[Shieba]

Rosy stood at the edge of the overgrown area of the park. She had managed to get another of these slots and was allowed to enter the fun egg hunt again, but her little partner had gone home and so, she needed a new one. Curiously, she looked around, seeing if anyone seemed interested. She wondered if she should look for a human specifically since she had learned that it was impossible for her to grab or carry eggs. Being a Fellox was difficult sometimes. She could probably make a makeshift transportation tool out of her ribbons, though, so she wouldn't be biased and just ask someone who looked nice, no matter if pet or human. "Hello?" she called to all the pets and people at the park. "Is there someone who wants to hunt for eggs with a Fellox?"

[Kyrit]

It was on a whim that he came to Terrace. He could remember many a year visiting the place with his younger siblings when his father always said he was too busy to do anything for Easter. There were no siblings to hide eggs for now. There hadn't been for many years either. Still, for some reason he returned there every single year, as if expecting to see someone he knew running through the park.

With an empty basket in hand, Draiz looked out toward the unkempt area of the park and let out a small sigh. It looked like it would be a lonely holiday again, until he heard the voice of another calling out for companionship. Upon finding where the voice was coming from, Draiz looked down at the Fellox with a smile and gave a small shake of his basket. "I have no one else to search with, so if you don't mind I could join you." If one were to look at this man they would not guess that he was a Fellox, but they would not guess he was human either. He did have two black furry ears protruding through this hair as well as a long tail wavering slowly behind him, but there were no flames, shackles, or mask to give the rest away.

[Shieba]

Rosy beamed when a man came up to her and offered to join her. He looked very unusual to Rosy, who was normally living away from most civilisation in Whisper Forest and who had never seen a human with animal-like ears and a tail. She tried not to stare, though - she was a Fellox with little wings, after all, and she hated to get stared at herself. Far more interesting was the basket anyway. That would come in handy indeed!

"I certainly wouldn't mind." She flapped her wings a bit nervously. It was a bit weird to trust a stranger just like that. Her former partner had been a little girl, that had been easier. However, the man seemed nice and polite enough and hadn't even looked at her strangely, no matter how unusual for a Fellox she looked. "My name is Rosalind, but please call me Rosy. I see you even have a basket! Does that mean you have done this before?"

[Kyrit]

Noticing that Rosy seemed a bit nervous, Draiz bent down so he wasn't as tall, which to most usually meant a less threatening sight. Not that he looked all that threatening anyways. He had some muscle to him, but for the most part he seemed rather lean, far to scrawny to look like he could put up a good fight. When he had been walking early he also walked with an ever so slight limp.

"It's nice to meet you Miss Rosy. My name is Draiz, though you can call me whatever you like. I don't have any particular nickname to begin with though." His eyes moved to the basket as she mentioned it and he gave a small nod. "Well, something of the like. I don't think I've ever actually hunted for eggs before. I was always the one to do the hiding of them back home. Though I suppose if I was good enough to hide them I might be of use in finding at least a few as well."

[Shieba]

"Draiz is a really nice name! Very unusual!" Rosy beamed. Her new partner seemed really nice and was obviously trying to make her feel comfortable. She wondered if she had been mistaken earlier when he had come up to her - had he been limping? The ground in the overgrown area was pretty uneven mostly and Rosy doubted she would be able to carry someone as tall as him on her back. Hopefully, Draiz would be fine.

"That sounds like something that could be useful indeed! This is my third time doing the hunt, so I'm sure we'll be able to spot some eggs together! I must warn you, though - during my first two times, I had to swim through a muddy pond, dig holes and shake trees. There is a rather big possibility you might get wet or dirty. If you don't mind that, well, shall we get started?" There was a time limit, after all, and they could talk during walking all they wanted.

[Kyrit]

A very unusual name indeed. He had always wondered why he had such an exotic name while his siblings had much more common ones, such as the youngest one Destiny. He hadn't ever actually asked his parents why they had given him a more striking name, but it was still something that caught his thoughts now and then. He knew the answer would never be given now, but thoughts were always something nice to dwell on while traveling.

Standing back up, Draiz gave a small nod. "I'll make it through any rough terrain. I may not look like it, but I've done enough traveling to know how to get around. If need be I can always travel on four legs instead of two, though this does make carrying things much easier." He was born and raised as more a a 'human' so to say, but all of his family also had the ability to take on the form of an animal as well. Fenlings to be exact. He was a bit of a.. special case. Either way, if he did have to transform she'd probably be even more comfortable with traveling with him.

[Shieba]

"Oh! So you're one of these people who can shift forms as well? That's so convenient! But yes, it will probably be easier if you stay in your human form. Not only for carrying the basket, but also for looking for unusual things. The grass can be pretty high sometimes and I had a bit of trouble spotting possible hiding places before because of it." She was glad that Draiz was able to get around without her carrying him.

Rosy looked around. There were quite a few people egg hunting right now, so the entrance area would probably be well-searched. Seeing as Draiz appeared to be ready, Rosy made her way past the watching people to the beginning of the overgrown area. "Well, here we are. We should probably get away from the other searching teams as fast as possible if we want to find eggs." She entered the higher grass. "Tell me if you see anything unusual! The eggs are mostly hidden in pairs, probably to make it fairer since this event requires a partner, so we'll both get quite a few, hopefully."

[Kyrit]

He gave yet another nod, agreeing that for the time being a human figure would benefit the two of them. Being at a lower height she would be able to catch sights that he looked over, while he would be able to catch the higher up hiding places that she might miss due to having to crane her neck around to even possibly catch a glimpse of them.

