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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[So was his. Even the cities with their cramped populations and shoved together buildings of gray and concrete were still speckled with every color imaginable. The forests surrounding the academy, the cherry blossoms in spring...
He missed it.]
About... five months?
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[ It was depressing to remember, though. That place was a remnant of something that once thrived ... and it held something that was pretty threatening to all life as she knew it. A lot of emotions there. And then there was her world. Her friends. Her family. And she'd only begun her stay in this foreign place ...
... But at least she had a friend now. ]
I'll bet you miss your home. I know I do, and I've only been here for a couple of days ... I can't imagine being away from it for five months, but I guess that's just a reality I'll have to face ...
[ At the least, she knew her world was left in the best hands possible. Even if her world wasn't totally out of danger just yet. ]
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[Deserts, Antarctica, even some mountains could be relatively monochrome. Rin had very little travel experience, though.]
Sometimes people just... get sent back without any warnin', but most of us have been here a while.
[He doesn't really respond to whether or not he misses his home. He does. A lot. But things there are still... complicated.]
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[ She noticed he hadn't really responded to that, but she wasn't going to pry. She barely knew him. Maybe someday they can talk a bit more in-depth about their worlds, but the first meeting was definitely not the day for that. ]
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Yeah, uh. It... gets crazy around here sometimes. There's been some work on gettin' warnin' systems set up for whenever shit really hits the fan, and I'm actually a part of a defense force this guy named Guren started, so at least we've got each other's backs?
It just... really sucks that we can't ever tell what's gonna happen next.
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[ She's quiet for a moment, then she nods. ]
I can understand that. Maybe I can join the defense force, too? You know, when I'm not drowning in this thing. If I ever get out of it.
... I'll figure out how to maneuver in it. And fight.
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[The comment about the dress does earn a light smirk and a soft chuckle.]
Even if the able body is stuck in whatever the hell that is right now.
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[ This dress truly would be the death of her, one way or another. ]
I'll keep a look out for any signs of a meeting, though. I, um. Wouldn't mind a heads up if you see anything about it, too?
[ She's a bit sheepish in asking for help, especially since he was already helping her out way more than she expected anyone would. And they only just met. ]
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[Not that he wants Kohaku to die! They just met after all.
But that dress...
That dress.]
Well, I mean, I'll be goin' anyway so yeah. Just in case, though, have you looked at your laptop at all? I know technology can be weird for some people but it's pretty helpful once you learn it. We use the forum to send messages around.
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[ She's ... still not quite sure what a laptop is. ]
... Nnnno?
[ LOOK TECHNOLOGY ISN'T AS ADVANCED IN HER WORLD AS IT IS IN YOURS .... ]
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Don't worry about it, I can show you mine later.
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Okay. Thank you. I don't know what it is, really, so that would be very helpful.
[ She smiles at him again, sheepishly this time. ]
A lot of things about this place are confusing. I guess It's not the first time I've been tossed into a confusing situation, though ...
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[Being told you're the son of Satan after fifteen years of thinking otherwise is pretty much the definition of "confusing situation".
Being here came in a close second, though.]
We're almost there.
[They wouldn't be walking in those horrid outfits for much longer.]
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[ She was thankful for the short walk. This thing was a health hazard to walk in. ]
Closer to being ... safer? From these outfits? I guess?
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[Some time before death would be preferable.]
Close to my place, though. At least there we can sit down and relax.
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[ There's a bit of a desperate tone in there. Sure, she'd be able to deal if this was a long-term thing, but if it was permanent ... She'd probably die. ]