[ she's repeating it back and hopefully not butchering it too badly as she looks back to the dog for a moment. it seems like a good name; nice and simple. ]

Does it mean something?
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-05 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It may be a lot of letters to string, but at least it's only two syllables. Me in tears. Zhongli doesn't think he pronunciation is bad, so he doesn't correct her.

There's a nod as he pats the dog one more time.
]

It means "caramel."

[ is this a mortal feat ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-05 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[ sounds about right from how i was reading it, and it's okay. all is forgiven as uta claps her hands together. a cute name!! far cuter than she was expecting, honestly. ]

Oh, that is a really cute name.

[ leaning over to look at the doggo to get closer to their face. ]

Nice to meet you, Jiaotang.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-05 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
It may take some time for him to recognize his name, but dogs are intelligent creatures. I'm sure it won't take long.

[ Jiaotang licks her face since she's GETTING CLOSE. This is a TEST and he has failed, but Zhongli doesn't reprimand them. Uta was the one that got closer. ]

This means the search is over.
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-06 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ this is fine. uta does not mind getting licked in the face and only laughs as she wipes her face from the dog spit. she'll stand upright, though, to prevent any further face licking. ]

It certainly does, and I've read that some dogs are smarter than others. I bet Jiaotang must be pretty smart to decide to follow you.

[ baseless assumption but zhongli gives off the air of being responsible, which she's not exactly wrong? just let them never talk about money. ]
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-06 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ Doggo is good and won't jump up to try licking her more. He will keeps his paws to the ground, unlike most Pokemon. ]

I hope this detour didn't distract you from anything important.

[ What was she doing beforehand? ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-06 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ unlike most pokemon??? ]

I wasn't doing anything important. I've just been walking around and seeing where everything is and formally introduce myself to whoever I run into.

[ which she has forgotten to do here, but it's fine. the doggo got a name and that's what is most important here? ]

It's a lot to take in for me.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-06 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a lot of pokemon having four paws on the ground evolving to be on their hind legs ]

This is new for us all. Abrupt as well. [ INTRODUCE HERSELF. He looks at her, but then decides to start. ] My name is Zhongli. It is a pleasure to meet you.

I'm sure Jiaotang feels thee same.

[ bork ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-07 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ i guess this much is true. ]

The pleasure is all mine, Zhongli, and I'm Uta.

[ she'll give a little curtsy-bow following her introduction. ]

It's certainly not something that I would have thought I'd ever experience. Never mind being transported to a new world and be made to help with farming.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-07 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ The curtsy-bow gets a respectful bow of his head. ]

I can't say that I've had the opportunity to visit another world, either. Farm life and marriage was just as unexpected.

[ It's still a big weird, but he's taking it in stride. Maybe he's too calm about this all. ]

Would you like company on your stroll? A conversation as you take in the sights could help you settle.
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-07 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Being asked to find someone suitable for marriage as a condition to go anywhere is not something that has ever crossed my mind. [ or the thought of marriage at all? sometimes you are wrapped up about other things than to think of things like relationships, marriage, and the like. ] But I wouldn't mind that if you have nothing else that you wanted to do.

[ and perhaps she's too ready to look at things in a positive light?? ]

There might be something exciting that we could stumble upon that's not on the map.
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-07 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ marriage in FICTION'S ECONOMY? They can start their little stroll with their dog friend walking beside them. ]

It happens that taking in the sights is what I wanted to do. [ Two birds, one stone. ] We could stumble upon something like ruins, though more likely we'll find someone else's plot.
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-08 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ doesn't zhongli have a sugar daddy who can support him or something? uta has [redacted] so we can't look at her. but they can definitely do a stroll. ]

You might be right, but it doesn't mean we shouldn't consider the option. There might be something that could surprise all of us up in the mountains!

[ just how far are they going to walk? ]
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[personal profile] lapidation 2022-12-08 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ so they both have/had benefactors. Zhongli is poor now, though, and is going through a divorce he's unaware about. ]

My house is near the mountains, for when we want to take a short break along the way.

[ you know how old people for some reason like walking and hiking, that is Zhongli now and he's already fond of MOUNTAINs i guess. ]
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[personal profile] tot 2022-12-09 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ how do you go through a divorce you're unaware of? zhongli explain. also we really have a semi-idealized retirement home for our grandpa, don't we? i hope he picks up a farmer's hat. ]

How lucky!

Have you done much exploring up in the mountains? My house is located on the beach and there's only so much you can explore with that.

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