paradisa | [5] 23 Days Until Easter

[It's been a weird start of the month for Bunny. What with Holly Peaks, then getting not one, but TWO people from his home world, one of which he assumed was long gone. All in the space of a week. To make matters worse, the castle had decided to do this on the very month where Easter was held.

He could have sworn the place had done it on purpose.

As is normal for him, instead of facing any of the worry and heartache Katherine's arrival has brought him, he's thrown himself into his work. It needs to be done, anyway, and it means he doesn't have to deal with his own feelings on the matter. It's win-win, really.

And so, anyone out in the gardens today will find red tulip-like flowers sprouting everywhere, look closely enough and there's a slight glow to them. A few flowers are also blooming, revealing small white eggs on spindly legs within them. The googies, freshly brought into the world, are all heading over to where Bunnymund is sitting, pots of paint beside him as he goes through the labourous task of painting each googie, then sending them down inside the safety of his burrow. To await their big day.

Of course, to those who don't believe in the Easter Bunny, they don't see him. As he paints, his journal is open beside him, so he can listen to the casual chatter of the residents, a splatter of paint occasionally hitting the page and soaking into the paper as he works]

That whole dodgy Holly Peaks mess put me behind schedule. It's not like I can access my realm here, y'know. Everything has to be done by paw. But if it thought it could put me off, then that plan went down the gurgler.

[Another paint splatter, then a sigh. He can't keep his mind off things as much as he'd like to] Anyhow mates. Have any of you heard about Jack Frost? Mother Goose?

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That's good. I didn't want to miss it. Are you growing your eggs now? I'd like to help.

Fair dinkum, and you can help if you want to.

Yes, I would like that. Are we painting things too?

We are, we've got to get all these googies painted in time for Easter.

How fun! I'll be right down.

Ripper. I'm outside, not far from my burrow.

Ripper! [she is excited to see these eggs for herself]

[Yes, he is proud he is rubbing the Aussie slang off on the innocent ones]

See you soon, Sophie.

[at least it's better than what Mark Hunter taught her. Anyway, here she is ready to paint!]

How should I start?

[Mark Hunter has a lot to answer for, Bunny has decided. He smiles, patting a spot clear of snow next to him]

Just pick up a paintbrush, grab a googie and paint it. It'll keep still once it knows what you're doing.

Can I paint anything I want on it?

Absolutely anything. [He'll pass her a paintbrush]

[in that case she will paint all her friends' faces on the eggs, one for each friend]

[He watches her from the corner of his eye and he paints his own eggs]

Those are pretty. Good job.

This one is you. [she holds up an egg. It's a very childish painting that maybe vaguely looks like Bunnymund]

[He laughs at it, reaching over to ruffle her hair]

Well, that's a beaut'! It looks just like me.

[she smiles happily at the ruffling. Paints some more with flower designs now]

See, you're a natural. People will love finding them.

What happens after they find them?

You get to eat them. They're made of chocolate.

You eat the paint, too?

It's not like normal paint. I grow it from flowers, same as the googies. It's all edible and delicious.

Wow. Do all the colors taste differently?

No, the chocolate will always be suited to whoever picks it up. It's magic like that. Whatever your favourite chocolate is, that's what the googie will be.

Really? That's amazing!!

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