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Beach Blanket Bimbos
Date: April 26(?), 1998
Place: Shipfish Island Fine Sand Beach
Game: PernMUSH
Copyright Info: The World of Pern is copyright(c) to Anne McCaffrey
l967. The Dragonriders of Pern(r) is a registered copyright.
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Kassi's Note: I found this trip to Shipfish while digging through my
archive, and realized it was just screaming to be posted. It has
everything! Valiant greenriders! Naked bronzeriders! Warfare!
Mess! Dogs and cats, living together! And most important of all:
it has a flying squid.
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The Log:
<*> Lysseth emerges from Between with a blast of cold air!
Telgar Weyr> Sandar says, "if you're making Love Shack references to
Shipfish Island, I'm gonna rethink my decision to go there :) oops, too
late..."
You circle down towards the strip of sand facing the bay.
<*> Silen slides down off Vidarth's back, landing as neatly as possible.
<*> From Vidarth's back, R'val says "There! Smooth as any trip you'll ever
take by dragon I'm sure."
<*> Nraith spirals down from above, and sends up a flurry of sand when he
touches down.
<*> R'val slides down from Vidarth's back and lands in a crouch.
You slide off of Lysseth's neck to land beside her easily. She rumbles,
cocking her head down at you, and you rub her eyeridges gratefully.
R'val helps Jayna down.
Astride Nraith, A'lex says "After you ma'am."
High atop Lysseth, Sandar grins as he looks around at the beach, glad, for
one, that he isn't a rotten wher-egg.
Ceria lowers herself back to the ground using Nraith's riding straps.
Sandar climbs down from Lysseth's neckridges with the help of her riding
straps, looking grateful to be back on the ground. Lysseth eyes Sandar for a
moment, rumbling quietly, before turning her attention elsewhere.
Ceria wrinkles her nose at A'lex. "Ma'am?" she asks.
From betwixt Nraith's neckridges, A'lex snickers.
Jayna slides down off Vidarth's back, landing as neatly as possible.
A'lex slides down Nraith's riding straps and lands carefully beside him.
Nraith rumbles quietly as A'lex pats his side in thanks.
Silen walks north, where the sand gets rougher and seagrasses grow.
R'val helps Jayna down, smiles at her, and turns to take down the sack and
the basket that're strapped to Vidarth's hide.
Silen strides in along the beach from the north.
Lyss flits about, chirruping happily.
Kassima grins up at Sandar, shucking jacket, helmet, and other hot pieces of
riding gear as quickly as she can. "Good nay t'be a wher-egg, isn't it? The
island's as lovely as ever, 'twould seem! Think you that we should follow
the old tradition and dump water on 'Lex's head, since he was the last one
to arrive?"
Jayna smiles at R'val as she manages to scramble down. "Thanks, R'val. And
thank you, Vidarth," she grins, rubbing the dragon's side.
Silen sets down the sack of stuff, and the upends it - spilling out an
assortment of ball of all sizes, and various other equipment. One of the
smaller ones goes rolling towards the sea and he runs after it.
Ceria laughs at Kassima. "Just as long as you don't dump water on me," she
says.
A'lex laughs as Kassi, as he doffs his clothes. "Catch me!"
Vidarth whuffles Jayna affectionately, and R'val translates, "HE says you're
/more/ than welcome. He likes pretty girls riding on his back. Vidarth, stop
yer flirting..."
Once bare, he sprints towards the water, Nraith lopeing after him.
Sandar breathes in the cool, fresh air, and watches a seabird coast across
his field of vision, then grins at Kassi. "He's gonna end up in the water
anyway," he points out. "Don't see what harm dumping water on him would be."
R'val eyes A'lex, "A naked bronzerider running towards the water. Somehow, I
think I shall restrain myself from giving chase!"
Silen catches up the ball and watches A'lex head for the water, laughing. "I
doubt he'll mind. Or notice!"
Jayna laughs, unabashed. "Thanks, Vidarth." She watches A'lex dash for the
water.
Kassima ducks behind Lysseth in order to change clothes in relative privacy.
"True," she accedes cheerfully, her voice muffled by her green's bulk. "I'd
say we should dump wine on him instead, but that'd be a waste of a good drink!"
Ceria giggles and removes her clothes, following A'lex toward the water at a
more leisurely pace.
R'val removes Vidarth's straps carefully, "OFf you go..."
"Sandy, catch!" Silen waits for Sandar to look to throw the ball.
Jayna takes the food basket and puts it on the ground, well out of the way
of feet--human or dragon--that might kick sand into it.
Just before reaching the surf, Nraith launches himself into the air, grabing
A'lex in one forepaw. He sails out over the deep and drops the Bronzerider,
who does a passable dive into the ocean. Surfacing moments later, he calls
up to his lifemate, "Yes, go back to shore, I'll get the straps off you so
you can swim too."
R'val grins at Jayna, "Swim, or wine?"
Sandar agrees with R'val. "Although," he grins, "I think he's got the right
idea!" To Kassi, he shrugs. "No use wasting good wine on a rotten wher-egg,"
he agrees. He takes off his clothes save for his shorts, then looks over to
Silen, who's waving the ball at him. He sprints down toward the water. "Pass!"
Jayna thinks, a minute. "Wine, I think. Then a swim," she grins.
Kassima strips off Lysseth's straps once her own clothing change has been
attended to, giving the green's side a quick thump. "Go to, Sky-Lady. Hey!
'Lex, nay fair!" With that, she follows the massive sprinting spree towards
the ocean, with Lysseth in sand-spraying pursuit.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima now has the chorus of Love Shack stuck in her head.
Thanks so much, Sandy. :P ;)
R'val grins, nodding approvingly, "Aye!" He ducks behind Vidarth, and
emerges in his swimming trunks, "Wine it is." He takes one of the flasks
from the basket, and pops the lid, filling a glass, and handing it to Jayna.
Silen lobs the ball at Sandy, hard and fairly accurate.
Telgar Weyr> Sandar laughs, blame Lex :)
A'lex laughs as he pulls himself back up on the beach and drips his way over
to his lifemate to de-strap him.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "There *is* a shack on this beach, actually. Fear
that. ;)"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Yea, it's always my fault."
Telgar Weyr> Ceria giggles.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Loooooove shack, baby love shack..."
Jayna smiles her thanks and takes a sip. She grins. "Hotter here than at
home," she says.
Sandar powers his way toward the ball, then takes a dive. Deftly he catches
the ball and clings it to his chest. Less deftly he hits the sand
face-first. "Oooof!"
Ceria wades into the water and ducks under it, wetting her hair.
Telgar Weyr> Jayna says, "C'mon, and bring your juke-box-money!..." Uh-oh."
R'val sighs, smiling at Jayna, "Much hotter. That's what wine's for.' he winks.
Silen winces. "You all right, Sandy? Fall over _in_ the water next time!"
Telgar Weyr> Sandar grins.
Jayna laughs, dropping cross-legged to the ground.
Sandar nods to Silen with a grin. "Just keepin' in with my namesake," he
laughs. "No use bein' called Sandy if you can't plant your face in the
stuff." He stands up and tosses the ball back to Silen. "You want it in the
water? Well, there you go!"
Kassima dives into the ocean with a rebel yell and something of a splash,
though it's a miniscule one compared to the turbulence Lyss is causing just
by her wading. "Quick, Lyss, we've got t'find seaweed t'use as ammunition,"
she calls to her dragon, her voice loud enough to carry. "And wet sand. Seek
out the biggest globs you can get a claw on!"
Ceria widens her eyes at Kassi's cry and she quickly swims out of the way.
Jayna uh-ohs at Kassi's comment. "Ammunition?" she says. She blinks at
R'val. "Ammunition?"
R'val grins, "Fear not. I'll protect ya."
Silen yikes and charges after the ball, leaping up to catch it and indeed
landing in the water with a huge *sploosh*.
A'lex looks out at Kassima, "Ammunition?"
Nraith shakes the last of the straps free, and once more launches himself
into the air-- this time to make his own dive out into the deep blue waters.
Silen pops up out of the water, laughing and shaking sand from his hair.
Kassima submerges herself under the water for a long moment. When she
resurfaces, she's holding a loose ball of wet, straggling seaweed in her
hand... and wearing a wicked grin. "Aye," she affirms mischievously.
"Ammunition!" With that, she hurls the soggy thing in the direction of 'Lex
and Nraith.
A'lex says "Hey! Watch the sand ya big Bronze looney!"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Kin! Come swim and sun with us at Shipfish! :)"
Ceria giggles. "What is it about dragonriders that makes them like throwing
things at each other," she wonders. She stops speaking as she's hit by the
wave Nraith makes.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Kinners!"
R'val hrms at Vidarth, "Aren't you gonna do that?" Vidarth just yawns at R'val.
Telgar Weyr> Sandar says, "hiya Kin!"
Jayna chuckles. "Protect? If there's a battle to be fought here, I want in!"
she says. "Uh-oh...I think the battle's been joined," she adds.
Telgar Weyr> R'val tosses a beach ball at Kindre ;)
Telgar Weyr> Kindre oo's and is one her way! Aw, I just love that 'Kinner's
thing :)
R'val laughs, "It has. Shall we go swim?"
Sandar shrugs to Ceria. "It's the firestone sack thing, I think," he points
out. "Gives 'em practice. Hey! Silen, pass it on back!"
A'lex catches the big wad of seaweed-- with his face. "UGH!!"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre whoas and wonders how it went form autumn this morning
to summer this afternoon? Ah well...
Ceria nods to Sandar and shakes some of the water out of he face with a smile.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "WEll, it /is/ Shipfish. :)"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre meant here at Telgar.
Telgar Weyr> Jayna waves to Kindre! :)
Silen throws the ball back towards Sandy, arcing it so it'll probably land
in the water again.
Telgar Weyr> Sandar says, "what's more surprising is that it's 6:53 in the
morning over here :)"
Lysseth bugles a protest as she's hit by the backwash of Nraith's wave.
Rearing back on her hind legs, the green makes great sweeping motions with
her wings, sending a respectably sized wave zooming towards the offending
bronze.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Oh. Well, it's autumn on Shipfish too ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre smoochies Jayna and Sandy and prepares Herath to bury
them both in sand holds or something ;)
Telgar Weyr> R'val ut-ohs. Fear the large and evil gold.
Kassima raises one fist into the air in a victory gesture. "Got 'im!" she
cries, triumphant. "Bronzers shall never prevail against the massed powers
of green-ness!"
Nraith surfaces and bugles happily, being swamped by Lysseth's wave. His
eyes glow blue green as he snorts water from his nose.
Sandar sees that he's going in, and squints as he goes to catch the ball. It
sails over his head so he jumps for it, but it clicks the tips of his
fingers and sails on. Sandar, however, goes *splash*ing into the water.
"Woohoo!!"
Ceria ducks under the water, trying to avoid the splashing dragons.
Silen swims over towards Sandy and the ball, which seems to be rapidly
floating sea-wards until it gets caught in an eddy current.
A'lex pulls the seaweed from his noggin and just nods, "Gonna play THAT way,
huh?" He streaks (literally) towards the water again, still clinging to the
clump of wet sea grass.
Jayna grins. "Alright. I've wined," she says, quickly taking a swallow.
"Time to swim," she says decisively, standing.
Telgar Weyr> Maylia wows... hwat's going on???
R'val rises, nodding eagerly, "Good idea, Jayna. Race ya!" He bolts towards
the waterl
Telgar Weyr> Maylia snugs heya, too ;)
Telgar Weyr> Ceria snugs Maylia. :)
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Party on Shipfish, Maylia, c'mon over. :)"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Party at Shipfish! Come get thwapped by seaweed!"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "OUT OF MY HEAD!"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre is still in the sky, Maylia :)
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "GOMH, bronze butt!"
Kassima dives back under the water before any retribution can reach her. Two
more clumps of 'weed, much smaller, are in her hands when she comes up for
air; these in turn are lobbed towards Ceria and Sandar. "Catch!" she invites
merrily, grinning at them and 'Lex in a far too sweet and innocent fashion.
Sandar paddles to snag the ball from the eddy current and heads back to
rejoin Silen. "Good throw," he grins as he tosses the ball his way.
Herath spirals down from above, and sends up a flurry of sand when she
touches down.
Kindre gives Herath's neck a loving rub before she slips down with the
polished ease of familiarity. The gold's eyes seem to burn through Kindre
until she is certain her lifemate is sure-footed on the ground, then turn
equally as hot to the surroundings in a quick survey.
A'lex does that high legged running thing that you have to do when you're
trying to run INTO the ocean, thwinging the lump of seaweed at Kassi as she
surfaces.
Silen's arm shoots up to catch the ball neatly again, but takes a ceremonial
plunge into the water anyway.
Sandar acks and sticks his hand out to catch the clump seaweed hurtling in
his direction. He winces, and the weed *spluts* against his hand, little
bits of grit and gristle spewing in all directions. "Aha! Got it!" he calls
out to Kassi.
Nraith bugles to Herath, sending up a fine spray of water in the process.
Tierth spirals down from above, and sends up a flurry of sand when she
touches down.
Ceria grins as she heads toward shallower waters. She runs into a bit of
seaweed and she grabs it, lobbing it at A'lex.
R'val peers up at Herath landing, from the water, and turns to fish for a
clump of seaweed.
Lyss buzzes Tierth in welcome.
Sandar waves his seaweed at Kassi and Maylia. "Hey!" he calls to them both.
Silen waves to Kindre and Maylia with the ball he's just caught.
Vidarth rumbles over to Herath and Tierth, lounging in the sun on the beach.
The seaweed lands atop Kassi's head, resting there like a brownrider's
particularly horrible toupee. "You're going t'be *paying* for that one,
'Lex!" she hollers, though she does wave enthusiastically to the
newly-arrived pair before swimming purposefully towards her nemesis. Once
she's within good firing range, a loose, somewhat slimy lump of sea-sand
goes sailing towards the master of seaweed hairpieces.
A'lex catches Ceira's seaweed too, but this time in the back. "OHHH!" he
hollers, and falls face forward as if dead. He comes up moments later with a
wad of his own that he flings at the Baker Girl.
Tierth warbles a greeting to the dragons, her rider shucking off her riding
gear as quickly as she can. "Heya!" Maylia calls, then to her dragon, "I'm
hurryig, I'm hurrying!"
Maylia slides to the ground, giving Tierth a parting caress and a tender smile.
R'val waves a wet arm at Maylia, and grins, "C'mon in, the water's nice.'
Sea sand strikes the Bronzer right in the rump, and goes spraying over his
back.
A'lex says "Now THAT is going to chafe!"
Ceria squeals and tries to duck the seaweed, but it hits her in the
shoulder. She grabs it and throws it back, aiming for the bronzrider's head.
Maylia grins to R'val, nodding as she quickly unbuckles the fastenings of
Tierth's riding straps. "I'll get Tierth settled, first, then I'll be in!"
Sandar rushes to A'lex's defense, hurtling his wad of weed at Ceria. "C'mon,
let's see whatcha got!" he challenges the women.
A'lex turns to glare at Kassi, and is, in turn, thwapped in the head by
Ceria's projectile. "Hey!"
Silen lobs the ball in the general direction of Kindre and the shore, and
fishes around for seaweed instead. Somewhat to his vocal surprise he
actually comes up with a fish, and flings it away with a yell.
R'val looks about for a likely target of his seaweed assault. Sandar! He
heaves forward, and sends his ball of seaweed flying towards the
unsuspecting steward.
Herath snorts in Nraith's direction, obviously annoyed by even the slightest
up unwanted spray. She'll not get wet until she is ready, the tone seems to
imply. And it seems that she is...all forty some one meters of gold dragon
go barrelling clumbsily across the beach until she's causing wakes of her
own in the ocean. Kindre, trying to get into her suit, simply cringes. "Hey
all!"
Ceria is busy laughing at A'lex when she is hit in the face by Sandar's
seaweed. She grins at Sandar and tosses the seaweed back. "Bring it on!" she
responds to his challange.
A'lex manages to get swamped by Herath and falls under, just in time to
avoid some other wild-flyin seaweed.
R'val waves amiably at Kindre, after lobbing his seaweed missile at Sandar.
Sandar picks up a huge clump of seaweed and rears back to take a shot at
Kassi. However, R'val's throw catches his arm, and it knocks the seaweed in
his hand to *thwump* onto his head. "Hey!! Who threw that?" he laughs,
glaring around.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre sorries and had to whip up a beach ensamble...moved my
other one offline.
Kassima throws back her head and cackles with laughter, in an evil enough
fashion to make any femalerider proud. With a quick shake to dislodge her
toupee, she sticks her tongue out at Sandar. Mature when off-duty, she
ain't. "Suck seaweed, steward-boy!" she shouts, as a second ball of the
stuff--sort of purplish, this time--goes sailing. Lysseth, ever Lysseth,
aids her lifemate in the battle by skimming her tail over the water's
surface--a motion that results in a thin, but wide arc of saltwater, aimed
with precision towards the opposing side.
R'val's hands go behind his back, and he grins at Sandar, "A'lex did it."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Looks better than mine, Kin. :P :)"
Tierth bolts for the water, following after the much larger gold at a much
less graceful pace than she'd ever deign to be seen at in the air. With
splashes and waves, she's soaked. Maylia takes a few moments longer,
changing quick as she can.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre ews and typo'd the heck out of it. Ah well, it'll do ;)
Silen swims over until he's next to Sandy, and a bit behind, and _this_ time
he actually manages seaweed. Nothing wiggly! He flings it at Kassi with
another yell.
Sandar laughs as *two* clumps of seaweed come lofting his way. He quickly
takes a deep breath and *ducks* underwater, and the two splodges of seaweed
*squit* together where he once stood.
Jayna peels off her clothes down to her underthings and charges the water,
doing a huge cannonball, trying for maximum splash effectiveness.
R'val turns, and splashes Jayna playfully as she impacts with the water.
The seaweed, whether due to good aim or coincidence, hits Kassi right in the
chest, over where her heart would be if she had one. "Aigh!" she wails,
"I've been hit! Kindre! Maylia! Avenge me--avenge meeeeeeee... glug, glug."
The last cry is broken as she falls dramatically back into the water, one
hand staying above the surface to wave bye-bye before it, too, submerges.
Ceria giggles at Kassima and lobs a handful of seaweed in Sandar's direction.
Silen laughs and laughs as Kassi sinks, then diverts his energy to throwing
seaweed at Ceria.
Kindre can't help but laugh aloud as she skips across the beach into the
water and sees Sandar draped in mossy seaweed. "Nice look you've got there,
steward boy," she teases before diving beneath the surface and swimming out
deeper. Kassima's dramatics are not lost by the submergence, it appears -
she returns tothe surface with a handful of the green stuff and logs it
perfectly towards A'lex and then Sandar.
Jayna ducks--too late--as R'val splashes her. She spuutters, then quickly
hunts around. Seaweed, seaweed...spotting a clump, she dives underwater and
comes up with a double handful.
Sandar HAs! "The evil greenrider is down! Now let's get her accomplices!"
That last sentence is cut off as Ceria's seaweed *thunks* him on the
shoulder. "Ah! I have located our next target!" He grabs the sticky weed off
his shoulder and lobs it back before getting smoked by Kassi's shot. "Aaah!
It lives!"
Jayna looks around with an evil glint. Whom to whap? These are life's tough
decisions.
R'val wiggles his tongue at Jayna, "Betcha can't hit me!"
Ceria laughs a bit breathlessly and catches Sandar's seaweed, throwing it at
A'lex.
A'lex swims out to where his lifemate is floating, and pulls himself up onto
the Bronze's head. From this lofty perch, he bombards the newly arrived
Kindre with a nice glob of seaweed.
The choice made for her, Jayna immediately wings both handfuls at R'val,
with a grin.
R'val ducks, but not soon enough. *SPLAT* right in the face, "AUGH!"
With a laugh, that might be closer to a cackle, Maylia throws herself into
the water, diving after a clump of slimy, purplish green seaweed. Taking
careful aim, she sends the glob flying at Sandar!
Ceria's throw manages to land right on Nraith's snout. He rumble chuckles,
and fans his wings, sending a wave Ceria's way.
Sandar grumbles at A'lex, taking another shot in the arm. "Do you think it
be wise to make _more_ enemies, A'lex?" he laughs as he, too lobs a splodge
of seaweed at the goldrider. Maylia's shot brushes atop his head, doing
strange and wacky things to his hair before *sploosh*ing into the water. "Hey!"
Ceria giggles at Nraith as she's knocked over by the wave.
R'val peels seaweed off his face, "oooh, you're gonna get it now!" He
pounces Jayna!
Silen stands, so far unscathed, in the middle of the circle of flying
seaweed; he gathers up a goodly clump, takes careful aim, and lobs it at
Kindre.
Jayna laughs as her seaweed flies true. She splashes around, re-arming
herself, and quickly lobs a handful at Sandy, and a second one at Ceria, who
seems much too unseaweeded.
A'lex dives off Nraith's head and surfaces with another clump, which he
hurls at Sandar, "Every one for themeselves, Sandy-boy!"
Kassima stays underwater for a good, long time, with only a few bubbles to
mark where she may be. The rumbles of Lysseth sound almost like 'burdem...
burdem...' as the trail of bubbles approaches the hapless A'lex. Finally,
with a great splash, the greenrider erupts from the water! "I am the
terrible Sea-Kassi!" she roars, in her best approximation of the horrible
Snow-Bree. "Prepare to meet your weedy fate!" With that, she drops a truly,
phenomenally large clump of seaweed down on the bronzerider's head. *Splorp.*
Lysseth> Nraith, Tierth, and Herath sense that Lysseth remarks
conversationally, << There are times when I really worry about my rider. >>
Kindre's auburn hair now looks more green than brown and she 'splttts' to
clear some of the sea menace from her face. Gazing hatefully in the
direction from which the mini monstrosity came, she glares mischieviously at
A'lex. "Ah, think you're quite the Lord, doncha," she wonders wryly before
flinging another gather towards both the bronze and it's rider. Herath,
always the helpful one, simply dives quietly and reappears beside the bronze
with all the force of a small volcano erupting from the sea. "Ah-h...."
Kindre would have called a triumphant cry had Sandar's return lob not gotten
her beside the head.
Jayna screeches as R'val lunges, diving toward the water and trying to evade.
Jayna's seaweed slaps Ceria in the back and she ducks under the water to
retrieve some more seaweed. She comes up with two handfuls and she tosses
one at Jayna and the other at Kassima.
Sandar winces and covers his head with his hands as multiple shots pelt him.
