jan event.

[crescentviewmods]

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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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NPC - HARVEST GODDESS

[harvestashya]

[ The harvest goddess will be on her outdoor walks more often with a parasol. She can mostly be seen by the beach, looking far off into the ocean. She can also be reached at the goddess pond in the forest any time at any day.

As usual, offering something she may not like into the pond may result in consequences. ]

[punnyshment]

[ He's just here to deposit four cakes into the pond, thank you Goddess for Tighnari. This had to be done, okay. ]

[tot]

[ given that uta's farm is on the beach/near the beach, uta's going to spot the harvest goddess while she out "walking" dog!luffy. the dog doesn't really need any kind of "walking" but given how attached he is to uta, these "walks" (which are more like escorts really) are so that he doesn't take out his pent up energy elsewhere.

she'll wave to the harvest goddess as dog!luffy's ears perk up and look over towards to the goddess as well. ]

Aria!

[harvestashya]

Hm?

[ She turns with her parasol to see Uta and dog!Luffy. ]

On a nice walk with your friend?

[tot]

[ cue uta coming closer to the harvest goddess with dog!luffy in tow. he doesn't seem exceptionally friendly despite being very curious and interested in her. sniff. sniff. ]

Something like that.

I'm surprised to see you walking about. Does this mean you're feeling better?

[harvestashya]

Yes, that's quite true. The past two harvests have been plenty bountiful, thanks to everyone's hard work.

[ Well, for whoever worked hard. The goddess knows everything that happens on the island, but she would rather personally hear it from Uta, so: ]

How has your experience been within the island so far?

[tot]

[ with the confirmation that the harvest goddess is indeed feeling better due to their actions, she's going to look relieved but also more motivated.

as for the question: ]

It's completely different from what I could have imagined it being—sometimes it feels like I'm in a story with what has happened.

[ turning into a cat for three days was...exciting? then there was the whole being stuck holding hands with someone. she never said what kind of story. ]

Being given the chance to learn things I never would have otherwise is fun.

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess puts her parasol down and it disintegrates, because she doesn't need it for the time being. Listening to Uta makes her smile, because-- ]

Yes, that was exactly the angle I was going for. I'm quite glad that you are having fun.

[ Though, hmmmm. ]

Has anyone caught your eye yet?

[tot]

[ uta's smile remains as the goddess explains her intentions. it's extremely unlikely that others would see things her way, but then she asks her The Question and.

well. ]

I'm not sure. It's not something I've thought about for myself.

[ of course, she has cheered on her fans many times if they ever were worried about anything. they would do it! they could do it! as for herself...well. ]

There isn't a deadline or anything as to when I need to decide, is there?

[associative]

[ Hello, Goddess. Gaku has made a point to seek her out with his very good friend, Ellis, today. So when he spots her at the beach looking into the ocean, he approaches immediately. ]

Hey, can I have a moment?

[harvestashya]

[ Pretend Ellis is there with Gaku because I don't want to swap accounts if I don't have to—

The goddess turns with her parasol to acknowledge Gaku and Ellis. ]

What is it, dear?

[associative]

I have some complaints about the curses or whatever is that happens to us sometimes.

[ He crosses his arms, standing in such a way so that Ellis can read his lips if he so chooses (and do nothing else so you don't need to switch accounts). ]

[harvestashya]

[ ty!! Ellis sure is trying to interpret both sides, so he'll get a better idea of the conversation. The goddess doesn't mind either, seeing that she knows about his deafness and is willing to accommodate this at the very least. ]

Did you not have a good time pretending to be a cat, dear?

[ nya, binch. ]

[associative]

...It didn't last long.

[ But he's still mad about it! And it's obvious with the displeased look on his face. At least he has the thought to not express it verbally. ]

I have more of an issue with something that happened to him. [ He gestures to Ellis. ] It affected us both.

[harvestashya]

[ Gaku seems to be polite about it thus far and the person in question is here with him. She sees no problem with this so far. ]

Continue.

[associative]

[ It's a good thing he's so direct, because someone else might be embarrassed to come right out with the problem, but he barrels through it. ]

He was suddenly in love with me for a day and I had to reject him. I'm sure you know about my feelings by now, so you can see how that'd cause problems. I don't like someone having feelings imposed on them like that.

[exiguous]

[ Mona promised Tartaglia she'd seek out some information from the goddess, so before Hot or Not, she does just that and scopes her out at the beach. ]

Good afternoon. You must be the goddess? My name is Mona Megistus, a pleasure to formally meet you.

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess turns around with her parasol to acknowledge Mona and nods. ]

Indeed I am, dear. What is it?

[winebar]

[At some point, van Zieks is showing up to the pond, and standing there for a while before;]

Do... should I throw the offering into the water or do you prefer to come out yourself to retrieve it?

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess doesn't answer thr question, but perhaps van Zieks might get the "urge" to place it into the pond, no matter what the offering is. ]

[winebar]

[Well fine!!! van Zieks resists the urge to angrily throw it in, and instead, crouches down to politely place the bouquet of daffodils into the pond.]

[harvestashya]

[ The bouquet eventually sinks into the pond and the goddess rises from the same body of water with the bouquet in her arms, neither she nor the flowers are wet. ]

Thank you for the offering, dear. What is the reason you have come here?

[winebar]

[Hm. Don't care for that.]

I suppose somewhat to establish that though I still disagree with your methods, I am willing to cooperate with you.
[There's a "for now" lingering unsaid, maybe. But don't worry about it.]

But I mainly wanted to ask about law enforcement. Do you plan to intervene if one of our number commits a crime on either one of us or the townspeople?

[harvestashya]

Yes, for the latter. This is my island and the townspeople are the the very lifeblood of this island. Anything amongst yourselves should be solved yourselves.

[winebar]

[HM.]

I see. That's just fine with me, though also leads me to ask, how are we different than them? Obviously, you've brought us here for a purpose, but what about the people already here?