Hatching Log: Chaluth and Zyanth, Aug. 14, 1995

Ledges> From atop Laerth, P'tran unfastens the straps around his waist
Ledges> P'tran comes down from Laerth's neck in one smooth motion.
Ledges> Amycanth rumbles quietly to the greens.
Ledges> Altianath respectfully greets the Benden Weyrleader.
Ledges> Nyana says "good evening, Weyrleader. Welcome to Fort."
F'ren walks up the stairs from the Inner Caverns.
Ledges> Tyrrath bugles to P'tran and Laerth.
Ledges> Laerth rumbles soft greetings to the other dragons
Gamina smiles. "Hey there."
Ledges> M'kla flops down on the ground between Torinth's forelegs, and murmurs quietly to Nyana, "Benden's duty to Fort and her queens."
Ledges> P'tran smiles. "Evening, all."
F'ren smiles as he comes over to give Gamina a hug. "Hiya."
Ledges> Lyran salutes P'tran. "My duty to Benden."
Ledges> Erith settles carefully and croons quietly to the other dragons.
Gamina returns the hug, "Worried about those tense Candidates. How're you?"
Ledges> P'tran echoes M'kla's words. "BEnden's duty to Fort Weyr."
Ledges> Nyana says "and greeting to you as well, Weyrsecond.""
Ledges> From atop Erith, Ariandra looks over her shoulder at P'kell and grins. "Nice and tidy and all in one pice."
F'ren grins over at Cinne. "Hatchings never change, do they?"
Ledges> From atop Erith, P'kell glances about the ledges, adjusting his jacket a bit with a smile. "But of course."
Gamina chuckles.
Ledges> Lyran grins and leans against Amycanth's flank.
Ledges> M'kla pats Torinth on the leg, gazing down at the eggs curiously.
F'ren smiles. "I'm ok. Probably better than they are, though I do remember being as nervous as they are."
Ledges> From atop Erith, Ariandra flicks her straps free, preparing to slide down.
Cinne chuckles, and waes to F'ren and Gamina on her way through. "Never change, no.."
Gamina grins and nods. "Me too. That's why I'm so sympathetic. Of course, I was terrified on top of that."
Ledges> Ariandra slides down to Erith's proffered foreleg then to the ground.
Ledges> Flannery climbs down from Tyrrath's neckridges, stepping lightly on the lovely forelimb. She smiles and pats her lifemate lovingly.
Ledges> From atop Erith, P'kell reaches to undo his own straps, and hops down with apparent ease.
Ledges> P'kell slides down to Erith's proffered foreleg then to the ground.
F'ren grins. "I ws too nervous to be scared."
Ledges> M'kla nods quietly to Ariandra and P'kell.
Ledges> Lizalth cranes her head about and whuffles Jerissa friendily as she dismounts.
Ledges> P'tran smiles to Flannery. "Evening .. Rider."
Ledges> Flannery salutes, at last climbing down from Tyrrath's neckridges.
Gamina chuckles. "I was sure I'd get mauled. My mom had that ingrained into my head."
Ledges> Lizalth cranes her head about and whuffles Merellia friendily as she dismounts.
Ledges> P'kell smiles, nodding over to M'kla as he recognizes her, then glances around.
Ledges> Flannery beams to P'tran. "Evening, sir...My..." She looks out on the sands in awe.
Cinne straightens her skirts, and makes her way out of the cavern.
Ledges> Ariandra smiles warmly and waves to M'kla.
Ledges> On the sands, Chaluth humms deeply
Ledges> Khrysaa climbs down from Lizalth's neck.
Ledges> Ariandra calls over, "My duty to Benden.
Ledges> Nyana nods to the rider she doesn't recognize, then turns to Ariandra. "Good evening, weyrwoman. My dity to High Reaches and to Erith."
F'ren chuckles. "I think we all did just fine, to tell the truth."
Ledges> Flannery beams at Ariandra and nods! "My duty to the Reaches, Ma'am..." She turns to the Fort contingent. "And to Fort and her queens."
Ledges> Amycanth rumbles softly to the young gold.
Gamina smiles. "Yeah, once I came out from behind benrak."
Ledges> Khrysaa salutes and smiles brightly, "My duty to Fort" she offers, looking about at unfamiliar faces, "I'm Khrysaa..Green Lizalth's rider at Ista."
F'ren grins.
Ledges> Lyran smiles. "Brown Amycanth's at Igen."
Ledges> M'kla murmurs quietly, looking up from the eggs, "M'kla, green Torinth's rider, P'tran's Weyrsecond..."
Ledges> R'lym lovingly pats Zyrieth's neck, swings his leg over the bronze's neck and hops to the ground.
Cinne waves and greets visitors on her way to the galleries.
Ledges> P'kell stands someplace quietly, adjusting himself gradually to the public again, nodding to the arrivals.
Ledges> Flannery waves nervously toward Khrysaa, smiling, "I'm Flannery...newly minted rider of Green..." she pats Tyrrath's flank. "Tyrrath."
Dwane hears a familar voice, and turns, spotting the other healers, and heading over.
Kaaila looks up at Faernal and notices Dwane also, she smiles and looks back down at Nia.
Ledges> Lyran blushes slightly. "I'm Lyran, by the way..."
Ledges> P'tran smiles at M'kla and nods to the other riders arriving. "My duty to your respective Weyrs."
Ledges> Nyana nods, as if marking each name.
Ledges> R'lym nods and leans comfortably on Zyrieth.
Ledges> K'nan climbs down from Veyath's neck, and arrives on the ground.
Ledges> On the sands, Cinne walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> M'kla grins quietly, "Benden brings it's latest crop to see it from a rider's perspective..."
Ledges> K'nan salutes all the riders, and smiles.
Ledges> Lyran returns the salute to K'nan crisply.
Cinne enters quietly, stepping around the edges of cooler sand. She nods to Chaluth, and keeps her distance.
Ledges> Khrysaa giggles at her own nervousness, "A pleasure..She offers to those who greeted her
Ledges> Lyran smiles broadly and nods.
Ledges> Nyana nods, leaning aginst Genneth.
Ledges> Flannery grins at M'kla exuberantly, nearly shaking with the excitement of the moment as she turns her head toward the sands, craning her neck this way and that.
Ledges> Marth hummms loudly!
Ledges> Torinth adds her slightly scratchy voice to the humm.
Ledges> P'tran chuckles at M'kla and grins
Ledges> Zyrieth hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmms!
Ledges> Khrysaa actually wasnt naked =)
Ledges> K'nan leans against Veyath, and looks out over at the sands quietly.
Ledges> Veyath hummms quietly with the other dragons.
Ledges> Ariandra greets Nyana quietly, but warmly as her eyes take in the scene quietly.
Ledges> Genneth hums serenely, her eyes whirling curious blue.
Ledges> Tyrrath hums right along.
Ledges> Verenth comes down near other HRW dragons, starting a quiet hum himself before he quite lands.
Ledges> P'kell glances over a shoulder, and spots Darci, giving a broad smile and a quiet nod.
Ledges> Notreth swoops over and lands , furling his wings quickly on the crowded ledge.
Ledges> Darci arrives with others from High Reaches. She sees P'kell and goes over and hugs him.
Ledges> Lizalth humms along, anxiously awaiting the new arrivals.
Ledges> Jaen slides quickly down Notreth's shoulder, hitting the ground lightly and giving the brown dragon an affectionate slap on the neck.
Ledges> Ariandra beams at Darci. "I brought him along with me."
Ledges> P'tran smiles at Darci. "Benden's duty to High Reaches."
Ledges> Nyana says "good evening, Weyrwoman. My duty to Aurelinth, and welcome to Fort."
Ledges> Kieri slips easily off her dragon's back, dropping gently to the ground.
Ledges> Jaen comes over to stand by P'tran, and smiles as she sees Darci and Ariandra.
Ledges> P'kell smiles, and gives Darci a bit of a hug,"Pleased to see you again." he says, bowing a bit after returning the hug lightly.
Ledges> Kieri * sighs and is staying this time, for real.
Ledges> Flannery smiles and waves to Jaen.
Ledges> M'kla murmurs quiet greetings of duty to Darci, and goes back to regarding the eggs.
Ledges> P'tran smiles to the other Benden riders and weyrlings arriving
Ledges> On Verenth, Gaileep unbuckles the flight straps that are about her waist.
Ledges> Kieri grins and waves to her friends, looking out over the Sands.
Ledges> On Verenth, Melata unbuckles the flight straps that are about her waist.
Gallery> Kyp chuckles to Kyle, "Loud isn't it?"
Gallery> Rallaigh smiles at Aislinn then turns back to Faernal, "Are you keeping up with those StarCrafters?"
Gallery> Starratiel finds a seat that nobody has taken, and sits down.
Ledges> On Verenth, Melata grins and slides off.
Ledges> Lyran nods to all of the new arrivals and leans against Amycanth's flank once again.
Gallery> Kyle grins, "Quite."
Ledges> Melata climbs down Verenth's side to the ground, the dragon's sparkling eyes watching closely.
Gallery> Dwane enters, grinning and looks for a seat.
Gallery> Keyoke nods and settles next to Lady phoe wrapping an arm around her...
Gallery> Latiar stands up towards the back and realizes he is to short to se the sands, and glances around in confusion
Ledges> F'ren lowers himself from Zyanth's neck, using the straps to ease down and stand on the dragon's foreleg. From there he hops to the ground.
Ledges> Jaen sidles over to Flannery and hugs her new wingmate.
Gallery> Jerissa waves at Dwane!!, "heyla"
Ledges> Erith moves a bit, giving the arriving dragons a bit more space.
Gallery> Mishaelle waves to Faernal, whom she hasn't seen n a while.
Gallery> Starratiel bows to Dwane.
Ledges> Gamina slides down Rynth's side, and steps down using her proffered foreleg.
Ledges> Melata waves to lots of others! "Hey!"
Ledges> Darci waves to P'tran and Jaen and M'la and the others from Benden and gives a greeting to Nyana and the other Fortians.
Ledges> K'nan salutes all the arriving riders, and sighs.
Ledges> Flannery hugs Jaen warmly, beaming!
Ledges> From Keth's neck, G'rel helps Katany remove the straps, before working on his own.
Ledges> Gamina bounces over to F'ren and hugs him, "It's crowded!"
Gallery> Latiar blinks and needs a places to see from.
Ledges> Gaileep climbs down Verenth's side to the ground, using his straps as handholds.
Ledges> Flannery glances over to Melata and waves cheerily.
Ledges> Melata reaches up to help Gaileep down.
Gallery> Dwane grins and spies Jerissa, "Hiya!" and grins at Starratiel.
Ledges> Lyran grins and waves to G'rel and Katany.
Ledges> Kieri eeps and looks at Flannery. "You graduated! Congrats!" She gives her friend a hug.
Ledges> Katany dismounts from Keth, sliding down the bronze's neck.
Ledges> G'rel dismounts from Keth, sliding down the bronze's neck.
Ledges> P'kell nods to the new arrivals, and leans against a wall someplace, observing the sands.
Gallery> Faernal nods to Rallaigh, "Yep...It's really neat, being able to use their farviewers and all-they've a great big one you cansee the neatest stars through!"
Vivian walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> F'ren waves with a smile to the assembled riders while returrning Gamina's hug with his free arm.
Ledges> Verenth hmmmmmssss away quietly, eyes intent on the sands below.
Gallery> Kyle peers around trying to see anyone he knows and frowns when he doesn't.
Gallery> Cat jumps up onto the Gallery rail and continues staring at the eggs.
Ledges> Flannery gives Kieri one enormous hug. "Wingmates,we are, Kieri! Congratulations to you too!"
Ledges> Gaileep looks at Melata gratefully. She seems a little overwhelmed.
Gallery> Kaaila follows in alongside Dwane and smiles.
Ledges> P'tran smiles softly and leans against Laerth's foreleg as he peers down at the sands below
Ledges> Notreth HUMMMsssss, peering down at the eggs.
Gallery> Littleshadow crooooons.
Ledges> Wereth picks up the humming, watching the eggs.
Ledges> Kementari unstraps herself as Roselith wings in to land. She clambers down to the pretty green's daintily proferred foreleg and hops nimbly to the ground.
Gallery> Rallaigh grins, "I'm glad."
Cinne waves Vivian over to her side, confers with her quietly over the condition of the eggs.
Ledges> Kieri grins and nods.
Ledges> Torinth reaches over and noses Tyrrath again, then settles to quietly humming to herself.
Anise walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Nyana smiles to Katany. "Good evening, my duty to Irrylath. How is she feeling?"
Gallery> Kyle raises an eyebrow at Kyp.
Gallery> Perched on Sorel's right shoulder, Stripe crooons. Muddy adds his tiny voice.
Ledges> Jaen grins at Kieri and Flannery. "You and your dragons will be very welcome additions to the wing.
Chaluth nods regally to the weyrwomen
Alanna walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Roselith begins a deep thrumming in her throat and her eyes whirl excitedly.
Gallery> Littleshadow humms, a feeble umitation of the dragons.
Ledges> Gamina kisses F'ren on the cheek then plops down to sit on the ledge close to the edge.
Vivian moves across the hot sands next to Cinne. She nods her head and listens.
Gallery> Faernal smiles and waves to Mishaelle.
Ledges> Melata grins, "Come over and sit by the edge...but be careful you don't fall!" She herself goes and sits by Verenth's right foot, feet danging over the edge.
Ledges> Lyran walks ove and hugs both Katany and G'rel in a gesture. "How are you two?"
Gallery> Leonay turns to Jorai, and whispers, "Can you feel that? The hum?"
Gallery> Dwane looks to the other healers, "Lets sit with Fae and Ralla!"
Ledges> Zyanth peers down onto the sands, crooning a call to Chaluth.
Ledges> Flannery cheers as the candidates enter!
Ledges> P'tran grins at Jaen's words
Gallery> Natalia smiles back at Uma. "Yeah, I can feel the excitement!"
Albarra walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Anise bows deeply to the golden queen before moving to one side of the entrance.
Gallery> Aislinn slides a little closer to Sorel, somewhat overwelmed by the crowd, "It's so crowded you can feel the excitement in the air."
Ledges> Gaileep carefully joins Melata, eyes wide.
Albarra curtseys to Chaluth, and takes her place beside Alanna.
Dellan walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Gallery> Latiar grins, "Albarra!"
Gallery> Faernal grins at Rallaigh, "So how's Igen?"
Ledges> Jaen whispers loudly to the greenriders, "Not to mention that we were very low on women in the wing..."
Gallery> Koron puts a hand down on te ledge he can feel the hum throught he ston and stares amazed."
Gallery> Sorel nods to Aislinn,"Indeed"
Ledges> P'tran peers down. "Ah, here they come now. There's Albarra!"
Ledges> R'lym smiles a greeting to Darci.
Gallery> Nedah waves to everyone. RL calls and she has to get ready for work in 6 hours. :P :(
Gallery> Rickon sees the Candidates. "They're here!" he yells, competing with the hum.
Ledges> Kementari peers around anxiously looking for familiar faces.
Gallery> Starratiel crosses her fingers for the one candidate she knows.
Gallery> Aislinn says "Look aren't those some of the candidates?""
Ledges> M'kla grins at Jaen.
Drish walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Ariandra smiles over her shoulder, moving to stand closer to P'kell, being a bit shy in crowds herself.
Gallery> Sorel watches for his cousin to appear on the sands.
Alanna walks onto the sands, eyes first looking toward the galleries, then the eggs, before resting on Chaluth, she curtseys to Chaluth then walks to her place near the eggs..
Ledges> Flannery beams at Jaen! "Well, no more, eh, brownrider?"
Ledges> Katany smiles. "Hello, Nyana. Irrylath is well, if lazy; I thought it best to leave her at home. How is Genneth?"
Ledges> Jaen winks at M'kla.
Ledges> Kieri grins at Jaen, then turns to watch the Candidates.
Dellan bows to Chaluth as he enters the snads and goes to stand next to Alanna.
Gallery> From Rallaigh's shoulder, Harper sits back on his haunches and hums with the dragons.
Ledges> Khrysaa settles into a comfy spot and sets weaver style, joining in applause.
Ledges> R'lym looks over at Katany and nods.
Gallery> Leana smiles excitedly as she sees Drish-Finally, someone she recognizes!
Ledges> P'kell glances over at Kementari, seeing a face he hasn't seen in many turns, smiling.
Gallery> Kyren gazes entranced at the eggs below. "It's so... Exiting!"
Ledges> K'nan leans back against Veyath, out of the way of all the people. He looks out over at the sands attentively.
Ledges> Jaen peers down and spys Albarra. "Ah, there's the one from Greystones..."
Gallery> Latiar shakes his head as tears run down his face. He beams proudly,
Ledges> M'kla grins a bit more, "I thought it was just Notreth wanting more pretty greens to chase..."
Gallery> Koron watches the Canidates with tinly disguised longing
Drish follows the rest of the Candidates onto the Sands. He stops and bows deeply to Chaluth, before continuing on his way. His eyes dart around the cavern as he stands next to Dellan.
Elynie walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Gallery> Merellia waves to Latrai as she spots her, moving over towards the trader.
Gallery> Dwane points, "There is Elynie!"
Ledges> Nyana smiles, patting Genneth's nose. "She's well. Oh, my duty to Igen - I really need to visit more often."
Chaluth fans her wings out with a warble!
Ledges> P'kell looks down and starts to watch the candidates.
Ledges> P'tran hmms? at Jaen. "No, Albarra was Searched from Benden Weyr. Is that where she was from originally?"
Ledges> Kementari blinks!, "Packell!!! is that really you?"
Garia walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Gallery> Tallon looks at Lean "What am i invisable.?"
Ledges> Flannery gasps, then points. "Oh, Jaen...our fosterer? Oh! Huzzah fr Greystones!"
Ledges> Lyran pokes G'rel and grins. "Congrats, you..."
Ledges> Jaen raises an eyebrow. "Oh, well, that could be. These are certainly very pretty greens." She grins.
Gallery> Cat cocks her head and flattens her ears, nearly overwhelmed byt the humming.
Gallery> Faernal grins, crossing her fingers. "Oh...I hope everything goes well for her!"
Gallery> Kyren nudges Lizbeth, "Is that Garia?"
Gallery> Dwane grins and moves to sit beside Fae and Ralla.
Garia enters and curtsies to Chaluth.
Gallery> Chandari watches those that are heading out onto the sands.
Ledges> G'rel smiles at Nyana, keeping Katany's hand in his. Then notices Lyran, and grins broadly. "Lyran, haven't seen you in a long time!"
Jalla walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Jaen nods at P'tran. "Yes, that's what she told me, anyway."
Albarra jumps a little when the queen warbles.
Elynie stops for a second, then remembers to keep going forward, even managing to throw in a small bow to Chaluth at the end.
Gallery> Niroka follows Dwane.
Gallery> Leana smiles at Tallon, "Yes, but you aren't /standing/ =)."
Gallery> Latrai smiles to Merellia.
Gallery> Rallaigh cheers as Jalla steps out!
Gallery> Keyoke beams as he sees Alanna walk in and tugs at phoe's arm pointing;;;
Ledges> P'kell grins at Kementari, and nods with a bit of a bow,"The one, and only. Good to see you again."
Ledges> Wereth whuffles Jaen happily.
Jalla bows respectfully to golden Chaluth and stands with the other Candidates.
Gallery> Jerissa moves to Latrai, quietly sitting down.
A thick famer boy enters the cavern, bows awkwardly to the queen and then moves to stand near Drish.
Ledges> Tyrrath takes a break from her humming to crane her neck toward Jaen, wuffling her once, then turning back to hum once more.
Gallery> Faernal points, "And there's Jalla!"
Garia joins her fellow Candidates, stepping quickly on the hot sands.
Gallery> Sorel cheers for his cousin, Jalla...
Gallery> Rallaigh nods excitedly.
Gallery> phoenix cheers!
Gallery> Merellia smiles at Latrai. "How're you and Pookah doing?"
Gallery> Kaaila follows Niroka as she looks around.
Gallery> Latiar calls out to no one in particular, "Thats my foster mother!"
Ledges> P'tran nods to Jaen and remembers. "That's right, she mentioned that .." He goes back to watching the candidates emerge onto the sands
Gallery> Dwane grins, "It must be so hot down there!"
Jubal walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Lyran raises an eyebrow. "No kidding, rell... It's been forever!"
Gallery> Kaaila nods to Dwane and smiles.
Ledges> Tyrrath bugles to Sereth!
Ledges> Filana climbs down from Sereth's neck.
Gallery> Faernal nods agreement with Dwane, peering down at the Sands.
Jubal bows at Chaluth, then takes his place in line.
Ledges> Darci peers down on the sands, brushing her bangs out of her eyes to get a better look.
Ledges> Sereth croons back!
Jalna walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Flannery waves a hanky in the air and cheers as Jubal enters!
Laywne walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Chaluth glares nervously at the Candidates
Elynie alternates between forgetting about her feet and having her whole concentration focused on the burning feeling.
Ledges> Lyran says "Filana?"
Ledges> Sereth settles by LIzalth.
Ledges> Jehrina slides down Leilanth's foreleg as she carefully lowers it to the ground.
Ledges> Flannery waves to Filana!
Ledges> Filana says, "Yes?"
The green distant haze egg shifts a little from side to side
Gallery> Rallaigh points out Elynie and Laywne. "Where's Mirie?"
Ledges> P'tran smiles and looks over as Leilanth lands and gives Jehrina a hug as she dismounts
Ledges> Filana waves generally.
Ledges> Torinth rumbles in amusement at something, snorting and lowering her head to nuzzle M'kla.
Laywne bowsto Chaluth.
Gallery> Dwane grins, and points "Master Alsten!"
Ledges> Jehrina arrived with P'tran and the rest of Benden, honest.
Albarra glances up at the Gallery, too nervous to focus on faces, but awed by the crowd. Her gaze is drawn by the rocking eggs.
Gallery> Rickon yells again "They're moving!"
Ledges> Laerth warbles to Leilanth
Ledges> Katany says "And mine to Fort, Nyana. We would welcome your visit." She pauses, almost overwhelmed by the crowd, and manages a smile for R'lym. "Hello."
Ledges> Khrysaa reels her head about as Sereth lands, "Fila!"
Ledges> Lyran gives Filana a hug. "It's been forever!"
Gallery> Koron uis concentrating on the eggs and the Canidates
Ledges> Melata looks down, "Wow...lots of Candidates down there." She points down, leaning way out over her knees.
Ledges> Flannery salutes her weyrwoman!
Gallery> Latrai smiles to Merellia, "Fine..how've you been?"
Ledges> P'kell smiles over towards the other folkds he recognizes, and says,"Well, anyone I should root for?"
Ledges> Kieri grins as the egg moves, watching the Candidates.
Ledges> M'kla turns and salutes Leilanth's rider.
Luthon walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Leilanth rumbles to Laerth.
Garia bites her bottom lip as she gazes at the moving eggs.
Gallery> Faernal glances around and waves to Master Alsten as she hears Dwane greet him.
Gallery> Mishaelle sits near Niia
Ledges> G'rel grins and points at the looming form behind. "Keth's doing half my work... Makes another half." He grins at Filana, too.
Gallery> Keyoke watches Alanna with a twinkle in his eyes and holds phoe's hand...
Anlin, standing near Cinne and Vivian, soothes Chaluth quietly
Ledges> Kieri smiles and salutes the Weyrwoman, as well.
Laywne moves to join the semi-circle of candidates.
Jalla picks up one heel, than another; nervously..and hopes her sandals wont get singed.:)
Luthon bows to Chaluth as he moves to the semi-circle.
Ledges> Filana stops before Lyran, and hugs back! "It has! How is Amycanth?"
Makem walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Lizalth croons sweetly to Sereth and allows space for the blue.
Jalna bends knees to the queen and the riders, then she sweeps sticky hair from her nape as she joins the growing semicircle between two chattering harper girls.
Gallery> Latiar waves slightly, "Albarra!"
Gallery> Alsten glances up and nods vaguely when he hears his name called. His attention's on the sands.
Ledges> Nyana says "good evening, Weyrwoman. My duty to Leilanth and to Benden.""
The mushroom egg gives a little jerk from its resting place in the sand.
Gallery> Selenay catches the echo of Dwane's shout and half-stand to look for the healer Candidates, causing hushesand 'sit downs' behind her.
Ledges> Jehrina waves to those around, and then leans against Leilanth.
Jubal folds his thick arms across his chest, then stares at the eggs, face impassive.
Ledges> Jaen doesn't salute her weyrwoman, settling for a quick smile instead.
Ledges> Darci squints and then turns to Ariandra, "Looks like a few faces I recognize from Tillek, yes?"
A pudgy Bitran girl minces onto the sands, moving quickly. She stands totally still for a moment, then bows quickly, letting a small moan escape.
Gallery> Rallaigh waves to Alsten belatedly.
The powder blue egg quivers noticeably, methodically, with the tapping starting up inside.
Ledges> Kementari grins widely and rushes over to throw her arms around P'kell!, "It is *so* good to see you!"
Gallery> Leonay cries out at the eggs' first movements.
Gallery> Merellia grins at Latrai. "Oh, fine...One of the dragonriders gave us a lift here..She'd been showing us around the Ista Star Stones."
Ledges> Gaileep looks down at the sands, eyes wide.
Gallery> Sevanne bites her lips, watching....
Elynie looks around for Jalla and Mirie and heads over towards Jalla, spotting someone she'd prefer to avoid on the way and angling around her.
Mirie walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> M'kla sways back and forth to the rhythm of the dragon's humming, lost to herself for the moment.
Makem walks across the sands, eyes intentionally not scanning the stands, 'till he's before the gold. He bows quickly, arrowing over to the other candidates.
Gallery> Latrai smiles and nods to Merellia.
Gallery> Dwane says "Mirie! Theer she is!"
Ledges> Zyanth bugles as the eggs begin their movement.
Natan walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Filana says, "Have you met Khrysaa?" She gestures behind her where the younger girl is. "She Impressed LIzalth out of the same clutch as my Sereth!"
Gallery> Mishaelle waves to the belated CM of the healers.
Mirie bows with a nervous smiles to Chaluth and then moves to the group, standing by Elynie.
Ledges> K'nan glances over, and salutes the weyrwoman with a slight smile. He turns back to the sands.
Ledges> P'kell blinks a little at Kementari, and smiles as he slides his arms around to hug her back,"It's glad to see you again too.." he says,"Perhaps we could get reacquainted sometime after the hatching?"
Gallery> Jerissa nods to Latrai, her attention on the eggs, "Hey this is fasicnting..more study"
Gallery> Rallaigh grins, "Finally!"
Ledges> Lyran nds. "I just did."
Gallery> Faernal grins with excitement, watching the Healer-Candidates.
Jalla shifts over to make room for Elynie, smiling at her.
Ledges> P'tran smiles at Jehrina and whispers something to her
Ledges> Ariandra smiles and nods, "Caervel was almost complaining about how many the Searchers took, I think he was proud underneath it all."
Ledges> Katany finds a seat by Keth, cross-legged, and tugs G'rel's hand.
Natan strides over to Chaluth and bows to the gold. He then wanders over to join the others.
Ledges> Khrysaa stands as she's introduced again, urging her way towards Filana.
Chaluth shifts toward the back of the cavern, watching the Candidates closely
Svessa walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Verenth reaches down to excitedly nudge his rider, nearly pushing Melata off the ledge. She grabs onto the blue's snout before she does go, and quickly regains her seat. She mutters under her breath about 'silly blue'.
Cinne watches the candidates proceed onto the sands with a solemn sort of amusement, gently redirecting the ones who wander in confusion.
Laywne grins at the other candidates and watches the eggs.
Alanna glances at her fellow candidates and smiles, and looks up at the galleries briefly, till she seems to find who she's looking for, then directs her full attention to the eggs..
Ledges> Gamina disappears, but is here in spirit.
Ledges> Gaileep looks at Melata. "what was that about?"
Gallery> Sorel keeps his eyes focused on his cousin, rooting silently for her.
The deep grape thistle egg shifts a little, you think, maybe...
A very young lad, looking to be about 13 turns and too small for his robe, trips slightly as he enters the cavern. He recovers soon enough to bow gracefully to the queen. His eyes go up to the galleries. He spots his Benden father and waves happily.
Ledges> Jehrina looks at P'tran, and nods, with a smile, her eyes drifting across to the other members of the Benden contingent.
Gallery> Dwane casually reaches down for Kaaila's hand.
Elynie grins nervously at Mirie and Jalla, and reaches down to fix one of her sandals while she has the chance.
Mirie glances over at the eggs, then to Chaluth, than back to the eggs.
Gallery> Merellia smiles at Latrai, "So how's Pookah?" She blinks, noticing one of the eggs wobble from the corner of her eye, and turns back to face the sands.
Tarah walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Ledges> Filana grins. "Looks like things are happening." She moves back by her blue, and not incidentally closer to Khrysaa, to whom she whispers, then giggles.
Svessa bows to the huge gold hovering over the clutch with a nervous, dutiful smile before striding hastily over to the group of Candidates, slipping in next to Makem and Dellan.
Tarquinn walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Jalna ignores the queen dragon, patently prefering to focus on the-smaller-eggs. Her deepened eyes focus on the little purple ovoid a handful of paces distant.
Gallery> Jerissa nudges Latrai, "There she is 'Trai"
Ledges> Melata shakes her head, "Verenth is excited...he wanted me to make sure I noticed the eggs were moving, as if I couldn't see it myself."
Ledges> R'lym smiles a hello to Katany, then gets disrtacted by the action on the sands.
Tarah bows to Chaluth in greetings and smiles at her.
Ledges> Flannery leans against, Tyrrath, eyes fixed on the sands.
Tasya walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Tiera walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Tarquinn promptly looks up the queen and regally bows to her and then joins the semi-cirlcle about the eggs.
The mushroom egg rocks back and forth with sudden energy!
Drish stands stiffly straight, his eyes darting over the entire egg clutch.
Albarra shifts from side to side, but it is unclear whether she does it from nerves or the heat of the Sands.
Gallery> Tallon says "Good luck Tiera!""
Tasya steps over to Anise, aside from the Candidates.
Makem steps to the side, allowing Svessa into the loose semi-circle with a brief smile.
Ledges> P'tran places an arm around Jehrina as he watches the hatching below
Gallery> Leonay holds his breath.
Tarah goinsElynie and stands next to her.
Tiera curtseys gracefully to Chaluth before joining the semi circle.
Mirie starts suddenly as the eggs moves.
Gallery> Aislinn watches with her breath held.
Natan stands quite still as he watches several of the eggs begin moving.
Anise nods to Tasya and then focuses her attention on the candidates and eggs.
Ledges> Sereth's head hovers over Filana's left shoulder, his eyes fixed on the sands..
Tarquinn shifts a little on the sands, attempting to cool his feet that way.
Vivian watches the Candidates as they filter across the sands, a warm smile spreading across her face.
Ledges> Sereth begins to thrum, deeep in his chest.
Dellan slowly shifts on his feet, watching for movement in the eggs.
Chaluth nods to the Candidates with a small snarl
Jubal unfolds his arms, distributing his weight on both feet.
Ledges> Kementari smiles at P'kell and says, "I would love that indeed."
Gallery> Aislinn leans forward expectantly.
Jalla shifts nervously at that sound.
Gallery> Latiar finnally finds a place to stand where he can actually see the whole sands,then grins at the candidates
Tiera turns her attention to the clutch, her brow beaded with sweat.
Ledges> Katany points. "There's Jalna. I cannot decide whether to wish her luck or not.".
Garia starts a little at the noise from Chaluth, then turns her attention back to the eggs.
Mirie smiles a bit nervously up at the large queen dragon.
Gallery> Latrai smiles to Merellia, "He's fine." She peers over at the eggs.
Tarquinn coughs and shifts, blinking at the snarling dragon.
Ledges> Khrysaa moves in closely and giggles impishly with Filana. She reaches out and grabs the blueriders hand, squeexing it fondly, "This was us 2 turns ago.." she whispers excitedly.
Elynie smiles briefly at the little group near her, moving back and forth nervously as she tries to watch all the eggs at once.
Albarra edges away from the queen.
Ledges> Genneth croons soothingly to Chaluth.
Anlin beams with joy, her eyes sparkling as she looks around the filling cavern
Gallery> Koron watches the scen below withan intense expresssion
Gallery> Kaaila takes Dwane's hand and smiles to him before turning back to look at the eggs.
Ledges> K'nan smiles as Tarquinn walks out on the stadns, and he mutters something under his breath.
Gallery> Alsten makes his way to an empty seat, finally taking the time to look around the room.
Ledges> P'kell smiles, nodding to Kementari, before he glances over to the bowl, turning his attention gradually.
Svessa glances around the Cavern, eyes lingering on the aperture they came in through, barely glancing at the eggs - never looking at the agigated queen before them.
The powder blue egg rocks patiently as its inhabitant works to be free.
Luthon shifts his feet slightly, watching the clutch, face calm.
Gallery> Rickon watches the eggs with teenage excitement.
Ledges> Filana looks at her feet, and grimaces. "All too true, Khrys. I'm shardling glad I don't have to do that again, though."
Elynie blinks her eyes at the queen and takes a step that puts her a bit further away from her.
Ledges> Darci smiles to herself mumbling to those near her, "I haven't seen Anlin looking so happy in turns."
Gallery> Dwane waves to the CraftMaster.
Tarah looks up at the queen, then back at her CLutch.
Tiera shifts her weight, adjusting to the heat, then gazes at the rocking eggs.
Tarquinn suddenly rivets his eyes to the first shaking egg.
Laywne shifts from foot to foot, while watching the eggs.
Mirie watches the eggs, than turns to Elynie and smiles hopefully.
Dellan gives Svessa an encouraging smile then turns back toward the eggs.
Jalna bites down on a deep breath. Now she watches the pale blue egg, now the glisteny grey one...Her head shifts with each switch, a visible track of reined anxiety.
Ledges> Nyana nods to Darci, smiling somewhat sadly as she watches.
The mushroom egg rocks back and forth, an odd sound coming from within. It shakes suddenly, the rocking motion halted.
Elynie catches Mirie's glance and mouths 'good luck' to her before her eye is caught by a sudden movement.
Ledges> Ariandra moves quietly, slipping onto a seat on Erith's foreleg. She leans back against the soft hide and watches quietly.
Drish uses a forearm to wipe away the sweat from his forehead. His eyes center on the rocking eggs, as he inhales deeply.
Ledges> Khrysaa nods, biting her lower lip as she attempts to keep her excitement in.
Makem stares straight, only glancing sideways to Dellan as the Tillekian shuffles nervously. His own hands try to stuff themselves into pockets which aren't quite there.
Jubal watches the eggs intently, face calm, eyes shuttling back and forth among the eggs.
Jalla peers with concern at the mushroom egg, and glances at the other rocking eggs.
Tiera keeps her eyes on the clutch, keeping a careful egg on the moving ones.
Ledges> P'kell smiles a bit, glancing down at Anlin and Chaluth thoughtfully for a moment, then just watching the hatching.
Tarquinn gulps and wrings his hands together, eyeing all the eggs.
Ledges> P'tran hrms? and raises an eyebrow at the mushroom egg
Gallery> Starratiel looks at the mushroom egg, worredly. "Do you think it's all right?"
The orange pekoe egg edges slightly, a hint of a shiver perhaps, in its place on the mound. After a moment, it rocks slightly again.
Gallery> Merellia bites her lip, watching the sands.
Gallery> Alsten suddenly looks slightly nervous, noticing several healers in the seats above him-and they're all /smiling/ at him.
Natan glances around and realizes he is a bit by himself. He moves up a bit and regroups with some other candidates.
At the front of the Clutch, the sunset and the marbled bark eggs roll into each other.
Tarquinn sighs and inhales deeply.
Ledges> Katany gnaws on her lower lip, leaning forward to watch.
Gallery> Koron bits his lip
Mirie watches the eggs intently and smiles at a few of her friends.
The green distant haze egg rocks around unevenly, rolling end over end once before stopping
Tarah gasps at the movement of the eggs in the clutch.
Ledges> Filana points at one of the eggs, and says something to Lizalth, proffering a half-mark.
Gallery> Jerissa nervously bites her lip, crossing her fingers in hope for her friends on the sands.
Garia's eyes dart from egg to egg as many begin rocking.
Albarra looks at the rocking eggs, eyes darting from one to the other, trying to watch all that are rocking.
Ledges> Darci leans across to Nyana and says something quietly.
Tiera smiles slightly for a minute, then returns her attention to the clutch.
Alanna watches the eggs rocking and nervously smoothes her robe, before taking a few deep breaths and stilling her hands..
Elynie bites her lip and forgets to move her feet as she stares at all the moving eggs.
Tarquinn calms slightly as he eyes move from the dragons present to the eggs.
Luthon glances at his fellow candidates on the sands, then returns his gaze forward.
Near the back of the Clutch, the lilac egg rolls over several times, then lies still.
Gallery> Rickon asks no-one in particular "Is there a gold egg? I can't quite see."
Makem's eyes begin to move from one rocking egg to another, the color rising in his cheeks. He moves as if to take a step back but stops himself.
Ledges> Nyana looks startled, as if Darci pegged it exactly, then murmurs back with a blush.
Tarquinn's eyes bounce around the sands expectantly.
The mushroom egg ceases all movement, resting where it lies ..
Ledges> Lizalth warbles in amusement at Sereth's rider.
Drish nervously clasps his hands behind his back, as he intently watches the now rolling eggs.
Natan slowly looks around, eyeing each of the moving eggs, then Chaluth, and finally onto the other candidates.
Jalna nudges back a half-step, puffing away a stray lock of bronze hair. Left, right, left-she pastes a blank expression on her face while trying to keep track of rocking eggs.
Gallery> Jorai leans against Leonay's shoulder, trying to get a better look.
Albarra glances at the other candidates to see how they're doing, but her attention is quickly diverted to the eggs.
Ledges> Roselith continues her deep humming, sometimes watching the eggs, sometimes turning a loving eye on her rider.
Tiera shifts around in the sands beneath her feet, her eyes on the rocking eggs.
Jubal stares at the eggs, sparing a glance at Chaluth.
Two small eggs burst open, nearly at once, leaving a green and a blue hatchling tottering on the hot Sands. The two stumble towards a pair of weyrbred boys, creeling their hunger. The green heads for the darker one, no, wait, the blue's heading for him, no, he's heading for other one, no ... They both stop, about a meter from the two breathless Candidates and creel pitifully, trying to make up their minds.
Mirie shudders slightly and closes her eyes, trying to keep from exploding with the tension.
Ledges> P'tran hrms again at that mushroom egg and instead turns his attention to another part of the clutch
Ledges> Filana shrugs. "I was sure T'bin would have had Liz betting by now."
The desert rose egg twitches a little, nudging the egg beside it.
Tarquinn blinks as sweat drips into his lashes.
Dellan begins holding his breath, without even noticing it.
Garia gasps as the first hatchlings appear.
Gallery> Leonay puts his arm around Jorai, the breath caught in his throat.
Albarra watches the hatchlings, holding her breath.
Tarquinn blinks and smiles as the first dragons hatch.
Mirie smiles kindly at the two confused hatchlings.
Jalla jumps, then smiles.
Ledges> Flannery says "Oh...two of em!"
Gallery> Niroka points at the sands, "Look! Baby Dwagons!"
Elynie clenches her hands into fists and then relaxes them, apparently not even noticing, as her gaze is fixed towards the dragonets.
Luthon sighs and visibly relaxes, but his eyes follow the hatchlings closely.
Ledges> P'tran chuckles at the first two hatchlings.
Ledges> Jehrina grins at Filana, "Still up to that, is he?"
Tiera looks to the new hatchlings, then smiles joyfully.
Ledges> Kieri nods, watching with a smile.
All at once, the green and blue dithering over which of the pair of weyrbred boys to choose decide, and each looks into the eyes of one of the boys. S'lon cries, "His name's Serroth!" while T'fass says, "She's Amroth..."
Natan watches the first two hatchlings with amusement.
Ledges> G'rel glances over his shoulder at Filana, smiling. Then turns to watch the sands again.
Ledges> Filana says, "Of course, Jehrina. Worse than ever, I think."
Gallery> Tallon 's jaw drops to the floor
Tarah gasps at the green hatchling. Then turns to the blue and looks on.
Makem steps back uncertainly as two dragonets tumble onto the sands, not stopping himself this time.
With a hop and a strong jolt, Mushroom Egg shatters open, spilling a Hazy Blue Hatchling on the sands.
Albarra tears her eyes away from the new weyrlings, and back to the eggs.
Jalna stills utterly at the sight of egg-gooey dragonets. The harpers bracketing her, on the other hand, chatter more loudly: they know both new riders. Jalna watches a closer egg with fixed determination.
Hazy Blue Hatchling:
With eyes spinning shades of orange and red, this hazy colored blue seems to regard this strange new place with anticipation, barely holding still for even a moment. The pale clear blue sky color of his hide, which merges into a hazy blue fog color on his wings, belie his average size to be something larger than it is.
Jubal flicks his eyes over at the two new riders, then returns his eyes to the clutch.
Tasya's face breaks into a huge smile for the two boys.
Ledges> Kementari watches the hatchlings intently, her face glows at the sight of the first dragonets.
Ledges> Jehrina shakes her head, and chuckles. "Why am I not surprised."
Ledges> Jaen chuckles at the antics of the first two hatchlings.
Drish smiles as the two weyrbred Candidates Impress, adn moves his eyes over to the eggs.
Ledges> Flannery cheers noisily for the first hatchlings and their new lifemates!
Gallery> Starratiel looks relievd as the mushroom egg hatches.
Tiera returns her attention to the new hatchling, her eyes widen but her face peaceful.
Ledges> P'kell applauds quietly for the impressees.
Ledges> P'tran looks over to Jehrina and Filana and chuckles. "The way Salless speaks of him you'd think T'bin is going to be the next F'lar."
Tarah looks on at the blue, gasping.
Gallery> Rickon grins at the dragonets. "They're cute," he comments, rather annoyingly.
Garia watches the boys impress and then turns to the new blue.
Ledges> Jehrina grimaces. "What a thought."
Svessa looks stoically at the wall of the Cavern for a while, then blinks, her attention yanked despite herself to the newly Hatched creatures, miniature versions of the huge behemoths they'll become...she shivers despite the heat.
Tarquinn shivers unexpectadely agaists the heat as he clenches his fists nervously.
Jalla glances at the blue, forgetting the heat of the sands.
Hazy Blue Hatchling creels loudly as he extends his wings, his eyes whirling slowly as he takes a look around.
Ledges> Khrysaa nudges Filana and points down at one lad, "Hey...isnt he Istan?"
Ledges> Jaen overhears P'tran and chuckles. "She needs to have someone to say good things about."
Elynie drags her eyes back in time to see the blue tumble out and blinks in surprise.
Dellan watches the blue...finally remembering to breathe.
Albarra watches the blue, entranced.
Drish smiles wide at the creeling blue.
Ledges> Filana covers a giggle, then appluds with P'kell. THen she comments, "Well if he is, He's certainly going to do it by buying the position with won marks!"
Tarah looks on at the Hatchling.
Gallery> Leana crosses her fingers for Drish, watching excitedly.
Tarquinn wipes some sweat from his brow, looking on.
Tiera shifts around slightly, still gazing at the dragonet.
Laywne smiles at the little ble.
Gallery> Koron barely breathes
Ledges> Filana says, "Which one?"
Luthon turns his attention to the new arrival with a smile.
Ledges> Ceara climbs down Anaryth's side to the ground, as the dragon rumbles softly.
Gallery> Selandra finally lets her breath out.
Garia gazes at the blue, forgetting her hot feet for the moment.
Jubal watches the blue, smiling slightly.
Ledges> P'tran chuckles at Jaen
Mirie smiles widely as a little blue hatchling appears.
Gallery> Latiar smiles, "I'll wagger ten marks that Albarra Impresses."
Ledges> Gaileep coughs a little, then smiles. "They are shaking a lot."
Jalna's gaze slips past the blue, over a few rounded egg-tops towards a brown and green reeling on the other side of the clutch. A hand scrubs surreptitiously at her side-an itch? No expression whatsoever.
Tarah takes a deep breath and calms herself.
Ledges> Khrysaa leans forward, her finger sighting in on the lad in question, "Isnt his name Jubal er somethin'?"
The powder blue egg topples to a side with more frantic movements. Flakes of shell fall away from a beak-shaped crack.
The green distant haze egg stutters to the left, then to the right, rolling slowly back and forth to a halt
Ledges> Filana says, "Is _that_ where he went!"
Alanna smiles as the first two hatchlings impress and then watches the hazy blue, though still dividing her attention between him and the eggs..
The desert rose egg wobbles more and nudges the egg beside it again, as if trying to get it's attention.
Natan straightens up a bit and watches the blue intently. He moves from side to side occasionally to try cooling his now warming feet.
The deep grape thistle egg shifts, much more definitely this time.
Hazy Blue Hatchling gives a quick shake of his wings, tucking then snuggly against his back. He stikes off towards the crowd of Candidates, creeling as he moves across the hot sands.
Tarquinn's eyes dance a dance of hope as he firmly plants his feet in the sand and relaxes visibly.
Ledges> Filana puts both hands to her mouth and shouts, "GO JUBAL!"
Elynie blinks a few more times and then controls her expression into one of mere awe rather than just shock.
Ledges> Flannery overhears Filana and nods. "He's one of yours all right - Jubal. a fine man."
Jalla blinks as many more eggs begin to rock, she can't decide which to watch...the dragonet or the eggs.
With a final shudder, Powder Blue Egg cracks open as a Dark Bronze Hatchling struggles his way out of the shards.
Dark Bronze Hatchling:
The deep bronze hue of this hatchling would almost make him look nearly charcoal if it were not for the copperish highlights along his neck ridges and throughout his wings. His belly is also lighter, taking on more of the greenish bronze tint, which disappears into the darker bronze at his neck and tail. His wide, bluntly tapering head appears almost too large for this smallish fellow, but he holds it up well, looking around at everything and everyone with due curiosity.
Ledges> P'tran smiles at the blue. "His coloring is interesting ...{
Tiera smiles excitedly, forgetting the sands under her feet, her gaze scanning everything.
Gallery> Rickon has a broad grin on his face as he watches the baby dragons, repeating his comment about cuteness.
Gallery> Starratiel oooohs. A Bronze!
Ledges> Kieri oohs. "A bronze."
Albarra looks back and forth between the blue and the bronze.
Gallery> Latiar gasps, "A Bronze!"
Gallery> Rallaigh wows softly.
Drish's eyes smile at the blue, then drift as the dark bronze emerges from his shell, the smile on his lips going even wider.
Gallery> Jerissa ahs.
Ledges> P'tran ahs at the bronze and smiles
Gallery> Sorel says "shoulda hatched first...be good luck"
Luthon darts his attention between the blue and the bronze, amazement on his face.
The honey amber egg rocks, slowly at first, then more steadily.
Ledges> Kementari smiles for the first bronze.
Jubal eyes the bronze, then the blue.
Ledges> K'nan smiles slightly as he watches the first hatchings and Impressions, remembering.
Ledges> Jehrina looks down at the bronze hatchling, "Looks something like Laerth, with that patterning."
Mirie audibly sighs at the sight of a new hatchling. A bronze!
Tarquinn gulps down the rising excitement and smiles to the hatchlings.
Dellan tries to watch everything, forgetting about his hot feet in the meanwhile.
Gallery> Merellia opens her eyes wide in excitement, noticing the bronze. She roots silently for Juba.
Makem shifts his weight from one foot to the other, folding his arms for lack of anything better to do with them as well as to keep from fidgeting.
Laywne watches first one then the other.
Ledges> Khrysaa's eyes widden in suprise, "Geez I hope he impresses"she says thoughtfully.
Natan watches the blue move, not even noticing the bronze's hatching yet.
Ledges> Zyanth warbles down to the bronze hatchling, encouraging himm.
Ledges> P'tran hmms? and looks from the hatchling to Laerth. "Yes, a little bit. Though Laerth is lighter and has a more brassy color on his wings."
Ledges> Jaen glances at Jehrina. "You always say that."
Tarah divides her attention between the blue hatchline and admiring the bronze.
Ledges> Filana says, "Go for the blue, Jubal!""
Elynie looks between the bronze and the blue, trying to keep an eye one both in case she needs to dodge out of the way.
The desert rose egg twitches more strongly, actually turning itself over, finally. It nudges it's other neighbor.
Tiera examines the two dragonet, her face elated.
Albarra waits, impatiently, for one of her closer friends to Impress.
Dark Bronze Hatchling struggles immediately to his feet, planting them firmly and far apart. Once well set, he spreads his sopping wings, sending bits of shell and liquid flying.
Ledges> P'kell glances down, watching the blue hatchling with a smile, reminded of a certain day of his own life.
Tarquinn closes his eyes and shakes his head a bit, clearing it of the surrounding bustle.
Ledges> Jehrina nods at P'tran, and then grins at Jaen. "No, actually, I don't. Laerth's got unique coloring."
Coral huddles close to her twin Kyra as a pair of greens veer across the sands, she holds Kyra's hand tightly!
Ledges> Nyana actually manages a genuine smile for the High Reaches Weyrwoman at another murmur.
Ledges> Kementari leans contentedly against Roselith, a small smile on her face as she watches the hatchlings choose.
Svessa mutters to herself, taking a step backwards and eyeing the nearest hatchling warily. Survival first, emotions later.
On the left of the Clutch, the preiwinkle blue egg rolls over and shudders.
Hazy Blue Hatchling :moves quickly through the mass of white robes as he searches. Pausing for a moment, he eyes a tall, lanky lad with dark hair. He creels loudly before moving on in his quest.
Jubal chuckles slightly as he watches the bronze's struggles, then glances back to the blue for a moment.
Dellan admires the beautiful bronze hatchling.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Jehrina and looks back to the sands.
Ledges> Khrysaa giggles impishly at Filana.
Jalna marks the bronze's Hatching with a bare glance, but seems far more intent on more distant eggs and hatchlings. Another half-step joins the first, moving her further from the clutch.
Natan spots the flying shell and traces it back to the bronze. Upon seing the bronze, Natan seems to forget the blue and studies the newer hatchling.
Gallery> phoenix tugs Keyoke's hand, "Let's get closer..
The orange pekoe egg rocks back and forth slowly where it huddles on the hot sands, tilting almost over onto its side before rocking back to a standstill.
Garia watches the blue trying to make up its' mind.
Tiera eyes each dragonet, smiling brightly now.
Drish stands still in the sands, his eyes moving from the exploring blue to the bronze in awe and admiration.
Ledges> Flannery gives a knowing grin to K'nan, then turns back to the sands.
Elynie watches for a few more seconds until she's sure the bronze is safely heading away from her, then looks to see where the blue has wandered to.
Gallery> Selandra remembers to breathe, her eyes waatching her friends on the sands.
Tarquinn's eyes bounce about gleefully, admiring each hatchling in turn.
The honey amber egg shatters! A forest green appears:
Forest green and small, this lady appears with full knowledge of the impact of her entrance. She gathers herself, and strides across the Sands.
Ledges> Kieri smiles softly as she remembers another Hatching, patting Wereth lovingly.
The winter egg jerks around excitedly, cracks spiderwebbing across its surface
Ledges> Tyrrath bugles to the green!
Gallery> Rickon grins at the green. "Now that's pretty."
The deep grape thistle egg falls to its side and shakes.
Albarra gasps at the forest green hatchling.
Mirie smiles and claps her hands, just stopping before they make a sound as a little green hatchling appears.
Ledges> Filana begins to bounce up and down, chanting, "Go for the Blue!"
Tiera rocks on her heels, smiling cheerfully while looking at each dragonet.
Tarah watches each egg as it rolls and bounces, then admires the hatchlings.
Ledges> Lizalth bugles to the similar colored green!
Tarquinn'e eyes widen as he sweeps them over the surrounding dragonets.
Dark Bronze Hatchling turns his jeweled eyes to his dam, and to the ledges, seeking approval and assurance. Once gained, he turns back to survey the Candidates, swirls of red marking his urgent hunger.
Laywne tries to watch the hatchlings but can't see them all at once.
Gallery> Aislinn admires the green, "She's so beautiful!"
Ledges> P'tran grins and chuckles. "Well, these hatchlings take their time in deciding, I'll say that ..."
Dellan scans the moving eggs with interest, then returns his attention back to the hatchlings wandering the sands.
Ledges> Jehrina watches the candidates reactions.
Ledges> Flannery grins at Kieri. "Ahhh...to think ours were that small, not so long ago."
Luthon cocks his head to the side, watching the bronze hatchling intently.
Ledges> Wereth croons to the hatchlings warmly, encouragingly.
Gallery> Latiar grins, "She's......er.....beautiful."
Garia stands still, watching all the hatchlings.
Ledges> Kieri grins and chuckles.
Gallery> Leonay leans forward, eyes wide.
Makem's gaze drops to his feet before rising again to scan the sands. His eyes dart, trying to watch the handful of dragonets now creeling about.
Elynie moves around on the sands, unable to ingnore her feet any more, trying to keep all the hatchlings in view.
Chaluth nods to her little ones with a welcoming croooon
Drish swallows deeply, and stands erect at his full height. His head moves from dragonet to dragonet,his hands at his side.
The forest green carefully removes a sticky shard stuck to her wing, then makes a beeline for two girls clinging to each other.
Tarquinn's body shakes a bit as he nervoulsy watches the dragonets.
Natan leans forward to watch the bronze as the candidates beside him move forward to see what interests them most.
Ledges> Jaen peers about the dragons on the ledge as if looking for someone, then returns her gaze to the sands with an odd expression.
Tarah starts at the croon, then relaxes.
The desert rose egg twitches again, lifting partway off of the sand, then flopping back down and lying still again.
Gallery> Uma cracks up at Filana's antics, up there on the ledge. She shakes her head and calls out to Natalia, "Best she Impressed, Master...She never could sing, but, oh, my, she certainly can yell!"
Ledges> K'nan glances up at Veyath, and smiles gently before he turns back to watch.
Jubal shifts slightly side to side, ready to leap out of the way if need be.
Ledges> Katany glances at Filana, and smiles.
Jalla can't decide which hatchling to watch, so she tries to keep an eye on them all.
Alanna smiles as the forest green appears and takes half a step forward, before remembering herself, and stopping..
Tiera eyes the newly hatched green, her face lights up.
Kyra comforts Coral and whispers to her, Coral immediately straigtens and nods, watching the moving hatchlings....
Gallery> Sorel silently roots for his cousin....eyes intent upon the sands.
Tarquinn, himself straightens, fighting against all nervousness.
The deep grape thistle egg rolls over again. Loud cracking noises are heard from it.
Jalna's finger wend deeper into straining white cloth, matching straining white face above. Her eyes have absorbed her usual energy; she simply stands, and stares, and waits.
Gallery> Miki watches the dragonets critically, then discovers a large bug crawling up her leg. Her dark eyes bulge; Miki Likes Bugs. Bugs Like Miki. Miki, though, mostly Likes Bugs Dead.
Ledges> F'ren watches the candidates, a half smile flitting across his face.
Ledges> Khrysaa hops to her feet, unable to stay still as Filana bounces around and shifts back and forth.
Drish licks his dry lips, nervously peers at the bronze hatchling.
Ledges> Filana bounces up and down, alternationg `Go for the Blue' with `_Do_ something, Jubal!' Sereth's head begins to bob up and down as he follows her motions.
Gallery> Jerissa fists bunch at her side, willing someone on.
Dark Bronze Hatchling senses Natan's careful scrutiny. With wet wings half-folded, he picks his way across the sands to return the favor, studying the boy with an intense stare.
Gallery> Rickon says "I think greens are so cute. Especially young ones."
Gallery> Siani grins at Uma.
Hazy Blue Hatchling waddles quickly towards a group of Candidates, his eyes whirling faster with growing anxiety. He creels loudly as he moves near Natan and Tarah. Flicking his wings against his back he pauses.
Elynie suddenly remembers to smile, and one appears on her face, rather stiffly as if it were baked on by the heat.
Albarra tries to calm herself, breathing deeply.
Dellan fights to prevent his hands from clenching in nervousness as he watches the bronze and its clutchmates.
Ledges> Katany notes F'ren, and frowns slightly.
The white jadestone egg emits a pecking noise as its occupant struggles within.
Ledges> P'tran hmms. "Two going almost for the same candidate ...?
Ledges> P'kell watches as the blue seems to find at least the right general area.
Tarquinn watches the blues movements towards his friend and smiles.
The forest green stops, neatly, not getting all tangled up in herself like *some* hatchlings, and looks up at the girl in front of her: Coral.
Tarah watches and starts as the hatchling creels.
Natan takes a step back and offers a smile to the bronze, "Sorry. Didn't mean to stare."
Tiera smiles as she watches the antics of the hatchlings.
The orange pekoe egg takes up its struggle yet again, tilting back and forth in the sand. It slides and then slumps over onto its with a rasping thump.
Albarra looks with envy at Coral.
Makem watches the bronze waddle over to Natan, allowing himself half a smile, before looking back straight ahead.
Gallery> Natalia laughs. "Well, there's a path for everyone as Per used to say."
Garia takes deep breaths as she watches the hatchlings.
Ledges> Jaen lets out a breath as a hatchling she's been watching impresses a girl.
Jalla squeezes Elyine's arm for comfort, and support. She turns to watch the young blue.
Ledges> Flannery cheers for Coral!
Ledges> Kieri grins.
Drish grins at the Candidates being inspected by the Hatchlings. He shivers slightly, and turns his head as more dragonets fill the Sands.
The deep grape thistle egg shudders as a flake of shell is poked off.
Ledges> M'kla smiles faintly to herself.
Laywne smiles at the new hatchlings.
Tarquinn clears his throat nervously.
Elynie smiles at Jalla, a bit more naturally, and squeezes her arm back.
Jubal glances over at Natan, grins, then returns his attention to the other hatchlings.
Mirie smiles a painted smile at Coral, and turns back to the other hatchlings and eggs with a sigh.
Tarah glances at Tarquinn out of the corner of her eye, and holds still.
Svessa shifts from one foot to the other absently, eyeing the nearest hatchlings warily, ready to dart out of the way if they should decide to plow through her on their quests.
Albarra glances at Drish and then back at the eggs.
Dark Bronze Hatchling steps back just as politely and, with a final look at Natan's face, wanders off. Moving along the line of Candidates, he veers away from several knots of girls.
Ledges> P'tran grins
The desert rose egg bounces again, turning a full flip this time. It lands with a thump and twitches a little.
Hazy Blue Hatchling looks up at Natan and gives an audible snort, flicking his wings with agitation, he turns his head and waddles on, nearly tripping on his still unsteady legs. He pauses infront of Tarah.
The sea swell green egg cracks, slowly, one spidery line at a time.
Ledges> F'ren looks up just in time to catch Katany's look, though he simply returns his atention to the sands.
Luthon shifts nervously on the sands, from foot to foot.
Gallery> Selandra daren't breathe.
Tarquinn steadily fixes his eyes on the hatchlings movemenst.
Drish turns his head to look at the bronze as it wanders down the line at Candidates, a smile dancing on his lips.
Natan steps back up and sighs as both hatchlings move on. He stares at both the bronze and the blue as they wander.
Coral stops, her hand slipping from her sister's to reach out and gently touch the green...tears run down her cheeks to stain her robe... " Oh, Syreth!!"
Tiera moves closer in with the other candidates, her attention on the hatchlings scampering around.
Jalna stands her ground as a creeling green stops before the harper lass on her left, crooning and flapping-then moving on. Jalna stares at the ground, instructions perhaps lost to the moment.
Dellan is absobed in watching the hatchlings inspect his fellow candidates, his own nervousness forgotten.
Ledges> P'kell applauds the impression, smiling.
Ledges> P'tran smiles at the first Impression
Ledges> Kieri cheers.
Gallery> Starratiel looks wistfully at the pair on the Sands.
Ledges> Flannery applauds and whistles!
Gallery> Latiar grins, "Congratualtions."
The deep grape thistle egg rolls up onto its end, then falls down again, another flake of shell falling to the Sands.
Hazy Blue Hatchling stops, his creel changing it's tone slightly as he gazes up at Tarah.
Ledges> Lizalth bugles happily as the green finds her lifemate. Khrysaa throws her arm up into a cheer for the new greenrider..
Jubal draws a deep, calming breath, then schools his face into it's usual impassiveness.
Gallery> Cat lounges on the Gallery rail, flicking her tail, ears perking at each new crackle of shell.
On the edge of the Clutch, a deep green finally manages to break her shell and falls to the Sands, almost spent. The Candidates draw breath and restrain themselves from trying to help, as she struggles to get herself sorted out.
Ledges> Filana puts her hand on Khrysaa's shoulder and bounces! "The green Impressed! The green Impressed!"
Albarra looks over at Tarah, wondering...
Dark Bronze Hatchling :accidentally 'drops' a wing as he trudges past Albarra, leaving it to drag in the sand. This slows him-he comes to a stop in front of Drish.
Gallery> Leonay turns to Jorai. "Isn't this magnificent?"
Elynie swallows again, trying to wet her dry mouth as she glances around, her eyes falling on Tarah and the blue.
Gallery> Sorel igrins at the feline, and returns his gaze to the sands.
Gallery> Rumal holds his breath....
Laywne swallows and watches.
Gallery> Jorai smiles and nods excitedly. "There's so many!"
Gallery> Leana holds her breath, watching the dragon in front of Drish. . .
Gallery> Jerissa silently mutters under her breath.
Albarra forgets Tarah when she sees another green hatch.
Jubal calmly watches the bronze hatchling and Drish.
Gallery> Alsten eyes the feline, wondering if it'll jump down to the sands and become 'lunch'.
Drish inhales deeply, his eyes wide as the bronze stops in front of him. He straightens up and looks at it, a smile on his lips.
Ledges> P'tran leans forward a little and watches the bronze with interest
A small boy stands in the middle of the semi-circle of candidates. Head down, his brown mop obscures his vision, blocking the sight of the damp forest green hatchling struggling towards him. The little green butts her head gently against the boy, creeling loudly. Glancing up, the boys eyes light up with joy as he looks into the eyes of his lifemate.
Tiera licks her lips, moving closer to see better.
The orange pekoe egg rocks back and forth on its side several times before it completes a full circle /visual off
Hazy Blue Hatchling creels loudly, as he lowers his gaze and moves on. His wings drooping in the sands.
Makem begins getting edgy, one hand coming up to run through his mess of sandy hair before dropping back down to his thigh. He notices Tarah out of the corner of his eye, but keeps his gaze on the bronze and green.
Ledges> Kieri grins and looks hopeful for her friend and the bronze.
Albarra sighs, but notices the bronze watching Drish.
Ledges> Ceara lets out a whoop for Coral!
Gallery> Korongrins, tightly
Gallery> Rumal shouts in glee as
Tarquinn shifts a bit uneasily as he anticipates the hatchling's processions.
The desert rose egg rolls around in a circle, bouncing and jouncing against the other eggs.
Gallery> Miki contentedly squishes the bug on her leg, which has rather unwisely intruded on her personal space. Legs splat. Now-for the hatching, which is...aha. There. Her eyes round again as she leans forward, absent-mindedly resting a hand on the head of the person below her for support.
Luthon watches the bronze hatchling and Drish.
Natan watches the bronze stop in front of Drish. He steps forward a bit to get a better line of sight.
Ledges> Filana shouts, "Forget the bronze, Jubal! Go for the Blue!!"
The orange pekoe egg rocks back and forth on its side several times before it completes a full circle before it rolls completely over and several meters away from the comfort of its companions.
Tarah looks on as the blue hatchlin moves away, then watches hopefully at the est of the clutch.
Tiera stares at the blue as it creels, then she smiles joyfully.
Jalla sighs, running her hand through her hair as she watches the progress of the blue and bronze.
Gallery> Kaaila leans foward and watches the brozne next to Drish.
Ledges> Flannery grins and nudges Filana.
Svessa eyes Drish and the bronze with badly hidden fascination, looking from smiling face to red-eyed triangular head. She's jerked from her trance by a nearby rampaging brown, whose way she hurriedly gets out of.
The sand at Jalna's feet must be highly entertaining, although her dark head does come up at the flash of moving blue. Then back down; her shoulders are a taut line of white-clad muscle.
Drish breathes quickly, sweat beading on his forehead as he continues to peer at the bronze, nervousness keeping him straight. The smile, everpresent, curls even wider.
Dark Bronze Hatchling remains unmoving for a long, long moment, still as a statue, eyes fixed on Drish's face. Then, almost jauntily, he glances back at his wing, then again to Drish.
Garia watches the little blue with a smile.
Hazy Blue Hatchling seems lost and confused as he travels down the line of white robes, stumbling from time to time. Suddenly he looks up and with a sudden rush he moves to a cluster of candidates. He stops infront of Jubal and creels in a demanding way.
Gallery> Sorel peers at jalna, curious about her manner on the sands.
Gallery> Rickon is still grinnin and making comments about cutbout 'cute' and 'sweet' that barely fit the dignity of the dragonets, you'd think he was talking about kittens or something.
Elynie hmms to herself as the blue move away from Tarah and glances around at the rest of the hatchlings to see how they're doing.
Ledges> Kementari silently cheers for Jubal!
Albarra flicks her eyes from the bronze by Drish, to the blue, to the rocking eggs.
Tarquinn swallows hard.
Jubal looks down at the blue and grins.
Gallery> Selandra looks at the bronze, urgin Drish to help the little fellow.
Dellan watches the bronze a distant look on his face.
Gallery> Sevanne holds her breath.
Gallery> On the sands, Coral moves Syreth over to join others around the Weyrlingmaster
Coral moves Syreth over to join others around the Weyrlingmaster
Tarah looks on ast the other eggs move.
Gallery> Kaldara says "Yeah Drish!"
Ledges> P'tran grins. "With the hatchlings taking their time, it at least gives people the chance to raise the stakes on their bets."
Deep Grape Thistle Egg jumps and shakes around, cracking open as a Pine Green Hatchling battles her way out of the shards.
Pine Green Hatchling:
Deep green meets your eyes, green the shade of a pine bough. Her underside pales to a sunlit forest canopy green, and her wings deepen to malachite along the edges. Looking about with anxious red swirling eyes in a narrow head, she seems to regard what she sees with delight, though she struggles with her larger size.
Gallery> Merellia chews on her lower lip, watching Jubal.
Ledges> Jehrina smiles slightly.
Garia wrings her hands as she tries to look at all the hatchlings at once.
Ledges> Flannery holds her breath as she watches the little blue with Jubal.
Ledges> Filana bounces and bounces! "That's IT, Jubal! Go for the Blue!"
Ledges> Katany says "If one is the betting sort."
The white jadestone egg begins to rock slowly back and forth....
Tiera examines the dragonets, her face now blank of anyexpression.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Katany. "Not me, I always lose."
Mirie smiles brightly at the new green hatchling.
Ledges> Kieri laughs softly, watching with joy at the Impressions.
Pine Green Hatchling looks about in delight. So many people! To see *her*!
Jalla glances up at the arrival of the green, and smiles. She turns to watch the other impressions about the sands.
Tarah gasps as the green emerges from her shell.
Laywne watches the dragonets and smiles nervously.
Natan glances over at the new arrival momentarily before stepping back into line. He tries to keep an eye on the bronze but looses it occasionally.
Tarquinn turns a wistful eye towards the candidates with dragonets in front of thwm
Ledges> P'kell murmurs,"Didn't bring any marks with me, but if I had, I bet on anything." quitly.
Dellan turns suddenly to see the pine green hatchling as he caught her movement out of the corner of his eye.
Dark Bronze Hatchling creels loudly, the first noise he's made, demanding that his wing be fixed. He sidles forward, bumping into Drish's knees.
Tiera turns her attention to the green, she smiles cheerfully.
Gallery> Alsten smiles, watching the Benden lad Impress-and hoping for 'his' apprentices' luck.
J'bal's iron self control cracks as he throws his arms around Emmith's neck and shouts "His name is Emmith."
Elynie closes her eyes briefly and takes a large breath before she looks out over the sands again, blinking again in surprise as she sees the green that suddenly appeared.
Ledges> Katany smiles back. "I seem to have won, so I plan to quit while ahead."
Albarra unconsciously begins biting the nails of one hand, watching the dragonets appear one by one.
Ledges> Kementari cheers! for J'bal!
Ledges> Flannery cheers for Jubal!
Ledges> P'kell applauds another impression.
Gallery> Selenay says "Emmith!""
Gallery> Sevanne jumps to her feet with a glad cry! "J'BAL!"
Ledges> Kieri grins and cheers.
Gallery> Merellia grins widely and cheers as J'bal Impresses!
Mirie looks with apparent happiness as J'bal impresses.
Ledges> Jehrina smiles at her weyrmate, "You? Lose a bet?"
Drish smiles at the bronze, he looks up at it and slowly kneels. "Alright, big guy." He kneels down and reaches out to lift the bronze's wing out of the sand.
The green distant haze egg hops once, then again, wobbling around wildly in place for a long moment
Ledges> P'tran smiles at the blue finally makes his selection. LAerth gives a bugle of encouragement
Ledges> Sereth bugles, suddenly and loudly, stopping as Filana falls to her knees, her hands over her ears, interrupted in mid shout of joy!
Gallery> Selenay joins in the murmur as the crowd echoes the Impression-name.
Tarah smiles at the green happily, but stays where she is and trying not to fidget.
Luthon smiles at the bronze at his lifemate, and goes to watching all the activity.
The desert rose egg jumps around a bit, even managing to bounce *over* another egg, bumping into the one on the other side.
Pine Green Hatchling sets off to greet her admirers. She pauses briefly in front of a pudgy Bitran girl as her left wing gets caught in the sand.
Gallery> Starratiel applauds inadvertantly for J'bal, then blushes and looks arounf apologetically/
Albarra gasps and grins at her friend's Impression, focusing on the newer arrival.
Ledges> Ceara cheers wildly for J'bal. "Best color, if i do say so myself."
Gallery> Uma grins merrily as J'bal Impresses his Emmith! She calls out to Sevanne, "Congrats!"
Ledges> Filana says, "Ahh! Sereth!! No, love, it's alright! It _is_ a wonderful thing!"
J'bal burries his head for a moment, then gets back up, face impassive again, and moves over to Tasya's side with his new lifemate.
Gallery> Selandra silently cheers as J'bal impresses.
Gallery> Sevanne is just dancing.
Garia smiles at J'bal, then turns her eyes on the new green.
Tarquinn blinks back his excitement
Jalla turns to watch the green, a concerned look on her face as the dragonet's wing snags on the sand.
Gallery> Latiar cheers softly.
Ledges> K'nan smiles widely as Drish Impresses.
Natan grins at the girl with the greens attention, then over at J'bal.
D'ris stand straight and opens his eyes wide, now tearing, "Alright... Rsonth!"
Pine Green Hatchling frees her wing and sets off again. She sees someone who isn't admiring her properly and cocks her head around, trying to see past the dark brown hair.
Makem glances over at J'bal's cry, blinking as someone he knows impresses. His eyes then take in the bronze and Drish and he swallows, hard.
Ledges> Kementari grins for Drish's happiness!
Gallery> Rumal shouts in glee as Drish impresses a Bronze!!!!
Hazy Blue Hatchling rubs his still damp head against the mate he has finally found, a deep croon resonating from his throat.
Ledges> Filana stands up again and bounces, waving her arms over her head! "Jubal got the Blue! HorrrraaaayyY!"
Dellan grins at J'bal's loss of composure and turns to watch the rest of the eggs.
Tiera rubs her hands nervously now, sweat beading on her forehead.
Elynie glances over at J'bal and blinks, she shakes her head and looks up at the sky, as if to clear it and regain her concentration.
Ledges> Kieri grins widely. "Oh, Ely's going to have kittens."
Ledges> Khrysaa throws her arm up into a cheer and hugs Filana in her joy for the blue.
Gallery> Jerissa cheers for D Drish!!
Ledges> Flannery says "Huzzah, D'ris! Huzzah, J'bal!"
Ledges> Ceara yays for D'ris
Jalna dares another look up; dark-auburn hair dangles in her eyes, unheeded. So many colors-she tries out a smile to see friends Impress. The smile fades into concentration, though.
Tarah winces as the tender wingtip gets caught in the sand.
Gallery> Selandra grins. "Way to go D'ris
Gallery> Starratiel applauds, as she can't help herself.
Hazy Blue Hatchling waddles after J'bal, crooning happily.
Gallery> Kyp chuckles.
Ledges> Laerth gives a bugle as the bronze Impresses!
Ledges> Filana dances with Khrysaa!
Tarquinn smiles to huis friends who have impressed and looks on to the other dragonets.
Rsonth croons his relief, now keeping close by his newly-found lifemate's side.
Mirie looks over with concern at the little blue as he has trouble finding the perfect match.
Tasya smiles widely as new Impressees begin making their way over to her and Anise.
Gallery> Littleshadow warbles and flies around his humanpet's head in dizzy circles.
Ledges> P'tran grins. "Hmm, Drish is from Benden Hold, isn't he?"
Ledges> Kieri laughs and cheers for her frieds!
Gallery> Kaaila gives Dwane big hug and grins broadly, "He Impressed!.." She look back to D'ris and grins.
Chaluth warbles happily
Gallery> Rallaigh claps for D'ris, "Knew he'd impress."
Ledges> M'kla nods, "Yessir, he is..."
Gallery> Sevanne wipes her eyes, watching J'bal with his new lifemate.
Ledges> Kieri nods. "Yes, sir."
Gallery> Leana screams out >loud<, "Yay D'ris!!!"
Ledges> Miran gives her lifemate a loving pat before swinging a leg easily over Hanneth's slender dark neck and jumping lightly to the ground.
D'ris smiles, tears of joy streaming down his cheek. He moves to the bronze Hatchling and slowly moves with it to the side of the Sands, "I'll get you something to eat, Rsonth..."
Ledges> Khrysaa dances about like an imp, beaming, "And He was From Ista too!"
Laywne smiles at his friend success and again turns to watch.
Ledges> Flannery nods. "Another Benden boy on bronze, sir!"
Pine Green Hatchling decides that this person isn't really worthy of her attentions and moves on, to *another* person who wasn't watching when she made her entrance.
The orange pekoe egg continues its struggle with a slow, methodical spinning round about, clockwise.
Gallery> Dwane grins, "And a bronze!"
Tiera moves next to Tarquinn, her attention on the green.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Flannery
Alanna barely notices the impressions, but takes a moment to smile her congratulations, before focusing her attention on the pine green..
Ledges> Miran spots Darci and joins her, pulling her helmet off. "How many did I miss?"
Albarra smiles at D'ris, happy for them, but sighs as she glances around at the others waiting.
Tarquinn sweeps his eyes nervously about, watching, waiting.
Svessa looks at J'bal with an odd expression as he walks to the edge of the sands, almost incredulous. She watches him carefully before jerking back to the job at hand: preventing injury.
Ledges> P'tran says "well, Ista can claim some credit as well ..."
Ledges> P'tran grins
Gallery> Kaaila hugs Dwane again and bems, "I knew he could!.." She sits back and smiles broadly.
Tarah smiles wistfully at her friends as they Impress, then turns back to the clutch.
Laywne watches the green.
J'bal is an odd sight, calm face with wet cheeks, as he grins softly at Emmith and says "We'll get you something to eat soon, Emmith."
Ledges> K'nan chuckles softly. "Yah, she is..."
Ledges> Filana takes Khrysaa's hand again, and turns back to watch J'bal and Emmith leave the sands.
Gallery> Latiar smiles, "I'll wager ten marks that Albarra Impresses that green!"
Emmith butts his head againt J'bal, creeling as his eyes whirl a deep red-orange.
Ledges> Flannery chuckles. "Yes...J'bal! I'm so happy for him!"
Ledges> P'kell glances over, and nods to the new High Reaches arrival, smiling.
Gallery> Jerissa leans foward her attention willing soemone else on.
Pine Green Hatchling peers closely at Jalna for a moment, then walks around her.
Ledges> Darci waves to Miran as she sits down, "Quite a few, I've lost track, but just now there was a Bronze and Blue just at once."
Jalla smiles as her friends Impress, and returns her gaze to the green.
Makem stares after the retreating weyrling's backs before focusing again on the dragonet's peering along the semi-circle critically.
Tarquinn sways a bit, glancing nervously down to his robes.
Ledges> Ceara smiles and waves over to Miran.
Albarra watches the green, hopeful.
Ledges> Zyrieth BUGLEBUGLE!
Natan steps forward again to peer around the candidates bettween him and D'ris, He waves and grins at him, then steps back, watching the unattatched dragonets once more.
Elynie watches D'ris leave the sand with a faintly surprised expression on her face, but that's been there for a while. She turns the look back to the hatchlings.
Luthon rubs his palms along the side of his robes.
Tiera bites her lip, her face in a confused state.
Ledges> Hanneth hunkers down on the edge of the ledge, watching raptly.
Dellan gives his lucky friends a quick glance then returns to watching the other hatchlings.
Ledges> Kementari reaches over and gives F'ren's hand a squeeze of encouragement and congratulations!
Ledges> Khrysaa swings Filana's arm back and forth, smiling brightly.
The cultured pearl egg rolls over onto its side.
Tarah looks on, slowly glancing at everyone in the semi-circle.
Ledges> G'rel smiles at Katany. "Shall we accept any bets on ours, then?"
Laywne rubs his hands on his robe and watches the dragonets.
Jalna stands, white-robed statuary, as another green bypasses her. Her chin lifts, and with it high color in her cheeks. Hard-eyed, she gazes out over the clutch. Blank. Always blank.
Ledges> F'ren turns his head with a smile for Kem and then he looks back out over the sands.
Gallery> Sevanne waves to J'bal, watching him with tears in her eyes.
Tarquinn plays a tag game with his eyes as they bounce from egg to hatchling
Garia watches quietly, chewing on her thumbnail.
Ledges> P'tran overhears the comment on betting and says with a wry grin, "Yeah, I'll bet that the eggs will hatch dragons and that they'll Impress candidates."
The white jadestone egg gains momentum and bumps into a soft blue egg...
Pine Green Hatchling pauses and turns around again, to look at Jalna again. She creels, an amazingly lost sound from one apparently so confident.
Tiera looks at the egg, then the hatchlings again, sweeping a strand of her golden brown hair out of her face.
Ledges> Notreth HUmmmms...eyes whirling rapid blue.
Gallery> Sorel grins Egg rollerderby....
Ledges> P'tran . o O ( With my betting luck, I'd probably lose that one too ... )
Mirie closes her eyes and takes a deep breath, trying to stay composed.
Ledges> Filana asks Khrysaa, "Which ones will get the greens, then?" She turns half way to taunt Lizalth, too. "If you'd taken me up on it, you'd be a rich dragon!"
Ledges> Darci grins at P'tran.
Albarra fidgets slightly, twisting her fingers in the seams of her robe.
Desert Rose Egg spins, and with a violent shudder, breaks open, sending a Shadowed Blue Hatchling tumbling onto the sands.
Tarah looks out over the rest of the eggs and watching the green hatchilng as it is looking for it's lifemate.
Ledges> P'tran smiles at Darci and winks
Jalna is staring forward, hands tight at her sides. Defintely forward.
The orange pekoe egg slows in its methodical spinning and then stops, motionless. No rocking. No movement whatsoever.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling:
Still drying from his recent hatching, this blue's hide varies in color. Flowing smoothly from a deep, almost black, blue on his head and wings to a lighter, near shore blue, which covers his haunches and tail. With spinning eyes of red, his head swings back and forth on the end of a neck too long for his size, searching.
Ledges> Jehrina chuckles. "Behave, 'tran."
Tarquinn smiles to the new arrival.
Ledges> Lizalth cocks her head at Sereth's redier in buffudlement. She sends a whuffle of air over the girl's hair.
Anlin looks around toward the ledges curiously
Tiera gazes at the newly hatched blue, she smiles happily.
D'ris wipes his eyes and gently hugs his bronze, so it doesn't fall down. "We'll eat soon, Rsonth. I promise."
Ledges> F'ren smiles, murmering 'Nice colorings.'
Ledges> P'tran looks to Jehrina and smiles. "I always do.".
Shadowed Blue Hatchling slides down the mound with a flip then stis there, blinking for a moment and looking around with red-orange eyes.
Pine Green Hatchling creels again and then sets off in search of someone more appreciative of her wonderful self.
J'bal squats down next to Emmith and hugs him wordlessly.
Makem forgets the green as she wanders near Jalna. The rocking eggs are of more concern to him though he does spare a glance to Svessa beside him, almost checking on her.
Laywne smiles at the little blue.
Elynie winces at the sound from the green, and looks down to see where it came from, spotting the green off to her left and yet /again/ missing another hatchling making his appearance.
D'ris leads his hatching to the side where the waiting riders are.
Alanna watches the green turning to look at Jalna again and smiles. She looks over at the shadowed blue when he hatches, but her attention is dwarn back to the green..
Jalla smiles at the blue hatchling, alternating her gaze between him and the green. She tugs on her robe nervously.
Luthon watches the new blue with curiosity in his eyes.
Gallery> Starratiel looks down at the shadowed blue, saying to herself out loud. "He looks almost like a big version of Littleshadow.
Gallery> Leonay looks with concern at the orange pekoe egg.
Ledges> G'rel smirks. "T'bin would like to tackle that one, I'm sure. Did he tell you he's now free from debt to Melony?"
Mirie puts her head up at the sound and grins as the blue makes his entrance. Her gaxe wanders back to the green.....
Albarra takes a step back to see both the green and the blue.
Ledges> F'gron no, really, there was backwinging and a dragon and things.
Tarah starts at the arrival, then looks on as the blue looks around, searching for the one he wants.
Tiera returns her attention to the searching green, her attention also kept on the blue.
A green, whose hatching you must've missed, wavers between a weyrbred girl and a mountain cothold boy, both of whom can't take their eyes from her. Suddenly, a pushy little blue shoulders the green aside on his way to deposit himself in front of the weyrb
red girl. The green squeals as she falls over, then picks herself up and toddles over to the boy.
Ledges> Jehrina snorts, and continues watching
Shadowed Blue Hatchling shakes his head just a little bit, gathers himself, and stands up, swaying as he turns his head to look back at his Mama.
Gallery> Koron eatches the dark green one wistfully from the stands
Dellan looks at the newest hatchlings with interest, moving slightly to fill in a hole in the semi-circle.
Ledges> Lyran sighs soflty and leans against Amycanth.
Ledges> P'tran grins and looks back to the hatching in time to see the other egg stop moving. Hmm.
Natan watches the blue from the pack of candidates.
Gallery> Selandra smiles, watching the dragons choose.
Garia smiles as the new blue glances at Chaluth.
Pine Green Hatchling walks over towards another group of Candidates, holding her wings high. She stops in front of one...
Tarquinn blinks against the sweat threatening to sting his eyes.
Gallery> Sorel wishes he'd brought his sketching material....
Elynie looks torn as she tries to divide her attention between the hatchlings creeling over the sands.
Ledges> Filana begins cheering the new blue, carefully ignoring the creep blue that just knocked over his little sister...
Svessa catches Makem's glance, her face pale and warring between determination and fear. She takes a step closer to him for reassurance before once again looking out for sharp claws and thrashing tails.
Tarah looks *UP* at the blue smiles at the blue as he looks
Chaluth croons encouragingly to the shadowed blue
Tiera smiles anxiously, her devoted attention on the hatchlings.
Gallery> Latiar furrows his brow at the egg that stopped moving, "Whats wrong?"
Shadowed Blue Hatchling sends a short warble at Chaluth, then turns back to regard all the white robes. He blinks, then starts to waddle toward them.
Laywne watches the green, then the blue.
Gallery> Rallaigh watches the green as though /willing/ her towards someone.
Pine Green Hatchling croons to a Candidate with an appreciative smile, a quizical tone to her voice.
Jalna scrubs hands into cloth. Topaz-dark eyes skitter sideways after the dark green-no. She turns back to staring fiercely at the remaining eggs.
Ledges> Khrysaa places her pointer finger on her lower lip and thinks, "Umm..There's a greenrider.." she says as she points to agirl similiar in general appearance to herself.
The orange pekoe egg remains motionless, an odd contrast to many of the other of gold Chaluth's magnificent eggs.
Alanna licks her lips, watching the pine green almost totally, sparing just a little attention to the others...
Tarquinn sucks his cheeks in as he waits, glancing around hopefully.
Mirie smiles over at the little green, then her gaze wanders to the blue, and then back to the green.
Gallery> Deela croons at the hatchlings.
Ledges> Flannery peers at the girl critically, then nods in agreement with Khrysaa.
Ledges> Filana listens to Khrysaa, and nods, then begins to bounce again. "Go Blue!!
Shadowed Blue Hatchling stops again, shaking himself. So many robes.
Jalla smiles at the green's tone, watching her for the moment.
Albarra eyes the green, as though wondering if it may have Impressed, and flicks her gaze back to the approaching blue.
Gallery> Leonay leans over and whispers to Jorai, "What's happened to that orange egg? Why did it stop moving?"
Tiera smiles joyfully, her attention on the green.
Tarquinn follows the hatchling's gaze and nervously fixes his robes.
Elynie takes another deep breath, a good thing to do when she remembers, and as she looks around catches her eyes on the blue.
Gallery> Koron intesly and worridly watches the orange egg
Gallery> Rickon blinks, and looks at the indicated egg. "Oh no..."
Dellan blinks as sweat rolls into his eyes, too busy watching the hatchlings to wipe it away.
Gallery> Kyle has left.
Laywne watches the blue now.
Luthon keeps flicking his eyes between the eggs and the blue hatchling.
Gallery> Jorai glances at it and shakes her head sadly, "I know nothing of Hatchings."
Shadowed Blue Hatchling plunks down into the sand, head swiveling around in an arc to regard the whole row of Candidates. I'm supposed to pick one of these?
Gallery> Sorel says "the other that stopped moving hatched..p'raps that one will too"
Pine Green Hatchling takes a step closer to the Candidate in front of her, spreading her wings so they can be admired.
Natan leans forward a bit to watch the blue and green.
Albarra suppresses a chuckle at the look on the blue's face.
Gallery> Selandra grins, knowing which one she'd want the blue tto pick.
Mirie chuckles at the blue and smiles at him.
The green distant haze egg jerks and twitches again, bumping into the winter egg which cracks open to deposit a brown hatchling on the sands rather noisily
Gallery> Leonay frowns, and leans against Jorai, looking out over the Candidates again.
Tarah looks at the shadowed blue hatchling as looks around.
Gallery> Koron half raised an arm to wave at the orge egg the lowers it, it couldb[1nt see him anyway
Ledges> Filana says, "Come on, you indolent excuse for a blue dragon! Get up and _Impress!_ You know which one you want!!"
Mirie turns her look back to the green and smiles at her antics.
A nervous chuckles escapes Quinn's lips as he quickly throws a hand up to block it, but too late.
Tiera smiles kindly while watching the dragonets.
Albarra blinks at the new brown.
Dellan looks at the blue and smiles at its apparent confussion.
Ledges> M'kla laughs at Filana quietly, "You tell him, girl!"
Vivian chuckles softly as she watches the little green hatching, her eyes dancing with amusement. "That's a green if I ever saw one."
Ledges> P'kell chuckles at Filana.
Ledges> P'tran blinks at Filana
Ledges> Jehrina grins at Filana.
Luthon hears the crack and turns to look at the new brown hatchling.
Ledges> Amycanth bugles encouragement to the little brown guy!!
Ledges> P'tran grins
Gallery> J'cob sighs. Filana.
Ledges> Filana bounces again, jerking Khrysaa's arm with each bounce. "Get to it!! Get up!!!"
Ledges> Darci can't help but chuckle at Filana's enthusiasm. She grins across at M'kla.
Jalna's attention pounces a trio of Hatching dragonets: blue, green, another bronze. The three peel off, though, leaving the girl watching sand and empty shards. Her lips flatten, lose color.
Ledges> Flannery blinks at Filana, eyes Tyrrath, and wonders...
Tarah looks on as a brown cracks out of a shell, but divides her attention between the Green and the Blue
Elynie hides a smile at the blue, and glances over towards the green, wondering who is getting the attention.
Jalla chuckles at the comment, growing less nervous.
Gallery> Rickon is watching the orange egg now, he does look kinda worried. "I hope it hatches..."
Dellan turns at the sound of another egg cracking and sees the brown.
Laywne three to watch now..
Ledges> Jaen looks over at Filana with a wide grin.
Tarquinn bobs his head excitedly as he looks from hatchling to hatchling
Tiera smiles happily while watching the green show off.
Makem watches the blue swivels his neck around while the green almost preens, shifting from his left foot to balance high weight on his right hip.
Alanna watches the green spread her wings and whispers something to herself, probably something appreciative from the way she's watching her..
Shadowed Blue Hatchling finally stands again, wilting just a tiny bit before straightening up and going right to the end up of the line. He looks over at the stands, and most especially the weyrlingmasters, warbling. Then he turns to the Candidate he ended up in front of at the end of the line.
Mirie smiles at the new brown, and then turns back to the others. Smiling kindly to the confused blue and grinning at the green.
Ledges> Katany laughs softly.
Albarra smiles at the preening green.
Pine Green Hatchling bugles, or tries to, in exasperation, as the Candidate she wants doesn't react to her, and nudges Garia in the tummy.
Svessa eyes the brown warily. The bigger the Hatchling, the bigger the claws, the more the reason to avoid it. See the logic?
Ledges> P'tran looks over and notices Flannery's gaze and laughs. "Oh no, not another Tyrrath."
Ledges> Khrysaa holds her stomach, bending over as she laughs at Filana's outburst. She bounces along with matched exuberance, egging the little green on as well.
Gallery> Koron mutters come on, orange egg. show em you can crack!"
Ledges> Flannery grins at P'tran fora moment, then turns back to the sands with a look of smug triumph.
Garia gasps as the hatchling pokes at her.
Gallery> Rallaigh sighs as the green seems to prefer the wrong person.
Ledges> M'kla rests back against Torinth's humming body.
Tiera smiles at the little blue.
Laywne turns towards th newly hatched brown.
Tarquinn smiles to Garia.
Jalla peers at Svessa, then turns to smile at Garia. She then watches the blue scan the Candidate line.
Gallery> Koron yells hastily " come on eggs!" then just as hastily shuts up, tyurning red
Tarah gasps at the green and Blue...
Shadowed Blue Hatchling looks that first Candidate up and down, considering. Then he shakes his head, nah. So he moves to the next one.
Gallery> J'cob holds his breath mightily!
The brown, pale as his wintry shell, stretches, then sets off, in businesslike fashion, to find a partner.
Albarra grins at Garia and turns her attention to the brown and blue.
Ledges> Filana says, "Be picky! Impress the best!! Go BLUE!!""
Ledges> P'tran braces himself from the inevitable comments from Benden's brown contingent :)
Dellan catches Svessa's eyes and smiles at her, then turns to watch the blue, butting track of the brown out of the corner of his eye.
Gallery> Sorel chuckles at Fliana.
Gallery> Faernal glances over to Rallaigh and grins slightly, then turns her attention back to the dragonets.
Tiera smiles at the little blue, then looks to the brown happily.
Tarquinn's face pales as he stifles another uncomfortable coulgh, gazing at the searcing eyes.
Laywne watches first brown, blue, and then green.
Ledges> Amycanth rumbles.
Ledges> Filana calls on her year of Harper training to resonate the local dragon's chests with her cheering!
Ledges> P'kell grins a little, and fuddles with his knot,"Blues only get the best, any bluerider knows that. ;)"
Garia cries out and drops to her knees "Her name is Melionth!" She yells.
Tarah holds her breath as the hatchlings look for their lifemates.
Gallery> Selandra watches the blue very carefully, hardly breathing.
Luthon watches the determined brown, a smile twitching the corners of his mouth again.
Ledges> Jaen looks over the ledge approvingly at the brown dragonet.
Elynie turns her eyes from Garia, not wanting to intrude on something that looks so private, and watches the blue make his way though the group, looking at everyone.
Ledges> R'val grins at P'tran, "VERY true." he chuckles.
Ledges> Flannery cheers. "Huzzah, Garia!"
Ledges> Leilanth opens an eye to peer at Filana.
Gallery> Merellia flicks a glance over to the dragonrider ledges and chuckeles at Filana's words.
Ledges> Kieri sighs and chuckles.
Vivian smiles warmly as the green finds Gamina.
Ledges> Lyran smiles wistfully at the brown dragonet.
Garia says "Yes...yes...you are the most beautiful dragon...yes we can go eat."
Gallery> Dwane grins, "The hatchlings are saving the best candidates, the healers, for last."
Natan shifts uncomfortably as his feet definitely start to get hot. His eyes don't leave the hatchlings as he steps back and forth.
Mirie nods to Garia and turns away with another little sigh. She watches the other hatchlings and candidates.
Ledges> F'ren smiles at the impression.
Makem rubs at the side of his face, settling down a bit as the impressions and hatching come more regularly. Scanning up and down the half-circle, he watches the others.
The white jadestone egg rocks harder...smacking the blue egg hard enough to crack it open!
Gallery> J'cob cheers loudly, "Sis!"
Ledges> Ceara say "Wheee! Garia!!!
Svessa returns Dellan's glance with a tight smile before looking away again.
Ledges> Khrysaa cheers for the green and her new lifemate.
With a shake and a small jump, the White Jadestone Egg cracks open, dumping a Cordwood Brown Hatchling on the sands unceremoniously, leaving him creeling as he attemps to right himself.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling waddles a little farther on, skipping right over a couple of Candidates. He stops again, in front of another Candidate, and sniffs. Must've been working in the kitchen today.
Alanna watches Garia impress and smiles, perhaps a little sadly, though also happy for her and turns back to look at the other hatchlings.
Vivian smiles warmly as the green finds Garia.
Gallery> Faernal laughs, hearing Dwane.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling:
This cordwood brown hatchling appears average in size for a newly hatched dragon. He looks around with whirling eyes of red, unsure of his surroundings and all the movement around him. His color darkens along his tail, becoming klah bark brown near his tail tip, with the same coloration around his muzzle and eyeridges. His confidence grows as he begins organizing his thoughts, though, and heads out into the curious world around him.
Gallery> Kaaila grins.
Ledges> R'val grins broadly at the Sands.
Rsonth preens proudly at a compliment from D'ris.
Gallery> Starratiel wows. A brown.
Ledges> P'tran grins as the green Impresses Garia
Ledges> Filana hugs Khrysaa and cheers! "The Green impressed!!"
Gallery> Alsten snickers, overhearing Dwane's comment. "We can hope..."
Tarquinn eyes the hatchlings hopefully.
Dellan shoots Garia a big smile and turns to watch the brown, admiring its attempts to right itself.
Gallery> Rickon looks at Dwane. "You're a healer, do you know why the orange egg isn't cracking?"
Ledges> Hanneth croons to Dhavoth.
Ledges> Sereth bellows, after carefully lifting his head far above Fila's head!
Melionth follows Garia happily.
Tiera smiles as the brown pops out in the world, then grins at the blue.
Laywne smiles at Gamina and watches the brown and blue.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling blinks and seems stunned as a startled bugle escapes his muzzle!
Tarah looks on with a hopefull expression as a brown hatchling comes out.
Albarra giggles at the brown's sudden appearance, keeping her eye on those already hatched.
Luthon looks torn, head pivoting wildly as he attempts to keep track of everything.
Jalla smiles at the brown's reaction, chuckling softly.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling finally decides to look at the Candidate's face. Eeww. Not that one. He moves on.
Tarquinn is thrown back slightly at the Browns bugle and stifles another chuckle.
Laywne smiles at the little browns sounds.
Mirie laughs softly at the handsome brown.
Cinne turns, as Vivian points, and sees the green with Garia. She smiles approvingly.
Ledges> Khrysaa giggles with Filana, "'Cuz a green knows what she wants"
Dellan chuckles at the browns's expression.
Gallery> Dwane looks to Rickon, "Each in their own time..."
Alanna cannot help but grin at the brown hatchlings reaction to himself..
Ledges> Kieri chuckles at the blue's antics.
Gallery> Selandra watches her friends, hoping they all impress.
Ledges> P'tran hms and peers down, looking to see if any hatchlings are going near Albarra ...
Ledges> Filana says, "There you go, Blue! Choose the right one!!"
Tasya beckons Garia over to her, Anise, and the new weyrlings.
Gallery> Rallaigh grins at Dwane then focuses on the hatchlings again.
D'ris laughs at Rsonth's reaction in joy, and hugs him again.
Tiera is slightly startled by the brown bugle, then smiles slightly watching it.
Tarah keeps an eye on the blue as that young one and the brown look.
Natan grins as he watches the blue shadow dancing around.
Ledges> Dhavoth flies in quietly settling on the crowded ledge.
The pale brown walks up to a farmer boy, peering at his face. Not quite right. But almost.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling glances back at his Mama again. This is awful hard. Some of 'em smell good, but...
Jalna sees the green find Garia, but is already looking elsewhere. Stiff, masked by false unconcern, she pays no heed to the brown's noise in the ambient din of cracking and crooning, exultation and disappointment.
Gallery> Dwane grins, "It must be hard work getting out of those eggs.. Wouldn't you want a rest/"
Laywne turnsto watch the borwn.
Ledges> C'san climbs down Dhavoth's side to the ground, using his straps as handholds.
Tarquinn lets his eyes follow the hatchlings as he turns his head from side to side.
Luthon shifts his feet, barely noticing the heat as he watches all the motion around.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling slowly gets his feet under him, and manages to fan his wings until they are dry.. bits of shards falling to the sands.
Gallery> Keyoke watches intently what Alanna is doing and wrings his hands...
Makem's his lips to quirk into a small grin at the startled brown who seems nearly more startled than the candidates themselves. Nearly.
Dellan follows the brown with his eyes, a slight smile on his face.
Anlin giggles with an unfamiliar girlish glee, her hands wringing the folds of her long skirt
Tarah hopes that she doesn' smell like the hearth that she cleaned today.
Tiera smiles obviously confused blue, then returns her attention to the brown.
Ledges> Darci waves to C'san, "Come join us."
The orange pekoe egg suddenly jerks again once and then back to motionless quiet. A moment later it jerks the other direction and then sets into a wild, dancing spin round and round on the hot sands.
Ledges> Ceara notices movement out of the corner of her eye and looks. She waves excitedly to C'san.
Garia touches Melionth, not wanting to hurt her, but soon throws her arms around her neck.
Gallery> Rickon looks at Dwane again, and repeats himself, more insistently. "Is something wrong with the orange egg?" Seeing it move again he cheers. "Go for it!"
Gallery> Koron relieved, lets out his breath
Natan glances at the orange egg then turns back to watch the blue somemore.
Ledges> P'tran blinks at the orange egg. "Ah, that's more like it ..."
Mirie glances startled at the orange egg, but turns her look back to the two hatchlings.
Ledges> Filana bounces and bounces, shouting and cheering and egging the blue dragonet on!
Ledges> C'san smiles, catching up on whats happening down below for a moment before joining the others.
Elynie swallows again and briefly glances at the brown before looking over at the blue again, not knowing what to do with her hands or her feet. She does manage to keep a smile on her face.
Gallery> Latiar peers at the Orange egg, "C'mon open up!"
Gallery> Koron he leas dsngerously out at the blue edge
Ledges> Jaen nods with P'tran's words, eyes on the orange egg.
Dellan glances at the orange pekoe egg in amazement.
Jalla glances at the violent motion of the Orange Pekoe egg, then turns to watch the blue make up his mind...maybe.
Gallery> Leonay grins as he sees the orange egg move.
The pale brown stalks by Jalna, not interested in someone who seems not to want him for a partner, to fetch up in front of a miner boy. He inspects.
With tears running down her cheeks, Garia stands to lead Melionth to the side of the hatching cavern.
Gallery> Jorai smiles and hugs Leonay.
Melionth croons happily as Garia embraces her.
Ledges> Khrysaa smiles as the orange egg finally hops around once again, "That's like Lizzie's egg.."
Gallery> Selandra breathes a sigh of relief as she she's the orange egg move again.
Ledges> Jehrina shifts, dropping her chin onto P'tran's shoulder as she looks down upon the sands.
Dellan turns his attention back to the brown, watching his every move with interest.
Albarra smiles at the hatchlings, encouragingly.
Ledges> Filana looks at the orange egg. "It is kinda. But Liz's one of a kind!"
Gallery> Koron watches the blue intently "Why dosen't it impress ?"
Gallery> Leonay hugs Jorai back, beaming.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling takes a step sideways to get to the next Candidate and tumbles over onto his side, flop. He snorts the sand out of his nose, and gets back up, looking up at the person in front of him and accidentally stepping on her feet.
Tarquinn lets his eyes follow Garia, and then he turns his glance to the sands, letting thwm fall on the browns, that hatching egg, so much to see.
Ledges> Lizalth hummmms out in encouragement for the slow to hatch egg.
Anlin calls out, "What's her name, Garia?"
Jalna is ignored once more; the high color, klah-dark under her desert tan, rises once more. Her shoulders square as the brown passes. Her eyes pin on an uncracked egg, then sweep over the wavering line of white-robes.
Ledges> P'tran smiles at Jehrina. "Hmm. I hope one takes an interest in Albarra. She seemed like a nice sort when she was at Benden ...
Laywne watches the browns progress.
Gallery> Dwane winces as the girls gets stepped on, "Ouch."
Tiera looks at the brown in wonder, then down to examine the blue.
A smile threatens to engulf Luthon's ears as he watches the movement of the browns.
Tarah winces as the blue stumbles and steps forward... almost.
Garia calls out tearfully "Her name is Melionth". She says to the green "Yes...you're beautiful...we can eat soon"
Ledges> Jehrina nods, "She is. Organized and efficient."
Elynie starts to look overwhelmed by the whole experience and closes her eyes very briefly before opening them again, and looking again for the blue, who she can't spot right away.
Gallery> Kaldara leans forward, watching the hatching with a bemused smile.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling tilts his wedge-shaped head in obvious thought, his eyes whirl faster as he realizes what he MUST do and makes his way to examine a group of young women...
Gallery> Latiar shakes his head, "Why arn't they looking at Albarra?"
Ledges> Khrysaa grins, "I mean in its slow hatchin' an all. I'm glad Savith smashed Lizzie's egg and set her free."
Ledges> P'tran hmms and watches the brown.
Natan grins at Garia and stiffles a giggle as the blue goes down. He watches the blue intently to see if he's alright.
D'ris wipes another flow of tears as he gazes at Rsonth.
Mirie holds her breath as the brown moves in the direction of her group of friends.
Ledges> Filana stops bouncing to listen to the Benden WWeyrleaders discussing candidates, noting each word, then going back to cheering, etc.
Laywne watches, divided between the two browns.
Tarah looks *UP* again at the brown hatchling as his head turns.
Ledges> Filana says, "Me too, hon! "
Tiera smiles happily at the brown, glancing back to the blue.
Dellan continues to watch the browns, curious who they will choose.
The green distant haze egg vibrates and shudders fiercely
Shadowed Blue Hatchling cowers as Tarah almost steps on him, stumbling a few steps back. He tilts his head a little looking up at her and sneezing.
Albarra looks around at the other Candidates, almost holding her breath.
Makem sticks out his bottom lip, blowing his hair back out of his eyes, arms unfolding and dropping, thumbs hooking into the cord cinching his robe while his eyes still scan the eggs and scattered shells.
Mirie grins at the blue and Tarah.
Tarquinn suddenly lets out his breath that he realizes he;'s been holding.
Garia leads Melionth over to Tasya and kneels there next to her, caressing her and assuring her of how beautiful she is.
Tarah steps back hastily.
D'ris notices Garia with a green and smiles to her for a moment, before looking back at his bronze.
Ledges> P'tran looks on with interest as the brown seems close to deciding
Tiera starts rubbing her hands together, her gaze on the brown.
Elynie winces almost and glances at Tarah, a hopeful look on her face for her friend.
The pale brown makes his decision and steps closer to the miner boy, who cries out in delight and falls to his knees. "Lieth! Yes, I promise."
Alanna watches the brown as he goes to the group of young woman, studying him..
Tarah and then smiles as the blue sneezes.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling takes a step forward, sneezing again and looking at Tarah from head to toe.
The orange pekoe egg slows its spinning to a stop as if resting. After a few motionless moments, it gets a-rocking again, rolling back toward Chaluth in several quick revolutions.
Jalla watches Tarah, smilling..silently rooting for her.
Ledges> K'nan murmurs something to himself, looking down at the sands fixedly.
Gallery> Jerissa grins, "Come on Tarah!!"
Tarquinn's eyes are drawn to teh swirling egg.
Gallery> Selandra grins. "Go Tarah." she murmers.
Ledges> Khrysaa hugs Filana fondly, then rests against Lizalth as Filana bounces free.
Ledges> Ceara says "A blue with allergies. How cute!"
Melionth sits in the circle of Garia's arms and listens to welcome reassurances about her looks.
Ledges> Jaen looks up at Notreth, and grins. "Yes, you were. Smaller, even."
Gallery> Koron looks at teh eggsa nd the blue "O, go on1"
Natan grins as he watches the blue. He turns to watch the egg rolling away and watches it with a bemused look.
Albarra grins at Tarah, waiting to see if this could be her lifemate.
Ledges> Miran uh-ohs. "Reminds me of another sneezing blue I know."
Tiera glances from the blue to the swirling egg thenback to the brown, her face in a happy and calm state.
Tarah gasps at finding herself eyball to body with a dragon, again, and smiles at the blue.
Dellan smiles at the brown and the miner boy, then turns his attention back to the other brown, pushing his hair out of his eyes.
Gallery> On the sands, Laywne triesto keep track of th hatched and eggs.
Shadowed Blue Hatchling takes another step forward and accidentally steps on Tarah's foot again, then looks up with an apology in his eyes. And a little more than apology.
Chaluth rumbles softly, nuzzling the orange pekoe egg toward the middle of the sands again
Cordwood Brown Hatchling rocks back and forth, examining candidates, his poor red eyes looking desperate as he passes men and women alike... finding nothing....
Gallery> Niroka point to the rolling egg and giggles, "It's wunning away!"
Gallery> . . . and goes for the Eunich.
Ledges> R'val smiles widely at the girl on the Sands as she Impresses, "A blue. Very good."
Ledges> Flannery cheers for Tarah! "Huzzah!"
Ledges> P'tran ouches. "I hope that blue wasn't too heavy ..."
Gallery> Selandra just manages to stop from bouncing for joy. "Way to go Tarah."
Ledges> Notreth snorts. Not possible.
Laywne smiles towards the brown.
Albarra glances at the obviously distressed brown, then back to her friend and the blue.
Ledges> Filana bounces harder and harder! "Go Blue! Do it Blueie!! You can Do it!!"
Tarah gasps at the voice. " His name is Mesoth!"
Ledges> C'san laughs as he catches Miran's coment..
D'ris moves next to Rsonth and keeps an arm around him, well, as far as it will go.
Gallery> Starratiel looks at the brown with concern. "come on, find the right one."
Ledges> Kieri grins and cheers fror Tarah.
Tiera sighs, then looks at the brown.
Mirie's eyes shine hopefully at the little brown, who is looking around uncertainly.
Tarquinn cranes his neck as he looks up to the motherly gold, then turns back to watch the hatchlings.
Dellan watches the cordwood brown with concern for the poor thing.
Ledges> F'ren smiles, looking pleased with the impression once more.
Tarah says "Yes, Mesoth, we'll get you something to eat soon."
Gallery> Jerissa satds up adn cheers, "Yo Tarah!!"
Ledges> Vidarth was here all along. REally!
J'bal hugs Emmith and grins widely, paying no attention to the other candidates.
Gallery> Rickon winces. "I wouldn't fancy having a dragon tread on my foot. Even a little one."
Green Distant Haze Egg jerks suddenly, and with a loud crackling sound, crumbles into two halves to reveal an Olympic Bronze Hatchling.
Mesoth nudges Tarah's knees, creeling.
Jalla watches the brown's unhappy progress, and sighs; a concerned look on her face.
Jalna's braid swipes slowly across her back as she shakes freed hair from her eyes again. A few strands stick like whiplashes of bronzed-red to brow and cheeks; ignoring them, she glances Tarah's way, then away.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling:
A true image of a bronze hatchling, this olympic bronze stands before you with wings unfurled in display. His color, a beautiful blend of brown, green, and gold, flows evenly over his hide, neither darker or lighter in any area, which makes one think he could possibly look like a statue if he held still. He looks about serenely, taking in his new surroundings with, ironically, fast swirling eyes of yellow and red. His jawline appears strong and somewhat pronounced, and he looks like he stands a good head above his siblings.
Ledges> Jaen hrms, that brown's looking anxious...
Ledges> Filana says, "Yeah! Yea Mesoth! Yea...er...whoever that is!! Who is that, anyway?""
Mirie gives a thumbs up to Tarah and Mesoth and turns her look back to the other hatchlings.
Gallery> Jerissa nudges Lastrai, "Told ya she'd do it"
Elynie's face breaks into a wide grin, and she nearly moves to give Tarah a hug, but stops herself in time.
Ledges> Kieri grins. "Another bronze!"
Tarah walks over to the waiting weyrlings.
Ledges> Hanneth whistles appreciatively at the new bronze.
Ledges> Flannery applauds!
Ledges> Khrysaa cheers excitedly for as Filana bounces around at the impression, "He just had sand up 'his nose er somethin'"
Ledges> Laerth gives a loud bugle for the second bronze!
Ledges> R'val grins sidelong at Kieri, "Beautiful looking dragon, isn't that one?"
Tarquinn smiles as he sees the bronze exploding from his encasing.
Gallery> Latiar smiles at the Bronze that emerged.
Mesoth follows Tarah across the sands, eyes adoring but hungry.
Gallery> Koron grimaces with secondhand agony "come on egg. You've got to hatch1'
Ledges> P'kell turns his head to watch the new bronze for a bit.
Tiera looks at the brown with concern and curiousity.
Laywne watches the newest hatchling and keeps an eye on the unattached dragonets.
Garia smiles at Tarah, then turns her full attention back to her lifemate.
Ledges> Dhavoth lets out an approving rumble, focusing his eyes to see.
Gallery> Kaldara applauds.
The orange pekoe egg rocks a few times after being nudged back into place. Suddenly a *pop* is heard and a flake of shell flicks out onto the sands.
Ledges> Kieri smiles widely and nods to R'val.
Ledges> Torinth rumbles down to the little bronze, garnering an odd look from her weyrmate.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling picks up on something and warbles, lifting his tail to move a little quicker towards that ... something
Albarra grins at Tarah, but swivels back to the eggs, when the bronze hatches.
Gallery> Leonay cheers!
Ledges> Jaen gasps in delight. It hatched!
Gallery> Latrai grins to Jerissa.
Gallery> Selandra cheers.
Gallery> Starratiel notes that, good, the orange egg's hatching.
Natan grins and gives Tarah a congrats wave, then turns back to see a bronze hatchling where there was none before.
Ledges> Katany watches Jalna, gnawing on her lower lip.
Dellan looks over at the bronze hatchling in interest, but keeps an eye on the brown as well.
Ledges> Filana realizes that there aren't any blues on the sands at the moment, and falls to silent, almost dispirited watching of the surfeit of bronzes.
Tiera grins uncertainly at the brown.
Svessa's eye dart from one hatchling to another warily as first one, then another of her Candidate companions find their lifemates. She mutters to herself, shifting from one foot to the other in the intense heat and excitement.
Ledges> P'tran ahs and smiles. "I was thinking perhaps the shell was too hard, but it looks like the hatchling can manage it ...
Emmith croons happily as he rests his wedge shaped head against his lifemate.
Ledges> Khrysaa claps as the slow to hatch orange egg finally pops open!
Olympic Bronze Hatchling shakes his entire body, swinging his up from side to side as the few remaining shardings fall from him
Tarquinn blinks as he tries to watch the brown and bronze at the same time.
Rsonth bugles encouragement to his bronze clutchmate.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling stops between two holders... his confident nature shaken a bit...
Laywne divides his attention brown and bronze. Nervous.
Ledges> Ceara cheers extermely loud for the blue Impression. "TARAH!!"
Gallery> Sevanne is hardly watching the hatching anymore, her eyes on a small blue and his new lifemate.
Ledges> M'kla pokes her elbow into Torinth, "Getting a bit old for that, aren't you?"
Alanna looks away from the brown hatchling briefly as the orange pekoe egg engages in yet more activity, but soon her gaze rests on the brown once more..
Mesoth sneezes again, as he's nuzzling Tarah.
Ledges> P'kell grins at the blue's final selection.
Ledges> Torinth rumbles in deep amusement and wuffles her rider.
Dellan grins as the bronze divest himself of shell fragments.
Tarquinn tries considerably to relax and looks his best for the hatchlings.
Makem splits his gaze between Tarah and her new lifemate and the bronze tumbling onto the sands, moving a step backwards as another brown rushes by.
Mirie bites her lip and watches the brown intently.
Gallery> Niroka tugs on Kaaila's arm, "Can I have a Dwagon tooo?"
Gallery> Jorai murmurs to Leonay, "I bet the Brown for Alanna and the Bronze for Tarquinn."
Jalla runs her hand through her hair again, and watches the brown.
Gallery> Latiar's lips twist up in a slight smile at all the hatchling.
Natan raises his eyebrows and tilts his head as he studies the bronze slowly. He smiles as it sends shard bits flying everywhere.
Albarra blinks a little impatiently, wanting all the eggs to split.
Tiera looks at the brown, grining happily.
Ledges> Filana grins. "That sneezing is cute now. Wait until he's 30 meters!
The golden chalice egg, seemingly without having wobbled for more than a moment, splits in two, depositing a grey green hatchling on the Sands.
Gallery> Leonay thinks, and grins. "You're on." He gives Jorai a squeeze.
Elynie relaxes herself and looks around at the remaining dragonets, trying not to look at the growing group of pairs over near Tasya and concentrate on dodging and watching the hatchlings.
Ledges> Ceara giggles at Filana's mental image.
Ledges> P'tran oys at Filana
Ledges> Flannery says "Huzzah! Another green!"
Cordwood Brown Hatchling looks upon Luthon... as if to say maybe... then moves as the someone moves!
Laywne shifts position on the hot sands without seeming to notice...eyes on the dragonets.
Jalna tries using a hand to clean away stick hair, to no avail. Her mask flushed now, she dips her head to squint at the dwindling clutch. Her harper bookends have already Impressed, of course, leaving her to stand patient duty on the sands. Waiting.
Gallery> Kaaila pulls Niroka into her lap and grins, "You never know Nia...maybe some day.." She lets her voice trail off as she watches the Hatchlings.
Tarah reaches up and gives Mesoth a hug.
Ledges> Filana says, "Woah.. that one looks like it needs to eat _badly_!"
Gallery> Rickon looks at the kid. "They're cute, aren't they."
Tarquinn wipes away his sweat nervously his eyes twinkling with hope.
Tiera frowns slightly, looking down at her hands, then back to the brown.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling looks at each of his wings carefully, unfurling them one at a time. Satisfied with his stance, he cranes his neck and emits a small, if not smoothly tenor, bugle
Gallery> Jorai hmms at the gold egg, wondering if she should reconsider...
Elynie starts to pace a bit, feeling the need to move, just anywhere.
Albarra smiles a welcome to the newly hatched green, but keeps an eye on the brown.
Mirie shift tensley from foot to foot and watches, always watches.
Dellan gets a confused look on his face as he tries to keep track of all the hatchlings.
Tarquinn turns his eyes to the bronze annoucing his hatching and smiles warmly.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling follows the moving person, almost as if chasing but not quite and whuffles at Makem's robe...
Luthon watches, intent on the action, seeming dazed by the event.
Laywne grins at the bugle and turns to see the source.
The grey green sits down and meticulously cleans herself of a few remaining shards of shell, then lifts wings and tail a high as she can, and sets off.
Gallery> Leonay follows Jorai's glance.
Gallery> Latiar's eyes flick back and forth between Albarra and the newly hatched Green.
Ledges> Nyana and Genneth watch mostly silently, but for Genneth's low hum.
Dellan notices the brown and grins at Makem.
Jalla smiles as the brown regards Makem..
Ledges> Lizalth bugles as another green emerges.
Natan shakes his head and chuckles at the light bugle from the bronze. He shifts to the right a bit and accidently bumps into a candidate. He mutters an apology and turns back to watch the hatchlings.
Tiera moves another strand of her golden brown hair out of her eyes, her eyes examining the brown curiously.
Albarra grins at the green's fastidiousness.
Alanna brush her hair from in front of her eyes,watching the green as she moves away from her egg..
When the tired green finally does manage to get limbs sorted out, she sets off purposefully, trailing her drying wings to stand in front of an blond Ista Weyr girl and loudly demand food.
Ledges> P'tran watches the brown and chuckles. "Picky fellow, isn't he?"
Makem blinks, yanking his robe away from the whuffling brown before freezing as he realizes the brown's looking at -him-. He swallows hard.
Elynie wanders back and forth in her small section of sand, looking at Mirie and Jalla and then at all the other candidates.
Ledges> Altianath watches the pairings with satisfaction.
Gallery> Niroka nods happily and snuggles into Kaaila's lap, sucking on Lizzies tail.
Tarah grins as her hair gets whuffled by the sneeze.
Svessa steps away from Makem, eyes wide and wary.
Ledges> R'val Lchuckles softly, "Certainly is making sure of his choice, that one."
Mirie glances back to Elynie and fails at trying to smile.
Tarquinn leans forwards a little wiping a few stray hairs from his eyes as he tries to look eye to eye with the hatchlings.
Tiera looks up at Tarquinn, then back to the brown.
Ledges> Filana blinks. "Gee... that green acts just like Shira's Nerd!"
The grey green wanders over to Albarra, peering up at her for a moment before turning away to look at another.
Jalla smiles comfortingly at Elynie, shifting in place slightly, nearly tripping on her oversized robe.
Cordwood Brown Hatchling stands to his full height and croons, his difident nature gone the way of his shards as he gazes deeply at Makem....
Ledges> Jaen glances at P'tran and R'val. "Browns are..." is all she says.
Ledges> Khrysaa smiles, "Pick the Istan!" she hollars out towards the green.
A tall girl from Fort Sea Hold gasps with surprise as a torquoise blue dragonet cries loudly before her, his jeweled eyes whirling the red of a hungry hatchling. Leaning forward to smooth her mates still damp hide, she reassures him of the food that is waiting for him. Together, they make their way off the sands.
Ledges> R'val glances at Jaen and to the Sands again, "This brown is choosing."
Albarra sighs, and smiles sadly at Makem.
Gallery> Latiar gasps as the Green steps in front of Albarra and then sighs as it wobbles away.
Ledges> Miran scoots higher on Hanneth's forearm and hugs her knees to her chest, craning to see over the people in front of her.
Ledges> Flannery murmurs, "C'mon.....C'mon.... "
Tarquinn looks wistfully at all the happy faces as he once again turns hopeful eyes towards the remaining hatchlings.
Tiera sighs wistfully, her eyes scanning the brown still.
Gallery> Selandra grins, as she sees another dragon paired off.
Elynie watches the girl and the blue with a start, almost one of recognition.
Ledges> Jaen nods, grinning, "Good, he needs to eat."
Ledges> P'tran hrms as the green turns away from Albarra.
Ledges> Filana cheers the turquoise blue chooses!
Ledges> Khrysaa oos at the beautiful turquiose, "He's got nice colorin'"
Gallery> Jorai winks at Leonay, "Did I say Alanna? I meant Makem..."
Ledges> Kementari hmmms and would place high bets on which girl will get the gold.
Jalna watches the Fort Sea Hold girl, rapt for some reason, then shakes herself. Shoulders starting to slump, face definitely flushed, she lists on one foot then the other. Watching.
Ledges> Flannery cheers for the little blue and the girl from the Sea Hold!
M'kem gasps, his eyes just blinking, slack-jawed. After mental nudge from his lifemate, he drops to his knees next to the brown. "His name is Tleneth!"
Laywne smiles at the departing pair and turns to watch the dragonets that remain.
The grey green pauses again, this time in front of Laywne. Is this her partner?
Dellan smiles and nods at Makem before turning his attention to the handsome bronze.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling heads toward the Candidates. As he moves toward them, his wings droop onto the sands
Ledges> Flannery leaps into the air and cheers!! "M'kem! Huzzah!"
Jalla starts to run her hand through her thoroughly disarrayed hair again, then stops herself and holds one hand with the other.
Tarquinn smiles at the drooping wings, looking down to his own cursed long-legs.
Ledges> M'kla grins up at Flannery.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Flannery
Tiera smiles at the green warmly.
The orange pekoe egg slows its movements again after rolling over to cover the newly opened hole. After a moment's rocking, it starts to really get a-shaking and spinning.
Ledges> R'val smiles broadly, leaning forward on his hands. He blinks at Flan and grins.
Luthon smiles at M'kem and his lifemate, and turns hit attention back to the newer brown hatchling.
Ledges> Jaen smiles at Flan.
Gallery> Leonay smiles at Jorai. "You said Alanna?"
Laywne smiles at the grey green.
Albarra grins rueful congratulations at the former Bendenite, and returns to following the grey green's progress.
Mirie smiles to M'kem, and her gaxe moves to the rocking and rolling orange egg.
Gallery> Jorai shakes her head, grinning, "I said Makem."
Gallery> Sorel roots for his cousin.
Garia wipes a tear from her cheek, smiling at Melionth.
Tleneth croons and rubs his head against M'kem's chest.
Tiera looks at the moving orange egg, she giggles happily.
Gallery> Latiar looks down at the hatchlings, his face flushing with anger, "Shards!" he looks pleadingly down at the hatchlings, "Please look at her."
Gallery> Koron watches the orange egg
Natan shifts a bit uncomfortably on the hot sand, his eyes intently following the Olympic hatchling.
The grey green creels in disappointment as she realizes Laywne *isn't* the partner she's looking for and stumbles on. Suddenly, she finds herself face-to-face with a small cothold girl and creels again, this time in delight. The girl squeals, too, and Impression is made.
Ledges> Torinth rumbles quietly and stretches her neck out to nudge Vidarth amiably, then turns back to watch the eggs.
Ledges> Filana watches that orange egg, squeezing Khrys's hand pensively.
Dellan steps back to be sure to stay out of the orange egg's way.
Mirie smiles as she watches the grey green and the few remaining eggs. She sighs.
Gallery> Selandra looks unhappy.
Gallery> Leonay grins broadly. "I thought that's what you said." He leans against Jorai.
Alanna smiles at M'kem, silently congratulating both him and the brown he impressed, then turns to watch the orange pekoe egg..
Svessa smirks wryly as hatchlings pass her by with nary a glance. She rubs one eye briefly with a hand before settling her face into a guarded mask again with a deep, heaving breath.
Tarquinn allows his eyes to bounce around but can't help letting them fall back on the bronze.
Albarra smiles at M'kem and his brown, watching the green Impress with disappointment.
Ledges> Jehrina grins at Flannery. "you're biased."
Gallery> Starratiel bets that Albarra Impresses to whatever's in the orange egg.
Laywne smiles at the girs success and turns to watch another hatchling.
Tiera starts chewing on her fingernails again, her attention goes to one thing after another.
Ledges> Jaen says "Do you know him, Flannery?"
Ledges> Flannery folds her arms. "Biased? /I/????" She grins sweetly to Rina.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling trudges toward one end of the Candidate half circle, when he trips on his left wing, falling forward to the ground in front of a cluster of girls
Ledges> P'tran grins at Flannery. "You know M'kem I take it?"
Jalla eyes the diminishing ranks of Candidates, grinning at the pairs, and turns her attention back to the eggs and hatchlings.
Elynie watches the bronze rather abstractly, this one at least she can be sure won't come to her. She keeps pacing back and forth, starting to make a hollow spot in the sands.
Ledges> Flannery nods. "Yes, I do, Jaen...he's an old friend from my trading days. Ne'er thought I'd see him again...and there he is!"
Gallery> Latiar glances at the orange egg willing it to hatch, "Please!"
Ledges> Jehrina smirks. "Quite. Don't try that innocent look on me. I've seen better."
Ledges> Khrysaa turns her head and smiles brightly to Filana, then turns her attentions back towards the stubborn egg.
Ledges> Filana makes a quick survey of the Sands. "I've never seen so many straight-faced folk! What did they do, have a run on Nabol?
Ledges> Flannery points down toward the sands joyously.
Ledges> P'tran grins. "From me, right?"
Albarra sways from foot to foot, distracted by Elynie's pacing.
M'kem's face breaks into a genuine smile and he stands after staring raptly at the Tleneth. One hand is placed protectivly on the brown's head as he moves over with his lifemate to the other weyrlings.
The orange pekoe egg slows its frenetic spinning to a stop. Motionless. Then another *snap* and a *pop* as the egg starts to crack.
Luthon starts suddenly as he sees the bronze fall, a look of concern on his face.
The rose petal egg finally yields to its inhabitant's insistent pecking, allowing a delicate blue onto the Sands.
Ledges> R'val smiles at Flannery, "Friends turn up in the strangest places, don't they Flan?"
Jalna has her lower lip between her teeth now, not nibbling-just holding, like the hands clawed into her shift. As the bronze stumbles a few paces form her, she starts, violently, but stays frozen.
Gallery> On the sands, Tarquinn blinks and resists the urge to bend and lifte the wing.
Tarquinn blinks and resists the urge to bend and lifte the wing.
Gallery> Faerysa has reconnected.
Dellan winces at the bronzes trip.
Mirie glances with concern at the fallen bronze and waits for a male candidate to help him.
Ledges> Flannery grins. "Indeed, R'val."
Ledges> Khrysaa slaps a hand over her mouth and supresses a giggle at Fila's comment.
Ledges> Jehrina snorts. "Not quite, love."
Ledges> Jaen nods at Flannery. "Ya gotta be a brownrider to do that innocent thing."
Emmith wiggles a bit as he stands next to J'bal, his head butting against his body from time to time.
Laywne watches the little bronze now.
Orange Pekoe Egg shakes, and with a final bounce, cracks into pieces, depositing a Laguna Blue Hatchling on the sands.
Jalla winces as the bronze falls.
Laguna Blue Hatchling:
A rich blue from the waters of a laguna ripples over this lithe hatchling. His wings and tail appear a little longer than normal, making him look a little gangly and his movements awkward for now. He looks around anxiously with swirling eyes of orange-red, searching for something - the reason for his being here.
Tiera blinks, her attention shots over to the blue.
Ledges> P'tran chuckles at Jehrina
Natan steps forward to get a better view of the bronze. As he sees where it has fallen he chuckles and mutters, "Suck up."
Ledges> Kieri grins. "Yet another blue."
Laywne bends down and helps the bronze up an then steps back.
Mesoth lays his head against Tarah's leg, then suddenly draws back for another *huge* sneeze.
Ledges> R'val grins at Kieri, 'Blues are good."
Tarquinn smiles over at Natan.
Ledges> Flannery smirks at Jaen. "Who says I innocent, oh wingmate?"
Ledges> Filana bounces again! "Two blues! Two blues! Wake up you candidates!! There's Blues on the Sands!!!!"
Gallery> Leonay cheers the Laguna Blie hatchling!
Ledges> P'tran ahs as the orange egg finally hatches. "There seem to be a lot of blues in this clutch"
Ledges> Kieri smiles and hugs R"val. "Very good."
Albarra watches the orange pekoe egg crack, grinning as the blue hatchling enters the world.
Gallery> Koron sighs with relief "Yea. good"
Ledges> Khrysaa applauds as the egg lets loose, "Wow! He's purty!"
Ledges> R'val grins hugely at Filana and cheers, "Blues!" He hugs Kieri.
J'bal grins and rests one big hand upon Emmith's back.
Mirie smiles with new excitement as a blue hatches out of the crazy orange egg.
Tiera starts snickering under her breath, then she gazes at the blue.
Ledges> Flannery aaahs, settling down to watch the progress of the little green.
The delicate blue shakes himself, sending shards flying. He tramps across the sands, wings and tail trailing, in search of love, comfort, and food.
Gallery> Jorai giggles at Leonay, giving him a peck on the cheek.
Ledges> Filana nodnodnods at P'tran "Yes, sir! It's a _great_ clutch!"
Jalla sighs with relief as the orange egg hatches...finally.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Filana
Dellan smiles at the bronze, and carefully holds still where he is at.
Gallery> Leonay blushes and grins.
Ledges> Jaen looks over. "Who IS that bluerider," she chuckles.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling rights himself with a snort at the girls, sneezing sand at them as he turns, with much more caution, to head down the line
Tleneth noses at M'kem's robe still.. curious
Elynie frowns at the sudden noise and her eyes sweep over a wandering green and that bronze to land on the latest blue. Her mouth twitches with a smile and she slows her pacing..slightly.
Gallery> Sevanne waves to J'bal.
Melionth nuzzles Garia's chin.
Ledges> Lizalth croons as another blue hatches, her tail curling fondly towards Sereth.
Albarra sighs wistfully at the hatchlings.
Laguna Blue Hatchling flops awkwardly and pitiably forward and flat onto the sands, its small blue wings jerking awkwardly behind it as it tries to lift itself upward.
Tarquinn relaxes considerably as he glances at every hatchling in turn.
Garia giggles and hugs her lifemate.
Ledges> Khrysaa smiles at Filana, "Lizalth likes blues too"
Luthon tries not to laugh as the bronze sneezes.
Tiera lips form a big smile as she examines the blue.
Ledges> Filana watches the Laguna blue. "Get up! You can do it!!"
The delicate blue *creels* as he pauses in front of Tiera.
Laywne watches the bronze an then the blue.
Dellan intently gazes at the bronze hatchling.
D'ris laughs and starts to scratch Rsonth's headridges with one hand and his backridges with another.
Elynie winces and bites her lip, starting forward almost automatically to help the blue.
Jalna darts swift, opaque glances at the nearby prostrated bronze-no, upright now-and then rocks back on her heels, a full pace from the rest of the denuded semicircle.
M'kem nearly giggles with happiness at Tleneth, before coughing and turning it into a chuckle, rubbing the curious brown on the nose.
Natan steps back, so he will not be in the bronze's way. He watches carefully as it proceeds down the line.
Jalla winces as the blue falls, willing him to get back on his feet again.
Ledges> Sereth lets his tail curl slightly about LIzalth's, but his head still bobs as he watches his lifemate.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling stops a moment in front of Laywne, looking him over from head to toe
Mesoth sniffs at Tarah's robe a few times, as if trying to get used to this smell.
Tarquinn sighs wistfully, watching the procession, unknowingly clenching his sweaty fists
Tiera smiles happily, then looks at the blue, her face lights up.
Ledges> Filana says, "Yeah! Aren't they great! Of course, Greens are pretty good, too!"
Laywne smiles at the bronze an stands still.
Gallery> Selandra sucks in a breath.
Laguna Blue Hatchling struggles in the hot sands, its blue, glistening hide stuck here and there with clinging sand. He lifts his head and kreels a shrill cry before falling back flat onto the sands. He rests there motionless for a moment.
Ledges> Khrysaa rolls her eyes at Filana playfully, "Yeah..I guess greens are okie."
The delicate blue creels again, drooping his head, as he trudges away from Tiera.
Tarquinn glances at Laywne hopefully
Garia smiles suddenly "You _ARE_ the most beautiful dragon in the world and I love you very much"
Gallery> Dwane holds his breath, "Go Laywne..."
Dellan watches the bronze with a slightly sad expression creping over his face.
Ledges> Filana stops and looks down at Khrys, before giggling helplessly!
Tarah winces as she watches the other blue hatchling.
Ledges> Filana says, "Well, ok. THey're great too!"
Tiera sighs slightly, then looks at the fallen blue.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling sniffs Laywne's face, then jerks his head back a bit with a step back
Melionth nuzzles Garia, almost hard enough to knock the girl over.
Gallery> Selandra is muttering something to herself "...please.....please, please...."
Gallery> Starratiel wonders why someone doesn't halep the blue.
Ledges> Filana says, "Get up! Sheez! You're not going to find anyone lying in the sand!"
Mirie begins to bite her lip again hopefully as the little blue looks for his lifemate.
Jalla twitches as if to help the blue..she stops herself, and instead runs her hand through her hair yet again, making bits stand up in spiky clumps.
Gallery> Rumal balls his hands into tight fists, trying to will a canidate to help the blue.
Gallery> Alsten blinks at the suddenly-silent sands, silently urging the hatchlings towards the Healers.
Ledges> Filana bounces again!.
Elynie is already moving forward and arrives to help him up, stepping back again almost immediately.
Laywne watches carefully and doesn' move.
Gallery> Mishaelle watches Lawne and the bronze intently
Ledges> Miran watches the handsome bronze examine a candidate and bites her lip in shared anxiety..
Tarquinn suddenly falters as he locks his legs.
Luthon twitches, watching the young bronze intently.
Garia scratches Melionth's eyeridges carefully, whispering to the little green.
Svessa watches the blue and Tiera and then looks across the Sands full of broken eggshells, Weyrlings, lifemates and Candidates. She heaves a sigh and her shoulders droop from their formerly defiant pose.
Tarquinn quickly regains his balance and smiles nervously.
The delicate pauses again, this time in front of Mirie. He creels pitifully. He looks at her and then at Chaluth.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling continues on, glancing at Dellan with a nod as he goes forth with his mission
Gallery> Faernal watches the hatchling intently, her gaze shifting between the dragonets and healers standing on the sands.
Ledges> Katany watches Filana as much as the Sands.
Gallery> Dwane grins, "Go Mirie!!!"
Rsonth squirms under D'ris's fingers, trying to get rid of all the itch.
Mirie blinks in surprise and stares intently at the blue in front of her.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling turns his head suddenly as something catches his eye
Dellan shakes himself and puts a smile back on his face for the bronze, noding to it as he pauses in front of him.
Albarra glances at Mirie, eyebrows raised, and a grin starting.
Tarquinn can't keep his eyes from the bronze, even though he tries to watch all at once.
Natan stops shifting as the bronze gets closer and closer. He stands perfectly straight as he watches it closely.
Elynie keeps her eyes on the blue, stepping back slowly in case he needs to be helped up again.
Gallery> Faernal suckes in breathlessly, gocusing on Mirie and the brown.
Gallery> Jorai starts bouncing, "C'mon..c'mon..
Jalna's nails bite into her sides again, but release, and her arms flop free. Weariness scrawls large across her face-large and a little...stricken.
M'kem laughs out loud suddenly, throwing his arms around Tleneth's neck. "I love you too."
Laguna Blue Hatchling kreels his hunger as his eyes whirl red at the helping two-legged thing on the sands. He stumbles a few steps forward and then flops back down to the sands with a quiet thump.
Laywne sees the blue now.
Tiera looks down at the blue that lays on the sands, her face in a concerned state.
Ledges> P'tran peers and watches the hatching rather quietly now with a contemplative look on his face
Ledges> J'lan carefully climbs down from Branth, using his foreleg as a step.
Luthon glances aside to make sure the blue is getting up. He quickly returns his eyes to the bronze hatchling.
Tarquinn rocks on his legs.
Ledges> P'kell looks up, and smiles, waving to Branth and J'lan.
Albarra looks over at the Laguna Blue, worried.
Mirie's eyes do not leave the blue standing by her.
D'ris laughs and continues to scratch all over Rsonth's back and head, moving down to his tail.
Ledges> J'lan waves
Ledges> Flannery smiles at J'lan.
Ledges> Filana jumps up and down. "Get up! You can do it!"
Elynie bites her lip and moves forward to help him again, a concerned look on her face.
J'bal's face twitches as he fights for control of his emotions, then gives up and wordlessly squeezes his lifemate.
Ledges> Ariandra smiles, waving silently from her perch on Erith's leg.
Tiera watches the blue, giving it all her attention.
Laywne moves to help the little blue up an then steps back.
Dellan tries to relax as the bronze seeks its lifemate.
Ledges> Darci waves to J'lan.
The delicate blue creels again, almost a whine, and sets off yet again. After what, from the set of his shoulders, was an exhausting trek, he fetches up in front of a weyrbred girl.
Gallery> Leana says "You'd be tired too, if you hadda knock through that piece of granite the poor blue did."
Ledges> Kementari waves to J'lan and Branth
Svessa watches the blue dully, noting several closer pairs of hands eager to help him.
Gallery> Dwane looks excited, "Oh yes! Come on!"
Ledges> J'lan leans up against Branth and watches the goings on
Tarquinn bites his lower lip as he really tries to stay firmly put and at full height.
Melionth blinks suddenly and nudges Garia again.
Mirie sighs as the blue moves away and her chin trembles slightly.
Ledges> Kaldara slides easily out of her seat on Pindath's neck to land on the ground.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling makes for a moving robe, but his eagerness is halted as his chin hits the sand again, his back legs providing a little too much momentum for him to balance out
Ledges> Katany says "Kaldara, hello."
Ledges> Sereth croons encouragement for the delicate blue!
Albarra sighs sympathetically for her friend.
Gallery> Kaaila watches quietly, leaning foward slightly, still holding Niroka in her arms.
Laywne watches both hatchling nervously.
Tarquinn smiles sympathetically down to the bronze.
Ledges> Kaldara waves, "Hi Katany!"
Dellan winces, and starts forward to help the bronze, but stops himself.
Ledges> Kaldara finds a seat with the other riders.
Tiera sighs wistfully then looks at the laguna blue hatchling again.
Garia laughs and says "I'll try...they tell me it's supposed to itch" and she tries to scratch all of Melionth's itchies.
Jalla looks with concern at the blue, glancing at Elyine to see if she wants more help.
Laywne reaches to help the little bronze up and steps back again.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling gets up again, with more grace than before, and creels as he heads on again to the other end of the line
Jalna apparently summons up the strength to rise up onto sandalled toes, peering past bronze and blue and eggs to...She deflates, stands quietly. Head down.
Ledges> Tyrrath bugles to Tidranth!
Natan shakes his head, "You want more sympathy?" he smiles softly at the bronze.
Ledges> Filana looks up. "Tidranth! F'laav! Heyla!"
Laguna Blue Hatchling kreels again, high-pitched and cross, as he struggles upward. The little blue hatchling balances precariously. After a moment without falling, the blue swings his head about toward Mirie, his mouth gaping wide to cry out his discomfort.
Gallery> Leonay hugs Jorai tight, barely remembering to breathe.
The delicate blue looks into the weyrbred girl's eyes, and Impression is made as she comforts him. Exhausted, he collapses on the Sands, and she picks him up and carries him over to the WeyrlingMaster.
Ledges> Tidranth bugles happily!
Emmith crroooonnns from within J'bal's arms.
Ledges> Flannery wavies to F'laav.
Ledges> F'laav slides down from Tidranth's back, landing in a crouch next to him.
M'kem crouches next to the brown, one arm protectively around his neckridge. His smile's never been this wide. "Soon, Tleneth. I promise."
Ledges> Kieri grins and waves to Fi.
Tarquinn begins wringing his hands, glancing about.
Luthon watches the bronze stand back up, and smiles his relief.
Ledges> R'val snaps off a salute at F'laav, grinning wryly.
Ledges> Miran acks.
Gallery> Siani tilts her head up and makes a cheerful face at Tidranth.
Olympic Bronze Hatchling glances back at Natan, then stops before Tarquinn, looking him straight in the eye
Ledges> F'laav snaps a salute to the general assemblage, grinning.
Tarah runs her hands over Mesoths head, marveling at the softness.
Dellan nods with pride as the bronze picks himself up and keeps moving.
Mirie looks startled towards the blue, all thoughts of crying gone.
Albarra glances at Mirie, and makes a motion for her to help the blue up.
Ledges> C'san smiles, "Hello F'lavv."
Tarquinn smiles to the bronze, "I'm hungry too fella."
Gallery> Jorai lets out a loud *WOOP!*
Ledges> Kaldara chuckles at F'laav good naturely.
Ledges> Kieri cheers louldy. "Come on, Quinn!" She grins.
Mirie steps towards the blue cautiosly and helps him up. She quickly steps back.
Natan shakes his head and watches the bronze intently.
D'ris glances at tarquinn and smiles at him.
Tarah holds her breath and watches.
Elynie takes another step back from the blue as he turns his head, and steps right back into her hollow, sitting down on her backside. She doesn't get up, her eyes fixed on Mirie and the blue.
Mesoth whuffles at the hem of Tarah's robe, food? He gives a creel that's abruptly cut off by another sneeze.
Ledges> Filana bounces and shouts at Blue Impressions!!
Ledges> P'tran hrms at the blue. "He's not having a good time of it ...
Gallery> Alsten's face breaks into a smile, seeing a dragonet finally head for one of the Healers.
Tiera starts to fidget with a piece of string, looking to the blue and bronze in curiousity.
Gallery> Faernal grins broadly, watching the blue stumble towards Mirie.
Tarquinn suddenly looks about confused and then blinks at the bronze in front of him.
Tleneth humms softly and looks very confident, and very hungry...butting M'kem occasionally
Alanna watches the hatchlings intently, waving at the girl who impresses the delicate blue and smiles..
Gallery> Leonay grins at Jorai, and cheers the Candidates!
Albarra turns her head to look at Quinn, and smiles at the look on his face.
Jalla blinks as Tarquinn Impresses, then smiles at him.
Melionth wriggles, trying to get all of her itching, drying hide under Garia's comforting fingers.
Ledges> Flannery grins at J'rus.
Ledges> Kaldara watches the hatching with a bemused expression.
Laywne watches the blue an bronze dragonets.
Ledges> Kieri cheers, grinning. "Another Benden Bronzerider!"
Tarquinn chuckles. "Ok, Vtanth, you can teach me how to stand better :)"
Ledges> F'laav smirks.
Ledges> Kementari grins widely for Tarquinn and lets out a loud "Whoop!" before getting herself back under control!
Ledges> Flannery huzzahs for Tarquinn!
Ledges> P'tran grins at the bronze Impression as his dragon gives his bugle to emphasize the point
Ledges> Kieri blinks. "That's bad, isn't it?" She grins.
Ledges> P'kell chuckles at Kementari's reaction.
Ledges> F'ren smiles.
Ledges> R'val grins at the Sands, "That's good."
Garia continues to scratch at the itchies, watching her friend impress.
Ledges> Sereth croons to Tidranth and turns to whuffle F'laav's hair all over the places, all the while careful not to dislodge Lizalth's tail.
Mirie chuckles at T'quinn and his bronze and turns her look back to the blue.
Gallery> Jerissa applauds as another friend impress, "Yo Quinn!!"
Ledges> Wereth warbles happily at the Impressions.
T'quinn chuckles and walks with Vtanth over to the side. "Yes but you'll soon outgrow me :)"
Laywne grins at his frineds success and turns to watch the remaining hatchlings.
Svessa nods to herself as she sees T'quinn Impress, not seeming surprised.
Ledges> J'rus grins, "Don't ask." He makes his way over toward his Benden friends, daring even to stand near Jaen with a brave smile.
Ledges> Dhavoth welcomes the newest pair with a loud and happy warble. C'san blinks away tears unabashed, remembering a happy day, not too long ago.
Chaluth bugles to all the little dragons!
Gallery> Latiar applauds the bronzes Impression.
Laguna Blue Hatchling swings his head about and away from Mirie, struggling forward a few more steps that become quick as if part of some dainty dance. Unfortunately, the steps are too quick and leave the blue skidding back into the sands, his head butting against the leg of a girl, Elynie.
Gallery> On the sands, D'ris grins at Tarquinn, then looks up at Rsonth.
Ledges> Ceara says "Yeah, not the easiest to pronouce, lack of vowels makes it look cool, though. :)"
Gallery> Selandra cheers watchcing T'quinn and his new lifemate.
Ledges> F'laav blinks at Sereth, and smirks. "Hey, I get enough of that from T."
Ledges> Jehrina smiles up at Laerth, "Oaf."
Melionth bugles, or tries to, back at her mother.
Albarra giggles, realizing that makes two Weyrlings from Benden Hold.
Ledges> Jaen glances over at J'rus, and her pleasure at the hatching spills over a bit in his direction. "Hey there," she grins and squeezes his hand.
Natan shakes his head and chuckles, "Grat's Quinn." He glances around, looking to see who all is left.
Tiera crosses her arms, still looking at the struggling blue.
Ledges> Lizalth cranes her head down in front of Sereth's whuffling F'laav's head as well, thinking there must be something interesting in there.
Elynie gasps and pulls her leg back, a stricken look on her face, "I'm sorry."
Ledges> Darci gives a smile to C'san when she catches his glance.
Dellan gives T'Quinn a big grin and turns to watch the blue.
Luthon looks down and then back to the action on the sands.
Jalna flinches at the echoing bugle, head ducking further between sloped shoulders. Wide dark eyes peer out at the emptying sands, caught between stiff brows and stiffer lips.
Gallery> Faernal blinks in surprise as the blue moves, then watches it curiously.
Garia caresses Melionth soothingly, softly singing to the little green.
Ledges> P'tran grins at Jehrina. "Hey, only I can call him that."
Laywne watches the blue.
Ledges> J'rus smiles and gladly takes Jaen's hand, remembering holding it at their own time on the sands. he whispers something.
Mirie sighs and with a congratulatory smiles to Elynie, turns away.
Ledges> Tidranth BUGLES at the general happiness of it all, and bends down to whuffle at his Rider himself.
Jalla watches the blue by Elynie, willing it to its feet and smiling at Elynie.
Vtanth fans his wings with another bugle to his mother
T'quinn scritches Vtanth. "Well yes, but I am done growing."
Elynie gets forward on her knees to help him up if she can, and then sits back on her heels to see if he can get up again.
Ledges> R'val mursmurs something to Kieri.
Laguna Blue Hatchling lifts his head and shakes off flecks of sand though patches remain atop his hatchling muzzle and head. He lowers the head again and thumps it against Elynie's leg.
Garia stops singing and smiles at Melionth "You do?"...she continues singing.
Ledges> Filana saw it coming, and takes her hands off her ears after Tid seems to have it out of his system.
Ledges> Filana says, "NOise maker!"
Albarra casts a wistful glance at Elynie and the blue hatchling.
Ledges> Kieri smiles and nods to R'val.
Melionth croons to Garia, trying and failing to find a harmony.
Ledges> Veyath croons softly, nudging her lifemate. K'nan glances up and smiles up at her for a moment before turning back to watch the sands....just in time to see Tarquinn Impress. He smiles widely.
Ledges> C'san smiles at Darci, looking down and wiping his face on a handy sleave..
D'ris hugs Rsonth, and keeps his arms about him, watching the rest of the Hatching.
Emmith creels loudly back to Chaluth, his eyes flashing the red of hunger.
Ledges> R'val grins at the Sands and half stands, bellowing, "YEAH ELYNIE!"
Elynie blinks and leans forward again, putting her hand out to the blue, "Druith, it's okay! I'll help you up.."
Gallery> Koron wistflully watches all the new reders
Laguna Blue Hatchling squirms his head against Elynie again, trying to stand up on less than strong limbs.
Gallery> Koron says "that's riders""
Tiera starts to move over by herself.
Dellan watches Elynie and the blue, and turns to look around face carefully neutral.
Ledges> Flannery cheers for Elynie!
Gallery> Dwane jumps from his seat in excitment as Elynie impresses, raising a fist in air and cheering, "All right Elynie!!!"
Gallery> Rallaigh cheers for Elynie!!!
Gallery> Jerelle has arrived.
Gallery> Mishaelle cheers for Elynie.
Garia continues singing, holding back a smile as she scritches Melionth.
Ledges> P'kell adjusts the collar of his jacket, watching the hatching closely.
Gallery> Dalynn smiles as Tarquinn impresses.
Gallery> Faernal cheers, watching the blue bump against Elynie, and cheers loudly!
Cinne steps up, looking amid the shards and shells for unhatched eggs. "Quite a fine bunch, Chaluth.."
Jalla smiles at the new pair, a wistful expression crosses her face and she shifts in the sands.
Ledges> Kementari smiles, "cool name, Druith"
Ledges> R'val slides back into a seat, a grin plastered across his face. "Good choice. We healers make great riders."
Ledges> P'tran blinks at R'val and chuckles
M'kem idly watches the sands, grinning at Tleneth and running a hand admiringly over the brown's hide, his expression still disbelief shading to slow acceptance.
Ledges> Filana bellows, "Horay!" and is immediately echoed by Sere's bugle!
Gallery> Kaaila cheers for Elynie and hugs Niroka.
Ledges> Kieri grins and cheers loudly.
Gallery> Jerissa turns around and grins at the healer contingent.
J'bal grins at Emmith, soothing him with a few skritches.
Ledges> F'ren smiles, nodding his head.
Ledges> Flannery beams. "What a wonderful clutch!"
Ledges> P'tran says "Hmm, I seem to be at a disadvantage. I only seem to know one of the candidates .."
Gallery> Alsten applauds the Healer impressing.
Gallery> Latiar grins slightly at the Impression, scanning the sands fore more eggs.
Elynie manages to get herself to her feet, and reaches down to steady Druith with a smiles, "Careful..we'll go slowly, Okay?"
Albarra sighs, and tries to see if there are any eggs left unhatched.
Svessa heaves a large sigh and steps to Dellan's side, remarking quietly, "Guess that's it for us, lad..."
Luthon seems to notice the heat again, and shifts his feet, eyes downcast.
Ledges> J'rus simply looks over at R'val and nods to his comment about healers.
Natan watches the Lagunab blue intently and shifts again on the hot sand.
Alanna watches Elynie and nods at her, as she impresses, turning back toward the clutch, or what remains of it.
Tleneth warbles and snorts, managing to blow M'kem's robe up...rubbing against M'kem's legs
Gallery> Koron smiles happily but with a shadow in his eyes art all the hatchlings
Ledges> Jaen l whoops.
Mirie puts her arms around her middles and shakes her head. Then she puts her head up, and squares her shoulders. She smiles bravely at Elynie and her new blue.
Ledges> Tidranth decides Bugling is more fun than whuffling, and does so. Loudly.
Ledges> P'tran hmms and looks out over the clutch for unhatched eggs
Ledges> Kieri winces, covering her ears
Luthon looks up at the remaining candidates and smiles to Elynie.
Tiera stands by herself, her face expressionless.
Dellan turns toward Svessa and shrugs, not saying anything.
Emmith croons happily at J'bal.
Tasya loks up at the gold above her with a wide smile of congratualtions as the last few Impressions are made.
Ledges> Notreth croons as the eggs seem to be all hatched. He reaches around to wuffle Jaen and incidentally the rider next to her.
Ledges> Tyrrath joins her voice to Tidranth's in a joyful, unrestrained bugle!!
T'quinn grins to all, smiling sadly to all those who have not impressed.
Ledges> Filana shouts "Augh!" and convers her ears again. Without uncovering them, she looks narrowly up at Tidranth. "Keep your head up!!"
Ledges> P'kell covers his own ears rather hastily.
Cinne turns from the empty mound to smile sympathetically at the remaining Candidates. "I'm afraid that's all of them...if you can stand the heat for a moment, our Weyrsecond would like to speak to you.."
J'bal bows deeply to Chaluth.
Ledges> F'ren turns to Zyanth...
Ledges> Kaldara smiles at the final of the hatching and leans against her Pindath.
Tasya looks around a t
Albarra looks around at the Candidates left standing, sighing.
Ledges> Rodrith ROARS. Figures he's good at it. His eyes whirl happily.
Ledges> Notreth eyes Tidranth, and then BUGLES as well.
Anise looks around and appraises the new weyrlings.
Ledges> F'ren steps up on Zyanth's proferred foreleg and using the straps, hoists himself to a place on the bronze neck.
Ledges> P'tran smiles softly, seemingly used to bugles practically in his ear by now. "It was a fine hatching. Too bad none took an interest in Albarra. Ah well ..."
Jalla sighs sadly,
N'gal walks onto the sands from the Bowl entrance.
Dellan nods to Cinne.
Ledges> Zyanth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Gallery> Jerissa nudges Latrai, "Shall we go find soemthing to drink?"
M'kem pushes down his robe's hem with a stern look to his brown which he can't keep for long. He breaks into a grin, hand rubbing Tleneth's headknobs affectionately.
Ledges> Flannery cheer for all the wonderful candidates and impressees!
Tasya looks around at the new weyrlings, and says briskly, "Alright: time for food. Come with me." She nods to Anise, too.
Elynie nods, "Oh, of course, I'm sorry.." She reaches down to scratch him with her other hand as she moves slowly towards the others.
Ledges> F'laav just keeps his ears covered.
Tasya walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> Filana nods. "Lotsa blues!
Tiera stares off, not paying any attention to anything.
Garia walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> Flannery grins and nods to Fila!
Ledges> Kaldara cheers the new weyrlings! Beaming.
Gallery> Merellia glances over to Jerissa, "Thirsty?"
Laywne stance slumps some.
Rsonth butts at D'ris to get him moving faster.
Ledges> M'kla stands quietly, and puts an steadying hand on Torinth's side. "C'mon, girl...let's go."
Smiles as N'gal finally shows up
Anise motions all the weyrlings out.
J'bal grins at Emmith, and heads out.
Ledges> Lizalth bugles loudly to all the new dragonets..
Mirie looks up as N'gal comes in and sighs.
Melionth creels and trots after Garia.
J'bal walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
D'ris grins and leads Rsonth out.
Gallery> Jerissa nods, "Sure am? Comting 'Trai?"
Gallery> Sorel sighs sadly as his cousin is laeft standing and goes home.
Melionth walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
N'gal steps out onto the sands, slowly with his hands clasped behind his back. He looks over at Anlin first, stepping out of the way of hatchlings and new riders.
Ledges> M'kla climbs up Torinth's side with the help of the riding straps.
Emmith walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Rsonth walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
D'ris walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Gallery> Latrai nods to Jerissa, 'Okay."
Gallery> On the sands, T'quinn smiles and warps and arm around Vtanth.
T'quinn smiles and warps and arm around Vtanth.
T'quinn walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Tleneth butts at M'kem...moving him out of the snads
Ledges> Sereth croons to the new Weyrlings, all!
Jalna stands rigid and erect, hands again cramped at her sides. She watches N'gal with single-minded intensity.
Ledges> Torinth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Kaldara pats Pindath's foreleg and treaches up for a strp.
Ledges> Anaryth Trumpets cheerily.
Mesoth nudges Tarah.
Ledges> Kaldara nimbly springs up her lifemates foreleg and settles in between two neckridges. She fastens her riding straps.
Ledges> P'kell smiles, and says as he moves to stand upright instead of leaning,"Now that was quite the view.
Albarra glances at Natan, and shrugs.
Tarah walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
M'kem stands, glancing out at the sands with a frown before following the other weyrlings out.
Ledges> Flannery steps gently on her Tyrrath's graciously extended forelimb, swinging herself into her accustomed seat between two sturdy green neckridges.
M'kem walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Gallery> Jorai hugs Leonay tightly, "Well I got one right." She grins broadly.
Ledges> Khrysaa peers at the ground, uncharacteristically still and absent as the galleries begin clearing.
Ledges> Dhavoth adds his own smooth bass trumpet to the general confusion.
Dellan stands next to Svessa, deep in thought.
Tiera stands by herself, her face blank and not looking at anything in particular.
Mesoth walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Tleneth walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> Ariandra looks around and smiles at P'kell. "It was, indeed."
Ledges> Kieri climbs nimbly onto her dragon's back.
Ledges> Astride Pindath, Kaldara buckles herself on as Pindath extends her wings.
Elynie smiles, "We have to walk a ways to get food, are you up to it?"
Gallery> Dwane sits waiting for the crowds to go by.
Druith nudges Elynie's hand again, spilling bits of sand.
Ledges> Tyrrath launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Nyana scritches Genneth gently, murmuring to her.
Ledges> Pindath launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Filana nods to Flannery, and turns to Khrys. "What's up, hon?"
Gallery> Leonay grins at Jorai. "I guess that makes us even, right from the start, hm?"
Ledges> Wereth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Nyana gives Genneth a fond scritch and climbs on, her movements watched closely by the dragon until she is safely astride.
Ledges> Jaen drops J'rus' hands, face growing a bit distant. "I'm going back to the weyr...I think Latiar would love a ride back on Rodrith."
Ledges> R'val uses Vidarth's side straps to mount up agilely, settling onto the little blue's back and straightening, petting his head once as Vidarth thrums excitedly, ready to fly.
Ledges> Vidarth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Genneth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Marth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Elynie nods to Druith, "Okay, just be careful..and I would never leave you.." She sounds shocked at the very idea.
Svessa looks at the guiding Riders with a somewhat lost expression.
Ledges> J'rus nods and smiles, "I'd love to take him. I'll be back as soon as I can find him.
Druith walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Elynie walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> R'lym looks over to Katany and smiles slightly before he leaves.
Ledges> F'laav gives a rueful grin at Filana as Tidranth finally quiets down.
Jalla slumps a bit, then shakes herself..
N'gal takes a deep breath as he turns to look out across the sands to the gathered group of candidates.
Ledges> Khrysaa looks out upon the now emptying sands and the ragad shards littering the sands, "I dunno. I guess I'm just sad it's over. An' I still cant believe that was me 2 turns ago at Ista!"
Ledges> Gaileep says "Hey! Miran!"
Vtanth walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> Rynth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Jaen nods.
Albarra puts on a brave face, and watches to see how the others are faring.
Ledges> P'kell chuckles quietly, overhearing,"Over a decade, myself.." he smiles, looking at the shells.
Ledges> Jaen gives Notreth an loving glance as he offers her a sturdy forelimb to assist her as she mounts.
"Why don't you folks gather round over here, eh?" asks the Fort Weyrsecond, his face serious and drawn.
Ledges> Notreth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Gallery> Alsten smils, faintly, and makes his way out to the bowl.
Mirie moves with a sigh toward the weyrsecong.
Ledges> Filana says, "Oh.. well, if it helps any, it wasn't. You were you, two Turns ago at Ista. This is a whole bunch of new people."
Jalla moves towards the Weyrsecond.
Ledges> P'tran looks over to Jehrina. "I was going to head back to Benden after paying my duty. I have some drills to supervise in the morning for some new riders in the wing."
Svessa walks over to the area indicated, her eyes dull.
Ledges> C'san hops up onto Dhavoth's back, the dragon's sparkling eyes watching closely.
Natan steps up closer.
Tiera looks to the Weyrsecond in a glaring way, but moves over anyway.
Luthon looks up at N'gal and moves where instructed.
Alanna sighs and walks over to the weyrsecond.
Laywne moves with the others.
Dellan closes his eyes for a moment then moves to join the weyrsecond.
Anise follows the last of the weyrlings out.
Gallery> Cat seems to have fallen asleep in spite of all the commotion, curled up on the Gallery rail.
Anise walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> R'lym turns to Zyrieth.
Ledges> R'lym climbs up and settles himself comfortable on Zyrieth's neck. His loving pat is greeted with a quiet rumbling from Zyrieth.
Jalna minces through, around, and over abandoned shards and stops on the outskirts of the white-robe knot.
Ledges> Zyrieth croons to R'lym as he settles himself on his neck.
Ledges> Darci says "C'san, may I join you if you are going back to the weyr?"
Ledges> Khrysaa looks up and smiles fondly at P'kell. "Wow..That's 4 more turns than i am old"
Ledges> P'kell smiles over to Ariandra, and says,"Well, let me know when you're set to head home. I appreciate the ride while Carelith slept."
Ledges> J'rus climbs up Rodrith's extended forlimb, eyes twinkling as he settles into the riding straps between his dragon's neckridges.
Ledges> Katany returns R'lym's smile, standing stiffly.
Ledges> Zyrieth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Gaileep looks about for someone from High Reaches. "help!"
Ledges> Ariandra rises soundlessly, brushing a bit of dust from her clothing, then turns to inspect Erith's straps.
Ledges> Ariandra says "Any time you are."
Ledges> Darci climbs up onto Dhavoth's back, using his foreleg as a step.
Ledges> Ariandra looks over at Gaileep. "You're welcome to ride with me."
Vivian smiles a bit teary eyed as the hatchlings and their mates march off the sands. She says a few parting words to Cinne before heading for the bowl.
Ledges> P'kell chuckles quietly, and says,"I most certainly am feeling my age.." he reaches up to brush back some grey hairs, then nods to Ariandra, walking over her way,"Thank you."
N'gal looks over to the wyerwomen and then manages back to the candidates. "You're among the luckiest people on all of Pern, you know. Despite... the disappointment."
Ledges> J'lan climbs up Branth's proffered foreleg and has a seat between his neck ridges.
Ledges> Ariandra grins at P'kell. "You can't tell me you don't know grey hair is distinguished.
Ledges> Rodrith launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Anlin blushes slightly, then heads over to Chaluth for some words of her own
Ledges> Branth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Laywne nods.
Gallery> Leonay smiles and nods.
Ledges> P'kell grins a bit at Ariandra, and says,"That it may be, but it's all the more stylish to whine a little about it. ;)"
Luthon nods, finding something fascinating in the Weyrsecond's boots.
Ledges> Jehrina nods at P'tran. "I'll join you."
Dellan looks on with no change in expression.
Ledges> Kementari nods a farewell to Darci
Ledges> Filana says, "Wow. I'm all kinds of tired. I think I'm going to get Sereth back home."
Tiera stares blankly at N'gal.
Alanna nods slightly, and manages a slight smile, "I'll probably eventually agree with that.."
Jalla nods, wiping away a tear. SHe smiles sadly, and tries to make some order of her mussed hair.
Ledges> Khrysaa giggles impishly, "Tha' wazznt meant to poke fun of you sir.." she says to P'kell..."But if the boot fits!!.." she winks playfully.
Cinne moves to stand behind N'gal, watching the downcast faces, smiling encouragingly at those who do look up.
Mirie glances up at N'gal, frowns and looks back down.
Ledges> C'san turns to make sure Darci (like I really need to check? :)) is strapped in.
Ledges> Filana looks to Khrysaa. "If you're of a mood, I've a new skin of benden's White."
Albarra smiles, pushing down her true emotions.
Ledges> P'kell chuckles over to Khrysaa, and smiles,"The boot does indeed fit, no harm done."
N'gal wipes a hand across his forehead pulling off the sweat. "I... I don't know what to say to you really. I can only imagine what you're feeling... but let me tell you this:"
Natan shrugs and watches N'gal quietly.
Ledges> Gaileep sighs in releif. "Thank you...uh..?"
Ledges> Dhavoth crouches, extending his wings in an upward sweep.
Ledges> Ariandra smiles again, her face lighting. "All aboard for High Reaches.."
Gallery> Leonay is stopped from going down onto the Sands by a nearby rider who blocks his path.
Ledges> F'laav grins, and nods to P'tran. "T says he spotted Si in th'stands, an' wants t'find her. We'll be along soon, sir."
Ledges> Dhavoth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Jalna meets Cinne's eye squarely then turns politely back to N'gal.
Ledges> Ariandra climbs up Erith's proffered foreleg, and from there up to sit on her back.
Tiera looks away, not wanting to listens anymore.
Ledges> P'tran nods to Jehrina. "Meet you in the bowl?"
Ledges> Khrysaa nods to filana and waves to riders she knew from before and those she's just met, "Clear skies!"
Laywne listens, th burning of his feet a welcome fire.
Ledges> P'kell smiles, and walks over to Erith, giving the gold a light scritch, before murmuring,"I rmember when you were -this- tall.." he holds a hand above the ledge, before climing up.
Ledges> P'kell climbs up Erith's proffered foreleg, and from there up to sit on her back.
Ledges> Jehrina nods.
Ledges> Jehrina climbs up onto Leilanth, using her extended foreleg as support.
Ledges> P'tran climbs up onto Laerth in one smooth motion.
Ledges> Kementari waves goodbye to P'kell :)
Ledges> Ceara shakes her head, and realizes its over already! "Id better go.."
Ledges> F'laav quickly scampers up Tidranth's side, using the bronze's foreleg for purchase, before taking his position right behind his neckridge.
Ledges> Laerth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Dellan listens for what N'gal is about to say.
Ledges> Khrysaa sighs in exhuastion, "I'm tired too..as Is Lizzie, we toted around visitors today! It was fun"
Ledges> Leilanth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
"Fort dragons know who to pick from the beginning. You people were searched and that should tell you something about yourselves," continues N'gal looking at each candidate in turn. "Not every person can impress and only a few even get to stand the sands, let alone see a hatching." He motions toward the gallery. "At least you had good seats, eh?" His attempt at humor seems stiff, awkward.
Ledges> Ceara clambers up onto Anaryth's back, as the dragon rumbles softly.
Ledges> Filana says, "I'd have been doing that too, but I had hides to deliver."
Ledges> Filana waves. "G'bye all!
Mirie nods curtly to N'gal and shoulders her way off the sands.
Laywne grins and relaxes some.
Ledges> Khrysaa grabs the leather straps and climbs onto Lizalth's neck
Ledges> Lizalth lowers her body to allow Khrysaa an easy climb up.
Dellan gives a half-chuckle.
Jalna doesn't so much as smile, her eyes still vacuum-dark.
Ledges> Filana climbs onto Sereth's neck.
Mirie walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Ledges> Tidranth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Gallery> Selandra scritches Shaphs eyeridges and heads off.
Ledges> Anaryth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Natan shakes his head and chuckles lightly.
Ledges> G'rel smiles at Katany. "Need a ride back, I suppose?"
Tiera frowns darkly at N'gal.
Cinne puts a hand briefly on N'gal's shoulder. "If I may?"
Luthon glances at Mirie's departure, looking wistfully at the idea...
Ledges> Sereth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Gallery> Dwane looks around, "Lets go see Mirie..."
Ledges> Lizalth unlatches her tail from Sereth and bugles a challenge to the blue.
Svessa picks up a shard of white jadestone eggshell and takes it with her.
Ledges> Lizalth launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Gallery> Faernal nods, standing up stiffly.
N'gal nods to Cinne slowly, looking over the candidates.
Ledges> K'nan stands slowly, looking down at the sands one last time, smiling slightly. His expression unreadable, he looks up at Veyath for a moment.
Ledges> K'nan turns and salutes his weyrleader and weyrwoman, as well as the other riders present. "I think I'm going to head back, sir."
Ledges> K'nan * sighs. Ah well. D**n lag. ;)
Ledges> K'nan pulls himself up onto Veyath's neck using the flight straps and her extended foreleg.
Ledges> Katany smiles at G'rel. "I would appreciate it."
Jalla smiles sadly, planning on going back to Healing...her one talent..and joy.
Gallery> Cat stands and streeeeeeeeetches, as only a cat can, then peers down toward the Sands.
Gallery> Mishaelle rises to her feet, followng Dwane.
Gallery> Dwane looks to Kaaila.
Gallery> Karyana sighs sadly, watching the unchosen candidates.
Ledges> Katany says "Although it would be polite of us to stop and give Anlin our congratulations, unless you do not have the time?"
Tiera starts to get impatient, her face in sad state.
Gallery> Kaaila s:picks Nia up and nods to Dwane, she turns to follow him out.
Ledges> Veyath launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Ledges> Gaileep climbs up Erith's proffered foreleg, and from there up to sit on her back.
Laywne looks into the ridere eyes. He says, "Are we allowed to stay and do somethin here in the wery or are we to leave?"
Gallery> Cat jumps from the rail to slink amonsgt the benches, looking for scraps.
Ledges> G'relwaves after the other Istans, then motions toward Keth for Katany. "We could remaing here for a while... But I don't know if Irry would mind?"
Cinne steps to N'gal's side. "I know it's hard. But, many of you are still young, and you'll have more hatchings to look forward too. Once you've been chosen by Fort's dragons, you're welcome to stay here, make your home in our caverns, and Stand as a Candidate for the next clutch, and the next.
Jalna's soprano drifts out low and controlled: "Are we allowed to leave /now/?"
Luthon smiles grimly, "Good. I'd hate to miss another chance to get my teeth kicked in. Sorry, that was uncalled for."
Ledges> Erith slowly swings her head around, looking at everything with silent interest before beginning to gather her legs under her. The shifting is a warning of impending take off.
N'gal looks over at the candidates again after Cinne speaks. "Good luck, people. You've got a piece of Fort in you now. YOu're more than welcome to stay."
Albarra pats Luthon sympathetically on the back.
Tiera crosses her arms, her face in a frown, "Can I leave now? I have animals to attend to, and I think they would appricate me more."
Natan chuckles and pats Luthon on the back, "Care for a vacation? I bet the Weavers wouldn't mind you hanging out."
Laywne nods at the words. He says, "When can we learn more of our possible jobs or training?"
Ledges> Erith launches off the ledge, banking through the aerial entrance to the Bowl.
Cinne waits until some of the more unhappy murmurs have died down. "Ask one of us, or one of the weyrwomen, in the morning, if you're interested in staying. We hope the rest of you will at least stay the night, then get rides home."
Albarra nods.
Jalla nods.
Dellan soberly nods.
Laywne says ""May we stay in the candidates room this evening then?"
Anlin mounts Chaluth with her usual grace, even without the riding straps present
Tiera shrugs, "I'll stay, I guess. I'm here with my mentor anyway."
Jalna poises, waiting for the word to /go./
N'gal nods to Laywne. "Sure. Make sure you eat your fill in the caverns."
Cinne nods, "Of course. And there's the feast, as well. You helped make it, you'd best help eat it..Yes, yes, you may go."
Laywne grins at the kindness. He doesn't think he is hurgry.
Luthon sighs, "Must be nice to have a Craft to fall back on..."
N'gal clears his throat. "On an OOC note, folks, I want to congratulate all of you on some excellent RP."
Luthon walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Dellan says "The night then. Tomorow I'm for Tillek and the sea, but I'll be back to visit at least. I've got frinds here now."
Laywne nods and seems resigned to how the shells cracked.
Natan smiles and turns to scuffle out.
Jalla smiles. She bows to the riders present and begins the walk to the exit.
Tiera shakes her head, "OOC my RP stunk....I need to improve on it."
Jalna inclines her head to the riders and turns on a heel.
Albarra shrugs and heads for the bowl, in hopes that the living cavern has lots of wine.
Albarra walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Jalna walks out of the Hatching Grounds, to the Bowl.
Tiera follows the others.
N'gal smiles. "Good luck and keep in touch." N'gal then grows serious as he slips back into his Weyrsecond leathers, turning to walk out into the bowl.