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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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But she sees that guilty puppy look on his face, and she'll do her best to alleviate that with the smile on her face, even if it's a bit... shy. ]
No, but... I didn't think you would get so fired up...
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If she was taking it that seriously, I owed it to her. [ And before he can let his brain get ahead of his tongue for once: ] And you.
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That's the part that has her feeling a bit uncertain; however, it has nothing to do with M-21 himself and everything to do with the fact that Ori has never had someone like her first in her life. It's usually the other way around, and when she starts to think about it, she doesn't know if that's even the case. Maybe she's been crushing on him from the start? She can't be certain.
All she's truly certain of is that she's looking forward to this date. ]
Seriously enough that her sister took over for a bit... But we've cleared it up, right? Pyra said she just wanted to make sure whoever was bidding was serious...
[ And it seems he is. ]
You're... sure?
[ girl he put 1000 coins down on you!!! ]
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[ Maybe not exactly the same. Although M-21 had, honestly, been so close to stepping back and letting Pyra win. She probably would have been such a nice date for Ori, who deserves nice things. But then one thing led to another, and... well, he's not sure what all his friends are expecting from him here. But he's definitely not regretting it. ]
...I know we already planned a date. But this one's supposed to be special, yeah? So I'm sure.
[ If he'd lost fair and square, that was one thing. But... he wanted to be the one to take her. Even if he'd had to stand up in a tiebreaker for it. ]
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Ah... So, two dates for us, then? Good.
[ She had thought for a second that they would bundle the two together, but... She likes the idea of going on two. ]
You know, if someone strange had come along to bid, I would have been able to handle them... [ she shakes her head. ] But because of you and Pyra, I don't have to worry about that. So... Thank you, M. I'm... Looking forward to our dates.
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Doesn't have to be a rush. But I found a good place in the mountains. [ ... ] Wanted to show you.
[ And they're going somewhere else for this date, ergo... Logic. Very logically two dates. Unless he crashes and burns on this one, in which case he'll go skulk in the mountains alone and howl at the moon for the novelty. ]
Yeah. You could handle it. [ 'But you shouldn't have to.' 'But I want to.' He hesitates a moment on each of them before shaking his head again. ] ...I'm looking forward to it, too.
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Oh? That sounds wonderful! I haven't had a chance to go up to the mountains much...
[ The one time she has, so far, has been with Childe, whom she is very much having mixed feelings about at the moment... But more importantly, two dates. She's honestly not too worried about how they'll turn out (lie). M-21 has had this awkward moments at home, and so has she, but it's nothing that either of them haven't managed to recover from.
He doesn't say the words he means to say, she thinks, but the space of that silence speaks volumes. She wishes he wouldn't hesitate to speak his mind with her. They're teammates, after all...
Anyway, she takes her bingo card out again (you know from where) and hums thoughtfully as she glances at it. ]
Hmm... Think we should make a weekend trip out of it? I have "weekend getaway" on my card...
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[ There's maybe a moment's panic at that thought but — no, she said she liked hiking, right? There's no way she likes hiking without heights. Not to mention that she doesn't seem scared of much of anything.
His survey of the mountain sights is probably more than comprehensive enough to find last minute backups, though. Some of the lake views, or something like that. ]
Yeah? We could do that. There's hotsprings up there, too. We could do some hiking up to around there...
[ An overnight trip, already? (With the woman he lives with and shares a bed with?) His brain might be going into overdrive with a million possible ideas. Not that he'd been thinking about this ahead of time when he was scoping out the mountains. Just making note of things as he gathered intelligence, is all. ]
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Come on. I've traveled a lot as an adventurer, remember? I can deal with heights.
[ Little does she know their auction date will be on a boat, which she apparently can't deal with... But oh! Hot springs! Her face lights up at that. ]
Hotsprings! It's been some time since I've been to some! That sounds like the perfect way to relax after a long hike, doesn't it?
