#harveston event

[jadeleechisagoodboy]

Something that genuinely bothers me about the whole "RSA are the heroes and NRC are the villains" shtick (or whatever you call it) is that it feels super one-sided.

We actually see NRC train and work hard to get what they want and achieve their goals but we're never told nor shown if RSA actually works as hard as anyone in NRC (unless I'm misremembering things). They just feel so flat compared to everyone at NRC.

Honestly, Harveston's ending is what made me gradually get sick of RSA because a small, nagging voice in my head is telling me that if they compete in another competition, NRC is going to lose. Again.

I totally get what you mean.

I do think the message of “sometimes you are going to lose, even when you put your all into something”, is a good lesson. But the framing of “heroes vs villains” with the heroes always winning by default kind of negates that message in a weird way.

It’s like… “The universe doesn’t owe you a win just because you worked hard for it. …Unless you’re a ‘good guy’!”

I think the ultimate message the story is trying to go for is that NRC needs to learn “teamwork”, and once they figure out how to work together, then they’ll be able to succeed. But I personally felt like our boys worked together quite well during the Harveston event, which was a big reason why I really thought they were going to win and was so upset when they didn’t.

But yeah, the whole RSA rivalry thing is definitely frustrating 😔

[sbk-zgvlt]

So random question, but how you think Diasomnia would find out about how Sebek almost died in the Harveston Event. Especially if they were to hear it from Someone else who was at the event and not Sebek

Anon I am so insane. You have no idea what monster you've unleashed.

Now, before I was going to answer this I thought hmmm who would've been able to tell what happened to Sebek to Diasomnia? Epel was a cross out since he wasn't really close to any of them, Jade would be the type of person to NOT say anything at all, and Idia is. Idia.

I originally thought to go with Jade since he's also silly like that when I thought of the most amazing thing ever.

...the RSA STUDENTS TELL DIASOMNIA.

They're the right type of people who would try to be acquainted with Diasomnia (Silver most likely) during school events AND be a healthy amount of "concerned for the NRC student who almost died during our sled race :(("

What's MORE funnier is that it's going to give us a LARGE time gap between the Harveston event and the time Diasomnia finds out about Sebek as RSA x NRC events are common, but not so much that they see each other every month.

Im thinking they approach Silver, as he's the most approachable of the bunch. Maybe Shelpie finds him asleep, and being a sleepy guy himself, settles next to him.

Neige and Lilia find them and converse for a bit, Silver slowly waking up as they do. The rest of the dwarves trailed after Neige, so theyre just sitting around as well.

Malleus arrives and most of them get spooked, but Lilia reassures them and he's able to join in on the conversation. Dominic is just doing the thinking pose the whole time because hmmmm these guys kind of remind me of someone!!! And he snaps ahis fingers and goes:

"Are you guys friends with the green-haired guy who almost fell off a cliff during our sled race?"

And Diasomnia IMMEDIATELY snap their heads towards him. Silver is now fully awake. And the other dwarves go "Oh yeah that guy!!! I hope he's okay now its been a while :(("

And Lilia tries to reassure themselves because "surely it was another nrc student right!?!?!? Maybe they mistook jade's hair color for green or something."

Shelpie chooses that moment to yawn and stretch, then say, "oh heyy are we talking about sebek" "oh yeah thats his name!!!!" And diasomnia are in fucking SHAMBLES

Neige can see them getting more panicked by the second, and he tells his friends to stop because "they look like theyre about to get seizures 😭😭"

And the dwarves panic as well and they try to reassure them saying "dont worry that was months ago!!!" "WHAT" "errr he was able to grab onto a branch before he could fall!" "WHAT??" "His sled is DESTROYED though" "WHAT!?!?!??!?!"

[kimchitwst]

Applepom Epel

[artsybelle1015]

TWSTECEMBER Day 8 (late): reindeer

[yuri-is-online]

Sled Ride Together With Yuu (Jade Leech)

a/n: Yuri write something that isn't about Jade challenge (impossible). This is just some random stuff set during the Harveston event. I have half a thought written out for Idia that was supposed to go on this post but turns out the next part comes out today and I know I won't be happy to finish that until I complete the available story content. Sorry :/

notes: Jade is a red flag and Yuu is implied to be comically short, what are we? energy being answered with a shrug emoji, no one in NRC knows how to communicate and this includes Yuu.

