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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nobody older than 12?? i can do that
if u see a guy with [..........] big hair or a lil guy who looks 12 but he's not send em my way
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Does this count as an acceptable amount of knowledge? I can tell you about everyone too if you want to hear!
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sure
i'll tell u abt my friends 2
u go 1st
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Queue 30 minutes of monologue-]Well, first there's Ray. He's actually older than me by a few months, even though he shouldn't let it get to his head. He's really quiet but super, super, super smart!
Norman is also really smart but he left a few months ago. I miss him a lot.
Then there's Glinda! She's so reliable that it surprises me sometimes.
And the babies! Carol is only one years old but she's so precocious already. You can't believe it until you see it.
I actually got pictures of everyone around here somewhere.
[Honestly, it will just keep going unless he sends a message to interrupt.]
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He'll let her keep going for a few more before he sends a hasty message, god—]
ok ok don't kill the whole mystery
i'll find em 4 u if they show
all of em at once
[Terrifying, honestly.]
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They'll definitely be happy to meet you.
So let's hear about your friends.
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sure they will
josuke's my best friend n we're pretty much the coolest duo u will ever meet
he's rly strong n a great guy n his style is killer even tho he's totally shit w/ money www
smart 2
saved my ass a bunch of times so we're def best buds 4 life
koichi's short n nice
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Saved you a bunch? Do you have any stories you can share?
[If a kid's eyes can sparkle through text that's what's happening right now.]
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well like in fights n stuff, u kno
n sometimes when i can't figure out homework
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Who do you fight against?
[Give her the good, good deets on the human world.]
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other shitty guys who got into it with us, mostly
i got in fights when i was a kid 2 but it's not that common
what do u mean it's supposed 2 be peaceful??
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[Everything can't be all rainbows and puppies in the human world. It's pretty obvious when she takes a second to think about it.]
I guess I always assumed the human world would be more peaceful since there's no demons.
It's kind of obvious that people would still fight though. Haha.
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[She's PRETTY sure all of the premium farms operate on the orphanage system.]
Oh.
Do you not know about the promise?
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This is kind of hard to explain over text.
[They don't know? Of course, they wouldn't know. UHHHH.]
It's complicated!
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but ok u don't have 2 explain.....
sounds fucking weird already, no offense
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Maybe even more weird than this black and white place, you know?
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but maybe
if u rly have demons
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sure i guess so
dunno what that means rly
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I don't think everything being without color would just happen in another country.
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it's happening again
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Sorry! I'll talk about something else if you want!
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u got
questions?
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