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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... normally I would take advantage of this incredible opportunity you've presented to me on a silver nutrition plateau to fuck with you, but actually, I don't really feel like it? I'm kind of depressed and don't really want to be here, so... actually, I don't care. Call it whatever you want, it doesn't matter to me.
[ the hand on her face twitches. a few seconds later the chicken they've been staring at happens to get one of its weird chicken feet stuck under a branch. wow, that sure was lucky, huh?
dully, flapping her free hand at him. ]
Go get it.
1/2
2/2
Hah-?
[ he looks back to where her hand is flapping. it sure is stuck! but for some reason, iida feels less inclined to capture it. ]
It's stuck? Was that branch there before...?
[ maybe it was, and he hadn't noticed it? he looks back to her, unsure of what to do, but somehow he's hesitant. it seems too coincidental, almost like a trap, but as long as it's stuck there, is there really any reason not to get it? ]
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It was just a lucky break, you know? How long are you going to wait? It'll get free eventually.
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[ he looks back at the struggling chicken concernedly, a little frantic that the opportunity's been presented so easily and might slip away any second, but... he holds open his hands to her. ]
I have nothing to do with it once I have a hold of it!
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[ BLASÉ AS FUCK ]
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Have you lost your mind?!
[ IS THIS A VILLAIN IN DISGUISE ]
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if you make fun of me for accidentally subscribing to vriskas journal i wont hesitate to murder
What sort of human do you think I am?! Who in their right mind would bite off and eat the head of a chicken, and a live one, no less?! Not only is that impossible, it's perfectly dangerous!
nat ....... i love you so much
[ a pause, and: ]
I guess it might be impossible for a human though. You guys have flat teeth. [ pulls her lips back, revealing her fangs. ] I could do it, but I don't need to eat, so whatever, I guess? You really need to calm down.
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[ but iida dials down a bit as he comes to a slow realization. he asks a little more quietly, standing tall from beside the barrel. ]
Do you mean to say that you aren't human?