“Well if Mount Moln is involved I might know someone who would be interested.  Not too sure if he’d be down for the sled race, though.” 

“There’s no need to be so shy prefect.”  He had interjected, fully intending to round on you and tease as soon as he was finished making his pitch to Epel.  But you, delightful, unpredictable, beautiful you had instead rolled your eyes at him once he obtained your friend’s blessing and went in on the attack.

“As cute as your self-confidence is, I wasn’t going to suggest you.”  Both he and Epel are left flustered as you sigh and turn to the most unexpected of persons.  “Idia you’re going to miss the QTE.”

“Cute.”  He pouts at your back, you’ve barely spared him a glance this trip unless prompted.  You had avoided commenting on his applepom Idia’s too but he certainly wasn’t paying extra attention to how you treated him, even after he spoke his mind about yours.  His sanity’s only current saving grace was the way your pupils had dilated the first time you had been forced to look at him; otherwise he might have been forced to assume all the careful months of dancing around your unspoken little attachment to one another was the misread of the century.

Thankfully he doesn’t have to wait much longer to find out what you are currently "arguing" about.  The entire trip is practically made worth it with the little stall Epel guides them to, filled with the bounty of the mountain he was so eager to witness.  His eyes dart over the stall, wondering if he can maybe convince Epel he should be allowed back sometime in the future when he has time to spare.  A month perhaps?

“... I have no idea what any of that meant.”  says Sebek as Jade rattles off plant names.

“Sounded like monster or mecha names to me.”  mutters Idia.  You sigh.

“He’s just using the scientific names for the plants; it's not that hard.”  He smiles as you finally move to his side, gladly adjusting to be as close to you as currently acceptable.

“Did you recognize any of them?”  Epel asks, genuinely impressed as you nod.

“I should hope so,” Jade interjects before you can respond “we certainly discuss plants enough in the Mountain Lover’s Club.”

“YOU’RE A MEMBER OF THE MOUNTAIN LOVER’S CLUB?”  Sebek asks at a completely normal volume and you roll your eyes, suddenly remembering that you’re supposed to be angry at Jade who is taking a bit too much pleasure in this revelation.

“Unfortunately.”  You mutter and Jade laughs.

“It’s just the two of us.”

“Oh so it’s Fungus when one of my friends invites me somewhere you want to go but fungi when it comes to storing the climbing gear?”  You huff and Jade blinks.  Oh.

OH.  He has to bite the inside of his cheek to keep from laughing.  So that’s what this was all about.

Jade turns towards you, eyes dangerously aglow as he lets out a pitiable, put upon sigh, slipping his right hand free of his glove.  “Darling,” he says with that toothy smile, in just condescending enough a tone you nearly miss the desire swimming in the subtext of how he traces your jawline with his long, cold fingers “you keep suggesting that I’m causing problems for myself on purpose.  If I’ve caused you distress, please do forgive me.”  He leans downward, gently pointedly kissing your forehead and nuzzling your hair, dropping his voice in both tone and volume to murmur in your ear.  “I assure you, I can reach our things just fine.” 

You really, really, r e a l l y want to shriek and cuss him out, but it’s all you can do to steady your breathing with how keenly aware you are of every eye in Kokko Market heavily judging you both.  Jade seems blissfully unconcerned, you know he’s not unaware, as he pulls his focus away from you and back to his purchase and Epel mercifully, though clearly judgemental, tugs you away with the rest of the group deeper into the market.

The merchant is trying hard not to laugh, though Jade quickly notes it’s not at him.

“I used to do the same thing.”  Jade’s polite smile returns, eyes darting momentarily to the small woman sitting next to the stall who appears to be competing in the reddest apple contest Epel mentioned earlier with the shade she’s turned.  “It’s just so cute to watch how far they’ll go before asking for help.”  

“It really is.”  He agrees, pulling his hand back into his glove as he prepares a few fake tears.  “Still I am worried I’ve gone a bit too far this time.”

“Aww chin up.”  the merchant finally audibly laughs.  “I’m sure you’ll find a way to make up for it.”  The red woman sighs, still embarrassed but settled enough to face him finally.

