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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[for8000amonth]

[ It takes him a few seconds for things to click into place with this one, but...

....Dominant application? Surprisingly sweet???? We're not even going to talk about the good points. ]

...Fifteen.

[ It's an audible mumble. ]

Fifteen. That's how many holes I'm going to give you for the fucking vermin to crawl out of your lifeless hide-

[ Somebody's not vibing. ]

[chronosynthesis]

[Wow that aura could kill a man. And yet, Syrlya is still taking the time to read his application.]

I am going to assume you did not know you would be participating.

[for8000amonth]

As if I'd ever debase myself by signing up for this garbage.

[ WHY ARE YOU LOOKING. QUIT LOOKING. ]

And I know bloody well who sent this in, seeing as how he decided to make it as obvious as possible.

[ Like...really. You had to include the bug bit, didn't you. Freak. ]

[chronosynthesis]

[He is CONTINUING TO LOOK.] Insects, huh.

[His expression twists into a wry smile.] So he's teasing you, but then isn't this the reaction that he wanted?

[for8000amonth]

[ Now he's looking at you. You know how. Stop. ]

Don't.

[ He's crossing his arms as tight across his chest as they can go, nail tapping furiously on his skin as he barely resists the urge to find him in the crowd and just chuck a knife as soon as he gets a lock on. ]

We'll see if that's what he wants when I fill his bloody bedroom with candles and watch him light up like a bonfire.

[chronosynthesis]

[Syrlya looks aside at Adelis, pausing at his expression. He's... very upset about this? Though Syrlya isn't sure if it's the idea of being bet on or the wording of the application itself. Or both.

... And yet, he already has a bid. Hmm...] I haven't made a decision to participate in this myself, but if you'd like some assurance you won't be picked up by someone you can't stand... I can put in a bid?

[yourlenore]

Only fifteen?

( MISHKA IS TAKING THE DODGE ACTION, ROLL ATTACKS WITH DISADVANTAGE!! )

[for8000amonth]

[ Dual nat 20’s, take max damage. ]

If you want more than that so goddamn badly, then I’ll give you as many as your fetid flesh can handle-

[ Come Closer. ]

[yourlenore]

Come now, Syrlya is bidding on you, is he not? I'm certain you haven't so much to worry about.

[for8000amonth]

[ Motherfucker. ]

The bid is not the point. Your horseshite application sent in my name is.

[passthrough]

[Well, he WAS gonna bid, but then this whole mess is happening and Syr "I'm just here to watch" dropped 500, so looks like he's bowing out.]

Is it that bad of an application, though?

[He thinks it's kind of nice.]

[for8000amonth]

[ Adelis is going to fix Otegine with the blankest look he can muster. ]

…I wasn’t aware you enjoyed reading about people’s supposed sexual preferences. Perhaps I should alter my perception of you.

[ And what makes you think he’d ever accept being called a sweet person. God, Otegine. ]

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...

Wait, what?

[WHERE?

Congrats he is now rereading the whole thing.]

That's... are you sure?

[for8000amonth]

[ QUIT READING IT-

He stares for a few moments more, before realizing oh. He’s serious. ]

…You realize comments about one’s tongue, hands, and preferences for dominance are implications.

[ Sir. ]

Certainly you weren’t taking them seriously.

[framestory]

[ Honestly, Ellis had no idea this application was for Adelis until he saw Adelis Act Up.

He's learning a lot of things today. Also wow, front row seats to Adelis possibly inflicting violence on Mishka again? Sign him up. ]

[yourlenore]

( After the whole Adelis debacle, Mishka has settled back into the auction, watching the bids trickle in with some attention. He has his arms crossed, and he's smiling as usual, but it's a much less chipper smile and more one he's simply wearing. It doesn't seem he's shrugged off that whole ordeal, completely. )

[framestory]

[ That was rough, buddy. He passes a small apple juice box over to Mishka. ]

[yourlenore]

( Oh, surprise, but... Yeah, he'll take it.

These don't exist in Ostoya so he doesn't know juice boxes are real cute. He just pokes his little straw in and takes his sippy. )

My apologies for the disruption, I suppose.

[framestory]

[ Well, Ellis isn't going to be all "thanks for the drama show, bro" all to his face, but he feels like he learned a lot about the relationship between Mishka and Adelis just from that exchange. ]

Do you two get into fights often? I saw him slap you really hard one day when I was passing by.

[ But he didn't know what they were talking about. Too far for him. ]

[unsync]

[ Born to die, forced to view all of this going down on this terrible day. But watching them all squabble just makes a lot of things click and it exhausts him more than anything he's had here before. ]

Oh, I see...

[ What a lovely auction spectator crowd. I hope you (yes you) win some day. ]

[yourlenore]

( Mishka has been requested on every thread here so he's gonna say hello to his buddy Ryuki too.

He doesn't seem in the best of moods after the argument with Adelis, but his smile is there all the same. )

Do you intend to bid on anyone, then?

( Speaking in generalities. )

[unsync]

...

After everything I just witnessed in this part alone?

[ Please. ]

No thanks, I think I'll pass... it feels wrong to bid on who seems most attractive anyway.

[ Or whoever has biggest dick size. He has no idea what's going on. ]

[yourlenore]

( Wow, harsh. Mishka isn't responding to that first bit, though. )

It seems largely a case of individuals bidding on friends, and strangers looking for an amicable time. I suspect, really, much of these won't be romantic.

( How could it, with the option for involuntary sign-ups? )

[unsync]

But... you wanted to put out Adelis's name hoping he'd find a romantic partner anyway?

[ As much as he does like Mishka, this is all very... ]