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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tara ' terra' markov ; dc animated ; ota
[ of course there’s a creepy doll. tara hates it on sight--not because she’s necessarily afraid of dolls, or any equally stupid horror movie trope. because, first of all, she’s a total beast at horror movies. so the doll, and the dumb riddle? condescending. she’s seen some real stuff, so it isn’t going to take stuff like that to creep her out. after snatching the note, she smashes the doll beneath a decent sized boulder for good measure. ]
That’s whatcha get for lookin’ at me funny.
[ with that taken care of, tara glances at the paper and rolls her eyes. a riddle? what does she look like, batman? she stuffs it into her pocket and heads into the house, reflexively checking for her trusty flashlight. which, of course, isn’t there. damn. ]
Hellooooooooo? Anyone here?
[ and of course, she keeps going. tara markov has only ever been known for making good decisions, right? ]
3. neg(g)ativity
[ she’s seen people gather eggs from chickens before. even if these things are particularly vicious, it can’t be too hard; and besides, she has the earth on her side. what do those dumb birds have on their side? beaks? don’t make her laugh. she’s got superpowers, and she’s been trained in hand-to-hand combat by one of the best. this is gonna be a piece of cake.
that’s what tara thinks, at least, until she finds herself sprawled on her stomach, one of the aforementioned birds having just slipped from her grasp. her eyes glow, and a wall of rock erupts in front of the chicken, cutting off its path entirely.
it might be overkill. but she wants eggs. ]
No more Mr. Nice-Guy. Got that, Bird Brain?
[ clever banter never was her strong suit. but the chicken can’t banter at all, so that’s a win. tara 1, chicken 0. ]
4. story-topping
who wants to tell me about their awful childhood?? u give me 1 sad fact and ill give u 1 back
if u can outsad me u get a cookie
[ She does not have a cookie. ]
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[She is lying through her teeth, but she's bored and like hell is she actually spilling her childhood woes to a stranger.]
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one time i tried to sneak into a royal ball and i fell into the moat and an alligator ate me
[ as though tara would tell the truth. she isn't exactly concerned about her secret identity, but any kind of secret is worth keeping if it gives her an advantage. ]
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That alligator wasn't good at chewing, I guess.
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thats the sad part
he left his dentures at home that day
tragic that im not alligator chow
btw i lied that whole time
it was a crocodile
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Here's a secret.
I lied too.
The juggler broke both my arms.
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hey who do u think would win
ur juggler or my croc
im taking bets
4, because magic
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so if u dont have a tragic backstory, like, u probably won
congrats!
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turns out that whole sitch is a lil complicated right now
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i can give u a nice rock tho
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easy to slip ur mind that u dont have a pantry in these kinds of situations amirite
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Either way! I will fetch you these ingredients. Then, you can make me the cookie you so owe. It is fair, yes?
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and im not a kid
[ tara, you're 14. ]
but fine
ill do my best
im not good at it tho
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Also, It doesn’t smell like purgatory, and most of you are not spirits. But that’s a development! Tell me, how many years do you have on your back?
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15 in august
so thats kinda soon
but im not a kid i dont do kid things
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You grow up so fast then, don’t you all? If you do not do these kid things, then what do you do? Surely nothing old.
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grown up things
fight people
run places
im not very interesting
what do u do
how old r u
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What is idk?