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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[harvestashya]

If people choose to marry, they must obtain a blessing from me.

[ The library might have something to say about that. ]

It's not impossible. You just hold yourself to a standard that others don't care about.

[ aka do it coward ]

[winebar]

[He freezes for a moment because... does she know??? He didn't tell her... do goddesses just implicitly know if you're gay??? Help.]

I... I understand that some standards are different here, but they are irrelevant in the face of the society that I must return to.
[He's being vague because just in case.]

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess sees all 👀 ]

What of it? It isn't as if they'll know unless you tell them.

[winebar]

And what would you have me do? Simply hide the truth of our relationship from the public? That would hardly be fair to my partner.

[harvestashya]

That is up to you and your partner to decide what to do about the matter.

[ Just a nice way of saying "this isn't my problem" ]

[winebar]

[Binch!!!!!]

And yet you insist on claiming we were perfectly chosen? Surely I am not the only person who you've put in a difficult situation, whether you acknowledge the problem or not.

[harvestashya]

Yes, you were all perfectly chosen by a set of standards specifically for that purpose alone. Of course, it would not seem perfect in any other situation.

[ humans don't have rights unless the goddess feels like it ]

[winebar]

What purpose? Because many of us are not suited for the farming, either.

[harvestashya]

I am aware.

[ She will not be explaining herself. This is where the dead end comes regarding that topic. ]

[winebar]

[Tch.]

I was hoping the offering would make you more communicative, clearly that was an error.

[harvestashya]

Yes, because an offering and a prayer are usually required if you would want to talk to me at this very place. Consider yourself lucky that I have graced your presence.

[winebar]

I thought a prayer would be beneath you in the circumstances of it not being in earnest, otherwise I would have offered one.

[harvestashya]

My, people should learn how to be more earnest to earn the audience of a goddess.

[winebar]

While you've demonstrated your divine powers, I'm not one to submit to a higher power simply out of fear. You've given me no reason to feel positively towards you.

[A beat.]
In fact, if you're responsible for the strange effects that seem to affect us, you've caused me additional problems.

[harvestashya]

[ The goddess chuckles, seemingly amused. ]

Well, why don't you go along with the others and assume that I'm the cause? That would be easy, wouldn't it—just shift all the blame onto someone that you have no idea about.

[winebar]

[Hm.]

I said "if." In my line of work, everything needs to be substantiated with proof. If you are not, in fact, responsible for them, I am entirely willing to hear about it.
[He doesn't like her!!! But he believes in pursuing The Truth.]

[harvestashya]

But whether I am the one behind them or not bears no consequence to me.

[ So, yes. She's saying that if the farmers choose to blame it on her, she doesn't care. She also doesn't seem to care for possible riots, but she doubts that they would band together for that purpose specifically. ]

So it looks like you will have to look into it on your own. Conduct a survey if you will or pour some time into research.

[winebar]

[He opens his mouth to protest, but then pauses because... it's familiar in an abstract sort of way.]

Why does it not matter to you?
[He suspects her logic might be different than his.]

[harvestashya]

What will anyone do once the truth has been revealed? Threaten to harm me?

[ Yeah... ]

[winebar]

If such threats are made, I assure you that I will not allow anyone to act upon them. Whether you deserve such ire or not, such retribution should be above us as a civilized society.

[harvestashya]

Well, I suppose that's less work for me to hold them off if such a situation arises.

[ That said. ]

Law and order is important to you, dear. But shouldn't there be other things that are just as important?

[winebar]

... I trust you refer to romance given your goals for us here. I thought I had been clear enough already as to why such things are off the table for me.

[He can't bring up the other reasons because they aren't relevant here, but you know. The other issues he already brought up.]

[harvestashya]

Yourself, dear. Romance is good too, but if you shall live in misery, what sort of life is that?

[ Pull yourself together, van Zieks?? Gosh. ]

[winebar]

[He's perfectly pulled together!!! He's TOO pulled together.]

... When I chose to become a prosecutor, I vowed to serve the people of London. I failed, through incompetence or unwillingness, to see the truth behind two of London's most notorious killers for an entire decade. Is a life of misery not what I deserve?

[harvestashya]

First of all, child, you are a prosecutor, not a detective. I heard that they lay out the facts based on the submitted evidence. You must have done your best with what you were given. Nothing is ever in black and white--things require context.

Moreover, you can rot in misery when you actually stay in a jail cell. You are not now, so you should live out your life. After all, you only have one. I am also sure that not many people would agree with you that you "deserve a life of misery".