[Shieba]

"Yeah, I think the family reunions are like that. Dad says the Fellox of the white god of his world - they're friends - tells him the Creator tends to get angry if Her children aren't behaving during the meeting and then she whacks them with...a shovel." Rosy flapped her wings a bit nervously. "I mean, really, how crazy can it get? A shovel!" Rosy tilted her head. "Can Gar get into the Chateau, though? What if someone attacks you while you're inside? A Garagnir can't fit through our doors at all...then again, I'm not sure if they'd attack someone in Grandma's home. I'm not sure, though."

"That's a good idea! The tree isn't all that big, after all." Rosy squinted. "It's hard to tell how many are up there...might be more than two, if we're lucky. Hopefully they won't all fall at the same time." She walked up to the tree and put her front paws onto it. It was weird to halfway stand on her hind paws, but it worked. "Alright, get in a good position and give me a sign when I'm supposed to start!"

[Kodai]

"Wow, that's pretty harsh... but I bet it's the only way to get them all to behave. But I still wonder why she brings them all together in the first place if they all hate each other? That's still odd to me." Cat considered for a moment. "Well, he does have a human form, too, and that form is pretty big as well, but he'd definitely be less of a target as a Garagnir, for sure. But I think that there's probably a good chance that they wouldn't attack at your home. I mean, they'd surely get into a lot of trouble if they did, right? You could always ask your Grandma if it's okay for me to visit first, though. Then she could prepare your Chateau and make sure those people aren't home."

Pulling out the front of her dress to make a shallow basket again, Cat stood underneath the branches that held the eggs, hoping they'd fall properly. She kept her gaze up so she could watch them fall and try to adjust herself accordingly. "Okay, I'm ready! You can start shaking the tree now!"

[Shieba]

"I guess that, as a mother, She just likes seeing her children? I don't know. I'm glad my family is not like that, really." Rosy thought about it. "I dunno, Grandma definitely permits that they fight with each other at home, but I'm not too sure about attacking strangers. People who come to our Chateau to rest learn quickly how to evade them. I can totally ask Grandma when I see her, though, but that's a rare thing. All her children have amnesia and she doesn't want to answer questions, so she's super-elusive." The more Rosy talked about the Felloxes at the Chateau, the more messed up they all seemed, even to her.

"Alright! I'll start slowly." Rosy pushed her weight against the tree, but needed a few tries to get it to shake even a bit. It was hard if you had no hands to grip it with, after all. A slight shaking had no effect, neither had a bit of a stronger one. Rosy finally dared to shake hard and that finally reached the branches higher up. Something fell down, though not all eggs yet. Rosy couldn't really look how many were falling from her position, though.

[Kodai]

"Hmm... Well, maybe you could try writing a note and leaving it someplace where you think she'd find it? The only problem would be making sure that no one else sees it, which could be hard." She didn't seem overly bothered by the fact that there were killers at Rosy's house, but then, it had sounded like there were some of those sorts at her own. Maybe she was used to that sort of thing? Or maybe she was underestimating the people Rosy knew...

It took Rosy a little while to finally make things start falling out of the tree, but Cat kept staring up so she would be prepared. Once stuff started falling, she shifted around a bit in the hopes that she'd catch them. Most of it just seemed to be leaves, but then an egg fell into her dress basket. "Ah! That's one! And that's two! Keep at it; I think there are still more up there!"

[Shieba]

"I could do that..." Rosy pondered the idea. "Then again, Grandma is the Fellox of the Creator. The Creator has the ability to know everything She wants to know. That should mean Grandma can do that, too. I wonder if I can somehow make her want to know what I want to do then...? Oh wow, this is all mad complicated. Well, there are always the Felloxes of the white gods around. They normally keep the dark ones pretty busy so that they don't attack people. I think it should be fine...maybe." Rosy sighed. This seemed like such a bother. Why was she living together with so many messed-up people?!

"Yay! You got them!" Rosy started shaking the tree again, hoping that more eggs fell down. She tried not to shake too hard, though, so that they wouldn't fall in all directions. The position was rather uncomfortable to her and when she glimpsed something falling down, she wondered if that had been all. She wanted to call out, but Cat had to concentrate on the catch right now.

