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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[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...

[yourlenore]

Well...

( Taps his chin! )

I did run into someone I knew from my home. He'd been here for quite awhile, despite the fact that I saw him just before I left.

( And that's not even getting into timeline shenanigans... )

Feeling lonely, perhaps?

[graftage]

Oh?

[Someone else from his own land?]

What are the chances? And...weird. Makes me think something's funny with the time. [But he's no time expert or quantum physicist, so he'll leave that be. He barks a laugh at the question, though.] No, no. I mean, I wouldn't want to subject my friends to something like this. Definitely not my family. And one friend in particular is getting himself a nice nap, so I'd feel bad if being here somehow dragged him along.

[yourlenore]

Oh? Well, when you put it that way, I can't imagine I'd want to intrude upon the lives of my friends either, if I had the choice - certainly even less if they were enjoying a nap.

( He laughs lightly. )

But perhaps there might be some I'd have brought here as a form of scolding, if only because their dignity might not allow for it.

[graftage]

[Scolding? He lets out a laugh.]

And which ones would those be? That you'd bring along just to share your misery.

[yourlenore]

Now, now, I'm quite enjoying myself. I simply know others from my home wouldn't be.

( Hard cut to Adelis grousing about his squares. Cut back. )

Are you familiar with vampires?

[graftage]

I know of them. Never knew one. I think they're like, the stuff of legend, right?

[me laughing in bsd spoilers]

[yourlenore]

( there's vampires in bsd.... )

Ah, I envy you. They're very real where I'm from.

( He gestures generally to the sky! )

I understand they don't agree with sunlight, and I know them to be mostly prideful, so they might be quite upset to find themselves here and under the rule of another. Perhaps it would be humbling.

[graftage]

[THERE SURE IS!!!! looks fondly at [redacted]]

...Ohh. [Now that makes sense.] Yeah, no, this place would suck for a vampire. Gee, though, its kind of terrible you have to deal with them. Are there a lot of them? Why are you dealing with vampires?

[yourlenore]

They run the country, as it were.

( He shrugs, like, "Don't you just hate it when that happens?" )

Now, there are other countries besides ours that have sidestepped vampiric rules, but this country in particular happens to see no day nor sunlight at all - quite ideal for their mien, yes?

Granted, I have heard tell of other governments in other lands, and I can only imagine most forms of rule are somewhat vampiric, even if only metaphorically.

[graftage]

[Oh.]

[Yikes.]

So its like...permanent darkness? [YIKESSSS] How do people survive in places like that?