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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[irresponsibly]

[ Lucia gets up onto the stage, carrying a small pot of...something in her hands. She's beet red and clearly very flustered, but she also went through the effort of putting on a nice dress for the occasion. Anything for the rabbit. Anything for the rabbit. ]

H...hello...

[graftage]

[Seemingly completely ignoring that she seems flustered:]

Hey, what do you got in there? The pot, I mean.

[irresponsibly]

Oh, it's...it's corn chowder.

[ She takes off the lid to let Steinbeck take a look, if he'd like. ]

I made enough for the audience to sample... H-here, I even brought spoons!

[ Which are in a bag hanging off of her arm. She'll go ahead and offer one to him! ]

[graftage]

Oh, corn chowder! That's a good one. Can't go wrong with a good chowder.

[Yeah, he's peering over. Soup. :)]

And thanks. [He's not even hesitating, reaching over to get a spoonful to taste.]

[irresponsibly]

[ The chowder is actually pretty good, and gives off some comfort food vibes. Lucia, on the other hand, looks nervous but manages to give Steinbeck a small grin anyway. ]

Is it okay...? How is it? Too hot?

[graftage]

Hm. Hmmm.

[A long pause.....]


[And he breaks into a smile.]

No, no, I'm just pulling your leg. It's real good. Feels like home.

[irresponsibly]

Oh...oh, thank goodness! I'm so glad you like it, sir!

[ "Sir".....help. ]

If you'd like more, I...I have a restaurant that just opened, I serve this there. Please consider stopping by if you have a chance, one day!

[archivists]

[ IT'S LUCIA AND SHE HAS A POT! Not knowing what's inside doesn't make him any less thrilled especially when he can smell something good from that pot. ]

Hello! Did you cook something for us?!

[ It's everyone's lucky day. ]

[irresponsibly]

O-oh, Noé!

[ She'll go ahead and hand over a spoon for him, too. Please try some of her chowder! She knows how much he likes her food. ]

[archivists]

[ Noé is honored and accepts the spoon. When will they move on from spoons to spooning, that is the question. ]

You must have worked so hard! [ He's already sparkling after one spoon and it's just the beginning. ] I hope you win!

[irresponsibly]

[ PLEASE..... ]

No, it's okay if I don't! I just wanted to do this for another rabbit, that's all.

[ Which she'd planned on keeping, but looking at Noé now gives her an idea. One that she'll keep as a surprise. ]

Thank you, though. I'm glad to have your encouragement.

[archivists]

[ If he was more resourceful, he'd be here with a huge banner "VOTE LUCIA" or something, alas. ]

Have more faith in yourself, Lucia! You will win this!!

[ Let Noé be her confidence. ]

[irresponsibly]

Ah-

[ She wants to protest and say it really doesn't matter if she doesn't, but he's so enthusiastic. How can she shoot him down? ]

Okay, then... I'll try my best, since you're rooting so hard for me. How about that?

[harvestashya]

Hello, dear. It's wonderful to see you today on the stage, in such a nice dress too.

[ After overhearing Steinbeck-- ]

You have brought food for the people? My, that's very considerate of you.

[irresponsibly]

Y...yes...! I have. Um...I know we're supposed to be impressive or something, so since this is one of my only talents...

[ Diluc suggested it, actually, but she feels like it'd be a bad idea to mention that in front of the goddess. Oops. ]

[harvestashya]

[ She knows. It's fine. She won't call her out though, because Lucia has done nothing wrong to her. Yet. ]

I'm sure you have many other talents.

[ She saw how many people you wooed, girl!! Have some confidence!! But that aside-- ]

Could you bring me a spoonful here? I would like to have a taste.

[irresponsibly]

Oh, yes. Of course.

[ She'll go ahead and hand over the pot to the goddess, as well as a spoon. She even brought a little bowl for the goddess to fill up as much as she'd like. ]

I hope it's to your tastes.

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess fills it up on her own instead of telling somebody else to do it and then takes a quiet sip.

... ]

Whoever marries you will have a wonderful wife. My, you could easily obtain the five wives you asked for in the beginning.

[irresponsibly]

You're...you're still on the five wives...

[ Oh, gosh. Look, the girls here are all gorgeous, but unfortunately that's not happening. ]

But, I'm glad you like it! Thank you very much!

[esurientabyss]

[ ...hold on, is that free food? ]

[irresponsibly]

[ It sure is! She catches He Xuan staring – the guy in that portrait Gaku has (had?) in his house!! She'll quietly hold out the pot towards him, and offer a spoon.

Free food. ]

[esurientabyss]

[ He Xuan will take it and go to town, sure.

Maybe this little thing of hot or not isn't so bad after all. ]

[irresponsibly]

...It's...it's good, then?

[ SWEATS... ]

Ah, you're Gaku's roommate, aren't you? I make him food sometimes, please bother him if he doesn't share with you.

[esurientabyss]

It's good.

[ He Xuan supposes he didn't say so but due to his lack of social grace, he felt no need to. ]

...I am.

Though, Gaku is the sharing type with food.

[ So he is telling her not to worry. ]

[irresponsibly]

That's good, then. I don't have to scold him.

[ He Xuan seems like a chill person! They must get along nicely. ]

I've been over once or twice, but I guess they were all times when you weren't around. I'm Lucia.