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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[or poisonous
he's not quite sure yet, but he is gonna go out and look just because - ]
It'd be a shame if we came all this way for nothing though!
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[She says, watching him with an air of Judgment without moving towards the flowers.]
I'll just be over here, far away from them and any shenanigans that might occur. Good luck.
[That being said, she doesn't make a move to leave entirely, in case something a) interesting or b) legitimately dangerous happens, in which case she'd want to intervene to make sure nothing serious happened to this stranger.]
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[he honestly doesn't mind]
I'm sturdier than most so you don't have to worry too much - but in case something actually happens, just run to town and ask for a guy named Lupin, okay? He'll figure something out.
[hE'S SO CONFIDENT]
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Sure, if you get attacked by flowers I'll just run back to town and wander around in search of some random guy I've never seen. Do you at least have, like, a description I can give to people?
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But he's a gentleman from London - or France? Uhh, either one - and dresses pretty snazzy! Top hat, walking cane, perpetually easy-going... you'll find him, no problem! And he can't turn down a lady who would need his help, so he's super reliable!
[this is impey's great back up plan if anything happens to him just run and get his best friend]
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[Or at least that's the situation she's imagining, somehow.]
Anyways, is it doing anything?
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[THIS IS FRIENDSHIP
but regardless impey's going to put on his goggles just in case? idk he might need them for Science even as he wanders closer to the flower and tilts his head]
Don't think so. No weird gas or pollen, flowers aren't my specialty or anything but it doesn't look like a really famous poisonous one... What if...
[he'll reach out to touch it though -
and there it is, the flash of a memory. a little boy playing with an old man, talking about the Cannon Club as they both seem to have their attention entirely transfixed on a model train that's puffing out little bursts of steam, chugging bravely along a train track]
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—Holy shit what the fuck was that?!
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[HE APPARENTLY DID NOT REALIZE until just this second, as he's shaken out of the memory.]
Ah... my bad, I guess! It's just a memory of mine... I hadn't thought of it for a long time, that's so weird. I wonder if it's because of the flower...
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[A beat.]
No other weird side effects, though? Flowers aren't sprouting out of your skin? You don't have a horrible and inconvenient rash?
[She says, even as she's standing right here, able to clearly see him.]
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Nah - nothing like that, still just a hand!
[Though he seems to get lost to his thoughts for another second, then laughing as he clenches his hand into a fist and turns to her with a smile.]
Thanks for worrying about me, though.
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I wasn't worried. It would just look bad if I came back with someone sprouting flowers or a huge rash or whatever, you know?
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[???]
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[Her tsun levels are too strong!!]
Anyways, you done with the random flower touching for now?
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[he doesn't think so but he supposes that it might require further evaluation sure]
But ah... guess so.
Weird that it brings back memories like that... Seems pretty harmless at least.