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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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Great! [ she'll strike it out on her paper with her pencil. ] And can I ask for your name? Just so I make sure to have it right.
As for your questions—I can play the piano! I use it to help me write some of my songs.
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He Xuan isn't as cheerful still, regardless. But, well, he is always like that. ]
...He Xuan. Yours?
[ The pragmatic question begs one from him in turn. After all, he hasn't met this person before. ]
And the answer to the cereal question?
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[ the lack of cheer on him doesn't deter uta any and she will just keep smiling, though it falls just so when she shakes her head at his other question. ]
Sorry, but I don't pour in the milk before the cereal. Nor do I use anything other than milk with my cereal.
[ just a bonus fact for the road even though he never asked for one. ]
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[ It seems only he does something so cursed...
He raises a brow slightly at the bonus fact, but he will simply nod regardless. Not that he can imagine anyone using anything else. Whoever might could be more cursed than him (hah.) ]
...Any of the others apply to you on the list?
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[ imagine if there was a person who fit all of these categories? was there even a person here that pours in the milk before adding cereal? a part of her also thinks that no one would want to date the harvest goddess as it stood now but who knows.
maybe someone has secret feelings that they don't want to fuss up. ]
How about you?
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This is extremely funny, given his next answer... ]
I was born in the summer and I put milk in before adding cereal.
Those are the only ones.
[ Beat. ]
Most people seem as if they are going to quality for two or three at maximum.
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she doesn't write his name down on her list or strike off the line just yet as she is absolutely compelled. ]
You pour milk in before the cereal? Do you do it because you're worried about the cereal getting too soggy too quickly?
[ absolutely compelled without a second thought. ]
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As for his answers to Uta's questions? ]
...It'd be annoying to deal with if it did manage to get soggy.
[ So. Yes. Not that he's going to say anything like he's 'worried' about it, because even in small matters, he is like this. ]
In the end, it's more convenient. More people should do it.
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okay, she sees his point but there's something much more important here that she would like to know in relation to all of this. like soggy cereal is gross, she's on board for that but... ]
How long do you take to eat your cereal?
[ real talk. ]
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He Xuan has to think about this for a moment, and he does, imagining himself eating at the table, but all he can think of is that it's under two minutes, possibly? ]
...It's done fairly quickly. I've never timed myself when eating.
[ He's like a whirlwind of destruction that leaves no traces behind once he starts going at the grub. No survivors are left to record the beginning or aftermath. ]
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Then you shouldn't have to worry about your cereal getting soggy if you eat it quickly.
[ is she lecturing him? no, but she is questioning this frame of thinking since it's a departure of what she imagines for herself. and probably a good handful of other people, too. ]