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Harmonica Town is a peaceful and beautiful town. It is located right along the coast also allowing for access to various tropical islands and exotic animals and plants. The town itself is full of exotic, beautiful, and charming folk who are all special in their own individual way. Each one has his or her own color, adding the the vast painting that they consider life. Join us in Harmonica Town as we share our stories with one another about our daily lives and learn to overcome hardships, build friendships, find love, make money, and much, much more!
Harmonica Town Stories is a Harvest Moon Role-Play set in Harmonica Town, on the beautiful world of Castanet, the setting for Harvest Moon: Animal Parade. There is no need for prior knowledge or experience with Animal Parade to be able to role-play here. Basic knowledge about Harvest Moon in general would be liked, but then again, you don't really need it when the Harvest Moon franchise is a pretty open-world, sandbox type of game.

At the moment we are looking for characters to fill in different positions throughout the town. This could range from a priest to a teacher, to a baker or an inventor! Farmers and merchants are always welcome too! Anything is basically up for grabs right now.

I'm also going to allow for TWO characters per person, but I don't just want your characters interacting with one another, there are other people in the world too, so get to know them! Also if you have an idea for a character and would like to make them into an NPC just notify me through a simple PM and we could possibly work something out, because if we don't have enough characters I'm going to have to come up with NPC's to fill in important positions.

The Role-Play will be played out through arcs and lifetime events. At the moment there is no overall point in which we need to reach, but there will be important events spread throughout the RP.

You don't have to follow my CS format, but your CS should have this basic information.


If you have any questions or concerns you can either post them here in the OOC or shoot me a PM. I can't wait to start with you all!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

「 IC: Currently none. 」

「 OOC: Some of these things are still being added in and edited, but most of the basic information should be done with and finalized. If you're interested in a job and would possibly like to reserve a spot please post in the OOC or PM me personally, and give me a reason why you believe I should save it for you. (Convince me of your future character.) 」
MAP OF CASTANET



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I would be interested in this once you get your map up and everything :)
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Sent you a Pm. Damon.
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This is great--I love Harvest Moon! My CS will be up eventually.
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This sounds fantastic! I'll get a cs up once I'm on an actual computer and not my phone.
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NAME: Dakota Ly

AGE: 24

GENDER: Male

ORIENTATION: Pansexual

OCCUPATION: Local mailman. He gets around quickly enough by bike, but is prone to slacking off on the job. When found lounging at a bar or bakery, his go-to excuse is "hey, it's a small town." If he finds himself with a dearth of mail and an abundance of time, it's common to see him flitter from place to place.

Home: Lives alone at the heart of Harmonica Town.

APPEARANCE: Dakota is distinctively androgynous. He has short, black hair that frames his face, and can be considered pretty. He's tall at 5'9, and has a lithe but lanky figure. His usual work outfit consists of a long sleeved button up, and skinny jeans. Sometimes, if he hasn't washed his uniform, he wears whatever is clean.

PERSONALITY: Dakota is very easy going and enjoys interacting with people from all walks of life. Although not loud or rambunctious, he has a quick wit. A huge part of who he is, is his proclivity to go with the flow. He lets life lead him rather than the other way around, and does not have much ambition. His lack of drive has made the people around him try to change him, but he's learned to pretend to have dreams in order to satisfy them. He's content where he is, and is happy to be able to talk to good people everyday. The big cities are much more impersonal, and he thrives on empathetic and meaningful connections. He hates small talk, and gets people to warm up to him pretty quickly.

He's very receptive to conflict and tries to avoid any sort whenever he can, but when it involves the people he cares about, it's a different story. At first glance, Dakota can be seen as a pushover, but he has very strong convictions about who he is and what he likes. He doesn't worry too much about how people perceive him, which can lead him to wear pajamas to work on some days. He is never at risk of getting fired because the town is so small, and there is no one else willing to work full time.

