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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 smiles, reaching out to place a hand on Ellis' knee. ]
You deserve to have it, so I'm not gonna take it away from you.
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Ellis looks at Gaku and he smiles. It's a modest sort of smile, but it really shows that he's happy. ]
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So... you'll come back with me?
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"I want to know what you can offer me in return."
[ Safety? More time together? New things to explore? ]
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But thereβs a reason why heβs done everything that he has, isnβt there? Thereβs a reason why heβs following up on this and asking for an answer from Ellis. As much as it scares him to admit to what it is, heβs well aware of it.
Might as well say it. ]
I love you. My love is what I can offer you, if youβll accept it.
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That isn't what he meant!!!
But he can't just convey that, because it must have meant a lot for Gaku to say it in particular. Ellis can't just turn away and give him the usual disinterested response for lighter-hearted things. But love. He knows that Gaku is sincere--that's all he ever is. He's sincere about everything. That's why Ellis finds it hard to believe that Gaku "loves" him all of a sudden, when they talked about how it probably wouldn't happen for a long time, and Ellis was okay with getting married despite that and perhaps Gaku was too, if that was the only way. Love was not a clause for Ellis to go with Gaku, and yet...
... ]
"I thought"
[ His hands sign slowly and eventually pause. Ellis isn't sure what to convey. ]
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[ Heβs self aware, thankfully. Thatβs one of the good things about being normal, right? ]
But Iβve been asked over and over how I feel about you, so I started thinking about it a lot deeper. I thought about the things Iβve done, and what Iβm willing to do if I get to have you by my side, and I donβt think βlikeβ can explain all of it. After a certain pointβ¦ I think I passed just βlikeβ.
[ Clearly this is something heβs given quite a bit of thought to, since the party and since asking the Goddess for a feather. ]
I would not have married any of the other girls Iβve dated or liked in the past, but I would marry you. Iβm willing to step out of my own comfort zone and do that so we can be together. After a certain point, I had to ask myself why.
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Ellis quietly breathes in. ]
"What does 'your love' entail?"
[ He just wants to understand. ]
"When I was acting strange that day because I thought I was in love, I really didn't like it. I don't like clingy people, and I don't like clinging onto others either, but when I was 'in love', I felt utterly obsessed. I didn't like that. But I learned that there are different kinds of 'love', so tell me, Gaku. What does 'your love' mean?"
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It means I would go out of my way to make you happy, even if it hurt me in the end.
[ He lets out a slow, deep breath. ]
Thatβs what love is to me.
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That's completely different from his own definition. Ellis feels somewhat at a loss, because this feels absolutely overwhelming.
He'll be giving up the peaceful life on an island to whatever an idol's life entails. He can't imagine there will be much freedom. This is what Ellis wanted to know, instead of knowing all this. ]
"Thanks for explaining it. I get it now. But what I wanted to know is that I'm giving up this peaceful farm life that feels like it was made for me, so I wanted to know what I should be expecting if I go with you."
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It's not going to be easy. I'm famous, and people recognize me by my face, so we'll need to be careful when we go out. I've learned how to navigate, though, so I can take us to empty restaurants or rent out the place whenever we need it. As long as I have a mask on, it should be fine.
[ And his signing is decent, so Ellis would still know what he's saying. ]
You'll be able to do whatever you want, as long as you're discreet enough when you go back to the apartment and if you don't talk about your relationship with me.
[ Much like how he hasn't tried to control Ellis here, he won't do that back in his world either. ]
I'll be busy, but I will always make time for you.
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Sure sucks being self-aware. ]
"Thanks. I know that you would. But I'm starting to think 'I only look like the idol' will only get you so far. I'm actually wondering how that even worked."
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[ But while he's thinking about it... ]
We won't be able to get married, you know. Or publicly acknowledge that we're dating.
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"That's fine with me."
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[ If all of this is fine with him⦠]
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Ellis nods. There's your answer, Gaku. ]
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I promise you I'll take good care of you.
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[ He believes that Gaku will try his damn hardest. He's still a little wary about love, but since Gaku described his own version, he thinks he can be at peace with it for now. ]
"I'll cook dinner, but you'll have to come sit at the dining table, because my range is limited."
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[ Oh but first... ]
Before you get up, can I hug you?
[ he's feeling gay ]
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[ So Ellis will give Gaku a hug first after leaning in. There. ]
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Ellis rubs his back gently before pulling away. ]
"I'll take you there."
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Lead the way.
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"Anything in particular that you want to eat?"
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[ He isn't picky at all. How can he be, when Ellis is being so gentle?
With a bit of effort, he sits down. ]
I think you'll like Japan a lot, actually. [ ... ] Well, I hope you do.
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