Do you feel a chill in the air? The crunch of leaves underhoof? Autumn must be here! 🍂

Before we indulge in the pumpkin-y goodness of the season, a quick note to those who completed the previous event Braving the Element's prompt, A Tall Tale: A memento of the adventure you set the brave little lamba on will arrive on Sunday, September 15th. The adventure will continue next summer!

As for now, let's relax before the Harvest Season and listen to the calm sounds of fall like... circus music?

Event: Hallo'Moon faire

Ends november 5th 10PM EST

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It's nearly Hallo'ween and the moon is high in sky! Normally, Latorre has two moons, Selene and Luna, but they merge into one during autumn. This super moon, Seluna, has an air of mysticism and magic, attracting cossetlings from all over the world but especially the witchlings from Nightshade Hollow. To celebrate Seluna and Hallo'ween, they have an annual faire filled with all kinds of spooky treats.

Hallo'Moon Faire Currency: Pumpkin Ticket

These pumpkin-scented roll tickets are handed out to visitors during the faire and can be exchanged for food, admission rides, and various other prizes.

• Collect one pumpkin ticket daily from the Ticket Booth with a goldleaves reward for not missing a day at the end of each event month.
• Use your tickets to buy prizes from the Witchy Kiosk or visit the 100% legitimate Coconut Shie to see if you can knock off a coconut in exchange for gratitude.
• Earn more tickets from completing the limited-time event prompts: Round n' Round We Go, Test Your Strength, Big Top Star

Completing all three event prompts will let you complete Hallo'Moon Faire with an award of goldleaves, pumpkin tickets, and the special event memento: Spooky Popcorn

Pumpkin Tickets will poof into smoke on Sunday, November 10th 10PM EST so make sure to use them before then!

But tickets are not the only thing you can collect at the faire. During this event, you can craft your very own Hallo'ween Mask!

• Craft one of your choice using Stage Makeup, Softwood, and Rope at the limited-time Grinning Faces activity.
• Earn a random mask by submitting gift art of the featured cossetling to the 'A Nice Thought' prompt.

There are five masks currently available. If you collect them all, you will unlock a bonus sixth one in October. Rumor has it you may need them for something in October... I wonder what that could be? Make sure to get your own before the faire leaves on Tuesday, November 5th 10PM EST.

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And fall not only brings the faire but the return of a seasonal souvenir from Cosette!

Autumn's Souvenir: Autumn Crown

Available in September, October, November

This regal souvenir grants all the the colors of autumn.

Autumn Crown will be available all fall in Cosette's Souvenirs and in Witchy Kiosk until it closes on November 10th.

And Cosette, like most cossetlings, can't resist the faire and has brought a new souvenir just for September.

September's Souvenir: Moon Crystal Ball

This mystical souvenir borrows the light of Seluna to grant a halo.

Moon Crystal Ball will be available until October 5th in Cosette's Souvenirs and October 10th in Witchy Kiosk.

The moon has an air of mystery, doesn't it? It may be related to an actual mystery!

storyline: a full moon

Ends november

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A new storyline has started! Learn more about the NPCs, Latorre, and cossetlings as a whole and earn rewards by completing limited-time storyline prompts. There will be at least two chapters released per month in fall, ending with the Cossetlings Anniversary in November! There will also be a special reward for completing all storyline prompts. ^-^

It starts with a missing ringmaster. Perhaps a familiar face has a lead?

There's also a new site feature to go along with this storyline!

New Feature: Evercrisp Library

Visit Applelopolis's grand library to keep of storylines and perhaps other literature in the future. The previous storyline, Help Wanted, will be added at a later date.

And speaking of the moon, it has shone a light on a few new friends!

With the haunting and chilly atmosphere, the keroras prefer to leapfrog over this season and the next until summer returns. But it seems spooky season is right up this cosprout's alley.

Autumn Cosprout: Katte

Available in September, October, November

Independent and mysterious, these cat-like cosprouts are known for finding a way out of any tricky situation and are said to have nine lives. They also have a strong affinity for magic but seem particular fond of witchcraft. With all the magic in the air, they're the easiest to befriend during the fall season.

And watch your step! You may spot another cosprout scurrying around inside the faire.

Event Cosprout: Ramaus

Available in September, October

These quiet mouse-like cosprouts tend to keep to themselves and are nary seen. However, they seem to believe Seluna is made of a delicious cheese and are frequently seen during the Hallo'Moon Faire, trying to take a bite of the super moon for themselves. As such, they are the easiest to befriend during the Hallo'Moon Faire.

site updates

There's a few updates this month!

• The sale price of Neapolitan Cream Ice has been changed to 68 goldleaves.
• The sale price of Banana Split has been increased to 75 goldleaves.
• Traveling, Activities, and Malcolm's Mailpile has been better integreted into the Dailies section of the site (including adding the dailies sidebar).
• The seasonal monthly will now change each month instead of each season.
• Activities has been added under the Play tab on the navigation bar.
• Auctions rules will be changed. They will now end 24 hours after the first bid. There will be no more grace period for bidding.

And perhaps the biggest change...

That's right! Ahead of the anniversary in November, when Cossetlings ages up a year, the site is aging up now. Cossetlings will now be a 21+ only species. This is a change that I've been thinking of for a while. This site is heavily inspired by Neopets and the older adult community it has. I would prefer for Cossetlings to be a site and species for older adults who enjoy cute things. :) The content of the site will stay the same (SFW, non-explicit) and the TOS will be updated accordingly.

If you happen to be under the age of 21 and you joined before this announcement, you can stay and interact fully with Cossetlings as 18+ is still a legal adult. This only applies to new users.

And because of this change, Watcher's Fruit will no longer have limited stock in Whitley Acres. This may change in regards to future workload but for now, you are now only limited to buying one once per month.

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As a note, you can share your thoughts with the site here. Do know that this site is mainly run by one person. If you like the site and want to see it continue as is with new updates and content, you can always support on Patreon. A huge thanks to everyone who has supported so far, both past and present patrons. :D

And that's all for now! As always, thank you for playing Cossetlings. Have a cool September. 🍂