He interacts fine with animals, but has never had any pets. He tries his best never to be alone, and likes to go on strolls away from the stifling silence of his room. His hobbies include socializing, reading, and cooking.

(I plan on fleshing him out a lot more)

HISTORY: Dakota was born into a high middle-class family who could afford to live in the suburbs, located near top public schools. His parents were not very understanding and often pushed him to do well in school even at the risk of compromising his emotional health. He first observed this phenomenon in his older sister, who often clashed with their parents' ideals in a blaze of passion. The increasing pressure to do well in an educational and eventually professional environment made him more withdrawn, but he was prevented from becoming a recluse with the help of his sister. They were nearly inseparable when they were children, and while he admired her headstrong personality, he did not adopt the same demeanor.

When she moved away to college, Dakota made the conscious decision to do the same. He did well enough in school for his parents to leave him alone, but had no intention of becoming a doctor or engineer. By then, he had built up a defense against his parent's constant nagging, but was still hurt by their disappointment. He didn't care too much about discovering his passion, like his sister, and breezed through high school with top marks to the delight of his parents. To this day, they remain cordial, but ultimately impersonal.

He attended an average 4 year college in a small city that was known for it's computer science program to accommodate the parents, but later secretly switched his major to anthropology. It was these four years of college that were completely transformative. Although a little late, he became more socially adept and met people he truly enjoyed being with. Combined with the subject of his major, he became incredibly appreciative of human beings and the bonds he could forge with them, which was impressive due to his stunted relationships in the past.

Dakota decided to move to Harmonica city after researching areas that fit his criteria: small, personal, and far away from his parents. He snagged the job as a part time mail carrier in order to sustain himself while he searched for a career, but later moved to full time. Currently, it does not appear as if he is changing jobs anytime soon.

LIKES:
* Sweets
* Fresh air
* People
* The smell of fruit (mmm….apples..)
* Small animals

DISLIKES:
* Conflict
* Being alone
* Authority
* Reptiles
* Formal Institutions

FAMILY: Dakota has is the youngest child with one older sister (30). She is a successful lawyer in a large city, and cares deeply for him, but has an intense dislike for their parents.
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NAME: Arianna “Aria” Greyson
AGE: 22
GENDER: Female

OCCUPATION: Apprentice Photographer at The Studio.
HOME: Arianna lives on a small farm in the Farmlands with her older brother Reed.

APPEARANCE: (Going to draw her in Harvest Moon style, along with her brother. I just haven’t gotten to it as of yet.) Arianna stands at 5’6 with a pear shaped physique. Her skin is slightly tanned but it was once almost a golden tan before she left for the city to attend college. Aria’s face is oval shaped with thin lips and deep amber eyes that are framed by long lashes. She has chocolate brown hair that falls to the small of her back in thin wispy strands.
During warm weather her outfit consists of a pair of denim shorts that cut off just above the knee, a fitted tank top, and a pair of dark brown leather boots that stop halfway to her knee. During Cold weather it is replaced by a pair of faded denim jeans, a fitted long sleeve shirt, a scarf, and her usual dark brown leather boots.
The only other thing that she always wears, well at least outside of the house, is her brown satchel bag. It’s slightly worn from years of use and has a little ring of charms hooked to the strap, the charms being the harvest sprites and their respective bells. (Her brother calls it childish but it was something their grandma gave her when she was young.) Inside the bag is usually her camera, a sketch pad, and a pouch filled with her art supplies. (Pencils, erasers, coloring utensils…etc.)

