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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annoying.
at least like this she has fingers to try to untangle the messes, although sebastian is probably more familiar with how to do it.
so she stills, flexing her fingers like claws and scowling ferociously. ]
Get on with it, then, boy.
[ SO GRACIOUS...
and so incorrect about ages, but she's used to being the eldest person in a room. ]
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[ He raises an eyebrow in light surprise, but he doesn't actual react further than that. Considering he's used to his sour-natured master, a bit of surliness is really more familiar than anything else... But to be called a boy when he's so clearly not is a surprise.
But regardless, he easily and obediently starts to untangle it from the brush that the lace has gotten snagged on. However, because it's lace, it's not going to be as easy as other fabrics. ]
It shall not take long, but it is quite caught on all of these brambles. All of this lace does not quite fit this little town.
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[ muttering, and ignoring his question because of course she does. shijima operates on her own timeframe and with her own conversational guidelines.
this means, basically, she says whatever she likes and answers whatever she pleases and completely ignores the rest. it doesn't make her a particularly decent conversationalist but anyone who believed cats would be decent conversationalists was perhaps misled.
her yellow eyes shift to take sebastian in more, assessing. ]
I won't owe you anything for this. [ AGAIN: THE LACK OF GRACE IS ASTONISHING but she's just, like, pointing it out. ] Since you offered first and didn't ask for anything.
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Lace, a bird, those cat-like eyes...? Hm. He finds himself considerably more curious. ]
Oh, I would expect nothing, miss. It is my duty to serve others.
[ He sounds quite sincere, though that's a strange thing to say. ]
Though, may I offer my sympathies? If lace is not to your liking in the first place, this must be quite irritating.
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[ she's tripped. but she chooses to believe in a world where she has not. ]
If serving others is your duty, does that mean you will do other things for me also?
[ priority: feed me ]
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However, any further sympathy for that is forgotten at her question. He raises an eyebrow, and starts a bit hesitantly. ]
Ah, well...
[ But the lace is also freed from the brambles at this point, so he releases it to set it back down carefully as he considers her question. Only Sieglinde was so bold as to ask for that, and even then, it was hardly the same thing.
...However, it's never bad to foster good will. ]
I suppose so. It depends on what you may ask of me, but I will have no complaints to help with small matters.
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[ at least she knows...exactly what she wants? although she pauses, as though considering after she's released, head canting to the side to eye him in the same oddly catlike manner. ]
I suppose another sort of fish would also be fine.
[ if he can't manage the right kind.
...apparently she has zero qualms about just demanding this sort of thing from a stranger. ]
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Well... [ He considers it quite seriously, it seems, even taking up a thoughtful gesture ] Considering the affliction of this town, shall we say, I do not know if I can promise a Bluefish in particular. However, surely there are fish to be found.
[ He nods ]
I suppose I can make that effort, though not quickly, I imagine. Fishing is a rather patient art.
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[ she clearly is not a fan of this dress. ]
For today, I'll be forgiving.
[ shijima you're literally demanding this random guy feed you fish but okay...it's sebastian's fault for agreeing, really.
as ever, her human disguise is INFALLIBLE. no one will ever suspect a THING. just keep calling people children and humans and talking about weird ass shit, shijima, you're so stealth. ]