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mid-feb event.
brisk winds and cloudy skies
As Fallβs characteristic storms continue to cast the island in layers of heavy gray clouds, the season of festivals carries on despite the chill weather. Inclement weather is nothing a nice hot bowl of ππ«π¬π π¨-ππ¬π²-ππ«-ππ¬π²π―-ππ°π° π π¬π¬π·πΆ ππ¦π©π¨-π ππ°π’π‘ ππ΅π±π―π πππ€π¦π ππ© πππ·π·π’π‘ ππ ππ²π«π°π₯π¦π«πΆ ππ―ππ€π―ππ«π± πππ³π¬π―πΆ βπ¬π―π«π±ππ°π±π¦π ππ€π€ ππ«π‘ πππ¦π π’π‘ ππ²π°π₯π―π¬π¬πͺ πππ©π±π’π‘ ππ«π‘ ππ’πππ’π―π’π‘ ππ±π’π΄ ππ« ππ¬π¬ ππ²π π₯ βπ¦π π’ ππ±. ππ°π’π©π’π°π° ππ―πππ’ ππ’π’π‘ ππ―π¬πͺ ππ²π―π€ππ±π¬π―πΆ ππ¦π±π₯ ππ’π«π‘π’π― ππ²π¦π πΆ ππ¬π―πͺπ° can't fix. There are plenty of leftovers available for those interested.
The yearly animal exhibition is taking place in Town Square along with All Hallowsβ Eve at the end of the season, but thereβs something off about fall this year. Perhaps itβs the pirates who have anchored themselves at the beach...?
This seasonβs crops are eggplant, carrot, yam, spinach, and green pepper. Fallβs seasonal flowers are lamp grass, lilac, sweet pea, chrysanthemum, and petunia. As for mushrooms, porcini, enoki, and portobello spores are available for the fall.
the animal exhibition
The Animal Exhibition is your opportunity to show off the animals youβve spent the last year raising, caring for, and nurturing. Competitors will take the stage to make an appeal as to why their special little friend deserves the title of best in show. The audience will then rate their animal β and whatever impassioned speech was made on the animalβs behalf β on a scale from 1 to 10.
Both barn animals and animals from your coop may be entered, but your cats and dogs do not qualify for this competition.
Characters will be asked to fill out the following form to enter their animal in the exhibition:
Name: Your animalβs name! You did name your animal, didnβt you?
Special talent: Animals are just as special and talented as their human counterparts, obviously. Even if itβs complete BS, please tell the audience what your animalβs special talent is.
What qualifies your animal as best in show? This is your opportunity to make an appeal to the audience and talk up your animal. Go on, fish for votes! Thereβs no limit on how much can be said about your animal, so go nuts.
Once again, judgment will be cast by the audience and scores given on a scale of 1 to 10. Reply directly to the applications themselves to cast your votes and/or discuss the animal being presented with the exhibitor and your fellow audience members.
OOCly and ICly, the exhibition takes place on the 15th. Votes will be tallied and the winner announced OOCly and ICly on the 1st, giving you two weeks to enter, discuss the entries amongst your neighbors, and vote. The winner will receive a special animal never before seen on the island. Thereβs only one of it in existence!
all hallows' eve
As the end of Fall nears and Winter approaches, the residents of Crescentview Town have begun setting out carved gourds on their porches and handing out unique handmade candies to the farmers on Fall 30th, otherwise known as All Hallowsβ Eve. The bar has also begun selling hot pumpkin spice lattes that leave you feeling a bit sassier than usual.
It is said that the souls of the dearly departed roam the island during late Fall in search of their final resting places. The townsfolk carve gourds in order to house these wandering souls and allow them to rest before venturing on in search of a permanent home. These carved gourds glow with an eerie blue light when occupied with the souls of the dead... according to the townsfolk, anyway.
It is recommended that farmers use pumpkins from last monthβs harvest to carve their lanterns. Otherwise, a variety of small gourds can be purchased from the grocerβs. Candy and other sweet treats can also be purchased here if you wish to participate in the tradition of handing out candy on the 30th. Additionally, the candy distributed by the townfolk might leave you feeling scared and in need of comfort if consumed on the 30th. Spoopy.
thar be pirates
Remember the strange ship circling the coast? The one that is quite obviously a pirate ship? Yeah. Coming as a shock to absolutely no one, that ship has anchored at the beach and unloaded its gaggle of 100 pirates onto the shore, and the pirates waste no time heading into town to cause commotion and trashing, raiding, and pilfering farmerβs fields.
The level of damage wrought to your farm and the items taken is up to player discretion. The pirates are looking for fresh fruits and vegetables to take back to their ship and arenβt above using force and underhanded tactics to get them. Itβs quite possible that, if aggressed, they wonβt hesitate to attack farmers and villagers. If you give them what they want, the damage done to your farm may be minimal, but if you refuse, prepare for a fight!
The pirates will continue to take to the streets and ravage the island at random from Fall 18th to Fall 30th. Characters may attempt to deal with the problem on their own, partner up with their neighbors, hold town councils to arrange a larger-scale effort to thwart the pirates, etc. This is a very loose and open-ended event, but if your characters want to coordinate a special effort to deal with the pirates that require mod input, please give us a poke through the questions toplevel below. Additionally, the Goddess can be contacted ICly for assistance.
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 February 1st to March 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 youβre bringing home to your farm.
This monthβs current tasks are as follows. New additions have been highlighted in red.
1. Distribute your special chocolates. Fall is the season of love and thankfulness. Share the chocolates the Goddess gave you with your friends and neighbors to receive 1 random fall crop seed. This task can be completed 10 times.
2. Express your appreciation for your neighbors. Tell your friends you care for them, give them a hug, make them a warm meal. No matter how it is you show your appreciation for the people around you, βtis the season to make sure they know it. Complete this task a total of 10 times for 1 random fall flower bag.
3. Go foraging. Bushes producing blueberries, blackberries and raspberries can be found in the foothills and are prime for the picking in fall, but be careful: you might get a mild case of poisoning if you donβt know what youβre looking for!
You can also pick bioluminescent mushrooms in the forest and seashells at the beach to complete this task. You will earn 2 random bags of fall mushroom spores with each submission and you may complete this task a total of 5 times.
4. Check out Dulces SueΓ±os Resort. Travel there alone or with a friend for 1 cow, sheep, alpaca or goat of your choice. This task can be completed once and can be combined with tasks 6 and 7.
5. Contribute an item to the community pot. Throw in an item of your choice, but be warned: the Goddess might punish you if she catches you throwing in any garbage or dirty work boots. Complete this task once to receive a rabbit or chicken of your choice for your coop.
6. Share a memory with someone else. Spend the night at Dulces SueΓ±os Resort with a friend. As you rest, youβll exchange a single memory with the person sleeping beside you. You can complete this task to receive a Buff Fairy contract that summons a single Buff Fairy to work the farm, harvest and water crops, feed and brush animals, etc. You can complete this task a total of 3 times. That's three times the buff fairies!
7. Feel another personβs emotions. Visit the island and soak in its waters with another person. Doing so will allow you to feel what the other person is feeling. This task can be completed 3 times and each completion rewards you with a Diva Fairy contract. These fairies in their little designer heels are quite sassy, but they'll cook, clean, and do whatever work around the house that you demand of them.
8. Submit an Islekea furniture set. Islekeaβs application process has been streamlined and simplified! Applications are now free to submit and you may choose a maximum of of 5 items to supply in a set regardless of which room in the house they suit best. Submit an application to complete this task and earn a wardrobe containing 4 outfits from home. This task can be completed once.
9. Carve a gourd for All Hallows' Eve. Those lost, wandering souls need a lovingly carved gourd to roost in. Get together with your friends to carve a spooktastic gourd to set on your porch and earn a Halloween costume to go wandering around in and scaring your neighbors with. When submitting this task, tell us if you want a specific costume or if you'd like us to choose one for you.
10. Participate in the animal exhibition. Submit your finest barn or coop animal to be presented on the main stage in this yearβs animal exhibition. All participants will be presented with the Animal breeding 101 guide and a specialized breeding kit that will allow them to breed their animals. The winner will recieve a rare and unique animal of which only one exists. This task can only be completed once.
local happenings
The Crescentview Times newspaper has chronicled the latest happenings around the island. A physical copy of the paper will arrive on your doorstep early in the morning on Fall 1st.
The Library's shelves have been stocked with a slew of new additions. You may learn something interesting! As they say, knowledge is power.
The sound of church bells can be heard ringing distantly throughout the island. It's tradition for couples to marry on the eve of the new year on Crescentview Isle, so it may be no coincidence that the Fall wind is tickling the bells tucked high up in the church's steeple.
mod notes
β¬₯ It's time for event 3.5! We hope you all have been having fun. Next month is the beginning of endgame and the final month of the game. We're looking forward to seeing you all there!
β¬₯ Event 4.0 will go live on March 1st.
β¬₯ Please plot over at the Mid-Feb Plotting Post.
β¬₯ As a reminder, please keep all plotting on the OOC post as not everyone has Discord or Plurk.
β¬₯ Please submit your completed tasks at the top-level below.
β¬₯ Have fun!
no subject
[The distance is closed within a step or two, his eyes bright.]
You're the one wearing my name, aren't you? What do you want me to think?
no subject
You know better then anyone else I wouldn't know what it means.
[He crosses his arms, standing his ground even if it's probably a better idea to leave and let whatever it is that's wrong with Otegine runs its course without antagonizing him.]
