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Test Drive Meme 2.

These are the mem’ries that last.
These are the mem’ries that will never pass.
And time waits for no one.
It’s gone in a flash.
And only the mem’ries will last.

Prompt 1:

he forest looms, uninviting and full of menace, an unwelcoming place for sure. Time to go explore! It isn't as though there's anywhere else to go, now that you've looked around the Town.

The trees whack at you with branches that have far too much mobility for normal trees, strange and mutated animals watch from the shadows and boughs, and there’s the constant, constant sense of being watched --

But eventually, nonetheless, you’ll come across a small house in the forest. It sticks out like a sore thumb, bright and colorful, which is probably the first warning that something is way off, and it’s...covered in candy. It’s a candy house! It looks delicious.

(It’s empty, too, not a single soul in it, without even furniture, but everything is otherwise edible and utterly delicious.)

But if you eat the candy? You’re going to have a terrible, overwhelming urge to do one of two things:

Fight the first person you see

Kiss the first person you see

Unfortunate.

Prompt 2:

he problem with a Town like this is that now that color is starting to return, bit by bit? You never really know when color’s going to come back -- or disappear. Maybe you’ve made a delightful, delicious sandwich from handmade bread and tomatoes and deer meat, all of which have color now… and then suddenly, when taking a bite, you get only the taste of ash and bread and tomato as the deer meat loses color.

Also, someone probably died for that color to fade away. Alarming!

Or maybe you’re walking along when suddenly your makeshift clothing is a hideous mix-match of colors; it had seemed fine when it was all grey and colorless!

Or perhaps, even worse, you’re walking out of a house when suddenly, the flowerbed in front of it has full color, bright and maybe a little blinding after so much monochrome. Damn those color mechanics.

Prompt 3:

he quest seems simple, on the Quest Post:

Quest 33:
Feed the Cockatrice.
Requirements: 2 of any color

Key word, of course, is seems. First, you have to find the cockatrice. Maybe grab someone to drag into the woods with you, since there needs to be at least two of you. Time to stomp through the woods in search of the elusive cockatrice.

Of course, once you find it, the quest...looks a bit harder. The monster hisses, ready to turn anyone who approaches to stone, as cockatrice tend to do. What do you even feed that thing? How will you get it to take it without getting stoned up? There are so many questions.

At least the stone will wear off...eventually… if you’re unlucky enough to get petrified.

Prompt 4:

ut hey, you did it! You fed the cockatrice, it seemed satisfied, and now you can go fetch your reward from your home. It must be something amazing, with the work that you put in.

The only change in your home, though, is what looks like a...picture book. It's got a colorful cover (in your character's color shade), and has their name on the cover, so it definitely belongs to them.

And when they flip it open, it's clearly full of pictures scribbled in, as if drawn in scribbly crayon. Unlike the rest of the Town, this book is fully colorful, every shade of the rainbow in those crayon strokes... which depict, page by page, your character's worst moments in their life. Every single last horrific experience or tragic moment -- it's all there, in colorful, cute children's drawings.

Congratulations!

Extra:

Got something in mind? Want to play with the setting more? The sky's the limit, so feel free and make up your own prompts to play with!

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[he tried

ieyasu merely laughs though, not at all daunted]

It's fine, it's fine! Even if you don't need my help after we agree to team up together, then at least allow me to tag along. I believe in your strength as well.

[... Oh honey no. Minato blinks slowly... and decides to tone back the jokes a tad bit.]

We'd probably have trouble finding those. Maybe we should stick to easier things to find... like berries, or plants.

[Are cockatrices vegetarian...?]

[THEY'RE FRIENDS NOW

FRIENDS CAN STILL PUNCH EACH OTHER]

Ah? But what of their home...?! They must have somewhere to come back to. [he looks at the substance in his hands again and tilts his head] But if this is the structural integrity of their shelter...

Perhaps they need a new home in the first place...

_{[ You're dressed like a banana? So is this guy. He's a teenager and looks hardly threatening at all besides the singular thigh holster with a gun in it. Okay??? Ready to fight but in a silly outfit.
He had been venturing towards what seems to be a giant candy house through a different pathway but it looks like he's been spotted at the right time. His mouth gapes, and, all nervousness aside, springs into action. By springing into action, I mean he's flying full speed towards Ieyasu-- you know, flying like Superman. If the other man doesn't react in time, he'll knock whatever small piece of the candy house out of his hand and zoom a few feet into the air, lingering there for a moment. Never trust candy, dude! ]}

What the devil fucking dickens do you think you're doing!? That can be really dangerous! I'm practically saving your life!

That seems like an easy way to get hurt though...

[Its beak and talons look sharp. It's unsettling just to look at, too, so she's been avoiding its gaze, which is probably a good thing.]

If we can figure out what it likes and set it out, it'll probably eat it without trying to eat us, don't you think?

A lot of strange things happen here. It's probably nothing good.

Iiiit sounds a little familiar. I must've read about it somewhere before...

[Retention of information is a problem when you've basically pushed aside a lot of other readings for hero and quirk analysis since you were a kid.]

It's times like these I really miss the internet.

[HE'S SUPER FINE

but he'll brush that aside - he's the light of the east, after all. he needs to be alright, else risking everything behind him crumbling. but for now he just manages a short laugh followed by a - ] Thank you... for your kindness.

[and he sincerely means it]

They might be mean-spirited but... they hold truth, don't they? It wouldn't feel right to forsake them either.

[ Did you know, Mafuyu's weakness is pretty, bossy girls with princess hair and for a moment, she looks like she's already been petrified with the cockatrice's stare, before she physically shakes her head to clear it and pumps her fists. ]

I'll distract it! As long as I don't look at its eyes, I'll be fine, right?! So I just gotta blindfold myself and I can fight it!

I. eating weird homes

[There's food and Ling has been miserably crawling around in the woods for who knows how long - it could be an hour or five, it could be ten minutes, regardless: he's going to eat this whole house. Is it dangerous? Probably! Why would a house be made out of sugar!

But he's most definitely sitting on the ground with half of a door frame lined with gumdrops and some other pieces of candy house siding (huge slabs of chocolate? whatever) sitting in his lap, and he is eating it all. Surely a young man of this relative size and shape cannot eat that much pure sugar and garbage, but he's doing it. He gets overzealous reaching over to pull more of the house's candy siding off and stick it in his mouth, such that he turns to the side a moment later to spit it out. Hm!]

Grass... [Okay now he has to pick dirt and crap off his delicious snack, then he's back to shoving pure sugar into his face. Eventually he'll look up and, with his mouth full—]

Oh, do you want some?

[let's fight and/or make out, these will both go well]

II. yall remember blo pens, now that was a color mistake

[Or: another prompt where Ling is still eating, and seriously lamenting because it seems like each time he brings a piece of food to his mouth, it turns gray and crumbles into inedible, dusty chunks in his hands. This is the fourth sandwich he's attempted to make and eat, and he's starting to look a little worse for wear.

Like, actually. At this point he's gone from sitting at a table to lying on the ground with some slices of bread and a tomato he's staring at, waiting for it to betray him like every other piece of food here. He reaches out to poke it... and there it goes, turning into garbage. He puts his head down on the ground.]

So hungry... Please, spare me some real food. [That's you he's reaching out toward, at also the exact moment his gray shirt comes to life in the worst way.]

IV. skippable fight cutscene

[yall fighting birds is not my strong suit, anyway

You ever see a man brood over a coloring book? Because that's what Ling's doing now, sitting and flipping pages in his custom book. Some he flips too fast to catch what the drawing is supposed to be, but rest assured, they are all very red. (Thankfully not all of that red is blood, necessarily—)

Either way, he looks much more serious than he did when he was wheezing about starving on the ground, but after a while he simply closes the book in his lap and sits back with a sigh. Hmm. Hmm.]

Isn't it funny, how someone out there thinks a reminder is necessary?

[Like come the fuck on, he hasn't forgotten any of the worst mistakes he's ever managed. Come on!!!]

wildcard.

[it's me jojoveller, fuck it up with me]

... Let me guess: you say that to everyone you meet.

Candy. Looks like generic hard candy, to me.

[The piece he broke off, anyway. Guren is here because apparently he's been traveling through the woods with this guy who sounds (and looks?) like he stepped out of a history book. It's a wild time, really, and a candy house in the woods just tops it all off.

He's picking at a piece of the rock candy door frame, frowning to himself. It all feels and smells like they're in a candy shop, but he doesn't trust it at all.]

Doesn't look like anyone's here, anyway, so it's free game. Let's try to stick together and take a look around.

[At least she's not licking it, Guren.]

Well, no... but there has to be some way to figure out if it's safe or not. That way we can warn anyone else that they should avoid it if they come this way.

How're we supposed to figure that out, though? It's going to take too long bringing it everything we have and seeing what it likes. My way's easier.

[ It's faster and more direct, and for Mafuyu, that makes it the better idea. ]

I'll do it so you don't have to! It'll be fine!

[A GUN

ieyasu might note the gun. but like. briefly? in a vague "oh yes i recognize that, bullets are kind of annoying" sort of way. HE NOTES THE FLYING SOONER and automatically shifts off to the side so that they don't?? collide????? WHAT'S UP BUDDY

but the piece of candy still goes flying. farewell.]

A-Are you?! [HE'S A LITTLE STUNNED, SORRY. and softly murmuring] Devil... dickens... Y-You have my gratitude, thank you!

[uh]

[That's the most disturbing children's book he's ever seen? Guren is here, by the way, standing behind her and staring over her shoulder like he's trying to figure out. He expects... a normal reaction, you know? Upset. He doesn't doubt that the scenes are real, and that they're personal and—

Oh. She's just excited.]