"Yeah, I definitely agree. And since this is your third time joining the hunt, I'm sure that means many people have scanned through this area quite a few times now. I don't know how often the eggs are replaced, so it's likely the odds of finding eggs will only increase the further away from other teams we are."

[Shieba]

Rosy nodded. "I have heard the bunny who runs the event muttering about how he replaced eggs. That had been before my second hunt, though, and I don't know if he has done so again." She walked towards where the grass seemed pretty untouched so far, keeping her eyes mostly on the ground, though she didn't really expect to find anything yet.

Nearing the grass that hadn't yet been stomped into the ground by all too many feet, Rosy looked back. They weren't that far away from the normal area of the park yet, so why was this part still unchecked? "Weird. This area seems pretty untouched yet, but why?" She tested the ground. "Not muddy, so probably no hidden pond to fall into. Can you see something unusual that could keep people away? Maybe we need to go in deeper to find out, though."

[Kyrit]

"Oh?" His ears gave a small twitch, listening to every word said. "I didn't get to actually meet him. I think after this I'd like to thank him for hiding so many eggs! I wasn't expecting this, but I'm glad I actually get to find them for once." Behind him, as if he were a puppy, his tail began to swish about. Though he had been the oldest of his siblings sometimes he seemed to regress a few years and let his inner child out. Actually, that was quite often. Usually he came off as a silly idiot.

He had seemed to trail off before she began speaking again, emerald eyes scanning across the area as they walked. "So far I'm seeing just a few trees spread out a good ways ahead of us. Some are closely packed and others are pretty spread out. I think there might me a small clearing around some of the trees."

[Shieba]

Rosy blinked a bit confused when the man she had so far seen as mature and pretty sophisticated - he had called her a "Miss", after all, which wasn't something Rosy heard often - suddenly seemed rather childishly excited. "It sure is fun to search for them", she agreed, for once glad she was wearing a mask. If she wouldn't, she would surely grin at him right now. It was rather cute how he swished his tail about.

"A few trees...? Well, it's worth checking out. There were eggs hidden up trees before and a clearing sounds promising as well. Though neither explains why there has no one been here yet. I suppose we'll find out, then?" She entered the more intact grass and carefully made her way forward. There were no rocks or roots covering the ground, but it took her only a few meters to figure out what probably had scared the people away: Between the grass grew large amounts of stinging nettles and thistles. "Oh, great..." While the stinging nettles probably kept all humans in short dresses and pants away, they didn't bother Rosy with her fur, but the thistles were pretty bad for her ribbons, which were just at the right height to get caught. "Not a ribbon-friendly environment! Are you fine, Draiz?"

[Kyrit]

He had been expecting that some creature protecting what it saw as its own territory had been keeping everyone away from this area. Needless to say, he was soon proven wrong in his theory the first time his hand was snagged by one of the thistles. His pants were thick enough to provide some protection, but he could still feel them scratching against his legs, trying to work their way through with each step.

Looking down at Rosy, he smiled and gave a small nod. "I'll be fine. How about you? You don't really seem to have much in the way of protection." The fact that her fur was a type of protection from the environment had gone right over his head it seemed.

[Shieba]

"I'm not getting hurt since my fur protects me enough, but I have troubles with my ribbons." Rosy tried in vain to keep them away from the annoying plants, but they were everywhere and especially the big ribbons on her tails were constantly assaulted by the thistles and Rosy had to use quite a bit of force sometimes to get them free. "I bet they'll be ruined and full of holes in the end." She sighed. Well, swimming through a muddy pond during her first hunt had already halfway ruined them, so she probably needed a new pair anyway.

When she looked back to watch her tail ribbons, she noticed how Draiz' pants were seemingly the only thing protecting him. "Does that really work? I don't really know much about humans, but human skin is pretty sensitive and without protective fur, right? Let's hope your pants are made of better fabric than my ribbons." With the thistles everywhere, the grass had thinned out somewhat and Rosy could see a bit of the trees Draiz had mentioned now. "I think we're halfway there. I suggest we try to find a different way back, though."

[Kyrit]

"Oh! Right. Fur. Sorry. I hadn't thought about that. Though some creatures don't have very thick fur. I suppose I should've known better though, but I don't use my four legged form very often." He wasn't exactly... proud of his status as a Fellox. He had done things in the past that led to that cursed form, which by now he was no longer proud of either. That wasn't something he needed to worry about now though, so he pushed the thought to the back of his mind and looked down at the ribbons as well. "If you would like I could take the ribbons off for you and put them in the basket until the end of the hunt, that way they don't get too torn up."

Turning back to look at the trees ahead of them once again, he gave a small shrug. "Clothing can be protective. Jeans are pretty thick and are good for walking through something like this, but some clothes don't really help at all. These aren't the best of choice, but they're at least keeping my legs from being scratched up. And we definitely should pick a different way back."

[Shieba]

"That's quite alright. What is your four-legged form, if I may ask? It obviously has a tail since you seem to keep that in this form, too, but beyond that, I can't really guess. A lot of four-legged creatures have tails." Rosy paused a bit. Draiz' offer was very nice, but... "The truth is, I'd rather have to buy new ribbons. I feel very bad without them. True, it's just the two of us here right now, but I started wearing them in the first place not only because they're super-pretty, but because they draw attention away from my little wings. Many people find them scary or abnormal and I got a lot of not so nice words flung at me before because of them. By now, I feel pretty scared if I don't wear my ribbons. But thank you a lot for the offer!"

Rosy pondered this. After all, the creature hosting the event was just a little Cuniflare. "Let's hope there is a different way back. Not just for our clothes, but also because I doubt the Cuniflare walked through this. If the area ahead is surrounded by these plants, I doubt we'll find eggs there. But eh, we're almost there, so let's see what we can find."