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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... Quickly.
[ yeah, this chicken doesn't look like it's going to want to linger. ]
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Let's surround it first. Block the escape route.
[so seriously! this is a lot of serious work to get eggs, but akira knows he'll have to get in front of it so they can try and corner the little sucker.]
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[ Maya runs around lugging heavy equipment most days, sprinting to get ahead of a chicken(????) is no trouble whatsoever. So here she goes, standing spread-eagled in her stance with arms out wide. ]
Don't move a muscle!! Now you'll have to answer to the law!
[ this is what Katsuya has probably said once maybe?? ]
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[as akira immediately get's sidetracked, even though he's moving to the other side so they can try to at least trap it against a wall or something. tire it out—anything to make this work.
what has katsuya been teaching you, maya. but mostly, he's just pondering aloud:]
She's an aggressive negotiator.
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[ she says this extremely confidently as the chicken looks between the both of them like it's already regretting. ]
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...
[she kind of reminds him of ohya, in a way. about her work, maya is at least not an alcoholic, probably.]
It must be a reporter thing.
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[ The chicken's lunging at Akira to apparently try and use his hair as a springboard, please be careful, scrawny teenager?? ]
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Mmmpbphbfff....
[help, maya.]
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[ Well, she probably doesn't need to block off its escape route if it's going for Akira instead, so hopefully he won't mind too much if she dashes over to get a grasp on it and bundle it into her arms.
DOWN, CHICKEN. ]
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good going, maya!
at least one of them has this, but akira was thoroughly unprepared; apparently even a smooth operator protag can be a clumsy mess when he's not ready for it.]
Ace reporter and maybe-chicken wrangler... [put that on your resume, maya.]
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Not that I'm looking for a new job anytime soon! You okay?
[ The chicken, at least, seems to have given up the struggle with the Death Grip she's got on it. ]
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I might be tasting feathers for a while, but I'm fine.
[this isn't even the worst experience he's had when it comes to negotiating with birds.]
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So I hear.
[ And with the chicken acquired, eggs will be next! ]
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Now we just have to get the eggs. [can you force a chicken to lay eggs?]
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[ At all. ]
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That makes two of us. Maybe we can ask on the forum if someone else knows.
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[ She'll just keep... clutching the chicken. ]
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[hm.]
I guess it can't do that much more damage and we can contain it in one place.
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Think we should name it? I feel like it deserves a title, at least.
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[a pause, and then:]
How about Cluck Norris?
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[ Okay, Maya. ]
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[yeah, he accepts that it's terrible. and so, he's leaning in a little closer to their new chicken-friend.]
It's good to meet you formally, Cluck Norris.
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[ Sure. ]
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[though able-bodied assistant is just a few syllables off. it starts with the same letter, though! close enough.]
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[ Nice save. ]
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