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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Comments

[punnyshment]

[ Please don't mind Cyno, he's just here to ""escort"" Wanderer to the stage. By ""escort"" he means walking behind him with his polearm ready to poke his ass if he decides to change course.

This is punishment for laying a finger on Tighnari. Lesser Lord Kusanali might have a soft spot for this one, but Cyno will not let it slip. ]

I will not be participating, Goddess. But he will be.

[inceptor]

[ And here he is, ready to murder, scowling like a wet kitten. Whatever, he will not be cowed, he only allowed himself to be dragged up here because he wanted to be!! Or something. ]

Ha! Very well, then. O Goddess, use your divine insight to bestow your unparalleled judgment upon me! I welcome it.

[ MORE LIKE he is ready to pick a fight with god. He will deal with the Mahamatra later... ]

[harvestashya]

You put no effort into it, yet you ask to be judged? The audacity.

[ But she looks slightly amused and then looks over at Cyno. ]

Anyone who steps onto the stage must participate, and this includes you.

[punnyshment]

[ Oh no, this wasn't a part of the plan. Well, let's get this over with. ]

I sent ten puns into a contest hoping one would win.

[punnyshment]

No pun in ten did.

[ He ends with a scoff of laughter. That's his idea of wooing the audience... ]

[harvestashya]

[ Pfft.

The goddess laughs a little. It seems like she enjoyed the pun. ]

Very good, dear. Would you also like to show a display of your skill with a spear? I have something similar to a staff for you to use.

[punnyshment]

[ She has exquisite taste in puns, clearly. As for her offer... well, he'd rather not (especially since Wanderer hasn't made a clown of himself yet and that's the crucial part of the punishment), but on the other hand... ]

My combat skills shine in, well, combat... however, you had your share of challengers today. [ Not to name names, but he's seen Diluc. ] Please lend me the staff and I shall do my best.

[ Did he notice Tighnari in the audience??? Who knows. ]

[harvestashya]

Oh, no. You will not be fighting anyone. Instead, show us something along the lines of a ceremonial display. With your talent, I believe it is doable.

[ And so, the goddess gives Cyno something like a corn stalk, except it's very tailored like a bo staff down to the shape and weight. ]

[punnyshment]

[ How do you look serious with a corn staff? I don't know, but Cyno manages to pull it off somehow. Fully focused, he starts things off with a cross strike and then proceeds with a spin behind his back. It's followed by a helicopter spin before an up strike. A few more strikes and spins later, Cyno straightens his back and bows in front of the Goddess and the audience. ]

That would be all I have to offer, I believe.

[ Unless someone wants a few bad jokes or a fierce TCG battle, but there will be time and place for that, probably. ]

[harvestashya]

[ A single sheep trots along and opens its moth next to Cyno. It will take back the corn staff now. ]

Splendid. Thank you for your performance and participation, dear.

[ Cyno is free to go after he gives back the corn staff to the sheep. ]

[punnyshment]

[ Thank you o sheep for the baanishment of that fiend. Cyno returns the staff and walks away. ]

[inceptor]

[ That's right, get fucked, General Mahamatra!!! ]

Your judgment isn't worth my effort. Take it personally if you wish, or don't. I don't care.

[ He tried divinity for awhile, it didn't take. No, he's definitely not still bitter about it. ]

[harvestashya]

[ She was aware that this could happen when she brought the Wanderer in here, so she doesn't look annoyed... yet. ]

I see. Definitely ugly.

[inceptor]

[ what the FUCK ]

Excuse me?

[harvestashya]

Child, did you not hear me? You put absolutely no effort into being judged. This is the only obvious outcome.

[ get rekt ]

[inceptor]

Aren't gods supposed to believe all souls are beautiful without judgment or some nonsense like that?

[ He hates how much this actually offended him. ]

[harvestashya]

Are you supposed to heed warnings when they're given?

[ :) ]

[inceptor]

That's irrelevant to someone like me.

[ What's the issue??? ]

[harvestashya]

This is not about gods and whatnot. This is about you and how I gave you a warning, but you chose not to heed it. Therefore, this is the result you receive. You reap what you sow, child. If you continue to act like one in human standards, I will treat you like one.

[ Anyway. ]

Introduce yourself like a proper participant or I will have you escorted.

[inceptor]

[ Ah, he might've been able to wrangle his own pride to cooperate, but then she had to go and use the h word... ]

I don't have to stand here and be insulted. I'm no human.

[ He has to point this out at EVERY OPPORTUNITY. ]

You think you can remove me from the stage? Ha, I'd like to see you try.

[harvestashya]

Yes, I am aware that you have a hearing defect since the beginning of this conversation, child. I did not say that you were human. Goodbye.

[ She lightly claps twice and there is a sheep stampede here to carry him away. Baa. ]

[inceptor]

[ He looks BRACED FOR IMPACT but he is sure not braced for sheep. ]

Hey, what - don't you dare -

[ Ah, there he goes. goodbye u little shit ]

[veardant]

[ tighnari is just

popcorning in the audience. ]