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:
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If you don't mind, I'd like to be Gretel?
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[ That's fine, he's a big manly man so of course he's going to be the guy in this story. But hold on -- ] Wait a second, are you saying that because Hansel's the one the witch cages up and tries to eat?
[ Wow. His sexy bod is not for consumption. ]
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That’s part of it. I’m only into vore on Tuesdays. But some days you just feel like a Gretel.
[LET HIM BE A GOOD SISTER despite the fact that he’s never had a good example of that.]
Besides, you’d be rescued by me anyway.
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Only on Tuesdays, huh. [ While he could assume this is just a joke, he also happens to know a ton of weirdos so he's learned to expect the unexpected. There are too many whackjobs out there in the world. ]
I see. I'll be depending on you then, sis ... [ Tired, so tired. What kind of weird roleplay is this. He's still curious about the house so he is going to hover a little closer toward the door, seeing if it's locked. ]
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I'll do my best. ♥ [wow, somehow you can hear him vocalizing the heart.
Let's see, though, being more Gretel-like... He doesn't have bread crumbs or little pebbles to use, but it isn't like they're going very far anyway. Just inspecting more of the house. What a bummer. Well, he can shadow the dude, anyway. Always been good at that.] I wonder if it's cheating to break the oven at the start...
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I don't think this is actually going to go like the story ... [ Right? Hopefully not. ] Well, you should stay close to me anyway. We don't know what will come pouncing out at us in this house.
[ It's always his first instinct to protect whoever's around him, whether or not he actually knows them, and that's why he sort of stays in front of Charles, keeping the guy shielded by his body in case something does decide to appear.
Oh yeah, they should probably introduce themselves so they have something to call each other, at least. ] Name's Josuke, by the way. Yourself?
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[Ah... This... He really did want to be Gretel, today. Oh well. Guess he'll stick to the name given to him at birth.]
...Charles, if you insist. Nice to meet you for this tale.
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[ Sorry, Josuke is way too normal for this LARPing business. ] But uh, nice to meet you too.
[ So far, it looks like the house is pretty empty? He's really starting to wonder if the whole thing was just put up for decoration, because there doesn't seem to be any actual purpose for it.
Also, he's starting to feel a little strange right now, like he wants to stand closer to Charles for some reason. ]
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[He sounds pretty cheerful despite the blunt words. If it's at all difficult to admit, he does a good job covering it up, at least. The proximity is actually what gets to him, if the small dip in his smile is anything to go by, but he tries to remain looking curious and open.]
Surely I'm not as interesting as a house of candy?
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Hey, man. You said something really concerning just now. [ Sure, they're in a weird house and he barely knows this person, but he feels like he can't ignore this. ] Are you really feeling okay? I know we've only just met, but if there's anything you wanna talk about ...
[ He's a good friend for this stuff. ]
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You’re worried? How sweet. [Okay, he can tone down the perkiness a little, even if he does think it’s kind of this stranger to pursue it at all. That’s not so hard. If he keeps telling himself that, maybe it will be true!] I’m okay, thank you. I thought making that joke might be better received than potentially having to explain fluidity of gender, but I forgot that it’s disconcerting to hear those things.
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Of course I'm going to be worried, hearing someone say that. Not that I know a lot about this stuff, but I'm the kinda guy who'll wanna be there for a friend when they're feeling sad, y'know? [ Yeah, they are immediately friends. Deal with that, asshole. ]
But okay, if it's really just a joke ... [ He'll let it go. Even if he has some suspicions it's one of those joking-but-not situations. ]
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Friends, hm? I'm hurt that you got so tired of a sister already. [He's quick to raised a hand gloved in black to wave it off. He's still being sassy.] Sorry. It is hard to be Charles some days, but it's easier than it used to be, so don't worry yourself too much. Especially not over a stranger, even if they're a sister and friend. Wanting a day of Gretel isn't entirely because of that, either.
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[ Not that Josuke can do much about someone's ... perception of self-worth anyway. ]
Did you have it rough back home?
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Oh, yes. In ways. I see no point in lying about it, but really, you...don't need to concern yourself with it.