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morningdewsvalley2024-03-10 09:44 pm
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WEEK TWO
WEEK TWO
23 Villagers
Three people have fallen and a tower has risen. Along with it, some of the restraints on your mind have dispersed and a memory has returned to you - is it precious, is it painful? Is it cherished, is it loathed?
Mercilessly, dawn breaks on another morning. The rooster still calls, and the crops still need tending to. Rise and shine, Puffin Town! It seems like the residents are not the only thing that has chosen to rise, as a few more establishments have opened up for exploration. The sound of moo-ing near the farms may feel especially inviting here - how about making some new additions to your farms, to drown out your loneliness?
There is no festival just yet but if you question the ducks on it, some excited quacking will herald fun things to come later in the week. Some of the ducks will also wave the gift notes from last week; regardless of murder, being kind to your neighbors is still encouraged! Can't let our beautiful town sink into gloom and doom, right?
(( OOC: Murder proposals are due by Tuesday at 4 PM EST / 1 PM PST, for the current week's murder, but feel free to submit for later weeks if you like!
We have also added a page to report your Astera planting - this does not need to have been threaded, we're just taking stock on an OOC level.
Further, the Gift Mechanic has been updated. All turned in threads will now yield a character specific item as a reward! We're only dipping into the random gacha once all personalized rewards have been given out.))
NETWORK
tuesday
carrot cards
rats
tarp
tarot
These butts too small
Butter
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First thing's first is chores. He can be found tending to crops and planting new seeds in the fields of Corpse Flower Farm until the sounds of farm animals catch his attention. He doesn't enter the Livestock Show at first, though. He simply observes from outside. Or...is he even observing? He's giving the animals a very, very blank stare. Uh.
Well, he does take some chickens home in the end!
After his farm work is done, Dongrang makes his way into town and discovers the food vendors. He spends a good amount of time here, exploring and observing all the food options. Some meat skewers and a cold can of beer prove to be revitalizing after the morning's stress.
He offers a small wave and calm smile to any neighbors who happen to be wandering the market.]
Have you tried the meat yet? It's absolutely delicious. These ducks are truly talented.
[One more new location captures Dongrang's interest: the wizard's tower. He's a nerd, of course it would. He remains there until nighttime, poring over the archives and picking out some books to read. What sort of opportunities would alchemy afford him, he wonders...]
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[It's making a little mournful duck sound. What's a sad duck to do...]
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It's a bit weird for birds to be taking care of birds, yo. [ He says as he watches the ducks feed the chickens.
Later, he can be found kneeling down by the chickens. ] Hey, they almost look like chocobos. Think they'll get hella big? [ Imagine. Giant chickens.
Nine can also be found at the beach or at the food vendors chowing down. ]
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His first stop is the livestock show, and - to him - the main attraction. He spends a lot of time quietly feeding hay to the horses, stroking their snouts as they'll allow him. It's peaceful, pleasant...he looks rather morose as usual, but there's just a hint of softness to his face...
Beelzebub's trip around town is cut rather short by his return to corpse flower farm. He's brought that very same horse back with him, and from behind the mewing of a cat can be heard. Wordlessly, he sets the horse up in one of the stables, giving it encouraging strokes as he settles it in. The mewing increases in frequency and intensity until Beelzebub whirls around.]
Enough, Lucifer.
[...and he'll pick the little sand-coloured kitty up. Heart of stone, this guy.
He spends the rest of the day at the wizard's tower, cat in tow, checking out...pretty much all of the books they have there. Whilst alchemy is largely disinterests him, the books on spirits and fairytales seem to capture his attention.]
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Livestock Show SLIDES IN HERE LATE...
welcomes you with open arms
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They are, as usual, out and about, exploring the town or just aimlessly wandering the usual facilities.
But for the most part, Enkidu can be seen at the beach, just watching the waves come in, staring out into the sea. They kneel down, cupping sand into their hands, watching it fall through their fingers. If someone comes on by, they tilt their head at them. ]
Hello, did you want to join me?
[ Join them in what, exactly? It's probably fine.
Enkidu is lastly seen at the Spa, later in the day, looking over all the details, and looking confused. ]
What's this place supposed to be for?
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Are those baby ones? They're so much smaller than the rest. [She never really thought about it that way; it was only recently that she really tried to dissect the way herds of monsters worked in the wild or that smaller ones grew up to be big ones.] That would mean separating them if you don't take the pair, though, and what if they're not ready to be parted from each other?
[In the late morning, after she may or may not be the new owner of a young cow and its calf, Mio can be found training down on the beach, using the sand for resistance. More specifically, she's sprinting the length of it and back again, doing her best to time the laps using her phone. Every so often, she'll go to the cliff face to try a stretch or an arm hang, but she mostly stays running.
Much later in the day, her sore muscles are getting a needed soak in the warm pool at the spa. Anyone in the women's changing room with her beforehand might have caught her checking the mark on her neck in the mirror before she finished changing and went out to the water. Though she's a little droopy from the heat, if she backs herself against a wall and rests her back against it, it's perfectly relaxing. She can spare herself a moment here, even if it never feels like the time to relax in this place. After a while, she's so still it seems like she could be sleeping, unless someone chances close enough to hear her humming slightly.]
