awoosh | 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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i mean
we had the dramazzzzzzz every now and then
but yeah for the most part we all get along
i aint gonna lie tho sometimes we all act like we hate each other
but it usually doesnt last

well yeah sometimes you just have to give people a hard time
its like in the sibling code of conduct
what did you guys do for fun when you hung out though

lots of things
listened to music
go fishing at the fishing hole
play games
trick grownups into getting us more money or candy

it sounds pretty idyllic
btw whats your name anyway
these hex code handles are bullshit

o right
im osomatsu
who r u?

dave
nice to meet you
so im guessing by your name and also the futon thing youre from japan
or like
fantasy japan
some ppl here arent from earth so

yeah im from japan
dunno if id call it fantasy japan
dont think so though
cuz i sure dont kno any magic

i mean if magic is a thing that makes you fantasy i guess im from fantasy texas
shit
that sounds super gay

sure does wwww
tho its cool if u kno magic

magic is more my sisters thing
but i know time travel

nuh uh
really?
isnt time travel supposed to be like
forbidden or some shit

its ok im a professional
also ive mostly given it up
its like kung fu
the point is knowing how to use it
and then never using it

[whoa... this guy sounds cool]

man u better not be pullin my leg
cuz that sounds so badass i can hardly stand it
its like ur from a really cool movie

[ THE COOL IS A LIE ]

yeah except i came back in time just to hang out
no robot invasions
shit if they wanna invade and take over let them you know

yeah man aint no arguin w robots
but seriously
r u from the future

idk
chronologically for me its 2012
am i on or off

wow im from 2017
so i guess its me
im the future man
no robot takeovers tho

technically the universe im from
earth ended on april 13th 2009
so like
alt universe high five

holy shit
high five to u
i wonder if were on earth now
some weird kind of earth

honestly not sure
it could be?
what would this even be like northish somewhere
or westish
im crap at geography honestly

me too
guess it doesnt matter where we are yet
as long as i find some food ill be happy

yeah uh
all ive seen are like berries and those weird chicken monsters
so
i guess thats what were gonna eat maybe???

monsters huh
i mean if it tastes good ill eat em
im not picky

yeah same here tbh
like i was never picky to start with but i havent had the like luxury to be for a while
really fucking wish i had a bottle of aj though

aj?
what are you five

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