Seriously? That's your reaction to this?

i.

[So there’s a candy house. That’s something. He’s going to stare at it for a moment before breaking off a small part of the house to examine it. He’s not going to eat it (probably) given where it’s from, but should anyone come across the house while he’s still there they’ll find him with a chunk of candy in his hand as he wanders the house and finds it empty.]

Any guesses where it came from? [Percy…maybe let go of the candy.]

iii.

[Who follows directions? Not Percy Jackson! He sees the quest and figures he’ll find a second person later before he heads off into the woods to find a cockatrice. (Whatever that is. He has a guess.)

It’s why anyone in the woods will find a teenage boy with a sword swinging at the monster to fend it off and distract it from turning him into stone. Look, he’s already dealt with that danger once, let’s not do it again? He’s a good distraction at least and he’ll look over at anyone who stumbles upon the area with a vaguely annoyed expression.]

Food! Fast food. That’s probably the best way to handle this but try not to look it in the eye. Deffffinitely don’t do that.

iv.

[He’s sitting on a dock near the water with a picture book in his hand, ignoring the fact that the book says “Perseus” rather than Percy in a blue color. As he flips through the book though he frowns in thought. He recognizes these events and eventually he lays on his back and lazily flips through the pages. A woman disappearing right before the eyes of a young boy. A younger version of himself as a guinea pig. Holding up the sky, so many scribbly figures laying on the ground…wolves…and a page fully colored in black save for one single yellow line.

Hm. Weird.]

I’ve heard of artist interpretation but this is a little much.

wildcard

[Found wandering town, Percy’s in a bright orange t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers with a necklace containing five clay beads on it hanging around his neck. He’s twirling a ballpoint pen between his fingers and though he won’t say anything, he does give a polite kind of wave to anybody who passes by. He’s a man on a mission and that mission is figuring out what’s up.

Alternatively, you might find him swimming in the ocean? The gray…very…still ocean. It might not be a bad idea to con him out of the water.

You can also hit me at

alternatively]

Edited 2018-04-29 01:42 (UTC)

[ Who cares about their home? Mafuyu obviously did not think that far ahead, but it's candy and if they don't eat it, the forest creatures are going to get to it and that'd be a waste, with the exact same outcome in the end. ]

We can... build them a new home? Like, dig a hole in the ground or something. But first we have to have energy, so eat up!

[and ieyasu laughs - ]

And I mean it to everyone that I say it to.

In other words, you're an idiot.

[yeah there's a lot of time fuckery going on here - and ieyasu will just hum faintly as he watches the other man take a piece of candy? he looks back between him, the house, him, the house, and then tilts his head]

Abandoned...?

[he's still trying to understand, but he's also all for groupwork!!]

Then if we're to work together - my name is Tokugawa Ieyasu. You have my thanks.

[tokugawa ieyasu casually being the name of the unifier of Japan that's easily found in any history textbook BUT IT'S COOL, IT'S CASUAL]

[Did they totally fight this monster bird together to somehow feed it? Definitely. Was it seriously badass? Also definitely. Did Ling also cry at some point? Yeah probably but that's not the point!

The point now is looking at these absolutely awful... "art" books. Ling peruses his with a troubled expression; it's been a while, but god, this is a badly drawn album of his greatest hits in the fuck up department and that still stings.

He pauses at one particular shitty drawing, then leans over to look at the one Greed's looking at. Oh! What fun!!!! It's the same goddamn picture, but viewed from the opposite direction: a sad lumpy scribble of Ling looking weepy on the ground with a sort of yellow smudge next to him.

This is kind of invasive, huh.]

You have to admit, it looks just like Ed. [Time For Jokes]

I've heard that as well.

[TOO OFTEN]

But if having faith in others makes me a fool, then I'm afraid I don't care to be any other way. I'm sorry if that causes trouble for you.

Yes?

[ It is what it is... And Mafuyu doesn't see the problem, turning the book around and shoving the childish scrawls in Guren's face. It's a picture of her, maybe four years old, getting lifted off the ground by somebody grabbing her hair. The next page is her getting flung across the street. ]

_{[ Oh man, talking to new people was always a trip. He had gotten a lot better with it upon arriving here, but he felt it was necessary to make a dramatic entrance. Nothing like saving a dude's life from total embarrassment! Jake had been indirectly double-crossed by mysterious candy before so he sure as hell isn't going to take part of this no matter how hungry he is.

He drifts further down, more to eye level, but keeps his distance. He wipes his hand over his brows and adjusts his glasses. ]}

Phew. It's practically social suicide, you realize-- trusting the tantalizing allure of bright sweets. I have been bamboozled once by untrustworthy candy-- the source-- and I sure as hell blazes don't want some ole champ like you going through the same run around I did.

_{[ oh my god why does he talk ]}

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