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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i with a touch of mind reading

[archivists]

[ Ellis doesn't even have to walk closer to hear Noé's dirty thoughts, to be honest. He's pretending to be interested in the bottle of water he grabbed from a shelf, which isn't very convincing, but that's not the point. Moreover, he's still trying to figure out if that's Ellis or not. ]

What a cute outfit... but that can't be Ellis, right? If that's Ellis... he's not wearing that outfit because of the get along shirt accident?

[ Noé, that was a month ago... ]

[framestory]

[ The thing about Ellis's mind reading is that he doesn't really hear it, but he just gets a sense of what someone is saying in their heads. So when he feels that, he looks around and... oh. Noe. He goes up to him and waves.

Suffer. ]

[archivists]

[ Did he summon Ellis by thinking? His head is full of thoughts and all of them are about Ellis and his maid outfit because of course they are. ]

H-Hi. I wasn't thinking about you.

[ That stutter... convincing. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis just smiles and tilts his head. Noe? What's that supposed to mean? He smiles innocently. ]

Oh, you weren't?

[archivists]

I mean, I was thinking if it's... you.

[ That was totally everything he's been thinking about. No thoughts, head empty. Absolutely not a single thought about how nice this outfit was or how cute Ellis looks in it. Or how Ellis could probably work at the Cozy Kitchen as a server if he wore it. Wait, he could work there even without wearing it. No, he would have to wear something...

Have fun with this stream of consciousness, Ellis. ]

W-Why are you wearing this?

[framestory]

[ Look, he's not going to show up anywhere completely naked. ]

I have to, but it's cute, isn't it?

[archivists]

[ Stop kinkshaming Noé's thoughts, he did nothing wrong, he just had a thought or 48353495984 of them. ]

You have to...? [ He tilts his head, confused. On the other hand, confusion is something that happens often when he's with Ellis. ] Did you lose a game or something?

[ No comment on the cute part, but in his thoughts Noé agrees. ]

[framestory]

[ He shakes his head no. ]

I woke up with it on.

[ Does that tell Noe anything yet... ]

[archivists]

[ It could be a bonus effect, but it also could be... ]

Did someone break into your house and put these clothes on you while you were asleep?

[ Maybe this island isn't as safe as he thought?! ]

[framestory]

[ ... ... ...

Uh. ]

No, I can't think of anyone who would.

[archivists]

[ What if Gaku did it. ]

But it's not like glued or anything?

[ That's one way of asking whether Ellis can remove the maid outfit or not. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis would laugh, honestly. He shakes his head. ]

It's not glued, but the zipper won't come undone. I can't take it off in other ways either.

[ Does Noe want to try?? ]

[archivists]

[ You got wrong cringe boy here, Ellis. I told you that he would get the q, but Gaku wouldn't be that cringe. ]

Maybe it's for the best.

[ Definitely for the best. They don't want to get kicked out of here, do they now. ]

Since you're wearing it... maybe you could work at the Cozy Kitchen for a day?

[framestory]

[ Ellis blinks and tilts his head. ]

Even though I can't hear? I always see people shouting things across the restaurant for work things.

[archivists]

You can promote it! I'm sure even more people would drop by if you invited them.

[ What does THAT mean ]

[framestory]

[ ... ]

Are you saying that people will go because they're horny for anyone in a maid outfit and get disappointed when said person in a maid outfit isn't there?

[archivists]

Does horny mean what I think it means?

[ Does it have anything to do with having horns... ]

[framestory]

Something like being sexually aroused.

[ Look. If it doesn't involve him, Ellis can just Convey Things. ]

[archivists]

[ That's very convenient, Ellis. ]

Then it's not what I thought it meant.

[archivists]

[ And another thing: ]

I wouldn't want anyone to be horny for you, though?!

[framestory]

Honestly, me too.

[ rip gaku ]

[archivists]

Does that mean someone is horny for you?

[ How many times he's going to use the word horny challenge. ]

[framestory]

Ask Gaku.

[ die (affectionate) ]

[archivists]

If it's Gaku... then it should be fine.

[ Cringe boys need to have each other's backs... or something. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis stares at Noe like... what's that supposed to mean?? Noe??? ]