“If you’re looking for suggestions, I might have one in mind.”

~~~

You’re quite finished huffing and puffing by the time Epel allows them to take a break from sledding practice, though Jade’s presence still causes you to stiffen.  He apes embarrassment well enough, though you’d like to think you know enough about his acting that your skepticism is warranted. 

“I don’t suppose you have any comments to offer?”  he asks innocently enough.  “You seemed to be observing quite diligently.”  You snort, he’s practically screaming praise me.

“Not anything substantial.”  you dodge, still too flustered from earlier to even think about throwing Idia or anyone else under the bus again.  “I’m afraid plush sledding is beyond me.”  

“How disappointing, you seemed so enthralled with the animals earlier.”  You sigh and brace yourself, gearing up for another… conversation making the mistake of closing your eyes to center yourself.  “You know I was wondering something.  Earlier when Epel was talking about stuffed animals, he never bothered to ask about you.”  That was not where you were expecting the conversation to go, and when you look up at him he does seem interested to a degree.

“Stuffed animals are popular in my world.”  it sounds lame to say.  Sort of like confirming your world’s humans also breathe air.  You’re so embarrassed you find your gaze naturally drawn to your shoes as you kick lamely at the snow.  “Um.  I had a teddy bear when I was a kid I really liked.  That’s a sort of stuffed bear but it doesn’t look anything like Idia’s-”  Something soft hits the side of your face and you turn to look up at Jade in surprise.  You come face to face with a plush reindeer, similar to the one Jade’s been practicing with for the past few hours being pushed forward to boop your nose.  You sneeze as he laughs, tugging you forward into his arms when you attempt to take the plush; that familiar heat of embarrassment floods back into your chest as you try to resist the urge to squeeze it to death.

“How unfortunate.”  he sighs, but there’s a smile tugging at his lips similar to the way he looks when inspecting a plant he really likes, only this time he’s inspecting you.  “Here I was thinking I finally had a chance at making some progress, but you’re still talking about other men.”  He bends down to your level again, pressing his forehead to yours with a content sigh.  “You will be rooting for me I trust?”

“A bit greedy to want me all to yourself, don’t you think?”  There’s not even a hint of malice in your voice, you can’t bring yourself to pretend to be mad anymore as you try to focus on the gift and not your rapidly beating heart.

“Oya, are you saying I don’t already?”  and technically, no he does not.  He hasn’t asked, but that’s something you are content to keep fishing for later, for now you just blow a raspberry that he kisses into as you sigh in content.

*I left the merchant gender neutral since they aren't mentioned in game to my knowledge. I was picturing a cottage core lesbian couple though.

**I'd like to think originally no one joins the mountain lovers club because they're afraid of Jade and then after this Yuu joined everyone stayed extra far away because they didn't know what was going on, but they didn't want to be in the middle of it. Hence Sebek screaming and Epel judging.

[moxie-girl]

[LIVE NRC REACTION]

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god i love the harveston event

[peoniibud]

wait but if the race was won by whoever's plushie crossed the finish line

why didnt they just throw the mfers???

you KNOW that sebek woulda thrown the plush at top speeds like a damn cannon

[comingyourlugubriousness]

"It's felt like forever since I last saw snow! Harveston is such a cute little town! I can’t wait to see more."

Apple Boa Yume! Complete! This took me awhile because its such a complicated outfit. It was a lot of playing with assets and rendering! But I like how it turned out.

I've decided to sort of open up Art Commissions indefinitely. So if you want to support my art please consider commissioning me!

Close Up and Voice lines Under the Cut:

Summon: It's felt like forever since I last saw snow! Harveston is such a cute little town! I can’t wait to see more.

Groovy: -locked-

Set Home:  This outfit is so warm, I feel love in every stitch! *giggles*

Home Idle: The villagers heard that me, Yuuta and Yuuhi were brothers; so they made us all matching hats! I can’t believe the kindness of strangers sometimes…

Idle 2: Epel saw my cheeks flushed from the cold and thought I got snowburn! Then, he gave me a short lecture on sunscreen, guess Vil is rubbing off of him. *smile*

Idle 3: I was trying to take a picture of everyone for my scrapbook when a local came by and insisted I be in the picture too! Took the camera right outta my hands! It was a little embarrassing but…it came out great!

Idle 4: Ah there’s so many handmade goods, I’d love to support the local artists, but I only have so much cash.

Idle Groovy: -locked-

