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crescentview2023-01-14 04:51 pm
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jan mid-month event.
midsummer storms
The unrelenting summer heat has begun to let up as of late and those who make a habit of reading the news will know why: a hurricane is set to make landfall on Summer 16th. Spread the word to your neighbors and keep your loved ones and animals indoors. Expect that there may be some damage to your property, field and trees!
Fortunately, the hurricane brings with it only moderate wind and rain. Once the storm subsides and the whipping winds calm, you’ll be handed a letter by one of the Goddess’ many sprightly fairies who look quite a bit healthier and happier than they used to. Some of them look like they’ve been hitting the gym while others have a nice set of shiny new acrylic nails on their fingertips. Good for them.
Anyway, the letter details an upcoming event hosted by the Goddess: the first annual date auction. She has considerately included a form with her letter inviting islanders to volunteer as dates to be auctioned away while others have been voluntold. Oof. With the promise of a fabulous and extravagant vacation for those participating, the reward may very well be worth the price of entry.
With more news to announce, she requests that everyone meet up in the Town Plaza. The task board hasn’t seen any mid-season additions, but the upcoming date auction and the recently opened mines promise to keep islanders well occupied through the rest of the season.
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.
and... sold! first annual date auction
It’s time to d-d-d-date auction! Participation is highly encouraged by both the Goddess and her pushy little helpers. Every islander received a form delivered to them by said pushy fairies that contains the following application:
Describe yourself in three sentences or less:
List three of your best and worst qualities:
If you were a fruit, which fruit would you be and why?
Describe your ideal romantic partner:
Why should the auction attendees bid on you?
...You may have noticed that the form does not include a section for your name. That’s because this is a blind auction in which bidders must place their bids based only on the information provided in their application. Love is blind, as they say!
While some people may eagerly volunteer themselves to be auctioned away, those who are less bold may have been signed up to participate by a friend, neighbor, or the Goddess herself. In so many words, if you’d like to sign your character up but don’t believe they’d willingly volunteer to be auctioned, worry not! You may use the Goddess (or another character) as your convenient excuse so sign them up anyway.
As mentioned in the overview, all auctioned off parties and their winning bidders will win an all expenses paid trip... somewhere. The Goddess’ lips are sealed as to the destination, but you get the feeling this trip will be quite a bit more than you bargained for.
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.
to the mines!
The once abandoned mines have been reopened and are now accessible to any brave islanders who wish to explore their depths! But be warned: doing so may come at a cost. Will you take the risk and come out on top with rare and otherworldly treasures, or will you trip and sprain your ankle after stumbling over a small rock? Only one way to find out!
OOCly, the mines can be explored once per week and exploration is undertaken in a cyoa-style thread. The mines are a permanent feature and can be accessed now until the end of the game. Have fun!
mod notes
⬥ Welcome to our mid-season event for month 2! We hope you have all been having fun and enjoying yourselves. As always, if you have any feedback or concerns, feel free to reach out to us on the mod contact page.
⬥ The next event (and the season of fall!) will go live on February 1st.
⬥ Please plot over at the Event 2.5 Plotting Post.
⬥ As a reminder, please keep all plotting on the OOC post as not everyone uses Discord or Plurk.
⬥ Please submit your completed tasks at the top-level below.
⬥ Have fun!
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[Life on the island is certainly… idyllic. It’s a far cry from his work in Inazuma, with all the paperwork work, politics, and attempts on his life.
He needs a bit more excitement in his life, and some cryptic mines seem like a good place to start.]
There could be treasures in there, after all.
[His voice is light and cheerful, but he’s obviously not motivated by riches. He looks ahead, past Vanitas, before glancing back towards him.]
And yourself?
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[ Which isn't entirely wrong, but he has no interest in keeping any of the island's secrets hidden from anyone, so he's not opposed to Ayato's company. ]
I'll be heading inside. Feel free to follow suit.