*splat* *squit* *blut* *splurt*. "Alright," he breathes, coming up from his
crouched position, green goo oozing down his body to float in the water
beside him. "Who wants some?"
R'val fehs as Jayna evades him, and tosses a hunk of seaweed at her,
grinning. He ducks underwater to grab another handful, "I'll get you yet!"
Despite seeming determined to splash and dunk Jayna, his present handful of
seaweed is thrown at...Maylia!
A'lex starts, honestly surprised by Kassi's sudden eruption from the water,
"AHHHGGUUHHHH!!" As the seaweed is deposited on her head. He's still trying
to remove it when Kindre's assault takes him in the back of the neck. "What
is this, pick on Bronzie day?"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Sandar, are you Duke Nukem? ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Silen laughs and laughs.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Or Debbie... of Dallas fame?"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "You've seen that? For shame, A'lex. ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Ceria laughs.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Actually, no, I havn't."
Sandar ohs! "It is?" he calls over to A'lex. "Thanks for reminding me!" He
takes aim, then wings a clump of especially gooey weed at A'lex. Little
dropets of goo fly off the weed as it sails through the air, spraying Silen
and Maylia in the process.
Tagged by Ceria's well-aimed seaweed, Jayna splutters, and laughs as R'val's
missile also gets her. She looks around for more seaweed. Not seeing any
handy, she just scrapes some off Sandy and makes a new handful.
Telgar Weyr> Sandar was actually thinking Bruce Campbell in "Army of
Darkness" :)
R'val cackles, "Jayna, you're turnin' all green." He grins.
Seaweed smacks Kassi in the back even as she gets her just and due vengeance
on Mr. Bronzer. "Hey! What happened to the men against the women?" she
demands as she backpedals as quickly as she can in the water. As a flash of
inspiration sets in, she swims for her dragon and scrambles quickly up onto
Lysseth's wet neck. "Proceed with caution!" she warns as she gathers stray
strands from her dragon's person to fling at first Ceria, and then Sandar,
Silen, and 'Lex respectively. "You are in the presence of a Greenrider With
a Mission!"
Telgar Weyr> Ceria rofl.
Maylia finds herself thwapped in the side of the head by the slimy mass
lobbed by R'val, a green tendril dangles from her nose for an instant.
Stunned, the young greenrider offers little in the way of verbal retort,
instead sending a clump towards R'val in return. Hope it hits him, and not
the nearby Jayna...
Rather than try to clean it off, A'lex just dives under water, coming up
with a hand full of bottom sand. "Kassi!" he yells.
Silen sputters. "Ya got me!" he yells, and ducks under the water to get the
stuff off. Coming back up he throws a clump at Sandy now that all bets are
off, and just then takes a clump from Kassi right in the left ear. "Oh,
_yuch_."
Telgar Weyr> Silen says, "Now that you mention it... :)"
Sandar catches the weed thrown by Kassima in an unusually deft maneuver, but
doesn't have time to congratulate himself. Instead, he pitches it at R'val.
"Take that!"
Ceria unsuccessfully ducks Kassi's projectile and it hits her in the
shoulder. She lobs it back towards Kassima and hits Lysseth instead.
Nraith dives under water and erupts right next to Lysseth, causing quite a
wave.
A'lex says "Look out!"
R'val ducks Maylia's shot, only to be smacked by Sandar's, "Augh! Slimy!"
"We riders need a holiday, 'Lex," Kindre calls mockingly, "I think we're
declare today 'pick on bronze boy' day just to make it fair!" Cackling
impishly, she floats a few meters behind the steward and lobs more sea-fare
at the back of him. "Take that ye mightly urchin of the sea," she intones
and ducks back beneath the surface.
Jayna, seeing a clump of seaweed fly in her direction--or is it R'val's
direction?--decides to take action. She chucks her handful at Maylia, then
ducks out of the way.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre notes, in her defence, that she just woke up and the
fingers aren't really warmed up yet :b :)
Sandar turns at Kassi's words, "take what?", when the seaweed *thwoks* him
on the forehead. He shakes it off. "Oh," he grumbles. "That."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "THen die like the heathen scum you are!!"
A'lex hurls his sand glob at Kindre, "Fine then! I shal defend myself!"
Telgar Weyr> R'val hms. A'lex, you sound like an Amazon from Hercules. ;}
Silen picks the seaweed from his shoulder, making quite a face, and throws
it at A'lex, just to join in on _that_.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre thbts unless taht was a mav, 'Lex ;)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Nope. :D"
Another strand of purplish-brownish-puceish green goes flying towards 'Lex.
"You called?" Kassi taunts, even as Lysseth trumpets her alarm at being hit
by seaweed and a wave both at once. The green turns about to retaliate with
a mighty Nraithwards splash--thus dislodging Kassi from her precarious
perch. The greenrider goes flying back into the water with a cry of, "For
Slithereeeeeeeeeeeth...!" *KERSPLASH.*
R'val has enough of seaweed momentarily, and creeps up on Jayna from behind...
Telgar Weyr> Kindre also snerks as 'Kassi' and 'Kindre' seem to be
interchangable this afternoon ;)
With a yell, Maylia throws herself, belly-flop fashion, to evade the clump
sent her way by Jayna, and comes up spluttering! "That was aimed at R'val!"
She exclaims... sure, sure.
Telgar Weyr> Silen says, "Yes, well, all those 'K' names...you two and
Kayna. :)"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "It's all part of being joined at the brain-cell,
Kin! ;)"
Blind to the danger approaching from behind, Jayna takes a handful of
seaweed and takes careful aim for A'lex. She laughs.
Sandar swings his arm and another clump of seaweed is heading Silen's way.
"This is for the cute curly-haired girl!" he calls out.
Telgar Weyr> Kandar nods. "I'm all for that!"
"Look out Jayna," Kindre calls helpfully to the young woman as she spots
R'val's sneak attack upon resurfacing. "Who...where to..." The goldrider
seems at a loss as to who to properly bedeck with green weeds next.
R'val arghs! as he's betrayed by Kindre, and pounces Jayna as quickly as he can
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Why do you say that Kin? I was aiming for you... :)"
Sandar supplies Kindre with, "I think Maylia wants some!"
Silen opens his mouth to say "What about the curly hairmmph!" and spits the
seaweed back out. "That's it, Sandy, you're goin' _down_!"
Ceria giggles and throws some seaweed at Silen, aiming for his head.
A'lex pants and drags himself out of the water and onto the beach, where he
flops into the sand with a sigh, "I surrender! You all win!"
Jayna looks up at Kindre's warning. "Wha....?" Too late! She's pushed
underwater and comes up spluttering. She turns around and uses her arm to
splash a wall of water at R'val. Well, maybe not a wall.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre is lost... :) Eyes...blurry...can't make out...faces.
What planet is this?? ;)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Dune."
Sandar cheers as Ceria comes to his rescue, and takes an opportunity to hurl
another glop of seaweed at Kindre.
Telgar Weyr> Kerlyn says, "Yeesh- what is this, some kind of beach party? :)"
Silen is still spitting out seaweed as he heads for Sandy and utterly misses
the stuff sent at him by Ceria - so it doesn't miss him a'tall. Thwunk.
Right in the back of the head.
Maylia indignantly laughs at Sandar, and instead of aiming for Kindre, who's
her immeadiate threat, she gains vengeance by aiming a glob of a yellowish
weed at Sandar!
R'val oofs, and glubs as Jayna soaks him. He reaches for her, tickling.
Kassima swims up behind Sandar as silently and stealthily as she can. When
she rises from the water, it's with two large globs of sand in her hands.
"Avast, ye scoundrel and steward!" she shouts, tossing both with a
knife-thrower's trained aim.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Seems to be, Kerlyn, c'mon over. :)"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Call me the Big Kahuna!"
Ceria snickers and heads toward the shore, throwing seaweed randomly as she
goes.
Silen peels seaweed from his head, shouders, nose, and anywhere else it's
draped over him and throws the resulting huge ball right at Sandy, close-range.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "ok, big tuna."
Telgar Weyr> Ceria giggles.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Nah, 'Lex, but I'll call you the Little Kahuna
if you want. ;) .o0(What's a Kahuna, anyway?)"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "eek eek, a S'riv"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Little Kahuna could be deemed a term of
endearment..."
Sandar aiieees! as he's triple-teamed. The first shot at him he blocks with
his left hand, smacking it into the water. The second shot he blocks with
his right hand, catching it before it splats him on the head. The third
shot... well, he's only got two hands after all. *SPLAT!*
Jayna grins, and grabs another handful of sand and seaweed. She chucks them
in the general direction of Sandar, but her arm's a little tired.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "indeed r'val..be afraid, be very afraid"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Okay... how about Chunky Kahuna?"
Kindre, giggling and open to suggestions, does toss a gather of seaweed in
Maylia's direction. "Sorry greenrid...erk!" Again she is surprised by a
tangle of green against the side of her head. "I'm telling Rennick," she
threatens and pouts at Sandar, looking all big-baby-bovine eyed. It's,
obviously, a ploy as another bunch of sea-roots at returned expressly at
Sandar.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "Saer! *saluteswoon* Heya Kerlyn!"
Silen grins, standing before Sandy with his fists on his hips, chest thrown
out (for what that's worth). "Gotcha!" he crows.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre wanna be Kokomo :)
R'val can't let Silen strut like that..he chucks a large handful of seaweed
at him!
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Isn't that a Beach Boys song? :P :)"
Kassima wades up close enough to the shallows to do a jig of triumph. "None
shall prevail while the femaleriders fight the battle!" she proclaims,
sending water and seaweed flying as she dances... or tries to dance, anyway.
*Tries* being the operative word. "Divide and conquer, sisters in battle!
Take down the evil men! Make them regret that they weren't born women!"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "duh! :)"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima ooohs. I'll be Key Largo, then!
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Way down in Kokomo...."
Ceria dodges seaweed as she walks out of the water.
Jayna laughs and ducks under the water to rinse off the last of the seaweed.
She makes for shore.
Maylia gets her hand up in the way of the incoming seaweed-missile from
Kindre, laughing, "SURE y'are!" Followed by a muffled 'ack'. The clump is
broken up by her hand, only to splatter her over her face, hair, and mouth.
Bleah...
Ceria wrings out her hair and quickly braids it to keep it out of the way.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Could I be Beach Blanket Bimbo then?"
R'val grins after Jayna, "Had enough, have ya?"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Sure!"
Silen hasn't been missed by seaweed thrown at him for some time now...this
bunch takes him in the shoulder and knocks him sideways under water. He
comes up with a yell and throws...a handful of water that's mostly trickled
out before he got anywhere with it. "Oh, shards," he says disgustedly.
"_That_ didn't work."
Sandar ducks underwater, then swims under the surface for a while until he
can resurface somewhere much *safer*. "It's deadly out there," he points out
to one of the snoozing dragons.
A'lex chuckles at the proceedings from the sidelines, noting at just how
REVOLTING flying globs of seaweed are...
Kindre stands at the ready, seaweed curled neatly and held out in both of
her tiny hands. "As you wish, queen of the sea," is called to Kassima as she
tosses the stuff indiscriminantly towards the bobbing males. "Take that..."
*whoosh* "...and that!"
Nraith eyes Sandar, rumbles deep in his throat, and swamps him.
R'val ducks a flying Kindre missile, "Ack!"
Jayna grins at Ceria, smoothing her wet hair back out of her face. "I'm beat
now," she says, shaking off and shrugging into her shirt and pants, with a
grimace.
