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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!
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I'm sure you'll make it to the hall of flame.
[ Honestly, it's impressive how far it got!! ]
1/?? OH BOY
Hahaha! That joke was amazing! Who said ... ( she turns around to see where the voice came from, and-- )
2/??
( OH MY ARCHONS )
3/DONE
( 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
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
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?
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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. ]
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( and, ah, her bingo card ... )
Uhhh ... no! I-I suppose I should get a start, right? ( it's not like her to slack off - not for work or something like this! )
But, hey, if you want to help then I'm all ears! Don't worry, we don't have to do anything weird! Since there's some ... y'know. Weird things on there! ( like sex ........ and making out..... )
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[ No detail can escape Cyno's eyes!! ]
I assume there might be more of people from Teyvat out there.
[ A thousand year stare at Diluc's... performance... ]
There indeed are. [ The Goddess truly did them dirty by putting these tasks on their cards. ] I think doing the least time consuming tasks is very important. There must be something like that on your card.
[ He hasn't seen the card yet, but what about watching the sunset together!! ]
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Tighnari!? Eeeeeeeeee! Oh, I've always wanted to meet Tighnari-!! I've heard so much about him in Collei's letters! If I ever see him, I may explode with happiness!
( hopefully not literally, knowing Amber. luckily, with her powers muted, Baron Bunny doesn't explode. )
Oh, I know who Mona is! She's living in Mondstadt right now. She's an astrologer and she's really cool! ( she nods. ) But, yeah, you're right. The easy stuff would be great to do with friends! And I know we haven't hung out all too much, but I definitely consider you a friend, Cyno!
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I wouldn't recommend exploding in front of Tighnari, he will fuss over you for weeks.
[ He's so dedicated to his patients and it's only one of many, many things he finds admirable about the forest watcher. Ahem. ]
Astrologer, huh... [ Maybe if he wasn't focused only on the tasks, he would have learned it from Mona herself, alas! Cyno sucks at small talk. ]
You're too kind, Amber. But I consider you a friend, too. Collei won't stop talking about you.
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( JEEZ. )
So! What would you like to do? If you have nothing scheduled, I'd love to hang out or do some tasks!
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If someone made Collei even look at some of these bingo cards... I'm with you.
[ Amber 🤝 Tighnari 🤝 Cyno
Collei protection squad ]
I don't. It's just a few hours before the sunset and we both have it on our cards. I'd suggest we hang out until then. And you could tell me what you've been up to.
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Sunset sounds awesome! There's nothing I love more in life than watching the sun go down from a high up point. Want to see if we can find somewhere? ( she beams! ) And, yeah! I'll fill you in on anything I can. But I doubt my stuff will be nearly as interesting as yours! I want to hear as much about Sumeru, and Tighnari, and Collei, and you, as possible!
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[ He's done his own share of scouting the area. It probably would have been nice to watch the sunset from the top of one of the mountains, even though it's terribly cold there. ]
We can climb up the mountains, I suppose. If you don't mind the cold, that is.
[ Cyno himself... well, he's going to need to put something on for sure. ]
Give yourself some more credit, Amber. It looks like you've gained a lot of experience.
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( WILL SOMEONE TELL THIS GIRL TO LOVE HERSELF!!!! where are you, Collei )
I'm absolutely down to climb a mountain! Ahh, I can think of nothing I want more right now than to get up there at a high altitude with the air in my lungs and the wind in my hair. ( she sighs! ) It's a shame I don't have my glider with me ... but, oh well! Shall we head off?
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You still have some things to learn. How to take compliments from other people, for instance.
[ That's Cyno's way of rephrasing that she should give herself more credit. Even if thre's a risk that she's going to deny it again, one day it'll get through. ]
Yes, let's go.
[ After a few moments, he speaks up again, though. ]
Well, you won't have to do your Outrider tasks here, so... focusing on bingo might be good. We can train together, too.
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( alright! mountain time! oh, by the seven, she's so excited! )
Oh, yes please! Sign me up for some of that training. I can't let myself fall behind, having fun on a farm and doing sweet bingo stuff with people isn't exactly going to keep me limber. Who knows what this place could throw at us! I won't let my guard down. ( but she PROBABLY COULD TRY RELAX A BIT, MAYBE )
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[ A threat to the bingo cards, mostly. Some people sure do love tearing these apart. Speaking of cards... ]
Amber... have you ever played Genius Invokation?
[ He's not even going to beat around the bush about it. Cyno simply must know. ]
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You bet I have! That game's tearing a storm through Mondstadt. It's taking all of my self control to not slack off on my duties so I can go play!
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[ She might not be the god he serves, however after learning about Lesser Lord Kusanali struggles, Cyno decided to be more mindful, even if these matters are most likely far beyond his understanding. ]
Marrying someone here doesn't mean anything back home, after all.
[ Wait, why is he talking about marriage when it turns out that Amber knows Genius Invokation and is actually a player herself. ]
Well, we have more than enough time to play now. We can have a duel anytime.
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( SHE WANTS HER HAPPILY EVER AFTER. but ... okay. TCG. )
Oh, sure! You know I'm game for that. It's so weird having so much free time, too!
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[ He isn't even going to delve into what happens if two persons are from different worlds. But yes, TCG. ]
It really is, I used to have so much work... [ He misses chasing scholars. ] You can drop by anytime.
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[ He just needs a pen, paper and some scissors. And maybe someone who can actually draw the characters unless sticky figures Genius Invokation is passable.
Also, a few minutes later they reach the top of the mountain. It's pretty chilly here, so Cyno shivers every now and then, but tries to act like he's unaffected by the cold. ]
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