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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Sorry, today has been a trainwreck.
You see this? This shape means it's poison sumac. It's just something that'll give you a rash if rub up against it too much. That's why it's best to stick to cleared paths, and fully cover yourself when hiking. Not dangerous, just itchy.
[All said in a polite, if somewhat lecturing tone. She cannot help it, that's just how Momo is. After their trip, she may have boned up on these sorts of things as a just-in-case.]
You will be fine. Though if you start to itch, let me know. I should be able to create a cream to soothe the burn.
aw, no worries!
Right! I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them, and to stay on the path. If it sticks around this time, I mean. [She shifts her gaze down to the path in question, frowning lightly.] I really have been trying to follow it, but sometimes it just... disappears. Has that happened to you, too?
[Or is she just that bad at following a trail? She sincerely hopes that isn't the case.]
<3
I was actually cutting down this overgrown trail, following breadcrumbs.
[Which is weird. Yes. But...]
Quite literally. Look on the ground, and look closely. There's a small trail.
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...It's a little hard to spot, isn't it?
[She says this rather sheepishly as she bends down to get a better look. A question--How did you even manage to see it in the first place?--is right there on the tip of her tongue, but she bites it back because the answer is just so obvious: Momo paid very, very close attention to her surroundings. Which... Ochako should have done, as well. No matter how overwhelmingly strange this place may be, a hero should still take care to notice the tiniest of details.
But she sees the trail now! There's still time for her to prove herself, and that's why she flashes her friend a determined smile as she straightens back up.]
I'll come with you. Two pairs of eyes are better than one, right? And no matter what's on the other end, we can handle it together!
[Party formed! MOMO has been made party leader.]
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[That's...such a strange idea, but it's the first thing that pops into her head. She nods at the request to join, reaching out to offer Ochako the pole she had been using. As if she'd reject it? There's no way.]
And you are right. Two eyes are always better than one. And two hands to clear away brush. I'll make a second one for me.
[It's easier the second time, now that she knows exactly what she wants to make, and from out of one thigh comes a twin of the hacking pole. She's good on energy for now, and making weapons early is better than later.]
Are you ready to continue?
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Of course!
[Making sure she's a safe distance away, she gives the tool an experimental swing. It cuts through everything... so easily. Momo's quirk really is impressive.]
This works really well, but you're right. A dog would make this easier. [No worries, Momo. It's not like Ochako ever thought that first was weird in the first place. She chops through another overgrown plant, watching it sink down into the surrounding vegetation.] Isn't it weird how everything just blends in together? I've never thought about what the world would look like without any color, but it's terrible.
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It is really odd, being the only things with color anywhere.
[She looks down at her bright leotard, all the more conscious of the bold coloring now.]
We really do need to make this right, somehow. Find a way to restore color...
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You think something is causing this? Like a quirk, or... something we can actually cancel out?
[That's definitely an interesting thought. She casts a glance behind them, eyes lingering on the trail they've made. It's still so hard to see amidst all of the gray plant life, but she tries to imagine what this would all look like with color restored. ...Well, everything would probably still blend together, but at least green would be easier to look at.]
I really, really hope so.