Prompt 1:
 t's probably been at least a little while since you managed to climb out of the well, so hopefully you've dried off by now and are enjoying poking around the Town. But who cares about all of that? More importantly, the Town has a new feature this time, for reasons entirely unknown to everyone.
The flowers...seem to be talking. They have no faces, but they will definitely turn to talk to you, and if they have had their color restored, they will very brightly and contentedly compliment you, or your clothing, or wish you well.
If they haven't? Prepare yourself for all sorts of horrible, horrible insults, because that's all that's coming your way.
Prompt 2:
 ow are you settling in? Is the Town treating you well? It's not as bad as it used to be; some of the houses have color, some of the food has color and taste as well. It's been polished up a bit since everyone first got here.
Granted, when you wake up that morning to find yourself in full fancy wear of many different types (all colorless, and gender has nothing to do with which you might end up in), you'll find that the Town might not be as well put together as it seems.
You can't get out of the formal wear. It just won't come off, no matter what you do. Which wouldn't be so bad, but... it seems like these clothes will snag on just about everything in the Town, which is far from smooth. Try not to trip over those loose cobblestones, or your dress snagging on a nail sticking out from a door frame. This is really not the place for this sort of clothing.
Prompt 3:
e loves me, he loves me not... that's a pretty familiar game, right? For some reason, the urge to pick one of those flowers and casually pluck the petals from it while playing that game is going to grow stronger and stronger the more flowers you see. Eventually? You're just going to have to cave to it.
(Certainly it doesn't help that the flowers scream a bit when you pull their petals; they still can talk right now, after all!)
She loves you, she loves you not...and by the time you've picked the last petal, you've forgotten who you were even thinking of originally -- instead, the very next person you see is going to be the victim of a very impassioned declaration of love. Don't worry, you'll come back to yourself...after you declare your undying love for everyone to hear.
Prompt 4:
 ut no matter how many people tell you not to go into the forest, however, it's still rather enticing, isn't it? It's sitting right there, waiting for you to explore it, waiting for you to just step a little bit out of the Town...
And soon, you're surrounded by the dark boughs of the trees, the twisty, turny paths of the woods, where it feels like you're wandering in circles for hours upon hours --
And then, after ages of tree branches yanking at your hair and roots tripping you up, you find a clearing.
And in that clearing? There's a field of flowers. They're colorless -- strangely eerie because of it, but still distinctly recognizable to the flower familiar as Asphodel. And touching any single one of those flowers will suddenly give you vivid memories of one of your precious friends -- so long as they're dead. Anyone around you is going to experience that flash of memory too, so be careful!
Extra:
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Like hell they're innocent... Who are you?
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But if he's thinking Yukine is at all strange, it doesn't show on his face. Kaiki's expression remains blank. ]
It's impolite to demand another's name before you introduce yourself. [ But he pauses before canting his head slightly, continuing flatly. ] But perhaps you've forgotten your manners in your fright.
My name is Kaiki.
[ And he's gonna stop right there, as if to ask, 'what can you even do with that information?' ]
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If I'm wrong about you, I'll apologize for my rudeness then. Look, I just want to know what's going on here. Who's the one in charge?
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[ He gives a brief, humorless laugh before stepping forward right past Yukine so he can crouch before the decapitated flowers. Kaiki picks up a cut flower-head, observing it as he continues speaking. ]
You really are quite a rude child. Making such assumptions about someone when all they've done is witness you committing an act of violence. Let me make it clear -- I know nothing of what's going on, and I've done nothing wrong. I've done nothing to you. [ Yet. ] Will you apologize now?
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He crosses his arms, nails digging into his skin as he dips his head in a short bow, the most he'll allow without somebody shoving his nose to the ground, but he makes sure his apology is sincere. ]
Sorry. I'm Yukine. I don't know anything about this place, but those flowers can't be natural, so be careful around those.
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He otherwise doesn't respond to the introduction or the apology though, instead turning over the flower-head in his hand. ]
'Can't be natural,' is it. Correct, but incorrect. [ he tosses the flower away, picks up another one. ] Judging by the abundance of these flowers, they may simply be what is 'normal' to this world. If nature here produces talking flowers with no provocation, then these are natural. Silent blossoms would the unnatural ones. But they certainly are strange by standards you and I are used to, it seems.
[ He cranes his head to give Yukine a hard stare. ]
Though by my standards, these flowers aren't the only things that seem strange. [ He's talking about you, Yukine. ]
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Y-yeah! Lots of things are so weird out here— just look at the sky! And all the ugly houses, with those weird colors!
[ Surely those things are more interesting than whatever Yukine is, though he has to wonder whether Kaiki can accept them just as easily as he did talking flowers. ]