WEEK ONE

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WEEK ONE

26 Villagers

After the news from the town hall, Puffin Town might not seem as tranquil as before—if it ever did. But the sun dawns, and the rooster crows on a new week, that seems peaceful enough, for now. There's farming to be done for those who don't want to subsist off the vast canned food selection at Joja Mart, or you could take up your hand fishing or even venturing into the mines.

If you want to lay around on the grass taking count of the shapes in the clouds no one will stop you, an eager duck might even stop by to give you a pillow; but the cost of the harvest looms overhead, even if you choose not to see it.

And so too does: confetti? Monday, at precisely noon, everyone will find themselves showered with confetti from seemingly nowhere. The culprit largely seems to be the ducks, but if you're somewhere closed off like bathroom, there's no obvious instigator in sight. Though if you squint real hard, you might see the wisps of something? It's hard to see through all the colorful paper, though. Regardless, you'll soon find yourself accosted by a duck with a flyer, printed and worn:

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Festival!

The Colors You Want to See Festival!
Do you find the walls of your cottage drab? Do you want to add a special touch to make your home YOURS? Stop by the general store this week and pick up some art supplies to decorate your life! NOTE: Puffin town does not take responsibility for any damage incurred during the decorating process. Participation will be rewarded with an item from the community stockpile! Please see the event organizer in the community center to submit your polaroid photograph of your entry. (Polaroids are available at the general store.)

Maybe calling it a festival is a stretch, but it's certainly a group activity nonetheless. And hey, there's even prizes! The duck, ever eager, presses another paper into your hand, though this one is handwritten, in a cursive elegant hand.

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Gift Giving

Someone told me that receiving a gift is a reward in itself. But if you share with others, you deserve something tangible, don't you? Try it, you might be surprised at what you receive.

(( 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!))

MONDAY • TUESDAY • WEDNESDAY • THURSDAY

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MONDAY

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[mayorityvote]

[ Beginning around noon Monday, the general store will be stocked with any and all kinds of artistic supplies to decorate your farm for the festival! There's paints, spray paints, glitter, fake flower garlands, decorative pillows, cross stitch patterns, etc.

Festival Submissions are here! ]

[sorathvau]

[By Monday, Beelzebub has finally changed out of his pajamas and got himself some denim overalls and a straw sun hat - being in shade is the closest he can get to wearing all black, he supposes.

During the morning, he can be found tentatively examining seeds at the general store. He picks a variety of different apple seeds and a trowel and leaves without paying, and, most importantly, without speaking to the duck shopkeep - inspiring a rousing, painful, uproar of sad quacks.

Come midday, whilst he's out sprinkling his seeds into the soil, he's suddenly accosted by the ducks and drenched in a cloud of confetti. He's as silent and as morose as usual for a heavy moment, but then...is that...laughter...? No...it couldn't be...surely not...

The ducks must've put him in a good mood, because for the rest of the afternoon he's spent decorating the corpse flower cabin. With...black paint, and paper cut-out skulls. Maybe he's not in that good of a mood.]

Corpse flower cabin

[aurevoirx2]

[ He's incredibly cheerful today too. He looks over to his roommate's work taking a break from his decorating and smiles. ] Do you want to add lines to the skulls for the different bone plates to make them more realistic?

corpse flower farm

[jarcrash]

[ ............. yeah, this is so not her aesthetic. ]

So would a splash of color just kill you orrr...?

laughter

[lovebombing]

[Well, someone definitely got accosted by the confetti mob. Sampo lets out a little "huh" as he hears that very unnatural sound come out of Beelzebub's mouth.]

Huh! You don't seem like the kinda guy who laughs, but that's a nice one!

laughter is good for the soul

[illprotecteveryone]

[Colette watches this very grim-looking guy getting showered with confetti, and giggles to herself]

So they're the ones who are throwing confetti around! I was wondering who was playing a prank on me earlier.

[She had been in a pretty enclosed part of one of the empty barns of her farm, and then she got attacked blasted with confetti and she didn't see who! Mystery solved. She still has a couple pieces of confetti stuck on her hair, but hey, she doesn't mind!]

Laughter

[theotherww]

[Walter for one, is not happy to be caught in the confetti crossfire. He swats away the remaining cloud, coughing up a mild fit as he does before noticing someone laughing. Regardless of the reason, Walter is taking out his annoyance on him.]

What could possibly be so funny about this? This is childish.

General Store

[truthdefiler]

[Erika appears at the entrance, a bright smile on her face.]

