Eggs, eggs, eggs!

[shnpc]

WHO: Everyone!
TONE: Fun and light.
RATING: PG-13
WHEN: 24th - 27th
WHERE: All over the place!
WHAT: Easter is in the air and eggs are in your hair! Except not really, but there are eggs everywhere and it is your job to find them.
STATUS: Ongoing! Use whichever format strikes your fancy.

[It's finally time to kick off the egg hunt! You're paired up and the eggs are hidden, so go off and find those eggs! They are hidden literally everywhere, even in places you may not expect them to be. So be sure to look everywhere, just try not to get in too much trouble! Friendly competition is one thing, just don't punch anyone in the face trying to get an egg.

Don't forget to see THIS POST for egg effects.]

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Hogsmeade

[shnpc]

[Since the Easter Holidays are just around the corner, there's also an impromptu Hogsmeade visit allowed for everyone in the castle, not just third years and up!

Because guess what-

There are eggs in Hogsmeade, too! So while you're shopping to prepare for the Easter holidays, don't forget to look around for eggs, too!]

[seeringlight]

[Rose is briskly making her way through the small little town. You better hurry up or she'll leave you behind.]

Oh for Merlin's sake, do please try and catch up already! I understand that window shopping is a terrible affliction to have, but we have eggs to find and you're doing nothing but slowing us down.

If imagine that you are more than capable of finding a few eggs at your age. [You really signed yourself up for hell when you partnered with Rose to be honest.]

[strideallknight]

[Dave is approaching from the opposite way, looking distinctly ruffled.]

Lalonde, you keep that up and your partner'll be eating your dust from now to the end of time.

[But he's amused. A little.]

How's the hunt going?

[seeringlight]

[Brother. What have you got yourself into?]

It's not my fault that we have a lot of ground to cover and no time to dilly dally!

Horribly. My enthusiasm to look for colorfully painted eggs is waning.

[She folds her arms.] You look like a bird more so than usual. Did something exciting happen and I missed it? Terrible.

[strideallknight]

[Many things.]

You're picking up turns of phrase from a certain English kid. How cute.

[He shrugs.]

Nothing more exciting than me about to get eaten by cats 'cause I went and picked up the egg that made me shrink to mouse size.

[seeringlight]

Would I be sent to Azkaban for physically removing your vocal chords from your throat with my bare hands? I wonder.

[The urge is strong in this one.]

I can't particularly feel bad for you right this moment.

[strideallknight]

Depends. I might get sent there for the same reason.

[An eye for an eye, after all.]

What, just because of that comment? I didn't think you'd be so damn touchy, Lalonde. Must really like the dude.

[seeringlight]

Like you would get the chance too.

[She will cut you, bitch.]

Because it was an asinine comment and the assumption that someone else can influence my choice of words.

Unlike you, I don't easily conform to the masses.

[thisonetime_withkeith]

[It isn't his fault he's falling behind! She just walks so fast, and there's just so much to see in Hogsmeade, he can't help trying to window shop a little.]

I'm comin'! Sorry, I was just lookin' at the brooms... And hey, remember, I already found some eggs! They were just... uh. Not the right kind!

[He found bird eggs. In a tree. That didn't go over well, and it resulted in him getting pecked to hell and back by a bird.]

[seeringlight]

[But...haven't you been in Hogsmeade before? You can shop later!]

You do realize that if you had touched them and it were a hamster instead of a bird, the mother would eat her young? Just thought you'd be interested to know that. [Rose being morbid as fuck Lalonde.] Plus, the eggs we're looking for are much larger than bird eggs.

[thisonetime_withkeith]

[Lots! But that doesn't mean he isn't fascinated with it the same every time.]

I... Uh. I had no idea. But that's nice? I think. And they didn't specify what kind of eggs, did they? They just said to find eggs!

[He wasn't paying attention, okay?] Besides, bird eggs are tasty!

[seeringlight]

Have you never been on an egg hunt before? We're supposed to acquire eggs of different colors. It's not that hard, you should really shape up.

[She will end you, Ellis. She will.] Come on, There has to be some around here.

[thisonetime_withkeith]

'course I have! Back when I was a kid and it was Easter, Keith and I used to go huntin' for eggs all the time! Only, we did extreme egg huntin'! Like, this one time, we went on a mission to find alligator eggs! It was so awesome, but man--

Oh hey look, there's one!

[He's pointing to a small cluster of eggs underneath someone's windowsill, ones of various colors.]

How's THAT for shapin' up? [And he goes right over and picks one up.

And promptly shrinks to a few inches tall.]

[seeringlight]

[She's so glad he didn't keep telling his story. Oh my god. She is never agreeing to partnering up with him again. A nice enough fellow. A bumbling idiot.]

Well. What kind of shaping up were you implying?

[She kneels down and gives him a rather shit eating smile.] My, my.

Hogsmeade

[wwistful]

[Murdoc has had absolutely fantastic luck with eggs. Probably because he has the unfair advantage of knowing Hogsmeade inside and out. IN ANY CASE he fails to feel guilty for it as he manages to seperate from Charlotte once more, making his way toward a pile of painfully red eggs. His first guess is that red rarely means anything good, but he swears he sees a glint of gold down there, so he's going to start lifting the eggs out of the way.

