Monthly Prompts
Welcome to the monthly prompts page! Here you will find art/writing prompts to jog your creativity, if you wish to partake of them.
One new prompt is provided each month. You will receive a Figment for each prompt you complete, which can be used for purchasing various rewards.
In general, you may complete prompts from previous years; see Previous Prompts. Your number of submissions is limited to the number of the current prompt; you may complete up to two of the same category (art, design, or writing) if only two are available and three submissions can be made. The requirement for the word count for past prompts can be the requirement of the current prompt.
Previous prompts may be completed over the course of the entire month (even before a new prompt is made) plus the extra days of the current prompt.
You may use the community Edeia, Identity, if you wish.
Standard Requirements
Most prompts have similar requirements. Unless otherwise specified, these requirements apply to all monthly prompts.
You may make three submissions per month cycle, one for each category (design, art, writing). The same or different designs/Edeia can be used in each one.
Prompt submissions can be submitted in the #prompt-submissions channel of the Discord server or in the Prompt Submissions Deviantart folder of the group. Auspice or a moderator may approve or reject the prompt. If moderators are uncertain for any prompts, they may defer to Auspice when they are available.
Unless otherwise specified, you may generally use official Edeia designs, alternate forms, previous forms, approved past forms, fusions with complete designs on the ML, and fission fragments with complete designs on the ML.
Prompts must be posted on some social media somewhere, such as Deviantart, Tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, etc. or Toyhouse. Toyhouse submissions can be authorized only, as long as Auspice and moderators can see it.
Design Prompt:
Must be fullbody with no cropping
No background required, but you can add something if you like.
The character must be "decent," i.e. wearing clothes or something if they have parts to cover. If parts do not show normally and/or they are as decent as any other of their species would be, that is fine.
Art Prompt:
Part:
for one character - fullbody or almost; for two characters - partial body (thighs/equivalent or more); three or more characters - halfbody (chest/equivalent up).
You can draw more of one character to draw less of another; for instance, one fullbody + one halfbody with two characters, or one partial body + one halfbody + one bust for three characters.
Rendering: Fully colored with shading.
Background: Some background with some environment - can be blurry and/or undetailed, but it should give a sense of what kind of location they're in.
Text: Optional. Provide a little blurb about the situation, whether a reflection by the character, a summary of what the situation is, dialogue, etc.
Writing Prompt:
Minimum word count: 1200 words
The writing can be written as scenes (including dialogue and/or high level of detail), as a synopsis (summary-like description of events), or a combination of the two (synopsis with dialogue, for instance). For other types of writing, consult Auspice.
If you wish, you can turn on comment permissions on the submission doc to allow general critique from Auspice/mods on your writing. General audience should not comment in the doc itself.
April 2024 Prompt: The Simple Things
4/4/24 - 6/4/24 11:59pm ET
One might ask why I prefer the mundane methods of kintsugi. Using my magic, it would be very easy to repair all of these in an instant, but the process is a key element of the experience, as I see it. Gathering the pieces, seeing how they fit together, carefully reconstructing the form with care... these are all needed to truly feel the essence of kintsugi.
— Mu, Edeia of Kintsugi
Many Edeia once lived simpler, more mundane lives, and many of them may continue to engage the simple activities that led them on their path to become an Edeia, or find new simple activities that they enjoy. What "simple" activities do your Edeia indulge in, and what forms do they take?
Examples may involve food, arts and crafts, volunteering work, hobbies they are trying out, and more. As a heuristic, you can think of activities generally accessible to normal people or other mortal beings in the world; these are usually mundane activities but they can also involve magic to some extent.
Design Prompt:
If your Edeia takes a different form while engaging in some "simple" activity, you may design it here. This can be a humanoid form, alternate form, animal form, human "disguise", or some other form.
Art Prompt:
Create artwork depicting your Edeia engaging in some "simple" activity.
Writing Prompt:
Write about your Edeia engaging in one or more "simple" activities. You can also touch on the before and after, their motives and thought process, etc.
March 2024 Prompt: Return
3/3/24 - 5/3/24 11:59pm ET
"Order! Order, my heart is beating so fast!"
"... Don't run in the halls, Data. You'll fall."
"Oh, don't worry so much. They'll be alright. At our cores, it seems we're still Edeia. Let them have their fun."
"Hmm."
— A conversation between Data, Order, and Pacific while they had all been involuntarily transformed into their human previous forms.
We were all other things, in a previous life. We did not simply come into being as we are. Then, what brought us here? How has who we were shaped who we are?
One day, two curious entities decided to fuse, and a particular phenomenon began sweeping across the world of Ideation - seemingly at random, Edeia have been transformed back into their previous forms. Does this occur to your Edeia? How do they handle it? How long does it last?
Some notes about the mechanics of this phenomenon:
It does not occur to everyone at the same time. The phenomenon occurs most intensely over the course of approximately a month, though there are very rare, more isolated cases that occur after that time.
An Edeia is still metaphysically an Edeia, though their transformed body would feel "real," including biological senses and needs, for instance. With some focus, they can bend some of the constraints of their form - for instance, a digital entity manifesting as a hologram or floating pixels. At first, there might be some resistance to accessing their abilities, with some effort they would become able to use their magic fairly normally, if a bit weaker.
If the Edeia had a past Idea, their Idea will not revert. At a more superficial level, they may be able to use abilities they used to have, but fundamentally their Idea and identity is unchanged.
