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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Don't worry about me, I'm fine...
[ just. give him a moment to hoist himself off the ground first. there. ]
As I was saying, do you need any help? [ ignoring the fact that he's the one who needed help most, but. ]
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[ They feel sort of bad about not.. helping him off the ground but, gems don't touch other gems and all that. It's not really their first instinct. Phos will pat some dust off of your clothes though, maybe? ]
Uh, if you know how to make these pajamas [ GESTURES TO DRESS? ] less heavy, that would be helpful. I can hardly move in them, but it's impossible to take them off, too.
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and now he's tilting his head at their words because uh. ]
Pajamas? We did wake up in them, but I'm not sure how anyone can tuck themselves back into bed while wearing these...
[ the material's soft and presumably made from expensive material despite the grayscale, but it'd still be too hot and itchy to lie on... it won't be a problem once tsumugi takes out a needle and some thread out his pocket that he'd gotten from the store earlier. ]
Now stay still. I'm a bit of a slow worker, so please bear with me.
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[ That sounds fake but OKAY.
On a better note, it's lucky that Phos will be notably standing perfectly still, except for a when they extend and loop their
velveeta cheesegolden arms around to smooth their skirts down, just to be sure the hems are even. ]I appreciate it, so take your time! If you need me to hold anything, just let me know.
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[ aaaand then tsumugi sees the string cheese arms and he jumps back, his butt landing on the ground. oh god oh god, he takes off his glasses to clean them with the sleeve of his own outfit and puts it on again; his vision is still shitty even with them but even he can tell that those really aren't human arms at all.
wow, deja vu. ]
Y-Your arm...! You're not human either, aren't you?
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[ Surprised by his surprise, Phos takes a step back to grant the poor guy some space to be (rightfully) horrified by the alloy as they retract and mold it back into a regular arm. ]
It's fine, see? No worries! [ WHICH IS ENTIRELY THE ISSUE HERE. ]
Humans can't do that.. can they?
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[ sweats nervously ]
I'm just relieved that yours didn't shatter either. I met someone whose arm came right clean off, and it may or may not be my fault... Huu, I didn't mean to do it either...
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[ RECORD SCRATCH ]
Wha..? Aren't you a little too squishy to do something like that?
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[ HEADTILT... uh, he's going to pinch his own fleshy arm to demonstrate, if that's what phos was talking about? ]
I mean, how else did their arm fall off? It's not as though they're fragile neither? Quartz are sturdy enough rocks, if I recall.
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[ please keep up, human. this is important business, as Phos presses the matter. ]
Which quartz did you break, anyway? Were they shy or more grumpy? You might be fine, depending on who it was.
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[ why did i write that ]
Um, they were certainly not grumpy... They're meek, and they forgave me pretty quickly but I still feel really guilty about the whole thing. [ sigh ]