jan mid-month event.

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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.

Submit your applications here by the 20th at 12pm EST. The date auction will go live on the 21st at 12pm EST.

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.

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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.

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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CONTESTANT #3

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Describe yourself in three sentences or less:
I'm an angsty soul who spends time on his grand estate looking into the distance and thinking about the cruelties of life while ignoring how rich I am. No one shall escape my iron fist of judgement. I also think horses are cute.

List three of your best and worst qualities:
+ you can cut cheese on my cheekbones
+ i'm the tall dark handsome boyfriend you're looking for
+ i make capes look good

- i need at least one hour each day to brood on my dark tower (not here) and think dark thoughts
- i have been emotionally constipated for over ten years. i also have not smiled for ten years
- i might drink your blood (vampire?)

If you were a fruit, which fruit would you be and why?
Grapes, because like me, they let out a little whine every now and then.

Describe your ideal romantic partner:
Someone who can make me smile (literally impossible).

Why should the auction attendees bid on you?
If you want a free gargoyle for your farm, or a vampire bat, I'm the man for you.

BID

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A man fond of horses no doubt knows how to ride them, so keep that factoid in the back of your dirty little mind when placing your bets for contestant #3!

[unchainer]

[ Vampire? VAMPIRE???

20 coins. ]

[outride]

( 30 COINS. BINCH )

[bluminescence]

[ Kaspar hesitates over this one upon viewing, tilting his head.

Suddenly during bidding: 31 coins. ]

[hypnowhip]

Whoever wrote this one sure has a sense of humor, eh Kassie?

[Sylvando's going to up the ante with 50 coins. He probably won't go very hard on it, though.]

SPECTATE

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[passthrough]

[horses.....

He won't be bidding on this one but his face does squint hard at the application.

Hm. Horses. :/]

[outride]

( vampire, huh. )

[yourlenore]

Why don't you give this entry a shot? If he is a vampire, then he is entirely your type!

( He says in a conversational tone, in front of the Goddess and everyone, )

[outride]

GYAH-! MISHKA!

( HE SCARED THE DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HER!! she must've been pretty lost in thought, huh... )

W-What are you talking about? Vampires aren't my type! I swear!

[unchainer]

Is that so?

[ Hi, he just placed his bid and now he's cracking up. Girl, he hasn't met you before, but! ]

There's no sense in hiding what your heart desires! Bid, if you so please!

[ Go on! He's up for the challenge. ]

[bluminescence]

[ After Sylvie gut punches him, Kaspar blinks without a real response. The way he says, he knows what he means by like. What follows is silence, the closing of his throat until he settles his gaze off toward no one. He looks calm, and he is, but he is also now effectively frozen in place. Only to be reactivated by a new bid or someone brave enough to touch him.

Being even mildly moody makes him feel like a child. And worst of all, he's always aware when he is. But he can't always leave to be alone.

And he can't leave until bidding is over. ]

[hypnowhip]

[WELL HE'S NOT JUST GOING TO INFLICT THAT ON POOR KASPAR AND WALK AWAY, THAT WASN'T HIS INTENTION--

Drawing in a breath, he places a hand on Kaspar's shoulder.]

Are you all right, Kassie?

[Oof. Oof.]

[bluminescence]

[ Kaspar nods, looking sure of himself for such a tight throat. He reaches for the hand on his shoulder, squeezing it gently as if Sylvie is the one being fussed over.

He wanted to be alone. But now that Sylvie is here, Kaspar finds he doesn't mind. ]

[hypnowhip]

[That certainly eases the tension. He manages a smile as he squeezes back against Kaspar's hand, though it quickly fades into something more subdued when he speaks up again.]

I'm sorry if I caught you off guard with what I said. [He keeps his voice low, intending for this to be private.] Really, it was more of an assumption on my part- something silly that I shouldn't have said aloud.

[hypnowhip]

He was trying to make a statement of rescuing you from this entry himself, you know.

[winebar]

[SPEAK OF THE DEVIL THE OTHER PERSON HE'S IRRATIONALLY CROSS AT.]

If this is something I need to be "saved" from, then I question your Knight's honor in giving up so easily.

[hypnowhip]

Wh- What is that supposed to mean?

[Well that definitely throws him off.]

It didn't feel like my place. That's all.

[winebar]

In what way? I can't help but feel like you are making decisions about what other people's feelings are here. Is that your real reason or do you simply not care enough to fight?

Moving over here

[bluminescence]

[ Ah, he knows that tension. There's a look that crosses his own face, as if the realization of just how many coins he has left sinks in

After the gulf of silence, his voice is back to quiet. This was supposed to be fun, and he'd already started imagining what it would be like after the impulsive larger bet, despite his worry. Probably made worse, with the forced reexamining.

His voice drifts off like normal. ]

My own terms thought it would've been fun, with you.

... I hope you have a good time.

[ But bidding is over and he's done being in public so he's not quite storming off by ordinary standards.

But he is absolutely storming off by Kaspar standards. ]

[winebar]

[It absolutely is, and the worst part is that after this van Zieks also wants nothing more than to stop being in public but how is he supposed to storm off when he and Kaspar live in the same direction!!!!

So he jsut has yo storm off in some random direction!! Where's he going!? Who the hell knows, he sure doesn't!!! Maybe he'll just throw himself into the sea.]

[bluminescence]

[ Maybe if he asks nicely kaspar will respect his convictions and toss him in. ]

kaspar out here balling (not here)

[graftage]

(also not here except that he's watching the fallout from the audience or w/e)

[yourlenore]

( BABE U CAN DO WORSE

U CAN TOSS HIM TO ME!!! )