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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Lying would be the worst thing the man could do at this point and would cause him to retreat, to feel as if he couldn't be honest in return. He doesn't need a life story here, holding back is not that big of a deal at this point in whatever this relationship currently is but not telling the truth is a sure-fire way of shattering what's been built.
The time here in this world without Will has been short but even that feels hard to him. Maybe if he finds people to connect with, makes friends he can talk with or who will sit and listen when a nightmare shakes him awake things won't be so bad. Maybe as he grows older it'll get easier, Nico will feel at ease no matter where he tries to be. He can't say - all he knows is that right now it's difficult.
Sasuke could have left it at a simple, single word answer and Nico would have accepted that. Instead he continues on, deciding to share more than just a truthful answer.
Yeah, he appreciates that. Possibly more than Sasuke realizes. Everything the man says is something he understands from having something to do and hurting people to keep them away.
What more can Nico say about this. Whether it gets easier or harder is determined by his actions, not by whatever words he could promise to the future. Already he's asked more of this stranger than he has of people who'd consider him a friend and it doesn't feel right to impose anymore.
So he nods twice - a silent sign of his gratitude for the help both physical and emotional. ]
I'm Nico di Angelo.
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Sasuke ["Another time, Sasuke," and he must have been the younger boy then.] Uchiha.
[Not so much strangers anymore. Nico reminds him a lot of himself. Though he's still very too himself, he doesn't mind offering some support if Nico wants it. Whenever Nico wants it. Sasuke has mellowed out some, thankfully.]
Is there anyone here you know?
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It does tell Nico that he'd been the kid in that scene before - making it seem like whoever that was with him had probably been lost a long time ago. ]
Nice to meet you even though we're some sort of prisoners.
[ They've been kidnapped, they can't leave willingly... prisoners seems an appropriate term to describe it. But really it's said with more of his dry sarcasm. If something comes up, he definitely remember Sasuke. ]
Just this guy I know. A friend, I guess. [ There's a complicated story about Nico and Percy. ] A good guy to have around when things get dangerous even if he has a habit of attracting a lot of trouble.
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So if Nico can call Percy a begrudging, sort of friend, Percy must not be too bad of a guy.]
Good. [It isn't Will. But it's someone. It's good to have someone, not it's good that said someone invites trouble. He knows Nico gets what he means. He wants them both to be there for each other above all else.] Try to keep him out of trouble. Ask for help if you need it.
[The cloak parts, and his hand rises out of the confines, stretching carefully toward Nico with any quick, ill intent. If the boy lets him, he'll tap his first two fingers in the middle of Nico's forehead, not unlike the eldest Uchiha in the vision.]
Another time then, Nico.
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Percy knows basically every part of his story and abilities even if there are things they haven't gone into detail about. If one person can understand the horrors of Tartarus - it's that guy. He could probably show up at Percy's place in the middle of the night and they could just... sit there and talk about it if he wanted.
That gets a snort out of Nico. ] Better people have tried but I'll do my best. I'm sure he's made a bunch of friends already too.
[ Meaning he can reach out to those friends if need be. When the other moves to touch him, he doesn't even flinch or move - just lets it happen. Which is a pretty big deal for Nico. There's no way he misses the same action from the scene earlier. ]
Yeah, another time.
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With the rinnegan activated at a higher level, the space in front of Sasuke splits wide into a swirling, gaping vortex of darkness. Pressure snaps back his hair and the cloak, catching the unpinned and unused left sleeve to throw it wildly about.
The transportation is usually dimensional, but he's found already he can't cross any dimensions here. Concerning.
He'll find out later there is a strict repercussion of using certain wide-ranged abilities, too--but for now, nothing is amiss, and the town allows him access, allows him to step through and be consumed, allows him to come out at a different part of town in a few steps.
And then the shadowy portal simply collapses behind him, leaving nothing of it ever being there.]