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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but aigis actually hadn't considered that possibility, and it gives her a-- small pang of guilt, honestly. not that she dwells on it long... she'd just simply have to add "mend cape" onto the list of things to do.
current one on the list: help other robot that she hasn't quite realized is a robot yet. ]
You're right... These clothes are intricate enough that they may be special to the one that owns them originally.
[ coming closer again! until she pauses, realizing she should maybe voice her intentions. so: ]
Here, I'll help you... Carefully. Is that okay?
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Anyway, he doesn't know about the clothing being "special" - though he knows in theory that humans can be attached to inanimate objects, he doesn't have enough humanity to really understand it. He only knows that damaging someone else's property is wrong.
But he doesn't yet realize the girl is a robot, either, so he doesn't find this to be a strange comment.]
Yes, that's fine. I would appreciate it.
[Whatever she does, he doesn't seem to mind. He'll stand still, only moving when he thinks it will help.]
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... gently tugging and fiddling with the cloth until it comes loose!
which it eventually does, after a small bit of silence and some thoughtful shuffling. ]
You are free.
[ you can stop your robot-stillness now, connor. ]
And the fabric remains stuck on your body intact, as promised.
[ we...ird, but not untrue! yay! ]
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Everything seems perfectly intact!]
Thank you. That's much better.
[Just in case, he's going to step away from the door. The last thing he needs is to get stuck again.]
Has everyone been issued this style of clothing? It's not exactly modern fashion.
[Though the human he spends the most time with is a fashion disaster, so it's possible he just has faulty data on the subject.]
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and now that aigis has a bit more time to process connor himself up close rather than his predicament... she finally appears to take pause curiously over him.
but not for long. his question does come through to her, even if it takes a moment for her to respond and process it. ]
... Oh--
[ ... oops! ]
To be honest, I am not sure. I do not have enough information to say anything on "everyone", but I do know there are several people I have observed wearing similar styles. Perhaps whoever assigned them wished for us to "cosplay" to better fit our surroundings.
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Not enough data is fair enough, though. He nods to accept her information.]
I'm surprised that whoever they were could get me into it in the first place. My systems should have woken me from sleep mode if I were being tampered with.
[So yeah, just going to put that he's a robot on display now. It's not like it's a secret.]
Well, that's a concern for later. For now, I need to find a way out of these.
[> Remove illegal garments.
It's still flashing in his priority queue.]
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--wait.
systems?
here, aigis's expression shifts a little. she had paused over him previously, but she couldn't say what, exactly, she was so hesitant over. and now... her own systems hadn't caught this, after all. ]
I'm sorry, this is off-topic. But you said "systems", and that caught my attention...
[ she isn't sure how to phase this appropriately. it's a question that might hit something sensitive, because it's a sensitive topic, but she also isn't sure if it's the same for him. ]
... Are you also some sort of machine?
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[He keeps forgetting, somehow, which is really implausible since that information should be stored in his ram. But it seems so natural that everyone should already know...
Either way. He moves so she can better see the LED on his temple. it's currently flashing blue.]
I'm an RK8000 model android developed by CyberLife. My primary function is to assist detectives in investigations.
[He glances over Aigis. A quick scan verifies the implications in her own words.]
You're also an android, is that correct?
[Though not one developed by CyberLife, or he would have been able to analyze her model number.]
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she's curious. ]
I am Aigis. My primary function is... um...
[ how to put this in a non-classified and familiar way for non-jrpgs. ]
... Combat, and living.
[ which is weird, but she feels inclined to add the latter. ]
It is nice to meet you.
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[Combat, he understands; androids have been used in the military and on the police force for several years now. But living... that pulls him up short. That's something only a deviant would say.
But if she's not made by CyberLife, maybe this isn't deviancy? Maybe this is only a specification of her programming. There are too many variables here for him to be sure.
He'll have to keep an eye on her.]
Combat and living. Those are very particular functions.
[He knows combat, too, enough to get him through any altercations with unruly deviants; maybe more, though that's highly classified.]
Were you part of the military?
[The fact that she's designed to look like a teenage girl isn't really an issue to Connor.]
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but like him, the details on her functions are also... classified, though they're partially irrelevant now and probably nonsense to no one not familiar with the situation. ]
Though some parts of my equipment could be considered... military-grade, I am not affiliated with them.
[ and she goes quiet then, as if unsure what else to say. ]
My assignment was of a more... personal sort.
[ good enough! ]