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There's a glimmer of expectation in its eyes as the scarecrow burns, and by god, it won't stop quacking.
While there aren't any crops around, the fire's still within the farmstead...bringing the attention of other ducks in the area. Thankfully, it doesn't take long for them to band together to put it out. And so the day is saved (?)!
It doesn't take a genius to guess what happens next to the duck in blue though: the scolding of a lifetime. Not that the duck seems to be particularly contrite after seeing the fire die down. Just...despondent.
What an odd duck. ]
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There is some relief to be found for him mentally though when he decides to venture to that new wizard's tower and discovers the alchemy lab--oh, finally. The tools are a bit more archaic than what he's used to, but he's able to figure them out through some reading and his own knowledge and has some concoctions cooking in beakers. He's got some rubber gloves and an apron on as well, because lab safety is important no matter how archaic the lab.]
Alchemy is essentially a grandfather of chemistry. That's how this sort of thing is even possible.
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Other than that, later in the day he can be found out and about in various places! Maybe you can find him contemplating deeper trips into the mines at the adventurer's guild, or going through the stands at gourmet's gallivant food vendors, trying out some of the snacks on offer.
Most of the day, though, he'll be found at the wizard's tower and alchemy lab, going through the bookshelves and perusing the tomes with a studious diligence, but also sometimes a sense of bewildered bafflement: ]
This isn't any kind of alchemy I've ever heard of...
[ hello? color and taste??? apple plus apple equals bomb?????? this sounds like the kind of recipe jess would put together. ]
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TUESDAY
Starry Nights Festival
The stars are always beautiful out in the countryside, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't take the time to appreciate them! And as luck would have it, this week the stars are in a fortuitous alignment, whatever that means.
The ducks have set up picnic blankets take two on the beach, with assorted offerings from the food carts but with the very important addition of s’mores and dotted here and there with bonfires for that freshly roasted smell. There’s also empty booths scattered here and there and a wealth of stock and decorating supplies – as though the festival isn’t quite complete yet…
A series of flyers tell you the following:
Among the booths already set up, there's one particular tent up offering tarot card readings in the spirit of mysticism and the night. Helpfully, there's a 101 guide on Tarot Cards for those who aren't familiar. Maybe it’ll help you decide what booth to open? Or even give advice for the course of your life in Puffin Town! The ducks will try their best to get you to draw a tarot, but they also welcome help from those who are divination-ly inspired!
((OOC: Participation in the festival in any shape will earn you a gift, but opening a booth will earn you more! Please submit your participation here. ))
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GET YOUR FREE GIFT HERE EXCEPT FOR WALTER WHITE
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PORTRAITS/SKETCHES sure I guess he'll take commissions
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(NON-OSHA COMPLIANT) DARTS
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or you might find him at the food stalls because a duck chef may be quacking at him in Horror because that. sure is a lot of chilli peppers that wei wuxian is adding to his noodles. that soup broth that was originally clear? it's red now. he will offer it to any brave soul that's willing to try said spicy noodle concoction!
he's also poking around the alchemy lab trying to make different concoctions because it Seems Like Fun. anyone is welcome to join in the chaos!!! ]
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WEDNESDAY
wednesday mioting
Everyone.
It's been a few days, and I think the festival yesterday was well-needed. Thank you to everyone who came by. The calf's new name is Aster.
We're still dealing with a situation none of us expected thrust upon us. Let's meet at the movie theater at sundown. There's food and seating for everyone. The circumstances may seem more dire now, but I believe there are still more answers for us to find. Let's work together for as long as we can moving forward.
People who come by a little early will find Mio writing on some Joja stationery or reading, the normal braid in her hair loose and undone.]
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AREA CHANGES
MISC/OFF-TOPIC
presents: not perfect, actually?
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I have some to spare, if you want one.
[ After the meeting, Kurapika stops by the food vendors, taking his sweet time poking his head into just about every booth before finally stopping at the noodle stand. ]
Broth most would kill for, huh?
[ Honestly, he's not bothered by it. Hopefully it's good.
And then to cap off his evening... Kurapika's nerdy self is of course at the wizard's tower. It doesn't take long for him to accumulate a pile much bigger than the one he had a the community center on that first day, books about spirits and alchemy just about piled up all around him as he settles in to read. ]
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After the spa, she can be sighted at JojaMart. She holds up a figurine of a cat and tilts her head, looking at it thoughtfully before she takes it with her and moves to the stationary. She picks up a pack of it...and frowns.
Anyone approaching will get a word from her, at least. ]
...Heh. I remember looking for these on Day One.
[ But she doesn't sound all that happy about it. ]
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THURSDAY
not actually here in this tl
a glitterbombtwo sets of copper chakrams, sized about right for a teenage girl, with one pair being slightly larger than the other. a note is inside the box, somewhere in the tissue paper, but all it reads is if you need any adjustments, just let me know?much, much later in the day, flame lily farm will find a similar package, albeit much smaller, addressed to kurapika. inside this one is a pair of diamond shaped ruby earrings, made to specification.
lastly, at the museum, on one of the tables a couple of copper charms seem to have appeared and been given some space. there's a charm that appears to be a pile of coins matched to an S, a paintbrush also matched to an S, and a book matched to a K. ]
not here either; ghost orchid farm