Telgar Weyr> Sandar says, "hey, this has been awesome :) I gotta go though,
a young lady just dropped by :)"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "WOO HOO!"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Gooooooooooo Sandar."
Ceria grins at Jayna and flops down onto the sand.
Sandar gets swamped. "Aah, nowhere's safe," he bemoans himself as he goes
under.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre hee's and waves to Sandyman :)
Kassima pauses in her dancing to look down at herself. Her hair and upper
body is just a mess of seaweed, mud, etcetera; her legs are thoroughly
encrusted with sand, and there's some kind of small squid hanging onto the
hem of her shorts for dear life. "Ewwww," she observes. With a wicked grin,
she grabs hold of the slippery sea-thing and flings it towards Silen!
Telgar Weyr> Sandar laughs. "See you all soon!"
Maylia dives after more seaweed, leaving green and purple strands clinging
to her hair. The seamonster wannabe sends globules of the stuff as quickly
as she can after the males!
Telgar Weyr> Silen says, "See ya Sandy!"
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "I wanna be both Cubby and Annette."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "But wait! Somebody has to be Malibu Barbie. It's
a law, I think."
Telgar Weyr> R'val hands S'riv a red-headed wig.
Nraith submerges himself and waits for someone to swim near.
Jayna drops to the sand near Ceria, and fills her wineglass. "Want some,
Ceria?" she offers companionably.
Silen ducks, wide-eyed and clearly fearing this sea-thing, and actually gets
out of the way of _this_ one.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre laughs and was forced to watch 3 of those "Back to the
Beach" movies in her 'Beaches' class. Ooo, true Kassi...Maylia? You want
that one? :)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "I vote Sandar Malibu Barbie, all in favor?"
Telgar Weyr> Jayna can just hear the Jaws music, as Nraith lies in wait.
R'val ducks out of the water as well, and plunks down next to Jayna and
Ceria, 'Oof. Wine indeed!"
Telgar Weyr> Silen says, "Aye! :)"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Nay! I vote Maylia! ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Isn't Sandar 'Sweetbuns Barbie' already, though?"
Ceria nods and smiles. "That would be great," she says. She calls over to
A'lex. "You want some?"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "True..."
Telgar Weyr> Maylia'll take Malibu barble ;) If it's still going wanting... ;)
A'lex looks up from his wallow in the damp sand, "Sure!"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Barble?? ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Maylia ers. Barbie. not barble.
Telgar Weyr> Ceria laughs.
Jayna laughs at R'val's enthusiasm. She refills his glass, and gets one for
Ceria. "There you go," she says.
Telgar Weyr> R'val whaps Maylia's fingers ;)
The squid plops into the water behind Silen, indubitably with great relief.
Kassi herself wades back into the water and swims towards her dragon, intent
on washing the gunk and goo off of her person. "Bleah," she mutters as she
plucks pieces of weed from her head.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex votes Maylia Malibu Barney!
R'val winks at Jayna and sips, "Mm, thanks...Chucking seaweed around is hard
work."
Telgar Weyr> R'val votes A'lex Malibu Stacey!
Ceria takes the glass with a smile. "Thanks she says. She gets up and pours
a glass for A'lex. She carries it over to him and sits down next to him.
"There you go."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex does that ha ha ha HA giggle.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima volunteers to be the annoying person wearing a Hawaiian
shirt and strumming a ukelele that's manditory for every beach scene?
A'lex grins and sits up. "Thanks!"
R'val grins at Jayna, leaning back, "Was that fun?"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Melikalikimaha is the thing to say..."
Silen rinses himself as well, sand-scrubbing some of the stubborn spots.
Suddenly he lets out _another_ shocked yell and bats at the squid, which is
now hanging fromhis hair.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima thinks Meli once called herself Melikelimaka for
awhile. :)
Telgar Weyr> R'val thinks of the dream scene from National Lampoon's
Christmas, and hee hee hees.
Telgar Weyr> A'lex thinks you should post a valleyized log of this Kassi...
Jayna nods, grinning. "That was great," she says, sipping her wine. She
leans back on her elbows to let the sun dry her out some.
Kindre, too, takes some time to assess her current state of being. Violet
and mossy hues of sea plants hang from her hair, arms, and even her legs. A
tiny grimaca accompanied by a rather disgusted agreement is offered. "Ew,
yeah...I think mayhaps it is time to clean up a bit," she notes and swims
towards the buoy that is Herath.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre laughs and agrees, 'Lex!!
R'val flops on his back in the sand.
Kassima turns around at Silen's yell, and just *hoots* with laughter,
falling over backwards in the water with another *splash.* "There's...
there's a *squid* in his hair!" she whoops, pointing and spluttering.
A'lex looks over at Silen and just howls, almost falling over, but not
quite... don't want to spill the wine.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre aaaahs, 'Lex, a bronzerider w/priorities! ;)
Ceria almost spits out a sip of wine when she sees Silen. Fortunately she
manages to swallow before bursting into laughter.
[Editor's Note: Around now I checked out the +rwho, and I've left in
the results since 'Lex's is relevant. ;) ]
Name Sex Position Status Idle Q
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* A'lex (M) Wingsecond I *AM* THE BIG KAHUNA! 28s
* Ceria (F) JMan Baker Assistant Cookie Baker 0s
* E'ryn (M) Visitor Infiltrating 8m -
* Jalimax (M) Resident 4m
* Jayna (F) DHL Trainee ItsJustAJumpToTheLeft 1m
* Kassima (F) Wingleader Weenie-Man, Away! 0s
* Kerlyn (F) Weyrlingmaster Day Idle, Evening RP OK! 1m
* Kindre (F) Jr. Weyrwoman ThisIsAJob4WeenieMan! 2s
* Maylia (F) Greenrider 3m
* R'val (M) Bluerider Unlimited Access! YEAH! 3s
* S'riv (M) Bronzerider BENDENBENDENBENDENBENDEN 28s
* Silen (M) Child Bein' young... 1m
------------------------------- ( 12 players ) -------------------------------
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "I have priorities."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "You got it Goldie!"
Maylia follows suit, ducking into the water to try to remove the seaweed
from her face, her hair, everywhere, casually making her way to the floating
Tierth.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "irritating people is the only priority I got:)"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "What about getting drunk, Saer?"
A'lex says "That's mighty cute there Silen! The LCG's'll be all over you!"
Kindre gazes towards Silen and watches the slimy creature attached to his
hair. Laughing aloud, she slips in a sand-hole and falls into the water on
her rump. "Silen...ah..."
Jayna laughs when Kassi shouts. "Careful, Silen....I think that's one of the
maneating ones," she jokes. It'd have to take an awfully lot of bites, given
its size.
Nraith surfaces, nonplussed that no one swam by for him to terrorize.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "getting drunk is a prerequisite to everything."
R'val laughs, "Maneating squid?"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre was gonna say, S'riv ;) That and scaring Candi's ;)
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Especially when you're a burnt out washed out old
bronzerider. ;)"
Silen shakes his head hard, yelling something quite incomprehensible about
sea things and maneating squishy things and whatnot else, and finally the
squid flies off.
A'lex turns to look at Kindre, "You okay?"
Kassima eventually gets herself *mostly* clean, though her hair will
probably never be the same. With a final few strands thrown towards Nraith,
the greenrider wades back to shore and sprawls out on the sand to dry.
"Maneating squid," she chortles, howling with laughter anew as the squid
goes flying through the air with the greatest of ease.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "indeed...I was a burnt out washed up old
bronzerider when I was a young burnt out washed up bronzerider."
Silen flees the water and faceplants onto the dry sand, hugging it for dear
life.
Telgar Weyr> S'riv says, "err...you decipher that, it makes my brains hurt."
Ceria's laughter subsides and she resumes drinking her wine, still giggling
from time to time.
Telgar Weyr> R'val hands S'riv some alcohol.
Kindre is giggling as she sits in the water. "I'm fine, A'lex," she manages
to get out before standing and picking the last few clingy bits of sea
plants from her person.
A'lex grins, "Good." He proceeds to laugh hysterically, pointing at her.
Jayna grins and starts passing out wine and juice to those that want 'em.
Ceria pokes A'lex. "You're gonna spill your wine," she points out.
R'val takes a refill, and beams at Jayna.
Kassima manages to sit up after a few moments of continued giggling. "Sorry
about that, Silen!" she yells over, scooting up to sit with the others. "Oh,
that was just *too* priceless. Might I have a glass of wine, too?"
Jayna grins at R'val, and takes a sip of her own wine, sitting up
crosslegged and leaning back on one arm. She looks up. "Oh, sure, Kassi,"
she says, obligingly pouring a glass and handing it to the greenrider.
A'lex quiets down, worried about the wine. "Can't be spillin..."
Maylia scrambles onto Tierth's neck, splashing up water as she goes. The two
play quietly for a few minutes, the green rolling over in the water to
dislodge her lifemate. Eventually, though, Tierth lumbers out of the water,
to enojy the last rays of the sun, and Maylia drops back to the sand.
R'val idly picks a hunk of seaweed from his black hair and makes a face.
Ceria laughs at A'lex and takes another sip of wine.
Nraith unfurls his wings, and floats happily.
A'lex sighs, "What a nice day."
Kindre comes up the beach also, leaving Herath to float comfortably in the
cooling sea. "Me too," she wonders as she approaches the wineskin, "Oh, and
I think I've a skin with me as well."
Vidarth snores loudly on the sand.
Kassima takes the glass with a smile of gratitude, draining a few gulps'
worth in moments. "That tastes marvelous after a splashfight like that
one... you should have some, Kin, Maylia. Faranth! All of this, and the
day's nay even over yet." Belatedly, she offers, "Apologies, too, for that
first lump of seaweed, 'Lex."
Maylia heads to the small heap of things on the beach that she'd dropped
earlier, and returns with a wide strip of fabric that gets tied 'round her
waist as a sarong, and a wineskin. "I brough some, too." She says, grinning
as she drops to the sand.
A'lex leans over backwards to get a good look at Kassi, "No problem
Greenrider!"
Jayna chuckles at Vidarth. "I don't think I've ever heard a dragon -snore-,"
she comments.
Lysseth floats out in the water, wings outstretched and eyes glowing a
placid, contented blue. An occasional twitch of her tail propels her lazily
through the waves like a small green skiff.
Ceria glances over at Vidarth with a grin.
R'val glances at Vidarth and sighs, "He does it all the time."
Silen rolls over onto his back, nodding weakly to Kassi. "I think _I_ need
some wine, too," he says to whoever might be listening.
Lyss gets curious and goes over to Vidarth to examine his nostrils. Where
could that noise be coming from?
Vidarth sucks in a deep breath, nearly inhaling Lyss.
Jayna laughs. "The echo in your weyr must be fierce," she says. She looks at
Silen. "Wine?"
Ceria giggles at Lyss as he almost gets inhaled
R'val grins at Jayna ruefully, "I'm immune by now."
Maylia chuckles at Jayna's observation, shaking her head. "Tierth snored,
when she was little." She comments. The green whuufffffs indignantly,
sending sand flying. Luckily, the breeze carries it away from the gathered
group.
Lyss chitters loudly, and indignantly as he flitters away.
Silen sits up and blinks over at Jayna. "Well, it might _help_..." he says.
He _does_ look rather traumatized after all that.
