Elyandra looks at the eggs and blinks, gripping Kieri's hand as she chews on a finger on the other hand....
Jazmin takes a deep breath and regards the eggs on the hot sands.
Little Bronze Egg has arrived.
Though in the centre of the clutch, this egg seems strangely aloof from the
others. Perhaps it is the special attention paid to it by Kimbrith, or
perhaps it is the warm, radiant bronze colour of it's shell. This egg stands
proud and fine as a hatchling grows inside.
Jeshua turns when Kay moves shyly toward her and takes her hand, leaning against her a bit for comfort..for just a moment.
Starratiel looks totally nervous.
Urival's eyes move to the eggs. He shifts his position on the Sands nervously.
Alasha emerges from the candidate barracks.
Aleria shakes with nervous tension.
Flavian breathes in... out... carefully, standing on Jeren's other side. Standing, motionless. Not dancing or shuffling. His eyes flick from egg to egg.
Cetani flashes Alasha a quick smile.
Lynnara begins to harmonize with the humming by creating a melodic tune in her head
Kanan reaches out and touches his sister's arm, meeting her eyes. He smiles nervously.
Little Bronze Egg tilts to one side and rolls slightly down an incline of sand, coming to a rest at the bottom.
Alasha returns the smile, moving to stnad near Urival
Elongated Parchment Egg gives a sudden shake, spraying sand in a wide arc!
Aleria quickly hugs Kanan.
Kieri bites her lip, sending glances from her friends to the eggs, eyes wide.
Keris jumps as an egg near him starts rocking
Rodin glances at the Little Bronze Egg.
Jazmin glances over to the other candidates and then quickly looks back to the eggs.
Starratiel startles at the rocking eggs.
Urival smiles nervously aside at Alasha as she steps into place. He reaches out, squeezing her hand once.
Elyandra jumps slightly as the eggs begin to move, letting go of Kieri's hand with a start.
Kanan glances with a start at the moving eggs.
Urival's gaze returns to the first egg to begin moving.
Lynnara continues her silent song...not bothering to wipe away the sprayed sand
Jeshua mouths a "good luck" to Kieri and Ely, her attention snapping back to the eggs at the first movement.
Alasha squeezes his hand back, looking at the eggs and trying to remain calm
J'rus smiles as everything finally begins. He smiles and touches Merla's hand.
Aleria watches quietly, hopping from foot to foot.
Kieri switches feet, then sends a grin to Jeshua, mouthing 'good luck' to Jeshua.
Flavian nods at something Jeren whispers, and grunts his assent. "Eh."
Cetani reaches out and takes Starratiel's hand, squeezing it softly.
Jeshua elbows Fi gently, her emotions too strained now to burst out laughing in the middle of everything.
Halden doesn't even notice the heat from the sands as he lets his gaze run over the eggs.
Alasha shifts on her feet, lookg at the eggs nervously
Starratiel grins nervously, not feeling the heat yet in her adrenalin rush.
Aleria bites her lower lip, watching...
The heat of the sand no longer phases Lynnara
Giant Olive Egg has arrived.
Not really a large egg, it would be huge if it were an olive, which it is not.
It is resting heavily on the sands, its rich green colour liberally
sprinkled with touches of blacky brown.
Rodin scans the gallaries.
Elyandra watches the eggs intently, shifting from foot to foot and chewing the fingernail off of her index finger.
Keris tries to stand on the edge of his robe.
Elongated Parchment Egg shudders again, tilting on it's long axis.
Urival continues to watch the clutch, his eyes dancing from one egg to another, his hands compulsively smoothing the folds of his robe as he shifts his stance.
Kieri watches the eggs, eyes wide and feet shuffling.
Partially buried, the elongated parchment egg sends a small avalanche of sand spilling down the mound as it shakes. The hatchling within struggles to be born and the cracks appearing at the bottom, rather than the top, of the egg don't make things any easier. Another fury of shaking.. A brown ball of dragonflesh somersaults out backwards, landing flat on his back.
With wings and tail too long for the body and legs supporting them, this lankly looking brown's movements are even more awkward than the rest of his stumbling clutchmates. His hide is glistening wet, almost dripping with the egg fluid, which hides the many splattered irregularities of his colouration. Large feet with splayed toes finish off too-skinny legs, and a long thin neck looks almost as though it shouldn't be able to support the head it does. His hide, when dry, bears the appearance of a corkboard, tiny collections of various colours of brown from head to toe.. oddly uniform in their irregularity. Gangly and awkward are the two words that immediately leap to mind when this fellow attempts to flap his wings for the first time, and the same again when he tries to walk.
A _squack_ of outrage. A struggle. A hatchling now flat on his front in a tangle of legs and wings, tail and neck. Another squack. Covered with sand, sticking to him everywhere because of this hatching wetness, this gangly fellow finally makes it to his feet, and looks around at the world before him.
Lynnara closes her eyes slightly as her imaginary tune whisps her away
Little Bronze Egg shakes, and almost hops to an upright position in the little mound of sand. It remains motionless again.
P'tran smiles and folds his arms as he watches the eggs begin to hatch, occassionally leaning over to one oh his fellow riders and making a comment
Jazmin shifts a bit on the sand, watching both her fellow candidates and the eggs. She blinks at the arrival of the first hatchling.
Kieri gasps, hand going involuntarily to her mouth.
Urival's eyes widen as he watches the first hatchling spill from his shell.
Elyandra shudders along with the egg, tearing the nail off her index finger when the eggs reveal the brown dragonet in front of her.
Keris oohs watching the first egg hatch
Kanan catches his breath as the first egg hatches...
Flavian gulps as the dragonet emerges, his face paling just slightly before he regains his careful composure.
Aleria grins, "Thuis is it."
Starratiel oohs at the brown.
Halden''s eyes open wide as he sees the first hatchling emerge.
Cetani tightens his jaw and his grip on Star's hand, while watching the hatchling.
Jeren just looks surprised.
Jeshua grasps Kay's hand HARD as she sees the brown, and moves with the crowd of candidates to see who he'll choose.
Gangly Brown Hatchling swings his head about, the movement nearly carrying him off his feet again! He totters towards the arc of candidates, creeling anxiously.
Keris grabs the hand of an older girl he's managed to endear himself to and points at the baby brown.
Lynnara clenches her teeth...quietly humming her own song
Elyandra gulps and shifts from foot to foot without realizing it as she watches the brown hatchling.
Urival smiles slightly, his eyes locked to the gangly brown as he emerges from his shell. He clutches his robe tightly, forgetting his hot feet.
Alasha watches silently, not moving now, her green eyes large and nervous
Kieri switches feet again, eyes glued to the hatchling.
Alisanda watches the candidates intently, hoping none of them sieze up.
Kanan shifts slightly, watching the hatchling...
Gangly Brown Hatchling totters along, brushing past a harper boy, whose face falls in dissapointment. Where is the one he's looking for...
Aleria shifts again, watching happily, crying almost.
Jazmin chuckles a little bit at the gangly brown.
Alasha watches silently, hopeful
Halden shifts his eyes from the hatchling to scan the eggs and then back again. He looks too excited to be nervous.
Urival continues to watch the brown, intently, his head tilted to one side in fascination.
Kieri smiles just a little, eyes wide and moist.
