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Origin Prompts: Create your Esk's story+50AP +15GP

Origin Prompts are provided to encourage players to create a backstory and sense of purpose for their characters. You can only submit artwork and writing for Origin Prompts for esk that you own; you are not allowed to do them for other players' characters, unless you are commissioned or are collaborating. You can respond to these prompts as many times as you like, but you will only earn the bonus once per prompt per character. If you received an esk in an ownership transfer that previously had Origin Prompts made for it you are allowed to have a "clean slate" and start fresh with them.

Requirements:
Artwork must be shaded and in color with full-body character, as well as a simple to full background that shows a clear environment unless otherwise specified.
Writing must be 800 words or longer unless otherwise specified.
Comics, crafts, animations, photo-manipulations, and other media are all acceptable but may need scoring assistance from the TWWM team. Since these types of submissions are so variable, they may need to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis to determine if they qualify as Origin Prompt submissions. If you have an idea for an Origin Prompt and are not sure how it may be scored or whether it will meet the prompt requirements, please send us a group note and we will help you out!

Finished Origin Prompt entries must be submitted to the Origin Prompts folder.

Commissions and collaborations are now accepted! Only the owner of the esk whose story is being told will collect the Origin Prompt AP bonus. If you collaborate you do not get to split the Origin Prompt bonus, and you cannot combine your character's Origin Prompts into one submission — you still have to do one submission per character per prompt to apply the bonus.

Some Origin Prompts have new, unique requirements! We hope to encourage unique approaches to these prompts, have fun with the revised prompts!

Choosing an Original Form When choosing the original form for your esk please keep in mind whether they are a normal esk or an abnormal. The original form for normal esks must be human or animal. Abnormals can have original forms that are quite different - inanimate objects, organic matter, minerals, fungus, or plants.

Determining a CreatorThe creator of your esk can vary depending on how they were transformed. Some esk have specific creators, while others players can choose who their creator was.
Must use player esk as creator: player made transformations, must use esk that preformed transformation
Must use NPC as creator: Greenhouse and Wanderer MYO, must used specified Wanderer as creator
Can use NPC or player esk as creator: premades won from events, purchased premades, nursery MYOs, customs, MYOs won in raffles or wellsprings

Interpret these prompts in your own wayThe esk lore and prompts are intended to provide a starting point for your stories and are always open to personal interpretation. Not all esk are the same and not all esk have the same types of transformation stories, so feel free to build on these prompts in the way that best suits your character. Sometimes the prompts here need to be modified in order to fit a narrative or match the lore — for example, if your esk was created by the Seventh they might have no recollection of the event or realized what was going on because of how the Seventh does its transformations, so you may want to make some unique interpretations of the prompts below like "Meeting the Esk" and "The Transformation."
You are also allowed to leave your esk's creator a mystery if they are unknown in your story. You can depict them as a mysterious force, shadowy figure, unusual presence, or other indirect way.

Origin Prompts for First Transformations

1. Original Form

Show us who your esk was before they were transformed.

Were they human or animal? Or were they a plant, object, mineral, or other unusual form?What were they like and where did they live?
Reference sheets will be accepted. Score as a batch upload and then apply the Origin Prompt bonuses to batch as a whole.
Backgrounds are not required for this prompt.

2. Losing Their Way

Show us how they went missing.

Did they physically go missing or did they get lost mentally, emotionally or spiritually? What location were they in? If they were not a human or animal, how did the other esk find the object and why did they decide to transform them?

Poetry will be accepted. This prompt has a 250 word minimum (applies to poetry only), bundles will be accepted.

3. Meeting the Esk

Show us their encounter with the esk that transformed them.

If the character is a Transformation or Story MYO then you must use the esk character that was used to create the MYO in this prompt. If you have a Starter, premade or custom you are allowed to partner up with another player to use their esk in your backstory.

4. The Transformation

Show us what happened when they were transformed.

What did it look and feel like? Where did it take place?
You can show the moments just before, during, or just after the Transformation.
If the character is a Transformation or Story MYO then you must use the esk character that was used to create the MYO in this prompt. If you have a Starter, premade or custom you are allowed to partner up with another player to use their esk in your backstory.

5. The Other

Create a depiction of the esk that transformed them.

Give us a closer look at the esk they encountered. What kind of esk is it? What effect did it have on your character?

