crescentview | jan mid-month event.

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.

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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[ Ellis tilts his head. ]

Do you have a public image to maintain?

[ If not, go for broke. ]

Well, not here. But it's much easier to get into bad habits than to break them.

[ Maybe if he goes incognito. Sunglasses time, next time. ]

[ That's true, but where's the fun in that? ]

I think you could go in a disguise anyway if you're still worried.

[ Brightly: ] Yes, I have some experience with that. I'll consider that. Though, it may not be practical for meetings.

[ When was it ever practical? ]

[ Experience with a disguise? Consider Ellis interested. ]

Were you a spy? Please tell me more.

[ If only I'd taken him from Rays, where he was a spy disguised as a person bodyjacking himself... RIP. ]

Nothing that dramatic. It was just to enter a cooking competition. I thought it would make too much of a stir to join the opposing side as myself.

[ His cooking always makes a stir in certain senses regardless. ]

[ Oh, that definitely sounds like a story that Ellis wants to know about. He grins, but first-- ]

Do you have a bingo card? If you have any food-related things, I was wondering if we could go eat together. I want to know more about the story.

[ Flynn brightens a little and pulls out his bingo card to scan it. He doesn't know all of these yet...

Diligently ignoring the smut squares: ]

Yes, I have "eat at the restaurant". I'd be glad to. Is it nearby? I'm not very familiar with the town yet.

[ Ellis nods. Food date! Food date!! He is so hungry right now. He looks pretty excited to lead the way so he looks back at Flynn, waiting for him to follow. ]

[ Flynn follows faithfully! He's so lucky to meet such a helpful person so quickly. ]

Ah, I've been wondering. Which two languages do you speak...?

[ Hm.

Well. ]

I know English and American Sign Language, so that's how I know how to read and write. This island seems to have some magical thing that allows us to understand each other based on our language proficiencies.

[ "Read and write," ah. He gives a little nod of understanding. ]

I see. It did seem a little unnatural that we'd all be speaking the same language when we come from such different places.

[ His world uses wingdings font for writing and yet he's fine here, a mystery. ]

[ tales will surely be tales all the time ]

Communicate is what helps people get closer, so I think that the goddess handled that pretty well.

[ It doesn't take that long for them to arrive at Cozy Kitchen and Ellis continues to lead Flynn to one of the tables. When the menu arrives, he points at the chicken alfredo pasta. A staple favorite of his here. ]

That's true. She seems to have planned this thoroughly.

[ That might be a little overoptimistic. Flynn leans in to look at where Ellis is pointing and brightens. ]

Is that your recommendation? Then I'll order two.

[ Which he will do promptly! Meat is good. ]

[ goddess: i like this one

Ellis seems pretty happy about that, unless Flynn meant that he was going to eat two by himself. Either way, it's a nice surprise for him. ]

Can you tell me more about your disguise story?

[ He's a polite young man! One is definitely for Ellis. ]

Of course. Hm... It may be confusing without knowing a bit about my world.

[ He confused Gaku already... ]

To put it simply, you could say we have two major powers. The Empire is one, and those who split off from the Empire to form their own organization in pursuit of greater freedom make up the Guild Union. Does that make sense?

[ Oh, so something like a rebellion faction. Ellis feels hooked on this story already, so he nods with obvious excitement on his face. ]

[ Ellis, this story is so stupid... But Flynn leans in intently, clearly getting into it too. ]

Well, the Empire and the Guild chefs apparently have been holding a yearly cooking competition. Because of increased cooperation between our groups, this year it was open to the public. My friend's guild was asked to provide the representative for their side and for some reason he chose me. But as a member of the Imperial Knights, I'd put the Empire side in a bit of a situation joining as myself, wouldn't I?

[ A pause. For the d r a m a. ]

[ Oh, so they don't seem too hostile to each other to the point they can have yearly cooking competition together. Strange, but the novelty is appreciated. ]

Are you a double agent??

A double... oh! No, not at all. That is... that takes a great deal of experience and certain... talents...

[ He respects Sir Raven quite a lot, but, hm. He's not sure he wants certain comparisons drawn. ]

[ He tilts his head the other way. What's with the dots, homie. ]

[ Absolutely nothing! Well, it's common knowledge now, but it feels rude to drag out someone else's double identity like that. ]

Ahem. No, although I entered under an alias and in disguise. [ It was sunglasses. ] ...My aide recognized me right away, however.

It would be sad if your personal aide couldn't recognize you.

[ Why would they even be the aide otherwise. ]

Maybe I should have tried a more elaborate disguise. I really didn't think they'd send him as the Imperial representative.

[ Flynn, who wouldn't have recognized you... an attempt was made. ]

You should have changed your hair color and go in with a hat, sunglasses, and mask.

[ Nailed it. ]

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