[Kodai]

"Oh, is that so? Maybe she could already know, then. Unless that sort of knowing only applies when you're at home? In that case, maybe just thinking about what you want to do once you get home will let her know? But you could always write a note as well, just to be sure." Secretly, Cat wondered if Rosy's grandma and Baron were similar sorts of creatures. After all, Baron definitely knew a lot of things that he otherwise shouldn't, and he said he had a connection to the Lady of the House... To Cat, that sounded a lot like Rosy's grandma and her connection with the mysterious Creator. And it wasn't like Baron would tell her if this was true, either...

Before Rosy resumed shaking the tree, Cat quickly put the two eggs she had caught into her pocket so that they wouldn't get smashed by the others when they fell. Looking up again, she saw some more leaves and a few bits of bark fall, and then eventually another two eggs fell. She had to dance a bit to catch them, though. "Oh! That was close, but I got them! I think that's all of them, Rosy!"

[Shieba]

"Well, she only knows things she wants to know and I'm not sure I'm important enough...I mean, her 'real' children are trying to murder each other all the time and are also constantly searching for her to get some answers. I guess that must keep her busy. I wonder if she has a room somewhere where I could put a note in. But no one has found any so far..." Rosy was deep in thought herself. "Aaah, complicated! Stupid, strange family!"

Rosy let go of the tree and stretched her legs. "Awesome! Felloxes aren't meant for shaking trees, after all! But yay, more eggs! We're doing good! We got eight now, I think! Are your pockets big enough for all of them? And are they heavy?" Rosy had no idea if the eggs were hollow or not, having no method to pick them up herself. She could only imagine that they would weigh quite a bit all together if they weren't.

[Kodai]

"Hmm... It does sound like she's very busy..." Cat admitted, trying to think of something else Rosy could try. "...Oh! I wonder if you could ask your father to talk to her for you? I would think they're both on a similar level, being companion Felloxes and all... At any rate, you could ask him if there is a place you could hide a letter where she would find it, or you could even try asking him if it would be okay for me to visit." She gave Rosy a gentle pat. "I understand having a strange family... although we usually get along at the House, so I'm sorry most of your family fights all the time."

The girl considered the weight of the eggs in her pockets. "Well, they are getting a little heavy," she admitted, "but now that we have eight on one side, I think I can carry eight more in the second pocket. That shouldn't be too much of a problem for me. Although I'll have to be very careful about not being shaken or bumped around too much, so they don't break." Cautiously, Cat climbed back up onto Rosy's back, doing her best not to crush the eggs.

[Shieba]

Rosy beamed. "That's actually a good idea! My Dad helps Grandma a lot, so he probably talk to her sometimes. I bet he could do something!" She smiled behind her mask. "My actual family is great. I love my parents and my sisters. I just call Grandma 'Grandma' because she has created Mom, but doesn't consider her her child like she does with the companions of the eight gods. Actually, Grandma has created them all. Mom, Dad, my aunt...all of the weird-looking Felloxes. Me and my sisters are the only ones not being her direct creations. We're so weird. Probably far more weird than the people at your House."

Rosy waited patiently until Cat had gotten on her back again. "It's good that you can ride then. Though I will be more careful not to stumble or anything." She slowly started to walk through the high grass again. "It's so much harder to see anything in this part of the park with the high grass. I wonder how the Cuniflare managed to hide all the eggs. He is much smaller than us, it's a wonder he didn't get lost."

[Kodai]

Cat was delighted that she had suggested an idea for Rosy that could solve her problem. "That's great! Everything will be fine now. ...Well, unless they really can't do anything, but with the power your Grandma seems to have, I'm sure something can be done." She listened as Rosy explained her family a little more. "Just because you're different doesn't make you weird, though. I mean, I don't think you're weird! You may have different colors than other Felloxes, but you're still very nice and fun to play with." The girl tilted her head, considering. "Hmm... weirder than those at the House... Well, Baron seems to be tied with your Grandma, at least. Hmm... It's hard for me to say; I don't know everybody, after all..."

