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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!
squints this sounds familiar
[ Trahearne almost trips over himself trying to keep himself from stepping on the piece of popsicle. He teeters before righting himself, and his gaze slowly lifts to see the culprit.
A...girl? With human features, sylvari coloring, and charr horns?
No matter. ]
Are you all right?
idk what u r talking about
It's only then that she finally looks at the stranger again, finding herself just as perplexed by his features. ]
I— Yes. Sorry, I was just surprised. I thought...
[ That people were supposed to wear clothes...?
But her gaze flits down past his face, and to his chest, where she sees that gaping scar. Or at least, what looks to her like a gaping scar. ]
Are you alright?
😇
How she stares at his scar, though doesn't escape him. ]
This? Yes, I'm all right. [ He offers a small smile, and places his hand over it. ] It's nothing to worry about--it's an old wound.
[ It's four weeks old. ]
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It doesn't look to me like an old wound...
[ —but, right. They've only just met. It wouldn't do for her nagging healer instincts to come to the for right this second, would it? She's quick to follow the remark with an apologetic glance. ]
Sorry. I'm a healer. I couldn't help but notice...
[ and that's two apologies in just as many minutes— ]
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I correct myself. It isn't exactly old, but I assure you, it's nothing to worry about.
[ This is the blow that killed me is a bit much to dump on a stranger.
That aside, he lifts his head and smiles. ]
I don't believe I've seen you before.
[ He would know a small purple creature if he'd seen her before. ]
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That said, she's not entirely convinced by his answer, but she'll leave it for now. Especially since she really ought to introduce herself. ]
Oh!
[ She reaches down to her sundress and wipes her hand on it, just since she is not free of popsicle drippings even before she dropped the whole damned thing into the sand...
And then she reaches out with a warm, cordial smile! Are the flowers in her hair perking up just a little bit? Maybe.
We're not in Songerein anymore Toto]My name is Oriphi! Or just Ori. I do hope you'll forgive me for my reaction just now - I've never seen someone like yourself!
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Trahearne--it's a pleasure, Ori.
[ He relaxes a touch, it doesn't seem like her reaction to a literal plant person seems to bother him. ]
And it's all right--we sylvari are a unique people, even within my home world of Tyria. You are forgiven.
[ A beat. ]
Would you care for a refreshment? You stand out among all these humans--you can tell me more about yourself along the way.
[ And he turns around to walk towards the ice cream stand... enjoy the plant ass, ori ]
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Hm.
She turns his words over in her head soon enough, however, 'sylvari,' 'Tyria,'... now where has she heard those before? Her two (2) brain cells seem to kick into order...
And so he's let with silence as a response until in just another short moment, she gasps and covers her mouth in realization. ]
Oh—! You're Trahearne!
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Ah, yes. That's me. [ He did just literally tell her his name.
He eyes her curiously. ]
Is something the matter?
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Nothing's wrong! I met your friend Syrlya in town, earlier! He told me about you.
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[ Trahearne immediately brightens at mention of Syrlya. He starts walking again once she catches up to him. ]
That's very kind of him. If you ever need help or guidance, he is the perfect person for both. [ A beat. ] Are you new here?
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[ Which implies, yes, she's new here. ]
I just got here a little while ago.
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[ He isn't sure what that means, or what it implies. ]
I know he'll be more than happy to help. [ just look at him ] As will I. Have you been settling in all right?
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I'm settling in as well as I can, I suppose. I live on a farm in the forest, with a gentleman named M-21. Mister Syrlya told me that you have a farm in the forest, too!
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[ A neighbor!!!!! He remembers M-21 mentioning a different name for his housemate when he first met him--whoever that was must have moved out. ]
You're more than welcome to drop by at any time--both Kaspar and I are more than happy to receive visitors.
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[ Is this... What neighborly relations are like? She's never really had a house, before, and thusly no neighbors. But this is pretty great so far. ]
And it seems a lot of people are already almost finished with their bingo cards, but, um... if we can help each other out there, too, I think that would be wonderful.
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[ Trahearne...produces his bingo card. Where is he keeping it. ~rp magic~ ]
Can I see yours? Perhaps we have some in common.
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She pulls her own card out of her cleavage. And then and holds it up alongside his to compare. ]
Aha! We have "Watch a movie" in common, and it looks like it would complete that column, too! How lucky!
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You're right. That is lucky.
[ He smiles at her! ]
I believe my housemate has a similar one. You should come over sometime--he's an excellent cook, too.
[ he'll cook ori worms
And look...the ice cream stand is near! ]
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Is that so? You know I'll have to return the favor and have you all over for a meal sometime, too. I'm quite a competent cook, myself!
[ she will cook them REAL FOOD. ]
Oh! Ice cream!
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That's very kind of you to offer, Ori. We may take you up on that in the near future.
[ NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS...!
The ice cream stand is fast approaching, and Trahearne's gaze flits back and forth between it and his new friends. ]
Yes! I hope you like it--I'm afraid there's not much else on offer in this part of the beach.
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That's alright, the fact that there's ice cream already means that it's much nicer than any beaches I've ever been to.
[ once they get to the stand, she selects some kind of fruit and/or floral-based flavor, because of course she does. A lavender lemonade popsicle situation, perhaps? ]
Would you like one too, Mister Trahearne?
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He watches her get her popsicle (it...matches her?!), and steps up to the stand, eyeing the regular ice creams. ]
Yes, of course. [ He glances at her with a smile. ] But allow me to pay for yours--I've been here longer, and have money from our harvest. [ He takes his coffee ice cream from the stand keeper and hands over his coin. ] Consider it my welcome.
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Needless to say, she gives him a nod of thanks. ]
That's really sweet of you, Mister Trahearne. I'll have to return the favor, sometime!
[ She peers at his ice cream. ]
Which flavor did you get?
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[ He likes this. His ice cream is brown. ]
And that's all right. That you one day help another newcomer in the future is good enough for me. And please-- [ His smile takes on a hint of embarrassment. ] --just call me Trahearne.
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