[Zenobiath's Hatching] In Their Eyes Shine Stars

[Zaikt]

[kaiator - he/him - HR]

Oh. The Brown was--coming over here. Kaiator raised an eyebrow, glancing back and forth between Mel and Haveli with no small amount of trepidation. He'd almost had enough time to concoct something to say to the little fellow before he found himself spoken to quite directly, and--
Oof. Being shoved by a dragonet was...not very fun, as it turned out. He could already hear Tunnelsnake's impending jabs, and he grimaced, stepping back up to his spot as soon as he'd caught his balance again.

Sorry, love. he replied, somewhat sheepishly. But it only seems right to give a dragon of your caliber some competition, I'd say. How else can you show us all what you can do?  

[Andranis]

Candidate Tarnaria

She couldn't help but giggle a bit, watching the brown dragon hatch. Oh, such a strong personality! And then his brother! She was delighted, and hoped the best for both. She sighed, though, going still, watching and waiting. Would one of them choose her? She spared a glance to the stands, to twin shocks of orange hair. It wouldn't be unusual if the brown chose her. It'd certainly turn heads, but... Actually, no, she wasn't sure she'd want a brown. Tarnaria wasn't so keen on turning heads like that. She didn't feel she had the personality for it. She was, outside of being a Candidate, a humble baker's daughter. Still, there were dreams, weren't there? Flights of fancy of the mind-

She had to put a halt on that before she started to daydream about bread dragons again. Her attention stayed on the blue, watching him flail about.  

[Uta]

Except, of course, that wasn't entirely true.

No sooner had the words escaped Brown Starry Night Egg than Lump of Coal egg shattered in what could only be considered a small explosion. Fragments of shell went everywhere and anyone standing front and center would probably get hit with egg goo and shards.

In its place was a rather magnificent bronze, with wings unfurled, and his tail sweeping back from around his claws. His eyes were deep-red though, and he turned to give all the Candidates a haughty and irritated stare.

Such foolish words from a pathetic brown. We know who they really came to admire and love. With a majestic flare of his wings, the bronze stood, though his eyes remained a dangerous red.  

[demon_pachabel]

Kahbrohm

"Well now you've seen two," not that Kahbrohm thought anybody ever really got tired of seeing baby dragons, even those who had impressed had a way of coming back to see the new ones. Whether curiosity or to support a family member....Kahbrohm paused to look back to the stands to see if he could spot his father. Only for a moment before his attention was sharply back on the baby dragons roaming the sands.

Especially Starry Night Brown who seemed to have some beef with one of the other candidates."That one likely won't claw you unless you beg for it," Kahbrohm said, noting that the hatchling had bodied the other candidate, rather than opted for claws or teeth for whatever offense had been aimed his way.

Hmm.

But what would the blue do once he got his feet underneath him?

And then there was Lump of Coal, ready to go. Kahbrohm couldn't help but grin smugly at that absolute confidence the newly hatched bronze exuded. Now that was a dragon!

"I like it," not the color exactly, but that attitude. It was the same reason he'd liked that egg.

Tsunake

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Dorok

"There's a lot of dreams, not all are so simple," Dorok stated almost stiffly. Impression wouldn't be the be all, end all, of his dreams. Of what and who he wanted to - needed to - be. He eyed the newly hatched brown with a certain interest, trying to keep the eyes he could feel staring into him from collapsing all of his thoughts down upon whatever desire he could have for Starry Night.

"A fine dragon, that one," he said thoughtfully, resting his hands on his hips, turning his attention to Holly Blue now. Competitive one, that one. "That one has spirit. It'll be a fine dragon," if it wanted to win so badly, it would likely grow up to be the kind of dragon that pushed itself hard and try to last more than a half fall. Hmmmm.

As for who he'd touched, "I touched that one," he pointed to Striped Paper Egg, "That one," he pointed to Gingerbread...then hesitated, "and..." his lips twisted into a frown and he didn't motion to the last egg he'd had the opportunity to touch. The thought made his heart twist into a knot of ugly feelings - a monster. He had to be one.

And then Lump of Coal hatched - a bronze. Dorok couldn't look away. Perhaps out of some twisted sense of want for all the wrong reasons. But it wasn't something that would leave so easily, and not when he was there looking like everything he'd dreamed a dragon was supposed to be. Been told a dragon was supposed to be.

Tsunake

Medigel

 

[TheWishling]

Candidate Rhys - He/Him - HR

Rhys couldn't help his awe. A brown, a Blue, and now a Bronze. Three handsome sons for the Golden Queen. His eyes had to fight flitting between all three, though the red in the eyes of the bronze had him curious. What on earth was the little one so angry about? He wished he could ease the burden of them, and yet...Well, they were independent, weren't they. The Riders needed them, and it was only slightly the other way 'round. He loved that Bronze, the beauty of his hide...

Alumet and Gold Zenobiath

Her first three from the egg, all sons. Her humming continued, steadily, and such love poured from the Gold. Look at them, all so handsome and perfect. They were everything she could have hoped for, and the clutch Mother shifted, tucking her tail back across her rear lets as a wing shifted. Even their small squabbles, she enjoyed to a degree. It reminded her of her own hatching, of her own brothers. They were wonderful.  

[demon_pachabel]

Kinyegele

No wonder that little egg hadn't wanted her around! Kinye still gave due admiration to the newly hatched Bronze Lump of Coal, however. He couldn't be hers, but she could still love him with every ounce of her heart and wish him the best. Look at you! So majestic! I hope you are happier out here than in the egg!

There were no favorites with Kinye. The only one in the running had yet to hatch - but only because she was eager to meet them!  

