Prompt 1:
 t happens in a flash. One second you're wandering the Town, living your casual, day-to-day life, and the next? You're suddenly face to face with a sweet fairy godmother. She's beautiful, and kind, and warm-hearted, tutting at you gently and encouraging you to just "answer a few questions for me, dearie".
If you don't, she'll just keep following you around, so maybe you should just get it over with...?
The questions she asks, are, well... a little personal. Have you ever killed someone? Have you ever had sex? Have you ever been jealous of someone else? Have you ever stolen? Have you ever been unkind?
The questions go on and on in that vein, growing increasingly unfair, until there's one you just can't answer -- and then she sighs, shaking her head, and declares you "not pure of heart at all". And then she'll cast a curse on you, before disappearing in a poof of nothingness.
The curse can do any of the following things:
1. Force you to only speak the truth, no matter how you try.
2. Make your powers run amuck, no matter how competent you are with them otherwise.
3. Just generally remove your inhibitions, so that you'll do things you'd normally be convinced are a bad idea.
Of course, if you're totally pure of heart and can answer everything yes a la Disney princesses, you won't get cursed at all. She'll pat you on the head before disappearing, you lucky duck, you.
Prompt 2:
t comes upon you like an absolutely ridiculous urge, one that's surely the Town's doing -- one moment you're walking, the next, the moment you see someone else, you feel the urge to intensely, fiercely engage in an insults battle.
This can take the form of flowery Shakespearean insults, or a rap battle, or who knows what else -- all your character knows is that they desperately have to win this battle of insults with this total stranger. Get to it!
Prompt 3:
 he quest sits proudly and clearly on the quest post on the forum. It seems simple, too:
Quest 87
Beautify the Kraken
Requirements: Any two colors.
Surely you can manage that much! So off to the harbor you go to find a kraken. That's actually the easy part; the kraken will emerge to anyone wading into the woods.
The much harder part is...beautifying it. Good luck trying to put some lipstick on it as it tries to drag you down into the depths! How much eyeshadow would a kraken even need? Do you even have any make-up on you from this desolated Town?
Prompt 4:
here's something weird about the Town today. It's foggy, and dark, and gloomy, which is a far cry from the typical summer warmth... and oddly silent too, as if the fog is muffling all sound. It gets quieter the closer you get to the well, too... and it feels like something is watching you.
Which is because, quiet simply, something is. It's a small, white porcelain doll, without a face. It just appears wherever you walk, staring you down as you go. It won't move while you're watching it, but as soon as you turn around...
It's suddenly right there next to you.
It doesn't actually want to hurt you. It's just there, following you, constantly... how obnoxious, this isn't a horror film!
Extra:
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Chu Wanning | The Husky and His White Cat Shizun
[As someone who's always been quick to anger, having someone follow him around, constantly asking him personal (and often embarrassing) questions was really an accident waiting to happen.
So it isn't long before the fairy godmother asked a question that made him whirl around, a deep scowl twisting his features and a golden glow between his fingers.]
Tianwen, come forth!
[And then there's a willow branch in his hand, except it has a handle and he's definitely holding it like a whip.
Yes, he is totally about to whip that fairy godmother. Stop him? Or maybe cheer him on? Whatever you decide, it better be quick because you won't have long to decide as he's already pulling his arm back.]
iiia: He Has No Idea How to Do This
[Since he barely cared about making himself beautiful (it was a lost cause, as far as he was concerned), he had no idea what to do about beautifying a kraken. Could he create something that could do that? A spell or something? But what kind? Something to improve its complexion? Make it sleep better so it didn't have bags beneath his eyes? What made a kraken beautiful...?
But after sitting and thinking about it (for a long time but no one needs to know that part), he left to go gather some flowers. Because...people always liked flowers, right...?
He feels stupid though. No matter how he looked at this it seemed so...stupid. Ridiculous. It felt like he was playing along with a joke where he's the punchline.
