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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[He breathes out a sigh, there, flopping on to his back again as he folds an arm behind his head.]
Are there, you know, people who can fix that if I end up with any issues? Construction is way outside my particular skillset, here.
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[Don't worry, friend!!]
We kind of all are all stuck in this situation together, so we tend to work together to get through things like that. There are people who are much better at carpentry who can help out if your house ends up being pretty...rickety.
[...]
Just try not to fall through the floor or anything, okay?
[Minato's just...going to idly rearrange the folds of the skirt of his dress, because what else can you do when you're just kind of giving up on moving around in something like this?]
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[Being a beanpole has to be good for something besides reaching high shelves, he'll take whatever he can get on that front.]
But I'll keep that in mind, if... I ever actually get anywhere.
[Considering their current predicament and all. Ryan frowns down at their outfits, and finally spots one of the problems, untangling some of the dress's fabric from an oversized button on his coat.]
Maybe if we can get it untangled first, we'll be fine...?
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[Minato's brow furrows for a moment as he immediately reaches for his pockets and realizes he...no longer has them...dammit!!]
... Ah. [He'll have to do without the tiny pocketknife he carries around this place, apparently...]
Here... you try to untangle everything on that side, and I'll start over here.
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[He's not a hundred percent confident, here, but Ryan is at least used to working with his hands, so how hard could it be...?
Judging by the amount of decorative (but otherwise useless) embellishments on these clothes, though, the answer is "still pretty hard".]
Hang on, I think this is stuck further back... uh, try getting up? I think I can get it fixed if you move a little.
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[Carefully, he tries to stand--
And windmills a bit when the hem of his skirts snag, but miraculously... miraculously he's able to stay standing.]
...Can you get it now...?
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[He reflexively reaches up to try to help steady Minato, breathing out a relieved sigh when he doesn't fall, and quickly unhooks a couple ribbons on the back of the dress.]
There! You should be good to go, maybe.
[Excuse him while he pushes himself to his feet, just as carefully. They're up! It's a miracle!
.... they're still kinda stuck if they don't want to get tripped up again but it's progress, right.]
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... Huh.
[THEY ARE GOOD TO GO... for real!]
That was impressive. I thought we were going to be stuck there forever. [He is probably joking a little.]
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[Ryan offers out an arm, there, with a little grin.]
Here, maybe we can keep each other from falling over again this way.
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... Well, it's worth a try.
[He's cool with it, carefully taking Ryan's arm.]
Where were you trying to go, anyway?
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Ah- nowhere in particular, actually. I've just kind of been... trying to look around, you know? See what's where, get used to the layout.
...going too far might not be a great plan, though, if we don't want any repeat incidents.
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... These sorts of things don't tend to last too long so... maybe we can keep the looking around to this general area until we can take these clothes off?