Backgrounds are not required for this prompt. It should still be full body.
Poetry will be accepted. This prompt has a 250 word minimum (applies to poetry only), bundles accepted.

6. Their Purpose

Show us how they feel about being transformed into an esk.

What is their sense of purpose like in their new life? Did they become a Traveler or a Trespasser?

7. The Threshold

Show us the edges of their boundary.

What did your esk find as they explored the limits of their new home? How did they perceive the change in energy as they left the source of their power?

8. Their Haunt

Show us the area of their boundary where they feel most at home.

Where do they spend most of their time when they are in their boundary? Do they have any possessions or favorite locations?

9. Shaping their environment

Show us one way your esk has impacted their boundary.

Have they taken on a role of guardian and done good deeds? Are they more like a haunting ghost or causing mischief? What sort of effect are they having on the habitat or residents there?

   10. First time outside their Boundary

   Show your esk exploring beyond their home.

   Where might they want to roam to?
  If they left their biome, how did that feel to them and how was their form or appearance affected?

Origin Prompts for second transformations

11. Previous Form
Show us who they were before they became an Abnormal.
What did they look like before they were retransformed?
Reference sheets will be accepted. Score as a batch upload and then apply the Origin Prompt bonuses to batch as a whole. Background not required.

12. Changing Their Path

Show us the turning point that led them to become Abnormal.
Why did they want to be transformed again?

13. The Other

Create a portrait of the esk that transformed them.
Who was it that gave your esk their Abnormal transformation?
Backgrounds are not required for this prompt.
Poetry will be accepted. This prompt has a 250 word minimum, bundles accepted.

14. The Invitation

Show us how your esk went about getting their transformation.
Did they invite the other esk to give them the transformation? Or did the other esk approach first and made an offer? Did the other esk intervene?

15. Abnormal Transformation
What did their re-transformation look like?
What did it look and feel like? Where did it take place?
You can show the moments just before, during, or just after the Transformation.

16. Their purpose
Show us how they now feel being re-transformed
What is this esk's purpose going forward? What is important to them now that they have a new form? How do they feel about being transformed?

If you have a premade, custom esk, or an esk with no determined creator, such as a nursery or event myo esk, you can use another player's character or a Wanderer to be the one who transformed your esk. If another player's esk is featured as the creator of your character they will receive a crystal or mineral feature! You can read more about Transformation rewards in the Transformations page.
Comment on this journal by filling out the form below in order to claim your Transformation reward.
Transformation reward claim
Link: (link to origin prompt esk is used in)
Tracker: (of the esk that was transformed)
Creator: (link to the esk that preformed the transformation)
Reward: (include a mockup image or description of the reward. please make sure to follow the TF reward rules)

Continuity and collaboration in your narratives is strongly encouraged!Please help us keep the game mechanics integrated into the storytelling by using them as a springboard for your stories. If you have a MYO created by Transformation or a Story MYO from the Greenhouse please use the esk character that created the MYO as their creator in the backstory. If another player created your esk with a Transformation we recommend collaborating on your story concepts.
Using the MYO's creator in the story helps us maintain continuity in the esk narrative we are all building together and allows the game mechanics to be a meaningful part of the storytelling. This is especially valuable when it comes to Story MYOs.

Ownership changes:If characters in the origin stories (owned by you or other players) change in ownership you are welcome to adjust or rewrite backstories to accommodate these changes. Please continue to retain the original MYO's creator in any rewrites. If the esk was not created by an existing esk character (Starter, premade, custom, etc) you are allowed to select a different creator than the previous owner or you may keep it the same — since the creator is not officially logged in the masterlist you are allowed to change it after ownership transfers. The masterlist logs the MYO's creator by linking to the comment threads where they were created (Transformations, Story MYOs, etc).
Remember: if an esk is transferred to another player you get a clean slate with the Origin Prompts which allows you to rewrite their story, complete all the prompts, and claim the bonuses even if the previous owner did beforehand.

Transformation Reward Prompts: Change a reward

Transformation Reward Prompts create an opportunity to alter, modify, or completely change a Transformation Reward (TF Reward) your esk has previously received by performing a Transformation . The esk does this by returning with the reward to the site of the transformation where they received it, and then meditating on the reward and the transformation that took place there.

