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awash mods ([personal profile] awashmods) wrote in [community profile] awoosh2018-02-24 02:33 pm
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test drive meme 1.





Her Pa committed suicide
By biting off his head.
Her mother saw her uncle's ghost
And died of fright, she said.
So her unpleasant habits
Seem most curious to me,
Because she seems to come from such
A happy family.




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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[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-26 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ hmm. ]

... Just let me know if I could do anything. [ and that might as well be as much of an offer of help as he could possibly get. something like a truce because fine, he's finally realizing he has to cooperate with deku somewhat, as much as he hates it.

but he supposes this is better than otherwise. ]
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[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-26 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Izuku pauses, not quite believing what he's hearing for a moment. Then, he ducks his head, smiling.] I will.

Oh! [Something occurs to him right then, and Izuku tilts his head.] Maybe there is. Since neither of us have tried completing the quest yet, we could test how closely they're monitoring us for these.
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[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-27 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he stares at deku suspiciously before grinning cockily, something almost uncertain because cooperating with deku is still... something he bristles at. but he puts in a little more of an effort. ]

Oh yeah, sure.

Never seen you before in my life, you damn stranger. Tell me something I don't know.

[ ...... there's probably not too much, honestly. #childhood... friend... problems. friend being the huge-ass operative word. ]
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[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-27 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow, that was subtle, Kacchan. For a second, Izuku looks like he isn't sure if he should burst out laughing or cry hysterically (as he's prone to do at times).]

First of all, I grew up with this one guy who lives in the same neighborhood I do. He's a huge jerk sometimes [read: most of the time], but he's really talented and I think he's going to go really far when he turns pro.
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[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-28 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ .............. shut the fuc ]

I said something I don't know. [ ... oh right, they're strangers. well he's about as subtle as a loaded cannon. ] And you're supposed to talk about yourself, damn. Can't even do this shit... [ he looks like he's struggling, probably not to blow something up, because he's great at this thanks. ]
Edited (Autocorrect doshite) 2018-02-28 00:12 (UTC)
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[personal profile] inheritance 2018-02-28 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
I am talking about myself, Kacchan. [Oops, maybe using the nickname is a big giveaway, too. They're really bad at this, aren't they?]

Fine, what do you want to know, then?
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[personal profile] explosivo 2018-02-28 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's still trying to grow out of the 'distrust everything deku says' phase especially when he's been constantly reinterpreting it as deku looking down on him for literally 10 years. distrust everything. even apparent compliments, because he is a perfectly functional human being.

...

this is kind of a tough question. ]


Fuck, I don't know. [ he doesn't actually particularly like looking back at the past. ] Is there shit I don't know about you when we were kids? I can't think of anything.

[ ...... this is. the stupidest question that practically answers itself. ]
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[personal profile] inheritance 2018-03-01 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmm. Maybe? [But even that comes out as a question. As soured as their friendship has been, they did grow up together and know each other really well. Probably too well.]

I've got one. Before your quirk manifested, what quirk did you want--um, if you could choose?

[Izuku figures that most kids would have daydreamed about the kind of power they'd end up with. The manifestation of your quirk was something kids in their world looked forward to, after all.]
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[personal profile] explosivo 2018-03-01 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...... this question is so surreal to him, he looks at deku in confusion, frowning but--at least it's not a scowl. ]

I always wanted something powerful. Something I could kill with. [ this is just barely an exaggeration but he can't even cool it with the death threats. ] Something fit for the best. [ he flexes his hand, fires off a minor explosion as his grin becomes a smirk. ]

This power is perfect for me. I wouldn't want anything else.