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 comes out of the woods, kicking at some leaves that have gotten caught onto him and brushing some sticks from his hair and clothes. Gee, it looks like he's just come tumbling out of a jungle and he's glad to have found some sort of clearing. Honestly, this whole place just gives him the heebie jeebies and he's ready to find a way out as soon as possible.
The colors of the house catch his eye and he looks up, surprised to see well... all of it. Resting a hand on the hilt of his sword, he's naturally on guard as he observes his surroundings. It really doesn't take him very long to see Greed. Man, talk about a creepy smile. Raising his other hand to do a two finger salute he... tries his best, )
Happy to see me?
( Clearly? Yes? .... No? Gee, a guy can dream, okay. )
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[He tips his head, cracking his neck pointedly. While his grin isn't friendly (it edges into predatory, honestly), it isn't menacing.]
See, I've been dying for a fight since I came back to life here, and you look like the perfect candidate.
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( He speaks lightly and casually, a good natured smile on his face and his posture hardly intimidating. Look, he's a totally non-threatening guy. But he can read the air just fine and he knows something is coming. Oh, who is he kidding? This guy's practically spelled it out to him with his posture and speech. They're going to fight, aren't they? )
Really not much of a fighter. ( He says, his hand still on his sword, ) More of a talker, ya know? ( Actually both a talker and a fighter but h e y. Whatever's convenient. ) Have ya considered channeling you're energy into something more productive, though?
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[Hey, he doesn't spend all his time fighting. It's just that sometimes, you need to just, y'know, get off some energy. Maybe Mutsunokami should've been a girl, maybe then he'd be kissing instead, honestly, this is mostly his fault . . .
But yeah, they're going to fight. It's good natured, though!]
Don't feed me that crap, though. People only carry swords if they're stupid or good at them. And I'm gonna guess, since you're going for it so quick, you're the latter.
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( Just a suggestion! But wow, sorry for being a dude? He's still a beautiful sword, though. A literal cultural treasure. Sorry you just can't see. )
Nah, I'm just an old fashioned sword is all. ( Third option: You're an actual sword but he wouldn't expect anyone to assume that. ) Guess ya really wanna start something though, huh? I didn't even do anything! But I guess that's how goes.
( And he'll laugh! Because this really is just his luck. He can already hear his friends saying he's nothing but trouble but you know, it's not his fault trouble keeps coming for him! It's not like he's starting things for the heck of it. )
I'll humor ya! Just go easy on me, alright?
( Please. He just came here to have a good time. Luckily for Greed(?), Mutsunokami has a pretty good time fighting so it's a win/win situation until someone gets hurt. )
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They're still going to fight, obviously, but that sounds interesting.]
What do you mean, a sword?
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Now ya wanna talk? ( He has no idea whats happening anymore but this is fine, he can roll with the punches. He really can't help but look particularly amused at this slight deviation (he can tell they're still going to fight and that this is all just one distraction). And when I say he looks amused I mean he looks particularly punchable because it's like he knows a secret someone else doesn't know and he doesn't want to share it because it's fun trolling others. ) C'mon, I was just warming up to the idea of a brawl.
Maybe I'll tell ya when it's over. How's that for some stakes? Loser's gotta answer to the winner.
( "I'm a pacifist sword." "I'm a negotiator." "I'd rather talk things out." Mutsunokami Yoshiyuki is a lying liar who lies. )