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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Uwah~!
[Hatoko picks up the dapper hedgehog and hugs its spines to her anime tiddies. It's okay, her clothes are like 12 layers of Victorian prudish modesty so she doesn't feel any discomfort.]
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The little hedgehog automatically squirms, blinking a bit when he realizes that he's being held against a chest. Okay, he has had that happen before, he can deal with it. People who want to cuddle hedgehogs are rare but he knows that he is super-cute in his animal for so it's okay if she can't resist. As long as she doesn't try to tickle him or make him a hedgehog floatie that's fine. He guesses that he can indulge her as a reward for helping him with that miserable trap.
Once a few moments have passed he's curious though, so he puts a platonic paw against her front and pushes himself up until he can squint at her with red hedgehog eyes.
Oh damn, she's young! Pretty cute too, but he feels too bad being reminded of another young girl who had held him close while wearing that sort of dress to follow that thought further. Instead he looks to the side with a semi-bashful "kyui" and tries to flatten his spines as much as he can.]
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Hmm~ mm~!
[Walking to...somewhere...with her new friend, Hatoko hums in innocent happiness until she feels a tiny paw press against her boob. More accurately, she barely feels a dang thing due to layers and layers of swank fabric but it's juuuuuuust noticeable enough that she looks down.]
Hello! Aren't you sweet. Prince Durian!
[He has been Named.]
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[Not good, he almost talked just now! Lawless resolved to just stare at her, suddenly bristled to max capacity as he inwardly shivers. Less than a year ago he would have laughed at her because giving a servamp a name is A Big Deal that would leave them basically at each other's mercy - or her at Lawless', he had given up playing by the rules and waiting for his owner's natural deaths when he didn't want to stay with them anymore, but now? Now he wants to stay with the one he already has for once. He wants to keep his name.
The tiny hedgehog shivers visibly as he curls in on himself, telling himself to stay cool. The thin necklace with his dog tag is still on him and without a pact item she wouldn't be able to claim him anyway. Still, that was a far too close brush right now! He feels like kicking himself, he should be more cautious!
Looking to the side he lets out a not very hedgehog-like tsk.]
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Although, making some sort of pact with a, a whatever-immortal being, entirely by mistake is just TYPICAL so, y'know, good dodge.]
Are you cold?
[She can feel the tremble of his tiny body in her palm, so Hatoko resolves to fix this injustice by gathering up the longass lady-cape she's stuck wearing to bundle up Lawless like a burrito.]
Is that better, Prince-sama?
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except Licht. Licht got really mad and tried to kill him for tricking himHe struggles against being wrapped up but once again his spines turn again him. In no time the hedgehog is wrapped up like a fly inside a spider's web, fabric pieced on several places and helplessly snagged around his sides and back where the cape isn't covering him.
Heaving a sigh he gives her a Look that answers her question before he tries to grab a corner of the fabric with his teeth and yank himself free. Sadly his hedgehog teeth are tiny.]
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[Lookitthewiddleteef!]
What do hedgehogs eat? Hmmm.
[Oblivious to his Look given that his face currently resembles nothing close to human emoting, and misinterpreting the struggle for sweet freedom as normal rodent gnawing urges, Hatoko considers the question she had asked herself.]
Bugs?
[Uhm, she is an educated young lady but nobody covered this animal's diet in class.]
Worms! Grasshoppers? Crickets? Maggots?
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Cheese! Or ham!
Insects are the right food for an ordinary hedgehog but not for me!
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Cheese?
[That can't be right. How would their stomach have evolved to process dairy - ]
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[if hedgehog-san is not a real hedgehog, then. then he. touched. touched--!]
EYAAAAAhh!
[She THROWS the little bundle far, far away -- except the cape is, y'know, attached, so he doesn't go anywhere except down.]
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[Lawless yelps as he goes flying. Usually he has reflexes that are good enough to land on all fours, but with all the cloth around him he ends up doing this geisha whose obi was pulled thing instead.
The little hedgehog goes spinning and spinning until he hits the ground, bouncing up once when he automatically curls up and ends up rolling some more.]
T-That was uncalled for!! What the hell! Keep going like that and you're gonna kill me until I die!
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[It's hypnotic. Hatoko blushes uncontrollably. A talking hedgehog touched her chest with its tiny paw!!]
[Actually, that's really not very bad? And it was her fault anyway for picking him up.]
Uhm. Sorry, haha.....
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Then the tiny hedgehog drags himself into a patch of shadows and transforms into a young man. He's decked out in something like a royal uniform that's pitch black with golden ornaments and the same stupid over-the-top cape and top hat he was already stuck with as a hedgehog. A single brooch that is stylized like a white wing sits a little above his heart.
Not wasting any time Lawless sits cross-legged with one knee up and props his hand against it.]
I don't mind! It's just my usual darned luck again!
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[Putting on a charming smile he winks at her.]
Thanks for helping me earlier! Sorry I played you a bit, I usually try to act 'natural' when I'm a hedgehog and meet strangers~
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H-hello...
[After an introduction and apology (not to mention magical transformation!!!) like that, Hatoko is at a loss for words. Prince Durian is not a fluffbutt the size of her palm after all?!]
It is very nice to meet you, my name is Kuchikawa Hatoko...
[She's on auto-pilot. What was he saying? Shakespeare?? HE WINKED! An older boy winked. at. her.]
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[He laughs and implies a bow from where he is still sitting.]
Usually I don't do the cape and hat fashion anymore. Did I break your brain?