[log] Eggs 101

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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

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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.]

➸ Egg Catching

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[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!]

➸ Egg List

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[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: