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mar event.
a quaint winter wonderland
What few leaves remain on Crescentview’s trees have fallen away to return to the soil beneath a blanket of powdery white snow. Winter has arrived and with it comes sweater weather and the occasional snowstorm. Stock up on fire wood to keep your fireplace roaring all winter long and settle in for colder days to come!
While Fall is the season of many festivals on Crescentview Isle, winter is a much quieter time. There is, however, the matter of one very important ceremony: the Sacred Unity ceremony.
What is this ceremony, you ask? If your character is looking to get engaged, married or otherwise promise to share a future together with their partner (or partners!), participating in the Sacred Unity is the only way to have your partnership recognized in the eyes of the townsfolk and the Goddess herself. With winter comes the opportunity to have your bond recognized and richly blessed by the Goddess, but perhaps more importantly, it's an opportunity to throw a grand party and celebrate with everyone you've come to love and care for on the island.
Very few crops can withstand winter's unrelenting chill and consistent snowfall. This is the season to clear out your field and turn the soil in preparation for the upcoming spring.
the sacred unity checklist
The Sacred Unity is, well, sacred! As such, there are customs that must be honored in order to hold a ceremony of your own. Luckily for you, the steps have been neatly outlined by the townsfolk and pinned to the task board for your consideration.
1. Pray to the Goddess to honor your union. You will be granted a pure white feather with which to propose to your partner (or partners) which will then take the form of silver rings.
2. After a successful engagement, partners will be mailed an application to fill and submit by Winter 10th (March 10th OOCly). Through this application, characters and their partner(s) will be able to specify various details of their engagement or marriage party.
3. After submitting your application, you will receive a bundle of invitations to invite your friends and neighbors to your ceremony.
After characters are prepared to go forward with their Sacred Union, players will be assigned an IC day for their ceremony to take place during the final two weeks of winter. OOCly, you may set up your Sacred Union toplevel, log, etc. any time during event 4.5., but please do not set up your posts in advance of our final event.
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 March 1st to March 31st 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 task board reflects the rewards you’ll receive for completing the Sacred Unity checklist along with a few more additions. The Sacred Unities themselves will also have their own unique set of tasks to complete, the details of which will be included in event 4.5.
In addition, many farmers are ahead of curb and may have already proposed to their chosen partner(s), so for this event, several of these tasks may be completed retroactively. Just link us the relevant threads or, if need be, provide us a summary.
1. Receive the Goddess’ blessing. Approach her pond with an offering and express your intent to marry or engage. Reward: one pure white feather. This task may be completed retroactively.
2. Formally propose to your partner(s) and present them with the Goddess' feather. Reward: one fairy priest and one fairy ringbearer. This task may be completed retroactively.
3. Submit your Sacred Unity application. Reward: bundle of Sacred Unity invitations.
4. Share news of your engagement with your friends and neighbors. Take the opportunity to hand out those invitations! Reward: a traveling tailor’s coupon for each ceremony attendee invited.
5. Try on your Sacred Unity attire and show it off to your ceremony attendees and friends. Alternatively, present your attendees with their special attire if your Sacred Unity has a dress code. Reward: one gaggle of musical fairies who can be instructed to perform live orchestral arrangements of your favorite tunes during your Sacred Unity.
6. Decide with your partner(s) whether you’ll stay or remain on the island after getting hitched. Reward: those staying will have their homes and farms fully upgraded. Those leaving will be granted a return ticket to return to their previous homes or to that of their partner.
7. Prepare for winter. Chop down wood, clear your farmland, prepare hearty stews! Help out your friends and neighbors by getting ready for colder days to come. Reward: three magical heated blankets that make you feel safe, comfortable, and more honest than usual. Gift one to someone who needs a little help opening up!
8. Build a snowperson. With winter comes snowfall! Grab a few friends and head up to the mountains to build some snowfolks, but don't be surprised if they come to life! Crescentview's soil is humming with magical energy and any snowfolk made with this magic-dense snow will spring to life with a serious attitude problem. Reward: one box of the Goddess' special Lovey Dovey hot chocolate. Consuming even a sip of this hot chocolate will compell you to snuggle up with someone nearby.
finely tailored and freshly prepared
Every winter, a tailor from the mainland arrives on the island to take custom dress and suit orders from islanders looking to engage or marry their sweethearts. This tailor is highly skilled and specializes in crafting attire for Sacred Unions, weddings, and other formal events. Whether you’re looking to have a very specific style of garb made or want to leave your fate in the tailor’s hands, you’re guaranteed to leave with Sacred Unity attire you'll love.
In addition to the tailor is a world-renowned chef that ventures to the island every winter to cater meals for those participating in the Sacred Union. Bring him your own recipes or request that he craft you a feast fit for a king. Either way, with his catering prowess on your side, every guest will be leaving full and satisfied.
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 Winter 1st.
What pirates remain alive have scurried back off to their ship and departed the island. On the way out, they scream and shout, vowing to return to reclaim what is rightfully theirs... whatever that means.
The end of the year is swiftly approaching! Every year, a massive new year's celebration is thrown in town square. The resident farmers have all been invited to attend and participate in the local favorite: king's game. Leave your shame at the door!
mod notes
⬥ Welcome to winter and the final month of Crescentview! Thank you all for engaging with our little project and making Crescentview the warm, friendly, and active game that it is. We hope that you enjoy plotting out your endgame plans!
⬥ Our final event will go live on March 15th.
⬥ Please plot over at the Event 4.0 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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[ Oh, he hates this.
He tenses up on reflex the moment Syr opts to touch him, and doesn't relax even at the serene feelings probing at his mind. No, if anything, that makes it worse, expression blanking further despite the stabs Syr will get of discomfort and uneasiness. He doesn't want anybody making him feel things he wouldn't, not again- he'd sooner take the blade to himself.
That, and...feeling all this, very well meant for someone else besides him, knowing that the other wants little to do with him now...it makes his stomach churn, despite himself. Huh.
Adelis takes a careful, measured step away, gaze elsewhere. ]
That isn't it. [ That is very much not the problem here. ] And I meant it. You would be better off saving that sort of discussion for another day.
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Adelis pulls back, and Syrlya purses his lips as the unease sinks into him instead.]
Trahearne, what's got you so upset? [It isn't him, is it? He thought since karaoke things had settled again. He wasn't even around Adelis enough that Trahearne should still be wondering about that, right?]
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[ This is the worst, probably. Well, not as bad as his awakening, not as bad as the sunken feeling in his chest that had plagued him half of fall, but it's still...third place. He can see the expression on Syrlya's face out of the corner of his eye, and being called by another's name just-
Adelis finally clicks his tongue, giving his head a shake. ]
Nothing. [ An obvious fucking lie, due to the dawning realization Syrlya can definitely feel the unease he's feeling if their emotions are shared like this, but he finally shifts his gaze to look at him directly. The look is not warm, but it's not cold- it's just...there. ] Because I'm not Trahearne.
[ He was hoping he could just dodge this and hide, but apparently, that isn't going to work. An odd feeling, since he prefers to be blunt, but right now he'd rather just avoid it. He folds his arms across his chest, grimacing light at the sensation of leaves covering his chest. ]
It's Adelis. I woke up like this, so don't think I'm pleased about this, either.
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Processing...
Staring blankly, confused, processing.
And then, with disbelief:] Again? Thorns, just how many people is this going to happen to?!
[When they have weddings coming! What kind of sick joke from the goddess--
For a moment Syrlya is too distracted with the situation itself that the awkwardness between them doesn't even register. He rubs his forehead.] Well, all right, at least this way you are both easy to account for.
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[ That is...admittedly not the reaction he was expecting. He blinks for a moment, caught off guard, before he gathers himself quite fast. So, he's not the only one this is happening to. ]
...Wonderful. At the very least, I'm hardly suffering alone.
