[log] Eggs 101

[npcsofmana]

Who: Rachel and half a dozen other people
What: Hey, kid, want to see an egg? The Eggs 101 quest.
Where: The outskirts of Domina, past the residential area
When: Day 11
Other: Surprise parenthood

Domina, despite the magical way it appeared to the residents of the tree, is a very simple town. While there's bustling activity of all sorts near the market, a quieter atmosphere reigns in places like the church on top of the hill or near the residential area and its outskirts. This is something that is obvious to anyone who's explored a little around town at all and has a bit of observational skills.

Today, however...

A little past the array of houses, near what should be a quiet clearing, is a cacophony of chirping. Anyone who goes to investigate will find nine eggs there in the middle of the clearing. At least... They look sort of like eggs. They all share a general egg shape as the best: oval and white. However... One seems to have fins on the side of it. Another seems to have cracks in its shell that almost seem like jaws. Et cetera, et cetera. All of them are mobile, but they don't go very far. In fact, they stick pretty close together and only seem to wander a little ways off from the main group before stumbling back and inevitably colliding with one of their own.

Crouched down behind a decently sized bush is a young woman with quivering antennae and delicate bug-like wings, her blue hair held back out of her face. For anyone who's been particularly social or observant or both, they might recognize her: this is Rachel, the daughter of the general store couple.

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➸ Rachel

[npcsofmana]

And as soon as she realizes she's not alone, Rachel twists around and stares with wide eyed surprise. It only lasts for a second before she springs into action, leaning forward to grab the couple of people that are nearest to her and dragging them down.

"Hey, hide! C'mon! They'll see you and get scared off!"

[ooc: Feel free to reply this in either prose or action tags, I can do either.]

Re: ➸ Rachel

[raeshiel]

Irves was en route to a day of town exploration, and maybe a little shopping after, when her ears pricked up at the sound of chirps. Well chirps and, for lack of a better word, bonking sounds. That was the part that caught her attention the most.

The Au Ra did not expect to see little eggs tottering about. Her eyes widened in surprise and glee. They were so cute! She started forward, but stopped herself out of fear she would scare them away. If they could run away at all, the little darlings didn't look like they were capable of any kind of direct motion. She stifled a giggle as two eggs got their legs tangled up and collided with tiny chittering.

Suddenly she was grabbed by the wrist and pulled behind a bush next to a young girl with... antenna... Irves was still getting used to the strange new people here. "Sorry, I didn't see you." She whispered apologetically. The Au Ra extended a hand in greeting.
"Sorry. I'm Irves. Are those little darlings yours?"

[npcsofmana]

Having the other woman go along with the sudden grab and request, Rachel eased up noticeably and smiled. "I'm Rachel. It's nice to meet you." Her grip as she shook Irves hand was sure and steady, but didn't last long. She was a bit busy peeking over the edge of the bush again to make sure the eggs hadn't run off.

"Oh, no!" she whispered back, trying to muffle a quiet laugh behind one hand. "They're not. It's just, um, sometimes Chocobo or Rabites feel comfortable enough to put their eggs around here... I like to check sometimes, just to see." She bit her lip, brow furrowing.

"But... These eggs are different. We don't get these types around here. I'm a little worried, actually..."

[raeshiel]

Chocobos! The thought of the familiar birds sent a warm flutter through Irves' chest. But these weren't like any chocobo eggs the Au Ra woman had ever seen, and Rachel confirmed it. The dark haired woman cast her eyes over the mismatched clutch scuttling and rolling. The little scaled one seemed to be banging into its mates more frequently than others, its little scaley clawed feet just the cutest things.

"Worried? But they're so cute..." she trailed off thoughtfully. "Although... you have a point, I've never seen so many different kinds of eggs in one clutch. They can't all be related can they? What could possible lay that kind of variety?"

Irves contemplated a chimera so ridiculous she snorted. Not possible.

"Do you think we should take them somewhere safer? There have to be hawks or something just waiting for these little guys to hatch." Irves shaded her eyes and looked up at the blue, blue sky. The sun was right in the way of any birds that might be overhead, so she couldn't tell for sure. But if she was a scavenger these little ones would look mighty tasty.

[orbislife]

I apologize.

[ He ducks and goes to his knees. (If he still floated, he would have just floated lower.) Zenyatta also lowers the volume of his voice. ]

I was drawn to the chirps. I thought there would be birds.

[ Are they truly coming from the eggs themselves? ]

[npcsofmana]

[The fact that Zenyatta listens so immediately has Rachel relax, and she shrugs helplessly.]

There usually are- Chocobo lay their eggs around here. But these aren't Chocobo eggs... I have no idea where they came from.

The local animals might bully them if they stay around here too long... Or other things might happen, and they'll hatch only to become really aggressive or fearful of people.

[Her fingers link together in front of her knees.]

If a person raises them, they don't get like that at all... Even the scariest creatures that hatch out.