Lynnara opens her eyes...a smile of tranquility dominating her face...hmmmm hmmmm
Elyandra blinks and her feet still as she watches the brown, then she realizes the sands are hot and begins to shift from foot to foot again....
Jeren rubs his nose with one hand, excitement barely held back.
Flavian just stands there next to Jeren, in his too-short robe, not moving aside from the turning of his head to track the dragonet...
Jeshua pulls Kay along, making sure that she can see, and losing her own place in the large line. Moving certainly makes it easier on her feet.
Cetani wipes some sweat off his temple as he watches the hatchling.
Starratiel keeps both feet securely planted on the ground/
Alasha reaches out, lightly squeezing Urival's hand and smiling as she looks back at the hatchling
Urival's hand locks around Alasha's, perhaps without thinking, he clutches her hand as he watches the brown with wide eyes and a fascinated look.
Gangly Brown Hatchling turns at the sound of a candidate's laugh, too fast, and sprawls nose in sand in front of the short-haired woman.
Little Bronze Egg wobbles just a little, gives a miniscule bounce...
Aleria frowns at the weatching, wishing him up.
Lynnara seems to concentrating on nothing in particular
Kanan smiles slightly at the unsteady little brown, having stopped shifting his feet.
Gangly Brown Hatchling croons up at his lifemate.
Urival watches the gangly brown stumble, and he winces in sympathy.
Alasha smiles at Jazmin, wishing her the best of luck silently
Starratiel looks around l lynnara
Keris watches the brown "not like that. with your head in the air."
Rodin glances towards the Litte Bronze egg.
Elyandra gasps and covers her mouth as the brown hatchling falls, eyes wide as she watches.
Halden looks over to see who the brown croons to.
Aleria looks..
Jazmin looks down at the hatchling in front of her, much the same way she does her son, "Yes Chaeth, you can eat now.." she reaches down to wipe his face.
Kieri sucks in a breath, watching the hatchling to make sure he's all right.
Kanan grins widely over at Jazmin
P'tran looks towards the brown, his brow furrowed with concern ..
Jeshua stops short, her eyes softening as the brown falls, then brightening.."Jazmin!"
Kieri grins widely as her friend Impresses.
Cetani smiles.
Aleria yeahs! ok, Jaz!
Starratiel gapes at the Impression....congratualtions Jazmin!
You don't catch quite when this one comes out of her egg. One minute the little bronze egg was teetering, and the next, there was a glistening green hatchling, with a hide darker than any of her green siblings. Her enormous eyes swirl a deep ruby red as she scans the crowd of people around, both in the sands and in the galleries, seeming somehow to meet every eye and look into every heart almost instantaneously. She turns to snap at another green hatchling near to her and the latter backs away, not daring to challenge this one. She steps forward, and knocks over a young boy, stepping on his leg and gashing it as she passes him.
Alasha grins at Jazmin, no dissappointmen on her face, only happiness for her friend
Jeren grins at Jazmin cheerfully.
P'tran's look of concern suddenly turns to a smile as the first Impression is made.
Halden grins over at Jazmin.
Urival's eyes widen and he speaks, softly, "Oh Jazmin. Congratulations."
Alisanda smiles broadly, as the first pairing is made. She moves towards the new rider, directing them gently off to one side.
Elyandra grins at her friend as she impresses and watches her longlingly, then turns toward the other eggs with wide eyes.
Flavian glances over at Jazmin for just a moment, a grin curling up the edges of his mouth...
Gangly Brown Hatchling pro Jazmin=Thank you.
Halden turns back in time to see the green hatchling bust out.
Keris yells over to Jazmin "Congratulations"
Urival sees the bronze egg hatch and smiles, watching the dragonet Impress with a curious look.
Starratiel oohhs at the green..how beautiful!
J'rus watches over at Jazmin, already moving to the path toward the barracks.
Lynnara smiles over at Jazmin...
Kieri gasps as the green hatches, watching as she gashes the boy, smiling a bit, anyway.
Jeren's attention snaps back towards the cry of pain from the boy who got stepped on by the baby green.
Alasha smiles at the green, chuckles softly to herself at the beauty, then gasping at the lad who got steped on
Jazmin crouches in the sand to help her lifemate get his nose out of the sand, "Oh Chaeth, you can't eat sand." she mutters.
Rodin flashes a grin at Jazmin.
Aleria wows at the green, she is beautiful!
Elyandra gasps at the green hatchling, looking at her longingly and still shifting from foot to foot.
Midnight Meadow Green Dragonet continues on, ignoring the yell of pain the young boy lets out. She looks around carefully, lifting herself up on her haunches to survey the line of candidates. She bugles lightly and purposefully as she moves forward to begin her inspection.
J'rus waves Jazmin over.
Gangly Brown Hatchling gives a squeaky imitation of a draconic croon as he is helped up.
P'tran winces as the green injures a candidate and shakes his head.
Keris backs away from this dragon, that boy was about his size
Jeshua lets go of Kay's hand, peeking around Jeren at the green.
Urival's gaze turns back from Jazmin to the recently hatched green, and he watches her curiously, having long since forgotten his burning feet.
Kieri shuffles her feet absently, her eyes following the lovely green.
Lynnara continues her inspiring song
Cetani smiles slightly at the green.
Alisanda makes a quiet comment to Jazmin, chuckling under her breath.
Elyandra begins to shake a little, watching the green as she mauls the other candidate and chewing her lip nervously....
Jazmin goes over to J'rus, herding her dragon along beside her, an arm around him.
Starratiel's feet are really getting rather hot, she begins shifting.
Alasha watches the green quietly, humming softly to herself
Flavian's face grows somewhat paler at the cry of pain as he watches the proceedings... He winces, ever so slightly...
Jeren bounces on his feet lightly as he prepares to move out of the way if necessary.
Kanan quickly glances over at the newly-hatched green, watching her.
J'rus heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Aleria winces the the hurt candidate, thn turns her attention bac to the green.
Gangly Brown Hatchling heads off the sands and into the barracks.
P'tran repeats softly to himself, "get out of the way when one comes speeding towards you ..."
Giant Olive Egg lands with a soft *thwump* on its side, sending up a small ripple of sand.
Jazmin heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Keris stares at the olive egg
Ice Crystal Egg comes to life slowly, wriggling until it tilts over.
Alasha watches the green quietly, marveling over her beauty
Kieri blinks in surprise as the olive egg hops.
Aleria glances at the other egg, nervous beyond belief.
Jeshua wipes her eyes, getting a few specks out, while they begin to tear a little in response. "I can't see.." she mutters.
Elyandra jumps as she hears the egg fall on its side, but doesn't take her eyes off the green hatchling.
Flavian's gaze darts to the olive egg for just a moment before returning to track the dragonet, heeding the Weyrleader's advice and preparing to dodge.
Jeren reserves his gaze for anything that might charge him.
Kanan watches the big egg topple over, surprised.
Giant Olive Egg wiggles in place, rocking back and forth like one of Smithcraft's ancient waterclocks.
Urival's eyes move from the green hatchling as she moves, to the eggs that shudder on the Sands, his expression still muted curiousity.
Cetani mutters to Star, "She got spirit."
Midnight Meadow Green Dragonet turns, and /stares/ at a young girl, not nearly 12 turns of age, shaking in fear very close to her. After the briefest of pauses, she snorts into the air and moves on to what she seems to favor as more .suitable. candidates.
