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!
Welcome to Awash's first Test Drive Meme! Please check out the FAQ and rules as you test your characters out. The setting is yours to play with, so be creative and have a good time with it!
Important dates to remember are March 1st, 9 PM EST, when Reserves will open, and March 7th, 9 PM EST when Applications will open. Keep an eye out for it!
If you have any questions about the TDM, feel free to ask us here. If there are any other questions, you can catch us via PM, the FAQ or the contact page. Thank you for your interest in Awash! |
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
no subject
NO WHY WOULD YOU ASK THAT WHAT ARE YOU THINKING WHO EVEN DOES THAT
no subject
and i just want to point out that it's a legitimate question.
besides it's not like being a sis-con automatically makes you the worst sort of weirdo! there's a spectrum!
[And a scale of Sis-Con Weirdness from 1-10 where 1 is 'just very concerned about my sister's happiness' and 10 is 'someone please lock me up in jail and throw away the key'...if only she could frame the question of where someone considers themselves on this scale as a yes/no question...]
no subject
[Don't worry- it's not going to stop him from running his mouth about it anyway.]
We both work hard together and take care of each other. Nothing weird about it. Besides, we're adopted.
What about you? Got some siblings of your own?
no subject
sounds like you were both lucky to have each other.
[If this were Kaoru Six Years Ago she would have pointed out that the WE'RE ADOPTED plot twist is usually a trope used to allow characters to get together without making it incestuous. But she's more mature at sixteen.]
but i also wanted to point out being adopted doesn't mean you can't be a sis-con.
i have an older sister but we don't see each other too much. she's a model.
do you have any childhood fears?
no subject
[Can you blame him? The imouto thing was something Red never gave much thought to. All told, it was probably for the best.]
I'm STILL afraid th
wait a minute did you say she's a model?
no subject
no subject
[Maybe something a bit closer to a proper yes/no question, though-]
Do you like flying?
Wow that HTML fail. gj, me.
[Though the last time they had a flower viewing party it had ended in a no-holds barred baseball game involving psychic powers and firearms, so, really, these get-togethers are more wild than she's making them sound.]
i love it. there's really no other feeling like it in the world. do you?
We've all been there, don't worry
[Ah-- NOW they were getting to the good stuff. His responses come a lot faster now.]
Now you're talking! I wouldn't give it up for anything in the world, myself. My sister's better at piloting the big ones, but you should see what I can do in the races! Do you have an airship back where you came from?
no subject
flying is absolutely the best feeling, isn't it? especially that moment when you break through the clouds!
[Probably, she shouldn't talk too much on this subject if she wants to keep her powers a secret, but Kaoru isn't good at thinking these things through and without her friends here to remind her not to she can't help but want to share this with someone.
Though that leaves her in an awkward spot in this conversation.]
not an airship...exactly. [Watch her avoid the subject like a pro.] you have airships? are they like the ones with the balloons?
no subject
Flying, though- it really is! The wind in your face, watching the sea of clouds roll beneath you... It's why I don't go for the old-fashioned slow stuff like zeppelins. Our airship is all wings and engines. My mecha's flight-ready, too, so I can just step out for a nice flight if I feel. Sometimes I even dry my laundry that way!
What about you? Sounds like you go for a plane or something, right?
no subject
YOU HAVE A MECHA? no way!! that's so cool! i mean, the laundry bit is less cool, but i guess as long as your mecha is cool enough to make up for it it's fine.
ah. well. it's sort of complicated.
[Should she tell him? Well, she's in the kind of situation where she's sort of talked herself into a corner.]
can you keep a secret?