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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2018-02-24 02:33 pm
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test drive meme 1.





Her Pa committed suicide
By biting off his head.
Her mother saw her uncle's ghost
And died of fright, she said.
So her unpleasant habits
Seem most curious to me,
Because she seems to come from such
A happy family.




Prompt 1:

he forest looms as ever, colorless but not at all dead. The leaves are full, fluttering in the silence, but there's no scent to them, no color. The effect is eerily hard to navigate, almost like an optical illusion, leaves, branches and trunk blending together with the small path -- which already disappears and reappears at a whim.

But even so...

If you brave the path, it seems as though there is something leading you onwards. A trail of... something, crumbs, maybe, the same shade of colorless as everything else, almost impossible to see. Following those might be a bad idea -- your chances of getting lost, tangled in random underbrush, or wandering aimlessly for hours are pretty high... to say nothing of what you might encounter if you stray too far (hint: even the small, fuzzy things have nasty bites).

Still, it's there, and if you follow them... eventually you will come to a small house. It's decrepit, falling apart and in shambles... do you really want to go inside? Perhaps armed with one of the many convenient tree branches that have probably smacked you thus far?


Prompt 2:

hould you enter the house, you'll be greeted with a creepy, creepy doorman. Aw, how cute! And in that doll's hand, there's...a message.

On a slip of paper, it reads, simply and plainly:

The more you take, the more you leave behind.

Curious! (And yeah, you can destroy the doll. It's just a normal doll. You may even come across said doll already crushed by an intrepid explorer.)

Of course, it's a riddle, and the answer's a warning -- the longer you walk around and about the house, the less you'll remember about yourself, until you forget why you were there and why you should leave, and who you are at all, doomed to wander forever.

Or someone saves you, that's fine too.


Prompt 3:

roblem: There are no fresh eggs in the Town.

Solution: Catch a feral chicken, and keep it for eggs. That seems simple enough, right? You're totally up for the task... right?

But why do all of the animals look so strange in the forest? Mutated, with teeth, or wings that don't belong, or claws. That's... a chicken, right?

Catching it will allow you to get some eggs, but that beak looks pretty nasty -- it might be harder than it looks. But you're intrepid and clever, right? Why not demonstrate your Chicken Wrangling Skills that won you the championship so many years ago? Or try to serenade the savage beast? Or wuss out and form a coalition with which you draw lots to see who has to do battle with the chicken? There's safety in numbers! But the prize will surely be worth a bit of blood loss and fowl-related trauma.

Do it for the eggs.


Prompt 4:

here's a new quest on the forum today, and it looks awfully easy! It's listed simply as:

Quest XXII.
Talk to someone you've never met about their childhood.
Quest will be completed when you have reached an acceptable level of knowledge.


On the other hand, that's a little vague, isn't it... ? How will you even know when you've completed a quest like that?

Still, it looks easy! Maybe go give it a try. You could respond to the forum post to try to find people, or just go on outside, go harass someone about their past. If you're lucky, you'll drag it out of them with very little hassle and it won't take you a good chunk of the day. If you're unlucky, that's what highly persistent stalking is for! But don't forget, you'll likely have to return the favor.

And your new friend might not be the only one listening.


Extra:

Got something in mind? Want to play with the setting more? The sky's the limit, so feel free and make up your own prompts to play with!



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holloweyed: (86)

she's a hero... i love this blessed tag and i apologize in advance for him

[personal profile] holloweyed 2018-02-25 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Maya's great rescue would have gone according to plan, if Break had properly seen her coming. Unfortunately, in his flailing to get this demon of an animal off him, he only sees a blur of a woman in the distance over his shoulder, and when the time came to get out of the way... he actually hops in the way of her base slide.

So instead of a bodily tackle on a chicken, Maya's rewarded with the entire weight of this man collapsing on her. It's not much, but now he's there and the chicken is clucking angrily at them both.]


Why didn't you say that well before I could get out of the way?!
pursestrings: (026)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-25 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[PUSSYWILLOW.........]

wwwwwwww that's gold
no tho more like a flower.... n also a cat
this thing has an app 4 art lemme try


[Give him a moment... there it is... the attached image.]
relieable: (it was a ghost)

[personal profile] relieable 2018-02-25 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
what no way
ur a super hero???
holloweyed: (x46)

no goodbye

[personal profile] holloweyed 2018-02-25 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
don't say send text send text
pursestrings: (020)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-25 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
NO it's just a thing in my hometown
kinda
hypertoxic: (ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ⇒ [annoyed])

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
What? No. The more you take, the more you leave behind. Keep 'em coming.
pursestrings: (019)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-25 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
wwwww u said it twice??
y r u doing that dude??
swordfucker: (117)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-02-25 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
That is a curse.

[Being stuck with this guy?? Can he rewind time, he changed his mind. Well, at the very least, he drops this dumb note to the ground, shifting to try and pull his arm free by pushing at the side of Break's face, instead.]

I'm coming, cut it out! [FREE him.] This place is falling apart, so if you move like that, you're going to trip over something. Don't take me with you.
reingenium: (pic#10475912)

[personal profile] reingenium 2018-02-25 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ john gets approached the same as the others!! with iida's right-angle-armed run until he meets him face-to-face. ]

It's nice to meet you! [ he gives a little bow of his head! ] My name is Ingenium. I'm collecting information about this area-

[ ah, hm? those pajamas... iida stands up straight, holding up an arm, pointing to john. ]

Your clothes... They seem familiar.
restinglichface: DNT (pic#12100018)

lup l the adventure zone

[personal profile] restinglichface 2018-02-25 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
prompt ii;

[Lup's been wandering through the dilapidated house, after pointedly ignoring the warning given to her, each step further into it's winding rooms as confident as the last. The place itself isn't very impressive, old and falling to pieces, looking like no one else has stalked through these halls in decades. But there's a tug at the woman's mind, something dark that curls around her thoughts the longer she remains, that keeps her moving forward, pushing open doors and peering through each and every room she comes across.

