

Seeking the Eggs of Happiness

Hey, Misora! Ooh, I'm so excited to go Easter shopping!

Maybe a little too excited, Aruru. But hey, I guess I'm looking forward to it, myself.

I can't wait to paint eggs with bright colors and pretty little designs.

Easter eggs are so beautiful and colorful. Just looking at them makes me so happy!

I hear you. When they've got those really detailed designs, they almost look like little treasures.

Yeah! I wanna do my best to make some gorgeous eggs!

Oh, but... What do you do with the eggs afterwards?

What do you mean?

It'd be a shame to crack it open after it's all painted and pretty. But if you don't open it, the inside will eventually go bad.

We're not going to be using real eggs, so that's not really a problem for us. But yeah, I was wondering that myself.

Apparently there are two types of Easter eggs: hard-boiled, and ones that are just shells that have been emptied out.

For the emptied shells, first you use a needle to poke tiny holes in the top and bottom of the egg, and then you use the needle to mix the contents inside.

Oho! Scrambled eggs! Wait, no. Beaten eggs!

And then you put your mouth up to one of the holes and you blow the insides out!

That sounds fun!

Once the shell is emptied, you rinse out the insides with water, and then you can go ahead and color it.

I see. So that way you can keep the egg without having to break it open and eat it!

Oh, but what do you do with the beaten egg that you've blown out?

Huh?

I mean, you could use it to cook with, I guess?

So it IS like scrambled eggs! Oh, or you could use it to make an omelette or some custard!

Speaking of which , where'd you learn all this from? Shizuha-chan?

No, since we're planning this little event, I went and looked it up. It'll be more fun if we know more about it, right?

Way to go, Misora! I'm just sure out egg hunt is going to o off great!

Well, this time we're using egg-shaped capsules to work with our plan...

It doesn't matter if they're real or fake, though! Let's make the egg hint a success!

Yeah! Besides, I always have good luck, but if I'm with you, it gets even better!

Oh yeah?

Yeah! I've got "good fortune" on my own, but when you're with me, it becomes "super amazing fortune"!

Heheh. I see. Guess I'll take your word for it. I mean, I want this egg hunt to go well, after all.

Right. And if I believe it, and you believe too, then that'll double the effect!

Is it a problem if this is sounding less and less believable?

What!? It sounds totally believable! You want to be happy too, right, Misora? Just trust me!

Even the way you're saying it sounds fishy...

It does not!
The World Through Aruru's Eyes

Our game of sugoroku is in its final stages! Your turn, Aruru!

Okay, let's spin the wheel...

One, two, three, four...Aha, I made it to the goal!

That's amazing, Aruru-chan. You were in last place until just a little while ago.

And since the first person to make it gets bonus points, then... Hmmm...

That's five extra points. Aruru comes from behind for the win.

Yay! I'm not quite sure how that happened, but yay!

Well, that's Aruru for you. Even though she was rolling nothing bt ones for a while there.

She got teleported to weird places and got caught up in other people's bad luck, too. How was she able to win?

Remember what Shizuha-chan said before we started?

What makes this game fun is that anyone can always come back to win, no matter how bad the situation.

So I was just having fun playing and watching all the things that were happening, and I won!

It's always like this with Aruru. No matter how bad the situation, she finds the strength to have fun with it.

Yeah, I think I get it.

Maybe the secret to making a comeback victory is not caring if you win or not.

Hey, let's play cards next!

Cards sounds fun! Maybe Old Maid, or Fan-Tan?

We already played those, though. What other fun games might there be?

How about we play Concentration?

Concentration, you say!?

Huh?

Proposing a game of Concentration when Shizuha is around... Unbelievable! Inconceivable!

Why are you two talking like that?

Wait, hold on. Is Shizuha-chan good at Concentration or something?

"Good" does not begin to describe it. Only destruction is left in her wake when she plays.

Yes... She shows no mercy.

Well, it's a game, so I shouldn't try to take it easy on people, right?

The horror... The terror...

But very well. Let us give these youngsters a taste of what playing Concentration against Shizuha is like. Shall we begin?

I'm kind of scared now.

Misora, let's win this! Shizuha-chan, we challenge you!

You're on, Aruru-chan.

A seven? Lalafin flipped that over before. Next, the nines are here next to each other. And then...

Whoa, her memory is amazing!

And then I take the final two cards.

Game! And the winner by a mile is Shizuha

I did it!

What!?

Aruru, you just lost.

Look, look! I got all my numbers in a row!

Numbers? Huh? Tens, Jacks, Queens, Kings, Aces... The cards you took were sequential?

If this were poker, that would be two Royal Flushes she has right there.

Wait, were you trying to do that, Aruru!?

Huh? What's a Royal Flush?

You...had not idea, did you?

I don't think Aruru has ever played poker.

I feel like I lost even though I won. I guess in some sense, nobody is a match for Aruru.

I don't know, I'm just happy I got a bunch of cool-looking cards.

That's not the point of the game though...

Maybe Aruru-chan could beat Shizuha if we played poker...

We've stuffed these eggs full of happiness!

I made some Easter-themed treats for everyone, but they all wandered off somewhere.

So it's lucky that I ran into you! I can't possibly eat all these by myself. Here, have some!

Well? How is it? Too tasty for words? Whoa, you're not looking so good right now. Are you-- Hey, where are you going!?
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