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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lissa | fire emblem: awakening
IV - THE DECIDEDLY LESS CUTE OPTION
WILDCARD
heavy breathing - i mean 1
Just got stomped on. Hard. And she digs her heel in for extra measure.]
Anyone else have something to say? Come on, speak up, I WANT TO HEAR IT.
eyes emoji
Okay, maybe crushing the flower entirely was a little much - Lissa grimaces a little as a petal comes undone and flutters sadly to the ground - but really, if one doesn't have anything nice to say then one shouldn't say anything at all!
(Not that she's really followed that adage all too well in the past but whatever.)
She turns to Maribelle, delight and relief in her eyes. ]
Aw Maribelle, I knew I could count on you!
[ Immediately, another (colorless) flower pipes up. ]
Yeah, count on her to look like an overstuffed pink marshmallow. Is there anything in there other than hot air?
[ Hm. ]
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Lissa, darling, what's say we take a walk away from these eyesores? Unless they'd prefer to be target practice for my Elfire tomes, I have been getting a tad rusty.
[Offers a hand to help her up?]
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[ Her heart can't take all this abuse. Or rather, it can, but she'll end up stomping on them the way Maribelle did and that's no way for a princess to act.
Taking Maribelle's hand, she hoists herself up to follow Maribelle, wherever the other girl may lead. ]
Do all the plants here talk like that? How does anyone get anything done if they're all talking all the time?
[ She's going to be in for one rude awakening if so. ]
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It's only temporary, thank goodness. If we had to deal with that all the time, we'd lose our minds!
IV
[ It may not always be in Lucina's nature to be gentle, but she certainly can't approach this with anything but kid gloves. This is her aunt, after all. Owain's mother, and a reputable figure in her own right in one shade of history.
It means Lucina errs on the side of respectful. She reaches out, about to rest a hand on the younger woman's shoulder, and stops halfway. Her hand remains there, hovering. The gesture could seem a touch awkward from most people but Lucina evinces even awkwardness with a measure of grace. ]
Are you alright?
[ She has no idea what the flowers can do yet. ]
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As it is now, she's nothing more than a teary-eyed girl wiping snot from her nose, and blinking up in confusion as Lucina approaches. ]
I'm—I'm fine, really.
[ It's absolutely a lie, but maybe if she says it enough times it'll become truth. Quickly, she wipes away her tears too, then slaps on a wobbly smile. ]
I was just...remembering some bad stuff.
[ To put it lightly. Why the image even popped into her head in the first place, she's not sure, but she'd rather not think about it. ]
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Would you like to speak of it?
[ She struggles, a little, to smile in turn as she poses the question. The gesture has never come that easy to her. ]
i
Okuni takes this chance to critically examine her for an unnecessarily long period of time...]
I wouldn't call it a haystack. [it's cute, but Okuni must be annoying...] They're more like bushels of wheat?
[that same flower chimes in with a]
Says the one who looks like a moldy curly fry!!
[THAT'S MEAN, FLOWER]
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[ She echoes Okuni, all the hope draining from her eyes.
THAT'S NOT ANY BETTER....her fingers spasm around her hair reflexively, and she wonders if there's anyone in this town that might be able to redo her hair. And maybe Okuni's hair while they're at it, since the flower is taking no prisoners today. ]
Hey, that's not very nice! I think her hair looks wonderful.
[ It's long and black and sleek....man, Lissa's actually a little jealous. ]
How do you keep it so smooth?
[ And can she touch it. ]
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It's not hard! I just have my brother take care of my hair for me.
[it sure is easy when u leave it to other people!!! She looks at Lissa's hair again, which is still cute...]
You could get someone to make it nice for you too.
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You have a brother too? And he knows how to do hair?
[ A much better brother than her own, from the sounds of it. Goodbye flower, all those insults now fall on deaf ears as she turns on Okuni with wide eyes. Tell her your secrets. ]
He sounds way better than my brother. All Chrom knows how to do is swing a sword around and tell people what to do.
[ Okay so that's not. Technically true, but if he can't do hair then what's the point!!!! ]
Do you think your brother could do my hair too?
i
[ He'll give this flower a stern talking-to about being polite. Or, at least try to, because he's the last thing from 'stern'. ] Now, listen here, you ...weird talking plants --
[ And the same flower immediately retorts: Oh, so the lumbering gorilla knows how to talk? ] Okay. Ow? I don't think I'm that hairy ...