Rosy did have a good question there. "Maybe... he had somebody help him? I didn't see anyone else, but they could have gone home already. Or maybe he surveyed the area a few days prior, and decided where he wanted to put the eggs beforehand. He could have made a map, too – I mean, he needs to know where the eggs are in case the event ends and they haven't all been found, right? They can't just leave them out there, can they? They'd all start to rot... Although then you'd be able to find them for sure." She crinkled her nose at the thought of the smell of rotten eggs.

[Shieba]

Rosy nodded. "I'm sure Grandma can do something indeed. Now I just need to convince Dad that I wouldn't neglect my training too much by even starting to invite people over. I tend to avoid that stuff as much as possible." She beamed, even though Cat couldn't see it. "And I'm glad you're so open and nice! A lot of people think I already look so weird that they either stay away from me or say mean things. Hm, I wonder if Baron and Grandma could meet? Maybe they would get along well. It would make visiting each other easier."

"Probably. I mean, first the eggs in the middle of the pond, then up in the trees...must be someone who can fly. And you're probably right about the map. I heard him muttering about hiding more eggs between letting people in, so he must have marked the eggs somehow so he knows which he needs to replace. Are there any signs on the eggs? Or is it that they all look just different? I doubt there's a hint we can use in this, but who knows?" Rosy walked a bit slower in case Cat wanted to examine the eggs.

[Kodai]

"Well, I'm only one person, so I don't think he'd need to worry about that too much, right? Although, if you're ever around in the forest and want to try to visit me..." She gave a giggle and then sat with a slightly confused expression. "Oh, do they? That's not very nice of them, making judgments based on appearance. Some people think I'm weird, too, though, so I understand... And yes, that might be a good idea. It would certainly be very interesting, I think."

Cat didn't want to risk breaking or dropping the eggs by pulling them out to look at them, so she mentally went over how they had all looked. "Hmm, well, I think they do all look different. The ones by the rock looked like rocks, and the ones in the tree were bright green and yellow, so I think it might be safe to say they're all colored according to their hiding places." She decided to try looking around again even though she was having a difficult time seeing through the grass. "This area is so very flat... I wonder if he just placed them all over the ground and we're walking right past them?"

[Shieba]

"Dad knows I use every opportunity to get away", Rosy laughed. "He'll be suspicious, but I bet I can convince him. But yeah, I would also like to see your House." She sighed. "People are like that, being all suspicious of things and others who are different. Though I don't see why they think you are weird. You look so pretty!"

"That's a possibility. There must be so many different colors then!" Rosy looked around. "And you're probably right. It seems easiest to just put them on the ground. Serves as a much better hiding place than anything else here right now. I wonder if we should look around separately so we can cover more ground?"

[Kodai]

"Well, if he met me first, maybe he'd be more open to the idea?" Cat suggested. "Or I could try to send him a letter telling him about how we met and that we'd like to see each other again. And of course, if he talks to your Grandma, she might be able to help convince him too." She gave a little sigh. "Oh, well, it's not really how I look that people find weird. It's when I start talking to them. Sometimes people get a little freaked out when a little girl can understand their 'grown-up talk'. Although luckily I haven't spoken to that many people."

Splitting up might have been good for covering more ground, but... "If we do that, I'm not sure if I'll be able to find you again. Since I wouldn't be up high on your back, I don't know if I would be able to see you through this grass. I guess we could call out to each other, though? I have very good hearing, and I think you do too, as a Fellox. What do you think? Would that work?"

[Shieba]

"He would probably like that. Though he...is scared of talking to children." Rosy giggled. "It's because he has an accent, like the god he is companion to. And a little girl once told the god his accent was 'cute'. The Master of Death was horrified, since his image of being the Grim Reaper would suffer quite a bit from that, so Dad and the god both rarely talk to others." Rosy thought about Cat's words. "I don't think that's scary. It just means you are smart. There's nothing wrong with that."

"That might work. And we don't even have to totally get out of each other's sight. Just look around a bit more. It might help. But I think I would probably hear you well, yes." Rosy stopped so that Cat could get off.