Walter has to explain why an object has arrived int he Generals office,an object Siler asked him to place there.

"Walter?" Walter paused midstep and held in a sigh as he spun towards the open door of General Hank Landry's office. Stepping into the doorway he eyed the General.

"Yes Sir?"

"You wouldn't happen to know why that is in my office...would you?"

Walter followed the line of the General's arm as he pointed across his desk to the 'That' he was refferring to. Walter had to crane his neck around the door to get a better view although he already knew what the General was implying towards.

"Oh that Sir...um...well Sir you see..."

Walter was cut off mid flow by the ringing of the telephone, he paused and hoped the General would pick up. Sighing in slight relief to himself he wracked his brain for a good excuse as to why the object was in the General's office. Somehow he was unsure the honest approach would mesh, although Siler had thought it a fine enough idea.

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"Sly, it's a egg" "Exactly" replied Siler, grinning at the bright multicoloured large, oval shape set in front of him, set on a rounded plaque.

"You bought an egg for the General?" asked Walter with slight exasperation and eyeing the object.

"You do remember the secret easter bunny gift giving we all agreed to last poker night right?"

"I didn't think you'd take it so literally" replied Walter, poking the egg and getting his hand whacked away by Siler.

"You know how I get around holidays Walt" replied Siler, bundling the egg back into it's box.

"Yeah" replied Walter, "So why do I have to put it into his office?"

"Beacause your in his office more than the General himself. When am I ever in his office apart from when he is in there?"

Walter still didn't look happy at the prospect of placing the egg in the Generals office.

"But can't you..."

Siler stopped him mid sentence by placing the now well packed egg into Walter arms.

"Who'd you get anyways?" he asked, making sure Walter had a tight grip of the box.

"Colonel Carter" replied Walter, leaning back on the work table behind him.

"And what did you get her?" asked Siler, tweaking a few buttons on a panel before him.

"Nothing...Yet, nothing yet"

Walter regretted saying he hadn't bought the Colonel anything, Siler had a thing about holidays. Any holiday, like the kid in him just couldn't get enough. Christmas brought out the twinkle lights and visitors through the gate found it novel that christmas trees were present in the gateroom, ceilings dripped with decorations and trips in the elevators were soothed with christmas songs.

Valentines was also a marked occasion, with hearts and red banners and general secret notes and cards arrviving from so and so and such and such, and somewhere behind it all was a maintenance technician watching his plans play out before him.

Hammond had been quite happy to allow such reverie go on on the odd occasions throughout the year, finding it brought together the unity of the whole base, as well as helping de-stress the personnel. With General O'Neill being promoted to the big chair, there was no stopping the encouragement of such events. Walter hadn't had a chance to test the waters of the new General to see if he agreed to such events taking place. He assured himself that Gen O'Neill would had a word to the new commander of the base that certain events brought out a certain side of Sly Siler. Still he wasn't sure he wanted to be the gift giver between the two.

"You've got a few days yet Walt" said Siler, heading twards the door, trusty wrench in hand.

"Um Sly?" said Walter, following his friend out of the small control room.

"Yup"

"What am I supposed to tell him when he finds this thing on his desk"

"Tell him happy easter from his secret easter bunny"

"You realise that sounds...corny "

"It's an egg Walt, it is corny"

"Then why don't you give it too him"

"Because then it wouldn't be secret who his 'easter bunny' was"

Walter sulked for five seconds as the elevator descended to their level, and mused over the box, before making his musing known.

"I wonder who got Teal'c?"

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Walter waited, seeing as the General decided not to wave him away, and in deep thought about the multicoloured egg lighting up the left side of the Generals office, amidst echoes of wondering what on earth someone would get Teal'c on this occasion. He snapped out of his thought as the General replaced the receiver. "Well Walter?" asked the General, standing and approaching the egg with a degree of uncertainty.

Walter could come up with no other good explanation.

"Secret easter bunny Sir" he replied, trying to keep his face as straight as humanly possible.

"Huh" exclaimed Hank Landry under his breath looking it over "Seargant Siler right?"

"I'm not at liberty to say...Sir" replied Walter with the upmost respect for his commanding officer but not wanting to break the most sacred of secret 'santa/easter bunny/cupid/pumpkin' rules Siler had set up for the occasions he so enjoyed to celebrate.

"I got Teal'c a hat" said the General turning to Walter with a straight face.

"Sir?" asked Walter not following the General.

"A hat" replied the General "General O'Neill suggested it, something about Easter bonnets, hats"

The General waved in the general direction of his head as he spoke.

"Oh" replied Walter catching on and unable to think of a response to the statement."Anything else Sir?"

"No" replied the General, glancing over at the egg again.

Walter made his escape as the General mused over his egg and ponderings of Tealc's hat and made his way to level sixteen, on a mission to let Siler know the General seemed impressed by his gift.

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