Keris watches the green ready to sidestep
Lynnara sways a little in the rhythm of her own silent song
Starratiel nods, staring at the prettypretty green.
Alasha watches the green hatchling quietly, her eyes hopeful and a mischievious smile playing across her lips
Kieri keeps a watchful eye on the pretty green, just in case...
Stained Glass Egg has arrived.
Striations so sharply defined they look almost like cracks and are the most
distinguising feature of this otherwise average looking egg. The pattern of
these lines, darker than the rest of the egg, serves to hilight the
differences of shade in the various sections. This egg could be a pastel
version of the glass windows in a Lord Holder's great hall, if only it were
rolled out flat without shattering into shards.
Elyandra blinks as the little green snorts rudely and tries not to grin her teeth beginning to chatter along with her nerves.
Halden smiles over at Lynnara, and then watches the green.
Aleria bites her lip till it bleeds, ignoring hter pain and watching.
P'tran watches the eggs continue to hatch and the candidates continue to Impress, but he keeps a wary eye on that green that injured that other boy ...
Giant Olive Egg makes odd clicking noises followed by an odd cracking noise, followed by a shatter.
Urival watches the giant olive egg, expectant as it begins to crack.
Kieri looks curiously at the olive egg, still keeping an eye on the little green.
Elyandra jumps with a start and turns from watching the little green to look over at the other hatching egg.
Jeshua looks up at Jeren next to her, eyes redder than usual. "The green?" she asks.
Flavian's hand strays to his hip, fumbling around and rediscovering that there's no pocket there. He continues to keep at least one eye on the green dragonet as his gaze roves...
Keris watches the egg... "well, come on, already" he mutters
Halden tries to watch eggs and hatchlings at the same, growing cross-eyed.
Starratiel looks at the olive egg, then back to the green, then to the other eggs.
Kanan looks over at the big olive-coloured egg, wondering at the cracking sound.
Alasha watches the green still, her eyes sparkling softly and a mischievous smile playing across her features
The giant olive egg explodes suddenly in an excited blast of shards and egg-spliters, showering down fragments onto the other eggs nearby.
At first, you catch yourself wondering if the Giant Olive Egg held nothing at all, despite the fact that it shattered itself open. You strain your eyes, scanning the Sands for a glimpse of the newly born hatchling, yet fail to notice anything out of the ordinary. Then, suddenly, a pair of bright orange-red eyes open and blink. Once. Twice. Finally, he moves. A tiny little blue hatchling so dark, it's hard to see his deeper-than-midnight blue hide against the blackish sands. The wetness of his hide dries a little, lightening his colour just some, revealing that his belly is just slightly lighter, and a little pearly-hued compaired to the rest of him, but you still think he'll be hard to spot in the dark. He starts off towards the Candidates with little hesitation, spreading his too-big wings for balance, thus revealing the bright blue of their undersides, almost like the misty morning skies over the Weyr during the spring.
He lifts his head toward the sky and TRUMPETS the news of his arrival with great energy. It is obvious to all that he means to say, "I am here! The world will never be the same again!"
As another egg cracks, one candidate unthinkingly advances, caught up in the emotional high of the hatching. Before he leaves the semicircle, another candidate snatches a hold of his arm and makes a warning noise, bringing him back to his senses.
Jeren gives Jeshua's had a squeeze, "It's right there," he says, pointing.
Aleria wipes her lip, and watching th eggs.
Keris grins
Kanan grins at the blue's trumpet.
Starratiel looks. Teenytiny blue.
Urival smiles as the blue emerges from his shell.
Kieri chuckles at the blue's antics, her attention momentarily drawn to him.
Lynnara smiles as she encourages the hatchlings with joy in her eyes
Halden looks over at the blue and chuckles.
Elyandra smiles at the blue, but still shifts from foot to foot and shakes, turning her eyes to the green, then to the blue again.....
Stained Glass Egg moves ever so slightly, just a tentative rock forwards as a freshly hatched blue rushes past it.
Aleria ahs, a blue!
Alasha grins at the blue and his tumpeting, before looking back to the green, still grinning
Ice Crystal Egg emits small scrabbling and scrunching noises.
Midnight Meadow Green Dragonet glances at her blue clutchmate carefully, appearing to size him up. With a warning warble, she launches in a tangential direction toward some more of /her/ candidates over on the other side of the sands. She makes her tracks quickly, before her brother has a chance to take one away from her.
Cetani watches the fair curiously.
Flavian glances at the errant Candidate, frowning, but still holding his tongue. His outwardly calm gaze, belied only by a clenching and unclenching of his right fist, roves...
Kieri chews her lip, her nervousness replaced by excitement.
Aleria grins, watching hte greens attitude.
P'tran raises an eyebrow slightly at the green.
Jeshua hmms. 'Was that a bronze, or a blue I just heard?" she asks herself. Patting Jeren on the shoulder once in thanks, she tries to look over the shoulder of one of the taller candidates.
Alasha can;t help chuckling at the green, a mischievious smile playing across her face and her eyes sparkling
Elyandra watches the hatchlings nervously and hops a little on the hot sands, chewing nervously on the next fingernail.
Stained Glass Egg begins to twitch, its shell visibly quivering with the movement inside its walls.
Keris nods "that's it..."
Lynnara gazes over the sands...her eyes transgixed in the distance
Urival watches the green now, smiling affectionately at it's determination. His feet do not shift at all on the hot Sands.
Phantom Blue Hatchling bursts out of his shell, and immediately spreads his wings wide, and lifts up his head proudly, a miniature figure of a dragon about to launch. An instant later, he is flat on his face.
Cetani smiles at the green's antics.
A candidate takes several deep breaths, trying to calm herself and fight to urge to swoon, so worried is she that she will not impress.
Urival's lips twitch in amusement at the little blue, who he watches now.
Jeren murmurs, "An energetic blue." His gaze tracks back and forth, looking at anything draconic that moves.
Kieri oohs, eyes twinkling as the lovely blue hatches.
Lynnara hmmm hmmmm hmmmmm....
Halden unthinkingly wiggles his toes into the sand, not noticing the heat, as he tries to watch everything.
Alasha chuckles at the blue, murmuring, "Not that way..you don't want to put your face in the sand..."
Stained Glass Egg pitches forward with a sudden jounce, wobbling uncertainly at the lip of it sand wallow.
Aleria ahs! another blue!
Aleria has forgotten all about hte heat...
Alasha goes back to looking at the green, still grinning
Lynnara opens her eyes wide...smiling out at all.
Cetani watches the trio with a grin on his face.
Stained Glass Egg gets knocked free of it's surrounding sandpile, and rolls into a neighbouring egg, causing it to crack slowly. A muzzle emerges, green, and the egg's rocking becomes frenzied. Shards fall off slowly at first, then faster. At last enough shell is free to allow the hatchling to stumble out onto the sands, tentatively.
Glistening and damp from hatching, this tiny dragonet's hide is a rich green, all the shades of a Neratian Rainforest after a shower, layered one over the other, giving depth and luster to her hide. She is perfectly formed, small and delicate. The membrane of her wings catches the light, still moist from the egg fluid. Hesitating, darting her eyes from place to place, she drinks in the swirl of movement and colour her clutchmates present. Her tailtip and wingtips, delicate angles of lush leaf-tones leave small trails in the sand and lines through her timid footsteps.
