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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Still. She's trying.
But seriously, Ryoji, do you think she knows any better? ]
...Well...
[ Her skills in navigation aren't exactly the same, here. Looking back into town, Mitsuru crosses her arms. ]
...A market or grocery store should have something similar, won't it? Or--a bakery?
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A bakery! Let's buy cakes~
[ In multiple. One for each of them. ]
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[ She's totally got this. And she can spot a bakery nearby, which is one of the main reasons she suggested it. So leading the way towards the bakery, she does keep making a few glances backwards towards the edge of town. ]
I don't want to lose sight of our target.
[ Perhaps one of them should have kept an eye on it... ]
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Why don't I wait outside and keep an eye on the chicken, while you get the cakes? I'm sure they're all delicious, so any one will do.
[ haha
he has no money, so ]
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Yes, let's do that.
[ Mitsuru always has money. There's no problem with this. None at all. She goes inside the bakery.
Except this isn't Japan. And she doesn't have money. Either from Tartarus or a convenient black credit card. So when she steps back out, there's a clear look of embarrassment on her face.
She clears her throat.
And reveals what appear to be a few pieces of...cut up bread. Or bagels? ]
...They offered free samples.
[ Has she stooped so low? ]
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Then we must sample them, to ensure the quality is high enough to win the chicken's heart.
[ Thank you for your hard work, Mitsuru, he will enjoy eating it. ]
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Sample them?
[ Ryoji, if you eat the bait then she'll have to turn you in as the feral chicken. Do you want that? Her eyes narrow. ]
There's hardly enough to sample. We'll trust that these birds aren't picky.
[ Try it at your own peril, Mochizuki. ]
Where is the target?