[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]

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[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Among the what-now?

[peacockherald]

Ah, Taleydras. They are a race of people in my world. They care for lands that have been warped by ancient magics, releasing them from the hold of the nodes. I learned from them when my gifts appeared.

_{[And when his mind was to traumatized to really function, a broken, shell of a boy kept alive through the determination of his aunt and his Companion.]}

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

So caretakers of the world, then?

[peacockherald]

Yes, something like that. They tend to keep to themselves, though, they're not much for letting themselves be known to normal folk.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

You get people like that.

[peacockherald]

They're just... very different from most people, is all. They're more myth than anything. I thought they were till my Aunt introduced me.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Sometimes things stay myths to keep everything working as it should.

[peacockherald]

Yes, that is the idea, though I think they would scare some people too. But it is of little matter here or there - they perform their duties, as I perform mine. Perhaps one day, though, they'll be a bit more open. The hertasi might be another matter though.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Oh? What that, then?

[peacockherald]

The hertasi are little, lizard like people that live with the Taleydras. They serve them in return for safety, and they live in the ground beneath the trees the Taleydras inhabit.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Right, I see. We have that, creatures who live with us, serve us in our realms.

[peacockherald]

Really? Ah, but then, I imagine if you are in charge of a whole holiday that does make sense.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

It makes the job easier, fair dinkum.

[peacockherald]

_{[There is a pause and then a small laugh.]}

"Fair dinkum"? A phrase from your native land, I take it?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

It is, from Australia. [Not exactly his native land, but close enough]

[peacockherald]

Australia? I take it one of the countries from 'Earth' right?

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Only the best country on Earth, fair dinkum.

[peacockherald]

Hahaha, well, I shall take your word for it. If all are like you, I would think it must be an interesting country.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

It's sure interesting, that's a truth.