Kyzier - Ruunan, Christmas Tree Bronze Kyzier watched, raising an eyebrow, as some male candidates began making their way over to the newest bronze, all at once, and lining up before him. "Hmm? Did he say something to them?" Well, why didn't they hear it? Maybe they hadn't been noticed. They weren't about to be written off, not for any dragon.
Much less one that was big and shiny and BIG. He was the biggest dragonet so far. There was no way that Kyzier was waiting around, if people were lining up. "I'm going to go say hello. Maybe he isn't mine, but if he was, it'd be a shame to make him wait, right?" They grinned at Ruunan and stepped forward, joining the other candidates and giving the bronzeboy a little wave.
They weren't sure yet what it was, but they were ready to embrace their destiny. No matter where it took them, they would move forward and take a risk, every time.
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:00 pm
Kahbrohm
There was a lot of commotion now, but nothing like that earlier fight had been. A lot of eggs hatching into fine blues and greens (and the brown that still remained), but it was the Hatching of the Christmas Tree egg that had Kahbrohm standing with his hands on his hips and a certain degree of interest - though if the blue from Ding Dong had asked, he likely would have gone to it as well. He was the best boy on the sands, and despite some rejections had not taken a blow strong enough to his ego to change that.
Clearly the dragon for him would be as similarly strong willed, right?
Kahbrohm ruffled Chakuri's hair as he stepped forward. "I'll be back," he stated, as though she could have heard the bronze's call and strode forward to join the line - if not head it off, really - so that the newest hatchling could take a look at him. Why wouldn't he? He was a fine boy and there was nobody who could tell him otherwise and hurt his ego.
Well. There was one, but they weren't a dragon.
What a fine lineup you're getting for yourself.
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:01 pm
Candidate Tarroi
Tarroi couldn't help but snicker as Rhiyn was rebuked by the little blue dragonet. He knew he was in the same position, but it was funny anyway, because he also knew that the other Candidate was as much of a bronze-chaser as he was, or used to be. At that exact moment, the Christmas Tree Egg hatched into an enormous bronze infant. "Look at the size of that fellow," he nudged Rhiyn. Then came the invitation to meet the dragonet -- clearly it must have been said only to male Candidates, as a number of them made their way over to the bronze and began queuing up.
"Whatd'ya say?" Tarroi nudged Rhiyn again. "Want to go say hi?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:01 pm
Candidate Rhys - HR - He/Him
Rhys seemed absolutely in awe. He was dead quiet, watching every single egg with idle anxiety. Every hatchling was met with the same wave of awe and love, his eyes glimmering in delight. They were so beautiful, each and every one of them, and his hope was just as full in his throat as his nervousness. It wasn't until the Christmas Tree Bronze invited them to say hi that Rhys moved, stepping a bit closer to wave at the little male, "Hi." Love, complete and absolute adoration. It wasn't for his hide, it was for him. For all the babies.
Juhvek looked towards the Christmas Tree bronze as it requested a line - of what looked to be only the boys, really - and then he looked to those he was standing with who had likely not heard it.
Hmm.
"Do any of you ladies want to go meet the bronze?" he asked, making no motion to move towards the queue until he heard from them. If they didn't move...well...neither would he. If that kept him from consideration.......hmm.
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Kinyegele
"Okay! Be safe! Play nice with the other boys!" Kinye must have sounded like a doting mother with that as she watched Ionan walk off, before she squeezed Lusialu's hand. Neither of them really would have been much for the bronze (and really, if a bronze was going to consider....) to consider anyways. "Maybe one of the greens will come say hello though," she suggested.
Yes. That was what Kinye needed right then. A nice green! Which would have been any of them!
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:03 pm
Candidate Tarnaria
Watching the hatchlings, Tarnaria couldn't help but giggle a bit at the second bronze. Now that was a proper and polite dragon! But, bronzes didn't Impress to girls, so she largely ignored him, looking instead to the other babies and eggs.
Deep, restful sleep was evading her this particular evening so when the call to head to the Sands went up, Solameya was up on her feet, pulling on her white robe. She took a moment to run her hands over her hair which she had plaited into an updo to (attempt) to sleep in. It was still fine. Off she went to stand for another chance to impress. She had bowed to the watching parents, and assumed her spot.
