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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[yourlenore]

( There are a lot of things fresh to Mishka in this curious land, but the people of a land doing silly little dances for the entertainment of a higher power isn't new, nor is the value of an entire chicken or rabbit. They really just give things away here (at the wildly low price of a person's dignity).

He isn't exactly a fan of doing things because a Goddess (question mark) said so, but this leash is longer than the ones he's used to, and rabbit meat is pretty good. And rabbits kind of look like Amber? (Maybe those thoughts shouldn't be put next to each other sequentially.)

Anyway!

At this point in the month, Mishka's still not used to the heat, so he's dressed real breezy. Big sunhat, sunglasses, flowing clothes, the works. He looks about 20 minutes away from heatstroke, which means he has just enough time to get a bnuuy, )

Hello, hello! I'm known as Mishka, hailing from much colder lands ☆ It's a pleasure meeting all of you. I spent most of my life crunching numbers ( and spines ) but I'd consider myself in general retirement these nights! My favorite color is royal blue, I've found I'm quite good at clearing out garden pests, and I'm told my best features are my trustworthy smile and long legs.

( He bows! )

I thus submit myself to the eyes of our Goddess and the crowd. Please treat my gentle heart kindly.

( Spoilers: his feelings aren't fragile at all. In any case, he heard the people ahead of him get told they need to do an intro, so hopefully this suits their all-powerful judge. )

[graftage]

[Raises hand.]

How do you get rid of garden pests?

[yourlenore]

( According to his Good Friend, his whole thing with bugs is pretty unattractive, so he figures he probably shouldn't demonstrate while on stage. )

Excellent question! You could say I have an affinity for them, and they'll go wherever I lead them. I can also hear what their little hearts deeply desire, and usually that's sugar, so it's sometimes just a matter of setting up a nice spot for them that appeals to them more in the woods.

[graftage]

Huh.

[He nods, as if this all makes perfect sense.]

So you have some kind of an ability to like. Talk with them?

[yourlenore]

More or less! Well - I did, before I came here. Now I can only understand them when they speak, and they don't know my speech. It's a little lonely not being able to talk to my lifelong friends any longer, all told, but they still like to follow me around... So I imagine the affection remains mutual, even if the language barrier exists.

( Not being able to do a thing that's been with him half his life is a strange feeling, and he doesn't know how it sits with him yet. He's just glad the whole of his affinity isn't entirely gone - it makes it easier to adjust. )

Did you find yourself in need of pest control, perhaps? I'd be happy to Pied Piper your unwelcome neighbors off and leave the helpful ones behind, if you'd like.

[graftage]

[Yeah, that's what he thought. Kind of weird ability though, in his opinion, though...he can't judge.]

That sucks for you. Sorry to hear that. [And at the offer, he laughs.] No, no, believe me, I'm good. I have experience, and all. A few bugs won't run me off the farm anytime soon.

[yourlenore]

Oh? An experienced farmer, are you? I'll have to ask you for tips. My homeland wasn't very big on farming, so I'll admit I haven't the slightest clue as to how to approach it.

[graftage]

Yeah, sure, I'll be happy to help. Kind of surprising most of people here have no idea how to farm...

Where did you come from? You say homeland...was it like a place of cities or something?

[yourlenore]

Well, I'm certain the lack of experience among newcomers must be part of our Goddess's ( question mark ) grand design, certainly?

As for myself... My country wasn't blessed with particularly arable land; or blessed, in general. Most things the land produced were poisonous. It's been particularly charming, being here - where there's an abundance of things, and they're generally safe to eat.

[graftage]

Poisonous?

[HELLO?]

How did you all survive?

[yourlenore]

Most don't!

( lol )

It's a bit of competition to snap up the few things that are safe to live off of, and those who don't wish to compete have to find their own means to survive. I'm guessing your home isn't quite like that?

[graftage]

[He actually laughs at that.]

Depends on where you live, actually. Some places have it better than most. At least most stuff out there in nature isn't poisonous like yours, at least.

