[5] 23 Days Until Easter

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[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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[kungfuwitch]

I'm glad. Thank you. With everyone who leaves we always seem to be scrambling to find help.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Well, if it's volunteers you need, Frost would want to help, too. He's a Guardian as well. Still new to it, but he's proved his mettle.

[Then, after a considerate pause]

Ketherine is still a kid herself, but she's good at calming the little ankle biters down.

[kungfuwitch]

Frost and Katherine... I don't think I've met them.

[she pauses, smiling]

There are plenty of kids here who want to help. People underestimate how important it is to keep people calm in a crisis.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

They only arrived last week. You can't miss Frost. He'll be the white haired hoon flying about making frost everywhere. [His tone might come across as irritated, but there's the smallest hint of fondness under there. If you squint] Katherine'd be in the library.

Big mistake to make, that.

[kungfuwitch]

[waaaaaaaaaaait]

Frost. Do you mean Jack Frost?

[Bit slow on the uptake there, Pheebs]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

That's him!

[Bunny sounds pleasantly surprised, after all, this is a rare thing to happen]

You know who he is?

[kungfuwitch]

Only by reputation, I guess you could say. Back home there are songs that mention him and Grams used to always say we were lucky that Jack Frost never visits us in California. [she laughs]

Knowing who you are it wasn't that big a leap to figure out that's who you meant.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

He'd be happy to hear that.

[He's quiet for a moment, perhaps a touch guilty for rubbing this very fact in Jack's face]

He doesn't have a lot of believers, back home. Until recently, he didn't have any.

[kungfuwitch]

That's so sad. [She frowns, the sadness apparent in her eyes]

I mean I can't exactly say that he had what could be called "believers" but a lot of people have heard of him. There's a Christmas song that starts out 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose...'

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...Yeah I'm glad for him and all, but please don't sing Christmas songs at me.

[kungfuwitch]

[She chuckles]

Sorry, I'm not trying to infringe on your holiday.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Trust me, North can do that plenty by himself. If he ever shows up.

[God please don't let North show up]

[kungfuwitch]

North? [a pause] As in North Pole? Santa Claus?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

His name is Nicholas St North. But yeah, most people know him as Santa.

[kungfuwitch]

St Nick... okay it all makes sense now. [she laughs] Any others I should be on the lookout for in case they show up?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Toothiana, she's the Tooth Fairy and Sanderson Mansnoozie, he's the Sandman.

[kungfuwitch]

[She laughs]

That's quite a dream team. [pause] no pun intended.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[That gets a laugh from him, too]

Sandy would have appreciated it, anyway.

[kungfuwitch]

[she grins at him]

I'll be sure to remember it in case he shows up, then.