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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Akira Fudo | Devilman Crybaby
[For some reason, as much as Akira wants to ignore the flowers, he's overcome with the urge to pick one. He loves me, he loves me not. That's a game for girls, isn't it? Yet before he can even think, he finds himself trying it, kneeling to pick a flower and pulling off one of the petals--
And the flower lets out such a bloodcurdling scream he almost drops it in shock. How could he forget these could talk?]
S-sorry... I wasn't trying to hurt you... [He cradles the bedraggled flower in his hands, on the verge of tears.] Are you going to be okay?
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[Maybe it's only fitting that Akira's formalwear has a high collar and a cape that makes him look like some kind of fancy demon lord, but he's less than impressed with this place's dedication to aesthetic when the cape keeps. Catching. On. Everything. At first he would carefully disentangle himself and keep going, but after the fifth time of the cape snagging on something (the offender this time being a protruding branch)...
...He loses his temper and lets out an animalistic growl, yanking hard enough to tear a huge rip through his cape, before stalking off.
Possibly you've been staring at this whole thing for the past minute or so, because he stalks past you with a surly,] What?
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The flower will be fine. Ignore the screaming; plants lack the nervous system and brain necessary to experience pain.
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[The flower chimes in to agree:] That's right!
...I shouldn't have picked it. I'm going to go get it some water.
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[ Really, Akira should just throw it away since it's likely just the town playing tricks on him. It's not the first time something like this has happened here; back during his first month, the furniture started talking shit about them to get them to clean the town. ]
...Fine. Let's get it some water.
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[Even as he says it, he can't shake off the weird compulsion to keep pulling at it. As they start walking and he catches himself starting to tug on the petals again, he quickly offers the flower to Ryo.]
Hey, uh-- can you hold onto it?
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[ He doesn't particularly look like he wants to hold t, but he has a hard time saying no to Akira when it's such a simple request. He takes the flower, assessing the damage done to it when Akira pulled the petal earlier, and he's starting to feel the urge to pull them too. ]
Did you feel a sudden compulsion to start pulling the petals, Akira?
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[His devil compulsions are completely different, and have nothing to do with something as minor as ripping up a flower. So he can only guess Ryo is right, that it has something to do with the Town.]
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Why is it happening? Is the flower supposed to be important?
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It's just a flower, Akira. I don't have a satisfactory explanation for the town's behavior; you shouldn't think about it too much. For all we know, its sole purpose is to elicit reactions from us.
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Maybe you're right. It would be cruel if the town really does make things feel pain that shouldn't, though.
2 - and hello again
[ yeah she saw all of that, and is just chuckling quietly under her breath as he walks on by in a huff. leave to akira to ruin some fancy duds because he's getting all caught up. miki hasn't shed hers yet and she considers that a personal victory compared to him. ]
hello hello!!
[He certainly has no desire to compete, because he unfastens the tattered remains of the cape, tossing it aside, before giving Miki's outfit a once over.]
You too? How does anyone move in these clothes?
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