Funny, he doesn't remember the other ones being quite so heavy- or big- oh fuck. He's frozen in place for a second there as the realisation that the egg is HIS SIZE hits him. He's tiny? He's absolutely tiny!]

Well- at least my clothes shrunk with me. [He grumbles and pats himself off, turning to look for Charlotte and instead coming face to face with a giant cat. Guess what didn't shrink with him? His wand. Which is lying near the eggs.] Oh...piss. [Dear lord, is it stalking toward him? All he can do is back up and try to scramble at the wall, shrieking at the top of his lungs in the hopes that his partner might actually hear it. He clambers into a crevice in the wall, kicking desperately at the cat and yelling indignantly at it in what will probably sound ridiculously high pitched.]

Do I look like lunch to you, you mangy thing? I ought to make you into a fuckin' office rug when I get my hands on my damn wand. [Kick kick] Piss off! Go find someone else to torment!

[plushaeusrumpified]

[It's...

Surprisingly hard to get separated from Jack. Him and that damn compass and the way he strolls on through like he knows exactly where he's going, that sly bastard. It's easy to lose him when he does that. Especially with magical eggs involved, causing trouble at every goddamn turn.

Getting separated in Hogsmeade is a special level of hell because it's so much bigger than Hogwarts. Then again, he has the niggling suspicion that Jack probably just went off to the bar to get drunk. So he's on his way to find out when he hears... a cricket? Murdoc's shriek definitely sounds like a cricket or some other kind of insect. The only problem is that it's still too cold as fuck for crickets or any other kind of insect to be out. And when he sees that cat? Yeah, he knows something's up.

That tiny voice only solidifies it. Son of a bitch this is why magical eggs are stupid. Students getting eaten by a goddamn pussy.]

Hey, leave that kid alone you mangy little bitch!

[He whips out his wand and flicks it at the cat.]

Levicorpus!

[And with a feral shriek, the cat is hoisted in the air upside down by it's feet, and Bro approaches the area where the voice came from.]

You alright?

[wwistful]

[Murdoc tenses as he hears the sound of someone approaching. He draws his legs back and slinks further into the crevice, hoping they don't steal his wand or worse, take the gold egg.

He lets out a small sigh of relief when he recognises the voice, but then he tenses. God, if Bro sees him like this he'll never live it down. Maybe it's better if he just waits this one out...though he'll have to get of out this crevice before he changes back, that could get ugly.]

I'm fine! You can go now! [He's trying to disguise his voice, not fully aware of how stupidly squeaky it is now.]

[plushaeusrumpified]

[Bro just kind of stares at the little crevice the voice is coming from, feeling like the voice is weirdly familiar and yet still unrecognizable. He does the opposite of going away, moving closer and getting down flat on his belly so that he can get a look in the crevice. He squints.

And then promptly bursts out laughing.]

A fucking cat. You caught dark wizards for a living and a cat nearly did you in. Holy fuck, is this real life?

[wwistful]

[If you stare too long you're going to feel violent kicking against your face. He doesn't know whether it actually hurts and he doesn't give a fuck either. He will kick him until he stops finding it funny.]

It didn't nearly do me in. I was fine! And I didn't have my wand... [He's going to stare at Bro for a moment before frowning.] You probably look like an absolute moron right now.

[plushaeusrumpified]

[It really probably wouldn't hurt at all. You'd just end up hurting yourself, probably. But you're free to try if it would make you feel better. He won't hold it against you.]

You sounded like a fucking cricket. And I don't care how I look. I ain't the only one looking like a moron right now. No offense, I still love you, babe.

[He holds a hand out, palm up.]

C'mon, let's get you out of there and somewhere warm. You've gotta be pretty damn cold.

Re: Hogsmeade

[higherthaneverybody]

[Is that a fairy stuck in the wall? Rhys picks up the cat by the scruff of its neck, calmly ignoring the yowling protest, and leans over to peer into the crevice.

Hm.]

Donoghue. You appear to be somewhat discommoded.

Hogsmeade

[wwistful]

[Murdoc draws his legs inward as he hears the sound of SOMEBODY approaching. Hell, he can almost tell who it is the moment the huge hand drops down. That just makes him want to scurry backward even faster.

Alas, he's been spotted, so he at least tries not to look as put out as he is.]

Somewhat, yes. I foolishly hadn't anticipated this.

[higherthaneverybody]

That was foolish, considering how every school-wide event has turned out. [He sets the cat aside, shooing it away, then crouches, putting out his hand flat for Murdoc to step out on, if he chooses.] Shall I bring you to Dolores?

[wwistful]

I suppose I expected tighter safety restrictions this time around. It's an awfully daangerous effect, you know.

[He gives the hand a suspicious look before stepping out onto it tentatively, as if he's stepping on burning coals.] What can she possibly do for me?

[higherthaneverybody]

Well, considering the fact that her job is to de-spell various foolish children all day, she might have some insight into this effect. [Rhys stands, pulling Murdoc up slowly, so he doesn't tip and fall over.]

Unless you want to take me to your lover, who seems highly unlikely to have any solution whatsoever, but perhaps his presence will be comforting in your hour of need. [dryly]