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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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[ Because he signs with his hands... and writes in english... don't worry about it. ]
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...Mhm. Very well.
[ He'll take it, since he's getting rewarded for it anyway. ]
I'm of the same. [ A moment of pause, and then he raps a finger on 'Works out more than 5 times a week' and 'Dislikes animals'. ] These as well.
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...I get up at dawn every day to run. Among other forms of exercise.
[ He's not too sure if he wants the specifics or if he's just thinking Adelis is too Outwardly Twink for it, but. ]
Letting yourself grow complacent would get you killed in my home country.
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I thought you didn't like the sun, so I thought you wouldn't be running outside.
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[ His tone is relatively unimpressed, but then again, he can kind of see where people can get that impression??? But bitching about everything is just part of his natural state of being. ]
I'm simply not used to it, and I hardly appreciated getting nearly blinded upon first arrival. There is no sun where I hail from.
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If you're still having blinding issues, we can get you sunglasses.
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[ Like, have you seen how big these ones are... ]
And I will not be replacing them. I had to dip too deep into my pockets for that.
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That's hideous.
[ The hat, not the art, but he's not going to elaborate. ]
But a normal hat would likely be fine, when I've the time to procure one. I don't wear them often.
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The new sketches both earn a critical eye, but hey, they're better than whatever doodled monstrosities the Goddess has given them to decorate their pamphlets. Still, why is he entertaining this.... ]
Whatever the hells that second one is, absolutely bloody not. [ He's not a mage, thanks. He'll leave the spell slinging to his local tax evader and the pompous church boy. ] The former...I suppose it's what's most familiar. Not that I've seen them on anyone who wasn't nobility.
[ Not ugly, though. Very important. ]
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The boutique should have one and easy to find.
[ He tilts his head. ]
Unless you want me to get it for you? I was on my way there.
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He hums under his breath. ]
...I've yet to step foot in there.
[ He's had higher priorities, and two or three sets of clothes is often good enough for him, despite the conclusions people come to looking at him off the bat. ]
And I certainly need nobody to do my shopping for me. I'll fetch it myself, when I'm able.
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I'm glad! I bet it'll look nice on you.
[ And if Adelis wants him gone, Ellis will be. He turns around to leave right after showing him his message and waves. ]