[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

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.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

Power beliefs are incredibly strong. Very troublesome in the wrong hands.

[But how you know which hands are wrong? Dairine's voice is more somber. As much as Pitch probably deserved it, she isn't comfortable with his fate. It seemed... cruel. And despite her fights against the Lone Power, she still pitied It.]

[Which was probably why It wanted her dead.]

Of course he will. That's the way things must be, annoying as it is. [Otherwise, he would have no chance to redeem himself.]

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Too right, they are.

[Bunny was never one to give Pitch the benefit of the doubt. The slaughter of his race jaded him against Pitch for good. Katherine, now she was the one who could hope for better from him, and she brought the others to that conclusion. Bunny was always less convinced]

We're not lucky enough for it to be any other way.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

[She wouldn't blame him. Dairine had similar reservations after one of the Lone Power's shadows orchestrated her Mom's death. But saving It was part of her job whether she liked it or not. Didn't stop her from beating It up when she got the chance.]

Eh, I don't believe in luck much anyway.

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

There are much stronger things.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

Like hope? [She sees what you did there.]

Dairine

[thatrabbitsdynamite]

Yeah. Exactly like hope.

Bunnymund

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine laughs.]

Sounding a little biased there, Bunny.