Rainforest Green Hatchling stops in her tracks before she goes too far. She freezes, and stares, and wraps her tail around herself for protection.
Kanan chuckles _very_ softly at the blue's ambition, glancing around at the other eggs and hatchlings briefly.
Flavian's mouth curls in a smile at the blue's antics, before returning to its schooled neutral calm.
Elyandra blinks at the other eggs bounce around, watching the blue, then the green hatchling and chewing on her lower lip.
Keris tries to watch to many things at once, he looks kind of silly with his head bobbing about
Starratiel shifts her feet, then stops as the green hatches.
Urival beams at the second green to hatch.
Kieri blinks at all the hatchlings around her, trying to watch them all at once.
Elyandra grins lopsidedly as another green emerges from its shell, watching all the hatchlings intently and chewing on her nails.....not knowing which way to look....
Alisanda's eyes dart back and forth across the sands, keeping careful track of the hatchlings, so as not to miss any Impressions.
Aleria sighs, another green!
Alasha looks from hatchling to hatchling but always her look comes back to the medown colored green
Lynnara sighs and concentrates on the symphony in her head
Jeshua looks back at forth at the green and blue blurs. She wipes her eyes again in frustration, and stands, trying to collect herself.
Midnight Meadow Green Dragonet arrives less than a dragonlength away from a small group of candidates. She drops her head suddenly at a level with Kieri's eyes. She warbles briefly, but turns her head. /Not/ quite the one, she's right HERE. The hatchling looks over Elyandra carefully...
Phantom Blue Hatchling is up fast, scrambling in the sand to get himself up right. He peers left, then right, his motions as quick and jerky as an avian's. It doesn't take him an instant before he is moving foreward at a sand-spraying pace to look for -- something important. Just like him.
Starratiel grins at the blue..he kind reminds her of Littleshadow.
Kieri blinks again, then smiles softly.
Therion emerges from the candidate barracks.
Alasha grins at the blue, chuckling softly at his antics
Rodin watchs Ely and the green.
Urival grins to himself, a wry grin, as the little blue darts about, his eyes following the rapid movements.
Aleria watches the dragon near Ely...
Jeren rubs his chin with his knuckles uneasily and whispers to Jeshua.
Flavian's legs tense as he prepares to dodge if need be...
Midnight Meadow Green Dragonet stares deeply into Elyandra's eyes, and nuzzles her gently in the stomach.
Therion rushes in, quite out of breath and wild-eyed with fear that he's missed the entire hatching.
Kieri claps, grinning at her friend with tears in her eyes. "Oh, Ely! Congratulations!"
Rodin smiles at Ely.
Keris yells out a congratulations
Lynnara smiles out...wondering if there's one there for her.
Urival's smile widens as he turns, gasping, "Ely! Oh wonderful!!"
P'tran looks over and smiles to Therion, then gestures to him to stop running and approach slowly ..
Aleria chears!, "Way to go Ely"
Starratiel looks around. Green. Blue. Green. "Congratulations Elyandra!"
Flavian glances over at Ely, and /beams/!
Keris murmurs "I hope she doesn't trample Ely"
Alasha grins and calls to Ely,"Congratulations!!" her face is filed with joy for her friend as she goes back to looking at the blue
Cetani catches a glimpse of Therion and motions his to come stand by him.
Kanan glances quickly over at the green to watch her and Elyandra. He grins widely, whispering 'something to himself.
Alisanda walks over to Elyandra, careful to stay outside of the hatching area. She whispers congrats. "What's her name?"
Lynnara smiles warmly to Ely...mouthing a congrats.
Jeren grins at Elyandra. "Congrats," he says.
P'tran looks over to Elyandra and hmms? then grins and chuckles
Elyandra looks at thel litle green, "Okay Zibrith, we'll get you some food....
Cetani look over to Ely and winks.
Kimbrith surveys the hatchlings, looking none too pleased. She croons to one of her children encouragingly.
Urival laughs once, a merry ringing sound. "Zibrith! Oh Ely, congratulations."
Halden looks over at Elyandra and grins his congrates, before turning back to look at hte blue and other green.
Zibrith warbles happily, and directs /her/ rider to where the food is.
Jeshua nods to Jeren's advice, and follows it, smiling as her vision does clear a bit. "Thanks!" she adds her congrats to others for Ely.
Aleria smiles at the pretty name.
Rodrith croons along with Kimbrith, his eyes whirling with joy.
Alasha grins at Urival, laughing softly herself, then looking at the blue quietly, amusement and admiration in her eyes
Kieri is still smiling as she turns to watch the other hatchlings.
P'tran chuckles at the Impressed pair, nodding his congratulations
Elyandra smiles at the green, "C'mon....let's get you some meat, Zibrith...." she walks over to Alisanda.
Keris watches the hatchlings carefully
Zibrith heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Kanan smiles gently and looks back at the other hatchlings..
Phantom Blue Hatchling trips over his wingtips, and, bowled by his own momentum, does a complete sumersault to wind up blinking, in surprise and confusion, at one of the candidate's feet.
Therion comes to an abrupt halt just oustide the ring of hopefuls, eyes bugging at the hatchlings roaming the sands. He sees Cetani's motion, and walks carefully in her direction, looking like he's trying to avoid the dragonets attention.
Starratiel looks at the little green...how pretty..
Keris wows!
Lynnara begins to mouth words to her silent song...words of encouragement for the hatchlings
Ice Crystal Egg shifts in the sands. After a brief bout of shaking, the egg splits apart with an oddly hollow sound. An upside-down, completely disoriented jungle night green hatchling falls from the shards with unfurled wings, as if she was not at all cramped for space within the confines of the egg.
Urival's smile is sympathetic as he looks back to the blue, watching him trip. He stands stock still.
Halden blinks as he watches the sumersault. He makes some room for Therion.
Alasha grins at the blue, laughing softly and silently encouraging him to get back up
Elyandra heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Kieri giggles a bit at the little blues, then smiles as the green hatches.
Oil Slick Egg has arrived.
Drab, dirty black, this large egg seems out of place compared to all the
others, setting off by itself. Then the light hits is just right, and you see
the rainbows within rainbows, red, pink, blue, green, swirling crazily like
the shimmer of an oil slick on water.
Alisanda helps Elyandra off the sands, then returns to watch the other hatchlings.
Rainforest Green Hatchling quavers quietly in her place, her eyes whirling a brilliant yellow. With one frightened squawk, she wheels and rounds the remnants of her egg's shell, hunching down to cower behind the protective pile.
Jeshua stares down at a small blue hatchling. "Jareth? Jareth? R..Right away."
Aleria oos! another green!
Kanan chuckles at the blue's fall and confusion.
Jeren eyes the blue, then Jeshua. He laughs in delight.
Alasha grins at Jeshua, calling out her congrats and turning to look at the green
Aleria congrats Jesh!
Keris yells congrats to Jeshua too
Urival grins broadly at jeshua, "Jeshua! Wonderful."
Lynnara smiles her happy congrats to Jeshua
Alisanda makes her way over to Jeshua, and thumps him on the back encouragingly.
Jareth butts into Jeshua, pushing her along even faster.
Oil Slick Egg rolls a bit, trying to break free from the mound that it's in.
P'tran smiless at Jeshua approvingly.
