[PRP] Eggs Galore!

[Bluedemonwolf]

Prompt 2 -
Ah! There are hares everywhere, and they're... dropping colored eggs around Dream Valley? Seems like Spira wants to have an egg hunt and has asked the local population to help! Describe an experience finding one of these colorful eggs!

Whimsy the Marvelous was visiting a park in Dream Valley to take in the warmer weather and sprouting flowers. Spring was definitely her season as she walked along the path in the park. There were quite a lot of ponies at the park moving about in the open grass field as if they were searching for something. She wasn't sure what exactly was going on but didn't want to just insert herself into the group of ponies in case they were partaking in a special event. Moving off to the side she watched for a while trying to figure out what exactly was going on. (wc: 105)

 

[Nym]

Spring! Spring was here! Trash Bandit loved the soft, flora undertones in the air and the gentle, pitter-patter of evening showers, especially after how bitter the previous year's winter had been. Regardless of their own innate seasonal leaning, spring meant a lot to Trash Bandit; it was a time of rebirth, growth, and, most importantly, freedom from being trapped indoors to avoid the cold! Usually, they'd be out and about with Phil, their partner, but today Trash Bandit was both looking for a present to bring home and taking a much needed stroll in one of his favorite parks. A win-win, in his book. ​

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He had known about the egg-tossing hares, but it was another thing seeing it right in front of your eyes. He had been meaning to ask Phil to join him on the spring-queen-mandated egg hunt, but it couldn't hurt to take back a sparkly egg to further his persuasions. Man, the hares were busy, but the ponies meandering through the park were more so, clustering into large groups over spotted eggs with giggles and, sometimes, frustrated grumbles. Nah, he didn't want to get caught up in that— his tail was a perfect target to get trampled on, no thanks! ​

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Oooo, wait, was that a hare placing down a golden, shimmery egg in the bush beside him? Well, don't mind if he did... Trash Bandit made a move to swoop closer before anyone else might notice, not quite spotting the rainbow-colored pony a few feet behind him.​

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WC: 250​

 

[Bluedemonwolf]

Whimsy watched for a while seeing some ponies hold something up in joy from time to time. She wasn't quite sure what it was as it was a small item and she was too far away. She got her first real clue when a clamor arose from the group, many of the ponies swarming towards something. That something bounced out of the group, mostly in thanks to its small size, and ran away from all of the ponies. It was a hare that was carrying a basket that looked to be empty now.

Taking a tentative step forward she paused when a fuzzy bodied pony stepped towards some bushes in front of her. She was momentarily distracted by the fur-less, whip like tail and she had to shake her head to focus on the real item of interest. A golden, shimmery egg was in the bush that the pony was heading for. "Oh!" She said as things clinked into place. Spring, hares with baskets, and colored eggs! There must be an egg hunt going on! "Um... excuse me?" She asked tentatively approaching Trash Bandit, "Am I'm correct in guessing that there's an egg hunt going on in the park right now?" She didn't remember seeing any flyers for it, usually big events like that were announced on a big bulletin board at the park entrance. (wc: 225)

 

[Nym]

Oh! Someone had almost bumped into him! Or had he almost bumped into them? What they hadn’t noticed was the distance between the two, but a poor lack of depth perception did that to a pony. Trash Bandit stepped back and flicked their tail to their side, apologetically raising a hoof. “Sorry, sorry! I wasn’t looking!”​

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He glanced from the egg and then back to the pony, nodding quickly. “Yeah! Uhhhh, I think it’s related to Queen Spira’s announcement earlier this week, about, uh, partying and hares or somethin’. I don’t really remember the details that well, but, yeah.” They rubbed the back of their neck with a sheepish grin. They weren’t the attention-to-details one in their pairing, after all— that was Phil’s job.​

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“It’s hard to even get close to an egg with the crowd, huh? They’re like, rabid, almost. Did she say there was a prize involved? I don’’t get it.”​

 

[Bluedemonwolf]

Whimsy shook her head when the pony in front of her apologized. "Oh it's alright! No need to apologize. You didn't bump into me or anything." She replied flashing him a smile, "You may want to snag that egg before anyone else spots it."

Hearing that Queen Spira had made an announcement about this whole thing made her frown a little. Why hadn't she heard of this announcement? Earlier this week..... oh! She had probably been so absorbed in practicing her stage magic that she completely missed any announcements. "Ahhhhh that makes sense then. I must have missed it while practicing earlier this week." She chuckled at his sheepish grin and gave a nod, "Well I can understand that. After all I completely missed the announcement so you knew more than me."

Turning back to look at the crowd she shook her head. A cry went out from one end as apparently a stash of eggs were discovered and the crowd all rushed towards the small group of ponies who had found the new eggs. "Yeah.... they're going nuts over there. I am not braving that crowd for any eggs. I'll just stick to the fringes or unoccupied areas." She said with a shrug, "I guess there could be a prize involved but I have no idea." (wc: 217)