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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SPECTATE

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Re: SPECTATE

[moonstriking]

Peaches have a hard seed though. They're not completely soft.

[Honestly]

[passthrough]

Hahah... You could say they've still got some backbone to them, then, maybe.

[At least this application isn't outright insulting the applicant... what is wrong with people here, wow]

[moonstriking]

[ Oho? She remembers you]

And if you bite too hard too carelessly, you might chip a tooth.

[passthrough]

[He vaguely remembers her as well, through some sort of foggy sea of too much booze and probably one too many dresses he was made to try on.]

Yeah, there we go. Not an entire pushover.

Is this one catching your eye a bit?

[moonstriking]

[A shame he didn't keep them today. That height makes for great legs]

I just think it sounds a little familiar.

[Several of these, in fact. ]

[passthrough]

Familiar...?

As in you actually think you know them, or just that they remind you of somebody?

[He could kind of agree with the latter on some of these. Reminders of people he hadn't seen in a couple months... it sure was an interesting experience.]

[moonstriking]

Oh, I would recognise this description from anywhere. [A beat] And who submitted it.

[It's very entertaining]

[hesperos]

...Yeah, excellent auction.

[ treat him well or he will beat yo ass ]

[yourlenore]

( He'll give him the finest mushrooms the getaway island can offer! )

If you like him so much, you can always ask him out on your own time.

[hesperos]

[ The mushrooms he saw you ate were poisonous. That is not comforting!! ]

Did you have to put it like that?

[yourlenore]

But it's true, yes? You seem disappointed you lost.

[hesperos]

[ Tmw you didn't know you actually cared until you lost... ]

...Whatever. I'm not on trial here.

[ Yuri, unlike some people, is still stupid about his feelings. ]

[yourlenore]

( Thank god Mishka isn't stupid or in denial about his own feelings! (Laughtrack)

He laughs. )

Of course. I'll do my best to romance him, since he seems like quite a catch.

[knightunerring]

[ 700? 700?! What the heck just happened. ]

[hesperos]

[ There is a troll loose in the dungeon! ]

[knightunerring]

[ Oh, and whose fault is this? ]

Not what you were expecting? ...And what was that supposed to mean, about my cooking?

[hesperos]

[ Um, like, none of his whatsoever?? ]

How do you think I expected this to go, anyway?

And why are you asking me about your cooking?

[ Yuri playing dumb. ]

[knightunerring]

It "can send everyone to death's door within a moment's notice"?

[ Quoted precisely. He's not going to let Yuri weasel out of this one.

Also, ignoring the first question. He thought Yuri did this for a joke, but Yuri's joke got someone to put down 700 coins. Flynn can't help feeling a little unsatisfied with his own application writing now. ]

[hesperos]

[ Welp. Looks like he can't rely on anonymity to play dumb here. Then again he and Flynn have known each other since forever now. ]

...I probably should have put 'almost everyone' instead, huh?

[ ... ]

Look, it'd be only right to give people a fair warning.

[yourlenore]

Are you the knight foretold by this application? A pleasure meeting you; I go by Mishka.

[knightunerring]

[ He's still boggling over that 700. Sir?? Just how many beds do you need made. ]

I'm Flynn. It's nice to meet you. ...I hope Yuri's little joke didn't give you false expectations.

[yourlenore]

( A lion always goes full power against a mouse... )

Oh? It's a fairly flattering application to me. Where does the fact end and fiction begin?

[knightunerring]

It's true that I'm a knight, but...

[ "One of my best qualities is that I'm me and you'll love it"???

"Good and soft on the outside and the inside"??? ]

Well, I can assure you that I'll give it my best.

[yourlenore]

Oh? I'll look forward to it. I've not met a proper knight before, I'll confess, though I've heard tale of them. I'm pleased to know that part, too, is true.

( He knows of the undead-smiting paladin sorts, but knights? Not quite the same flavor. )

Still, I do have one request of you for our date, Sir Knight. Would you mind cooking something for me and bringing it along? Whatever you like will do.