It hadn’t been long before eggs started hatching. There seemed to be some strong, combative personalities amid the hatchlings. Potentially a good thing down the road, but watching them tear into each other made her fidgety. Finding Theirs put an end to that fortunately. There were sweeter seeming dragonets here and there visiting amongst those standing to Impress and each other. She kept her head on a swivel, ready to move in need be.
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:09 pm
“Alright,” Rhiyn nodded to Tarroi. He was still stunned from what the little blue had said, but why shouldn’t he take the chance to meet the bronze? “He’s certainly regal, isn’t he?” He said. He got into line.
“Maybe he’s yours.”
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:16 pm
Watch them, the Santa bronze told Rudolph brown, observing the line up of Candidates, as well as those within reach of Ding Dong blue. Especially him. He has shown a willingness to cause trouble, and I don't want any further casualties. Although he himself did not altogether mind if any ladies or gentlefolk wished to meet him, he knew very well that Christmas Tree bronze had given a specific instruction, and it didn't seem that all were following it. Santa bronze wasn't sure how he would respond.
The Caroling Note dragonet gave an amused warble, and then like a flash was off again to meet other Candidates. How easy it was when they were lining up! So easy that she could run right up to Tonori and say hi! Are you a bronze chaser too? she asked him, for he hadn't yet gone to join the throng. Maybe he wasn't! Wouldn't that be interesting? ... But wait, there he went. How disappointing. Well!
Never mind. Go on! You answered my question already. Bah! Didn't anyone prefer green hides? Mind made up, she dashed off again.
In the background, the Elf Stocking green sat down to wait, watching the gathering as it formed. Beyond her, the Snowflake Egg egg cracked with a violent explosion of shell. There! The green revealed stomped her feet. What was all of this, then?
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:16 pm
Elibrie - she/her
The latest bronze must have said something the girls weren't privvy to - which was quite his right, of course - as boys started to trickle over to present themselves to him, and Juhvek asked if they would like to go meet the dragonet...and oh, did she ever! She was quite smitten with all the perfect hatchlings, and yet...that was a bronze. She had no business going over and taking up his time.
"He didn't...he didn't ask for us," Elibrie finally answered, twisting her hand in her robes and chewing at her lip. "But you should go, if he wants all you boys. I'm sure we'll be fine."
Mostly sure.
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:21 pm
Rundanrul - W
Now that things had calmed a bit - the angry Ding Dong blue had calmed a bit and had left the girl to bleed on the sands - Rundanrul was able to turn his gaze to the brown and bronze dragons that had hatched during the commotion. There was a fair number of them now and he eyed them all curiously, wondering which one might approach him. While one bronze thought him unsuitable it didn't mean they all would. He knew he would do great things and he'd need a great partner to do them with.
The way Christmas Tree bronze seemed to wait for the Candidates to come to him drew a little smirk to Run's lips, amused but impressed by his confidence. The Santa bronze was more social, going up and checking out his options. And then there was the Rudolph brown, standing at attention and waiting for...something. All fine options, he wouldn't mind any of them approaching him with rainbow eyes.
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Now that Ding Dong blue had satisfied his thirst for revenge, Vera calmed a bit. There was no more immediate danger, no happy blues trampling about, no bronze or brown battling for supremacy. She surveyed the dragons that were out and gazed at the eggs that were still shaking and those that were still. There were so many left to hatch, she wondered what might be hiding within.
-Maybe Snowflake will be a gold. There isn't one yet- she signaled to Veri, watching as another bronze broke free of his shell. She had to admit she was just a bit jealous of the boys who got to ride such shiny dragons, but she wasn't particular about color.
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Fivudal - Healer
"Doing well...that's it...hang on now, don't move," Fivudal murmured as he worked. He was used to his fair share of shock victims and worked with the stuttering breaths and the weak laughter that bubbled up from Miela's chest. The worst of the wounds was by far the right eye - completely gone and unfortunately there wasn't much he could do on the sands for that other than pack it with gauze and wrap it up to stop the bleeding. That would need to be seen to properly after the fact - but there were a few other deep lacerations that needed his attention as well. Fivudal got Miela's face as cleaned up and stitched as he could before moving on to the slashes on her arms and shoulders and chest.