Kanan smiles over at Jeshua for a moment, then looking back at the clutch.
Keris does a quick egg count
Cetani nods slowly to Jeshua.
Kieri cheers as Jeshua Impresses! "Congras!"
Starratiel looks at the green hiding behind the shell. Poor little one. I know how you feel.
Halden grins over at Jeshua, 'Congrates !'
Flavian can't keep the grin off his face as he sees the blue Impress, though he is still holding his tongue... or was that tongue-tied?
Therion comes to a stop near Cetani, entranced by the awkward beauty of the dangerously clumsy baby dragons.
Jeshua falls to her knees, laughing. "I love you too, Jareth." she guides the little blue toward Alisanda. "Yes, he's starving."
Alasha grins, silently encouraging the green to come out and show her pretty self off
Rodin smiles at Jeshua.
Rainforest Green Hatchling bugles alarmingly as another hatchling scampers into her rump and pitches her from her hiding place, careening across the warm sands, straight to the safe haven of the queen's wings.
Oil Slick Egg breaks free of it's mound and rolls around, albeit rather aimlessly. After a brief roll it gets stuck again. Some pecking can be heard from the inside.
Cetani turns his attentions from the Sands and quickly scans the area for Bitra Hold.
Lynnara chuckles slightly...
Halden can't help but laugh as he watches the green careen from her hiding spot.
Keris shakes her head at the collding hatchlings
Alasha murmurs softly, "come on beauty, you can do it...." she's talking to the green
Jungle Night Green Hatchling itches furiously at her muzzle with her wing, trying to dislodge the sand which is clinging to her damp hide. She trills is displeasure.
Kieri looks curiously at the little green, grinning.
Starratiel tries to stand on one leg..she is not good at this. She falls down with a BUMP.
P'tran blinks as the rainforest green retreats suddenly
Kanan follows the rolling shuny black egg with his eyes, smiling nervously.
Cetani looks back down at the hatchlings.
Brilliant Red Star Egg has arrived.
Against the darkness of the Hatching Sands this small egg glitters balefully
like Pern's ancient enemy. Violent, impatient red wars with a strangling
streak of dark silver-grey that writhes across the surface like a monsterous
cloud. The sight is stunning, and you silently hope this does not bode ill
for the dragonet inside.
Aleria grins, watching.
Lynnara quietly encourages the green
Kieri offers Star a hand, watching the hatchlings out of her eye.
Alasha resists and urge to go and help the green, still encouraging her softly
Cetani looks down at Star and extends his hand, offering to help her up.
Rainforest Green Hatchling wheels about as she's roused from her newest hiding place by the queen and dashes headlong back across the sands. Distracted by a raucous noise, she trips over her own tail and tumbles at the feet of a young man.
Alisanda quietly converses with Jeshua, looking for a clear path for her and her new lifemate to leave the sands.
Oil Slick Egg begins wobbling left and right now at the tapping from within grows louder.
Starratiel timidly takes Cetani's hand,aand stands up.
Jeshua nods, looking across the sands. "Okay."
Flavian glances over as Starr falls over, his expression returning to neutral. He wipes a bead of sweat off his brow.
Urival smiles at the rainforest green, his expression curious as he watches her stumble.
Cetani smiles at Star, "I got you, petite."
Aleria encourages the green silently.
Keris hms. "they don't walk to good.", but he looks in awe at them also.
Brilliant Red Star Egg tumbles about on the sands, rolling into a nearby egg.
Starratiel looks at the hatchling running/
Kieri winces a bit as the eggs collide...
Therion draws a deep breath as the little green stumbles, one hand clenching and unclenching his robe in his nervousness.
Cetani turns his head at the sound of the two eggs colliding.
Halden looks from egg to hatchling, not even noticing Starratiel's fall and stand.
Lynnara once again focuses on a unheard melody
Kanan watches the hatchlings and eggs roll about wonderingly.
Oil Slick Egg bounces and seems to stretch from the inside out, then rolls along on its side, a frantic creel audible above the chaotic activity of the Hatching. Again the shell deforms, thin cracks spreading from the narrow end of the egg as the creels get louder and the tap-tap-tap of a hard little beak sounds from inside. Suddenly, with a resounding CRACK the Oil Slick Egg splits in half, leaving a large hatchling splayed on the sands.
A brilliant golden-bronze body gleams brightly in the dim light, slowly drying in the heat of the sands. His long, narrow head shakes in bewilderment, huge pink eyes trying to focus on this confusing cacophany of life that he has been so forcefully thrust into. His colour darkens slightly as he dries to a perfect unblemished bronze on his body, darkening further towards his extremities to a rich greeny-brown, ending in an almost smudgy black-bronze around his eyes and claws.
Flavian suddenly blinks. He mutters to Jeren, "... Wenda? "
Jeshua points toward the barracks. "That way, love, here, let me block for you. Food's in the barracks."
Alasha watches silently, a grin playing across her features as she shifts from foot to foot
Kieri grins at the first bronze.
Rainforest Green Hatchling skittishly attempts to disentangle her tail from her wings and legs. Flinching, she notices Kanan's pink feet and shyly lifts her dainty head. Her eyes whirl a green to rival her hide in absolute trust as her eyes meet Kanan's.
Aleria yeahs! a bronze!
Jeren looks at Flavian, and looks puzzled, "Enh? No..." he replies.
P'tran ahs as he sees the bronze hatch, and smiles softly.
Urival turns back to the sands, a small noice emerging from his throat, "A bronze!"
Alasha grins at Kanan, happy for him
Kieri cheers as Kanan Impresses!
Keris smiles watching the bronzee
Keris yells over "Congrats Kanan"
Flavian forgets his question and ignores the answer as he sees the bronze emerge.
Aleria cheers! Yea! big brother!
Urival smiles broadly at Kanan<" Congratulations, Kanan...K'nan?" He chuckles.
Alasha squeezes Urival's hand, smiling to him as she watches the bronze
Starratiel cheers for Kanan.
Merla's eyes shift between the swiftly hatching eggs and Kimbrith.
Alisanda makes it back from the barracks just in time to see Kanan impress, and smirking at dragon timing, moves to assist.
Cetani nods slowly to Kanan.
Lynnara smiles and winks at Kanan
Jeshua guides Jareth toward the barracks, grinning so widely it seems to crack her face.
Rodin nods at Kanan.
P'tran glances over and sees the hatchling at Kanan's feet and grins
Jeren looks at Kanan, and beams at him happily. "Congratulations," he says.
Dragon Egg has arrived.
Predominately brown, with hefty blue mottles, this egg is perhaps what you
would call unremarkable. But you let your gaze linger a bit longer,
discovering bronze occasionally peeks around from behind the soft brown, and
delicate shades of green twine lovingly with the blue, leading up to a
brilliant yellow marking right at the apex of the egg, shaped, you fancy,
like a splayed golden claw.
Exuberant Bronze Hatchling looks around, eyes whirling erratically. He starts off straight ahead to the closest group of candidates--he's on a mission. He creels again, sofy and almost pitiful. Wait, where's he headed again? Food. Hunger. No, business to take care of first. His eyes scan the first group for just the right person.
Therion smiles slightly, loosening his grip on the hem of his robe as the green impresses. He nervously returns his gaze to the remaining eggs and hatchlings.
Aleria hugs her brother, then looks back t the eggs.
Starratiel grins at the bronze. She can't Impress him, so she watches and waits to see who does.
Cetani watches the bronze.
Kanan looks surprisedly down at the little green, a grin widening on his face. "...Veyath?" He grins again. "Oh, you're hungry...." He looks around, leading her towards the barracks. "There's food this way, I think..."
Lynnaras eyes seem to gleam at an unheard crescendo
Jeshua heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Urival's eyes watch the bronze move, fixated with curiousity and excitement.
Jungle Night Green Hatchling seems almost frantic as she searches the faces of the gathered candidates. She creels for assistance, but dodges anyone who ventures too near. Finally, she settles on a lanky holdbred lad, darting forward and almost collapsing at his feet. Stunned, the boy chokes out, "Quisth! Here, I can help..." and kneels to the hatchling's aid.
Kieri smiles, giving Aleria a hug.
Halden watches the bronze.
Dragon Egg rolls over once, finally starting to move in a slow, but graceful manner.
Brilliant Red Star Egg shifts in the sand, digging itself in deeply.
Alasha grins at the holder boy, watching the eggs quietly
Aleria hugs Kieri back.
Flavian shifts his stance as he suddenly starts feeling the heat of the sands, eyes still flicking between hatchlings, eggs, Candidates, and everything else...
Keris watches the bronze almost eagerly
Jareth heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Lynnara happily watches all those who impress
Dragon Egg twists again slightly, the soft, plaintive sound of the hatchling inside just barely audible above the noise of the rest of the Hatching.
Jeren wipes his brow with the back of his right hand, amazed at his own pulse rate. He regards the Hatchlings wordlessly.
Exuberant Bronze Hatchling shakes his head in a frantic NO. This is wrong. He's not here. He heads over to a second group of candidates, this time plowing his way to the center of the group and actually sitting down as he seems to talk to each. He stretches a wing and falls over, righting himself quickly and waddle-flopping off.
K'nan smiles down at the beautiful green, heading over towards the barracks.
"Come on, there's food over here..."
K'nan heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Keris smiles at the bronze "That's it... no face in the sand for him"
Urival's expression turns to an amused one as he watches the bronze head down the Sands towards the Candidates.
Halden makes a face as he watches the bronze trip.
Kieri realizes that her feet are scorched, and hops a little to relieve them. She watches the little egg, smiling a little excitedly.
P'tran grins at the bronze as he makes his way across the sands
Cetani chuckles at the bronze's action.
Alasha grins at the bronze, hoping for her friends as she watches the other eggs
Lynnara smiles at the hatchlings wandering about...hoping that maybe one is for her
Therion watches with bright eyes, stepping back slightly on the hot sands.
Aleria watches the bronze with a nervous chuckle.
Rainforest Green Hatchling heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Jovial Orange Egg twitches spasmotically, then is silent.
Flavian glances down at his feet, as if annoyed that they chose now to distract him. He plants them firmly, ignoring the heat, and goes back to watching, his breathing a little quicker.
Dragon Egg wiggles slightly, beginning to rock back and forth again. It gains momentum, and then rolls off the slight hump of sand it was on, coming to a rest at near the far end of the sands.
Jeren brushes hair out of his face, "Hnh," he says to himself nervously.
Urival flashes a quick grin at Jeren at that, and mouths a word at himl
The Dragon Egg stops its constant rocking and pauses stock still on the sands. Just as you look away, there is an loud crack, followed by a louder creel as a light green hatchling is depositied on the sands.
Pale green streaks intertwine with lighter striations of yellow over this hatchling's fluttery, fragile-looking wings; the soft, pure shade of green grows dominant about the rest of her delicate form, darkening only in the shadows of her stomach, neck and jaw. She holds herself with dainty pride, drifting across the sands like a Lord's daughter floating over the dancing square at spring's first gather, both nervous and wistful all at once. Her head, perhaps a touch more angular than most, tilts upward, regarding those around her with large, expresive eyes that swirl with hues of red as she searches for her soulmate.
Lynnara's heart pounds within her chest
Alasha grins at the green, silently encouraging her and in wonder at her beauty
Kieri wipes the sweat from her brow, watching the beautiful green with wide eyes.
Starratiel wows at the new green. She is beautiful.
Exuberant Bronze Hatchling finds someone who looks right. He nizzles him, sniffing away. His eyes begin to whirl as he sniffs under ha smallish lookinrg obe. He knocks the boy over, sniffing up his robe a bit. He doesn't hurt Flavian, but sniffs curiously. He looks frustrated, NO, missed again.
Therion's eyes dart to watch the egg roll then widen in wonder as another green emerges from it.
Aleria cries, she is beautiful!
Keris looks away from the bronze for a moment to nod at the green "neat color" but his eyes go back to the bronze
Halden watches the bronze and Flavian, letting his eyes dart over to the green and the other eggs.
Urival grins momentarily at the latest green. He winces suddenly, remembering his aching feet again.
Alasha catches her breath at the beautiful green, smiling softly now
Flavian yipes as he is knocked over, and lies there, stock still...
Fanciful Celadon Hatchling shakes herself off, getting rid of the last of her shell, and flips her wings back primly, head tilting to the side as she gazes down the long row of Candidates.
Cetani turns his gaze to the green, watching her intentyAT&W
Kieri winks at Fi, consolingly.
Rodin looks at Fi, concerned.
Rodin takes a step towards Flavian, then stops.
Jeren just stares at Flavian toppling next to him. "You alright?" he says in the direction of the heap.
Urival turns, seeing Flavian knocked over. He moves slightly, as if to help him up, then remembers himself and stops.
Starratiel stares at the green in wonder, occasionally brushing a wisp of hair that has escaped her twist out of her face.
P'tran looks over to Flavian, seeing pairs of eyes suddenly turn in that direction
The brilliant red star egg shatters in a violent explosion of silver and red. Hide glistening with moisture, a blue now stands where the egg used to be. This one's eyes swirl bright, angry red at the world around him.
Once free of the shell which has encased his small body for so many sevendays, this little blue raises his head, eyes swirling an angry red, to take a look at his new surroundings. As he twists his head from side to side glaring at each of the candidates in an almost menacing manner, you can take a look at the brilliant colouring of his hide. Neither dark nor light, he is of a shade just about in between, but there is an unusual red undertone running down his body, making him seem nearly violet in spots. The colour lightens somewhat along his eye ridges, legs, and the tip of his relatively long tail. His body is a little more sleek than that of most hatchlings, but you can see that he by no means lacks a good musculature, as he begins to snake across the sands towards the Candidates.
Keris frowns towards Flavian. "ouch" he says.
Kieri rubs at her eyes, still watching the green.
Therion hesitates, torn between a desire to help the boy up and not wanting to interfere. He stands still on the hot sands, just watching.
Exuberant Bronze Hatchling begins to waddle away from the boy with the interestingly smallish robe. His creel almost sounds like a whistle at this point. Suddenly he freezes and whips around so fast that he almost summersaults. He lands in front of Flavian again and croons, almost pinning him down with his muzzle. He looks up to the cavern, still flopped on the ground and CREELS. He's happy.
Ink Blotch Egg has arrived.
