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:
Got something in mind? Want to play with the setting more? The sky's the limit, so feel free and make up your own prompts to play with!
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ON 4 M4G1C4L 1NT3RN3T BO4RD 4 TYPO 1S 4 V3RY SM4LL D3T41L!
4ND 1F NOT 1T 1S S1MPLY DOCUM3NT3D FOR3V3R
D4V3 TH4T 1S 4 POS1T1V3LY D3PR4V3D M3NT4L 1M4G3
1 N34RLY VOM1T3D 4LL MY B1L3 S4C 4S TO HOW MUCH 1 DO NOT W1SH EGBERTS W31RD BUCK T33TH 4NYWH3R3 N34R MY H1D3
1T 1S NOT TH4T TH1NG YOU S41D!
1T 1S M3 W1TH 4 FUNCT1ION1NG TH1NK P4N KNOW1NG TH4T H3 1S 1N F4CT
TH3 WORST
HUM4NS 4R3 SO W31RD
TH1NGS 4R3 SO MUCH S1MPL13R WH3N YOU ONLY H4V3 THR33 G3N3T1C DON4TORS
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hes like
one of my all time favorite people
as much shit as i give him ive never even come close to genuinely disliking him in any capacity
cant do it its impossible
i do wish hed fucking sit still and be more easy to find but like
even that isnt a thing i can get worked up about
its annoying tbh
also how the fuck is three more simple than two
for that matter how does the three thing work
wait
forget i asked that
i dont think i actually want to know
lets live in casual ignorance of one anothers genetic creation
even though im pretty sure we were all created the exact same way
ie in a stupid lab
apparently
man our lives are stupid as fuck
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1 GU3SS TH4T 1S TH3 PR1C3 TO P4Y FOR ULT1M4T3 R34L1TY BR43K1NG POW3RS
H3 W1LL L1V3 4ND D13 4 GHOSTLY H4M 4ND TH4T W1LL B3 TH4T
HOP3FULLY W1TH NO CHOMP3RS 4TT4CH3D TO 4NYON3
ITS 4 V3RY S1MPL3 PROC3DUR3!
BUT
UUUGH
NOW 1 4M D3PR3SS3D TH4T YOU R3M1ND3D M3 TH4T K4RK4TS STUP1D NUBBY CL4WS 4R3 TH3 R34SON 1 4M H3R3
1 SHOULD H4V3 ST4RT3D OUR CONT3ST W1TH TH4T P3V3RS1ON OF TH3 C1RCL3 OF L1F3
[ ... ]
H4V3 YOU S33N H1M Y3T? K4RK4T?
btw!! if you have a plurk i am lucylovespluto on there :0
maybe it evens out. ]
idk hes allowed to bite me if he wants
best friend rights or something
although thatd be a weird fucking use of them so nvm actually
i havent seen vantas yet
or rose or kan
or the mayor
just john and serket
i remember seeing him a little bit before i got here when i was on dogquest
but idk what happened to the dude after that
though youre implying something here i think
ye added!! im magikarping
FROM TH1S PO1NT 1N T1M3 1 W1LL GO THROUGH GR43T L3NGTHS
TO 1GNORE TH3 F4CT 3GB3RT 3V3N H4S T33TH
[ Goddamn, why she gotta be the one who says it. ]
G4MZ33 4ND 1 W3R3 F1GHT1NG
4LTHOUGH TH4T 1S 4 G3N3ROUS T3RM FOR TH3 4SS B34T1NG 1 W4S R3C31V1NG
K4RK4T 1NT3RV3N3D
4ND G4MZ33 PUSH3D H1M 1N TO L4V4
[ Yup. She is 99% sure that she has done her job properly, sending Egbert with the cheat sheet to fix all of their crappy lives. But the smell of Karkat disappearing in to a boiling pit still sticks. ]
added back!! i can tell the john and vris 2 add you also if u want
ok
so like
question
should i just ask how many of us were still alive
rather than like
who isnt
im starting to get the feeling that would be easier
that'd be awesome! lets create a homestuck ohana
NOT ROS3 TH3 OTH3R ON3
TH3Y 4R3 F1N3
OR 4T L34ST TH3Y SHOULD B3
[ She resists the urge to go to in to detail about any of it. It feels so self depreciating. Her and Dave never really discussed their own particular neuroticism with each other but she knows Strider well enough to know that he's probably filthy with them too. ]
1 S4W TH3M OFF
[ And then died as weird as she lived. RIP, tz. ]
kk!! idk if you're planning on apping but i love your tz, so ty for threading w me
he kind of figured that rose was maybe not alive if terezi hadn't mentioned her first off like good news, but the confirmation rose is dead is a weight in the pit of his stomach. rose has been spiraling for a while, but dave hasn't been without her really for three years. it's a little daunting to acknowledge that may be a thing from now on. ]
well
this is depressing as fuck so
we should talk about like literally anything else
what place have you ended up staying at here
i mean wheres your laptop located