Are you so desperate to stake your claim on me you're jumping to conclusions?
no subject
[Y'know, besides the jacket. He'll let Owen have that much.]
You're not someone anyone can just take like a dagger off a shelf, no matter how much you might say otherwise. There's more to you than that.
Is it so wrong I want to see you happy?
no subject
[Is it wrong to want Owen to be happy? No. Maybe? Itβs hard to say for certain, but it feels harder to deny this Otegine. Amazing what some confidence can do to a person.]
And I donβt think my happiness is all you want, is it?
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Of course it's not. There's plenty I want.
[He is not about to give an exhaustive list, though. That's just a pain.
His hands stay in his pockets as he nudges himself a little closer.]
How am I supposed to know what you crave if you never open your mouth and tell me what you're hungry for?
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I don't think you could deliver on what I want.
[Some people probably have senses of self-preservation, but not Owen! He scoffs, sounding annoyed even if this is.
Well.
Whatever it is, it's too late to back down.]
Actually, I know you couldn't, so why waste my breath?
no subject
[He's practically looming over top him now, his eyes lidding.]
Try me.
I assure you, I'm not about to let any part of you go to waste.
no subject
Not that he prefers the usual Otegine or anything. Obviously. Having a preference one way or the other would mean Otegine means something to him, but he doesn't. Clearly.]
Are you saying you're not going to be nice anymore? Gone is all of your gentleness and consideration?
[He laughs, finally uncrossing his arms if only so he can reach up and condescendingly pat Otegine's cheek.]
Do you really think you could ruin me?
no subject
I could snap you clean in two and we both know it.
But dying is too much of an escape for you. [The grip on his wrist tightens, pulling harder, leaning right down into his space.] Why would I reward you with something like that when you need a better reminder of what, exactly, you're dealing with?
no subject
[Just because he can throw his weight around and pin him to walls doesnβt mean he has the upper hand!]
Youβre talking a big game right now, but why should I believe you can back it up? Youβll crumble as soon as I start to bleed.
[Though he doubts he would even manage to go that far. Because heβs an idiot.]
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I could be coated in your blood and still not be done with you. What do you think I am?
[It's whispered as his free hand creeps up Owen's waist, up his chest to the meat of his neck, a pressured press against the apple of his throat.]
I'm not about to bare myself to an entire town when none of them deserve to see. But hearing you lose yourself to your own arrogance... how could I pass up the chance to drive that out of you?
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Then thereβs a hand on his throat, and Owen grins, manic. Just a bit moreβ¦]
Youβre a man who has no idea what youβre up against, for as much as a spirit is a man. Do you think something as young and inexperienced as you can do what no one else has managed?
[He laughs, but with the pressure on his throat itβs more of a wheeze. He rolls his hips forward, arousal obvious.]
Though maybe you want to keep me all to yourself, and donβt want to hear about the other men who have put their hand on me, hm?
Cw: nsfw just to be safe
Everything simply presses down harder. Owen's hips roll, and Otegine shoves the motion back with a deliberate pinning with his knee against the obvious swell under fabric. Tendon and bone of wrists creak under one hand, while the other turns a grip into a slowly increasing strangle.
His mouth stays near Owen's ear, tone low and quiet. ]
And you? Little wizard, who seems to like running your impatient mouth like a child, like you can hide that unbeating heart behind something abrasive enough to distract that you have no more power here than the men you choose to hate so much... against me who looks like what you despise...
What would you put yourself through, to feel powerful again?
[...
...
He hums a moment.]
But why would I care about any of that? [His teeth nip at Owen's jawline.] A man can't hold a place against a god.
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A god? Is a god nobody worships not much better then a man? [Heh.] You have no idea what lengths Iβll go through.
no subject
Show me, then.
You know where to find the hotsprings up near the mountains, don't you?
[Both of his hands release Owen like so much dead weight, taking a long step back to firmly adjust the sleeves of his shirt, the waistline of his pants that feel just a little more uncomfortable than they had before. It doesn't matter. He has nothing to hide.]
Meet me there. I won't give you the satisfaction of embarrassing yourself in the streets.
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But he doesn't vent that, straightening his shirt and tie after Otegine steps back. He'll probably bruise, with how fair and delicate his skin is, and have a nice necklace of fingerprints for a while... Which is a thrilling thought. He can't wait to see what face Otegine makes when he sees it, if they don't fade away by the time he's back to his usual self.]
Of course I know. I'm not an idiot.
[Brushing himself off, he snorts.]
I'll see you there, and you better hope it's not a waste of my time.
[Not that he's ever doing anything of importance... Still, satisfied that he looks presentable Enough to not get stopped for questioning, he'll stalk back off. He has some things he needs to... take care of, before this little rendezvous.]