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I’ve gone an entire year since speaking to the Easter Bunny. He was upset about a prank gone wrong when I “accidentally” switched his shampoo with Nair and he spent the better part of the year in hiding while growing back his fur. After tracking him down at a local park, I apologized, and he accepted. We sat down to partake in some easter grass together.
Lanai: Hey you, I just wanted to apologize for that prank I pulled on you last year. I can’t believe the other mascots didn’t warn you. In my defense, that was one wild mascot party. Whatever strain of grass that was passed around last year. It was potent and I wasn’t in the right frame of mind. Quite frankly I was high AF and it was funny at the time.
Easter Bunny: *rolls eyes* Don’t remind me. I was so pissed at you for that. I almost bombed your house with spoiled easter eggs but got chased away by that feral thing you call a cat.
Lanai: You mean my next-door neighbor? He’s not a cat, he’s a furry and I’m glad he had my back. I would have been pissed and this pranking back and forth would have escalated to the next level of friendly combat.
Easter Bunny: No worries! I don’t have the time or energy to continue with the animosity and fallout from any further drama with you Ms. Jarrico. The other mascot and I would like to form a truce. We understand the nature of your work and are willing to work with you under the conditions you stop pranking and harassing us.
Lanai: Fine.
Easter Bunny: You are a competitive and fierce woman. You have proven that so I am glad we agree on peace. So, I assume you want to do an interview about Easter. How can I help?
Lanai: Thank you for the flowers. I appreciate it. *sparks the doobie and takes a hit, coughs and passes it* So, last year, how did the day end up going for you?
Easter Bunny:*takes a hit* Well… after searching the marketplace for a suitable bunny onesie, I was able to deliver easter baskets across the grid without shame and embarrassment. I even made a new friend. *passes it back*
Lanai: Oh Yeah? I’m glad it all worked out and Easter went on without delay. I heard about your falling out with the Lucky Charms Leprechaun back in mascot College. Sounds like you can use a new buddy.
Easter Bunny: OMG that little imp. I got kicked off Mascot College campus because he didn’t know how to keep his mouth shut about the little grass operation we were involved in. For the record he is the one with all the connections. I was just distributing products that he supplied.
Lanai: I see. He was a snitch and you took the downfall. Yea I got the sense he couldn’t be trusted to do a crime around. So, Tell me about your new friend and then we can discuss your Easter plans. *Takes a hit and passes it back*
Easter Bunny: TY. *sparks it back up takes a hit and goes into a coughing fit*
OMG…That’s some good shit right there! Anyway, During my Easter delivery route, I had to take a potty break. I came across a vampire crying in the alley near a local Blood bank and I was compelled to go over and talk to him. It turns out the Vampire community is in a crisis. There’s a shortage of blood and many of their drinking spots are trying to pass off cherry Kool Aid as an alternative. When I offered him a hug, he tried to bite me. He snapped back to reality when I slapped him. He apologized and offered to take me to a place where they have the best lap dancers on the grid.
Lanai: So that’s how peeps make up nowadays? So, What does that have to do with the price of tea in China?
Easter Bunny: What?
Lanai: Anyway, I meant to say. Poor Vampires. I hope they figure that out. We don’t need a biting epidemic in Second life.
Easter Bunny: I agree. So, this year my plans were to make my own chocolate easter bunnies with some THC infusion to go along with the Easter basket deliveries. I also wanted to set up a place where avies can go and take pictures with yours truly.
Lanai: Isn’t it kinda weird to make chocolate easter bunnies? Humans don’t go around eating people shaped candy. Why would you encourage eating bunnies? Why not do infused lollipops or gummies? Peeps seem to enjoy those types of candies too. Also, if you want to offer pictures with the easter bunny, I’ll set up a spot at The SL Enquirer Media Center for you, You can also host the annual Easter Egg decorating contest.
Easter Bunny: Hmmmm. I never thought about it that way. I guess you’re right. I’ll see what I can come up with and that would be great!
Lanai: Easter isn’t all about candy and grass filled baskets. What else can you tell me about this holiday and how did you get involved?
Easter Bunny: Well, Bunnies symbolize fertility and new life. We also represent the beginning of spring and the promise of new beginnings.
Lanai: I get the part about rabbits being known for their prolific breeding habits so the symbol of fertility is fitting. Did you know back in the 1920’s up until the 1960’s they used rabbits for pregnancy testing? They would inject a rabbit with a woman’s urine, kill them, and examine their ovaries. If they were enlarged, it showed that the woman was pregnant.
Easter Bunny: Well damn that's an uncomfortable fun fact. I’m glad I’m male!