"A fine day indeed," Kindre agrees whole-heartedly as she scampers off to
retrieve the wineskin she brought and then plops down onto the sand. She
pauses to catch sight of Herath...not that that is a hard feat in and of
itself...and smiles as the gold seems to be dozing soundly in the shallows,
her head resting on the shore.
Telgar Weyr> R'val considered having Vidarth inhale the firelizard and then
sneeze him out, but no...;)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "OH! That would have been GREAT!"
Kassima lays on her side, leaning against one elbow; the wine glass, already
nearly empty, is in her other hand. "Y'know," she muses, "this island might
be a good place for a game of hide-and-find... or something else, once we've
eaten and all. Hey, Kin--did I tell you that I dropped by the 'Reaches with
Maylia the other day t'give the brownie his gift? Won nigh a whole pouchful
of marks, too. Methinks 'twill use it t'find something t'wear to this bash I
hear Benden Hold's due t'be hosting."
Telgar Weyr> Vidarth rears back his head, and sneezes mightily,
sending the poor firelizard into the nearest astral body.
A'lex says "Benden is having a party?"
R'val snickers at his dragon, "That didn't even wake him up! Honestly."
Ceria looks at Kassima curiously.
A'lex cranes his neck to look at R'val, "I could send him back in..."
Jayna grins, and pours Silen a little wine, watering it heavily before
passing it over. "There you go," she says.
R'val errs, "Not a good idea, A'lex...I'd hate to see Vidarth inhale the
little fellah."
A'lex says "True, but it would be funny... cruel, but funny. How about we
send Silen instead?"
A'lex winks.
Silen smiles gratefully - almost pitifully - at Jayna, and drinks it down.
"Oh, that _does_ help," he says, and then crawls over to the food, young
appetite clearly restored.
R'val coughs, sipping his wine, "Nah. Don't want to give Vidarth a taste for
human flesh."
Ceria laughs. "You guys are just mean," she comments with a grin.
Silen looks up at A'lex, having missed the entire conversation. "Send me for
what?"
Kindre borrows a glass from somewhere and fills it with wine. Sipping from
it, she leans back to let Rukbats rays warm her face. "Oh? No, you didn't,"
she replies to Kassima and smiles wide. A nod echoes A'lex's query. "It's
not for a few sevendays, I think, but they're planning an evening event,"
she notes before sighing. "I'll likely wear my usually black gown, I think."
A'lex just grins at Ceria, "Ayup!" He turns to Kassi/Kindre and whomever
else is discussing the party, "I'll have to break out the Kilt, and see if
some of my family is planing on being there..."
Kassima bobs her head in affirmation of her statement. "I'truth and indeed!
Nay for awhile yet--a few months, in fact--but I heard of it from a friend
back home. Seems there'll be a... what was it called? 'Celestial ball?'
People are supposed t'dress in things that have a celestial theme for it.
Y'know--moons, stars, suns, etcetera."
Maylia pours herself some wine, and leans back, supporting herself with one
arm, fingers splayed out in the sand. A sip, and a sigh later, and toes get
burrowed into the warmth of the sand. "I've some marks from the Hatching
that I didn't loose at dragonpoker." She considers. "Perhaps I"ll look into
getting a gown for that festival."
Ceria blinks. "Celestial ball?" she asks, looking a bit intruiged. "That
sounds interesting.
A'lex says "Celestial? Hmmm, if'n I can manage to get Nie with child, we
could dress her as a moon." He pauses for a moment, "NO ONE tells her I said
that..."
Ceria giggles. "Watch it," she warns A'lex teasingly. "You're going to get
yourself into trouble."
R'val leers at A'lex, "I won't, if you give me enough wine."
A'lex smirks, "More trouble you mean..."
Kindre's eyes widen visibly as she gets an idea, apparently. "A'lex? See if
you can find out some more details as it gets closer from your family there?
If they'll be about the Hold, of course," she wonders to the younger rider.
A giggle escapes her lips at his mention of spawning. "I've little clue what
to go as," is added as she ponders.
A'lex nods to Kassi, "Sure, but I doubt if'n my ma will be to amiable of
helping YOU out." He laughs, "So I won't tell her who it's for."
Kassima watches R'val leer at A'lex, then peers down into her wine glass. "I
surely haven't had enough t'be seeing things yet," she mutters. "I have a
costume in mind, m'self... I'm going t'commission Simian for it the first
chance I get. 'Tis fitting t'use Mart's marks thus--that way, if'n he ever
learns, he can be indignated to think, 'I lost all m'marks t'pay for
*that*?'" She grins whimsically, then gives 'Lex a somewhat sheepish look.
"Ach, well... there's that. I don't suppose she's forgiven me yet, has she?"
Jayna finishes her wine and refills the glass. She holds up the wineskin to
questioningly "Refill anyone?"
R'val smiles, "PLease, Jayna."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima snugsnugs a Melikelimaka!
Telgar Weyr> Meli says, "Ahoy"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "WoogaWoman!!! :)"
Ceria sets aside her wine glass and lies back on the sand, closing her eyes
as she relaxes.
Telgar Weyr> Meli says, "Tallyho, all. What's up?"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Narf! Beach party."
A'lex grins at Kassi, "She's not mad at ye, just afeared of ya!"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Beach party, Sixties' Sentinele. 'Lex is being a
beach blanket bimbo. :)"
Telgar Weyr> Meli .oO(Isn't he always?)
Telgar Weyr> Kindre sniggers...heh :)
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Come join us! Love shack, baby love shack...."
Jayna refills R'val's glass and raises her own in a toast. "To....maneating
squid?" she says, innocently.
Kassima favors 'Lex with her most innocent--and, by definition, most
suspicious also--look. "Afraid of *me*? Why, whatever for? All I did was
tell her a bit about your love-life...." She waggles her eyebrows, and
closes one eye in a quick wink.
R'val raises his glass and winks at Jayna, "To maneating squid indeed."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "That's a bad thing?"
A'lex raises his glass in toast with the others, but sticks his tongue out
at Kassi in the process, "A bit more than she wanted to know, and a bit more
than was actually accurate at the time..." He laughs.
Maylia joins the others in the toast, chuckling at Silen. But A'lex's
comment draws her attention. "At the time? That's changed, then?" She inquires.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Whee, it's Quiz A'lex time. ;)"
A'lex rolls his eyes, "Nevermind... never mind... ne ver mind."
Telgar Weyr> Meli finds an appropriate outfit and will be right over.
"At the time?" Kassi repeats, peering shrewdly at 'Lex over the rim of her
wineglass. "So you actually are dallying with M'rgan now? Should I break out
the weyrmating announcements?"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Come naked Meli! I did!"
R'val grins at A'lex, "Watch how much detail you give out, A'lex..."
Jayna grins. "Oh, A'lex, congratulations," she says.
A'lex repeats, "Nevermind... never mind... ne ver mind. I'm sorry I even
brought my mother up."
R'val says "Enh? Your mother?"
Maylia sits up again, leaning towards A'lex with interest. "I'd heard he
wasn't with his former weyrmate anymore, but this is an interresting
breakthrough." She says, conversationally. "What does Channie think of this?"
Juliath dives down from above, and sends up a flurry of sand when she
touches down.
Vidarth rumblerumbles to Juliath, opening his eyes sleepily.
A'lex puts his head in his hands, "Once and for all, I never was, nor ever
have been, in love with M'rgan. The only time I've even MET him was when we
painted Kassi for her Birthday."
Kindre giggles quietly and finishes what was in her glass. Batting her
lashes at A'lex, she mock-flirts as she says, "Aw, Lex, won't you tell?
We're all just chatting here..."
Ceria opens her eyes and glances toward A'lex.
Astride Juliath, Meli shivers slightly, then pauses to soak up the warm sun
before descending.
Meli slips smoothly down from Juliath's neck to her foreleg and to the
ground, giving her a gentle caress.
A'lex says "Honestly!"
Maylia cocks her head at A'lex, clucking her tongue. "Nobody said a thing
about love, now. Just dallying."
Kindre lifts a hand to wave to Meli, calling a cheerful, "Afternoon! We've
wine and sun and A'lex's love life for discussion."
A'lex sighs, "Once and for all, I never have, nor ever will, dally with
M'rgan. The only time I've even MET him was when we painted Kassi for her
Birthday."
Jayna looks vaguely disappointed. "Shards. I like a nice love story," she
says, nodding sagely. She grins. "Of course, a nice dallying story's
alright, too."
Kassima blinks at Maylia, honestly startled. "What d'you mean, he's nay with
Kena anymore? I'd nay heard aught of the sort." Mulling this over, she
murmurs, "Perhaps that's why he seemed less like himself when last I
visited... aye, 'Lex, Maylia has the right of it. Since when d'you have t'be
in love with someone to dally with 'em? Meli! You're just in time t'help us
grill 'Lex about his neverending crush on Mart!"
Meli lands lightly, bare feet digging into the sand. "Heyla... ooh, sounds
like th'perfect combination," she adds as she moves toward the group.
Kassima remarks, trying not to grin, "Aye... but they say that sometimes one
look's all it takes. Isn't that right, Maylia? Jayna?"
A'lex flops back in the sand, letting his empty wine glass fall beside him.
"I give up."
R'val grins, waving lazily, "Hiya, Meli."
A'lex groans, "Oh, not you too, Meli?"
Ceria giggles at A'lex and closes her eyes again.
Jayna grins at Kassi. "Just one look, ayep," she agrees.
Maylia nods emphatically towards Kassi. "Aye, even jsut a look across a
room. And you were artistically expressing yourself at the time, if I recall."
R'val grins at Jayna, "Ever had that happen to you, then?"
Kassima suggests innocuously, "Perhaps, m'friend, we can include 'Lex in our
discussion whenever we decide t'go ahead and debate Mart's... ah... virtues.
What say you, Kin?" She winks at the two femaleriders in question. It's a
very wicked wink... the sort that bodes no good for anyone.
Kindre laughs and bobs her head a few times. "That we shall have to do," she
agrees and smirks.
A'lex just groans.
Jayna smiles at R'val. "Once," she grins. "So I know it's a fact." She
laughs at A'lex's discomfiture. Or frustration. Or frustrated discomfiture.
"Mmmm, nice assets," Meli comments as she passes A'lex. "Yeh, been meanin'
to talk to you about Mart's, ah, methods someday. Though s'been so long
f'me, I'm not sure I'll recall..."
Ceria drifts off to sleep, her breathing soft and even.
Telgar Weyr> Ceria idles for dinner. :)
A'lex says "You people are going to start rumors that are going to get me
stabbed."
R'val mms thoughtfully at Jayna, and sips his wine.
A'lex buh blinks, blushes, and rolls over, sunning his backside for a bit.
"Mmm, nice a...." Meli begins again, then stops, grinning.
Telgar Weyr> Jayna laughs. Alright. Who's naked?
Kassima suggests thoughtfully, "There's nay time like the present, y'know.
I'm here, you're here, Kin's here, and 'Lex is here. I don't *think* anyone
else here has been exposed to the brownie's... methods, aye, 'tis a good
word--but y'never know." She arches an eyebrow at the rest of the people
about, trying desperately *not* to start laughing again. "Meli, has anyone
told you lately that you're incorrigible?"
A'lex just grins... women... sheesh...
R'val tosses a towel over A'lex, before someone swoons over him.
A'lex grunts, "Hey! My tan will be uneven!"
