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[hellshaped]

[Rose Tyler]
Hey, Rose. It's Hellboy. [in case that wasn't obvious! he's treating this like an answering machine, fff]

I was wondering if you were busy next month, around the 29th? Let me know.
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[dictated]

Easter's coming up pretty soon. For those of you who weren't here last year -- or ... I guess were "indisposed" or however you want to call it, the castle gave us a bunch of plastic eggs to fool around with.

You guys think we're getting something like that again? Or maybe we'll get Passover or something this year. Paradisa seems to be trying to be more inclusive lately, anyway. Not sure why that is, or what its reasonings are ...

Still. I wouldn't mind those little marshmallow birds. I think I could live with that.

Comments

[kalinda]

[Here is a serious response. This is a serious response.]

Peeps?

[hellshaped]

[Peeps are serious business.]

That's the one.

[kalinda]

[Yeah, I mean-- you got to really consider the marshmallow sweetness there.]

What's the big deal about them, anyway?

[hellshaped]

[Implying I spend even a minute during which I'm not considering marshmallow sweetness!!]

They're not bad. I think people get more excited about the tradition than the actual taste, though.

[cantacquityou]

I am sure you could request them at any time.

[kalinda]

[It's a great pastime, ok?]

I wasn't aware it was a prominent tradition.

written

[goodjumper]

[ These magic books were still really weird to Chell, which meant a lot considering the strange things she had seen. The deep voice that came out wasn't as surprising as what he was talking about. Plastic eggs and marshmallow birds? ]

[ Her handwriting is lacking, but readable if you kinda squint and tilt your head. ]

'Easter? Are the birds alive or dead?'

[hellshaped]

Probably. Takes some of the magic out of it, though. [a pause.] Well, pun not intended.

[hellshaped]

Peeps? You must be kidding. Are you American?

written

[hellshaped]

[On the other hand (pun intended), Hellboy is left handed, so his penmanship isn't much better.]

Here? There aren't many birds to begin with.

written

[goodjumper]

Too bad. Birds can be useful. Are they good? Marshmallow birds.

[kalinda]

I am. [SIGH.] I just don't really think of them as a tradition, just something seasonal, like those Cadbury eggs.

hellboy ]

[banished_dame]

What's on the twenty-ninth?

[saccharosium]

"Little marshmallow birds??" [ YOU HAVE PIQUED STOCKING'S ATTENTION;. ]

written

[hellshaped]

Sure. They're like pure sugar, if you like that kind of thing.

[hellshaped]

You're saying Cadbury eggs aren't tradition either?

[kalinda]

They're really not. They're more like optional confections that just so happen to appear for the holiday season.

rose

[hellshaped]

A friend of mine is getting married. ["friend" used loosely]

How do you feel about weddings?

[hellshaped]

[um wow?????? you're offending him personally now????] That's crazy talk.

[hellshaped]

Sure. The ones covered in sugar.

[kalinda]

[CRAZY OFFENDS HER she is taking this to tumblr!!!!! ...except not really.]

It's fact. A person doesn't need to celebrate a certain holiday to sample its treats. And I'm sure either one can be obtained during the off-season as well.

[hellshaped]

I don't know what kind of dimension you're from where people get Peeps after April.

[kalinda]

I'm from Earth's twenty-first century, and we have the luxury of the internet to purchase these kinds of things.

[Pause.] Also, I am pretty sure that there Halloween Peeps now, too.

[hellshaped]

Halloween Peeps? That's basically sacrilege right there.

[kalinda]

It's another holiday whose celebrations rely on sharing candy-- where would be the sacrilege?