[1] 87 Days Until Easter

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Bunnymund is quite used to having Weird Things happen to him. It's just what you deal with when you become a Guardian, and you need to roll with the punches. That's not to say he wasn't worried when he woke up in an actual bedroom in a place he'd never been before. Far from it. He was VERY worried.

It didn't help that his tunnels didn't get him anywhere familiar either. Still, he's held off on panicking completely until night has come, and Paradisa's big blue moon looms high in the sky. Anyone who believes in the existence of the Easter Bunny will see a 6'1 rabbit, standing on the roof, apparently having a conversation with the moon. A very one sided conversation]

Okay. I get that you have your cryptic ways and we just need to deal with them, but I really don't understand what I'm doing here. This isn't Earth, and I thought I was needed there more than anywhere. So if you could give me a few pointers, explain what you want me to do here? She'll be apples. [Silence] Anything at all. [Silence] No? Ripper. Thanks for nothing.

[Muttering a little darkly to himself, he finally opens the journal, watching the words form into it as he speaks. They might not be able to HEAR him, but he wonders if this stupid magical book will let them see the WORDS he speaks. Okay. Speaking to the mortals. He can do this]

I've been leafing through this magical book since I rocked up in this place, and I figure I've got most of this mess figured out. But I've got an important question. Why're you talking about New Years? Is it January here? [Because if it is, well, that's his prep time sliced MORE than in half]

Comments

[persequor]

Your accent is queer. Does everyone speak like you where you're from?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[He'll just starting making a mental tally of kids in the kids in this place. Maybe THAT'S why he's been brought here?]

They do. Haven't you ever heard of a place called Australia before?

[bezazzled]

[There is a giant bunny on the roof of the castle.

THERE IS A GIANT BUNNY ON THE ROOF OF THE CASTLE.

Mabel stares up at it from her place down on the ground. The ice cream she was eating drops to the snowy ground and her eyes widen in delight. Immediately, she cups her hands around her mouth to call up to him.]

HEY MISTER BUNNY! ARE YOU NEW HERE?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[His ears perk up at the unmistakable sound of a child. More to the point, a child who can SEE him. That's better, at least everything isn't completely lost. With a few carefully measured leaps onto balconies, Bunny lands on the snow beside her (why did it have to be SNOW), shifting to sit on his haunches so he isn't towering over her

Okay. Jack can talk to kids all the time, and if that hoon can do it, anyone can]

Suppose I am. Woke up here this morning.

[heal_theworld]

Yes, it is. It's January third, New Years was two days ago. [A pause.]

Did you just arrive?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Streuth, that's all I need. How did I loose nine months?

...This morning.

written because mystery text why

[wagers]

If I've come to understand the holidays around here this past sweep, it sure is!
Well, it pro8a8ly isn't, 8ecause not everyone here adheres to that calendar, 8ut yeah!

aww yis

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

But the majority of people follow that calendar?

Action

[tapshoetomove]

[Luke finds himself outside this evening, since he refuses to go back to his room. Cold as it is, he's still in the mood to go out and play in the snow.

By chance he glances up and spots the giant rabbit on the roof. And just when he thought this place couldn't get weirder.]

Giant bunny...

[Oh my goodness he wants to pet it. Or ride it. Or both.]

forever!

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Bunny is always available for both petting and riding. He glances down, and yep, there's a kid. A kid looking right at him. He'll be hopping carefully back down to the ground]

G'day.

Dictated

[holyrabies]

Yeah, January third. I don't think the time always lines up when people get here.

But hello, new person! I'm Mavis. What's your name?

forever!

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

If people are from different words, different times aren't that much of a stretch.

[Wow that's a loaded question. He considers for a moment] They call me Bunny.

Action-y if that's all right

[wizard_redfive]

[Bunnymund isn't alone for long. The squeak of a door opening can be heard from the entrance to the roof as one red-headed kid teen steps out into the cold. Pulling her coat tighter for warmth, she walks over to her usual spot near the balcony and sits down, her closed journal placed next to her.

Time for some pensitive star gazing.]

that is totally ok

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[It's a kid! Bunny carefully wanders over, before the mess with Pitch, he'd have assumed ANY child could see him. But now? Well, now it's never a dead cert.

He'll give her a wave, just to try]

Hello?

[schrodingersghost]

[Now, Danny believed in a lot of things that weren't quite normal. He believed in ghosts, because he was one. Half of one, anyway. He believed that ghosts could come in all sorts of different shapes. Ghost rabbits, ghost unicorns, ghost seven headed dragons, ghost elderly yiddish-speaking vultures in fezzes...

He'd been beaten up or trampled by most of them one time or another.

He did not believe in the Easter Bunny.

And so when he comes flying up to the roof with a telescope in hand, all ready to set up for a little star gazing, he doesn't see anyone else there. With a grin he lands on the railing and hops down onto the roof.]

All right! This is going to be awesome!

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Bunny sees Danny, though. Or rather, he sees the back of Danny's form flying in the air. White hair. Flying about like a hoon? It could only be one person]

...Frost.

[And, because he and Jack have the best bond in the universe, Bunny will be pulling out a boomerang and throwing it at Danny's head.

...What? It's how they say hello]

[protosshaze]

Someone is turning into an apple? [what is your weird slang, Bunnymund]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

..What?

No. It means everything will be alright. [Which he's starting to doubt. A lot]

[the_effect_she_has]

Yep, it's January.

[She eyed the journal for a moment, before walking to her own window and peering up.] Just out of curiousity, are you the six foot bunny on the roof?

[She's given up trying to discount talking animals. It's just something that happens here.]

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Bloody wonderful.

[His tone does not suggest it's all that wonderful. But her next comment makes him pause]

You can see me? [ Youngsters, sure, he could understand them believing in him, but teenagers? Well, that was much rarer]

[kid_apocalypse]

Yup! Just a few days in, actually. I know it's weird, but this place sorta runs on it's own time. The months and everything are the same, but whatever time of year it was where you come from, that's not what it is here.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

That is mighty unusual.

[save_the_souls]

[There's what appears to be a boy sitting on the corner of the roof, his legs pulled up and his arms wrapped around them. His golem, Timcanpy, sits on top of his knees looking concerned at his master. At least we can assume it's confused since Timcanpy has no real face. ]

[He is not aware of the 6'1" bunny at all, since Easter Bunny was never really a thing for him. In fact thinking he's alone, he's allowing himself to look as lost and sad as he fears looking in front of anyone else.]

I don't know what to do, Tim. Nothing is going as I hoped at all.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Bunny wanders over to him anyway. He looks pretty young, really. But it's the melancholy that brings the rabbit closer. He'll do his best by hanging around to try and make things better anyway. If the boy can see him or not.

...Plus that golden floating thing looks suspicious. It looks like something North would make if he O.D on eggnog]

That's the funny thing about hope. It can always turn around.

[theabjectauthor]

It is, in fact. January third, though I'm afraid I don't know how Paradisa numbers its years.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I stopped counting years from the Back o Bourke anyway. The months the more important thing.

adds one more to your MILLIONS OF THREADS

[not_mafia]

[There's a kid out on the rooftop who looks decidedly less upset than the previous two. There's a soft smile on his face as he pets his little fiery lion Natsu, who gives sounds of contentment in return. All in all, he looks to be pretty normal. A promising candidate as a believer, perhaps?]

ALL THE THREADS FOREVER

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[It's nicer not to see a brooder. Maybe the roof is some sort of brooding spot, the amount of them that find their way up here. Still, he'll wander cautiously around Natsu, because after the greyhound incident, he's a little more careful with animals]

G'day mate.

ACTION bwah

[molotov]

[Is that an actual adult acknowledging him? Yes. It is. A smoking adult in a full-length fur coat, who speaks without actually looking at him. She's just lounging against a turret, smoking.]

Time freezes in your own world. So, January here, but the same month you left there.

awww yes

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[That's...new. But he should be prepared for anything, this is a very different world, after all. Still, he'll wander closer with a touch of caution]

So everything is put on hold until you get sent back?

Action!

[savors]

[ She wasn't planning to be up here long, as she only left Arya alone so she could stop by the clinic and pick up blood. Which she's already consumed. Even though Arya currently can't see it, she can't seem to shake the habit of coming up to the roof to calm down (she waited too long, again) and also remove any traces of blood from her face.

It's while she's moving to wipe her mouth clean that she pauses and glances up, having heard a voice. There is a giant rabbit on the roof, and it is talking. She's immediately distrustful but that doesn't say much; the amount of people she trusts here can be counted out on one hand. Still.. ]

You're new.

Re: Action!

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[He'll turn to look at her and dear god why does that child have blood on her face. He moves a little closer, concerned]

Just arrived today. You hurt?

Dictated - (Journal reads written, it counts as written? Maybe?)

[radiantwingedone]

Cold enough to be. Although not as cold as it was. Castle seems to no longer be made of ice....

aww yis

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...Hold up.

What do you mean it was made of ice?

[Frost you skite WERE YOU HERE?!!]

[peacockherald]

Yes, New Years happened about three days ago. At least, according to the calendar of this world.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

So someone has told me. Ripper. Just what I need.

[wishmadeinfire]

You must be a new arrival, if you missed all of that - but yes, New Years was a few days ago now. What was it where you came from?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Easter had just finished. [Damnit noooo his precious schedule]

dictated

[psych0p0mps]

[hey bunbun have another technically kid :')]

yes its january
the castle can pull people from all different places and times
so actually the chances of any given person coming from the same time of year are only 1 in 365
assuming you come from a planet with 365 days in a year anyway

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Excellent, he can always use some of those]

That's where I come from. I keep a close eye on the days ticking by. Seems I have less time than I expected now.