Egg Dying

[asoncalledgabriel]

Easter is coming, and Gabriel wants to do something... Eastery. But his entire family is in another world. So after spending a little bit of time feeling depressed and lonely, he started planning. He sent text messages to people he thought might come, telling them that he was going to dye eggs for Easter and he wanted company.

Then he'd gone out and gotten everything he needed: too many eggs, cheap dye kits that were being promoted in every grocery store, vinegar, extra plastic cups. When he came home, he cleaned off his kitchen table and set the dye cups up, measuring out everything carefully as he followed the directions on the boxes.

Then he put on water for tea and checked his phone, hopeful.



[Small gathering-type post! If your pup knows Gabriel, he probably invited them, feel free to tag in and tag around. Set for any time Easter weekend. I'll post it to the main community in April!]

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[shadows_have_offended]

Neil gives Gabriel a tiny swat, nothing at all, because he knows he's not trying to tease. He pulls himself together as best he can. There are people here, laughing and talking and having fun. He can't be a mess--or drag Gabriel away for a moment of privacy.

"I'd hardly know what to do with them either way," he admits.

[asoncalledgabriel]

He gives Neil a nudge. "Mum and my grandmother would decorate with them. C'mon, do you eat hard boiled ones? We'll send you home with some of those."

At least then Neil would get something out of them, rather than just having pretty, empty egg shells.

[shadows_have_offended]

He'd only ever really had ones that were already peeled and all that, so he didn't really know what to do with them when they were still in the shell, but he didn't say that. It sounded silly.

"That sounds good, yeah," he said. It did. He'd figure out what to do with them from there.