PERSONALITY: Arianna is a cheerful girl who just enjoys life as a whole and she’s always up for trying new things. Not the most talkative person; she’d rather save her words for something more than idle gossip and enjoys listening to what others have to say. There are times though she can be completely oblivious to the world, but even when she’s spaced out she can tell when someone is down and will snap out of it just to help comfort them the best she can. She’s practically a people pleaser, however when she really believes in something she’ll fight for it.
Overall she’s mostly passive, choosing not to cause too much of a fuss over anything trifle. If you wrong those she cares about however you’ll be faced with something much more terrifying than a punch to the face. She knows how to use her words to cause certain affects, and in the case of her fury she can make you regret what was done just from a speech given in a calm tone. Lastly she’s extremely clumsy, tripping over her own feet more than over something else. It causes her issues but luckily she normally doesn’t break anything in the process, though she has gotten quite a number of cuts, bruises, and sprains from it.
When around animals she can come off as extremely childish, well unless it’s something potentially vicious. She enjoys feeding them treats, normally some vegetable or fruit she had with her, and has been seen with animals following her home on occasion, only for Reed to shoo them away. Alone though she completely zones out and talks to herself aloud.

HISTORY: Aria was born and raised in Harmonica town, growing up running through the fields of the Farmlands of the island. She never knew her father but her older brother, Reed, always told her that she wouldn’t have liked him. Her parents had divorced before she could completely remember and the years before that her mother spent with her parents. Aria’s mother was constantly distant up until the day she left for the city, two years after the divorce and just a little over five years after Arianna’s birth. She just packed up and left, leaving her two children in the care of their grandparents. The little girl hardly noticed her absence seeing as her mother had never really spent time with her any way. For this reason Arianna grew up raised by her grandparents, considering them the parents she never really had.
Aria attended classes in the small school next to Town Hall, enjoying her classes as much as a child could be expected. She would often stay behind with Reed to help the teachers clean up and then they’d both walk home, or run if it was growing to be late. When she was twelve her grandfather fell terminally ill, his lungs were growing too weak and they were slowly failing. He died not much later, leaving her brother the man of the house, but before he did he gave Aria his old Rangefire camera. After his death Reed became more protective of her, sometimes to the point of angering his sister. Her grandmother would just tut at him and let the girl continue with what she was doing. Over the next few years she became fascinated with her ‘new’ camera, taking it everywhere with her and snapping pictures of just about anything. The pictures would then be developed and stuck on the wall, making a giant collage of photos and moments captured on film. They would be set side by side with the sketches she had made since childhood.
By the time she was sixteen she knew she wanted to be a photographer, and during her senior year she received a large scholarship to a college out of town that was known for its art programs. Sadly before she graduated her grandmother passed away, it was peaceful and in her sleep but it left the two siblings on their own. Her brother had already decided to stay on the farm, he enjoyed it. In the end the property and everything on it went to them. Even so, after she graduated, she went off to the city for college. The classes were fine but she missed the countryside, her brother, and even more so, the stars. After four years she has graduated with a Major in Studio Art and a Minor in Photography. She has just recently moved back to the island, moving in with her brother, and gaining an apprenticeship at The Studio, the local photography studio.

LIKES: Aria likes peaceful days, horses, and strawberries. She absolutely loves painting, drawing, music, dances (Doesn’t mean she’s good at it), and most of all, stars.
DISLIKES: Arianna dislikes arguing, fights, turnips, being cooped up for too long, and storms. Her fears are drowning and being trapped in a small enclosed space.

FAMILY: Aria’s family is a bit spread out. Her mother and father live in separate cities miles away from Casanet. Her uncle, Jared, lives over in mineral town with his ten year old daughter, Nina, and his wife, Lea. Her older brother, Reed (27), lives in Castanet with her in their grandparents’ old farm.
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NAME: Reed Greyson
AGE: 27
GENDER: Male

OCCUPATION: Traditional Farmer.
HOME: Owns a small farm in the Farmlands and lives there with his little sister Aria.