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "'Lex is. Dunno who else. :)"
R'val grins, "I'm just sparing you a terrible fate..."
"That'll likely get me stabbed," Kindre notes with a rueful chuckle, "if
K'tyn found out I was discussing the...uh...wares? of Mart.."
Meli sashays further down the beach, in an exaggerated sensualness. "Kassi,
wha' a silly question."
A'lex says "Having women ogle me? That's not so terrible..."
R'val says "It is if T'saren finds out!"
Telgar Weyr> Jayna has a sneaking suspicion that A'lex is lying here naked
in a group of other people who are all clothed in something or other? :)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex just grins.
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "That would hardly be surprising, bronzeriders are
such perverts ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Meli is wearing a bandeau top and wrap skirt, with a flower
behind her ear.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre coughs and thinks about glass house and throwing stones...
"Well, we *could* discuss Kiat's. But I don't think Prometh ever caught
Juliath, did he, Meli?" Kassi just rolls her eyes at Meli's sashaying,
though not without a grin. "Mmm-hmm. Somehow, I'm not surprised."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex high fives Kindre.
Telgar Weyr> R'val straightens his halo. }:) Doh.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima is in her usual shorts and crop-top. :) Kassi doesna
believe in swimming au naturale, not since she saw how certain people like
to steal the clothes of those who do. ;)
"Never did," Meli replies, answering Kassi. "An' I was weyrmated by th'time
they'd paired, wasn't I?" She takes a seat in the sand, where she can keep a
good view of the show.
Telgar Weyr> Jayna swam in her undies, but she's dressed again now. :)
Maylia peers at R'val. "If Tas finds out what?" She inquires, as innocent as
can be. "I've not a clue as to what ... ah.. asset's they're talking about."
Telgar Weyr> Meli swims nude, but isn't swimming now :b
R'val snaps his fingers, "Tas. T'lar! Sorry. All those bronzeriders look the
same to me." he grins.
A'lex looks at Maylia, "I don't either!"
Kindre grins at Maylia and waggles her brows at A'lex. "You know, you're
kinda built like K'tyn, truth be told...though I'd never admit I looked,"
she quips impishly and lays back on the sand, shutting her eyes.
Maylia leans over to give A'lex a playful shove. "Oh, sure, A'lex. That's
what youre saying to cover yourself, now."
Meli sticks her tongue out at Uri. "Careful, you."
A'lex laughs, "I didn't need to KNOW that Kindre...."
Kassima nods to Meli. "Aye, well before. I guess we'd just have t'stick to
Mart... and I won't tell Kiat if'n you don't, Kin." She scoops up a stray
handful of sand and tosses it in 'Lex's general direction.
R'val winks at Meli naughtily.
"Neh, Maylia, th'towel's what's coverin' him," Meli replies with a smile.
A'lex says "Why doesn't anyone believe me? Why don't you ask M'rgan?"
"Ask Mart about your assets?" Kassi mulls this over. "I suppose that'd work,
aye...."
Nraith beaches himself with a grunt.
Kindre, although her eyes are shut, just giggles. "I know, that's why I told
you, 'Lex," she returns before giggling at Kassima.
A'lex says "I'll never win... never ever ever..."
Meli leans back on her elbows, turning her face up to the sun, eyes closing
even as she continues to contribute to the conversation. "Y'really think
Mart'll know enough about lex's assets t'judge adequately?"
Kassima squints up at the sky, considering. "If'n they truly do dally
together, he should. And, remember... the brownie never *did* deny it."
A'lex says "No! He won't! He won't know ANYTHING!"
R'val nods to A'lex sagely, "They're women. Give in and give up. It's the
easiest way."
A'lex says "If I give up they'll assume I'm guilty."
R'val says "They'll do that anyway..."
A'lex says "True..."
R'val grins, "So just ignore 'em. The more you protest, the more fun you're
giving the evil female riders."
"Hmmm," Meli ponders, "maybe if w'lucky Nraith'll fly Jul next time, an' I
can report back t'the group."
Kassima adds in a 'confidential' tone to Meli and Kin, "Y'know, they say
'Lex has been drinking the Water. Wouldn't it be a hoot if'n he wound up
having Mart's baby?"
A'lex's jaw drops, "You really discuss that? You're kidding!"
Jayna blinks. "Well, if you're guilty no matter what we think, A'lex, then I
guess you're guilty," she says, logically. She grins at Kassi's remark.
Kindre rolls her eyes at R'val. "Oh Jays already," she remarks and then
chuckles at Meli. "I'll just have to get 'Lex drunk to be able to join in on
that discussion...Hera likely won't rise for another turn or so."
Meli opens an eye lazily, turning her head to glance in A'lex's direction.
'Y'mean t'say that you don't?'
Kassima flutters her eyelashes at 'Lex. "Welcome to your worst nightmare,
bronzer: knowing just what it is greenriders discuss when maleriders aren't
around."
"And goldriders, too," Kassi adds with an acknowledging nod to Kin. "Or
honorary greenriders, as the case may be."
A'lex pouts, "Now see here, ladies, and I use the term loosely, I am
passionately in love with Channie, and I don't just Dally..."
Jayna nods sagely. "It -is- love, then," she says.
A'lex says "And, no, I *DON'T* discuss such things!"
Kindre sits up and blinks at A'lex. "Loosely? My shards, 'Lex honey, are we
getting to you?"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre idles for phone :)
A'lex actually looks flustered... is that sunburn or blush?
Meli opens the other eye. "Who said anythin' about dallyin'? I was talkin'
about a flight..."
Jayna drains her wine and stands up. "I'm taking a little walk," she says.
"Get a bit of air after the wine."
Telgar Weyr> Jayna waves. Back later. Have fun!
Kassima manages to work up a pout at 'Lex. Faranth, but she must be in a
bubbly mood to be quite so facetious as this. "So nay matter how drunk we
get you, you wouldn't dally with us?" She sighs, then remarks mischievously,
"Oh, well. Likely nay a big loss anyway."
Jayna strides north, where the sand gets rougher and seagrasses grow.
A'lex groans and just drops his face into the sand, "Let me die..." comes
the muffled plea.
R'val nudges A'lex, "Strength in male rider unity, my friend."
Maylia eyes the wineskins that they'd gathered between all of them, and then
turns a considering eye towards A'lex. "Shards, and here I was hoping." She
teases.
A'lex looks up at R'val, spitting a bit of sand out of his mouth. "Male
rider unity? Oh, that'll give them PLENTY to talk about..."
Telgar Weyr> R'val is actually about to go eat, A'lex, so you're about to be
on your own ;)
Meli shrugs, best she can as she's still leaning on her elbows. "Just have
t'ask Channie, then."
Telgar Weyr> A'lex raises an eyebrow, "Woo hoo!"
R'val chuckles, "Well, from what I hear, you've already practied male
unity." hecan't help jumping on the Teasing A'lex bandwagon.
Kassima stretches out in the sand after refilling her wine glass. "Y'know,"
she observes, "it never occured t'me that maleriders might discuss this sort
of stuff too. What a discomfiting thought! Oh, don't worry, Maylia--we're
greenriders. We can always try and catch him in a flight, if'n it comes to
that."
A'lex rolls his eyes, "Did E'rian talk too??"
Kassima wrinkles her nose at Meli. "I doubt she'll be objective," she points
out. "We might do better asking E--aye, what 'Lex said."
R'val hrms, "Duty calls. G'bye all.'
R'val uses Vidarth's side straps to mount up agilely, settling onto the
little blue's back and straightening. He pets his lifemate's head once as
Vidarth rumbles excitedly, ready to fly.
Vidarth launches up up into the sea air, and soars high above the island.
Telgar Weyr> R'val is off to eat, then vege in fronta the tv. Take care gang.
Maylia stares at A'lex in mock amazement. "E'rian, too? As well as M'rgan?"
Supressing a giggle as she deliberatly mistakes A'lex's comment.
Meli lowers herself down to lie flat, taking the pressure off her elbows and
shoulders. Tucking her hands behind her head, she asks, "E'rian? Wha's that
about?"
A'lex looks at Maylia, "You know Nraith's first catch was E'rian's lifemate..."
Maylia ahs, and nods. "I'd forgotten
A'lex says "It wasn't a win of MY choosing... the Dragons decided."
Kassima flashes Maylia a suspiciously bright grin. "Y'know how some
bronzeriders can be. Apparently, this one really gets around. I vote that we
ask Mart all about it next time we go up there; what say you lot?"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex gets out an eraser and wipes that apostrophy.
A'lex looks up, "Yes, do that!"
A'lex says "So what if'n I die?"
Maylia nods eagerly, "Aye, I'd say we should. Wonder if he's be any more
honest 'bout it than A'lex, here."
Meli nods from her prone position. "Sounds fine t'me, Kassi," she drawls
lazily, sun soaking into her skin and her brain.
Kassima suggests sweetly, turning her head to face the bronzer, "Well, you
*could* just cave in and discuss Mart's assets with us now. Mayhaps if'n we
learned enough from you, we wouldn't have t'be asking him."
A'lex takes the towel an wads it beneath his head like a pillow, "Och! No
winning... Ok, Kassi, here's what I know." He says absoultely nothing more,
just stares at the women.
Maylia doesn't take the hint. Probably deliberately. "Yes? Well, go on..."
Kassima props herself up on her elbow again, watching 'Lex expectantly.
"Well?" she finally asks when the silence continues.
Telgar Weyr> Silen got bounced-missed a lot *sigh*
A'lex says "That's it, I've told you everything. Here, I'll tell you again...."
Silen returns from a trip into the trees.
A'lex says NOTHING...
Kassima stage-whispers to Maylia and Meli, "Shells, if'n that's all he can
remember, it doesn't say much for poor Mart."
Maylia shakes her head. Perhaps some water got in her hears. "I'm sorry, I
didn't hear you..."
Telgar Weyr> Maylia laughs!!!
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Yer horrible Kassi!!"
Maylia stifles a laugh, so it comes out more as a snort.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima is indeed. Where Mart's concerned, she makes a practice
of it. ;)
Silen blinks, and just looks confused.
A'lex grins as another of the male contingent returns, even if he IS young,
"The women are picking on me Silen..."
Meli stage-whispers back to Maylia and Kassi, "Or not much f'lex's memory...
maybe was so good he blacked out?"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre deidles and will just have to catch up here... :)
"We're just trying t'get him to confess his feelings about the true love of
his life," Kassi explains helpfully to Silen. "He's nay being very
cooperative, though... mmm, Meli, good point. D'you think that possible?"
Meli resettles herself, eyes closing again. "F'heard it's possible...."
Silen nods. _This_ he understands. He tells A'lex, "I'm on your side," and
then turns to the women and folds his arms. "Stop it," he says, with
complete conviction.
A'lex just chuckles and grins at Silen. "Thank you."
Silen grins at A'lex. "See? It worked," he says, and sits down, smug as can be.
Telgar Weyr> Silen awaits the fusillade... :)
Kindre blinks out of the light doze the warmth of the sun seems to have
brought on. "Hrm? What...?" As the words spoken slowly whirl back into her
conscious memory, she grins a bit. Offering Silen a chuckle, she notes, "I
didn't say anything, you know..." Sure she would have if she'd not been
napping, but that is beside the point.
Kassima agrees, "Aye... I meant, d'you think 'tis possible with *Mart*? What
say you, Kin?" She eyes 'Lex speculatively. "A shame neither he nor Nie are
here for us to ask 'em about 'Lex's half of things, so t'speak." To Silen,
she just... grins. Grins a grin that shows a lot of teeth no less. "But why?