[yourlenore]

That's certainly an improvement! If you'll indulge me, might I ask what your home is like? My roommate spun me some wonderful tales of a coastal land predicated on freedom, and now I can't help but wonder what other lands must be like.

[graftage]

"Coastal land predicated on freedom"? Honestly, that...may sound a lot like where I come from. The place isn't called America, is it?

[AMURICA]

[yourlenore]

Hmmm... She only gave me the name "Mondstadt," and all I know is that it's a city. Perhaps it's a city in this America?

( There can't possibly be two lands predicated on freedom... That simply seems too unrealistic. )

[graftage]

Hm. Actually, not one I've heard of.

[He makes a little face. :/]

We all seem to come from places none of us are aware of, huh...

[for8000amonth]

[ Dear God. Who fucking let him on stage.

He's just going to pointedly Not watch this one. He sure has no idea who that is, in any way shape or form. ]

[yourlenore]

( Mishka's passive perception slapping Adelis's passive stealth just in time for Mishka to notice his cute lil protégé! Mishka WAVES an arm in Adelis's direction! His breezy sleeves go flop flop. )

Well, if it isn't a dear friend of mine! A gentleman of pleasing countenance with sharp wit and an even sharper tongue - why don't you come up and join the fun, Adelis? Chicken and rabbits are nothing short of valuable, if that's a language you better speak.

( The high quality of the meat aside, chicken and rabbits are excellent breeders, which makes for a reliable supply of food and income. They're like fuzzy and feathery lumps of cash! What's not to love? )

[for8000amonth]

[ Lady Vengeance, give him the strength....

His expression twists in rather obvious displeasure at having attention brought to him, in a crowd no less, but he keeps himself from looking too sour. He's going to...not move an inch, thank you very much. Yell all you want, you diseased husk. ]

...I'm not particularly gifted with animals. I'll pass.

[ Besides, Ryuki is already up there?? One is enough, thank you!! ]

[yourlenore]

( Two is always better than one! He did presume Adelis would hate the callout, but Adelis also has to live a little. Not like either of them had much of a chance to before. )

Now, didn't you want to scamper off to Bürach? I hear this sort of festivity is common place there. Why not enjoy the novelty of it?

( Maybe hot or not competitions aren't specifically common there (well, maybe, who knows), but the general socializing and getting into shenanigans vibe. At least, in the capital. )

[for8000amonth]

[ He is living it up perfectly fine, down here, and not on stage where people can stare at him. He works out for personal purposes, not to put on acrobatic tricks for the masses. ]

I highly doubt this is the sort of thing they parade out in the open very frequently. [ Fucka you. He'll socialize, but he won't clown himself like some people named Diluc Ragnvindr ] And I'll enjoy the novelty of it from my place, while you enjoy it from yours.

[ In short: go back to your display since you want to be a jester so bad. ]

[yourlenore]

( He laughs! )

Suit yourself. If we have no choice but to dance as puppets, I might as well enjoy the dance.

( His whole life in a nutshell, really, except in those last few minutes where he gave his land's patron the middle finger, but u kno. )

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess is very aware that Mishka's feelings aren't fragile in the least. After all, she picked him to be here. She knows. The goddess sees all. But she'll play along, because it's more fun and... Mishka should get some suitors.

But she smiles, since Mishka introduced himself without her telling him to. ]

My, such smooth words. Please tell the audience of your good personality traits.

[ Since he listed what he's good at and his physical features. ]

[yourlenore]

( He'd sort of hoped doing a proper introduction would have meant he'd not have to speak to her directly, but he's not about to falter now that she's here. He isn't super keen to test out Adelis's remark that she curses people quite easy.

Positive personality traits, though. Now, that's not something he really thinks about, even humorously. )

Let's see... Perhaps my sense of humor, or how relaxed I prefer to be? When times are dark and dismal, you've got to provide a bit of levity yourself - and bear that levity to those around you, yes?

( Including assassination targets, who don't really appreciate the cheer, but whatever. The people here seem to like it. )

[harvestashya]

Very well. Please attempt to woo the audience.

[ Go Mishka go!! ]