[EVENT] Egg.

[vrdr_mods]

Congratulations! You're now the proud owner (or parent?) of an egg.

All residents of the Velvet Room will find an egg next to them when they wake up today, or, if they don't sleep, they'll blink or look away and find it sitting beside them. A simple card rests beside it, bearing their name in elegant calligraphy.

The egg is about the size and shape of a goose egg, but colored a pale, sparkling blue reminiscent of the Velvet Room's butterflies. It weighs less than you might expect, but it's warm, and now and then you feel something move inside it... or is that just your imagination? You don't need to carry it with you everywhere, but if you try to abandon it entirely, it'll return to your home to wait for you again. It's completely indestructible and impossible to crack.

Igor and the attendants of the Velvet Room refuse to answer questions about the egg plague, or even give cryptic hints. The most they'll do is talk about how much of a mystery the world can be. The attendants seem pretty pleased about something, though...

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After a day of being perplexing, alarming, endearing, amusing, or whatever other reaction they might inspire, the eggs finally crack at the stroke of midnight. Their broken shells turn to glimmering blue light and vanish, revealing...

...an orb of your character, in the style of Gorbs and Jokorbs, or any other orb you've seen on TV. This one, though, is a normal orb size (small enough to fit easily in the palm of your hand) and exhibits no signs of life or sentience. It's nothing more than a little round plushie that looks like you. Unlike the egg, it can be destroyed or abandoned, but how could you do such a thing? Look at its little face.


[[ Happy April Fools' Day! Enjoy this small event gifted to your characters, or inflicted upon them, by powers unknown. Definitely not by Igor, and especially not because a certain one of his attendants thought of it. ]]

Comments

[wicked_plan]

@Karasu DID YOU LAY THIS EGG??? [attached img: bed_egg.jpeg]

[undyingcrow]

Ren.

Not only am I not a literal bird, but I have male reproductive organs, ergo, I physically cannot produce eggs.

There's clearly something else afoot.

a network post made shortly after he wakes up

[willowandoak]

bro these eggs
theyre acting so mysterious like they think i wont tell u all where they came from lmao

[lakebrat]

You might at least tell *me*.

[He is totally in on it.]

[cybermask]

bro I don't even have someone to make an egg with

[seekerofjustice]

Thank fuck I didn't forget something--

He answers that without thinking first, but as he goes to write a proper response, he pauses... and quickly erases it before correcting himself.

Pray tell what you've deduced thus far?

[seekerofjustice]

Dove is holding his egg gently in his hands. Staring at it. Shocked and horrified, but also a little awestruck.

I found an egg in my bedroom this morning. I have found no indication of where it came from.

There is a small beat before another message gets sent shockingly quickly.

This isn't some concept Maruki erased from my memory, is it? This is entirely as surreal as it seems, correct?

He is silently begging for this to be another one of Igor or the attendants' silly ideas and not more psychological horror for him to sit with.

[pheasantboy]

[Even though Sparrow can't see the second line, he replies.]

I think they're just eggs.

It's curious that they should be gifted to us. I suspect Igor.

[youngestdawn]

humans dont lay eggs because were normal creatures

[dragonprincegoro]

I did not need an egg, that's not even.... it's too small.

[willowandoak]

......... too small for what

[moistpolitics]

So I see we all have no idea where these eggs came from.

[youngestdawn]

no one knows where you cane from either

[fogbornphantom]

Hiro is highly convinced he laid an egg.

He is doting over said egg. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this, but I have a strong suspicion it's Elizabeth's doing.

I advise caring for the egg because there's likely some moral lesson to learn here.

Another "bonding" exercise, I'm sure.

[willowandoak]

also bc u cant smash it

[lostgemini]

at least i'm not the only one, then. if this is meant to be a bonding exercise, it's a pretty shitty one

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Kou can be found later in the day, trying to enjoy a smoke.

Trying being the keyword here. Mostly, he's angrily glaring at the opposite wall.

Next to him sits the sparkling, blue egg. He is very clearly trying to ignore it.

[Network]

[vampirethief]

[Well uh this is certainly something. His egg certainly resembles himself, though the ears and fangs are painted on.]

Well played. You sure got us with these eggs.

[He doesn't even have anyone to make "eggs" with. He's sure if his Yusuke was here, he would be quite amused.]

[pheasantboy]

You don't like them? Myself, I'm starting to find them charming.

[Things he would never have said in the beforetimes... except is anyone still keeping count?]

[Also network]

[aknightnotaprincess]

[Shiho's not sure what to think of the weird egg that looks like herself. She doesn't have anyone to make "eggs" with, and she'd rather jump into a sewer than be with any boys.]

Isn't it early for that Easter holiday? Granted, I don't know much about it, but I do know that's a holiday that America celebrates.

[herewardbound]

Igor

I say, as ever when you're back on your bullshit again

what the fuck

[willowandoak]

this should be right up ur alley

[youngestdawn]

Early in the day, after Hiro's made everyone well-aware of his fondness for the eggs, Aki-chan knocks on the door to Hiro's egg-room.

[fogbornphantom]

Hiro happily opens the door, smiling bright. "Good morning, Aki-chan! How are you?"

[mirrorgirl]

question: can I eat the mystery egg?
I don’t know what else to do with it. O^o
Wait no it moved nevermind post canceled!! I think I need blankets instead!!!

[pheasantboy]

You need to keep the egg warm. In case it dies.

[vrdr_mods]

Good evening, everyone.

I realize there's been some confusion regarding the eggs, but I'd like to clear something up to avoid any misconceptions. You see, while it's true that we denizens of the Velvet Room aren't quite human, I am not physically capable ofkjhjkhjkjk

[vrdr_mods]

Don't listen to his lies! It's obvious that Theodore did it.

[wipingallout]

I will PROTECT EGG JR WITH MY LIFE

[willowandoak]

jr

[mirrorkechi]

if that egg hatches into some monstrosity I’m killing someone

[paradisefraught]

takutomaruki

Looks like you have a grandchild! Haha!

[wipingallout]

I GET TO CALL HIM GRAMPS

[mountainfoggedlotus]

fogboundcrow what do you guys want to do with these eggs...?

[ Attached is a picture of his egg, resting on Wormwood's shedding wings. ]

[fogboundcrow]

Shiro wants to take care of them, just like Hiro.

I don't think there's any harm in it, but it's still strange...