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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like, he can move if he has to a hair but otherwise no he's got terrible posture save him. ]
Hm. Yeah, it looks like all the people here have their color. But none of it seems to be dead. Just, like. Devoid of any hues that ain't in the black and white spectrum. Though who knows? Maybe if we're here long enough we'll lose some colors, too.
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Do you really think that'll happen?
[ the question comes out before he even thinks. he crosses one arm over the other, touching his other hand to the chin of his helmet. ]
Though I suppose it's within the realm of possibility. You're the first person I've encountered in this forest, but you're saying there are others here as well. Is it really just the state of this area to be colorless and quiet, rather than all of us suffering the same affliction? How is that possible?
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[ he's not saying it isn't possible because the world is weird, but. ]
So it's just a guesstimate based on gut feeling that it's a "this place" thing rather than a "something is messing with how I see this" thing.
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[ he looks back at dave. ] You haven't found any information regarding this place from those you've met, I suppose?
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[ and he just shakes his head. ]
But no, everyone else seems just as confused. I don't think I've run into any natives - if there even are any.
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[ but they are there, along with the animals. at least there are chickens. ]
I haven't located the natives here myself. Whoever they were, for some reason or another, they abandoned their town while leaving it fully in tact.
[ and neither of them has any idea why just yet. he breathes a sigh. ]
I haven't introduced myself. You can call me Ingenium.
[ he'll use his inherited hero name until he feels safe using his real name. ]
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You can call me Pimpmaster Hustledaddy D-Sizzle.
[ :) ]
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That... That is your hero name?
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[ who let dave talk to people, ever ]
Unless you mean my class, which is another thing entirely.
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I... Forgive me for saying, but it's hard to believe that sort of name would be accepted into our line of work. [ but apparently he got away with it?? ]
By 'class,' you mean you're a student at U.A. academy as well? Or do you study elsewhere? [ Class 1-A etc. ]
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I was actually homeschooled. So I meant "the thing which I am", not anything school-related.
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But I'm afraid I still don't follow. Perhaps you classify yourself differently than I'm familiar with. Which 'thing' would you be then?
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less stupid than what he originally said haha oops ]
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Amazing... [ (muttering) sugoi... ] But you're saying that this is some sort of classification. So there may be others within your 'class' as well? Where is it that you're from, exactly?
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Interesting. I've never heard of this sort of classification before. So your 'classes' are made of two elements, the first being like a position and the second being an 'aspect'... How do you differentiate? Do each of you have your own set of skills or quirks?
you should add me @ plurk i'm lucylovespluto!!!! (ty mentions you sometimes)
There hasn't been any like, overlap of someone havin' the exact same shit, but honestly we've only dealt with like - what, four sessions of players? So. I'm the Knight of Time, and the trolls had the Maid of Time; that kind of thing. I forget what the other troll with Time was, but I know the other human session didn't have a Time player.