"Right. Miela, doing all right there?" he asked, tying off the end of another stitch. He was getting the bleeding under control, though a quick glance let him know he'd need to apply another fresh gauze to the ruined eye sooner rather than later.
"If you need more numbweed just give a squeeze." He adjusted how she was laying ever so slightly, resting her hand against his calf. Kneeling on the sands wasn't ideal but it was all they could manage until they were able to bring her to the healer's ward once the hatching was finished. He glanced towards the sands for a moment, hoping that if she did have a dragon out there that it would come find her sooner rather than later.
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:27 pm
Chakuri
Look at the greens! Oh! Her heart fluttered, and she pressed her hands to her mouth as though to conceal the wide smile spreading over her face. Ohh, she could hardly stand it! When Kahbrohm ruffled her hair, she gave a start of surprise, her stomach flipping over itself. "Wha?" She managed to ask, but... there he went... towards the bronze that had just hatched. For a wild moment, she wondered if it was his... but it seemed like other boys were lining up, too!
Well, that was just fine. She would admire these beautiful greens and blues! And that handsome brown over there!
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Dehka
And just like that, the green had darted off! Wow, she really could run... but, now Dehka could focus on the bronze that had called--the bronze who's egg he'd touched first. Taking a breath, he gave a smile to both Dorok and Orri as if to say 'shall we?' He knew he wanted to. Even if Christmas Tree wasn't for him, he was excited to be able to meet the young dragonet outside of the shell.
Standing with the others, Dehka couldn't help his own smile. It's so nice to meet you again!
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More dragons, left and right... Juhvek's question confused her for a moment, blinking. A bronze dragon wouldn't be for them... but Elibrie's response had the pieces click. Oh. "Please do! Don't stay here just because of us!" She insisted, almost horrified at the thought. What if that was his dragon?
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A line-up, huh? With a glance at Rasthell, Lauthisen shrugged and moved to join the line of other young men. If it meant the dragon would be able to decide between them more easily, well, that made sense to him.
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:28 pm
Alosha and Niika - Bet Tracking
There were so many now, and Niika found herself wishing she could be down there with them. But she'd stood her chance and that had been it. She even had scars on her back to remind her that it wasn't so delightful.
But it was always so much more fun to be part of the chance.
Alosha looked from her notes, scribbling down the hatching of another bronze - hmm! Depending on her counter bet and how many more glittering hides were in this clutch she may have been out-bet already. No matter.
"Thinking hard?" she asked, looking to Niika who jolted out of her daydream to look back at her. "It isn't hard to think about baby dragons," she admitted. Alosha grinned, "That's true!"
Faesinger: Moirath bets that the third green to impress to a girl will not be the third green to impress. Alosha bets the third green to impress to a girl will be the third green to hatch.
Magna: The Ding Dong egg will hold a gold AND it will impress to Nala. - LOSS Alosha is betting that Nalacko will impress one of the first 5 dragons to hatch.
Tatter: Z'haq bets that five dragons will be Impressed by Western Candidates, 1/5 Alosha has bet that the majority of Western Candidates to impress will be girls - more than half.
Z'haq There will be three bronzes shelled. -3/3 - Win Alosha has bet that more than half of the metallics clutched will impress to High Reaches Candidates. 1/??
Feylin: T'of is betting that the average age of the people who actually Impress dragons will be 20. Alosha bets that the average age of female candidates that impress will be 18
Zaikt: Kaiator bets that Candidate Haveli will Impress to a male dragon. Alosha bets that Haveli impresses a dragon that is smaller than the average size listed on the size chart of the front page!
Symm: 1. Ruunan will Impress a green dragon. Alosha has bet Ruunan will impress a dragon larger than the average size on the Size chart on the front page. 2. More Western candidates will Impress than HR. 1/??? Western Alosha has bet at least 2/3rds of the Weyrlings will be High Reaches Candidates. 2/??? HR
Persi: --Tuelarua bets that Rahmsii will impress in the first half of impressions. Alosha bets that Rahmsii will impress a dragon who is in the first half of eggs that hatch. --Tuelarua also bets that bronzes will go to more HR boys than Western ones. Alosha bets that a metallic dragon will hatch from one of the first 4 eggs to hatch. - Win
Phil: Soui is betting Dehka will Impress Alosha bets that if Dehka does impress it is to a male dragon.
