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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[outride]

Oh! Right! Sorry! I was kinda distracted!

( her Pyro powers are very muted compared to normal ever since her arrival in this place, she understands. but she'll summon what little power she has to put on a good show. Amber waves her hand over the vision fixed at her hip, before she summons her flaming bow and arrow which materialises into fire as well. she only has enough power for one shot so she might as well make it count, right? )

I can definitely heat things up! ( she aims her bow, and ... fires it!

somewhere

out of a window

it's fine, don't worry about it )

[winebar]

[Why.]

Can you woo the audience without attempting arson?
[What if van Zieks is just up here for everyone elses turn because he refuses to strip for the goddess.]

[outride]

( look, zieks, arson's kind of a job requirement for her!!! )

What? This is my thing! I can't glide in here, so fire's the best I got at the moment! She did ask for hot, didn't she?

[winebar]

[HE HATES YOUR JOB.]

Somehow, every "knight" I have met here is flawed on a fundamental level. First the one who's a captain without any men, then the one who's a clown, and now this.

[HE'S SO TIRED HE HATES ALL OF YOU.]

[outride]

Clown? Hahaha! ( SHE LAUGHS. ) There no clowns in the Knights that I know. ( AT LEAST... SHE THINKS???? )

Well, I'm sure you haven't met the Knights of Favonius. No flaws here! ... Kinda. I mean, we aren't perfect, but we're a decent bunch!

( RIGHT????????? )

[winebar]

That depends, is Mr Alberich one of your number?

[He knows Some People are from the same world here, so. Not ruling it out.]

[harvestashya]

[ Well then. She sees the arrow travel very far! So far that it lands into a... forest farm? Hm. Oh that is definitely Danielle's. Amber might see someone in the audience hastily leave. ]

Oh, dear.

[outride]

( WHOOPS )

[harvestashya]

Your form was elegant. Your aim, however, may need polishing. Thank you for participating, dear. You may leave now.

[ Amber is free to go!! ]

[outride]

Oh! Thank you very much!

( she curtseys, and then leaves the stage. how fun! sorry random forest farm owner!! )

[punnyshment]

[ He witnesses Amber literally heating things (Danielle's farm) up—his eyes follow the arrow until it's out of sight. ]

I'm sure you'll make it to the hall of flame.

[ Honestly, it's impressive how far it got!! ]

1/?? OH BOY

[outride]

( with her experience of shooting random things on fire outside of Mondstadt and no major disasters happening, she's only a little bit concerned for the arrow. but whatever worry she had immediately pops like a bubble when she bursts out laughing at Cyno's joke. )

Hahaha! That joke was amazing! Who said ... ( she turns around to see where the voice came from, and-- )

2/??

[outride]

Thaaaaa...!

( OH MY ARCHONS )

3/DONE

[outride]

It's you! The Scholar from Sumeru! The one who took Collei!

( wow!! oh wow!! she's practically SPARKLING )

I can't believe you're here too! It's so nice to see you again!!

SHE'S THE CUTEST I CAN'T BREATHE

[punnyshment]

[ He waves at Amber from the audience with a tiny smile. Someone laughed at his joke? Amazing. Not to mention that it's nice to see someone familiar, even if the circumstances are bizarre, to say the least. ]

It's nice to see you as well. I'll be waiting for you when this is over.

[ You go girl, woo them all. ]

EHEHEHE I'M SO GLAD

[outride]

( the circumstances are more than a little bizarre. she, uh, definitely hasn't wrapped her head around the whole 'date people and get married' thing. back home, her duties as an outrider were her biggest priority, there was no time to think of such things-! those were Future Amber's problem. and now ... in a way, it seems that she is Future Amber.

once her turn on stage is up, she hops down and walks over to him. )

Hello again! Thanks for waiting. Wow ... I'm so relieved to see a familiar face here. This place really is quite something, huh? Have you been here longer than I have?

[punnyshment]

[ He shares the sentiment, honestly—back in Sumeru, his duties as matra were the most important, but it no longer applies here. ]

Not much longer, to be honest. [ Still, it was enough to figure out how to do things around here. ] There are a few people from Teyvat here as far as I know. Tell me, have you done any of your tasks?

[ No time to waste, they gotta bingo. ]

[calla]

[ Kaeya was just enjoying himself, chilling around, doing this and that when he's struck by a loose flaming arrow. To say the least, he is not pleased. Luckily, with his Cyro Vision, he's able to handle the fire before it does any serious damage but uhhh, there's now an arrow in his shoulder????? ]

[ Probably calmer than he normally is, he just walks up to the stage and sees Amber who is holding a bow... of course. ]

Missing something?

1/?? HJGJGSKFJHGF

[outride]

( Amber hears him before she sees him - and of course, the words tumble out of her mouth before she truly registers what's happened just yet ... )

Sir Kaeya-! You're here too--!

2/??

[outride]

Wait- am I missing somethi...? ( she trails off.......... AND THEN: )

3/??

[outride]

( her eyes meet the arrow.

OH NO. )

4/??

[outride]

( OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! )

S-SIR KAEYA!

MY ARROW! YOUR SHOULDER! OH NO! I'M SO SORRY! I SWEAR I DIDN'T MEAN TO-!

5/DONE

[outride]

( ANYWAY, SHE RUNS TO HIM. )

Agh! Don't panic! I'll-- I'll uh-- ( she frantically looks around! ) Healer! Is there a healer here!? Or a doctor? Anyone?! Oh, I'm so sorry, Sir Kaeya! Please don't tell Jean!

[calla]

[ While Amber is having her whole five-comment reaction, Kaeya just stands with, well, the arrow just chilling in his shoulder. Honestly, he's taking this pretty well. He wouldn't be a knight captain if he lost his cool over an injury, especially one that's not a huge deal. He's been hurt way worse than this before. ]

[ ... but because he's a jerk, he makes it a bigger deal than it actually is. ]

I'll be sure to inform the Acting Grand Master of this incident as soon as we return.

[ He says with a completely straight face. ]

[outride]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

( he just LOVES WINDING HER UP LIKE THIS, DOESN'T HE )

I'll do anything, Sir Kaeya! Please!! I know I did something very, very bad, but Jean's approval means everything to me!

( which is very 🤔🏳️‍🌈❓ of u, amber. )