Circumstances are generally made so that those who might harm others or be harmed just by returning to their previous form (such as stars and black holes, or entities that cannot be sustained by the Earth environment) generally have three possibilities: they are transported to a more suitable environment (e.g. flung out into space), some environment is created for them (e.g. a computer for a digital entity), or their form is metaphysically altered in a way that allows them to interact safely with others (e.g. making them smaller, removing dangerous emissions, allowing them to breathe Earth air and eat Earth food, etc.). An Edeia might be able to abstractly sense these possibilities, and can essentially "choose" which is more suitable for them.
If an Edeia remains in their Abstraction, they will be unaffected. They may feel a sort of pull towards the mundane plane, and if they leave their Abstraction, then they may be transformed.
An Edeia can fight off the transformation if they try - for instance, if they are expecting it. They can also reject the transformation after it happens - the stronger the rejection, the faster the transformation dissipates. They can also partially resist the effects, which might lead to a physical form that is strongly influenced by their Edeia characteristics - like a humanoid or hybrid form that has notable biological/physical characteristics, rather than just being a shapeshift.
The transformation may be as short as a few seconds (with rejection) or several weeks, perhaps even longer.
If they "die" while under this transformation, they will revert to their Edeia form.
The "rules" of this phenomenon are not too strict. You could say that anything is Possible. If you are unsure, consult Auspice.
This prompt follows the Standard Requirements.
Additional note: art and writing entries completed this month may be featured in a comic at a later time, much like with the Memory prompt and Fragments.
Design Prompt:
Design your Edeia's previous form.
Art Prompt:
Create artwork depicting your Edeia experiencing the phenomenon of returning to their previous form. This could be the moment of transformation, their experiences while transformed, the moment of transforming back, etc.
Writing Prompt:
Write about your Edeia experiencing the phenomenon of returning to their previous form, and/or observing and interacting with others who experience the phenomenon. You can write one or multiple scenes, and could touch on anything before, during, and after being stuck in their previous form. After seeing others transform, do they dread the same happening to them? Are they excited? Or did it hit them unexpectedly? During the transformation, do they think of it as something novel and fun, an inconvenience, or a dreadful return to an existence they'd left behind? Do they try to understand the cause of the phenomenon or just let the matter come and go?
Figment Store
Prompt rewards are based on how many prompts you complete. Each prompt fill will give one Figment ♦, which acts as currency for the Figment Store. Prompt submissions, earned figments, and spending is tracked in a spreadsheet; you do not have to keep track of it on your own and you can see your balance here. It can also be seen below.
Inspiration ✧, which is earned by completing NPC prompts, can be used to replace Figments. A custom will require at least one Inspiration; e.g. 9 Figments and 1 Inspiration. Additionally, Inspiration can be used to "stack" customs, Notions, and MYOs for a special trait Edeia. For instance:
8 Figments + 2 Inspiration + Special Trait Fee or Voucher from Development Prompts: Notion - Ambideia, Tuplet, or Soultwined (not including fusion/medial)
12 Figments + 3 Inspiration + Special Trait Fee or Voucher: Notion - Ambideia, Tuplet, or Soultwined including fusion/medial; or Fission including fragments
18 Figments + 2 Inspiration + Special Trait Fee or Voucher: Custom - Ambideia, Tuplet, or Soultwined (not including fusion/medial)
Rewards for Purchase
The following rewards can be purchased using Figments.
Variable ♦ | Edeia Artwork
An Edeia artwork commission. Refer to my commission info for options and pricing; each figment is equivalent to 10 USD of payment.
1 ♦ | 10 USD Discount
A 10 USD discount for any Edeia-related transaction, including customs, notions, special trait fees, and adopts. Cannot stack.
3 ♦ | Fission Trait (One per person)
Add a fission trait (two parts) to any of your Edeia. All prerequisites and requirements apply; you must send a conceptualization form. You are welcome to ask questions before official submission. If you are designing them yourself, please submit alongside the fission designs. The trait will only be official once the designs are done.
3 ♦ | MYO Slot
A general MYO Edeia slot.
5 ♦ | Edeia Speedpaint
A free Edeia painting, one subject, in any rough style. Can upgrade to a polished style for 1 ♦. May be anywhere from headshot to fullbody depending on complexity and specifications.
5 ♦ | Notion Slot
A notion Edeia slot. One additional customization can be requested for 1 ♦ (see slot info for details).
9 ♦ + 1 ✧ | Custom Design
You may pick one of the following:
A custom Edeia slot of standard complexity.
A custom design of a humanoid form of an Edeia.
A custom design of an alt form of an Edeia.
In all cases, I may charge additional Figments for higher complexity.
Late Policy
Late pardons can only be granted by me, Auspice, but mods can leave an entry to be pending until I am available to decide whether or not to pardon the late submission.
Full pardons by Auspice have no consequences, but they will generally only be made for slight lateness (up to around 5 or 10 minutes) and/or unanticipated complications such as technical difficulties.
There is also a system of late-hours. Every three prompts you complete you get one "late-hour," which will be included on the Figment inventory spreadsheet. If you turn in a submission late, it can be up to one hour and it expends that entire late-hour. Late-hours can be stacked and expended all at once. Mods can accept the usage of late-hours and mark usage in the "Used Late-Hours" column.
Prompt Passes
Prompt passes can be used to complete any existing monthly prompt at any time. They are tracked in the inventory as well. Currently, you can get prompt passes from completing Development Prompts, and from completing an artwork as a backup artist for an art train in the Edeia Discord Server.
Previous Prompts
Past prompts can be seen here.