Requirements:
Artwork must be shaded and in color with a full-body character, as well as a simple to full background that shows a clear environment.
Writing must be 800 words or longer.
Comics, crafts, animations, photo-manipulations, and other media are all acceptable but may need scoring assistance from the TWWM team. If you have an idea for an Transformation Reward Prompt and are not sure how it may be scored or whether it will meet the prompt requirements, please send us a group note and we will help you out!

Finished Transformation Reward Prompt entries must be submitted to the Transformation Reward Prompts folder.

You can only submit artwork and writing for Transformation Reward Prompts for esk that you own; you are not allowed to do them for other players’ characters, unless you are commissioned or are collaborating. Collaborative artworks will grant a change to a single esk’s TF Reward, for one of the participants.
This prompt earns AP & GP like normal artwork, but there is no additional AP or GP bonus for this prompt - completing the prompt grants you the ability to change your esk’s TF Reward!
Multiple esk can be depicted within the prompt, but only one esk can have their Transformation Reward changed from any given prompt.
Batch Submissions are allowed.
Please be mindful that you cannot depict the new TF Reward until it is approved. This includes the prompt itself, where the new TF Reward can be alluded to or shown symbolically, but can not be depicted clearly as tangible and real.

Choosing your Prompt: Many different prompt ideas are outlined below, and you’re encouraged to choose the prompt or prompts that best suit your esk and their relationship with their TF Reward or the esk that was created when they received the reward. Choosing one prompt does not prevent you from repeating it — you can complete it with the same esk or with another esk in the future.

You can repeat these prompts as many times as you’d like, for as many TF Rewards that need changing as you’d like, so long as requirements are fulfilled each time. There is no limit to how many times the same TF Reward can be changed.

Changing the Reward:There is no limit to how the TF Reward changes, so long as existing Transformation Reward rules and guidelines are respected and followed.
Some examples of what you are welcome to do:
change a carved reward to a rough and natural state, or the other way around.
change the amount or coverage — for example, from a single crystal to a small cluster, or a small bunch of feathers to a single feather.
change the color of the reward — for example, from a white pearl to a pink pearl.
change the material within its “category”, for example from a bone to a tooth.
change the material and category of the reward entirely — for example, from quartz to amber, moonstone to jasper, or pearl to feather.
change the Reward to be integrated into the boundary - you can read more about this here .

You can combine multiple of these changes for a single reward! For example, changing a piece of natural quartz to carved amber does not require more than one prompt to be completed.
Changing just the placement of a TF Reward on the esk (from the head to the shoulder, for example) does not require a prompt to change and can be done for free at the Spirit Renewal !

Some examples of changes that are not acceptable:
changing one reward into multiple — for example, changing a crystal into a feather and a tooth.
changing the size or coverage of a reward outside of its limits — for example, shifting the coverage of a single reward to something that would normally take two rewards.
combining multiple TF Rewards into one–for example, merging three quartz crystals into a single very large crystal.

Transformation Reward Prompts
The list of prompts below is organized in roughly chronological order, but any one of these moments can be depicted to fulfill the prompt requirements!
Your esk goes to the transformation site. Where is the transformation site located? Is it within your esk’s boundary, or adjacent to it? How do they feel being here again? Do they have memories or associations that come to mind now that they’re here? How long has it been since they were here last? Is the transformation site familiar, or has it changed over time?

Your esk brings the transformation reward. How does your esk carry the reward to the transformation site? Do they levitate it or take it into their form, or was it already part of their manifestation? What kind of reward is it? Does your esk have a relationship to the kind of reward it is, or is its shape and material strange and alien to them?

The esk they created. What is your esk’s relationship like with the esk they created here? Is it good, bad, complicated? Has this changed over time? How does your esk feel about having performed this specific transformation? Do they feel regret, happy that they did it, or can they perhaps no longer remember the reason why they did?
Is the other esk there? Has your esk crossed paths with them again when going into their boundary, or does the other esk keep their distance? Or are they willing to help your esk with this process, by changing and growing together with them?

Your esk meditates to change the transformation reward. Is this something they knew could happen, or does the change come as a surprise? Did they come here specifically to change the reward, or did they feel called to do this subconsciously or for reasons they don’t understand? Have they perhaps heard from a different esk that this can be done, or did they find this out by accident? What does meditation look like for your esk? Is it easy for them to focus and relax their mind, or difficult? Do they have an enchantment, familiar or other modification to help?

