[2] 71 Days Until Easter

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[Well, that had been a week of ridiculousness, and Bunny had learned the rather harsh lesson that he was not as up to fighting as he was back on Earth. He really needed to work on that belief thing here. Maybe even try something for the other Guardians, should they ever show up. If theyw ere to protect the children here, they needed to be on better form than this]

Right. So I'm going to avoid mirrors in this place for a good long while. I hear that sort of thing is regular around here? How regular, exactly?

[Children]

All of you okay?

Comments

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

They're still a stupid idea. [Mutter mutter, goddamn marshmallows, sneaking in on his gig]

[wizard_redfive]

I would not tell that to the sentient ones. They were aggressive enough without insults.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

I think I can take 'em.

[wizard_redfive]

I don't know, Bunny. They have the advantage in numbers.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

They're still tiny little marshmallows, right?

[wizard_redfive]

Yes. But they attacked in swarms.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Why didn't anyone set a flame thrower on them?

[wizard_redfive]

[Geez Bunny, they weren't zombie Peeps!]

It wouldn't surprise me if someone tried. The Peeps would probably keep multiplying, hopefully not while they were on fire.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[They COULD have been]

How were they stopped?

[wizard_redfive]

We held them off until they disappeared the next day.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[A groan] This place makes no bloody sense.

[wizard_redfive]

You're just figuring that out now?

Anyway, the Peeps were nothing. What we suffered for Easter was nowhere near as bad as last October.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Maybe I had a little hope it would start making sense at some point.

...What happened then?

[wizard_redfive]

Not much chance of that. It can be nice or it can be terrible, but the castle rarely makes sense.

First we had the weekend of nightmares. Then the castle was attacked by a flesh-stealing cat. And finally on Halloween, some of the adults turned into children.

It was a busy month.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

[...What the ever loving balls]

I don't even know what to focus on first.

[wizard_redfive]

Yeah, it was pretty bad.

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...The nightmares. Was there a...

Was there something that looked like a man in them? All dark, like he was made of shadows?

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

[Pause. 'Does Bunny know of the Lone Power?' Given his position as an immortal being of Life, the possiblity was certainly there.]

...In my nightmares? Yes, sometimes, though It preferred a more red-haired look. As for everyone else, I can't say. I wandered into only a few nightmares that were not my own.

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

He hasn't sported red hair for as long as I've known him.

...Can you remember anything else about him?

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

[Well, it seems Bunny knows It as a male figure, so she'll go with that pronoun to avoid confusion.]

Really? He seems fond of it, though as I understand it That One appears to everyone differently.

I remember all of it. Every single nightmare. It... He used a couple different forms over those [painful] three days.

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

...Might not be him, unless he gained power again.

[There's a pause here, he hates letting kids know too much about Pitch. After all belief is power and he doesn't want Pitch growing strong here]

His name is Pitch Black.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

Last I checked He was plenty powerful. [Too powerful for her tastes, but what're you going to do? Stupid immortal Powers of darkness...]

Haven't heard that one before, but then again, I don't profess to know all of Its names.

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

It's possible he's the same thing...We don't know what happened to him after his Nightmares dragged him back under the bed.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

[Pause]

Who did what now? [She sounds on the verge of laughter. What happened to the Lone Power? Or his minion. Or whatever.]

Re: Bunnymund

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Like us Guardians, his power depends on how many believers he has. When the kids stopped fearing him...stopped believing in him, he grew weak. His nightmares took advantage of his fear.

He'll be back eventually. We never get rid of him forever.