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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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[ Gaku? Please respect yourself. ]
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Yeah, I did. Can't help that.
[ The heart chooses what it chooses, or so the saying goes or whatever. ]
Do you feel guilty?
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He did, a little. Just a little. Before that, he kind of pitied him, because wow. Please love yourself (again). HE CRIED FOR THIS; OF COURSE HE FELT GUILTY............ but he's not going to admit that right away. It's not about pride. ]
"I was just thinking people are so strange. They really can do just about anything they want."
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[ You know, like laws and morals and all that. Basically a bunch of stuff that doesn't seem to apply to a lot of the people here for some reason.
A thoughtful look comes over his face, though. ]
Aren't you doing whatever you want right now?
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"Kind of."
[ He gets a pillow (he has several on the bed) to put it against the wall so that Ellis can sit against it while on the bed. ]
"Do you still want to know things about me?"
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[ Shouldn't Ellis be aware of this by now? Gaku will always jump at any opportunity to get to know him better or be closer to him. ]
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"My character is has a deeply rooted survival instinct that triggers whenever I feel like I'm in danger to get myself out of it. The danger can be anything from nonthreatening to possibly dying."
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Which is why you punched me, right?
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"It will make sure that I do anything to get out of there alive somehow, no matter how extreme. I needed to be alive when everything was hectic and you can see that I'm pretty fragile compared to the average person."
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Yeah, you are. I get it... sort of.
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"If you're not sure about something, I can try to clarify for you in a really easy way."
[ But Ellis thinks he's already doing that. He'll try anyway. ]
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[ He smiles softly, reaching out to pet his head. ]
So, what is it you wanted to tell me?
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"How extreme it gets is... if I had a situation where if I could only pick one out of myself and another person, my survival instincts would immediately gear me to choose myself without question, no matter who that other person is. No matter what we did, who they are to me, and all that."
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As for what Gaku does with that information, however... he isn't all too surprised. ]
A lot of people are like that.
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[ Ellis brings his knees up to his chest and rests his head on top of them. ]
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Then afterwards? Do you feel guilty then?
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"I only started feeling guilty after I came here and learned to hold back my survival instincts when they're not as needed, like not "being as fake"."
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[ Being away from all of that and being around "real people" seems to be making a difference. ]
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[ It sure is making a difference! ]
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Wait, what? Do you agree with that?
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[ Ellis wants to see what Gaku thinks first, though his expression gives that away a little. ]
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[ But he isn't so sure if that counts as much change. ]
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"Aside from that."
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You felt bad for me... and for the things you did. I think that speaks more to your changes than anything else does. You realized that what you did hurt me. You fully acknowledged it, even though when you did hurt me, you didn't give a shit.
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"You're one of the first few people that I actually started to care about. I think that counts for something."
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