[orbislife]

[ Zenyatta is going to assume that a Chocobo is a type of bird. Perhaps a species the color of chocolate. ]

I wonder where their parents are. Did they get scared off by other animals? By a Chocobo?

[ He looks around for signs of a struggle. He knows the behavior of some animals towards danger and their young. Could the parents be watching, wary of them, or could the eggs be abandoned? ]

[floatlikeabutterfly]

"Wh-whoa!" Yamaguchi stumbles when he's pulled away by Rachel, nearly losing his footing. "... See us?!? They don't even have eyes, how would that happen?" ????? But for his confusion, he follows Rachel without much complaint, ducking down behind a bush.

[npcsofmana]

Yamaguchi gets an amused glance sent his way at the question. "They have eyes, it's just hidden behind all the shell." She shrugs. "I've never thought about it before, but the shell there is probably thin enough to see out of."

[amorality]

[Don't touch him, little girl! Ryan glowers at her for a moment before ultimately deciding to let it go since... well, her hybrid appearance is interesting. He will yank away from her, though.]

What are they?

[npcsofmana]

[Nice to meet you too, Ryan. Rachel seems to shake her head a little at his response, but doesn't say much else in regards to it. She's looking over the top of the bush again.]

Eggs. Can't you tell?

➸ Egg Catching

[npcsofmana]

[Eventually, through a bit of talking... Everyone has been enlisted in the capturing/saving of these poor defenseless eggs and armed with a bit of random food that Rachel was saving in her back pack.]

[What Rachel has advised: leaving a bit of food for an egg, letting it devour it, and then scooping it up while it's full and sleepy.]

[What anyone can do: whatever they darn well like.]

[Keep in mind that the eggs are skittish and fast. If you're going to try and chase them, well.... Have fun.]

[Use this top level to thread out catching the eggs. No NPCing from the mod is required here!]

Kotaro Bokuto | Haikyuu!

[vowlyball]

[Chasing around bird eggs ( because even if they didn't exactly look like bird eggs, that chirping noise was close enough for Bokuto )needed no real explanation. As soon as he had gotten the gist of it, he had taken off to find the others, ignoring the cries of anyone else who told him to stop, seriously, you're scaring the other eggs.

With his sharp vision, he managed to spot one rather quickly, giving chase with a loud whoop.]

Hey, wait up! I'm here to take you back home!

[The strange egg would totally listen to that, just like a criminal would stop when told to by the police.

Someone who actually listened to Rachel's advise was welcome to help this poor child or watch him tucker himself and (hopefully) the egg out and take the spoils.]

[floatlikeabutterfly]

[Yamaguchi took a moment to watch Bokuto, unsure whether to leave him to it or just... help out...

In the end, he decided to help, though, his voice a little bit unsure.]

Uh... Bokuto-senpai? Rachel-chan said we should feed them to make them full and sleepy. Maybe we should... try that?

[He hopes he doesn't sound like he's being sarcastic. He's really not.]

[soldiernanny]

Gremio was Gremio, and that honestly meant he had almost endless patience. It would serve him well, once he'd seen just how quick the little eggs were - setting down a handful of food here and there seemed like the best bet, so that was what he did. Of course, that didn't account for any visitors, but whatever!!!

"... That should be enough. Now to wait..."

[vowlyball]

"Hey, hey, hey!" Bokuto burst through some nearby vegetation, one hand shielding his eyes from the sun, causing such a ruckus that anything nearby was probably already fleeing as he spoke. "Have you seen an egg roll past here?"

[orbislife]

"Ah, if I am guessing right, it looks like you too are trying to attract an egg." Zenyatta walks with careful steps. One egg (on root like legs) ran in this direction, and he does not want to startle it to run further. In his hands, he has a piece of dried fruit from Rachel.

"They are quite the marvel, are they not?"

Tadashi Yamaguchi | Haikyu!!

[floatlikeabutterfly]

It... it wasn't going well. Yamaguchi probably had some of the most patience among the teams - and certainly among the players that were here - but there was a limit to it.

He couldn't count how many times he'd tried this. Set out food, wait for the egg to get sleepy, go to grab it...

And for the millionth time, the damn thing woke up and skittered off again, like a demon.

"Oh, come on!" Exasperation pitching his voice, Yamaguchi nearly threw up his hands in defeat at this latest failure.

[itsjustanaccount]

At first, Tsukishima wasn’t interested in trying this whole thing. It’s way more amusing to stand to the side and watch people like Bokuto send every single egg scattering. However, it’s impossible for him to not notice the way his best friend is struggling. He leave sit alone for a little while. He’s not Yamaguchi’s keeper, or anything. His best friend doesn’t need his hand held. But eventually…

“Hey.” He comes up after the latest escape attempt, a light bump of his knuckles against Yamaguchi’s shoulder. “Want help?” Not need, but want- Tsukishima can understand if this is something he wants to do himself… Sort of.

Avelwyn | OC, stupidly late

[rimeandreason]

[Instead of chasing the eggs, Avelwyn left out a bunch of scraps by of the bushes around the outskirts, and .... flattened on the ground underneath the bushes, tail sticking out in back, waiting.]

