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:
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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no subject
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.]
no subject
[ The question being what it is, WangJi turns away. ]
Will not listen.
[ Because it sure is none of his. ]
no subject
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.]
no subject
[ He can't confirm nor deny... Nor is he turning back just yet, since that is not the answer the other cultivator expected. ]
no subject
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'?
[ WangJi considers for a moment. Also ignoring the fairy godmother. ]
Some things here are long lasting. Being here. The woods.
Some change, like the trees going closer, or their effects.
Some can be countered, if there are strong enough bonds.
And some last only briefly. Days, sometimes.
No attempted correction of what is wrong is lasting. Focusing energy on what can be done might be better.
I...actually didn't pay attention, lol.
How often had been faced with a situation where he cannot make any lasting corrections? Though he disliked his fame and notoriety, he knew he was strong enough to step in, to turn a situation around if he felt it was needed. Yuheng of the Night Sky, the Beidou Immortal Grandmaster. When was the last time his strength had failed him?
But the rules here were different. Or rather, they were all subject to a game where none of them were sure what the rules were, against an opponent unknown to them who had control over everything it seemed.
It was frustrating. It made him angry. But it was an impotent sort of anger that the young cultivator before him doesn't deserve to be subjected to.
He turned his face away, not quite ready to accept defeat in this matter.] That doesn't mean we shouldn't try. And I have energy enough to do both what can be done and continue to oppose these annoyances.
dramatic mango. Angeal "dramatic mango" Hewley
[ That. Is not a figure of speech, either.
His eyes turn away. ]
Try to learn from all. There is not enough knowledge.
Amazing...
Attacking dragons?
[Dragons weren't...the attacking sort, were they? Unless they were demons.]
I try.
Once.
[ This far. But it gets his point across...
right? ]