But since he's decided to do this, he couldn't make himself give up so he approaches the first person he spots with a bunch of flowers in his hands, all of them cut neatly at the stem and held carefully. Not a single one of them were bruised and every petal was perfect. (He may have spent too long picking them.) He was frowning as he said curtly,] Come with me. [And then turned to leave without giving you a chance to respond. He's listening for footsteps though, and if you don't follow he'll stop and look back, the frown now having become a glare.]
iiib: This Is Actually More Up His Alley
[If you did follow this rather pretty if angry looking man to the waters, you'll get to witness him summoning what appears the be a willow branch from a flash of golden light that he held like a whip.
Then it glowed briefly before a multitude of similar branches snapped out from the ground, winding around the kraken tightly until it's complete trussed up and couldn't move. He nods at his handiwork before holding the flowers out to you.]
You deal with the rest.
[It doesn't sound like a request. After all, he certainly has no idea how to beautify anything...let alone a kraken. He can be the muscle here. He can do that easily.]
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[ Whether there will show up another, or the effects will still be the same, is rather irrelevant. It's useless either way. ]
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His hand tightens over his weapon.]
So we're just supposed to allow this woman to keep accosting people?
[Because that's unacceptable! And the Fairy Godmother, who still hasn't got the answer only repeated her question, Have you lost your virginity?
WHICH IS NONE OF HER BUSINESS.]
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[ The question being what it is, WangJi turns away. ]
Will not listen.
[ Because it sure is none of his. ]
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So long as the consequences do not affect others I will deal with whatever it is.
[But he does hold back until he can get confirmation that, indeed, he would be the only one suffering the consequences of his actions. He will not allow himself to cause others trouble like that.
...also. Somehow. It's even more embarrassing when he turns away. He knows what to do with nosy people or even mocking but this is--]
I have no plans to answer! [So please stop that because this isn't even a reaction he can be angry at and if he can't be angry then all he can be is embarrassed.]
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[ He can't confirm nor deny... Nor is he turning back just yet, since that is not the answer the other cultivator expected. ]
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And was...losing emotions really such a terrible thing? But that 'difficult to say' is what makes him dispel Tianwen with a sharp sigh.
In the end, he couldn't risk something happening to someone else because of his actions.
...but uh. Why is he not turning back around? Didn't he already say he isn't answering that question!? And even if he turned around his ears still worked, didn't they?]
Stop that. Even if I cannot fight the things this place conjures, I refuse to dance to its whims.
[Which is to say, he will die before he answers this question. It doesn't stop the fairy godmother to move closer and prod at him with her wand and asking again, are you a virgin?. Which makes him flush (with anger! It's anger!)]
Don't touch me!
... tf, dreamwidth...
Do you not think that what has the power to transport you here might require caution?
[ The question is not asked with any sort of surprise or judgment, merely a desire to know, mild and calm. The surprise was...
The surprise was at how relatable that command was. ]
it's drunk
Caution is necessary, but wrong is still wrong. Am I supposed to subject myself to the whims of a kidnapper who enjoys handing out arbitrary punishments and troubles us simply because they are powerful enough to pull us into another universe? I will not allow such things to stand.
[Because he can push back where others may not. And if he becomes a target then so what? Better him than someone else.
Though his moment is rather ruined by the fact that the fairy godmother is still there, asking that same question.]
at least now you know what I put as character 'middle names'?
I...actually didn't pay attention, lol.
dramatic mango. Angeal "dramatic mango" Hewley
Amazing...
I try.
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[ He catches up easily, walking with a bouncy jaunt in his step, making his ponytail bob and swish side-to-side. ]
Are those for me? If this is your idea of courting, I must say you're refreshingly direct!
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Ridiculous! [Why would that be the conclusion he comes to? As if Chu Wanning were the sort to court or...or give flowers to people! Even if they were good looking young men...especially not good looking young men!!! (He wasn't even as good looking as Mo Ran, anyway.)] These are for the kraken.
