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jan event.
summer has arrived
As the last of the sakura blossoms fall away and the leaves on the trees grow into ever more vibrant greens, the familiar buzz of cicadas begins to echo all throughout the isle. Summer is quickly approaching and bringing brighter days and blazing temperatures along with it.
Summer also signals the start of the wine production season. Grapes growing on trellises are a common sight on Crescentview during the summer and a notice on the town memo board from the local barkeep encourages farmers to consider growing some varietal grapes of their own.
Temperatures are rising, so put on a comfortable pair of shorts and head to the Town Plaza to see what’s cooking! While you’re at it, take a look at the calendar for Summer 1st through 15th.
This season’s crops are corn, onion, pumpkin, watermelon, and pineapple. Summer’s seasonal flowers are poppy, rose, sunflower, lily, and hydrangea. As for mushrooms, shimeji, trumpet, and common brown spores are available for the summer.
hot! ...or not
Posted prominently at the top of the Memo Board is a cartoonishly-written advertisement for the first annual Hot or Not hosted by the Goddess herself. Contestants will take to the stage while the audience votes on whether they are as hot as the blazing sun or cooler than a dead fish. Leave your egos at the door! ICly, this event takes place on Summer 8th.
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 January 1st to February 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.
This month’s tasks are centered around getting to know your fellow neighbors on a deeper level. As such, the Goddess has put together a small human scavenger hunt to encourage people to learn more about the people they are living with — and hopefully falling in love with.
Find someone who...
1. Was born in the summer
2. Pours milk into their bowl before the cereal
3. Plays a musical instrument
4. Has more than 3 siblings
5. Works out 5 times a week or more
6. Doesn’t like animals
7. Would like to date the Harvest Goddess
8. Has traveled around the world
9. Speaks two or more languages
10. Is wearing socks that aren’t black or white
Each submission will earn you two random bags of summer seeds. Specify whether you want crop, flower, or mushroom spores in your submission. This task can be completed a total of 10 times.
Many ingredients used in wine production grow in the summer, but so do a variety of tea plants and grains. Grapes, tea shrubs and grains like wheat and barley can all be grown on your farm or in your greenhouse, if you have one.
Complete the following tasks to earn yourself some nice beverage-producing crops for the farm:
1. Take something from last month’s harvest and gift it to a neighbor. You can give it to them directly, cook it into a meal, etc. Alternatively, craft them a bouquet, flower crown, or another gift from the flowers you grew last season. Complete 3 times for a total of 6 grape starters.
2. Share a piece of hot gossip with a neighbor or exchange secrets with them. It doesn’t have to be your secret! Complete 3 times for a total of 6 tea starters.
3. Exercise with someone. Go on a run, swim in the ocean, help them stretch out! Complete 3 times for a total of 6 grain crops. You may choose from wheat, barley, rye, or rice.
Summer is the perfect time to hang out on the beach and splash around in the ocean. Participate in some summer fun at the beach and earn more animals for your barn and coop.
1. Swim in the ocean, build a sandcastle, or bury someone in the sand. Do any of the following for one of the following animals: cow, sheep, alpaca, or goat. This task can be completed once.
2. Participate in Hot or Not. It’s an annual tradition! Submit yourself or comment on someone else for a single chicken or rabbit. This task can be completed once.
local happenings
The Crescentview Times newspaper has chronicled the latest happenings around the island. A physical copy of the paper will arrive on your doorstep early in the morning on Summer 1st.
Recently, a group of townspeople have taken it upon themselves to check out the abandoned mine. They’ve made good headway on opening up the path in the hopes that would-be explorers will be able to take to the mines and find some of Crescentview’s fabled gems and minerals buried in its depths. They expect to be done by Summer 15th.
A strange “gurgling whisper” has been reported by some concerned townsfolk living in the mountains. The concerning sounds are coming from one of the lakes at the foot of the mountain. Supposedly, the voice is asking for offerings of... something. The townsfolk have yet to identify what exactly is being asked for.
A hurricane has been brewing off the southern coast of Crescentview. Meteorologists have yet to determine whether the hurricane will make landfall or not, so stay tuned for more updates.
mod notes
⬥ Welcome to our second event! We want to thank you all for participating in our game and contributing your efforts to it. Thank you for playing!
⬥ A second event post will go up in mid-Jan.
⬥ Please plot over at the Jan 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!
HOT OR NOT
She will declare a "winner" later from her own judgment on the 15th OOCly! The winner will be allowed one item regain (with mod approval). ]
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You have a little too much time on your hands. Don't you have better things to be doing, Goddess?
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Well, Sylvando will immediately hop on stage to take some of that heat off of poor Diluc holy shit.
And by hop, he quite literally jumps up like an acrobat and land with a flourish. It almost looks like a dab if he knew what those were.]
Yoohoo, darlings~! A new challenger has entered the arena!
[Like none of that even happened.]
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he waves at the goddess though. hi. how are ya. ]
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Go ahead, do your worst!
[ She's confident it won't be bad at all. ]
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Uhh-! ( Amber is normally a lot more confident but. ah. HM. SHE KEEPS THINKING ABOUT THAT FIGHT........ )
H-Hey! I'm Amber! I'm an Outrider in the Knights of Favonius! And, I, uh ... ( HAVEN'T DONE ANY PUBLIC SMASHING, PROMISE-- )
I'm new here! Hi!
( time for an awkward wave. just kill her, honestly )
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1/?? OH BOY
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1/?? HJGJGSKFJHGF
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And so here he is. Please judge him. Gaku even has on one of the outfits he regained for this. ]
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Hello everyone! I'm Uta!
[ with a snap of her fingers there will be a few glittering bubbles that will float around her momentarily before disappearing in soft shimmer. ]
How is everyone today? I hope we're all in good spirits.
