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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He wears the title proudly
Yes, and it's as much for your own good as it is mine. What good would I be as consigliere if I weren't capable of hiding a thing or two?
He's supposed to be sharing secrets, and yet...
Because he's the Worst
How does that make sense? Isn't the don supposed to have full trust in the consigliere? Secrets don't help with that, you know.
But he's not the Worst Liar
You seem to trust me just fine for someone who knows they're being left in the dark. Unless you mean to say you don't trust me?
I'm hurt.
But he's the Worst and also a Liar
Of course I trust you!! If anything, if you're keeping things from me, wouldn't it be you who doesn't trust me?
That's fair and valid
In any case, we're getting away from the subject at hand.
Do you intend to actually share something of your pathetic origins, or would you further waste my time?
Not that he particularly cared, but it certainly was a means of changing the topic!
Hell yeah it is.
Nice subject change. You know, had I been anyone else, that wouldn't fly with them, you know...
Anyway, haven't I already told you about that? Unless you've... forgotten.
Doubtful, but he's still gonna give Kyrie shit about it. Like a good friend, y'know?
At least he owns it
If only.
Still, the objective at hand is to play show and tell, isn't it? If you're here, that would imply that you've agreed to play this silly game. Unlike you, I'm only following the rules.
A good friend wouldn't point out their friend's attempt to change the subject like an asshole.
Not well enough
Still, you know I ran away from home when I was real young. Everything after that doesn't exactly make for an entertaining story.
Oh really? A good friend doesn't try to change the subject in the first place! Looks like we're at a draw.
Shh
A better story? I'll have you know that any story I tell is interesting by default, so long as my audience has half a brain to comprehend it, idiot lion.
Although, if we put aside your rather unfortunate condition, to disregard everything after that as unentertaining would be awfully unimaginative of you. You did meet me, after all. That's perhaps the most impressive thing to come from your dreary past yet.
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Oh, for sure. Meeting you is definitely a cherished point of my life-- and all the time we shared together is just as important, don't get me wrong! I just meant everything between that point and when I ran away... I had to hunt for my own food, and anything bigger than a house cat I tended to avoid. I found home in hollowed, rotten tree trunks, and most of the time I was too scared to stray too far from sources of water.
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You complain that my stories aren't true because you deign to first believe them, like the naive imbecile that you are. Perhaps if you put some more thought behind your actions, you wouldn't find yourself so disappointed when you learn you've been tricked yet again.
It's a good thing we were the ones to find you. Should it have been something more ferocious, you would have surely died of fright. Now, the idea is almost laughable.
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It's not like I can tell when you're lying! At this point, I just assume most of your stories are lies since it happens so often! And why is me being tricked the problem? Shouldn't it be that you're lying in the first place? You should be happy I trust you!
And the idea of me dying is not laughable!!
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Still, you've proven yourself quite the hypocrite, Caramia. You can't both trust me and assume I'm lying. So, which one is it?
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For instance, if I needed advice on something that might have extreme consequences, you're the first person I'd go to. But if I wanted an opinion on something, you're the last person I'd go to. So, I'm not sure what to call that?