[He's not really paying much attention to what it is, partly because he can't *see* what it is very well, but hiding and waiting for the sound of the egg flopping over seems to pay off - or at least make it easier to slink out of the bush and scoop it up, leaves and little root-feet flailing for a few minutes.]

[He's staring at it a little dumbfounded.]

......How does a plant lay an egg?

[nekohohoho]

[Kuroo's always been sly, and clever. He also recognizes that eggs eating tossed food and getting nice and sleepy for easy capture is hard to pull off when Bokuto's tearing around the place scaring them left right and center. However, Kuroo sees opportunity in this.

This is where skill in read blocking comes into play. It's not easy to read an egg, but then again, they're not exactly using complicated strategy. When Bokuto causes a ruckus, they more or less run directly away from it in a panic.

All Kuroo really has to do is saunter around to be roughly opposite Bokuto, and then watch and wait. And sure enough, soon a spooked egg is running close enough to his direction that a few long strides put him on an intersect course, and he can just scoop it off the ground.]

Gotcha!

[Honestly, Bokuto can be invaluable sometimes.]

[nekogamer]

[Kenma took a spot under one of the shady trees as he watched the eggs run around. He knew he wasn't going to chase after an egg, not when he had enough trouble trying to jog when he had practice. However, he could keep an eye on which egg would be the easiest for Kuroo to catch. His skill as a setter came in handy earlier when avoided the eggs on his way to the tree.

Kenma looked over and spotted an egg he knew Kuroo could catch easily. It wouldn't be too hard since Bokuto spooked them all. When Kuroo caught it, Kenma left his comfy spot from under the tree and walked over to him. He frowned a bit as he looked at the wiggly egg.]

What do you think is inside?

[itsjustanaccount]

[Kuroo isn’t the only one who’s thought to use a technique like that, although in Tsukishima’s case, he acted as the one in Bokuto’s place. It shouldn’t be surprising- with how much the ace has been running around and scattering eggs, there’s a couple that are on their own. They’re just… fast.]

[But fast doesn’t mean anything if you just run straight into another person, as Kuroo has so easily demonstrated.]

[Tsukishima has left Yamaguchi to take care of the egg, since he’s the one who actually wanted it, and that’s left him free to watch all the chaos again. When he sees Kuroo succeed in grabbing his egg, he make a faint noise of notice.]

Ah… So you had the same idea too.

akaashi keiji ¤ haikyuu!!

[aecus]

[he only entered the enclosure to maybe calm bokuto-san down and go about the egg catching process properly- but it was too late. bokuto was causing a ruckus and scaring the poor things, but akaashi figured the older teen would tucker himself out eventually.

so he stood there for a long moment, helplessly watching his upperclassmen making a fool of himself before he decided to wander a little ways away.

...maybe he could catch one too?

easing himself into a crouch near the ground, so as not to seem threatening at all, focusing on a few eggs nearby. voice soft, making calm and cooing sounds hoping to lure one close.

using the food he was given he sprinkled some near himself and also had the rest in his palm. then, slowly... he pressed the back of his palm to the ground.

calm and patient. just needed to be calm and patient. be the safe space the eggs go to, to escape the ruckus.

he could wait all day.]

➸ Egg List

[npcsofmana]

[For discussing eggs or making claims, let me know here.]


➸ Beast Egg:
Captured by: Kuroo
This egg is by far the simplest appearing out of all of them: a pair of softly furred claws are poking out beneath it, allowing it to make a fast escape if necessary. The cracks in its front look very much like fangs, and allow it to eat.

➸ Plant Egg 1:
Captured by: Zenyatta
Instead of claws, things that seem like hardened roots poke out from the bottom of this egg to allow it to move. More noticeably, thick leafs have broken out from the top.

➸ Odd Egg 1:
Captured by: Tsukishima and Yamaguchi
This egg is.... strange. Unlike some of the others, it doesn't have anything breaking out of it, but there's a peculiar texture to it. Since it can't run, what it seems to do is just fall on its side and roll. It's surprisingly effective.

➸ Odd Egg 2:
Captured by: Bokuto

➸ Plant Egg 2:
Captured by: Avelwyn

➸ Aquatic Egg 1:
Captured by: Maurice
Fins have broken through (or grown?) from the sides of this egg. They're what it uses to push itself and hop forward. It's by far the slowest of the eggs because of this. It really doesn't belong...

➸ Reptile Egg:
Captured by: Irves
Like the beast egg, this one also has legs poking out of it. However, instead of soft fur, there's tough scales and claws. It seems more... fighty than the others.

➸ Arthropod Egg:
Captured by: Gremio
In contrast to the other eggs, this one seems to have small insect-like wings that have broken through from the back along with twitching antennae and definitely bug-like feet. Its wings allow it to do a bit of short term hovering, and it can't get too far off the ground yet.

➸ Aquatic Egg 2:
Captured by: