[Mystery Hatching] A Mysterious Kind of Folk

[Avid_RPer18]

Solameya | She/Her | HRW

When the word of stirring eggs on the Sands went up, Solameya had bolted upright in bed. Her internal clock was still reading High Reaches time, but the announcement sent a jolt of energy through her.
Of course, time would tell if it'd last the entirety of the Hatching. It took her no time to dress, with sandals, and make her way to find a spot on the Sands, greeting the watching parents as she entered before finding a place amongst the girls.

There were a few eggs shifting, moving. Of course, dragonets wait for no man, and certainly no one was left waiting for long. Brown Paw Print egg hatched a red eyed green. She had places to be! Green Olive egg then shuddered and split open, revealing not one but two little Queens. Huh! This being only her second hatching, she briefly pondered how often twins occurred. There had been a pair in the first clutch she stood for. The green didn't seem so keen on her metallic sisters, perhaps upset at sharing the proverbial stage, and set to spilling a couple more siblings from their eggs onto the warm sand. A tiny little green from Daisy, and, what!, a set of twins from the Gay Flag egg, a green and blue! The newest arrivals either seemed startled or weren't quite ready yet, but their fussing eldest sibling had sort of decided for them. The queens divided to tend to their siblings, one to check and one to confront Brown Paw Print green.

Then there was fighting. Outright brawling! Solameya crossed her arms to occupy her hands, and glanced about at the candidates nearest her, glanced at the various babies on the move, including the newly hatched Funfetti blue. The fight broke up, or at least was paused and the two queens comforted one another. And WHAT?! Another set of twins from the Ace Flag egg, a brown and a bronze. Huh! Sleep was the furthest thing from her mind. There was so much to keep an eye on, to be aware of.  

[dawns_aura]

Tandry

So many hatchlings milling about.... nine, he thought he counted, from six eggs. And none seemed ready to find and claim Theirs just yet. And the excitement of the scuffle between the queens and green... there were a lot of things happening. With more still to come.


Velara

Perhaps it was the dragonhealer in her that had her wanting to go to both the queen and the green to make sure they were alright, but she couldn't for she was also a candidate, and none of the babies had Impressed or found theirs yet. So though it was almost physically painful for her, she would stay back. She would follow the rules. She would behave. And she would wait to see if perhaps she would be lucky enough to find a dragon soul-mate of her own this time....


Lelte

EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeee, another set of twins! And such handsome boys too!This time she couldn't control her excitement, and not only bounced up and down, from foot to foot, but leaned over to the candidate next to her and grabbed their arm. 'Isn't this exciting?'  

[Teiha]

Funfetti remained poised, watching his sisters with intense fascination. Their fight did cause some yellows to creep into his eyes, particularly when Brown Paw Print was forced down, but for the most part, they remained green with hints of blue.

Not too far away, Mint Chocolate Chip began to shimmy again, slooooowly wiggling in a zig zag pattern… for about two inches. Gosh, it wasn’t going to get far that way! It stopped shimmying, and instead appeared to vibrate as the infant inside tried to push its way out instead. With a sudden crunch, the shell gave way and a few toes popped out, just for a moment, before being yanked back in surprise. Hmm… had it been green, or blue?  

[Milady Emerald]

Candidate Jaiyce Western


Jaiyce had gotten so swept up in ignoring the fighting and welcoming the hatchlings that he didn't notice what caused the unease that Teth boomed out against. He felt the Candidate next to him hoping from foot to foot.and he momentarily turned from that hatching. "Easy there" He said jovially. "Steady on, right? We're here for these little ones making their way in the world now, and who knows what movements will attract attention in the wrong way." He put out a hand in offer to steady the other. "By the way, I'm Jaiyce"

Turning his attention briefly back to the hatching he scanned the eggs and noted that the Ace Egg had broken and revealed another pair of dragonets. " Well would you lookie there, nother two lives to welcome!" He sent fond thoughts towards the dragons that had just hatched.

The fact that the Mint Chocolate Chip egg had wiggled away had been missed, he almost jumped at the crunch but managed to catch himself. He'd been trying to keep an eye on that egg...

Lothwolf

Hi! Lets chat?

 

[Tsunake]

Bukichi

Another set of twins. The young man blinked with surprise, also in part to the sudden weight against him. He glanced at her, studying her face before his hands slowly relaxed. "I know," He said, pausing as there was a sharp crunch of an eggshell breaking. He couldn't quite make out the color...

"There really weren't any I didn't like," He said with a slight, wry smile... and then another green burst forth, apparently ready to fight to protect her sister.

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[Avid_RPer18]

Haizea | She/Her | Western

The wee hour wake up didn't bother Haizea. Quite an event to get to, the arrival of new dragonets! Of course, there was a degree of grogginess but the teen made sure to do everything she needed to. Being pretty short, she opted for standing more towards the front of the fanned out candidates, so to better see, to react if need be. There was so much happening so soon! Three sets of twins, a brawling green and gold, so much activity. Her eyes danced from dragonet to dragonet, from stirring eggs to still unmoving ones. Mint Chocolate Chip was moving and shaking. You got this, little one!

Oh! The eldest green called for backup and another green erupted forth and engaged with the Green Olive golds. Whoa!  

[houllow]

TETH

.....this had to be his fault, right? M...maybe he needed to stay quiet, since whenever he tried to say something he seemed to make it worse. The orange and yellow that had been simple specks before completely overtook the big brown's eyes, and his whole body visibly drooped. There was nothing he could do to stop this, to have his children happy and loving one another.

He was a bad dad. A soft cry echoed into F'ell's mind.  

[Meepfur]

Nashwa

The green from the Paw Print Egg had little chance on her own, with her larger sister forcing her will upon her; regardless of who was in the wrong or right of the dispute (a bit of both, Nashwa suspected), that rather seemed a step far to the young woman. For much of her life, she'd been tasked with minding a gangle of siblings, and she sympathized, and yet... She was very much conflicted about the goings-on, but she reined in those feelings and put conscious effort into warm, calming thoughts, letting her attention shift to those hatchlings who weren't involved in the conflict.  

[Princess_Feylin]

Taibbi
The dark-haired girl watched as more dragonets moved to join the fray, and wondered how they could be so angry and bloodthirsty before they Impressed, and then settle down to a life of pacifism (except for Thread) after Impression. And she wondered why they were so angry anyway, not having been privy to any of their telepathic communications. She just really, really hoped neither of the golds were hurt. Nor the greens, obviously, but the golds...

Taibbi would not have expected that she would be so enamored of golds when she was Searched. Just the mere fact a dragon had found her worthy of being Searched had left her thunderstruck for a while. Then had come her first hatching, and she had gotten to really see how stunning that metallic hide was, and she had begun to nurse - secretly - a desire to Impress a gold dragon. Not that she thought that likely. She didn't actually think too much of her chances of Impressing any dragon, come right down to it. But her adolescent heart yearned.

If only this giant ahead of her would move so she could see better! She moved to one side and ahead so that she could get a better view of the eggs, the hatchlings, and the rest of the sands, thinking that tall people should be made to stand in the back.  

[houllow]

FISHER

Maybe Fisher was sort of chanting fight fight fight in the dark backs of her heart, if only because she enjoyed bar brawls and other forms of actions. She didn't really appreciate how full of hate it was though, the redness in their eyes and the need for blood; brawls were meant to be a way of expressing yourself and afterward there would be sweaty hugging and all other things. In this case, did the babies only think they could stop if someone else stopped moving?? That wasn't so much a brawl as a slaughter, and Fisher idly wondered if an adult would step in before that point.

After all, weren't these babies supposed to be starving and desperate for their riders? She was pretty sure T'nus and F'dral had drilled that into her head over and over the past few months, so uh. What gave? At least the softer green who'd been so scared was away from the hubbub - involving those in fights who didn't want to be a part of it was a major no no. That of course also included any of them going after a candidate, who weren't allowed to fight back. It was like bringing a handful of knives against someone who had just a bare hand.

Shards, she was feeling fighty. Was it the overall mood on the sands, or was Fisher just feeling it? Maybe it was - oh no, one of the dragonets mad for a candidate. The blonde turned to look and see who it was - shard it, she knew Taibbi - and frowned. At least it seemed to be a warning blow?

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VEIKEL

OH NOOOO PLEASE DON'T ANYONE GET MAUUUULLLED  

[medigel]

Karunia - 20, she/her

“Ehhhhh.” She wiggled her hand. “You read your history, you learn this sorta stuff used to be normal. More babies in eggs means more ready for Thread means getting ready for the worst later.” It was this grim edge to an otherwise happy occasion, which Karunia’d rather not worry about.

Babies! Feisty babies! A drama playing out right before them like a production! She even gave a clap when Blue and Purple Paint came out to defend her sister.

“Yeah, guess those work too,” she chirped, eyes still on the clutch. “Oh, Mint’s making their way out! C’mon now! The goldies you liked are waiting.”

demon_pachabel

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Dhawsn - 29, he/him

“I know, sweet pea, I know.” Dhawsn pat her back, brows knitted. He was saved from thinking up a good response when Brown Paw Print called for help and got an answer, and he relaxed a little. “Look, we got a lil’ hero,” he pointed out encouragingly. “Ain’ so bad, yeah?”

Spoken too soon.

Revel1984

 

[Princess_Feylin]

Taibbi
There was maybe a sixty fourth of a second where Taibbi thought that the combative green from the brown paw print had suddenly heard the mindvoice of her person and decided to abandon her stand-off in favor of perpetual companionship and love. And then there was another, slightly shorter fraction of a second where she thought the lucky candidate might be her.

And then her head was throbbing in a way that might be from all the blood rushing to her face from embarrassment and might be from some yet-to-be-discovered injury. In either case, Taibbi came to the abrupt realization that she was an idiot with sand in her underthings.

"I deserved that," she muttered very softly to herself.