Hatching Order: Starry Night (Brown), Holly (Blue), Lump of Coal (Bronze), Blue Ornament (Green), Snowman (Blue), Rudolph (brown), Ding Dong (Blue), Santa (Bronze), Caroling Note (Green), Elf Stocking (Green), Christmas Tree (Bronze), Snowflake (Green)
Impression Order: Lump of Coal (Kaiator), Starry Night (Ilzerin), Holly (Aroontwa)
Weyrling Ages: 23, 18, 24 Female:
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:31 pm
Candidate Heida
Heida jerked her thumb over her shoulder with a smirk. "Look at all those boys queuing up for that bronze that just hatched," she sneered to Kedah. 'Bronze chasers, all of them. Wouldn't give you a quarter mark for the lot of 'em. It takes a real man to ride one of the lesser colors."
All the while she watched the other dragonets searching for their lifemates and held welcoming thoughts in her mind.
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Now that the bloodshed was over, it felt like a true celebration of new life to Trude. Dragonet after dragonet was hatching, and she couldn't have been more excited! "Do you -- so do you think you'll Impress?" she asked the Candidate standing with her. "So my name's Trude. What's yours?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 3:33 pm
The quivering Snowman Blue took a moment to consider Zenobiath's words. For a brief second, the white of his eyes dissipated, and he began to calm into a more uneasy yellow.
His was waiting...
He could do it. He had to do it. I .... I love you too. I should... I should go, shouldn't I? I... I'm ready to go. Even if he didn't sound like it. Heck, he didn't even feel like it, but the fear of overstaying his welcome was too great.
Now he just had to make that all-important first step. He just needed a minute.
Maybe a minute more. Nope. One more minute. Any second now...Ope. Nope, hold on. Stalling.
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The Red & Green Striped Paper Egg continued to wriggle, until finally, a head popped out of the top. With a shrug of his wings, he pushed aside the rest of his egg and trotted forward like the magnificent beast he was!
Now that's how you do it! Trotting around, he ignored the commotion of his siblings.
Honestly, this was a hatching?
Hey! Hey you! His gaze fell upon the quivering and petrified blue that was near Zenobiath. Just what do you think you're doing? That's not how you're going to Impress! Honestly, what are you doing over there--get out here! Come on now. Be quick about it or you'll never find yours! He trotted over to Snowman Blue, and began to nudge his hindquarters and tail with his nose.
The little Snowman gave a little creel--but quickly relented to the ministrations. I'm s-sorry!! So sorry! Wherever you want me, I'll go! The little blue was torn on what to do but he knew he couldn't stay with Zenobiath and someone else now wanted him to move along.
But there were bronzes out there and--
I said hop to it!! Come on! Like this! And with a firm nudge, he pushed his little brother away from Zenobiath and front-and-center to the Candidates. He wasn't trying to be overly aggressive, but he certainly had a know-it-all attitude and fully intended to bully his brother into being more than a wet blanket.
Hey! Watch it now! He snapped at his brothers tail, even as the little blue Snowman stumbled directly into the Candy Cane Egg. Can't you do anything right? Come on now! Left foot, right foot, left foot, right foot... - - - -
Candy Cane Egg found itself bumped, which seemed to serve as exactly the sort of initiative it needed. With a great heave, the shell shattered into a million pieces around it--kicking out shards at any close by like shrapnel--and in its wake was a very proud looking brown.
Hello, world. Your future Weyrleader has arrived.
- - - String of Lights shell gave way--this had been the egg that had cracked so purposefully (but so mysteriously) early on. The two sides fell apart, and in its place sat with poised, graceful dignity, a green. Her long tail was wrapped around her feet, her wings only partially unfurled to dry. Her eyes were a violet-blue and she blinked slowly as she gazed fondly at the crowd.
