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crescentview2023-01-14 04:51 pm
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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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What got you so down that you want to put yourself in a blender?
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I wasn't being serious. You know the turn of phrase about bad apples..., I've done some things in my life I'm not proud of. [Fake.]
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[ What kind of life is that if it isn't? Extremely sheltered, probably. But he figures Akechi won't say it on his own first, so he'll go first. ]
When I first met Gaku, I led him on without regrets. I acknowledge what I did was bad though.
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There is much to be said about the nature of this place pushing those sorts of bonds on people, anyway. I don't think you're a bad person for being interested, Gaku-san is quite the looker. [He grins faintly, the expression more genuine-- he means that, even if he isn't specifically interested in Gaku, himself. He is simply aware of conventionally attractive traits, and Gaku checks every box, and furthermore he's a veritable malewife.]
[If he's deflecting so the attention stays on Ellis, well, no the fuck he isn't.]
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But that's the thing. I wasn't interested. He asked what I wanted from him and I said, "nothing". He was mad for a while.
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And are you still not interested?
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[ lol ]
But it took a while for us to get there, and while I was still sorry for hurting him, I still don't regret what I did. Then again, that's "light" compared to what other people have done, but people do things because they have to or want to.
[ But would Ellis care about murderers? No. He's from a rather violent place and that's all he's known despite being a "pacifist". He'll casually step over corpses. It's fine. ]
Want to talk about it?
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[He huffs softly. This is well before he spilled his murder beans to Gaku, so he isn't about to just come out with it of his own volition.] Tit for tat, I suppose... Most of my behavior is a lie, a mask I cultivated for years to appear friendly and approachable while I was in the public eye. A ruse, if you will. It's a hard habit to break, so I suppose my personality seems a bit capricious, vacillating between put-upon smiles and being a crabby old man in an eighteen year old's body. [That's "bad apple" enough, right?]
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ellis: (spiderman meme)
Ellis stares up at Akechi for the longest time, and then finally points to himself. Him too! He did that a lot too! Wow. ]
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I've yet to see any sort of crabby old man behavior from you, but I've possibly not been paying close enough attention.
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[ So if Akechi hasn't seen it, he thinks he's doing well so far. Ellis is actually asspained due to many things, but he's gotta look ~*~happy~*~ and all. ]
But I think I've been happier now in general, instead of just faking it. How about you?
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I may need you to get up, my legs are falling asleep. [Avoiding the question? Akechi? Never.]
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[ :) ]
You can lie if that helps.
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[He sighs, leaning back on his hands again. Dropping his head back to stare at the sky, he mulls over the question and finally shrugs one shoulder.] ...I don't know, honestly. [And that is, actually, honest. He's so terrified of the chance he has at real, sincere happiness, to form bonds as himself and not with plastic smiles and "solving" murders he's committing, because nothing good ever lasts, for him. He ruins everything he touches, and this can't possibly be any different.]
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I stopped sneezing. Maybe your lap pillow was the cure.
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I doubt that, but I'm glad you seem to be feeling better.
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Sometimes you just need to accept what happened.
[ Not like that's an important life lesson, because Ellis is totally talking about how Akechi's lap pillow cured his sneezes. ]
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...sometimes that's more painful than moving around it.
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[ The "doctor" is in the house. Maybe. The doctor is sick, but that's fine. Let him help you, Akechi. ]
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A lot of things, none of which you're obligated to play therapist to me for. [Akechi this is why you need therapy, though.]
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[ In what way? He doesn't know, but he thinks it will help in some way. ]
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Ah, where should I start, then? I'm a terrible person, but there are so many things I've done I really shouldn't tell anyone. You've all been quite nice to me being unaware.
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[ Well, if Akechi is as bad as he claims to be, anyway.
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He's trying to be helpful. ]
i'm sorry for how sexual this icon looks
Do you think I'm one of those things, Ellis?
he looks so pretty tho wtf
he's a lovely little rat man sometimes smh
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