May I see what you bought?

corpse flower cabin

[driftedaway]

Whoa, is this a haunted house? Are you making a haunted house, mister?

[ The black paint and paper cut-out skulls sure caught his attention from a distance. ]

[collisionheart]

[ Find Amy in the morning at the general store looking between packets of seeds and assorted equipment, having no idea what she’ll need, and piling too many things into her basket. You never know, right?

You might run into her on her way back to her farm, and she’ll stop like a deer in headlights if you greet her directly — or, she might be so zoned out she accidentally bump into you somewhere outside with her big basket of everything as she makes her way back. ]

jade vine farm

[collisionheart]

[ She spends the afternoon at her assigned farm. Amy is in a t-shirt and denim overalls, kneeling over a patch of dirt and digging out weeds, sweat plastering her hair to her forehead. Next to her are seeds and the usual hand-planting tools… and a dozen cans of meat from the JojaMart.

The rules said freshly dead body (gross, terrible, horrible), but fresh is up for interpretation, right? Right? She can’t stay here, and anything that isn’t… that is worth a shot… maybe they could all donate a little blood until they get a whole person’s worth… maybe ‘body’ can be any kind of body and their kidnappers were just trying to freak them out…

Gross. Gross. Stomach shudders. She’s going to stop thinking about it. ]

bumped off

[illprotecteveryone]

[Colette was on one of the roads when she got bumped off by Amy. RIP Colette, first victim, as was forecast by Nick.

Or not, she got bumped into, she's still alive.

The bump makes Colette lose her balance, falling backwards. Nothing that hasn't happened to her before, she does tend to fall down a lot! So although her face is a tad red from the embarrassment, she stands up, dusting herself off]

Ah, sorry! I didn't mean to get in your way. You didn't drop anything, did you?

[Colette got bumped into and she fell and all, yet she's the one apologizing and making sure she did't make a mess from that big basket. Typical]

bump

[provocatives]

[There's nothing strange about seeing people out and about, especially when they all need basic supplies and there's nowhere else to get them but the stores in town. And while he normally wouldn't pay Amy any mind, it's a different story when they're apparently on a collision course. He'll step away enough just to avoid a direct impact, but he still ends up being clipped by a shoulder.

Yeah, that will get him to stop.]

Keep your head in the clouds and someone'll lop it off for you.

[shamen]

[He's also looking for seeds so at least that's one other person to check with.]

Having trouble deciding?

greet

[pimpplan]

[ Zelos passes her by on the way to the middle of town, giving her a smile and a wave in greeting. ]

Well, good morning to you. You sure seem to have a lot going on. [ nods at the stuff she's bringing back. ] Need a hand?

[hyperbloom]

[ On Monday, Shinobu can be found at Joja Mart. There is the sound of a very loud, horrendous squeak (??) coming from her general direction. Curious bystanders who look over will see her with a rubber chicken in her hand, but only for a moment. She's immediately shoving it back onto the shelf, embarrassed. ]

Uh...it wasn't me?

[ Alternatively, catch her jogging around town in some boots and overalls. It's a weird combination, but hey! She's gotta get her exercise in somehow.

Finally, anyone can see her outside of Flame Lily Farm with several sheets of colored paper. She's sitting near the front door, ripping and folding the paper, making something with them.

In either instance, she'll give a casual wave to anyone in her vicinity. ]

Joja Mart

[illprotecteveryone]

Are you sure? You're standing right beside those things!

[Colette approaches, teasing, and pokes the rubber chickens with a wary finger]

The same thing happened to me. Why did they have to make them so loud?

flame lily farm

[faildeus]

Miss Shinobu?

[ faldeus is coming home with a bag from the general store-- a few packs of seeds and some farming tools like shovels. when he catches his cabinmate outside, however, he can't help but to stop. ]

Up to something?

jojamart

[collisionheart]

[ Amy startles and whips around at the squeak, knocking her hand hard on a nearby shelf with a similarly loud thwack! When she sees Shinobu hiding the chicken, she breaks into an awkward smile. ]

Of course not. The duck, right?

joja mart

[driftedaway]

[ Upon seeing that, Keito wastes no time in taking another rubber chicken... ]

Nope, it was me!

[ ...and squeezing it to the (slightly off) rhythm of Kotori no Uta. ]

[aurevoirx2]

[ Wow. It was sure his lucky day. Upon seeing the supplies, Sora first gets a backpack so he can add to his collection of supplies. Really, this was more than he had back home, in terms of variety.

With his backpack stuffed, he goes back to the corpse flower farm to decorate his portion of the room. He first moves the bed away from the wall a little and covers it with his bedsheet to keep at least the inside of it clean, and then tapes off the area he was going to with some washi tape. Then came a whole while of trying to decide on what to paint. It was acrylic, so it wasn't going to take forever to dry like oils were, but it also meant that it wasn't as flexible. He thought about doing a sky with clouds but that was too stereotypical, wasn't it? And in any case, wasn't his style. So he branishes the wall with a dark brown, then blends a dark blue at the edges. He'd think of what to do after that... Hinata as an angel stepping into the light from the dark was probably...... going to earn him a lot of judgment from his roommates, so that was probably out too.

One of the roomies will probably find him sighing over this blank dark canvas. Well, he has the week, right?

Later on, he'll try his best at planting some seeds he was rather curious about (what's a fairy rose? Oh, why was the red cabbage so purple and not red? Jazz... ? Ancient?? Mostly it's flowers though and useless for actual food). He doesn't have any sort of green thumb though, so he's just going to try in a little corner, okay?

Otherwise, he'll be in town, with one of the small notebook, with his backpack of a few select supplies. Anyone can run into him on his lone art trip, as he flops down on different locations, drawing various scenery and wildlife. He's a little melancholy, remembering trips like this with the rest of the club, but he's distracted as he focuses on the things he draws. It also serves as inspiration for ideas for his room wall anyway. But any passerby is free to tap him on the shoulder to talk.]

Planting

[illprotecteveryone]

[Colette saw someone begin planting, and she approaches, eager]

Oh, can I help? I love planting -- and this town is odd, but seeds should work the same everywhere, no?

[As long as it's not the Astera fruit, that one is, well, we all know what's wrong with that one]

[rightmove]

border of town
[Since waking up here the other day, Healy has largely kept to himself. The others... They're excitable. Dramatic. Not really his speed. Nor is farming. Or ducks, for that matter. He's always felt a distinct neutrality toward Los Angeles, but at least he knew what to expect from the city. His life made sense.

He did grab himself some new clothes, at least.

Now, first thing in the morning, he's standing just inside the eastern border of the town, scrutinizing the dense fog with his hands in his pockets. He turns when he hears you come up behind him.]

I'd think twice before making a run for it, kid. Those ladies were saying it's bad news out there.


movie theater
[Healy is perusing the film selection at the movie theater when he's accosted by a rain of confetti. It startles him—a tough thing to do—and he nearly suckerpunches the duck responsible. The flyer is what stops him.

Do you want to add a special touch to make your home YOURS?]

No, I really don't.

[He tries to hand the flyer back but, oh, the duck has already taken off. He shrugs and tucks it into one of the movie shelves, then goes back to looking through the collection.]


elsewhere
[In the afternoon, Healy can be found attempting to plant some seeds at Jade Vine Farm. Does he know what he's doing? He does not! SOS!

In the evening, catch him at the bar in the saloon, sipping grape juice and scratching his head over his flip phone. Why are the buttons so small???]

[driftedaway]

1. hoedown

[ For the entire morning (after a quick run to the general store), Keito can be found doing his best to plant crops for future food purposes at the Ghost Orchid Farm. For someone running around here and there with apparent boundless energy, he's doing a pretty good job of keeping the seeds spaced out without taking up a lot of real farm estate.

To be safe though, he's planting them a little out of the way to avoid any mistakes he might make affecting everyone else's crops. Cooperation is important, after all! ]

Potatoes, garlic... What else should be planted?

2. timmy's in the well

[ Unfortunately, it doesn't take too long for mistakes to be made. Anyone who happens to be around the farm's well might hear the sounds of avian creatures, something clanging, and the voice of a distressed sounding boy.

Any investigation into this will reveal one (1) curious rooster, one (1) duck with flyers, and one (1) Keito three-fourths of the way into a well.

Everything's fine. ]

I...I think this is the bucket?

3. a letter a day

[ After being presumably freed from the fate of being stuck in a well, Keito will make his way to the general store (again). It doesn't take him long to grab stationary, thank a duck, find a seat outside nearby, and spread out all the materials needed for a makeshift desk. For a while, he's just sits there, staring at the empty paper while twirling a pencil around. ]

Hmm, I guess I shouldn't start on hard mode after all.

[ And with that said, he finally starts putting pencil to paper.

Everything's fine. ]