This large egg's colour brings to mind a yellowing shred of parchment plucked
out of an obscure corner of some enourmous archive. Across this parchment, it
appears some clumsy apprentice has knocked over an ink bottle, and the black
ink as spread out across the side, until it took up roughly a quarter of the
side. You stare at the blotch a moment, and suddenly it transforms: You see a
wherry. No, a cloud. No, a firelizard. No, no, it's a crawlie! Oh. Wait...now
it's a inkblot. Odd.
Aleria silently encuorages the grren on.
Fanciful Celadon Hatchling begins a slow, mincing step across the sands, head bobbing almost in time to some unheard song as she moves. She does not stop to consider other Candidates, but moves with purpose towards someone...the one she knows is near.
Alasha grins at the green and the blue, wondering at the green's beauty and the blues sleekness
Flavian squirms, looking around, trying to get to his feet... and is knocked back down. He stares up at the bronze...
One of the youngest candidates stands stock still, completely at a loss. He watches the hatchlings, eyes wide.
Starratiel glances briefly at the blue and Flavian's Impression, cheering for him, but mainly looks at the green.
Kieri grins at all the little hatchlings, eyes teary.
Halden watches the green a moment, then turns back to admire the blue.
Ink Blotch Egg begins to rock and shake a bit.
Aleria says "Yea! Flavian!"
Jeren looks at Flavian and the bronze, and grins.
The Aurora Borealis Egg hatches, and Tiny Forest Green hatchling apprears.
Alasha winces at her feet, but can't keep from grinning at the hatchlings
Rodin grins at Fi. "Way to go, buddy," he says softly.
Kieri cheers again as another of her good friends Impresses!
Alasha says "way to go, Fi..!"
Keris yells congrats to Flavian and immediately turns his attention to the newly hatched blue
Halden grins over at Flavian.
Fanciful Celadon Hatchling turns her head, and warbles happily as she catches sight of the one she wants. She turns gracefully, and wobbles across the sands towards the girl, trying to catch her eyes.
Cetani nods slowly to Flavian.
Lynnara grins out...hope still present on her face
Tiny Forest Green hatchling moves across the sands toward the candidates. She approaches one after another, not finding her lifemate...
Urival grins, laughing as he sees Flavian, his eyes wide.
Starratiel looks at the green..probably won't be her, but she is beautiful.
Kieri returns her attention to the dragons, her heart in her eyes.
Lynnara encourages the green
Therion's mouth drops open in surprise as *another* green hatches. He grins, still watching from the back of the group.
Flavian blinks and looks around at all the people... and dragons... standing over him. Pulling himself to his feet, he says, face aglow, "He says his name is Tidranth!" His face falls slightly... "And he called me F'laav."
Violet Blue Hatchling veritably tramples a young candidate on his way through, paying the lad absolutely no heed.
P'tran looks at Flavian with concern at first, then with relief as he sees the Impression occur.
Alasha watches the greens in amazment, her face hopeful, though her eyes dance mischievously
Jeren chokes with laughter.
Keris glances over at the Celadon too. "never can be to carefully" he says to the older girl next to him.
P'tran coughs and hides a grin behind his hand
Urival laughs merrily, "Congratulations, F'laav."
Tiny Forest Green finally approaches Urival, peering up at him...
Rodin chuckles. "I knew that was your name when we met."
Alisanda makes her way quietly over to F'laav, saying the name to herself a few times to remember it.
Aleria nods tyo Kieri, watchig all the dragons.
Alasha cracks up laughing, the sound bubbling from her lips like music, "Old names die hard, F'laav"
Lynnara smiles to the hatclings
Jeren says cheerfully, "Congratulations then, F'laav." He breaks up laughing again.
Urival turns back to the Sands, a movement distracting him. He looks down at the green, catching his breath.
Kieri gasps, tears running down her face. "She says her name is Wereth!"
Flavian stares into the bronze's eyes, and then nods as he hears something. "Food. Yah..."
Alasha grins at Urival as she sees the green at his feet, she tries to stop laughing and looks at the other hatchlings
Jeren smiles at Kieri.
Fanciful Celadon Hatchling butts her head against Kieri gently, then warbles up at her lovingly.
Cetani nods slowly to Kieri.
Ink Blotch Egg *really* begins to rock, cracks showing in earnest now.
Halden looks over to Kieri, and grins.
Starratiel wows..lots of Impressions/
Aleria claps Kieri on the back, "I knew you could.,"
Violet Blue Hatchling rakes his talons across another lad, quickly moving his way across the sands. He spots the tiny green, and slashes at her. He looks up at Urival definitively. MINE.
Starratiel says "Congratulations, Kieri!"
Lynnara smiles happily at Kieri...giving her a thumbs up
Rodin looks at Kieri with a surprised smile, unaware she had impressed.
Flavian grins, and heads over to the barracks...
P'tran blinks at the blue hatchling
Keris yells "congrats Kieri"
Alasha grins at Urival, her eyes shining with joy for him
Starratiel says "Congratualtions, Urival!"
Kieri looks up, still absorbed in her lifemate. "Thank you!"
Lynnara grins...teary-eyes at Uri
Halden looks down the line at Urival and the blue.
Alisanda rolls her eyes, and splits her attention between Kieri and Urival.
Rodrith ROARS to the Bronze hatchling.
F'laav heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Tidranth heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Cetani nods slowly to Urival.
Therion gasps as the blue slashes at the green, stepping back a even further on the sands. Then he shakes his head and determinedly takes two steps forward.
Kieri nods, eyes wide. "Of course, food. Yes."
Alasha hugs urival, grinning for him
Keris yells out "Congrats Urival"
Lynnara winks at Uri
R'val drops to one knee, his entire body trembling with absolute shock. HIs eyes, wide, dark and filled with wonder. His voice is a horase croak, then a loud cry, "Hungry! SO hungry! I'll feed you now Vidarth. Vidarth! His name is Vidarth!"
P'tran catches Urival from the corner of his eye, blinks, and looks over to him
Wereth croooooons to Kieri, nuzzling her head into her hands.
Rodin smiles at Uri and nods.
Alasha smiles, tears of happiness for him running down her face as she murmrus, "Congrats, Uri..."
Kieri strokes Wereth, crying silently in joy.
Jeren beams at Urival, "Congratulations, Urival!"
Aleria chhers, "Yeah Uri!"
With a mighty burst of noise, the Ink Blotch Egg egg is reduced to a mass of broken shells as a green fledgling makes her way into the world.
This little green sits demurely amidst the splintered wreckage of her shards. Daintily poised, she is the picture of perfection. Her hide is the colour of fragile new buds in springtime as they first begin to peek out into the world. The hue dapples gently, with spatterings of yellow-green along the sails of her folded wings, yet remains solid across the rest of her hide. Her exquisite head is shaped in the classic wedge, and she cocks it to one side as she regards this new world with quiet interest. Then, in a move surprisingly quick for a fledgling, and sudden enough to make anyone startle, she snaps viciously at a still-rocking piece of shell. Her aim true, the shard flies into hundreds of smashed pieces, and she sits back on her hindquarters with satisfaction, emitting her own tinny version of a menacing rumble.
Kieri cheers, too. "Congrats, Uri!"
Tiny Green Hatchling is helped up by a young lass from Bitra. Impression is made, and they go off into the barracks.
P'tran hmms for a moment at the blue's choice, then slowly smiles at the new rider.
Wereth butts Kieri pointedly towards where she can hear the others eating.
