01 - Video; EASTER!

[springsforward]

[It's EASTER!

If you don't believe in the Easter Bunny still, then this post is going to be very boring for you. You'll just be seeing a bunch of happy kedan children hanging around the monitor.

For the rest of you, though, Aster is looking proud as can be, despite still appearing a bit tired and disheveled from all the work he's been doing trying to stave off the decay in the Wood Sector. He always makes time for Easter, so that only added to his workload, but it was a good kind of stress.]

It's strange to be celebrating Easter again when it was only a few weeks ago for me, and this isn't much of a second go, but I'm not about to pass up the chance to make up for the last one.

[He puffs up his chest a little.]

Besides, a place like this could use some new beginnings right now... And a little hope.

So, enjoy the baskets and the chocolate, and I'm going to be giving my all to keep the Wood Sector green today. For this one day at least, spring will have sprung. And if the Emperor or whoever else gives you trouble for having more food than you're supposed to, you send them to me. This place can have the entire year, but Easter is still my day.

[OOC: Bunny has been working hard the past few days, and this morning before the sun rose, he delivered an Easter basket to every kedan child and every foreigner, child and adult, in the city. The baskets aren't that grand, but he put a little green ans some flowers with each of them, and inside there are a few colored eggs and one chocolate bunny. Enjoy!

This post is good for action spam too! If your character wants to find him hanging out with the kedan children all day, or if you have a night owl that would run into him while he was delivering his precious googies around the turtle!]

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[alpha_squad_leader]

[Victor's examining the basket that was left for him when he turns on the video.]

I'm guessing you left this? [He smiles.] Thanks. You're definitely right that this place could use some hope.

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[springsforward]

It's just a little something for the occasion, mate. I would have done more, like hiding eggs around town, but with the rationing going on, I don't want to be accused of being "wasteful". [He grins.] That's what I'm here for, I suppose.

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[alpha_squad_leader]

Considering the rationing, this is great.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're the Easter Bunny? I'm Victor.

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack looks as excited as any of the kids to have found his basket this morning! ]

These are great, Bunny!

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[springsforward]

[And that excitement on all of their faces, even Jack's, made this worth the risk.]

They always are, Frostbite. I've only been doing this for centuries. [Preen.]

I have a little extra for you, actually, but you'll have to come over to get it. [He smiles.] Couldn't fit it all in the basket.

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[wintershepherd]

Is that a classy way of saying you're old, Cottontail?

[ But the just is light, and he's practically bouncing in his seat already he may have had a few of the chocolates. ]

Really? Okay, I'll be there soon!

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[lostundercover]

[brb facepalming forever.]

You weren't joking about the Easter Bunny, were you, kid?

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack feels a little bad that Costigan has to find out like this, but... ]

Nope.

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[relentlesstide]

[Sorry Bunny, Arthur doesn't actually care about surface holidays. He'll believe that you exist because he's met Poseidon, but Atlanteans don't really celebrate Easter. No, he's much more interested in something else.]

So you know what the date is here?

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[springsforward]

[You best be enjoying his gift at the very least! He doesn't make chocolate for people every day.]

Not precisely. I just know that today is Easter Sunday. It's kind of like a sixth sense.

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[relentlesstide]

[It's probably still sitting out there, whoops. He doesn't really care for sweets. Comes from living in saltwater.]

When is that, usually? In March?

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[flamingshortshorts]

[Toro has seen some many strange things in his life. Many of them caused by science, but just as many caused by the supernatural. Enough that a huge Bunny is a surprise, but not that big of one. He's more surprised to hear him talk about Easter that way. He had found the baskets on their step this morning--Bucky had wanted to get rid of them because he swore they were traps or something else ridiculous like that--but now he's seeing the guy who put them there and all he can say is]

Flaming balls, you're the Easter Bunny.

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[springsforward]

The one and only, at your service. [He gives a little salute, though he can't say he's had a reaction like that in a while.]

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[flamingshortshorts]

But...criminy, you're so big. [Yep, he's so eloquent.] All the pictures says you're supposed to be little with big ears...not the size of a grizzly bear.

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[fatedchaos]

We could all definitely use some hope. [You have no idea how good it is to hear that word, Bunny. No, seriously.

There's a pause as Vanessa just sort of stares at him, though.] Are you really the Easter Bunny? [Like. This is... seriously cool, okay. She feels five again. In a good sort of way. Even if she's staring like this isn't possible.]

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[springsforward]

I've only been here a couple weeks, and I haven't felt very reassured about our situation... And then all this death and rationing only makes things worse. I can't just sit by and let all those little hearts go on without a little hope for things getting better.

[Basically, he is all about hope up in this business.]

What else would I be? Those eggs and chocolates didn't just come from nowhere.

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[fatedchaos]

[Her heart is melting...]

It wasn't so bad before the rations and everything, if you ignore the fact that we've been kidnapped and given no real information about why we're here. [She sighs and shrugs.] I think most of us are going to need a lot more hope if we're going to get through this.

[She gives a sheepish smile.] I just had to make sure, that's all. I don't think I've gotten an Easter basket since I was about ten.

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[demon_brat]

I do not exactly fall with the tradition... but thank you.

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[springsforward]

You don't have to follow the tradition, mate. Spring is here, assuming there's one on this turtle's back, and that's worth celebrating for everyone.

[Plus he delivers eggs all over the world, even to non-Christian nations... Children's movies!]

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[fotia]

[A FROWN.] Why'd you make me suffer all these years, hiding those eggs in the weirdest, most unthinkable places, man?

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[springsforward]

[Totally not bothered by your frown, buddy.]

What would be the fun if I just gave you my googies every year? The hunt is supposed to be part of the fun.

video; late tag shhhhhh

[chiot]

[ Guess who has chocolate ALL OVER HIS MOUTH for some reason? Yeah, that's right, it's little Gavroche. ]

Nnnhphghhh, monfooer. [ Wait, let's swallow and try this again. ]

Thank you, monsieur!

video; There is no such thing!

[springsforward]

[Oh man, this just warms his heart on so many levels.]

You're welcome there, mate. Do me a favor though and don't eat it all at once, yeah? The Tooth Fairy will have my head if I'm responsible for loosing your choppers.

super late action?

[justlittle]

[Bean was up late reading when he hears a noise at the door. Not tall enough to reach the peephole, he opens it to find... nothing?]

Who's there?

always!

[springsforward]

[Bunny had assumed that he was the only one awake at this hour, and that he could deliver his gifts in peace. That wasn't the case though when the door he was about to leave a basket in front of swings open and he freezes. He's technically not supposed to be seen, even though seeing is believing.]

Er... Hello there, mate?