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.
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Rex | Xenoblade Chronicles 2
What the heck...Come on...Get out of there you bugger...
[Oh thank god, another person that is hopefully less memory wiped than he is right now.]
Excuse me, have you ever seen something like this before? Do you mind helping me get it off?
3. [In the forest, Rex is crouched in front of the chicken...thing. Negotiating with it.]
Mm...[He crosses his arms, leaning in towards the bird.]
You're far from salvage, little guy. This forest is your home, right? I wouldn't want to take you away from that––or see you kept in a cage, but...We need some eggs for the town. Maybe we can work out a mutual agreement? We can give you plenty of space and food and....Ow, ow!
[He is being attacked by a chicken, pecking at his hands and arms.]
I'm trying to be reasonable, here!
4. My childhood? I can't say I have too much to say, but...
I did kinda get raised by a titan. A big dragon-like creature. Maybe someone else has experience with uh...peculiar guardians? Everyone I know has had such different childhoods, so I'm not sure where to start...Sorry!
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my peculiar guardians were just weird adults but i know someone who would have loved to be raised by a big dragon-like creature
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Did you not have yours either?
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I had mine but they didn't really raise me that much
[That either just breaks her heart.]
i'm sorry about your parents
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at least i had people who cared about me, it sounds like you may have had a rough go of it
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it wasn't an ideal family situation but I wasn't really an ideal kid anyway
and I had people who cared about me too
there's more than one way to care about someone and that doesn't always mean raising them
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My name is Rex, what's yours?
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and they made things much better
I'm not sure what I would have done without them
Sannomiya Shiho
It's nice to meet you, Rex
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and now you're my friend too, shiho!
Or would you rather i call you sannomiya?
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[She wasn't planning on making friends, how did she already make a friend and then give him permission to use her name]
i'm glad you have friends too
are they here?
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Are you by yourself, shiho?
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at the moment yeah
but its fine
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A-Are you alright?
[ She looks ready to fight... only realizing one she sees the boy with some kid of small monster barely in danger that she might have overreacted. ]
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Woah, woah, woah! N-No need to be drawing your weapon! It's just a chicken, yeah?
He may have a sharp beak, but he's not gonna hurt anyone...[Turns to the chicken.]
Isn't that right, chum? [The chicken doesn't agree, squaking loudly before speeding off.]
Oi, not again...
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[ Her voice is calm and soothing, perhaps almost completely opposite the aura she gives off wielding that long blade. Her eyes dart left and right, as if taking in the situation, just as the "chicken" takes off into the brush. It's at that point Narmaya switches gears, flipping her sword with a flourish into her sheath, before rushing to the poor boy's aid. ]
I'm sorry, are you hurt? Please, tell onee-chan if you're hurt anywhere!
[ While she may be short (as all of her race are) Narmaya is still in her 20's, and unable to help the big sisterly vibes she puts off... even if she's an only child. She probably still has to look up to see Rex, but that doesn't seem to impede her fussiness in the least. ]