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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no subject
. . .Is it so important that I have to open the door? Can't you just tell me whatever you have to say now?
[is Okuni blind or is she just purposefully ignoring Impey's predicament]
no subject
[it's not really something he can say, it's more of a favor he's asking
that's what a normal would say in this situation
but
this is impey]
It's... something I gotta show - yeah, that's it! Like a magic trick!! Demonstrating via window just uh - wouldn't be the full experience, you know?!
time to wiki magic tricks impey
This is the #1 situation for don't open your doors to strangers even, especially after they claim they're magicians, but Okuni has unfortunately seen many, many magicians in Chroma so she like... actually considers believing him.... curse her own curiosity]
Hm.
[CURSE HER OWN CURIOSITY!!! She vanishes from the window without a word, so maybe she abandons Impey
but then
the door opens.
and there Okuni is, looking expectant.]
Well? What do you have to show me?
big yike
but that's neither here nor there
ANYWAY he's going to sigh in relief as the door opens and he pulls the cloak back behind him, and then - ]
Uhhh.. only... the best trick ever! Ahaha!
[nice, buying some time. HE DOES A MENTAL INVENTORY OF WHAT HE HAS ON HIS PERSON and decides that the neo steam engine would have absolutely no use her, fran's bombs are out, so that only leaves...]
Yeah...
Yeah! I'm a genius!
I can make rainbow bombs appear in the sky!! That's why you couldn't see it from the window!
[hm]
i don't believe this
ARE
RAINBOW BOMBS]
. . .I want to see them. Make them appear again.
no subject
[have some shame, have like any shame at all, like uno shame
BUT FOR NOW HE SETS HIS HANDS ON HIS HIPS AS HE GRINS WIDELY]
But for the magic to work -
I need you to focus on your heart's greatest desire...!
[now he's just milking this]
no subject
but when is he not]
This better be good...
[okuni thinks of her heart's greatest desire
it probably involves strangling Impey with his cape in some way]
no subject
[that's a lie but whatever, he means well]
Now if I can direct your gaze up, up, up...!
[his grin widens and he thinks not for the first time that it's really nice to have super talented friends! lupin has his tendency to carry around portable fireworks after all, and impey borrowed some - just like he borrowed some of victor's chemicals. it's with his vampire strength that he pulls off a little magic of his own that with an imperceptible flick of his wrist that he tosses the fireworks container up in the air first. then with speed that makes it impossible to see with the human eye, he takes a rock from the ground and tosses it up right after the container, aiming to hit it right when it's a safe enough distance overhead to make the whole thing combust!
and then as promised
the colors erupt in the sky along with the booming noise of explosions as impey laughs and raises his hands up in a big dramatic motion]
Ta-daaaaaah!