henhursthall | eggster service & egg hunt

happy eggster!

what's up? Today is a very special day. While humans celebrate Easter, the fowl of Henhurst's flock are celebrating Eggster: a most holy day when a half-human, half-chicken prophet named Gallus (that's Chicken Jesus' name, as it turns out) unified both sides by sharing the bounty of eggs he had miraculously produced. Or, at least, that's what some residents might be able to glean from the Eggster pamphlet they were handed before the service. It's written in Chicken Scratch, but there are illustrations inside depicting the Story of Eggster.

There are quite a few people and chickens that residents have never seen before gathered here today to pay their respects. (The humans, though, seem more interested in seeing the miraculous weeping statue of Gallus for themselves.)

Father Peck leads a very somber sermon and ends the service with a heartfelt rendition of Avian Maria. Communion is given in the form of one raw egg: line up before Father Peck with egg in hand so that he may crack open the top of the shell and ye may partake in its Yolky Goodness.

After examining their conscience and telling Gallus of their sorrow, congregants may go into the confessional to have a heart-to-heart with Sister Dulcinea so that she may judge the weight of their sins.

Brunch is served, but it's chicken feed based. Not that that'd ever stop most of the residents here from partaking in a feast.

The egg hunt takes place at noon. A few of the eggs have special prizes inside, and the person who collects the most eggs is crowned Hen Excellency. Sian Fletcher, if she participates, finds fifty galleons in the very first egg she cracks open. (How did that even fit inside?)

locations! ⬦ THE CHURCH: Sermon, hymns, communion, feed brunch, selfies with the weeping Gallus statue... all the magic happens here!

⬦ THE CONFESSION BOOTH: Have something to confess? Slip into the confessional -- which has a divider that looks an awful lot like chicken wire-- and confide in Sister Dulcinea (a Miracle Chicken born of an unfertilized egg). She'll tell you how many Hen Mary's your penance will be by writing it on a piece of paper in her best Chicken Scratch. Of course, humans and chickens have very different ideas about what sins are, but she'll try to do her best!
Characters who RNG the most and fewest Hen Mary’s will win a “prize." (This section is run by Ben! Thank you, Ben!)

⬦ THE EGG HUNT: The Egg Hunt takes place on all floors of Henhurst, including the garden and outside the building within the bounds of the property line. Some of the eggs contain prizes inside, but most of them just contain yolk. The only way to find out is to crack 'em open!

The person who collects the most eggs is crowned Hen Excellency. How far are they willing to go to win the title?

⬦ ELSEWHERE: Catch-all for other scenes that don't really fit into the other categories.

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

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Sian’s officially a convert, simple as that

accept gallus gallus into your heart and be rewarded

Hugo, proud resident of Chicken Church floor, is here. He's wearing his Easter Sunday best (which is a button down with bunnies on it). He spends most of the sermon trying to understand Father Peck's sexual appeal and judging the people who have come simply to see weeping Gallus.

Hugo will take communion, confess, and participate in the egg hunt. Down for any and all scenes! Happy to do an OPEN++ starter, too, for others to tag into.

EDIT: I'll be busy for the next few hours, but I'll respond to Confessions later this afternoon!

Edited 2021-04-04 17:12 (UTC)

Lolol Corrie would not start a pushing match over this but she would finish it (so what I'm saying is he should def push her)

Okay yeah, he's pushing her

Excellent, prepare to meet your childish doom My Dude

TBH this may be why she takes the elevator? Picturing them pushing each other to be the first in/keep the other out

Love the little flavor text about Corrie beating Hugo to the elevator lol

Hugo...is wholesome. ♥

My boy??

Lorcan is absolutely here and THRILLED to see what this is all about. He will be partaking in everything offered, including the chicken feed brunch.

Noel is at Human Church in the morning and then at his gran's with his family, but he pops by during a "bathroom break" to partake in the egg hunt.

Maya does not want anything to do with this.

I'd love some threads!!!

Hello yes thank you I adore this omg. I would love to thread and will throw some starters around if I have the brain power to do so.

Aster is thrilled to see Father Peck's Real Religion gaining some ground. Pecksannah in the highest, Cluckalluia. Anyway, obviously, she will be here, clad all in white like a newly baptized chick. At this point I am not sure how much she genuinely believes in chicken God and how much she just wants to see if she can help start a chicken cult, but does it matter, really.

Roxanne is here out of morbid curiosity? Alex can they have like, dragged their parents here under the guise of Easter Sunday Church As A Family because that's the kind of shit Roxy would pull her loved ones into. If not, she probably did this with her cousins but since they know the context it's not quite as funny. She might be a stealth egg hunt contender as well.

Lysander does not want anything to do with this and is probably outside the door handing out leaflets about the perils of organized religion I don't know.

If Lysander's really giving out leaflets, Corrie wants one

They're probably less leaflets than notebook pages of REASONS RELIGION IS BAD in his own baby Martin Luther moment, but yeah I'm sure he's doing it and will GLADLY throw it at Corrie.
I should probably put a starter up when i figure out up to five reasons Lysander thinks church is so danger.

Lysander inadvertently causes the first chickenchurch schism

lorcan is || this close to joining a chicken cult if lysander doesn't stop him

Somehow he always knew he’d have to do this

More birds than he’d imagined originally but who can predict that

Corrie is there because it's her floor (she'll go to family stuff later) but she remains skeptical about the crying statue miracle. She was more into the chicken cult thing when it was a joke and she had some control over it, now that it's becoming a Thing she's all suspicious.

Criswell is sort of feeling like he lives in the Twilight Zone right now, but this seems harmless enough so he's here?? Participating?? And trying to get his head around this/gauge how the others actually feel about all of this.

What is his life.

Corrie would wave or say hi at some point if she was close enough!

(And OMG he did so well at the hunt! Apparently pushing.... does not win the day?? Sounds fake.)

I'm taking that as permission to reply to your open thread. 😎

(I hope someone pushes him and takes all of his eggs. It's what he deserves.)

No invitation needed! Cris is great. :)

If Hugo pushed him and took his eggs, he'd have more than Roxanne, justsayin'

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