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:
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[Or something like that. You shouldn't trust Kirishima to get any of the legalese parts of the hero business right, but as long as he's got the right ideas even if he messes up the wording it still counts for passing grades knowledge, right? That's why the Wild Wild Pussycats made them cook their own food back during the training camp!]
Dude, that's sexist-! [He elbows Bakugou in the side, laughing at his friend's seeming determination to take the most over the top revenge possible.] Don't bully the chicken!
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The hell do you mean, sexist. I'm saying if it's a male it can't give us eggs so its only choice is to die. If it's a female it better lay some good damn eggs or its only choice is to die.
Either way it has no choice but to die.
[ ... this barely counts as bullying it's just bloodlust. ]
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[But he only smirks and crosses his arms behind his head, figuring that they'll see how serious Bakugou's words can be taken when they get to it.
Right now there's something more important on his mind.]
Hey, Bakugou, can you help me catch one or two chickens for myself as well? They're so agile it's giving me trouble on my own.
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But fine. [ back in town time to... truss this thing up and leave it dazed and knocked out and one very unfortunate bird who might or might not but leaning towards might be dinner, if he has his way. ] How many do you want? [ ..... ] Unless you're planning on keeping it as a pet.
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And one time two even flew away from me!
[Flying chickens, is that even allowed?! In any case Kirishima keeps standing in his own way because he doesn't want to accidentally make chicken pancakes or mincemeat. But as a result he's holding so much back that the chickens are doing what they want with him and that's not ok either!
He follows along by Bakugou's side all the way as if it's the most natural thing to do, much like a loyal puppy or the stubborn best friend he is. The moment he's finally given the little finger Kirishima's whole face lights up in delight and he's bumping his fist.]
You'll do it? Awesome! I'll owe you a bunch if we can get this done together! One or two should be enough, although three might be even better! That way there's one reserve if anything goes wrong!
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kirishima's almost like some happy loyal animal himself, it's pretty amazing. if he had a tail it'd practically be wagging... that's a surreal mental image, he stares at kirishima for a moment before snapping out of it. ] You don't owe me anything except pulling your own weight. [ well, he says this but doesn't have any doubt that kirishima can. ] What the hell are we doing, gonna catch an entire family of those fuckers? Sure. Why the hell not. C'mon, let's go bird-hunting.
[ OFF INTO THE FOREST THEN...!! with him grumpily leading the way. ]
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I know~! But you're doing me a favor and it wouldn't be manly if I wouldn't do you anything good in return. It's all give and take, yeah?!
[He pumps his fist and laughs at the family comment because in a way that's exactly what they're gonna try to do, right?]
You're just a grump because catching all we need in one swoop lowers you chances for any revenge fights.