The transformation reward changes. What does it look like when the reward changes? What does it feel like? Did your esk choose the new transformation reward, or is the new reward a surprise to them? How does your esk feel when the reward has changed? Are they happy and relieved, or do they still feel tense and dissatisfied? Was changing the reward not enough for them to feel at ease on their journey, or does this change resolve something for them?

Please be mindful that you cannot depict the new TF Reward until it is approved. This includes the prompt itself, where the new TF Reward can be alluded to or shown symbolically, but can not be depicted clearly as tangible and real.

Once your Transformation Reward Prompt is accepted into the Transformation Reward Prompts folder comment on this journal by filling out the form below in order to claim your new Transformation Reward.

Link: (link to the completed prompt in the folder)
Tracker: (of the esk that is changing their reward)
Old reward: (link to the original transformation comment)
New reward: (include a mockup image or description of the reward, making sure to follow the TF Reward rules)

Once approved, please respond to the original TF Reward comment with a link to the approval for the TF Reward change using the following format:
Changed reward to [name of reward]: (link)

we look forward to seeing you explore this new mechanic!

Monthly Prompts: A day in the life
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Monthly Prompts are provided on the 1st of each month to help provide inspiration for casual artwork and writing. These prompts are not as story-oriented as Origin Prompts and do not have any minimum art or word count requirements — just have fun with them! You can do them as many times as you like in any way you like, but they cannot be combined with each other or with other game activities.

Remember to submit your Monthly Prompt artwork and writing to the Monthly Prompt folder!

Active Monthly Prompts

January 2024
music
All around us we hear it - the swish of breeze through the grass, the trill of bird song, the babbling song of rivers and streams. what music makes up your esk's boundary? is it animal song, the howl of arctic gales, the rattle of train tracks? is it human music? show or write about how music is part of your esk's world - either in their past, or their present.

February 2024
quiet
what does you esk do when they want to relax, when they have nothing else to do, when nobody else is around? do they enjoy the silence, the peace? where do they go when they wish to lay down and rest?

March 2024
wanderers
has your esk ever met a wanderer? what does your esk know about them, are they curious? have they talked, formed an amical or perhaps adverse relationship with one of the wanderers, or do they wish to meet one for the first time?

April 2024
friends and bonds
does your esk have friends? who does your esk consider their friends? are they other esk, or perhaps animals? are there other kinds of relationships your esk may have? how do they tend to interact with others?

May 2024

diurnal rhythms
is your esk more active during the daytime or nighttime? or are they perhaps crepuscular, more active at dawn or dusk? does this differ from their original form habits, or is this an instinct that has been kept from their previous life?

June 2023
future
what is your esk’s relationship with the future? do they understand what future means, are they excited about it, or does it feel like a terrifying unknown? does your esk have plans for the future, or do they live fully in the moment? are they perhaps stuck in the past, where they can safely travel if they wish to?

July 2023
telekinesis
all esk have telekinetic powers! how does your esk use them? do they perhaps not use them, and why?

August 2023

biome
what is your esk’s biome? what is their relationship with it, have they ever explored outside of it, or do they even want to go outside of it? do they like their biome, or has it perhaps changed via a retransformation? if your esk is abnormal, does leaving their biome affect them?

September 2023

time
how does your esk experience time? does it seem to pass slower or faster than in their previous life? how does time feel to a once lifeless abnormal? do they time-travel, and why?

October 2023
inctincts

what kind of instincts does your esk have? have they awakened during their new life or have they carried over from their previous form? does your esk let themselves be guided by their instincts, or do they fight them?

November 2023

enemies
life as an esk does not always mean loving your neighbor! there might be something or someone your esk dislikes or even detests. what is it and how does your esk react when they come across the target of their contempt?

December 2023

treasures
Many esk have something they hold dear! What does your esk consider as a treasure? Do they like to collect something specific, or do they protect their one treasured possession? Or maybe your esk has intangible treasures, such as relationship with other esk, animals or familiars, or perhaps they treasure every sunrise they witness?

You have 1 year to complete each Monthly Prompt, they do not have to be finished within the month when they are posted. You can do them as many times as you like within that time period.Once the prompt is replaced for the following year it will expire. For example: the December 2017 prompt will expire December 1st 2018 when the new December prompt is posted.
Previous prompts can be found in the prompts archive!

Have a suggestion for a new prompt?
Leave us a comment below!

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