Cotton Candy Exorcism

[Claude Delacroix]

The bunnies all sniffled at the same time and wiped their eyes again. One by one, their little tummies rumbled for food. They all looked upon their chief for guidance and he turned to them and grunted loudly, stamped his foot, and pounded his little chest three times. They all turned to each other and nodded. The multitude of rabbits all moved to Claude and….. They…. HUGGED… Him!

Claude grimaced as they all hugged him. The rabbits wagged their little tails and smiled up at him…. He twitched. The sweetness was enough to make him diabetic but that couldn't happen.

The rabbit chief leaned into Blondie's hand, thumping his foot happily as he enjoyed the nice woman petting him. He looked up at her and blinked before sticking his tongue out to try to pronounce the 'th' sound. But all that came out of his little furry mouth was, "PBBBBBT!" The rabbit frowned sadly and dug a hole in the ground in which to hide. All that showed from the hole was his feathery headdress. The other rabbits circled around their leader and tried to coax him out.

As soon as the enormous pile of carrots appeared, the rabbit chief poked his head. He climbed out of the hole he had dug up and hopped over to join the others as they ate their way through the pile of carrots one by one. He picked up two carrots and hopped over to Blondie and Claude. "Hmmph!" He grunted and held out the carrots to each of them. Claude blinked a moment then took the carrot. The bunny nodded and then went back to feasting with the others. Claude looked at Blondie when she asked what he had done. He merely shrugged and started eating the carrot. "They were hungry. We know what hunger is like." He paused and looked at the partially eaten carrot in his hand.

[Christine Daaé]

Blondie was still thoroughly confused about the reaction of all of the little bunnies. The sound that the chief bunny made at her startled her a bit, causing her to draw her hand back for a moment and she watched him dig his little hole to hide inside of. Once the carrots appeared though, the chief rabbit seemed quite happy and seemed to forget all about his embarrassing raspberry sounds from before.

Claude explained to her that he knew what hunger was like, a prospect to which she simply nodded. She supposed that everyone had felt hungry at one point or another in their lives. She took the carrot from the chief rabbit and stared at it for a moment. Was she supposed to eat the thing? Would it be rude not to? How could one really be sure of any sort of custom that belonged to a tribe of gourmet–hungry rabbits?

[Claude Delacroix]

The rabbit peaked his head out to look at Blondie before diving back into the hole, the top of his feathered hat shaking as he trembled with shame. His little high-pitched rabbit sobs could be heard as his companions circle around and try to pull him out. They are about to give up when the carrots appear and they feast!

Claude studied the carrot before taking a large bit from it. He paused and his eyes widened before looking at Blondie. "Are carrots supposed to taste like meat?" He asked, turning his gaze back to the rabbit… There were all now staring at Blondie and Claude with a nasty look. One of the rabbit brought out a large cauldron filled with steaming water. Where it had come from, only the bunnies knew. Three rabbits hopped onto the sides of the pot and began cutting up the carrots into the water… The rabbit chief waved his hands as if to tell them 'no!' but the smallest rabbit cried out, "CHAAAAAARGE!!" In a very small voice.

[Christine Daaé]

Blondie gave Claude a rather odd look when he asked her whether or not the carrots were supposed to taste like meat. “No, I don’t think that they’re supposed to…. Why do you ask?” It was a rather curious prospect. After all, carrots were vegetables, and clearly not meat. Perhaps all conjured carrots tasted like meat? She wouldn’t know, really; she’d never eaten a conjured carrot before.

It was just then that she heard one of the little bunny rabbits yell ‘CHARGE!’ and turned to see several little rabbits rushing toward them. The girl’s blue eyes widened and she let out a shriek as she quickly turned on her heel and began to run away from them. Were they carnivorous rabbits!? “RUN!” she called out to the other.