'Tis all for the bronzer's own good!"
Maylia nods a little too quickly to Kassi's question, but turns her
attention to Silen. "OOOOooooh, D'you think he's trying to protect someone?"
She asks. "Perhaps he knows something... perhaps 'lex confided in him, and
is trying to preserve the bronzer's distinction..." Pure mischief reigns
supreme in the greenrider's face.
Silen faces Kassi staunchly. "'Cos I _said_ so."
"Lad's got no fear," Kindre remarks humorously as she lies in her
comfortable place on the sand. "Though I'm agreed with Maylia," is added
with a sly looks that passes from Silen to A'lex and back. "Sounds like he
knows something."
Silen scowls. "I don't know anythin'," he says. "I don't even know what
you're talking about."
A'lex sighs, "Ya know Kassi, every time we cover this topic, we come down to
the fact that ONE of the two of us has a crush on Mart, and it sure as
Faranth's arse was gold isn't me!"
"Ssss," Meli comments from her unmoving position. "S'only a kid, give 'im a
break... maybe he'll grow up an' become a greenrider someday."
Silen blinks at A'lex. "You have a crush on M'rgan...?" bursts out of his
mouth, amazement evident.
Kassima replies amiably, "Indeed you did. I'm nay inclined to comply,
though." She quirks up her eyebrows at Maylia, and eyes Silen with interest.
"D'you think? I'd nay considered tha--*A'LEX.* Haven't we gone into this
a'fore? I was sure you were going t'go to a Healer and get some medical
treatment for these spells of delusion you seem t'have."
A'lex says "No, *I* don't..."
A'lex says "MY spells of delusion? I don't think so..."
"Neh, neh, 'lex. Tha's V'dan," Meli murmurs, her voice indicating her sleepy
state.
Maylia dissolves into giggles, helples to say anything.
Silen turns to Kassi. "So _you've_ got a crush on M'rgan, then?"
A'lex says "Explain to me why you're so eagre to discuss Mart's "assets" do
you talk about R'val that way??"
Maylia snorts, shaking her head. "He's no fun to tease like that," she
manages to chuckle out between giggles.
Meli's nose wrinkles visibly at A'lex's last comment, though she says
nothing as she turns over to tan her back.
Kassima sits up and pokes one sandy finger at A'lex. "Aye, *your* spells of
delusion. You're the one who keeps coming up with these utterly impossible,
implausible theories that make *nay* sense 'tall!" Pot. Kettle. Black. "And
I do *nay* have a crush on V'dan, Meli! I want t'kick his rump from here to
Ista Isle; I don't think 'tis the same thing. And nay, I do nay have a crush
on Mart. Yeesh, you people!" The greenrider rolls her eyes and collapses
back in the sand, then shudders slightly. "*Hardly*, 'Lex. For one, I know
absolutely naught about R'val's assets. Besides, he wouldn't be embarrassed
if'n we did, which makes it entirely different."
A'lex grins, noticing the table tilting, "But if'n M'rgan isn't here to be
embarassed, what's the fun?"
Kindre continues to giggle at the conversation at hand. Sighing a bit as she
sits up, she says, "I'd love to stay and listen to the conclusion of this,
but fear I need to head back before I'm fried better than Pierron's
pastries." Smirking a bit at the thought, she gets to her feet as Herath
lumbers out of the shallows of the ocean. "Thank the Red Star and all the
planents between I never have, nor ever will, have -anything- to add
regarding the subject of R'val," she remarks quite assuredly. "In any case,
I'm heading back. Clear skies...and," she winks at A'lex, "good luck."
Silen pipes up with, "She trying to embarrass _you_, A'lex."
Kindre gives Herath a soft, loving pat on the side. Humbling her oft
high-held muzzle, Herath dips close to the ground and Kindre half-steps,
half-tugs herself up with courtly ease. An unusally easy and contented glint
is in her eyes as her lifemate bestrides her.
Maylia points an unsteady finger towards Kassi. Apparently her mentor
explained why they're not teasing R'val much better than she managed between
giggles. The finger then waggles at A'lex. "He's not here. You are."
Kassima grins at that, having a ready answer. "Simple. This way, we can tell
him what our consensus was, and he can just imagine what all we said. *Much*
more embarrassing that way... ach, Kin, going already? Fair be the winds on
your trip back, m'friend!"
Herath launches up up into the sea air, and soars high above the island.
A'lex looks at Maylia, "But yer not discussing MY assets." He rolls over,
"You're discussing M'rgan's."
"But it's still embarrassing you." Silen explains with all the patience of a
twelve-turn-old. "Else you wouldn't have asked me to help."
Kassima replies, again reasonably, "None of us have ever been with you,
'Lex, so how're we supposed to discuss your assets? Really. Aren't men
possessed of any sense of logic at all?"
A'lex grins at Silen, then turns back to Kassima, "Yes, but it's not
womanlogic."
Maylia, giggling, just lets others answer for her.
"Then what good is it?" Kassi demands rhetorically. "Female logic is the
only logic that makes sense at all! Don't you think so, Meli?"
Only a light snoring wafts forth from Meli's direction, in answer to Kassi's
question.
A'lex says pointedly, "But any logic that deems that it's the only correct
form of logic, is, by it's own definition, flawed."
A'lex glances at his lifemate.
Nraith grunts.
Silen nods firmly to that. "Yeah." Whatever he just said.
Kassima says simply, "That's illogical. You're spinning around in circles,
bronze-boy."
Maylia thinks a moment, recovering from her fit of giggles. "Let's see.
Woman logic. Female logic. Mother's logic." Eyebrows raised to A'lex, she
states firmly. "SEe. It's not the only form of logic."
A'lex shrugs, stubbornly convinced he's won. "No, and still, if they can't
admit to their own flaws, they're faulty."
Maylia waves a hand at A'lex. "Th'only flaw is that the logic is a little
too complex for the male mind to handle. And that's hardly a flaw, now is
it? Other than the fact that men have a hard time being logical." Perhaps
she's been around Kassi a bit too much, lately.
A'lex snickers, "Ahhh, I see... so men are just stupid beasts to be trained
up used like breeding stock?"
Kassima just beams at Maylia. "Mentee mine, you've an excellent grasp of
greenrider-logic."
Kassima considers this for a long moment. "Nay," she finally decides.
"They're good for tormenting purposes, too."
Silen makes a face. "Well, _that's_ no fun."
A'lex chuckles, "You're a sadist! I'd hate to have known you if you were a
Beastcrafter..."
Maylia frowns, thinking, and slowly shaking her head. After a smile beamed
at Kassi. "Men can be quite useful, for many things. They just don't
necesarily think logically." Oh dear - wonder if any of this'll get back to
Tas...
Kassima shakes her head, stray tendrils of black hair that have escaped her
braid swaying with the motion. "Never a Beastcrafter, 'Lex! But a
sadist--well, *some* would agree with you. Most of 'em men, coincidentally
enough. I'm with Maylia; men can be wonderful creatures, and bloody fine
riders. You're amusing to converse with, torment, etcetera etcetera. None of
this, though, implies that you have the same grasp of logic that women
possess."
A'lex says "Then why havn't women over run men in every hold, hall and weyr?"
Kassima asks with mock-surprise, "You mean we *haven't*?"
Maylia laughs outright at this. "Try telling Richenda that someday..."
A'lex says "How many Lordless holds are there? Run only by a Lady?"
A'lex says "And why do we have a Steward who's a man?"
Kassima considers this carefully. "Eh, a few. And there've been female
Stewards a'fore. Ryanne of Ruatha was one, long ago. Just because most of us
work from behind the scenes doesn't mean we don't have a grip on things."
She winks, though, in case there's any doubt that she's been teasing the
male-types throughout this entire conversation--and, indeed, the entire
evening.
A'lex grins, debating on wether to press the issue or not... "Aye, I guess
you're right. Women do rule Pern. I might as well just hang my hat and hand
Nraith over to Ro."
Maylia gives A'lex a look, much as harpers give children who obstinately
'forget' their lessons. "Silly. Just because a man is born into the position
means nothing about his grasp of logic. Nor that he was chosen by another
man." She nods agreement with Kassi. "Besides, the most effective way to get
men to do anything is make them think either they thought of it, or another
man did."
A'lex laughs at Maylia, "Aye, this is true..."
Kassima tells Maylia, approval in her voice, "You've learned your lessons
well, my pupil!"
Silen kicks sand around a bit. "I'm bored," he announces.
Ceria opens her eyes suddenly and sits up.
"Aye, 'tis a bit quiet," Kassi observes, turning over to lie on her stomach.
Teasingly, she wonders, "Would you rather there were more squids in your hair?"
A'lex looks at Silen, "If ye want to wander over to the big old Bronze butt
over there, I bet he'd not be against some scratchin or scrubbing..."
Silen shakes his head, almost as if feeling the squishy thing there again.
"No ma'am," he answers hastily, and then flinches in anticipation.
Ceria grins as Kassima mentions the squid.
Kassima shudders, sending a thin coat of sand on her shoulders scattering.
"*Must* you call me ma'am?" she asks plaintively. "The name's Kassi. Just
Kassi!"
Silen nods, wide-eyed. "Yesmkassi!" he manages, and scurries over towards
Nraith and safely.
Telgar Weyr> Emlyn says, "Bone Swar, Telgar!"
Nraith opens an eye and looks at Silen.
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "Gotta luv them edukated Texans. :)"
Ceria chuckles at Silen and turns to Kassima. "I'd think you'd be used to
being called ma'am by now," she comments.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "Emlyn!!!! :)"
Telgar Weyr> Silen says, "Emlyn! :)"
Kassima just buries her head in her hands. "Tell me," she says, in a muffled
voice, "is there a *reason* that I scare young people, or is it just some
illogical thing? Never, Ceria--I won't be used to it until I'm old enough to
actually *be* a ma'am, and likely nay even then."
Silen smiles at Nraith. "Hi," he says. "Anywhere particularly itchy?"
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "Emlyn!"
Telgar Weyr> Emlyn says, "Emlyn!!!"
Telgar Weyr> Richenda hates being a conformist.
Ceria simply laughs at Kassi's response.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre obviously luvs Em most 'cause she used more !'s ;)
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Riche, you tolerate Rennick. You even love him.
In no way does that make you a conformist. ;)"
Telgar Weyr> Richenda will concede that point. :)
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "And Kindre..._I_ love Emlyn most because I am
going to see her in a few weeks, so THERE."
Telgar Weyr> Kindre thbts and could do that if she didn't have 7 lbs of baby
hangin in front of her :b ;)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex doesn't love Emlyn... he worships her. :P
Telgar Weyr> Emlyn says, "Okay, okay. The horse hooey's getting deep there.
A'lex, down boy."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima listens to 'Reels On Fire' on her tape, and admits that
she's looking very forward to this Benden Gather thing in a few weeks. Even
though the last Gather was just a week ago, it's *still* been too long. :)
'Lex, she's a greenrider... of course you should worship her. :P ;)
Nraith glances back at the spot just behind his foreleg.
Kassima pulls her head out of the sand, dusting granules from her face.
"There's another use for men," she points out, nodding towards where Silen
is preparing to do scritch-duty for Nraith.
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "There's a bronzerider looking for a pretty
greenrider chick, Emlyn. Warning."
