crescentview | 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.

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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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[ Oh. The pedaling has stopped. He avoids M-21's gaze. Please don't acknowledge him... ]

Pursuing him. [ But he knows this needs more background. ] We were messing around and things got a little... [ he waves his hand ] so I asked him what he wanted from me. He said nothing, and that I meant nothing to him too.

[ Yes, he fully realizes how insane this sounds on his part. ]

I decided if he was going to waste my time like that, then I was going to get him to care about me. I think he cares a little bit now...

[ Does he... does he actually realize how that sounds. Staring is intensifying. M-21's zero knowledge of relationships still says this is not correct. ]

...I take it back. You're not normal at all.

[ (Positive). Probably. With a little bit of dread at potentially involving himself in this: ]

Want me to ask him? I've never seen him get like that.

[ Maybe he should ask just in case. He likes Gaku, and it would be a shame if Ellis told him he needs Gaku dropped off a cliff, but this is all definitely over his head. Maybe he'll file this optimistically under "Ellis wouldn't be upset enough to be rude if he didn't care"? ]

[ He's aware! Please have mercy on him, M-21... ]

If you want to...

[ Gaku sighs, loud and heavy. ]

We've kissed a few times, so I don't think he hates me or anything.

[ Does that make all of this better or worse? ]

[ It makes it so much worse?? What the hell, Gaku. ]

I think you're way past where I could help.

[ This is probably less damning than it sounds, considering how useless he is with relationships, but. ]

If he didn't tell you to get lost, I guess... it's fine. Probably just weird for him.

[ Oh, so he's beyond help? Is that it? Honestly, fair. ]

Yeah... It's weird for me too. He's not my type really, so I don't really know how to go about all of this with him.

[ His type is so much softer and sweeter—not like his last crush worked out either, though. ]

[ He's definitely beyond M-21's feeble help... But probably in general, yeah. At least this is back to the range of human emotions he understands. ]

What do you like about him, then? It's not just the challenge, is it?

[ He vigorously shakes his head. ]

No. I do like a challenge, but that's never why I would pursue someone.

[ Let him gather his thoughts for a moment... ]

I like that Ellis is assertive in his own way. It makes him kind of an asshole, but I like it. He's cute too, and it's even better when I know he's not just pretending to be cute. I also like that his perspective is so different than mine. I've become a better man just by knowing him.

[ It's a really good thing that M-21 has the temperament to nod along to "I like that he's an asshole," and this isn't getting added to Gaku's tally of abnormality. ]

Then it sounds like he's your type. Just not your usual type. You can just do what you always do.

[ Safe enough to say when M-21 has no idea what that is. ]

[ Thank god, finally a win for Gaku. ]

Yeah... [ He frowns. ] What I always do is just ask someone out the moment I realize I'm interested.

[ Such is life when you're extremely direct. ]

I guess I'll just keep asking him out on another date when one ends.

[ So... they've kissed. Ellis, apparently, keeps going on dates with Gaku. Lots of dates?

Right. ]

...Good plan. I'm pretty sure you're already dating.

...Wait. Really?

[ It looks like this is news to him.

Sorry, M-21. ]

What else would you call it?

[ How is Gaku more clueless at this than he is?? ]

Going on multiple dates...?

[ So. Dating. ]

[ Please know that this is literally the most contemptuous (affectionate) look M-21 can give to a man he's stuck in a paddleboat with. ]

Is this because you're an idol? You do this all the time?

No. I've been on dates, yes, but I have not gone on more than three with anyone ever before.

[ He will not say how many he's been on with Ellis at this point. ]

I don't have time for that, and I liked someone back home anyway.

[ Advantage of a paddleboat is that it leaves M-21 free to rub his temples. ]

...So, you don't know what you're doing either.

[ At least that explains. A lot. ]

Not really, no. I just know that I like Ellis now.

[ Maybe he shouldn't be your wingman after all, M-21... ]

[ ...Yeah, he's definitely getting that vibe. How did Ellis end up feeling like the safer wingman? ]

...Probably good enough. If it were much harder than that, no one would ever figure it out.

[ A sick twist of fate... ]

Yeah, you've got a point.

[ Hm. ]

What about you? Are you working on figuring all this stuff out with someone too?

[ Since Gaku is fortunate enough to ask him early in the month, M-21 gives an awkward shrug. ]

Figured I'd find someone who just wanted a marriage to get out of here. It's harder than I thought.

[ He's had a few doki moments, but what does he do with those. Can't eat them. ]

Yeah, a lot of people are finding others that they actually like.

[ Not to mention all the Drama(tm), but he won't bring that up right this moment. ]

You'll find someone, though, whether that's through dating or getting married out of convenience.

[ This would have been a hell of a lot more reassuring coming from Gaku fifteen minutes ago. ]

...Thanks. I won't worry about it.

[ Sometimes you singlehandedly ruin your own reputation... ]

Good. This place is pretty relaxing anyway. Wouldn't want to ruin it by worrying about this stuff, right?

[ ...Says the guy worrying about it. ]

Yeah. I don't think I need to make it complicated.

[ Thanks Gaku for leading by negative example! ]

[ At least he's helped, right??? ]

Yeah, you don't. I know it might not seem like it, but I do like it more when things aren't complicated.

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