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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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That's why he's doing this. He'll finally let himself be known and perceived through this very note that he writes for Gaku to read. ]
Gaku, you're a very serious person. I understand that. Marriage is also something that means a lot to you from the things you told me. If you like me and want to leave this place so that you can go back to doing things you wanted to with a passion and ambition, you will have to marry someone. That someone will be me if you keep liking me. It also means that you will probably want me to go with you when you go home, because I don't have anywhere else to turn to.
I know that you conveyed to me that you still like me despite me disappearing at any time. I feel that I'll disappear when I leave this place that's probably barely holding me here already, because this place is familiar with magic. Your place doesn't sound like it is, so I don't think I can last if I leave. There are places I can go, and there are ones that I can't.
If I really didn't care about you, I wouldn't have gone with you to the tavern, make accommodations since you're still learning sign language, get in contact with you after the incident, tell you things about myself and all that. I would have just ignored you until you stopped interacting with me.
[ It hurts. It feels similar to when he felt heartbreak for the first time after being rejected by Gaku. He almost felt like crying back then from the intense emotions he felt, but he feels his cheek getting wet as he writes this. Ellis isn't sure why it hurts, but it just hurts. He hates that. ]
I'm sorry that you like a worthless existence that you can't be happy with in the future, because unlike me, you have one.
[ This time, when he hands it over, he doesn't leave. He just stays seated on the floor in his maid dress, hugging his legs and burying his face into his knees. ]
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But that happens to be the best choice, as it takes Gaku a couple of read throughs to fully digest it all. He knew Ellis cared, at least in some fashion, but to have it written out like this before him is different. It solidifies things, makes it more real.
And he does want Ellis to go back home with him, as it's something he's thought about before, figuring that Ellis would slot well into his life once they figure out the logistics. However, with the way Ellis sees things, that's not possible. His potential disappearance hangs over them like a specter.
Finally, finally, Gaku understands why Ellis has been so difficult. That last sentence slots everything into place. In his own way, Ellis is showing that he cares by trying to spare Gaku from the pain of his disappearance somewhere down the line.
His heart aches as he sets down the notepad and pulls Ellis into a hug. ]
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[ More than anything, Gaku is a stubborn man, so he can't help but think that there has to be a way. That thought is all that goes through his head until it suddenly comes to him. Quickly, Gaku lets go of Ellis, pulling away so he can look him in the eye. ]
Turn in your card. You have your wish now, don't you?
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But then Gaku says that.
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What... Huh?
Ellis looks back at Gaku, all wide-eyed. What is he saying...? He looks like he can't comprehend what Gaku is talking about. ]
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Wish to not disappear.
[ Wish to solidify your existence. ]
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So he just... nods again, but not in the usual fashion as he does. He's still trying to take in the fact that he can suddenly not worry about disappearing at any given time. ]
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[ Once he finishes his card, that is. That's one little hurdle, but he'll clear it eventually. ]
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His hands finally raise so that Gaku doesn't have to look all the way down. ]
"I'll do it."
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Good. I'm glad.
[ Thoughts of relief echo in his mind. ]
I'll leave that up to you, then. This is something you need to do for yourself, so I won't get involved.
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I can’t believe he cried.
Despite that thought, he wraps his arms around Ellis and pulls him close. ]
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