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This is the simple home of Ralae & Zabreth. Refugees from Malvren, chased from the only home they have ever known, the two strife to fit in while battling personal demons. Their weyr is a simple one shared with her fellow Malvren companion, P'zul & Green Nnith.

Current Status:

Ralae: *fought a tunnel snake & lost* ... Text color Indigo
Zabreth: Where has my rider gone? Text Color Bolded Sea Green

Ralae (ray-lee)

Age:20 Turns *birthday 5/17* (aged 9/15/14)
Sexual Orientation:hetero
Craft/Rank:Wing Rider (aka Messenger Girl)

History:They say it takes a village to raise a child and if that is the case, Ralae needs at least two. Born as the result of a brown rider losing a mating flight and a crafter in Malvern, Ralae was by no means their first child nor their last but she was the only child from their pairing. She knows her father's name is R'lur and her mother Laeoni, so she assumes that her name is a combination of theirs. As soon as she was old enough, she was fostered along with others in her age group to her foster mother, Addaja. From the very beginning, Ralae may have appeared very girly and sweet but she was rough and tumble. Wanna go play with the canines? She was there! Time to go play dragons and felines in the field, count her in! Anything a boy could do, she can do better. And so, Ralae grew as any weyrbrat did. She knows her Ballards and her Duty Songs. She knows basic mending, cooking, cleaning, baking, and other tasks. Ralae knows how to write her name and do basic numbers. In fact, anything that she didn't know, she has made it her point to know including finding out who all her half-siblings are. She has five of them and knows one of them personally, her oldest brother Donal. The rest she knows on sight but not personally. At least, not yet.

Description: Ralae have light brown hair that almost borders on blonde. Her hair is very fine and doesn't tame easier so she tends to keep it short, just below her chin. Since becoming Time Lost, her hair is parted weird buy a scar that runs from the middle of her head, down to the right and ends just at her eyebrow. Her eyes are a warm brown color, like mud just after the rains. A round face that has high cheekbones, her face has shaped into a young woman's, Ralae has a short nose that tips down, a wide smile with a bright smile. She comes in at 5'3" and 100 lbs soaking wet. Her arms and legs are toned from running, and she has finally built up some muscle from her rider duties; however she is still lean in general. Her skin tone is simply brown due to being outside all the time. She is slightly bowed-legged and sometimes walks funny due to the fact that she broke her right ankle when she was 7 turns. Her right.legs gives her pain from being broke, causing her to limp from time to time. There is an ugly scar across her chest that runs from her shoulder down to about her belly. It looks like a burn that healed ugly. There are scars across her arms from being scratched by the tunnel snake. She also has scars going across her stomach from where the snake also gouged her. They are about an inch wide and go completely across her stomach.

Personality:Keep Ralae busy and challenged; this makes her a delightful and clever girl. Her hands are nimble and her personality a sunny one. She likes to know what is going on and why it is and if she doesn't know, you better bet your dragon's shell she will do her best to find out. This inquisitive nature has gotten her into trouble into the past but Harper Wellard had seen children like this before and let Addaja know that idle hands make much mischief. Because of this, Ralae is rotated through different tasks and crafts so that she doesn't get bored and go looking for her own fun. Ralae can come off as a know-it-all but a good-hearted one. She only wants others to do as good as she does though she lacks the patience to show anyone how it is actually done.

Though Ralae acts like she knows it all, she doesn't. And she has the habit of getting on people's nerves by asking questions or trying to direct them in what she thinks in a good direction. Later on in life, these micromanaging skills may come in handy but right now from a thirteen year old, it's down right annoying. Most of the younger kids stay away from her so she doesn't boss them around and the older children find her too childish and bratty to want to have her around. Some adults enjoy having her around and teaching her, impressed that she can keep so much knowledge straight but many other adults find that she constantly gets underfoot and in the way. This has left her in the awkward position of not having very many friends. While this hurts her deeply, Ralae does her best to plow on each day and not let anything affect her. Right now, she is not sure what direction she wants her life to go in but can only hope she will get there in one piece.

Since Impressing Zabreth Ralae has matured greatly. She still is very inquisitive and enjoys knows what is going on. Two years of playing messenger and edge helper have shown her what rider life is really like... But since coming back from being Lost, Ralae is more withdrawn and not as vocal as she wants was but she still refuses to let others to get to her.

