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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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[And it seems he means it sincerely - he knows people who'd make this look like a walk in the park.]
[He knows he would make this look like a walk in the park.]
Mm. My business is different, now, if you're askin' about me. [A roll of the shoulders back.] And I leave well enough alone. Sometimes we have to do what we have to do to get by.
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[ Like, he ain't gonna stop them, but it's their funeral.
The nice, comment, though...he gives a derisive snort, but refrains from commenting. That's certainly not a term he would use to describe himself, or any average Ostoyan. People enjoy tossing that phrase around far too easily. ]
Mm. Well, I won't argue with that. [ Assassination is only one of the things he's dirtied his hands with, after all. His rap sheet is rather large. ] It is every man for himself. It's not as if this is the time nor the place to engage in old habits, anyway.
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[He moves closer to the stabbed tree to put a hand to it, examining it closer as he chats away.]
And yet, here you are, huh? But you have a point. It's a weird situation to be caught up in, all around.
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[ Lady Vengeance firmly believes in the throwing of hands, and who is he to deny his upbringing. Adelis watches with a wary eye as the guy opts to get handsy with the tree, but lets him examine. There's no trace of whatever hit it, even if John looks closer- no residue or anything. ]
I simply refuse to get complacent. That's what gets you killed. [ A dismissive wave of a gloved hand. ] And while I'd describe kidnapping as more than weird, I've more to complain about our host than our circumstance.
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[Not to say that where he comes from isn't brutal, but it isn't so overt about it, depending on where you are. He traces down the trunk with a finger, pulling it away as he looks impressed.]
Of course. [And his bright blue eyes dart back to the other man.] So you're not a big fan of our local goddess, I see. What has she done so far?
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[ Half of y'all would see a werewolf and just die, probably. Maybe not the guy fondling the tree right now, if his personality is anything to go by, but a lot of others. ]
Not anything to me, if only because I know when to hold my tongue. [ Debatable, but if he manages to keep his tongue dulled in front of Kindred, he can do it in front of her. ] But I've seen her mete out her punishments at will, as well her idle threats. Most of them of the utter humiliating variety. Unless you feel like speaking your mind against your will or galivanting about mute or blind, I suggest you watch your step around her.
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High opinion you have there. And...ha. Sort of expected. Something about a "sheep stampede"?
[A goddess who humiliates...that's a problem.]
Believe me, I already am. But its good to get confirmation. Guess we have to play nice and rub elbows and more with each other when she's watching.
[Beaming brightly! Hehe!]
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I feel as if the sheep stampede was the least of his worries, considering he got his intimate activities exposed for the whole town to hear.
[ Poor, poor Hotsprings Diluc. May he never live his shame down for all eternity. He'd feel sorry for him, if he hadn't brought it upon himself. ]
Mm. [ Not beaming brightly, but accepting, nonetheless. ] I've little qualms with playing nice if it means keeping my pride intact. There are worse things she could be doing.
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[Poor guy. He clicks his tongue.]
I guess that's right. Like, we aren't in mortal danger, as far as I'm concerned. Nobody's tried to attack us. A bit of a change from back home, I think...
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[ Even he has his distaste for his rulers, but a brain does help. Poor Diluc, he ate cement as a child. Adelis merely shakes his head. ]
That's putting it simply. It's so quiet and peaceful, it nearly makes me itch. [ And yet here he is, throwing knives into trees. The grind never stops. ] I doubt I'll ever truly get used to it.
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[Yeah, he's glancing back at that tree he stabbed earlier.]
And this is why you're throwing things at trees. I see. You just need to let loose. You can't keep things pent up, even in a place like this.
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[ Adelis hadn't paid too much attention to the finer details, but it had been an interesting watch.
He quirks an eyebrow at that. ]
I prefer to be working. Idle hands are the devil's playthings. [ And while he could care less about the Church's preaching of the evils of demons and the like, it's a familiar token phrase. ] But it's true that tilling the land and planting seeds doesn't offer quite the stimulation I'm used to. Not having anything attempting to kill or poison me in over a bloody month is surprising enough.
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[Honestly on the side of the Goddess, here...]
Well, if you want, I could try to kill you if you need murder attempts. [A beat.] But no, seriously. I get what you're saying. Sometimes you need something a little more exciting.
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The joke earns a moment of silence, even as he moves on past it, before Adelis finally tilts his head. ]
The emphasis would be on 'try'. [ Unabashed confidence, but he doesn't look away from the taller man for a second. ] But you're not wrong, in that something a bit more thrilling than planting seeds would suit me fine, even if not as frequently as I've grown used to.
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[Not even bothered.]
Sparring isn't out of the question. Unless you like specifically picking on trees.
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His interest piques at the offer, although he does take a moment to give the other another once-over. Not that he can judge from appearances too much....after all, he knows some flimsy looking mages, and most people don't tend to look at him and think he's capable of what he is, either.
...After a pause, Adelis straightens up and turns to face him fully. ]
If you think you'll make for good sport. [ It's been a while since he's gotten a proper chance to stretch his legs, anyway. ] Perhaps you'll even last longer than the trees.
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[Time to save some trees! He'll grin, lazily, rolling his shoulders back in a stretch.]
Besides, it's nice to see what people are capable of.
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[ He looks amused by that, at least. He doesn't move from his spot, seemingly unbothered despite the invitation before he finally brushes a hand against his chin in thought. ]
It's been a while since I've last drawn a blade on someone without the intent to kill, so you'll have to forgive me for being too rough.
[ And that is, of course, all the warning Steinbeck is going to get aside from the idle flick of Adelis' wrists before there's not one, but two blade thrown at his person. Roll to dodge, grapeboy. ]
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[And then, he moves quickly - the dice is good to him, and he's leaped back and to the side, right behind a tree, as the knives come his way and almost clip his shoulder.]
[He laughs heartily.]
Maybe a little too rough, there?
[He doesn't move to attack. Instead he just grins, before moving to scale the tree he's just hid behind, expertly grasping each branch as he moves up higher.]
[Catch him if you can.]
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I'm sure you can handle it.
[ He watches, eyes focused like a hawk, as the other man promptly begins to scale the tree with a smile. Well, if that's what he wants to play, a sitting duck he may be.
Adelis shifts backwards into the trees, fading in with the cover of shadows and foliage, and for a moment there's nothing but quiet-
At least until the blades come flying again, one from either side. One aimed at his hand reaching for the next branch, and the other at his leg. ]