Piggy is questing! Episode 1/25

"Thrbl, do you feel that?" Gnk buzzed excitedly.
Thrbl, pink and white and furry, paused mid-stride and looked round. It felt a gentle tremor beneath its paws, a vibration that resonated through the pink crystal­line sands of their home planet. "What is it, Gnk?"
Gnk's compound eyes gleamed with curiosity as it skitter­ed closer. "It's like the heart­beat of Pink, but...different." The large fuchsia-coloured insect pointed one of its six limbs to the sky where their two moons appear­ed to be play­ing hide and seek with the clouds. "I think some­thing wonder­ful is about to happen."

Piggy is questing! Episode 2/25

The friends hurried to their spaceship, a sophisticated five-floored vessel that reflected the hues of the surround­ing land­scape. Inside, the dash­board lit up with an array of colours, react­ing to the un­familiar tremor. "We should investigate," Thrbl said, its voice a mix of eagerness and caution.
Gnk nodded in agreement, and they both climbed into their seats. The space­ship hummed to life, lifting off the ground with a gentle whoosh. They soar­ed into the sky, the moons growing larger as the craft approached the epi­centre of the disturbance. The air grew thick with antici­pation, the pink clouds part­ing to reveal an ancient, over­grown forest they had never seen before.

Piggy is questing! Episode 3/25

They descended into the heart of the woods, the spaceship's sensors beep­ing erratically as they approach­ed a clearing. There, nestled among the giant pink ferns, lay two eggs. One was a dark green, with small scales like a dragon’s egg, and the other a gleam­ing gold. The tremors grew strong­er, the ground pulsing rhythm­ically like a heartbeat.
"Thrbl, these eggs ... they're alive!" Gnk exclaimed. The furry alien leaned closer, its breath mist­ing in the cool air as it studied the eggs. The green one pulsed with a gentle light, while the golden one emanat­ed a warm, comfort­ing glow. They both felt a strange pull towards them, a silent beckon­ing that seem­ed to speak direct­ly to their souls. "We must protect these," Thrbl murmured, its voice filled with a sense of urgency.

Piggy is questing! Episode 4/25

They carefully placed the eggs into the designated compart­ments within their spaceship. The moment they were secured, the tremors ceased, and the forest grew still. Thrbl looked at Gnk, who nodded solemn­ly. They both knew that these eggs held great signifi­cance for their planet, and they were now guard­ians of the life within.
With a shared sense of purpose, they decided to visit Earth, a planet they had heard whisper­ed about in the cosmos, rich with diverse life forms and peculiar customs. They hastily prepar­ed their craft, check­ed the eggs were secure, and set off. Upon land­ing on Earth, they open­ed the hatch to their space­craft with some trepid­ation. What would they find? On descend­ing to terra firma, they looked round cautious­ly, and jumped, startled, when they saw they were being regarded curious­ly by several animals.

Piggy is questing! Episode 5/25

“It’s okay, we’re used to space travellers,” said one animal, a Practically Perfect Pink Pig called Piggy, in a kindly way. “What are your names?”
“I’m Thrbl and this is Gnk,” said the furry alien, after check­ing the auto­matic trans­lator was on.
“Oh! Where are you from—Planet No-Vowels?” laughed Piggy, and the other animals also chuckled. The two aliens imitated their new friends by join­ing in the laughter, although they didn’t under­stand what vowels were. Or jokes, for that matter. But their module on “How to Fit In With Earth Inhabitants”, which they had plugged into their internal know­ledge bases on their journ­ey here, came in handy. (They hoped they wouldn’t need the advice given in the special appendix: “How to Fit In With the English”, because—well, were they even human? They sounded weird!)
“Come and have a look around!” invited Piggy.
Gnk and Thrbl found they were in a region inhabit­ed by a huge variety of animals, where the air was filled with the voices, activities and laughter of creatures that were un­known on Pink. The pets were prepar­ing for a cele­bration called Halloween, and the festive spirit was contagious.

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For days, Thrbl and Gnk observed these curious beings, marvel­ling at the colour­ful costumes and the history of the October-end festival, which dated back thousands of years. They had very little under­stand­ing of what such a period of time signified, as the concept of time was different on Pink. But they saw creativity and joy in every corner, and the idea of dress­ing up to embrace the unusual intrigued them. Piggy spoke of spooky stories and myth­ical creatures, which re­minded them of the tales their ancestors had shared about the Great Pink Eclipse that brought forth rare and magical life forms.
One evening, whilst watching their hosts from a polite distance, they over­heard a whisper­ed con­versa­tion about hidden treasures. The pets spoke of a myster­ious under­water cave where a rare sea­horse lived, and how it was said that during the full moon on Halloween night, some­thing extra­ordinary would happen. The mention of an egg hatch­ing reminded them of the eggs safely stow­ed in their cargo, and they realised the green egg might be connect­ed to this Earthly legend.

Piggy is questing! Episode 7/25

Thrbl and Gnk decided to investigate further. Their friend Piggy sought out a very old and very wise tortoise, who spoke to Gnk and Thrbl of ancient Earth traditions and the power of the moon's cycles. He con­firmed their suspicion that Halloween night could indeed be significant for the green egg. "It is a night of trans­formation," the tortoise explained in his slow, deliberate tone, "when the veil between worlds is thin, and creatures of myth and magic are born anew."
Guided by the waxing moon, they found the hidden cave by the sea, and placed the green egg in the calm waters at the base of the cave.