Alasha grins at the green, wiping her tears of joy back with one hand
Halden blinks as another green hatches.
R'val stands, dazedly. He puts one arm around Vidarth, smiling dzedly> He half-stumbles over to Alisanda.
Starratiel giggles at the new green. Such a fiesty one.
Springtime Green Hatchling sets out across the hatching sands, the light of the cavern gracious on the delicate colour of her hide. She quickly seems to grasp the concept of balance and adjusts her tail to compensate, resulting in a more fluid, less awkward gait than those of the other hatchlings.
Keris says "Wow... lotsa girls""
Kieri smiles, leading her dragon off the sands.
R'val heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Alasha smiles at the grace of the new green,
Aleria grins, watching.
Lynnara smiles at the new hatcling...searching her for any hope
Starratiel looks at the green. She's real smart. too.
Keris watches the unimpressed hatchlings
Jovial Orange Egg makes a loup *POP*, with a pattern of cracks like antique lace. It bursts open, and a damp burnished bronze dragonet falls to the sand, sqwauking a battle cry of success.
Jeren watches yet another of his friends leave the Grounds as Riders, and takes a deep breath.
Cetani glances at the fair, then turns his eyes on the hatchlings. Vidarth heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Aleria watches all the dragonnets, eys wide.
Keris immitates "pop". "I like that". He grins even more to see the bronze
Jeren +s
Alisanda offers a few words to Kieri.
Alasha watches, her eyes full of hope and wonder, a smile playing across her lips
Kieri helps her dragon into the barracks, murmuring, "There's food there."
Wereth begins to march her way across the sands, head held high.
Keris says "where are cookies when you need them"
Lynnara smiles out..resuming the song in her head
Burnished Bronze Dragonet tests his footing on the sands with great curiosity, and carefully nagivates his way towards the candidates.
Kieri heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Starratiel brushes more ahir out of her eyes. "What a lovely green."
Halden looks over at the pop and bronze, then back at the green.
P'tran looks over to the clutch and sees the number of eggs dimishing, and he watches the hatchlings still trying to find their lifemates with interest
Jehran comes down from the galleries.
Alasha grins at the bronze, but her attention is on the green, her own green eyes dancing
Wereth heads off the sands and into the barracks.
Springtime Green Hatchling approaches Therion, and his section of the candidates' ring. She is just about to look him over when a Tannercraft lad, dodging a nearby blue, trips over her tail and messes up her balance. Shrieking, she lashes out, bloodying the unfortunate Tanner boy rather badly before he manages to crawl away.
Burnished Bronze Dragonet turns his head repeatedly from side to side, distracted by the sights and sounds of the other eggs hatching nearby.
Flannery comes down from the galleries.
P'tran folds his arms and smiles softly and happens to glance over to the galleries. He frowns at first, then looks over with alarm! "Jehran!!"
Aleria winces, watcvhing.
Rodin grimaces at the injury to the lad.
Halden looks over as he sees Flannery enter.
Jehran stoops down to touch his little feet, frowning. He picks up a handful of sands and drops it with a squeal, then begins to run toward the pretty green he just saw!
Jeren glances over, "Someone get the kid!" he gasps.
Merla watches Jehran come onto the sands..she steps forward, "Get him out of here..."
Alasha looks at the tanner boy and moves to help him, but stops herself, sympathy written over her face
Keris blinks as a kid runs on the sand.
Flannery dashes after Jehran, screaming his name. "Oh, Jehran! You come back here!"
Alisanda rushes over to the Tanner boy's aid, losing the hope that they'd get through the hatching without something like this happening. She looks him over quickly, then relaxes and smiles.
Rodin moves towards the child, bumping into a candidate.
Starratiel ouches as the boy gets blooded. She tries to grab Jehran.
Therion gasps! as the green lashes out at the boy, hesitates a bare moment, then bends to help him, his eyes fearfully watching the green.
P'tran's jaw drops as he sees his not even 2 Turn old son on the sands. "Great Faranth!" he exclaims, and tries to get over to him.
Jeren starts forward towards Jehran quickly, an eye out for anything in the way.
Alasha makes a grab at Jehran
Aleria watches the child and the wounding in shock.
Jehran stops in front of a large, creeling green and stares at her quizzically for a moment, then giggles and turns on his heel, running away.
Rodrith looks up to baby Jehran.
Springtime Green Hatchling is somewhat mollified by her successful retaliation, and turns back to Therion, but her eye seems to be caught by a woman at the edge of the circle - who isn't dressed in white like the others, but burgundy. Righting her tail, she heads towards Flannery.
Rodin picks a candidate up to move her aside, dropping her roughly.
Lynnara gasps
Keris looks around confused... kids, boy-mauling dragonets... what's a boy to do
Alasha moves after the child, worried he'll get hurt
Burnished Bronze Dragonet spies something interesting, and approaches a trio of likely candidates, careful to avoid egg shards along the way. He almost catches his target unaware, fanning his wings and trumpeting an ear-splitting note that cracks half-uttered.
Mylarr spins around to regard the bronze, saying "No, my name's not M'larr... oh you mean ME?!?!"
Therion stands up again, watching wide-eyed as the green turns away, his breath coming in ragged gasps.
Rodin yells to Flan. "Catch him."
Flannery finally catches Jehran as he is about to mouth and scale Mt. Kimbrith...she turns her head and peers at the green approaching her... "What?!" she damands, before falling to her knees.
Alasha runs after the child, trying to grab him
Alasha takes the child from Flannery, a look of concern as Flannery falls
P'tran breaks into a run , heading towards Jehran and Flannery, then he stops dead in his tracks and stares
Merla's run trails into a jog, and then a walk, then stops abruptly as she watches what is happening.
Springtime Green Hatchling approaches the woman with the child, uttering the first croon-like sound to come out of her since she hatched.
Rodin moves towards Alasha and the child.
Mylarr circles the hatchling with both arms. You hear the name 'Trynth'.
Flannery holds the squealing baby close to her, turning her back protectively.
Keris looks at Flannery "Be careful, she'll run you over"
Jeren stops short when he sees Flannery grab the boy. Then he grins, "Oh my," he says, and starts making his way back to the candidates slowly.
Starratiel is glad that Jehran has been caught. Then she stares at Flannery and the green/
Alasha picks up the child with some dificulty and holds him back from the dragonets
Lynnara smiles to Flannery...
Aleria steps cxloser, concerned.
P'tran looks on nervously, seeing the dragonnet that raked a candidate near his son ..
Flannery gasps, her eyes meeting the green's. "No, Trynth...he's not, but I'll get you some food in the cavern..."
Halden just stands, watching the chaos around him.
Cetani watches the scene with mixed emotions.
Lynnara smiles...sighing and sweeping the sands with her eyes
Flannery flings her arm around the green's neck, still clutching Jehran in the other.
P'tran takes advantage of the opportunity to take Jehran from Flannery's arms .
Alasha watches quietly, concern and surprise written on her face
Springtime Green Hatchling looks up, her eyes getting lost in Flannery's own.
Flannery whispers. "Tyrrath...you are lovely..."
Rodin relaxes as P'tran gets hold of his son.
Alasha walks back to the rest of the candidates
Rodin turns back towards the other hatchlings.
Kimbrith lifts her head and trumpets as the last of her children impress!