From the delightful paws of Mod Lys comes the prompt . . .

"Howdy crablings, welcome to March! Are you looking forward to the spring equinox? While I love the chillier weather, I’m personally quite sick of it getting dark at 4pm… so I’m excited, even if it’s sure to still be rainy. This month we’ve got a prompt you can enjoy regardless of rain or shine, in honor of World Storytelling Day being in March- and some wonderful stickers made by our wonderful mod Ko! (DEATHPACT)

Now, let’s get into it :]

PART 1: HEARING What would stories be without listening ears to hear them? For the first half of this month’s prompt, we’d like to know what stories your Mignyans hear. Did they inherit any cultural folklore from their host? Maybe the town they live in has some unique superstitions. Perhaps they paid very close attention to the stories told during our anniversary events. Or, if those are a bit too broad, maybe they’ve simply heard some workplace gossip that morning… A story doesn’t need to be huge and meaningful to be worth hearing!

PART 2: SHARING Now… I’m sure your Migs have some stories of their own. For the second half of this month’s prompt, we’d like to see what stories your Mignyans tell others. Do they call up their friends to repeat what gossip they overheard that day? Perhaps they’re writing stories of their own, whether online, in messy journals or as a published text. If you want to get conceptual with it, this could even be as simple as how they act and portray themselves to others… That doesn’t always line up with someone’s private self, after all. At it’s core, storytelling describes how one communicates with the world. Interpret it how you like!

RULES

Rules - Illustrated

• All art must be SFW!
• Your illustration should have a scenic background - it doesn’t have to be fully detailed though!
• Your work must reflect the prompt!
• Your work must be at minimum lined and colored. We are no longer requiring shading in prompt pieces - though you're still free to do it if you want! If your sketch lines are clean, they will count as clean lines! Painted work is always accepted as well
• At least one undisguised Mignyan must be present in the work!
• At least 50% of one Mignyan must be visible. You may show less of others as long as one Mignyan is 50% in frame!
• Work must be either submitted to the group folder 'Prompt Art' or uploaded to the prompt-entries channel in the Discord to count! If you're uploading to Discord without uploading to Deviantart, you MUST include your dA username in your post! We won't be able to count your entry otherwise

Rules - Written

• All written work must be SFW! Minor language is okay!
• Your work must be a minimum of 700 words! Going above is fine, and a bit below is okay too.
• Your work must reflect the prompt!
• Your work must feature one Mignyan, though non Mig background characters are fine.
• Work must either be submitted to the Prompt Art folder or uploaded to the prompt-entries channel in the Discord with your username attached as previously stated. If uploading to Discord, please don't post your writing directly into the channel as it takes up a lot of space! Please upload it somewhere separately and link back.

Note: Please use paragraph breaks in your written work! It makes it much easier for us to read and accept!

By participating in this prompt you can earn 2 points towards your earnings at the PROMPT POINT SHOP! You’ll also earn the stickers previewed earlier in this journal.

This prompt will be open from 3/5/24 (March 5th, 2024) to 3/31/24 (March 31st, 2024) at 11:59 pm EST"