Silen follows the bronze's look and scratches in the right general area.
"Here?" he asks.
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "Warning, Greenrider, Warning!"
Telgar Weyr> Emlyn says, "Ah, well, I'm safe, Richenda. That 'chick' part
doesn't apply to Emlyn."
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "Outta my head. Kindre. I was just thinking
that. And no, Emlyn...not a chick. :) Jh'rin...now he's a greenrider chick."
Telgar Weyr> Kindre peep-peeps & bats her lashes Lexwards ;) *laughs Riche!*
Telgar Weyr> Kassima now has a mental picture of Jhor as a giant baby Peep
in riding gear, Riche. Thanks so much. ;)
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "It's fairly close to the truth."
Nraith sighs happily.
A'lex says "I think that's a yes..."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Is not! Peeps are revolting shades of purple and
yellow, and they don't talk, much less say weird things. They certainly
don't cross-dress, so how can they be a thing like him? :)"
Telgar Weyr> JaynaLOL
Ceria chuckles at Kassima. "That's true," she says. "I knew they had to be
useful for something," she teases.
Telgar Weyr> Richenda sighs. He only cross-dressed a few times. :)
A'lex laughs, "Not you too."
Silen smiles over at A'lex, and keeps on scratching.
Nraith rumbles with delight at the attention.
Silen looks up (and up) at Nraith and grins.
Telgar Weyr> Richenda says, "Granted, it was in a stylish, Bob Mackie sort
of way..."
Telgar Weyr> Kassima grins and isn't making fun, Riche. Far be it from
someone who makes a habit of cross-dressing her male friends if she can to
poke fun at someone who has a related hobby. ;)
Ceria smiles innocently at A'lex. "What?" she inquires sweetly.
A'lex just sticks out his tongue.
The faint sound of snoring can be heard from Kassi's direction too, now. The
effects of sun and salt water on the greenrider finally seem to have taken
their toll.
Ceria rolls her eyes. "Bronzeriders are the epitome of maturity," she says
facetiously.
A'lex says "Yea, so?"
Silen looks over at Ceria, still scratching Nraith. "I think A'lex is pretty
mature..."
A'lex snorts, "You don't know me very well then, Silen!"
Ceria just laughs. "I give up," she says.
Silen's face falls a bit, but then he rallies and smiles. "Well, compared to
me you are..."
A'lex snickers...
Ceria grins. "No comment," she states.
A'lex snickers more.
Ceria reaches over and pokes A'lex. "Quit that," she grins.
Nraith rumbles happliy, and nudges Silen back a bit farther on his side.
A'lex says "Quit what?"
Silen obediently scootches back. "Your rider's funny," he tells the bronze.
Ceria sighs. "Nevermind," she says, rolling over on her stomach.
Nraith's eyes whirl blue green. Apparently he's agreeing with the boy.
A'lex stands, brushing off the sand, "Ok, time to put some shorts on before
my backside gets all burned..."
Ceria grins. "Can't have that now," she smirks.
A'lex smirks, "Nope! It'd hurt to ride Nraith if my bum was burned!"
Ceria nods. "I'm sure it would," she agrees.
"Oh, Faranth forfend your assets should be hidden from us," comes the murmur
from one of the supposedly sleeping greenriders. Guess which?
Ceria snickers.
A'lex just looks towards yon Greenrider, "I can have them sketched for you
if you want..."
Ceria blinks at that.
A'lex looks at Ceria, "It was a joke..."
Ceria shrugs and grins mischievously. "It's none of my business what you do
for Kassi," she says impudently.
Again comes the murmur: "But where would you find a sketch artist who'd be
able t'stand having you model for 'em?"
A'lex again sticks his tongue out at Ceria, then wanders down towards the
water.
Nraith nuzzles Silen appreciatively.
Silen spontaneously hugs the bronze - or, well, part of his foreleg.
Ceria laughs at A'lex's retreat.
A'lex picks up a hand full of wet beach sand and saunters back over to said
Greenrider, depositing it on her back, then running for the trees.
Nraith rumbles happily.
Ceria's eyes widen at A'lex's actions and she giggles.
Kassima starts awake at the presence of the cold, wet sand on her hot, dry
back. "'Lex!" she yelps, and scrambles to her feet, running after him.
"Don't make me kill you, bronzerider!!"
A'lex hollers as he runs, "That's why I'm RUNNING! So you can't!"
Ceria laughs helplessly at the scene before her. "Get 'im, Kassi," she calls
encouragement to the greenrider.
Silen looks up at A'lex and Kassi, and laughs!
Kassima sprints after the bronzerider, her long-legged strides eating away
at the distance between them. "Just you *wait* until I get m'hands on you,
you bloody wher-brained lunatic bronzer! You'll get enough sand shoved down
your throat t'choke a bovine!"
A'lex slips into the trees, "That would be bad!" He calls from somewhere in
the brush.
Telgar Weyr> Kassima says, "Everybody say good-bye to 'Lex. Kassi's going to
kill him as soon as she catches him. ;)"
Telgar Weyr> A'lex waves buh bye!
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Ut oh, what've you done this time, A'lex?"
Telgar Weyr> K'tyn snerks. This is a new thing?:)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "Wet sand on warm back... :D"
Telgar Weyr> Jayna uh-ohs. :)
Kassima skids to a halt in the brush, trying to figure out just where the
madman has gone to ground. "I could always do worse!" she offers in the
meanwhile.
Telgar Weyr> Ceria giggles.
Ceria stands up. "Need a hand?" she calls to Kassima.
A'lex moves around in the brush, making as much noise as possible. "No!
Please no!" he calls in mock terror.
Silen slides to a seat against Nraith's foreleg, laughing and laughing.
Kassima heads purposefully off towards the source of the noise, hands
outstretched as though to strangle him. "Certes, Ceria; the more murderers
the merrier. Just leave his final death blow t'*me*. Resign yourself now,
bronzeboy: should anyone ask for you in the morning, they'll find you a
grave man!"
Ceria giggles and moves to join Kassima in her search.
A'lex falls silent, waiting as Kassima approaches. Once she's close enough,
he springs out of the brush, tackling her to the ground, then sprinting off
down the beach.
Ceria chases after the fleeing bronzerider, slowly getting closer to him.
Silen holds his arms across his belly, as if to keep from hurting himself
laughing.
Kassima yelps as she goes sprawling on the ground, but is up quicker than a
blink, and darts after the fleeing one. "You're *so* dead, man! You're worse
than dead! When I catch you, I will cut you into little bits, and then
*jump* on 'em, until you've had enough! And then I'll jump on 'em s'more!
Come *back* here!" Twigs and dirt from the forest floor go flying after her
as she runs.
Nraith rumble chuckles a bit as well.
Silen looks up at Nraith. "You gonna go rescue him? Or leave him to his fate?"
A'lex pulls up short, sprayin sand all over. He turns to the steamroller
that is Kassima and just stops, "Ok."
Nraith just snorts.
Silen chuckles at Nraith. "Probably a good idea," he agrees.
Ceria runs into A'lex as he stops.
A'lex ooofs, but manages to stay upright.
Kassima glacks and *tries* to stop, but the sand near the beach is just too
slippery, and she has entirely too much momentum. With a yelp and an oof,
she runs right smack into the bronzerider.
THAT time, he doesn't.
Laughing hysterically, A'lex lies at the bottom of the heap of him, Ceria
and Kassima. "Kill me quick, before someone sees us like this!"
Silen calls over, "Too late!"
Ceria bursts into helpless laughter.
A'lex says "We'll have to kill you then, boy!"
Silen scampers around behind Nraith's foreleg. "No you won't. This heroic
dragon will protect me!"
Kassima gives A'lex a sharp jab in the ribs, probably a good-natured
action... but it's hard to tell. "All *your* fault! Yours, yours,
yours--*you're* the one who stopped!"
A'lex laughs, "You *TOLD* me to!"
Ceria sits up. "Well, if you hadn't run in the first place..." she giggles.
A'lex says "Hey, she threatened me!"
Kassima reaches up to whap the bronzer upside the head. "You weren't
supposed t'take me *seriously*!" she points out as she struggles to get to
her feet. This is a bit difficult, but she does eventually manage it.
"Should I offer you a hand up, or would you just pull me back down in a fit
of spite?"
Nraith rumble chuckles and leans in to whuff the boys hair.
A'lex grins, "Wingleader, I would welcome a hand. I'll not pull you down."
Ceria grins. "She threatened you because you dumped wet sand on her," she
says as she gets to her feet.
Kassima eyes 'Lex dubiously, clearly not sure that she trusts him, but
finally does offer one somewhat dusty, sand-covered hand. "You'd best nay,
Wingsecond. I still owe you a death, after all."
Silen scritches the tip of Nraith's nose and grins. "It worked," he tells
the great bronze. "They didn't kill me."
A'lex takes the proffered hand and heaves himself up.
Sandar pops out of the sand.
A'lex says "What a good day, tan, swimming, seaweed in me hair and death..."
Telgar Weyr> Sandar says, "good evening!"
Telgar Weyr> Kindre says, "Sandyman! :)"
Telgar Weyr> R'val says, "Yo yo Sandar!"
Kassima grins, dusting off her hands. "Aye, well... don't claim you didn't
ask for it, Purple-Man."
A'lex says "Oh, I did, most assuredly!"
A'lex says "But I think I best be getting his Bronzeness back for an oiling..."
Telgar Weyr> Sandar can't believe the beach crew is still going strong :)
Telgar Weyr> A'lex says, "We cool like dat."
Silen pouts. "You hafta leave, Nraith?"
Nraith sighs.
A'lex says "Yes, he does. Especially if he wants to be oiled..."
A'lex climbs up Nraith's riding straps, with a bit of assistance from a
graciously extended foreleg. He settles in between two forward neckridges
and straps himself in.
Astride Nraith, A'lex says "ANyone need a lift?"
Kassima clicks her tongue, and sighs. "Eh, well... I should likely get back
m'self. Those reports won't wait forever, much though I might wish it."
Sandar nods to A'lex. "I'd better be gettin' back," and hops on.
Sandar steps up onto Nraith's foreleg and grabs ahold of riding straps,
hauling himself up the great Bronze neck.
Kassima gets Lysseth's straps put back on the dozing dragon, and ducks
behind her to once again swap her sunning clothes for her normal ones.
"We'll leave the rest for the sleeping ones to clean up," she suggests
impishly as she climbs aboard.
Silen ducks out fromunder Nraith, and away, and waves up to A'lex.
You place one hand on Lysseth's neck and she warbles down at you fondly. You
grin and scratch her eyeridges once before climbing up onto her lower
neckridges, using the riding straps and Lysseth's thoughtfully offered foreleg.
<*> Seated atop Nraith, A'lex says "Silen? Ceria?"
<*> Silen says "Oh, well, if everyone's leaving...can I come back with you,
A'lex?"
<*> Astride Nraith, A'lex says "C'mon up!"
<*> Silen grabs ahold of Nraith's riding straps and hauls himself up the
great Bronze neck.
<*> From betwixt Nraith's neckridges, A'lex helps everyone strap in, then
pat's Nraith's neck. "Let's go!"
<*> Nraith wings and ascends up into the sea air, and soars high above the
island.
<*> Lysseth spreads her wings to their full extent, bringing them down with
a rush of wind as she leaps nimbly into the air.
You wing and ascend up into the sea air, and soars high above the island.