[ And just like that, he starts walking past the entrance. Care to join him? ]
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Well, Ayato’s life is already so different now, what’s one more change of pace?]
Do you have much experience with caves?
[He follows after Vanitas at a leisurely place, not in any real rush to get to the depths. There could be interesting things close to the surface, after all, and he looks around them curiously. He wasn’t sure what sort of equipment would be provided, if any, and it might be nice to have more then just his Vision at hand.
Also maybe there’ll be distant screams of terror he can pick up on if he focuses. Who knows how spooky these mines are!]
Because I must say they’re not my area of expertise.
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lav: BET
Anyway, there are pickaxes to be found within the entrance to the mines, so consider picking one of those up... or don't. The mine couldn't care less because it isn't capable of caring. There's no screaming yet, but maybe that will change!]
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[ Namely going underground and stuff. Vanitas fears nothing. Anyway, he'll go ahead and pick up a pickaxe juuuust in case, but he'll venture further in. ]
I'm not too interested in treasure hunting, but we might find something interesting.
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Is that so?
[Taking notes…]
I’m very interested in what could be found… They’ve been closed for quite some time, it feels like, so who knows what could possibly be in the depths?
[Hehe.]
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[ Vanitas will sure press onward, let's go let's go let's go first floor! ]
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[If it’s not treasure he’s after, what could it be? Maybe it’s the journey itself, like someone from the Adventurer’s Guild, but he doubts that for some reason.
But! Onwards! Ayato will leave many stones unturned, because he’s just looking for anything particularly out of place or strange looking. Maybe they’re mining for god goop down here… Maybe there’s a tatarigami situation going on…]
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[ It's a simple answer, but he doesn't elaborate any further than that. What's more troubling, though, is how cold it's getting. Vanitas narrows his eyes and feels himself shiver a little. ]
The temperature's starting to change.
[ But he makes no move that would suggest he's ready to turn back. ]
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Well, he at least knows an easy way to figure out once they hit freezing temps, he supposes. Probably going to end up useless, but he summons a small sphere of water with his Vision and rolls it around in his hand.]
I’m interested to see how cold it gets. Do you think this will freeze?
[The cold’s not going to stop him, though. We need to go deeper!!]
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What will you do, boys? Look around? Lick some rocks? There's nothing particularly eye-catching to be found in here... at a glance.]
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He holds up his pickaxe. ]
I'm using this.
[ It's too innocuous in here to not try it out. He's not exactly good with the pickaxe, but he'll try to pick some of the wall anyway. ]
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…Or it would probably spook some people. Ayato’s just going to take a closer look around for anything conspicuous. Anything shiny in here… Or, like, bones.]
Try not to exert yourself too much too quickly.
[He’s not going to start swinging until he’s investigated every nook and/or cranny. He’s wearing white, after all.]
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In fact, it really does seem that there is nothing of interest to be found on this floor. It'll only get colder as they continue on, but if they want a chance at finding something interesting, they'll have to.]
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Nothing. There's no point in staying here, unless you've found anything.
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[It's just a cold cave full of rocks... Asides from it slowly getting freezing, that seems to be all that sets this mine apart from any other. Where's the danger? Where's the vengeful god energy?]
Shall we go deeper, then?
[He says, already looking for the way down.]
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[ Aaand deeper they go, but...RIP Ayato...... ]
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...Welcome to the second floor, Vanitas. Quite a number of glimmering ore veins line the walls, but who knows when another gust of ridiculously powerful wind might blow through the mines and target him next? He'll want to pick his options carefully now.
Will Vanitas approach the diamonds, rubies, emeralds or the mystery ore at the far end of the second floor?]
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He's not going to bother going after him, though. Instead, he'll go ahead and proceed down the mines. He's going to go for the mystery ore, of course! High risk, high reward. ]
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[ Get destroyed, Vanitas. He's going to keep going and try to run around some of the other falling rocks... ]