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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!
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He stays uncharacteristically quiet for a long few moments, reaching out with the fabric of his sleeve to carefully wipe at the trailing of tears. So long as she doesn't flinch away, he'll continue until her face is relatively dry, tucking a few stray hairs back against her horns.]
...There. That's a little better. [He can't bear to look at her any longer, shoving his sleeve back up his arm instead. Stupid, stupid stupid heart clenching like a stupid vice.]
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... Tell me the truth, Otegine. Why did you come to see me?
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[...
No, he knows that's a bad answer. He can do better. He sighs, crossing his arms against his chest.]
Syr's worried about the crops with the ship that just landed, so I'm making sure I have a backup plan in case he exhausts himself and we lose what we need for winter.
Nobody would really take these if they knew what they did. So I haven't bothered to say anything unless people feel nosy. I have a job to do.
I didn't feel like bothering strangers. You're someone I like to be around, and your shop's an impressive place. Even if things went wrong, I thought you'd be fine. Laugh it off, maybe, or something like that.
...
I was wrong. And you're upset. So that's what I get for assuming. But I can't take it back.
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I'm not... Upset. I'm worried about you. I would have accepted your chocolate, even if you had told me that it would make me cry, because friends help each other out. You don't need to flatter me or kiss my hand or anything like that... You just have to be honest, and ask.
[ And to prove it, she grabs like four more chocolates and eats them!! All at once! ]
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[It's too late to grab at her wrists, though, because the chocolates are in her mouth already. He at least rips the box away from her, shoving the lid back on and sliding it off to a far corner of the room. No! No more!]
What are you doing? I just told you, I don't want to see you cry like that--!
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I'm h— [ sobs ] Helping! You just need to share these, right!?
[ It has the added effect of: maybe he'll have less chocolate to try and give to other unsuspecting people?!
She turns away fully, such that she's standing with her back facing him. ]
There, now you don't hav to— [ sniffle ] See me cry!
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[UUUGH... he can't stand this, even if he doesn't have to watch. It's a trick, and it makes him feel strange, makes his chest hurt...
One hand grabs her by the arm, firmly turning her around before throwing his arms around her shoulders and pushing her tightly against him. Their height difference is so vast, he couldn't even see her face if he tried.]
Don't be an idiot. You're not helping anybody like this! [He exhales sharply, squeezing her tight.] Do you not have any kindness left for yourself somewhere in there?
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I—
[ a sob that would normally shake the entirety of her small body is stilled by Otegine's arms holding her firmly in place. When she manages to get her words out in the midst of all the crying, her voice is small and muffled against him. ]
I get that a lot... But it's alright.
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[He doesn't let her go. He can't let her go. Reassurance and gentleness doesn't even come to mind, as wrapped up in his own ego as he is... but he can't just let this slide.]
You're going to burn yourself out if you can't do something for yourself! Give a damn about your heart and your feelings, so people can look at you and learn by example!! Do you want others being so kind that they force themselves to cry?? Would you ever let anyone else put up with that????
[He exhales harshly, burying his face against her hair.]
It's not alright. Don't tell yourself it's alright. It hurts to always be so damn kind to everyone but yourself.
Treasure yourself, Ori. Please.
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Treasure yourself, Ori. Please.
Of course she's heard these words before. Time and time again. It's why, when she finally responds after a long space of silence, the air filled only with the sounds of her continued chocolate-induced crying, her voice sounds more... insistent. Unyielding, even as quieted as it is by her face pressed in against his body. ]
I should be saying that to you! You're the one who just told me not to call you a person— but here you are, telling me to treasure myself. You treasure yourself, Otegine. You're more than just a weapon! You have a soul! Otherwise you wouldn't be telling me to take care of myself... Because you wouldn't know about how much it hurts to give all your kindness to others and save none for yourself, how much it hurts to take everyone's burdens as your own...
But you know, don't you? You've known for even longer than I have. So treasure yourself, Otegine.
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Quietly, he pushes her away at arms length.]
What do you think I'm doing now?
I got fed up. I'm done giving it out freely. If no one will treasure me, I'll do it myself.
I'm not you, and I can't be you. I can never be like you. So just stay the way you are.
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You're not letting anyone treasure you—
[ At least, not in a way that doesn't involve him being thought of as a weapon and nothing more. Brows knit together, Ori moves her hands, using them to frame his face and pull him down such that he cannot avoid her gaze when she peers into his eyes, her gaze unwavering now. ]
We don't need you to be me! We need you to be Otegine. Being kind and caring doesn't have to mean devaluing yourself. I know I have to learn this, too... And so do you. We can help each other along the way.
And— I treasure you, Otegine. How can I make you believe me when I say this?
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It's unfortunate, that this Otegine flattens his expression very quickly, an intentional detachment. She keeps insisting these sorts of things, over and over and over.
Besides. What does it matter, now, what people need?
What matters is what he wants. And the attention he wants? No one here can give him.]
You won't.
It's a shame. I thought you'd understand.
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So help me understand. Please...
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[He's made up his mind, and he's no longer useful in this situation. A hand lifts to take her by the wrist and attempt to pry her off him.]
I'm done helping.
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...So why does she still look so heartbroken?
Even knowing that Otegine isn't acting the way he normally would by any measure, it hurts for him to push her away like this, especially after what they'd experienced together at the resort. She thought... More than anything else, that they could rely on each other from then on. It's hard not feel as if that's falling apart in the face of this. What if he really is acting the way he wants to be...?
At length, all she can do is nod, and swallow back anything else she might have wanted to say, locking them up in her aching heart. ]
Okay.
[ ... ]
I'm sorry.
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[The front of his shirt is a mess now. But he just fiddles with the buttons, straightening himself up the best he can and crossing the room for the discarded chocolate box.]
You've got happiness somewhere in this town, right? That should be what you treasure. It's nice. But your thinking isn't meant for me. And if you don't know why... I can't help you.
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I think it makes you shine, to embrace your kindness.
Was it a lie, after all? He resisted her kindness at every turn, and now there's nothing more she can do, she thinks, without saying something that will only result in him hating her. And even if this isn't the Otegine she knows... She can't stand the thought of him hating her.
But she also knows... if— no, when this fades, that Otegine will surely be the one who'll have the hardest time forgiving himself. So, despite everything... ]
...You'll always be welcome here, Otegine. No matter what.
[ She wraps her arms around herself. ]
But you should probably go, now.
[ Before he really comes to hate her. ]
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He goes straight for the door. His posture, though just as unusually smooth as ever, now tenses at the shoulders, and the look he tosses toward her stays flat, a glance the searches but does not show and gives up far too fast.
It's all a waste of his time.]
Some other time, then, Ori.
Goodnight.
[And out he goes, letting the door creak shut behind him.]