[ Which is her saying, yes, they're definitely going to make it a weekend getaway. Like a team retreat that is also an Ideal Date. (With the man she lives with and shares a bed with?) She looks back up at him, and watches as he seems lost in thought for a moment. ]
Although... It's supposed to be your ideal date, so... Whatever you want? Don't let me take over...
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She can reassure him all she wants that she's sturdier than she seems. But when she's not a bear at the moment, he'll exercise a little caution. ]
That's my ideal. Whatever makes you look like that.
[ Which he realizes a second later is an embarrassing thing to say, no matter how true it is. He tilts his head up like he's developed a sudden and intense interest in staring at the sky. The clouds could have moved, they need to be monitored. He carries on calmly as if that didn't just happen. ]
...I want to do something ordinary. Hiking, hotsprings. I don't have any memories like that. So it's perfect, right?
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Oh.
[ Oh....???? That was... incredibly romantic, what he's just said, but she can't help but wonder if he realizes just how much that sentiment wraps tightly around her heart and tugs, incessantly, causing it to race. For what feels like a long while, all she can do is stare up at him while he stares up at the sky, disbelief and wonder in equal measure.
Then he finally breaks that silence again, but what she hears isn't any better for her poor heart. So he wants to make little memories like these, to fill the void that had been left by what had been done to him... Of course. Of course. She breathes out a little laugh, like she'd been an idiot for not realizing this. ]
Okay. Well, you already know that ordinary suits me just fine, too, so... Let's make some memories for you.
[ Ah, shoot. She can't help but reach for his hand. This is just like a Teammate(TM) handshake, except there's no shaking involved, so really she's just holding his hand. ]
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But he's, unfortunately, not at all immune to the ordinary. He wraps his fingers around hers in return, very much not a Teammate(TM) handshake, sorry Ori. They can just hold hands as they walk home. As roommates do. ]
Alright. For you, too.
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[ she just says these things from her heart without thinking... ]
I guess we better get home, huh? Mikan-Avolyn is probably looking for dinner.
[ Yeah, they can totally just hold hands as they walk home. As roommates do. ]
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[ Wait, he's the one who says embarrassing things without thinking them through. He shoots a quick startled glance down at her as his fingers curl a little tighter around her hand.
She has good memories with him? Which ones? And how does he make more of them? He's itching to ask, but he's also too embarrassed to ask. So what he compromises with instead is, ]
You're gonna spoil the cat. [ (Affectionate). ]
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When his fingers grasp hers a little more tightly, she shifts her hand to lace their fingers together instead. This... Isn't a Teammate(TM) handshake, definitely not, but... it's fine. And it feels nice. ]
Ah, you're just jealous Mikan likes me better than you... But it's okay! I talk you up whenever we chat, you know. He'll come around.
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[ Who does the little jerk think fed him before Ori arrived, huh?
...But now he knows she talks him up, and just for that, Mikan is an unintentional ally. He glances aside to hide his slight smile when her fingers twine through his. This isn't a Teammate thing, like leaving flowers in the kitchen. Maybe that makes it something that's just Their Thing, which is even better. ]
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[ Mikan already knows that, but she'll humor M-21, anyway.
(Source: being a cat) ]
I guess we should think about dinner for ourselves too, huh? Want to help me cook again?
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He gives an affirming little nod for her question. Maybe he should actually go cool his head after the excitement of the auction and the handholding. But he likes his routine. ]
Yeah. What are we making today?
[ ...And he's no less excited about the prospect of dinner than Mikan is. He has weaknesses. ]
wrapping!
But for now - she's looking forward to cooking with M-21 again. She usually does. They're teammates, after all. ]
Hmm... Maybe potato and leek soup? We still have so many potatoes...
[ But before she forgets... She must, unknowingly, give M-21 even more of a reason to need to cool his head. ]
Oh, I guess I didn't say it earlier, but... Thanks for putting up a fight for me back there, M-21. I know I would have been fine no matter who won, but... I'm glad it was you.