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...not that it makes speaking up any easier, even if not too many of them seem to be taking this all that seriously. she could definitely do with a shot of her sister's confidence right now, because as it stands, she's definitely a bit self-conscious...but then, when is she not? ]
...Hi, everybody. Pyra, here.
[ with a shy little wave. but at least it's a step in the right direction after her wallflowering at the meet and greet last month.... ]
Um...I just wanted to do a little trick, if that's okay?
[ her fire still isn't what it used to be, before she got here — and thank goodness for that — but she definitely has enough in her to put a small ember on two of her fingertips. and with a small count to three, she juggles the little flame up in the air, from her right hand to her left palm, over, and back again...
t...ta-da...? ]
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someone has probably missed the memo on what this assignment is really about. apparently, he thinks it's some sort of competition and so he's here... just wearing shorts (please click at your own discretion), as if he's ready to engage in some sort of fight. he seems fully prepared to hype himself up, and he does so proudly. ]
So who am I up against?
[ i'm embarrassed, but he's not. it is not hot boy summer for him. ]
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That's what his expression says as he is all but forced up here by an incessant yelling in his headspace, because Tama would never let Ryuki sit out on a hot or not, and she also will not let him go home without a hot rating from someone she deems acceptable.
It means he could be here forever.
He's not in anything impressive, just his usual attire of dress shirt, comfy and frankly a bit oversized sweater, and his suit jacket. He is tired. He just might be a bit hungover. But he still manages a smile for the Harvest Goddess when he stumbles on up here like a desperate man. ]
H-hi! This seems [ hellish ] fun!
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He doesn't think he'll get a good reception, but he'll participate and he'll get his chicken. At least he knows what to do now.
The spotlight is one of his least favorite things but--actually, no. Maybe time away from the pact has made him shier but it doesn't matter. He'll get his groove back. At least for the two minutes he's on stage.
What did Kaeya tell him? Confidence. Stand tall. He'll treat this like giving a rallying speech. So he steps onto the stage and strides towards the front and to the goddess, carrying himself like a true leader, his posture demanding attention, his voice carrying over the crowd without much effort. ]
I am Trahearne, Firstborn of the sylvari and Marshal of the Pact. Summer has at last come to us here in Crescentview; for some this marks the beginning of a second season on this peaceful island, and for some, a first.
[ He sees some unfamiliar faces in the crowd... Hello new people! Have a nod in your direction. ]
I encourage all--despite what circumstances you may have faced before arriving here, or what circumstances await you at home--to enjoy your time here and make the most of what we have been given. Rare is the chance to slow down and connect with the earth and with one another.
[ A small voice in the back of his mind tells him he's straying from the assignment WHO CARES, HE'S GOING TO KEEP GOING. ]
Though my skillset is mostly irrelevant to our circumstances, I'm always ready and willing to lend a hand or an ear if necessary. [ He nods with a smile, gaze briefly flitting to the goddess. ] Thank you.
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This is punishment for laying a finger on Tighnari. Lesser Lord Kusanali might have a soft spot for this one, but Cyno will not let it slip. ]
I will not be participating, Goddess. But he will be.
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at least he takes good care of himself, and he smells very nice!! he's even wearing a flower crown for the occasion.. but he sighs. ]
All right, let's get this over with, I suppose.
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Ah, hey there. Guess there's a competition here or something?
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Oh, wait. Everyone is calling her 'Goddess,' so... ]
...Ohh. You're the Goddess!
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This is a stage, though, isn't it? He's done this before... just think of it as any other performance for the master. Maybe. Yeah. It at least straightens him up with his chest out, an eagerness to be presentable.]
I hope we can meet up to your expectations in our efforts.
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H...hello...
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This is a sort of pageant?
[ This is fine, he guesses. ]
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He isn't exactly a fan of doing things because a Goddess (question mark) said so, but this leash is longer than the ones he's used to, and rabbit meat is pretty good. And rabbits kind of look like Amber? (Maybe those thoughts shouldn't be put next to each other sequentially.)
Anyway!
At this point in the month, Mishka's still not used to the heat, so he's dressed real breezy. Big sunhat, sunglasses, flowing clothes, the works. He looks about 20 minutes away from heatstroke, which means he has just enough time to get a bnuuy, )
Hello, hello! I'm known as Mishka, hailing from much colder lands ☆ It's a pleasure meeting all of you. I spent most of my life crunching numbers ( and spines ) but I'd consider myself in general retirement these nights! My favorite color is royal blue, I've found I'm quite good at clearing out garden pests, and I'm told my best features are my trustworthy smile and long legs.
( He bows! )
I thus submit myself to the eyes of our Goddess and the crowd. Please treat my gentle heart kindly.
( Spoilers: his feelings aren't fragile at all. In any case, he heard the people ahead of him get told they need to do an intro, so hopefully this suits their all-powerful judge. )
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He's yet to give up wearing his trousers, leather boots, or his white, fitted undershirt. But the flannel over it has been left unbuttoned, long sleeves shoved up past his leather gloves for the new heat. Hands clasped behind his back only make it more obvious that farm work has truly been a gift for his already intense workout routine.
Too bad he has no plans to participate. ]
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Hands in his pockets by the time he is center stage, he looks pretty happy for still being a little scared of the goddess. A month in, and actually doing his best at farming, this is the first time he's willingly been this close to her. ]
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I've been working hard to carry out my half of our agreement. I don't suppose you'll humor me for a fight now?
[ Even after witnessing what occurred to Achilles, he's unfazed. May as well ask, and get shot down again? What is he even truly doing here... ]
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i realized i put his in the wrong spot before, so dw about including him in ooc considerations lol
you're on time so no worries
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