Wasn't there something else that she'd been doing before this? Hadn't she been trying to get back to someone? There's a beautiful face in her thoughts, as familiar as her own with a smile warms the woman up from the inside out, but his name suddenly feels lost on the tip of her tongue. But it's just right there within reach...

The first individual Lup comes across inside of the house, she rounds on without hesitation.]
Hey! You! This place yours, my man? Cause I've got a serious complaint for you.

prompt iii;

[There's an elf, obvious from her long, pierced ears and sharp features, wielding two handfuls of flame and glaring daggers across the short distance between the mutated chicken and herself. Her expression is twisted into a fierce scowl, like the poultry's done something to personally offend her.]

You're 'bout to catch these hands!

[Care to stop the woman from broiling the poor creature? Want to take first dibs at the roasted bird? Or just want to see how the woman's performing this super cool magic trick in the first place? Step right up!]

wildcard;

[OOC: Want to do something else? Go for it! If you'd like to talk through a prompt or anything, hit me up on PM or over on [plurk.com profile] meyggy on plurk!]
Edited 2018-02-25 03:28 (UTC)
hypertoxic: (pic#6114587)

i

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
What the fuck are you doing.

[ hey buddy suddenly there's a dead girl lying on her side in mid-air floating idly along beside you, what's up ]
snaky: (alex1)

III.

[personal profile] snaky 2018-02-25 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ well, she's glad to see a semi-familiar face. it puts her less on the defensive and gives her a moment of relief that feels like a breath of fresh hair. ]

It probably won't be that bad, but—you know? They probably are organized enough to plot revenge. [ her eyes travel over to the ... chicken. ] That one looks pretty savage. I know that glint in its eye—it's totally scheming.

[ Magnus isn't here so you get the brunt of her horrible sense of humor, Percy, congrats. ]

So, you first.
witchplz: dickering <3 (ah yes minion)

[personal profile] witchplz 2018-02-25 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
youre probably gonna have to out here. might as well try it~
hypertoxic: (pic#6831973)

iv this may or may not be the shortest thread we ever have

[personal profile] hypertoxic 2018-02-25 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Haha, okay. Bye.

[ SHE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SOCIALIZE ANYWAY??? ]
swordfucker: (126)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-02-25 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
[It's too soon for him to catch that particular pause as anything off, but Guren is still wary about this place in general. The note is on his mind, and he doesn't think this is a safe place for some kid who looks like he's not... in any form of an army?]

Well, you're out of luck. Come out, move out, we're getting out of here. [He has decided he's In Charge, thanks.]
inheritance: (23)

[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-25 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
Ow! [It doesn't hurt, exactly, but the word slips out reflexively anyway. Izuku rubs his head while looking up at Shinsou with a sheepish grin.]

Sorry, Shinsou-kun. [It's a habit, he can't help it!] I was just trying to figure out how the quest is supposed to work. Have you seen the post on the forum yet?
scooptimistic: (Now you're thinking with portals!)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-02-25 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
Not yet. I'm Maya, by the way.
holloweyed: (37)

[personal profile] holloweyed 2018-02-25 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
why did you type w w w w w all those times send text
pursestrings: (026)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-25 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[WHY IS HE DOING THAT....]

cuz it's like laughing
when do i get my story huh?
diamondize: (why is there glitter)

[personal profile] diamondize 2018-02-25 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Diamond presses a hand to their chest, making a small 'phew!' noise of relief.]

I'm glad. But I'm quite alright. I'm not nearly as fragile as you are. [This might've sounded condescending coming from someone else, but Dia is nothing if not sincere about it. It's just a fact.]

I didn't think the branches would break quite that easily though...
scooptimistic: (Good news we're still alive!)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-02-25 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ That is the cutest drawing of a not-pussywillow she's ever seen. ]

Awwww, it's adorable! Does it have a name?
sogetsu: (▌040 ▌)

III

[personal profile] sogetsu 2018-02-25 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
Are we suppose to just take the eggs it already has or take the stupid bird?

[She's not sure if it really counts as a chicken either. But hey, she's fine with Taichi being bait. Better him than her.

While the chicken-wanna-be-monster thing is busy she does move closer to the thing's nest. The goal was eggs so maybe they can just leave the demon bird behind]


Don't tell me it's giving you that much trouble.
swordfucker: (161)

[personal profile] swordfucker 2018-02-25 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
You can try.

[Oozing confidence of the most irritating variety, Guren smirks and moves past Okuyasu again. More rooms in this weird spooky house... He's not even noticing that he's no longer thinking about what he was doing at home.]

What's your name, kid?
pursestrings: (020)

[personal profile] pursestrings 2018-02-25 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
stray cat
i didn't name it that
n it's not stray rly since we took it home
scooptimistic: (The party don't start til I walk in)

[personal profile] scooptimistic 2018-02-25 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough. I-- knew someone who was the same way.

[ And Maya smiles easily, taking the lead. Yeah, the quiet ones aren't ever really a problem. ]