Home Login: Marja let my brother and I make some plushies even though we aren’t taking part in the race, she's so sweet! I wish I had a grandma like her…

Tap: Seeing Epel and his grandma together…I’d make an ‘apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ joke, but it feels like low hanging fruit….hehe~.  

Tap 2: I’m a picky eater but…I know I’ve got to try some of Marja’s apple pie! 

Tap 3: Me and Jade were looking around the market at all the different plants and food; it might be nice to pick up a few recipes while we’re here!

Tap 4: Sebek talked a big game but he’s sniffling in the cold, ha!

Tap 5:  Idia told me: *mimicking voice*  “You don’t need to cheer so loud for me! It’s embarrassing-!” But when I went to cheer on Epel instead he got this dejected look on his face. *sigh*

[letmedisolveintomoss]

*visibly shaking* I'm so normal about the Harveston event. I'm not at all being a little freak fanning over Epel and the autism squad. Nope. I'm so VERY normal about this event.

[navithinks-577]

HELLO TWIST COMMUNITY!!!

Hi, Navi here. I’m an artist too, although I mostly just doodle on paper, (as seen above) but I like to draw when given the chance. Been playing for almost 5 months it’s crazy 😵‍💫 I love idia in the Harveston event I’m still not over it as you can tell lol.

[jadeleechisagoodboy]

I’ve never actually ranted on here before, but my thoughts on the ending of the Harveston event are… not good.

Rant under the cut.

They deserved to win.

Like, I get it, NRC sucks at teamwork, but their little ragtag group actually did work together and pulled through near-death experiences, only to not win???!! Excuse me??!!!

I mean, okay, they did it in their own, Night Raven College sort of way, but for NRC students it was really good!

It would have been such a nice full circle moment to have Epel win a small victory over RSA after losing at the VDC. If the writers just didn’t want to “ruin” the ongoing NRC vs RSA rivalry, well, the sledathon is no interscholastic sports tournament. It’s a small town event. It wouldn’t have ended a nearly 100 year long rivalry, so maybe just let them have a little victory??? They fucking earned it after, again, almost dying.

Also, while I’m on the topic of them almost dying. What the fuck, Epel?!! Calling your teammates worthless as they are following you off of a cliff??!!! I understand being upset and frustrated, but that particular level of anger felt like it came out of no where.

And literally everything after the race was just plain sad/uncomfortable. How are we, the readers, meant to feel any sort of satisfaction after that ending? Did the writers really think a sunrise would be enough to make everything all better???

Idk. I’m not happy with it, personally, so I’m gonna try my best to erase it from my memory and replace it with a better ending. 🙃

Anyone else feel the same way, or am I being overdramatic?

[more-like-notome]

Of the top 10 dumbest things Grim has done, including eating all those blot stones, I would put “purposefully hitting Jade Leech in the face with a snowball” at #1

[drdepper]

Harveston Kelkkarotu/Sledathon and Finnish representation🇫🇮

Hello!

Now that i've finally played through the whole event, i want to talk about all the finnish inspirations and representation i've found in this event, and there is a lot of it!

I'm finnish (Finland swede to be exact) myself why would i else be making this hehe

This is the most proper finnish rep i've ever seen aside from Lotte and her home in little witch academia. And to also make something clear, Sami rep ≠ finnish rep and vice versa, to not intertwine these two.

And before we start, because swedish traditions have as well been mixed into this event, i will be color coding anytime i'm talking about something Finnish and something Swedish

Alright lets get to it!｡･:*:

First thing's first, the name for this event that they used in the JP server, Kelkkarotu, is made up of two actual finnish words, Kelkka (sleigh, sled) & Rotu (race)

All tho the word rotu is a word used more for breeding, like ex. A dog race, while kilpailu would've been more appropriate for a sled race. Either way i think this was a really neat addition and am sad that it wasn't carried over to the EN server :,)

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Mount Moln

The game is correct that the word translates to cloud, but moln is actually swedish, the word for cloud in Finnish would've been pilvi.

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Marja

The name Marja means berry! But it is as well a pretty normal finnish name that you could find someone have.

I love meemaw Marja so much, she reminds me of my own grandma💙

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Kokko market

once again the translation is correct. Kokkon are usually seen around easter or midsummer, but can also been done off of those holidays.

It is also really common to find plenty of different home made sweets at the markets depending on what holiday or season is going on. As well as handmade wooden things, some more useful such as butter knives, spoons and cups, But also decorations or souvenirs.

