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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[feralheart]

[ ...Ellis always did sort of have short guy energy. But now he's actually tiny. What the hell.

M-21 has not stopped Ellis from invading his personal space even once so of course Ellis can have his hand. He's still staring at the panda ears. ]

You're going in the water like that?

[ He means the clothes but like. He can't stop staring at the ears. ]

[framestory]

[ Yeah? Ellis looks at M-21 like that's obvious and nods. The panda ears perk up! Wow. ]

[feralheart]

[ They move... unfair. And they look incredibly soft. ]

...Can I touch one?

[framestory]

[ Ellis tilts his head in confusion but nods. Yeah? Go ahead.

Fluffy black panda ears... ]

[feralheart]

[ Fluffy ears... He caves. He reaches over to give Ellis' ear the kind of scritch he's been practicing on his cat.

...Soft. ]

[framestory]

[ Despite having panda ears, he can't hear out of them either, but he can still feel them, especially when M-21 scritches them.

He laughs a little because that tickles. ]

[feralheart]

[ Hah, look at how good he's gotten at this. It even works on pandas. M-21's extremely pleased with himself when he pulls his hand back. ]

Wonder why she made you so small, though.

[framestory]

[ Ellis stands there, doing this pose at M-21. Because he's cute, that's why. But now no one will be fooled for a limited time of one thread only because Ellis really does give short vibes. ]

[feralheart]

[ Ellis... that would be disgusting if he weren't that cute. Maybe that makes it worse, actually. ]

Yeah. It works.

[framestory]

[ Perhaps it does. Ellis laughs a little and holds M-21's hand again. And you know what he's getting out of his pocket? A toy shovel that he got from the grocery store. Let's play in the sand, M-21. He'll build you muscles. ]

[feralheart]

[ Does he need muscles built for him?? He has so many... But M-21 is game, he'll let himself be pulled along. ]

Right, that was one of the tasks. Wonder if Oriphi'll mind more animals.

[framestory]

[ He tilts his head. Animals...? For what??

Also, wow. Is M-21 going to go shirtless now? Is he already shirtless?? ]

[feralheart]

[ It's the beach and he's not as feral as Ellis, so he's probably got swimtrunks and an open shirt. Free muscles?

He'll also just continue explaining, since he assumes Ellis didn't bring writing stuff around the water. ]

She's my new roommate. She talks to animals.

[framestory]

[ Free muscles. Wowee. Ellis just has a t-shirt and shorts that end at his knees.

Perhaps contrary to expectation, he brought his notepad. He whips it out of his pocket and writes. ]

What does that have to do with burying you in the sand?

[feralheart]

That taskboard. That's not why you're doing it?

[ Or Ellis won't let M-21 bury him? Hmm. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis feels like they're on completely different wavelengths right now, so he will try to clear up the situation. Maybe. ]

Sorry, let me clarify. You brought up animals and I wasn't sure what that had to do with burying someone in the sand.

[feralheart]

[ Oops, his bad. He might've been getting a little ahead of himself. ]

Uh... That thing where the goddess or whoever puts up job requests. I think there was one about playing around on the beach. We usually get stuff for humoring her, right? I think that's why I have a cow now.

[ He's open to the possibility that he has a cow simply because the goddess knew it would alarm him to have one turn up. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis puts a fist on top of his other palm. He finally gets it now.

Honestly though? The goddess would absolutely do that for kicks if she wanted to. ]

I completely forgot.
Bury me.

[feralheart]

[ Time for M-21 to reverse psychology her into greater farm prosperity— ]

You got it. You can get me next, if you want. [ Wait... ] ...In those clothes, though?

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods. What's wrong with a shirt and farm pants? His panda ears wiggle a little on top of his head in confusion as he tilts his head. ]

[feralheart]

You're gonna get sand in them.

[ Well. They can wash off after? He sticks his hand out for the shovel and wiggles his fingers. Give, give. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods and gives M-21 the toy shovel. Sorry, but this is all he has. But! Ellis will help out in digging too, with his bare hands. He will be digging like a dog. Don't worry about it. ]

[feralheart]

[ ...If Ellis were anyone else, M-21 would wonder if he were mocking him. Instead he gets down beside him to dig properly, offering Ellis the shovel after a second or two. ]

Here. My hands are fine for this anyway.

[framestory]

[ Does M-21 want to dig like a dog too?? Well. Ellis takes the toy shovel and starts digging with the toy shovel. His nails are already caked with sand. ]

[feralheart]

[ Ellis looks more delicate, okay! M-21 can just apply his superhuman strength to... sand. Good thing there's no one else too nearby, the sand attack radius is wide. ]

Probably doesn't need to be that deep.

[ People don't usually bury-bury each other... right? ]