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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Elizabeth does cringe a little as the window breaks, but she's a little surprised when he notices her too. She pauses, considers his question, then answers flatly. ]
Hopefully not something important.
[ She sounds a little annoyed that he threw the rock at all, but she also didn't stop him, so... ]
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What, you think somebody left a fortune in there? Look at it, there's probably nothing in there but moldy garbage and rats.
[Like, it's obviously a shithole, right? He doesn't have to feel bad about this, does he? He frowns as he looks at the house again.]
Okay, let's go check it out.
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It doesn't have to be a fortune to be important.
[ You could have broken their precious china vase!! But... By the look of the place, she also doesn't really think there would be something like that in there either, which is why her arms uncross so that she can set her hands on her hips instead. She at least relaxes, but she's not quite as keen to go breaking into the place just yet.
Like, it won't take much, but, ]
It doesn't look like a place someone lives in, does it?
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Just break into the house with him, damn.]
I guess it depends on the person. [He's had shittier... anyway.] You wanna knock first before we bust in?
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why is jojo ]
Well, no. Not necessarily...
[ She trails off a little petulantly, but this is mostly just because of her on conflict on whether to crime or not to crime. She doesn't really have a strong inclination to either (thanks, Booker), but she'd rather face the problem practically. ]
But if someone does live there, then maybe they know why this place is so... strange. [ She pauses, since she looks to the house again ] We should probably knock, and then if no one answers, just go in.
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Oh... I didn't even think of that! [Obviously, as he went straight to vandalism, but whatever.] Why didn't you say that sooner?
[Manners are bullshit, but a practical solution he can get behind. Now that it doesn't seem like she's scolding him for throwing rocks, he's perked up a little.]
You knock, I'll go check out the window. [Will he also climb in the window? Stay tuned. (He's gonna.)]
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[ She raises an eyebrow at the fact that it didn't occur to him ]
I thought it was obvious.
[ Her tone isn't at all sarcastic. She really did just think it was obvious... But the plan suits her well enough, so she nods and starts to walk towards the front door, though she won't turn away until she's done speaking. ]
Just don't break in until I say it's clear! We'll at least give them time to answer.
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[It was not at all obvious (to Okuyasu), who waves off her comment and follows her to the door, though he diverts his path to the busted window. His head is already inside when she says don't break in, so he just swears under his breath and leans back out. He is listening...]
Okay, okay! Do it. Nobody's in there that I can see, though...
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[ She says while simultaneously knocking on the door. It's polite at first, but then realizing that this is a big house, she clenches her hand into a tighter fist to bang louder against the door. Then, she waits.
And waits.
And after waiting some more, she huffs lightly, then reaches out to grab the door's handle and push. It's not really surprising that it's unlocked, considering the state of the house, but she still breathes out a soft "oh" before opening the door and stepping inside. She looks around the entryway (not noticing the doll just yet), but then turns towards the window that Okuyasu was planning to crawl through. ]
Well, no one answered, and the door is open.
[ so it's fine to bust in, totally ]
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Very sprightly, but it's dumb luck... Anyway, here they are.]
Damn, this place looks even shittier on the inside. What do you think this was?
[It's garbage. He flips over a rotted panel of something with his toe and it crumbles immediately. Great.]
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As whatever he kicked turns to dust, her expression twists slightly, though at least this time it's not at him. It's more thoughtful, since she's genuinely considering the question. ]
I have no idea.
[ She starts to walk closer, but when her foot bumps something on the floor, she looks down to see the creepy doll. The expression that had just faded away is quick to return, and she crouches to take a better look at it. ]
It looks like this has been here a while.
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That just ain't right... It's gonna get in my shoes...
[Give him a moment to handle this, then he'll come over and
delinquent squatcrouch down to look at the haunted doll as well. He waits a good two seconds to be told not to touch it and then reaches over to flick the side of its head and knock it gently down. Timber, spooky doll...]Oi - it didn't fall apart, at least. [he is helping]