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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Hmmm... I'm not old enough to get a job yet, and I don't know how else to get money. If I need something, I just beg my mom for my allowance a couple days early.
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You ever wanted to join a gang?
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I was part of a gang back in middle school. And you're talking to its leader.
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Oh yeah? What did you guys get up to, hm? Steal candy?
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[ There was some semblance of purpose behind all of it, probably, but most of her memories was of fighting and defending territory, and the moment she was able to bring all four regions under her control? she got kicked out of her house and transferred schools, truly a shame. ]
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[Sorry, he's just doubtful about that kind of hopeful peace. Even in a little township.]
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Nope!
[ It's basically what he expected, especially given that they were just a bunch of punk middle schoolers thinking their fistfights by the river banks hold any weight. ]
When I left, there's no strong leader, so everyone just started fighting all over again. But that's just how things are- people will always be fighting for control.
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[He pushes a hand through her hair again, shoving her mildly.]
Hey, what about here? Show me your skills.
[Your skills in breaking and entering a rather modest looking shop . . .]
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She steps back. Looks at the door. Brings her leg back and kicks through the glass panes without even trying the door to see if it's locked, stepping up and picking up one of the hats and jumping up to plop it on Greed's head. ]
There you go! It's yours now, it looks good on you!
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[. . . is what he says in response to that window-kicking. Hey, not what he would've done, but not bad . . . she's young, this is a pretty good first step into the world of B&E.
Third step, maybe. Whatever! He's grinning, though that fades as she plops that hat on him. That's not staying, sorry, kiddo, but he will jam it down on her head.]
But we're here for you, not me.
[Are they? I guess so.]
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I dunno, I don't need this many clothes. It's easier to just leave everything here and grab something when I need it, right? Everything here's super old fashioned, though...
[ She flips through a rack, giving it a swipe and letting the display spin around. Boys clothes, extra large sizes. It's all really dated clothing. ]
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Oye, how bout this?
[Military-esque uniforms kind of look cool, right?]
Just rip off the sleeves and you'd have a look.
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[ Fuck the student council, honestly. But Mafuyu holds the outfit up with one hand, considering, rotating her arm about the shoulder as if imagining what it'd be like to have the sleeves missing. ]
It'd be easier to fight like that, huh? You don't have to worry about tearing the seams at the shoulders!
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[Sure? Honestly he's more about the aesthetic, but whatever helps convince her. Although-- he leans down, one finger prodding lightly at her upper arm.]
Though you gotta build these up before anything else, kid.