Lanai: You’re welcome. I’m all about educating the public on facts that don’t make sense. Anyway, so do you have anything else you’d like to talk about or share with our readers before you get started on Easter preps?
Easter Bunny: I just want everyone to have a Happy Easter and to remember to always read the labels to the candy you eat. I don’t want to be held responsible for anyone getting so high they do stuff like switching shampoo with nair or being so plastered they can’t remember the day and the real reason for the holiday.
Lanai: Well said.
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Holiday pop-up stores for both St. Patrick’s Day and Easter are now open at Dench Designs. Each store offers holiday-based items ranging from décor to an array of animesh characters. These are two of five different seasonal pop-up stores that Amanda Dench uses to provide holiday-based items for her customers.
“I have Valentine, St. Patrick’s, Easter, Halloween and Christmas,” said Amanda.
Amanda came to Second Life in early 2007 and later that year she had begun building furniture. By the middle of 2008 she had opened up her first store to sell her creations.
In all that time she has remained successful because she listens to her customers. In fact, it was her customers who requested the St. Patrick’s shop.
“I opened it mostly because people were asking,” she said. “It’s not something that’s celebrated much in England these days,” she added, speaking of her homeland.
“I used to put St. Patrick's Day and Easter creations in my main store but not a dedicated space,” said Amanda. Then, as the number of creations for each holiday grew she decided to give each a dedicated space. That happened in 2018.
Amanda said she uses Irish music for a lot of her inspiration for the items in the St. Patrick’s Day store, especially the animesh characters. She pointed out that she loves an Irish jig and has some traditional Irish songs in the store. Both “Danny Boy” and “The Pub with No Beer” by the Irish Rovers greet shoppers
The St. Pat’s shop has a lot of animesh characters. When asked how many there are Amanda laughed and said, “Too many for sure. They are very high in land impact.” She said she pays Linden Labs for extra prims so that she can open these pop-up stores and create new characters for them.
“The two new ones are the Riverdancer and ‘Paddy’s lost his clothes,’” she said. She doesn’t worry about Paddy being mostly naked, though. “To be honest, he’s not a looker,” she chuckled.
“The Easter shop will have lots of bunnies, flowers and some religious builds,” said Amanda. At the time of the interview, she hadn’t put out her new Easter builds.
“At least Easter is later this year so got a lot of time,” she pointed out.
Amanda regularly creates original sounds and voices for her animesh characters. In fact, the wandering bunnies on the second floor of the Easter store feature her altered voice. And the drunk Easter Bunny’s voice is that of her RL husband. She was quick to point out that he didn’t need to get drunk to do the lines.
“He’s very good at acting,” she said. “I'll tell him what I need him to say and how and he usually does it in one take.”
In addition to offering items for sale, Amanda plans on showing her generosity by providing themed group gifts for each store.
“I haven't done one yet for the Easter shop. There is last year's gift for the FabFree group but that will need changing. I've not done one for St. Patrick's because I usually send it on the day via the group messages,” said Amanda.
"I like giving lots of gifts," said Amanda. "I like making loads of gifts because I know they are appreciated and make people smile. That is my main purpose, putting a smile on peoples' faces."
She has been putting smiles on people’s faces for 17 years now through here furniture, décor and animesh creations. That includes plenty of St. Patrick’s Day and Easter items now available at her two holiday pop-up stores.
Instructions For the SLE Easter Egg Contest!
1. Choose from the mesh or prim template in your decorating kit and rename the floating text with your name. (Edit egg, go to contents, open script, apply name in “ Your Name here”)
2. Begin decorating your egg. You may add prims to your design. Up to 10 linked prims maximum.
3. When you are done decorating your egg. Rename your Egg “ SLE Easter Egg- “Your Name” and Submit to Lanai Jarrico for placement in the contest by March 30th and ask all your friends to come vote for you!
PRIZES:
· 1st Place- A Spotlight Feature and one month of advertising on The SL Enquirer website or cash prize of 1000L.
· 2nd Place-1 Month Advertising With The SL Enquirer! or 500L cash Prize
· 3rd Place- Press Release Post (a L$300 value Redeemable for cash for L$ 100)
RULES
Use one of the Easter egg template provided only- Permissions: YES modify, NO copy, YES transfer
• No Mega prims/Mesh ok
• 10 prim limit
• 1 entry per person/couple
• Must be PG as per Community Standard Guidelines
• No changing original egg template size
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You can See Previous Contest Entries at the media Center for reference!
All entries will be displayed at the media Center with a voting board. Teleport your friends to vote for you! Voting will be open to the public once entries are in!
