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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[ what is that sound? who knows? but nanami is trying to fight, and mafuyu doesn't seem into it because she has grabbed her beloved eden rod and nanami doesn't have the strength or leverage to just pull it out of the way. ]
Let—go!! I'm serious, you'll regret it!!
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Hey, what's your name? My name's Mafuyu!
[ There may be some selective hearing going on here, but strong as Mafuyu is and accustomed to fighting her entire life, she really really doesn't want to fight a girl. ]
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[ a whole introduction, prepared! she offers it like she's actually not struggling to retrieve her staff from someone—though she doesn't actually need it to fight now, it's become a matter of pride. if she just lets go and goes for fists, how can she prove herself?! ]
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[ Whoever this great hero is doesn't matter, he's not here, and the only person she cares to remember is Nanami. But ah- manner, manners. She's got to curtsy like she remembers girls doing on tv, and to do that, she lets go of the weapon. ]
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Mmggh...
[ the rod is folded and slid into the belt around her robe, and she strikes a defensive pose instead. ]
What do you want with Nanami?
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[ What does she want? To talk, really, to get to know her. Eat candy together? Hang out? Normal girl things that she never never never got the chance to do before, and she's eager for the chance now, seeing how well they're getting along already. ]
Ah! Tea! Do people drink tea with candy? Or do you want coffee? I can go find some!
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[ she's actually not usually this demanding, but she's fired up about nothing, and mafuyu is making herself available for it. slowly, nanami eases, trying to figure out what's got her so mad. ]
...what did you say your name was? Mafuyu?
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[ And she's not sure she's seen anything green in this town, tea or otherwise. Coffee she can at least get her hopes up with the sludgy water and the mud tracked everywhere around the harbor, but without vending machines and convenience stores, she's not exactly sure where she's supposed to get drinks, even though she offered. ]
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[ she stares at mafuyu like she's trying to figure something out, and slowly, the anger begins to drain out of her. nanami is an impulsive person, so it was easy for her to just go with the emotional flow here, but—! ]
I'm sorry for yelling at you. It's really nice of you to offer to get me tea.
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[ Yelling shouldn't be something she's used to, maybe, but that's just how things are— she's used to being yelled at, she's used to yelling, she's used to fighting, and she's used to being a gopher to get people drinks. This whole conversation has been her feeling right at home. ]
I dunno where I'll find tea, but I'll try! Are you going to stay here?
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[ bold words for a girl who was only seconds ago trying to destroy mafuyu with her own hands. but now that she's calmed down, she doesn't really understand what was wrong with her... it's hard for her to make the connection between eating the candy and the sudden rush of FIGHT INSTINCT. ]
I don't even think there's green tea in this place.
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[ Something green would be out in the forest somewhere, she's sure, they'll just have to walk around forever until they find some grass or a couple of leaves that aren't completely grey. It's a plan Mafuyu has confidence in, although one that seems like it'll take a while, so... Here she is stomping on the front porch and breaking apart the peanut brittle floor boards. Snack for the road. ]
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[ a stupid noise! she didn't expect mafuyu to just up and break that floorboard, but it's not actually a big deal considering how much damage nanami was prepared to do to this house herself. ]
What did you do that for?
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[ This is called ~efficiency~ even though carrying around heavy bulky floorboards looks more cumbersome than finding this place again.
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[ is that a good idea? probably not? nanami hasn't connected her own little bite to her sudden urgency to fight, but still...!! ]
It's too sweet to have with tea! You need something more delicate!