[ Not that he cares much, truly, since he has bigger priorities right now. Like continuing to maintain a semblance of distance- just because Syrlya is too distracted to note the tension doesn't mean he isn't. He's all too hyperaware of it. He taps a finger on his (Trahearne's?) arm, lips tugging downwards. ]
...Yes. If you're looking for him, I'd suggest my farm, as I doubt he'll be leaving the house overmuch with my body's condition.
[ Or so they thought.... ]
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That is putting it lightly.
[ People who're used to flesh and blood would definitely not enjoy the general state of his body, nevermind those who aren't. ]
...He sleeps beside me, so yes. [ Cringe embarrassing admittance... ] They already stopped by this morning, if you were wondering. He could barely walk a few steps without looking ready to keel over.
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Right, Mishka will make sure nothing happens to him. I don't have to worry, then. [He'll still find him but at least he knows he doesn't need to rush to keep Trahearne from dying in the snow or something.
His gaze lifts to regard Adelis-with-Trahearne's-face properly again, and it's then that he's hit with... ah. This is an awkward situation.]
... And, are you holding up?
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[ There's a faint grimace at the sensation in his head again, giving his head a shake as he tries to make it go away. Do the two of them live like this constantly? He's go mad if this were him, as the faint connection between him and Alexei was enough to make him want to choke. ]
...He will not, although he has his own obligations, so he cannot babysit him constantly. Here's to hoping he manages to not fuck anything up.
[ God, that sounds weird in Trahearne's voice. He hates it here.
Ah, now it's sinking in. Now he's not the only one in the depths of awkward, uncomfortable feelings. ]
...I'm fine. Besides the fact he doesn't wear bloody clothes. Or shoes.
[ Adelis is respectfully not mentioning how he's dinged his head on the doorframe more than once. He'll carry that to his grave. ]
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... He clears his throat. Easier to focus on Trahearne and not Adelis directly, right now.] Well, it is a form of clothing very common for Sylvari, but it would be very unfamiliar to you. [...] I could not tell you why he refuses to wear shoes, however.
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[ Yeah, he expected that. He will not stop, however- RIP to Trahearne's image, but he is definitely not going to up and pretend to be like...that.
You know. Cringe.]...He wears leaves. I pray this does not last long, because I've little interest in figuring out how you're supposed to take them off or on. [ How is he supposed to shower like this... ] Well, perhaps he should learn. This feels far too...unsanitary. Were there more dirt and less snow on the ground, I wager it would feel even bloody worse.
[ He is going to gripe about this forever now. ]
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[...] Unless it's aphids. Or caterpillars. Stay away from those.
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[ poorlydone.mp3-
This does not make his expression any less Adelis-brand sour. He sees the amusement, and finds at the moment, it just...makes him feel weird. Something familiar when at the moment, they're not what they used to be.
He wants to escape, honestly. ]
Dangerous is not the problem. I simply hate the feeling. Not to mention, I'm certain stepping on something unpleasant would hurt just as much regardless of the lack of flesh.
[ Reminds him too much of the times his shoes fell apart and he had no choice but to go without before he could steal a new pair, and the fanatic way he'd attempted to keep all the harsh cuts from the uneven roads clean lest some infection take him in the night. Sylvari or not, it's just not fun. ]
...But I'll keep that in mind.
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... Right. [He looks off to the side.] Well, if you have any questions about being a Sylvari, I can answer them. Otherwise... well, I can't imagine the goddess drags this into the wedding.
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No, I suppose she wouldn't.
[ Even she wouldn't be daft enough to sabotage everything she's been forcing people to do to that extent, he thinks. The barest bit of faith he'll give her.
He straightens up. ]
I'll be fine. [ It's in his usual dismissive tone. ] There's no need to bother. I'm certain you've far more important things to discuss with him, anyway- and I don't intend to flit about carelessly in a body that isn't mine, anyway.
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He takes a step back.] Then if things are... well, not collapsing. I'll take my leave. Take care, Adelis.
[But he isn't in a hurry to find Trahearne, either.]