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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[Try again!]
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Hmm... Sventus?
[What a way to kind of sort of remember that name by total fluke.]
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[Don't mind if he gets closer.]
Hmm... An S name would work. [But what... Let's go by eye color!] Sky?
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Sky? Sky. Yeah. I like that! [He grins brightly.] That will work! Thanks!
[And then he grabs the doll back off the mantle because he's already forgotten that he put it back up there.]
What do you think these dolls are for...?
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[Even if it feels like he's known you forever. But that's weird. All of this is weird.]
I dunno... we could look for a kids room? Dolls belong to kids, right?
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Yeah, and maybe if we can find anyone who lives here they can help us find a way out of this forest too. I got stuff I need to do.
[Stuff that he can't remember.
So off Sora goes to try and wander through the house again.]
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I haven't seen anyone, but they could be hiding since the house is really creepy...
[Just going to follow you, Sky/Sora. What else is there to do?]
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Really? You think it's creepy? I think it just needs some fixing up and cleaning maybe.
[Creepy as it is Sora doesn't feel that scared or creeped out. The floors creak as Sora picks the stairs to go up to check the bedrooms at the top. Everything looks old and muted and full of dust and cobwebs. Definitely something out of Halloweentown.
Not that he remembers that place.]
How did you find this place?
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Yes it is. It feels.... wrong? I think...
[That's what Roxas thought outside, yet he came in anyways. If Jack were here at least there would be something familiar.]
.............. I don't remember.
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You don't remember either...? [He sighs softly.] Yeah, me too.
[Then he glances away just for a moment before looking back at the other.]
Who're... You?
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So it's more than a little strange when the other asks him that.]
Huh? I'm....! [Good question... Now forgetting was getting him irritated and he huffs softly.] .... I'm leaving!
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[Sora's going to follow along like a blind puppy because where else is he gonna go??]
We're leaving??
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[Maybe it's a good thing that between the two of them at least one can get properly angry at the situation when needed.
Roxas walks around, looking this way and that.]
Where is the door...
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[Sora follows Roxas closely because heck if he knows where the door is... Sora's fingers automatically reach to grab Roxas' sleeve at the wrist before he really thinks about it much.]
I think just over that way? Maybe?
[Pointing in a random direction!]
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You think so? Let's try it.
[Time to go in the direction that Sora picked.]
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There! See? There! [Sora perks up and runs for it, opening the handle and exiting back out into the muted gray scale woods.]
Phew...!
[It will take some time but the fog in his brain slowly starts to clear...]
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[At least the outside doesn't feel as weird as the house did. The blond takes some deep breaths and shakes his head.]
My head feels weird...
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He turns back to the blond boy and at first there's no recognition in his eyes but slowly Sora's memories fade back and he stares at Roxas with a somewhat speechless look.]
... Roxas?
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Taking a few deep breaths, Roxas blinks and looks over at Sora. That was his name, right? Roxas? And this other person was...]
Sora!
[What is Sora doing here?????]
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H-How are you...??
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....... [Okay what was the point of that? He then pinches his own and winces.] O-Ow... We're not asleep, so I don't know! I thought you were just having a creepy dream!