In the countryside, most people know where to find the witch-queen of their district. She'll live in an isolated manor house, and she'll wear old-fashioned clothes, full-length dresses and cloaks, and she'll always be terribly gracious, but she keeps to herself. If you need to find her, you may have to pass through a maze or do favors for creatures in need of help who turn out to be critical to your success. In this city, you have to find your way through filthy sewers and abandoned factories, looking intently at every bag lady until you find the one who wears a crown. The bag ladies have figured this out, and some of them wear circlets just to mess with you, so you have to find the one who wears the *right* crown. Once you do, give her roses and a newspaper from tomorrow and she'll bless you--


Inspiration: The flickr pictures below: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23220271@N07/6880266245/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/scarroll99/6872506037/
Story Potential: High?
Notes: I'm not sure if the story itself would be that great, but I do love this opening.

The task list left for her on the fridge made her quail. Work had exhausted her, and she'd come home with the firm intention of nothing more demanding than a long soak in the tub and an early bedtime. Instead, she had gone to her apprenticeship, only to find a list of chores that would take her at least until midnight to complete. She scowled at the fridge. She wasn't even allowed to use animating magic that would make the feather duster and broom take care of a large chunk of work themselves. Disney cartoons aside, witches were entirely fond of that spell, and they rarely ended up with uncontrollable disasters caused by their commands. But now it was forbidden, or so the list--

Inspiration: My to-do list for tonight.
Story Potential: Medium-high
Notes: Huh. Could be cute. So she ends up having to take the clever approach--finding an person in need of a good object lesson and forcing them to clean for her?