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morningdewsvalley2024-03-04 10:38 am
mayorityvote) wrote in morningdewsvalley2024-03-04 10:38 am
WEEK ONE
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:
!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.
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.)
!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!))
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That's why I'm wondering if anyone else feels that way about anything on theirs.
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[ A beat. ]
I'm sure you've already thought about that, though.
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[ like there's a couple extra steps involved, but in the end if they have to offer up fruit cultivated via sacrifice it's basically not that far removed from doing it directly.
the idea that something like that knows more about them than they do is. hm. ]
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I've been looking around town and climbing things I probably shouldn't have climbed, but I didn't see anything that looked like a spirit. But to be fair, I didn't go into the fog, or go too far down the mines.
[ His sense of danger isn't quite that bad. ]
Also, I'm not saying there has to be one, but whenever I hear the word sacrifice, I think of something like an altar? And I haven't seen anything like that either. Unless the twist is that the entire town is an altar...
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I'm not exactly sure what a "spirit" is even supposed to look like, but if their so-called magic is infused in the earth, they're probably in the mines.
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[ How very supernatural of this place! ]
That does make the most sense. Otherwise, it'd be something like "the spirits are the ducks" and I'm not sure how to feel about that.
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The only things in the mines so far seem to be more or less regular creatures— punis, creatures that look like rocks, insects and bats. They just behave like regular wildlife...
[ so a little territorial
aggro, but that's normal. glancing briefly at his spelunking buddy first, he continues, ]I think we made it a decent ways in, but ended up having to head back up after a point. They're ... pretty deep?
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