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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Unfortunately, they weren't called that where he's from so he assumes it must have something to do with actual lights.]
I don't think there's anything like that. [That he knows of? Then again, maybe this person means lanterns? But who dedicates an entire subection of a place to lanterns or lights?] Is there a reason you wanted to go to such a place?
[Maybe he needed a light? Was this person afraid of the dark...?]
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((Blinking. Slowly.)) ]
Aa. [ He nods to the other man, taking his hands out of his sleeves to bring one to his chin, thoughtful. ]
The red light district,
a beatific pleasure,
where one meets heaven.
[ HAIKU, YO. That will be 10000 yen. ]
It is where one finds the company of experienced women of the night. [ OLDER women, too! ] If you do not know either, we may search together.
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He looks confused and on this person that looks a bit like irritation. But despite never frequenting places like that he's been to brothels to drag his wayward apprentice back to the sect to know what he means.
That's when the scowl sets in. Look, he has very classical Chinese sensibilities and in addition to that is more of a prude than average.]
Talking about such things in broad daylight! Have you no shame?
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[ LISTEN SOMETIMES... it's tiresome to flirt! Sometimes, you just gotta know that you're gonna get what you pay for!! ] Shame would be carrying a fanmade dakimura of your favorite pop idol down the street, and not having the decency to mask your face in tar first.
[ Nope, not covering up the lewd itself. Covering up your face. #priorities ]
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[He doesn't...even know what a dakimura or a pop idal is...but given the topic of conversation those things are probably indecent.
Just to be sure he'll probably try to look those things up in the library later.]
There's no such place here so why don't you put your time towards something more useful than looking for--something like that!
im sorry
Casual conversation includes talking of prostitutes, duh!
Anyway, he's looking at the other man with some mix between interest and surprise. ]
Aa, something more important than... *****?
[ BEEEEP.
But what could be more important??? Unless this man knows of some super secret elite strip club?! ]
Don't be: I love it. It's the sort of thing one should expect from a Gintama character, haha. XD
...what was that sound? Did it...how was it made?
This is all really confusing for him and it shows in a brief blankness in his expression before he goes right back to glaring. Even if eh has no idea what that sound was or what it means he knows what they were talking about before so the conversation still...makes sense. More or less.]
Yes! If you understand then stop fooling around!
[...but what exactly do you expect him to do, Chu Wanning? Instinctively, he'd sort of adopted the attitude of a sect elder speaking to a wayward, troublmaking disciple. As in, this would usually be the point where the other person leaves to do whatever they were meant to be doing.
But then again, it could just be that he's used to people he talk to being intimidated. Most people he knew besides the sect leader himself would have run off by now.]
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If you do not wish to join me in the endeavor, that is fine. [ Katsura folds his arms into his sleeves, indeed stepping away. He's a 30-something year old man, he doesn't need to be scolded by a stranger. Actually, he appears mildly irritated by it! ] I will continue searching for such establishments on my own.
[ He's going to get his ass kicked,
probablydefinitely. ]no subject
Something about his general demeanour and features always lent themselves to a more severe sort of expression. It obviously didn't help that he was openly glaring right now. He'd thought they'd come to some kind of understanding...but apparently not.]
How long do you plan to waste your time on this?
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"Waste"?
[ bruh c'mon don't shame him for being thirsty...
waitasecond ] Hoh. [ Hand! To his chin! ] Is that it? You speak as if you've never been to such fine establishments.
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I have no interest in such things!
[There's a stubborn set to his jaw like he feels that's perfectly normal and he will fight anyone that says otherwise. With actual weapons because his go to emotion when he's uncomfortable or embarrassed is almost always anger.
But also he absolutely doesn't want to be having this conversation and he'd be more than happy for it to be over, thanks.]
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The more insistently someone denies peeing in the shower, the more likely they do it.
[ He speaks this as if it's a proverb relating to the stranger... denying he has interest. ]
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[That's not even a proper proverb!
He flicks his wrist and there's a soft flash of golden light which reshapes itself into a willow branch whip.]
How dare you!