APPEARANCE: (Planning on doing both, going to redraw him.)Reed’s thin and slightly muscular frame stands at about 5’11. His skin is a deep tan color and normally has specks of dirt on his, especially on his hands and under his nails. He has a round face with a strong chin, thin lips, and dark brown eyes. His hair is a tangle of mousy brown hair with sun streaks running gold strands through the messy mop he calls hair.
Reed’s usual outfit is a pair of denim jeans, their knees usually stained by grass or mud that didn’t quite wash out, either a button up shirt or a slightly baggy t- shirt, and a pair of weathered leather boots. If he isn’t wearing that, which is not often, he’s wearing a pair of cargo pants and a plaid button up with his boots. (Sorry this is only two paragraphs but the third paragraph will be replaced with his picture… when I finish it…)

PERSONALITY: Reed is a hard worker, he would rather have something done right and take all day than do it poorly and be done early. He might not seem like it but he’s extremely talkative, lucky for everyone else he usually doesn’t have the time to talk someone’s ear off. Once he gets talking he might not stop. He has a temper though and, unlike his sister, he’s completely game for beating someone into a pulp. No matter how angry he gets though he’d never lay a hand against someone he cared for. It doesn’t help though that he’s hard headed and won’t take no for an answer, and if you call him out he might just give you more than you were asking for.
Overall the man isn’t the most welcoming at first glance, a scowl on his lip most of the time give him the look of a grump. Once you actually sit down and get to know him though he can actually be quite kind. He also has the issue of getting tongue tied around girls, other than his sister however. He just doesn’t know what to say so he just says nothing.
He’s alright with animals, other than his dog and a few harmless, non-crop eating, animals though he’d rather they stay off his property. He doesn’t like hurting them so he tries to avoid it. When he’s alone he just whistles and put his hands in his pocket, or continues working.

HISTORY: Reed was born in the city but when he was four his parents got into a fight. His mother packed that night and took his hand, leaving. She was pregnant, had been for several months. The two of them moved in with his grandparents in Harmonica town. He didn’t completely understand why they were here but he overheard his mother ranting about his father. Shortly after moving there his sister was born and their mother slowly stopped paying them any attention. He was almost ten when she left, and for the first few days all he did was hole up inside with a scowl on his face and tears in his eyes. Finally his grandfather walked over and asked if he wanted to help him with a “Man’s Job”, farming. Sure it was tiring work, but it gave him something to do other than sulk, plus it was rewarding.
When he wasn’t helping with the farm, or at school, he would wander the countryside or fish. There were times when he’d be gone all day. Other times he spent with his friends from town, or with his sister. On the weekends he often went swimming with the boys from school. That stopped though when his grandfather grew ill, before it became terminal Reed spent more and more time doing the farm work. Then it got worse when the man was bedridden, leaving the seventeen year old on his own to work the fields. Eventually though his grandfather passed on, making him the man of the house. It was then he realized his sister was growing up, she already had boys attempting (Though failing miserably) to flirt with her but she was oblivious. Even worse she started spending more and more time out of the house on her own, taking pictures or sketching. Reed became overprotective and often got yelled at by Aria and scolded by his grandmother.
After high school he went on to continue farming, content with the work. His sister wasn’t the same, she planned to go off and leave for the city and a part of him worried it would be for good. He was twenty one when he lost another member of his family, his grandmother passing away in her sleep and leaving him and his sister with the farm and everything on it. Even after that his sister left for college. Over the past four years he has read every letter Aria sent home, wondering if she’d come back. He kept farming, and ended up buying a puppy which he named Oscar. Now after four years Arianna has returned and he can’t understand what she sees in her ‘art’.

LIKES: Reed likes hard work, the feel of earth between his toes, and fishing. He really loves his dog Oscar, apple pie, and fresh omelets.
DISLIKES: Reed dislikes lazy days, bears, and his parents (This is due to them leaving them). He’s terrified of losing his sister and the dark.

FAMILY: Reed’s family is a bit spread out. His mother and father live in separate cities miles away from Castanet. His uncle, Jared, lives over in mineral town with his ten year old daughter, Nina, and his wife, Lea. His younger sister, Arianna (22), lives with him in their grandparents’ old farm.
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