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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The flower, on the other hand, seems to disagree. ]
Wow, and you haven't even said anything yet.
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the flower takes this opportunity to tell him that he has an ugly voice no one wants to hear anyway, and dextera winces. he didn’t think he was sensitive about that, but the flower is just so crass. ]
…Guren’s friend?
[ he changes the topic with some sign language—understandable, thanks to the magic of the town. ]
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Or... not so quiet. So he can understand sign language now? That's a thing. Shinya looks puzzled for a moment, but the 'mention' of a certain someone's name has him looking quiet curious instead. ]
Wow. Has he already established that much of a reputation for himself?
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Nothing bad.
[ dextera is quick to promise that, anyway, a little awkwardly—guren would probably get mad if he accidentally trash-talked him to his friends. ]
You’re— [ a pause, as he tries to remember which names guren has mentioned before. ] “Shinya”? Or “Goshi”?
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But only his first thought. This guy is a complete stranger to Shinya, so for him to not only know of both he and Goshi, and make a semi-accurate guess to his identity...
That's not insignificant. ]
That's right! Guren's my loyal subordinate-- [ what ] --so I hope you're treating him well.
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I’m glad you’re here. He really misses you.
[ hm, way to give away guren’s fluffy secrets like that!! ]
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... Is the general sort of feel that comment gives Shinya, though on the surface he only looks a little startled, and only for a moment. Still, he can't quite his earlier carefree smile back the way it was, and he looks a little more exasperated than anything. ]
Guren's sentimental like that.
[ There's a (very significant, in Shinya's opinion) chance that this is all a trap, that Dex actually has some sort of grudge against Guren and is planning on using Shinya against him. But this is also Guren they're talking about, so there's also a (better than it should be, in Shinya's opinion) chance that Guren really is that much of a sap and really has told this guy that much.
Well, the only way to find out is to continue the conversation, really. ]
He must really trust you.
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he politely shakes his head, holding his hands up in a briefly placating gesture—defensive, but honest. ]
We’re… friends. [ the pause before “friends” might be suspicious, though. ] We share a lot.
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Probably not, but who knows. ]
But you couldn't tell if I was Shinya or Goshi, huh...?
[ This calls for only the pettiest sort of revenge. Shinya will have to think on it. For now... ]
But I'm sure you can tell me your name, right?
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D-E-X-T-E-R-A. Dextera.
[ he doesn’t know if shinya has already met with guren—or if guren would even mention him to shinya independently. ]