[Meepfur]

Ilzerin - he/him

Ilzerin had expected nothing less than being snubbed, but it would have been remiss of him to not at least attempt to make amends.  With that attempt made - and at least he didn't warrant a shove - he could move on.  A blue was next to hatch, also quite fetching but terribly annoyed that he had not been first.  He could understand the upset, and didn't begrudge the young dragon his display of temper.  Ah, but then another egg hatched, and a fine, fine a bronze emerged.  Why hello there, handsome.

He, luckily, was not right up front, and was spared being hit by any goo or shards, not that he would have objected.  It was their day, and he was just here in case one happened to want him.  Otherwise, he was a ready supply of calmly positive thoughts...and with the fine and now even shining specimens on display, positive thoughts were easy to come by, even if it did look like drama was brewing.  

[Uta]

The haughty Lump of Coal Bronze turned to stare balefully at the brown and bared his fangs.

You will always be lesser, brown, and I naturally superior--accept your place or be put in it. Not that he wished to sully his perfect claws with such lowly born ichor. But he would if it meant reminding him--reminding them ALL--about their place in the Weyr.

See?

Look at how the boys already turned fond eyes upon him.  

[demon_pachabel]

Alosha and Niika - Bet Tracking

"Oh! Off to quite a start already!" Alosha said thoughtfully, checking through her notes to see if they fit anything she had at this point. Over her shoulder, Niika helpfully pointed to a few places. Alosha offered the apprentice healer a smile.

"Think they'll fight?" Niika asked nervously, looking at the showdown between the bronze and brown brothers. It seemed possible if the brown was as strong willed as he seemed to be when he bodied candidates and held his ground so proudly now.

Alosha hummed thoughtfully as she stribbled in the margins of her notes. "Maybe - but what clutch doesn't have a little bit of fighting to try and establish and push their boundaries with each other?" she asked. Niika knew this to be true from her former experience on the sands with them. Hmm.

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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.
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,
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. -1/3
Alosha has bet that more than half of the metallics clutched will impress to High Reaches Candidates.

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.
Alosha has bet at least 2/3rds of the Weyrlings will be High Reaches Candidates.

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)

Impression Order:

 

[Thaliawen]

Ionan had made his way to Kinye. It hadn’t taken him long to pick her out from the group of candidates. He’d searched, briefly, for his older siblings among the crowd. They were all busy—Demanthra was doing her thing—Ashlyn was undoubtedly preparing for the upcoming Weyrlings. “What do you think is in that egg?” He asked, pointing to the starry night egg.

It wasn’t long before he had his answer. A brown hatched. The dragonets on the sand didn’t seem thrilled with each other, did they? Ionan knew dragonets sometimes fought. They were siblings and from experience, siblings did that. It didn’t make it any easier to watch.

“I hope they make up,” he muttered.

demon_pachabel

As promised!

Dea and #Teddy#

Ionan knows his sisters are busy! Mentions and love!

 

[houllow]

Haveli

"...ha. Haha." Of course the only egg she'd liked the spirit of would turn out to be a bronze. Of course it would be because hadn't it said she was completely unworthy? Yet another tic on that post, the one that had her staked on the sands. She'd been watching it all with a blank mind, wondering what would happen. A brown who didn't care for her, a blue who...blue'd, and now a bronze. At least Little Boy survived his shove with the brown who'd come over in a huff, and she resisted the urge to say or do anything more. He was fine, Mel was fine, and Haveli wasn't laying bleeding and hating on the Sands. For now.

Her stomach was starting to hurt, as did the old wounds at the back of her head and around her neck. The heat, was it making them throb or was it her efforts to ignore them that hurt? Either way her eyes turned from watching the bronze, from watching the brown and the blue. She could look at the sands and think nothing.

Her head hurt and she visibly winced.

Zaikt

medigel

 

[Uta]

The Ding-Dong Bell Egg jerked violently once more, and this time, a crack began to appear in its shell.

Meanwhile, the Red & Green Striped Paper Egg suddenly began to twitch and wobble, and somewhere, at some point, the little Snowman Egg had fallen over to its side. It appeared to be shaking ever so swiftly but gently--or was it, perhaps, trembling instead? It was hard to say.

But what was quite clear was when the little Blue Ornament Egg's shell top popped off and went flying. A very small, very delicate green head was quick to follow, eyes whirling a bright blue. She gave a happy little trumpet, bright and cheerful, completely oblivious or unaware of the growing tension on the sands. Hello world! She was here, ready to help--at least once she freed herself from this enclosure.  

[Meepfur]

Elibrie - she/her

"Yes!" Elibrie answered Juhvek with sincere enthusiasm, and pressed closer to Oranie to coo her increasing delight when the blue broke his shell. He wasn't terribly happy with his brother, but oh, he was perfect too! "They're all just so precious."

That was it. She was absolutely, completely smitten with baby dragons, though with her fondness for babies in general, it was no great stretch. "Oh, and look at the one!" As though they hadn't seen the bronze as well. "How handsome!" Very definitely under no circumstances a girl's dragon, but quite a sight nonetheless. "And a green!"

Poised and quietly nervous had gone right out the window at her first sight of baby dragons.

xTsunake

xdemon_pachabel

 

[demon_pachabel]

Kinyegele

For all the movement in these other eggs, Kinye couldn't help but focus on one in particular; "Ionan! The first green!" she said excitedly, reaching out to touch his arm and pointing off towards where the Ornament Egg had just hatched. Her love for greens was no surprise, and she'd not hold in that she'd very quickly just gained a favorite baby for who was currently on the sands.

I'm so happy to see you, little friend! I hope you'll come say hello! she thought fondly towards the little green who was still making her way out of her egg. But the hatching had just gotten a little better in Kinye's eyes - none of the others would likely look her way at all, as far as she knew.

Thaliawen