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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[They could see flashbacks of Scipio!
Or, if it counts, memories relating to someone involved in Burning Maze spoilers. Does it count if they don't know about the spoilers at their canonpoint yet, but it's technically happened?]...but I think we'd both prefer it if it isn't. [They can work while they talk, it's fine. Soon enough they'll have a pretty decent haul of Asphodel to work with.] Starting a garden isn't a bad idea. It's definitely safer than having to hike out here whenever you want more of these. I'll help water it. [Except she won't because I'm not apping her, alas.]
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[ He's definitely in agreement with that statement.
Not sure the world wants to unleash that side of Nico with those spoilers.]I'm no gardener or child of Demeter but I should be able to keep a few flowers alive. We can build a planter and stick them in my window, this way others don't come across them by accident. [ Nico nods when she offers to help him water them. ]
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[It's lucky they're here and not in their own world, or else Demeter might take this as an excuse to smite them with cereal and other assorted grains.]
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[ Or turn them into plants... again in Nico's case. That's something he'd like to avoid. So long as he doesn't get too upset, he won't kill them with his aura like he has other plants. ]
I'm sure someone around here knows how to take care of flowers. If we ask over the computers, we might learn more.
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[This isn't their world - maybe using things like cell phones and the internet won't call down a horde of monsters on a demigod's position. Reyna's erring on the side of caution, though, mainly because she's still not quite used to how things work here.]
--well, I guess it can't hurt to try as long as we're careful about it.
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[ Nico is under the impression that anywhere or anyone isn't safe if monsters come into town. If something does come for him, he can always shadow-travel away somewhere else. ]
Or we could just swing by the garden and ask for advice. [ He says that to appease the worried big-sister vibe he's getting from Reyna. ]
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Either should be fine. I'm not against giving the computers a try. [If they do it when they're both around, one of them can run defense while they other types.] Getting familiar with the garden wouldn't hurt either, though.
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Only way to know if it'll attract monster is to try it out. [ There hadn't been this many demigods gathered before, who knows what will happen. ] Getting hands on learning wouldn't be so bad. Persephone never lets me help out in her garden and I'd rather not get cursed trying.
[ Because sometimes he kills plants and she once turned him into a plant. ]
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[For now, though...]
Let's see if we can find the garden here.
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[ Yep, he is volunteering her for the job because he wants to spend time with her too. But he leans down and picks up their semi-full makeshift sack of flowers, careful not to touch any of them. ]
Should we walk back or take the short-cut? [ AKA get back the Nico way. ]
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The shortcut might be better - the sooner we get those things somewhere safe, the better. [It probably won't be a problem.] Don't worry, I'll lend a hand.
[So he won't need to worry about immediately passing out.]
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Let's get out of here then. [ Puts his sword away and motions to a spot. ] Over there.
[ Nico's recovered a great deal since their long trip home but he trusts Reyna about as much as he trusts Hazel. Probably more with this sort of thing. ]