[Does that make it sound like he's courting the kraken...? He won't even notice honestly. Clearly everyone knows he's talking about the quest!]
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[ He touches his chin, clearly considering this. Finally, he laughs. ]
Hahaha! My, my, you're a man of eclectic tastes! Now tell me! Is it all krakens you fancy, or just a particular one?
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[But he's interrupted and...then he stops, whirls around and glares.]
You--! [His grip doesn't tightens on the flowers he's holding because they don't deserve that.] Is your head stuffed full of grass?! Who would fancy a monster like that? This is for the quest!
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[ He puts on a wounded expression. ]
I was just thinking, it would help if you did fancy them, because then you'd know how to beautify one!
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He can certainly recognize the type though they'd never pull something like..this.
So there's absolutely nothing about his expression that even hinted that he might have fallen for it. Actually, he looks downright unimpressed. It's the sort of gaze that asks the person on the receiving end of it to please stop wasting their breath saying stupid things.]
We're using flowers. [Because flowers are beautiful.] Rather than trying to wonder how to make a kraken appealing it's simpler to just add something that is appealing to others.
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Flowers on a monster... won't that seem creepy? Or, at best, funny? No matter how many flowers they've got, won't an ugly person still be ugly?
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iiia
Of course, she should have expected to be called out after staring for so long. She jumps when he orders her to follow and she holds her ground for a moment, considering if she should politely excuse herself now or just... go along with it. She might be a princess but she's never been the type to not listen to others. )
Ah...
( And she follows after him, a few steps behind. )
Is there... ( A reason? No, what seems rude and she changes her mind to something else, ) Those flowers are quite lovely.
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Not that he planned to mention it at all.
He wouldn't have been surprised if she asked him where they were going. He also wouldn't have been surprised if she said nothing. He knew his own reputation and the impression he gave off (of being cold and intimidating).
He would never have guessed she'd say that and, being unused to socializing or small talk he wasn't sure how to answer.]
...ah. [...'thank you' was the wrong things to say, wasn't it? Why would he say that? He didn't grow these flowers, only picked them after far too long checking each one for imperfections. Just as he's probably taking too long to pick what to say.] It's a good time of year for them.
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Luckily for him, she's no stranger to standoffish people. That doesn't bother her, at least, not as much as other things. It's really more that he's a stranger that intimidates her but she doesn't want to be rude. She can still speak politely, )
Oh. (Just "oh." Maybe it had been a silly comment to make,) I suppose it is.
(At least, for certain types of flowers. She isn't familiar with the seasons or the flora here.)
Uhm... If you don't mind m-me asking. Why do you have so many?
(Were they for... someone special?)
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It's for the quest, the one for beautifying the kraken.
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I saw that one.
( It had seemed relatively harmless. It was much more tempting than the ones that required fighting some unfamiliar creature or going into the woods. )
Then you must know what a "k-kraken" is. ( She enunciates the word carefully, trying to say it the same way he had. ) So you'll decorate it with flowers?
( She has no idea what a kraken is. If she knew, she might not be as optimistic, )
W-what a lovely idea.
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He nods.]
It is not a creature I am familiar with, but I found information in the library. [Which is mostly full of books on myths and fairytales but in this case it was actually useful. Though if she doesn't ask he probably won't try to explain.]
It was the only idea I could come up with. This isn't something I am very used to doing. [He's more used to building weapons than beautifying anything.]
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I-I'm sure it'll work. ( She says, oblivious. ) Oh, maybe you could make a lovely crown...
( Yes. It's something she has experience doing as well so she can help! As they approach the lake, she'll keep an eye out for this kraken. She really, truly, has no idea what to expect. )
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So that's the pause, Keroro blinking until Chu Wanning turns. And then with a jump, he's scrambling to comply, making squeaky noises as he runs on short legs to catch up.]
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Also what is that sound.]
...can you walk more quietly? [He's not trying to look severe but that's just...how he tends to look.
He does slow down his steps, and shortens his stride. It should be easier for him to keep up now, right...?]