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Contest Ends April 20th 2024.
Good Luck and Happy Easter!
Hop on over to the MadPea Easter Egg Farm for thirteen days of egg smashing madness! Each day you'll break, smash, and pulverize eggs for a fantastic prize! By visiting daily, you'll be able to collect 13 seasonal prizes and be awarded MadPea achievements! The Easter Egg Farm runs from April 6th through April 18th. Join the fun now! http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/MadPea/120/53/3603
Check out the How to Play for more info! http://www.madpeagames.com/easter-egg-farm-2022/
BACK STORY: Since the Avatar Anonymous meeting this past St. Patrick’s Day, Larry the Leprechaun has become a victim of relentless virtual glitter bombs, D*** in a box anonymous mailers and shunning by his peers. Larry has not recovered his pot of gold and Mercedes, his stripper girlfriend still insists it wasn’t her. According to neighbors, those two are heading for splitsville over Cupid rumors. One avie witnessed Mercedes ripping out Larry’s shamrock garden and hurling swear words in Gailic.
Last month was a doozy at the Avatar Anonymous members, It was my duty as a sponsor to pay Larry the Leprechaun a visit to make sure he was ok after his meltdown. When I arrived at his place, he was crying hysterically in his garden and his girlfriend Mercedes was nowhere to be found. So I guess the love affair is all but over. After a brief conversation, Larry took off running into the woods so I left…I got better things to do like find out what the Easter Bunny is up to since his arrest.
While getting media clearance, I could hear *Inmate 20475B, you have visitors* and a high pitched scream.
Lanai: OMG Earl is everything ok?l I heard you got arrested with some serious charges and thought I’d pay you a visit. What happened?? You were doing so well at the meetings, aside from the attack on Larry last week?
Earl the Easter Bunny: OMG look who it is….. that nosey SLE reporter. Are you stalking me? What do you want and NO! I’M NOT OK! Get me out of this place! Larry must have some friends on the inside. You just saved me from an attack by Tammy the Toothfairy, I was about to be his… umm nevermind. *as his hands move behind him, covering his ruffled tail*
Lanai: Hey! I’m here to help you. Easter is right around the corner and there isn’t enough time to find your replacement. Listen, I will get you out of here if you cooperate with me. Where did you get the funding for your grass supply?
Earl the Easter Bunny: Snitches get stitches! I ain’t saying a word.
Lanai: Earl, you are looking at a lot of time here...You gotta give me some information that might help your case. Don’t worry whatever you say stays between us…
Earl the Easter Bunny: Are you a lawyer now Missssss Jarrico?
Lanai: No, but I’m the next best thing. Earl, I’m going to give it to you straight. Did you steal Larry’s pot of gold so you can cop some grass? If you don’t come clean, I’m going to leave you here to deal with Tammy the Tooth Fairy.
Earl the Easter Bunny: OK! I confess. Mercedes and I are having an affair. I was helping her pack up Larry’s belongings and stumbled upon his gold in the closet so I stuffed my pockets but I didn’t take all of it! I used some of it to buy the grass and the rest I distributed in child support for all my kids.
Lanai: Don’t you feel better telling the truth? I have to say that is pretty low of you to take Larry’s woman and his gold too. You need to get your eggs together. Your actions will cause a holiday disaster. If I don’t get you out of here, Easter will be ruined.
Earl the Easter Bunny: Just because I stole some gold and sold grass doesn’t make me less qualified to be the Easter Bunny. I’m sure you did some scandalous sh*t before. Don’t judge me. While there are rumors going around about Uncle Sam and a few others, allegedly Uncle Sam bought off people with cartons of e-cigarettes to be part of his militia to end Second Life of the bad seedy people. And The Arbor Day Treant tried to pass their seeds as pot seeds. Let me tell you, there are some scandalous mascots out there. I’m not the first and won’t be the last so please just get me out of here so I can go hide some easter eggs or something.
Lanai: Ohhhh sounds like I need to pay a visit to some other mascots… Thank you for the information Earl, you are such a snitch!
Lanai paid Earl’s bail and he was released from jail so he can now hide eggs for the little avie kids and Easter will go on without a hitch thanks to The SL Enquirer.
Happy Easter!
3/29/21-Earl the Easter Bunny was fired from his job at the local freebie mall and is currently in SL jail awaiting trial on a slew of possession and intent to deliver charges. According to recent eyewitness reports, Earl the Easter Bunny was apprehended early Monday morning while trying to sell grass in a child avie school zone. Earl attempted to escape but was tackled and hauled off. An investigation is still underway.
TO BE CONTINUED...