I'm so happy they mentioned it as it was something i was NOT expecting.

within Finland (and a few other countries) we have a thing called jokamiehenoikeudet/allemansrätt/everyman's right. Which as Epel describes it you're free to roam public or private forests and nature, pick berries and mushrooms as well, but it all to be done respectfully of course. You are not to disturb the wildlife or nature by ex. being unnecessarily loud, breaking plants or trashing nature. i as well really love how Epel brought up when Grim wanted to go get some himself, that he was not gonna get squat from the villagers. Cus once berry and mushroom picking season is amongst us, it's on.

A user made a fantastic post Here listing each plant Jade mentioned, and safe to say every single one can be found in Finland (an other nordic countries). Seen them all myself too! (also who brought the nestle??)

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Fika/kahvi

Even tho the idea of sitting down to enjoy some sweet treats originates from Sweden's fika, it is still very common within Finland as well!

we call it kahvi/kaffe and it's the same idea of sitting down for a cup of coffee with family or friends and enjoying some cookies and other goods. We usually do it on the weekends or free days in our family, or anytime we visit someone or vise versa.

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Foods

As again, the sandwhich cake (voileipäkakku/smörgåstårta) originates from Sweden, you will still find it at ex. Finnish family gatherings, birthday parties or other events.

FISH SOUP!

Due to the amount of lakes an water that makes up Finland, fishing is very common here and so is the food. The most common type of fish soup that you'll have here is lohikeitto (salmon soup).

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Respect for the elderly/seniors

this is definitely a stretch on my part but still think it's fun to mention^^

in finnish we have a thing called 'Teitittely', it's hard to explain as it it is not used in the english language, but rather than directly referring to you (sinä) we use a more indirect 'you' (te) to show respect for our elderly and other occasions. If or once they would prefer the person to stop, they just need to request that there is no need to be as formal.

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Pancakes

Again was very surprised out of all things that they referenced a type of pancake we have here (pannukakku which literally translates to pancake)

The pancakes that Epel is talking about look like this, and are put into the oven. it's hard to describe the texture of the inside, like a really soft sponge?

On the topic of pancakes~ i want to also mention the ones that we saw at Kokko market (that the bois mistook for takoyaki), all tho i have never seen or heard of pancakes being done the way they were in the event, during autumn or colder seasons if there is a market you will usually find at least one stall making flat (lettu) pancakes on a big pan!

which you can then buy and fill however you like. The most common fillings are apple- and strawberry jam, and/or whipped cream. And some even add sugar to them. People like to roll them up and either eat them by hand or cut in slices, kind of resembling a cinnamon roll.

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Extra thoughts

I won't be commenting anything when it comes to the clothing, as it seems that they are loosely inspired by traditional Sami attire. And not being Sami myself or having any relations to it i am in no place to comment about the rep.

but the embroidery on the outfits are a really nice and familiar touch^^

The backgrounds were lovely and had a very cozy feel to them, but didn't find any particular reference or inspiration of note.

Even tho the mix up of swedish and finnish traditions most likely was an accident, aside from mount moln it still works in our favor! be that if Epel is finnish or hecc, even a finland swede!

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But thank you for listening to me ramble on about the rep, i was genuinely surprised on how MUCH of it there was in this. If you have any questions please feel free to ask and i'll do my best to answer!

take care everyone💙

[sorrygotthesesacks]

Wait. I know that the Fairy Gala Kalim and Jamil duo and the Fairy Gala 2 Silver-Jack-Ortho trio stumble if you miss a note. Starsending Idia messes up drumming and Starsending Ortho falters if you miss a note. ADeuce trip over their own feet trying to catch Ruggie if you miss a note in Book 2.

I just noticed this today. Like could squirshie be any cuter?

[sbk-zgvlt]

SEBEK ALMOST DIED IN HARVESTON??? ANON I DID NOT KNOW THIS WHAT THE FUCK!?!??!/pos

I WOULD ANSWER THE ASK BUT I NEED TO KNOW FULL DETAILS OF WHAT HAPPENED CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT????

[oddberryshortcake]

He holds his squirshie 🥹