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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Wildcard

[framestory]

[ Ellis sent a letter to Gaku to tell him to come over to his home. He has finished his latest experiment using his own crops: dried apple chips. Definitely oven baked. But there's something curious at the end of the letter that read: ]

Someone anonymously sent me some raunchy text about you. I think you should take a look.

[ So if Gaku decides to come over, he will find Fluffy running over to him in great joy as usual. Ellis seems to be inside the house, with the door unlocked during the day as usual. ]

[associative]

[ Gaku greets Fluffy with all the love and affection he deserves, even crouching down to give him a few pets before finally going inside to find Ellis.

When Gaku finds him, he taps him on the shoulder. Ellis should be expecting him, after all. ]

[framestory]

[ This is why Fluffy loves Gaku. Best human.

Ellis jolts when he's tapped on the shoulder, even if he's expecting him. He leaves the door unlocked, but it still surprises him... at least he doesn't have violent reflexes.

He was washing a kitchen knife and Gaku can see what he's been cutting on the cutting board: apples. He smiles a little to greet Gaku and holds out a bag of dried apple chips. Here you go! ]

[associative]

Thanks.

[ He leans forward—careful of the knife—and gives Ellis a kiss on the temple. ]

You've been enjoying making new things like this, huh?

[framestory]

[ Mrrrngh... Ellis likes the kiss on the temple more than he thought he would. Anyway, he nods. ]

"I have a lot of apples in particular, so I want to use them before they go bad."

[associative]

[ He leans back against the counter, opening up the bag and having one of the chips. ]

You should make some pie... jam too.

[framestory]

[ Ellis shakes his head regarding jam. ]

"I want it to be eaten quickly. Do you want a pie? You can share it with He Xuan."

[ A guaranteed way that the pie will be finished. ]

[associative]

I don't like sweets that much. Don't go through the effort of all that for me.

[ He sighs, eating another apple chip. ]

[framestory]

[ Oh, right. He might as well use different ingredients for Gaku. Thankfully, the apple chips aren't sweet at all. ]

"I'll think of something."

[ But regarding Gaku's visit, Ellis washes his hands, dries, and goes to his room. He comes back out shortly after, holding a bundle of several pages of paper with a binder clip out to Gaku. Here's the smutfic between you and a reader insert. ]

[associative]

[ Gaku takes the writing and... wow. It doesn't take Gaku long to get to some of the more risqué parts of the text, his cheeks flushing a light pink.

What the hell is this? Who wrote it? Why does Ellis have it? ]

...Did you read all of this?

[ Of course that's his question here. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods. ]

"How else would I know it was raunchy text of you?"

[ Since he mentioned that in the letter and all. The fic was extremely explicit and probably lingered on more certain details than it should have. ]

"I just found it on my doorstep one day. I don't know what they're trying to achieve with this."

[associative]

[ Well. He has a point. But Gaku still wanted to know if he read it... ]

Maybe it's one of those weird ways of trying to bring us closer again.

[ That's the only thing that makes sense. ]

[framestory]

"It's a self-insert fic."

[ If there's something that Gaku might have learned with movies and now, stories, is that Ellis can't get into them. He didn't feel anything from it, but he's not going to say that to Gaku up front. That's too mean... ]

"Just thought you should know. Maybe someone likes you that much."

[associative]

[ He has half a mind to ask Ellis his thoughts, but everything he knows about the other man leads him to believe that he wouldn’t care for the story, Gaku’s presence in it or not. So, he doesn’t ask.

But he does shrug. ]

Doesn’t really matter, does it? I’d reject them.

[ Plus, this is a creepy way to display affection. ]

[framestory]

[ Oh.

Right.

Yeah.

lmao. Ellis will pretend like that was the most obvious answer by nodding and looking off to the side. Don't look at him... ]

[associative]

[ He’ll be chasing after Ellis’ gaze. ]

What? Got a problem with it?

[framestory]

[ Ellis shakes his head no. ]

"No problem whatsoever. Still trying to get used to it..."

[associative]

To what?

[ He tilts his head. ]

Me liking you?

[framestory]

[ Ellis nods. The fact has finally sunk in. It only took... weeks. Good job. ]

[associative]

How are you just now feeling weird about it?

[ HELLO??? ]

[framestory]

[ DON'T LOOK AT HIM... Ellis just runs away to the couch. Bye!! ]

[associative]

[ WOW? Gaku walks after him, taking the bag of apple chips with him. He drops them on the coffee table when he gets to the couch. ]

Seriously?

[framestory]

"Seriously what? I don't know what you're talking about."

[ :T He's hugging a cushion... leave him be. ]

[associative]

Yeah, you do.

[ He sits on the couch right next to Ellis, scooting into his personal space. ]

[framestory]

[ Ellis leans against Gaku's side, still hugging the cushion. ]

"Is it normal for things to be written like that about you?"