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.
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Xerxes Break | Pandora Hearts
[The doll is ugly as sin. It just gives off indescribable creepy vibes, like you're going to turn around and it be peeking around the corner until you look away again. It should be crushed and burned and done with.
Break loves it. He scoops the thing up and holds it to his chest like it's as adorable as a cabbage patch kid, pressing a finger to its cheek. A piece of porcelain chips off every time he taps it. It's fine.]
What kind of person would leave this young man all alone, hmmm? Oh— [And suddenly, the thing is being shoved at your face. He's blocking the doorway, so even if you wanted to pass this man with his weird fetish, well.] Read this for me, will you?
prompt 3 - stop say i look like chicken little he's a coward and i'm NOT a coward
[Cue the western stand-off music. Scene: Break, cane-sword unsheathed, wind blowing through his hair as he stands out in the open field. Chicken, facing him, several feet away, digging its talons into the dirt in preparation to annihilate him.
Break makes the first move, lunging forward with a sweeping motion meant to up and decapitate thing. But the chicken is too fast! It flees, flanking his blindspot, and in a shocking turn of events—]
Hey— Get off—! [Break hobbles as the thing attacks his leg, hopping back on foot foot and swinging his sword towards the thing. He keeps missing, it's too short. This is embarrassing.]
prompt 4 - you know what? i think we're gonna be friends. special friends
I can't talk about about MY childhood, but I can talk about someone else's~! If you tell me something about yours, I'll trade you for an embarrassing story about someone else send text
wildcard - kazoo kid solo
[what's good, hit me up with anything]
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Sure. "The more you take, the more you leave behind. Also, this doll is so ugly, you're probably cursed."
[Nevermind, he's going to comment on it.]
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Oh? If I'm cursed, then I'm sure anyone who I come into contact is too!
[And that's the story of how Break turns around, loops his free arm with Guren's and starts to drag him into the house. Guren's hubris got him here, actually speaking to a weirdo.]
So that makes you my perfect partner for this investigation!
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[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.
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If I don't have a guide, I'll trip over something anyway! My death in this old house would be your fault, and they'd arrest you. [That's not true, but.] Take me up the stairs.
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Briefly, before he helps and prevents any serious injuries, but shh, that's a secret.]
You're noisy. I'd rather go to prison. [He says, heading towards the stairs.] There might not be much left of the place up there. There's a whole lot of nothing so far.
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Maybe I'll find better company up there. Someone that isn't a brat. What do you think... [He says, right before a hole coming up. Will he fall in because Guren's a dick, or will he be saved... To be continued.] ... What's your name?
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[He doesn't prevent him from falling in that hole, but if Break really does fall, Guren shifts quickly to catch him by the back of his dumb shirt, his other arm going around his middle to make sure he doesn't slip out.]
Who was a brat, again? [Thank him?]
1/2
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A man from a highly irate chicken(?!!?!!!), sure why not!! ]
Incoming!!
[ Hopefully that's enough warning for this woman base-sliding in to tackle a chicken(!!!??!!111). ]
she's a hero... i love this blessed tag and i apologize in advance for him
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?!
oh my god Break you tried
Complete with chicken commentary, no less. ]
It was supposed to be a surprise attack on the-- thing!
[ She says. In pain. Into the ground. Like the majestic adult she probably should try to act like one day. ]
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[He says. In pain. On top of her. He feels around for his sword to help himself get up and off her, but freezes when he sees a grey glint in the sunlight.
The chicken has abandoned them, and is now trying to lift his sword with its beak. Mercifully, the thing isn't smart enough to attack them, and really is only going after it because it's shiny, but it's a terrifying sight none-the-less.]
Don't move.
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Except boy have they failed her now, and Maya would protest more, but--
That certainly is the chicken(?!??) deciding to take up swordsmanship. Which may or may not be better than the chicken(????) going for one of her guns instead, but either way, the last thing this thing needs to do is arm itself further. ]
I don't think not moving is going to be a problem.
[ Considering he's still pinning her down and all Maya can really do is just sort of lift her head. ]
Thaaaaaat might be a problem, though.
give me the deets
1 time i rolled down a hill n broke my arm
now u go send text
no goodbye
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y r u doing that dude??
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cuz it's like laughing
when do i get my story huh?
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you laugh like uwuwuwuwuwu?? send text
you story wasn't very good. try again send text
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just trust me
n u didn't say anything abt how the story had 2 be the 1st time! u owe me a story
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best friends~
[ Look, she's just calling it like it is. ]
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[Chuuya doesn’t appreciate the doll being shoved in his face, and he snatches the paper up with a scowl before reading it aloud.]
“The more you take, the more you leave behind.”
[He crumples up the paper and tosses it over his shoulder.]
The hell? This sounds like some kind of prank. Are you really buying this?
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Did she scream? Only a little bit until psychometry told her that this was just a normal, run-of-the-mill doll. But to hide her embarrassment, she clearly has to be extra mean. So without even glancing at the note, she glares right at Break instead:]
It says "Gross, haunted dolls: free to a good home."
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[Hello, old man. A little girl has been standing off to the side, safely out of sword range, watching the entire stand off. Her tone is sweet and helpful.]
If you want to get back at it why don't we build a trap and spook it in there?
[It's only a little plus that doing so means the start of a renewable food source.]