Strengths:Bright, friendly, curious, eager to learn and help out
Weakness:Can be a know-it-all, gets bored easily, no patience for teaching or explaining, gets into other people's business

Other:Ralae is very good at humming and keeping a beat. When she has free time and is not investigating, she likes to create little tunes to keep herself amused. As she has been rotated through many crafts and jobs, she might come off as an amateur Jill of all Trades which she would use to seem more knowing.

ZABRETH

Age: Close to 4 Turns

Personality: Zabreth is, well, creative would probably be the best way to describe her in a hurry. It's certainly an apt enough adjective, and this sensitive dragon wouldn't take offense to it either. To Zabreth, everything is beautiful, everything is worth examining, everything has value. Even though she means no harm, this sparkly perspective on life can be a little hard to take sometimes.

Scatterbrained is another adjective you might use to describe this little green, as long as you don't say it to her face. Spacey, flighty and crazy are some others. Sadly, unlike her easygoing clutchmate Pumuth, Zabreth is a bit overly dramatic. She takes the slightest criticism to heart and tends to have trouble with lessons because of this. In addition, she zones out a lot and is quite accident prone as a result. Expect her to be a handful as she progresses through those pesky 'teenage' years.

Zabreth exhibits classic hoarding behavior. She enjoys constructing strange dragon sculptures from found objects and as such, will collect everything from broken wheels to cooking pots. She has the spotty memory of most dragons, however, and when she stores her treasures, there's a pretty good chance she won't remember where she's put them.

Her boundless enthusiasm for life also extends to mating. It's all fun and games to be chased and she attacks this necessary function with relish. In addition, Zabreth is likely to be caught fairly quickly because she'd rather perform artistic swirls and loops through the air than stick to the standard 'fly as fast as you can' nonsense. Nothing's more fun than a game of tag, especially an aesthetically pleasing one!

Why ME!?
Zabreth wanted someone who could see the world as she does, who might want to explore and learn and absorb the beauty as much as she wants to. Ralae is the sort of person that needs to be kept busy and possesses youthful exuberance and potential that this dreamy green is attracted by.

Ralae is young yet, and as such, isn’t as constrained in her imagination as older people might be – as demonstrated by her desire to know and piece together information. This lack of inhibition means Ralae is more likely to truly understand Zabreth’s artistic soul. Additionally, Zabreth needed someone who could keep up with her and manage reality while she navigated through dream space and Ralae’s burgeoning management skills may help to ground the spacey green as they grow.

Ralae might not have many friends but she needn’t worry about that any more! Zabreth will provide the outlet that Ralae needs to keep her busy and learn and she’ll be the girl’s best friend until the day they die.

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

~15 turns ago, Ralae is born to Laeni
~13 Turns ago, Ralae gets tossed into the creche
~7 Turns ago, Ralae breaks her ankle and has trouble walking again. Still walks oddly to this day
~15-18 months ago, IMPRESSION! YAY ZABRETH!
~Recently, invaded by Benden. Gotta look for weeds. Boring.
~ So the weed thing didn't work, some sorta council... First a gold flight. GO IANATH! Then some green flight... Bleh... Wait?!?! Is Zabreth GLOWING?

IMPRESSION

Orange Art Splotch Egg - The shell on this one is bright and contrasting but those who draw dear note a sort of anticipation within. Awe, impatience... it's as if this one has plans for the outside. A decent size, this could be a green, a blue, or a brown.



Ralae had heard from a very reliable source that Feynath was practically chewing her tail in anticipation of the eggs hatching. Her successful venture with Wykla to the beach had netted them each a flit, with gold Cheer currently snuggled around her neck. She was finally starting to feel sleepy, mostly with Cheer's influence, when the Candidate Master came through the weyr brat barracks banging a pot. All those who were of Impressionable age were immediately alert. Leaping up and unintentionally dropping her gold into her bed covers, Ralae tried to breath. Cheer, now awake and grumpy, gave hers an angry hiss and then went promptly back to sleep.

Unabashedly, the tween girl stripped down and grabbed her Candidate robes. This would be her first time standing and she was shaking with excitement, fear, nervousness, any emotion that could be thought of was running its course. Her hair was a tumble and grabbing a piece of cord, she tied it up. Just the excitement of her first Impression was enough to put her in a good mood. "Don't worry Cheer! I will be back to you soon. It's my first time standing, what are the chances of me getting a dragon anyways?"
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The walk to the stands was an imposing one. Ralae was taking in everything along the way. She was near Wykla and tried to motion to her and wish her good luck. The Sands were hot even in the cool of the night and Ralae was doing her best to keep her feet moving. The group was a rather large one with boys to one side and girls to the other side that was closest to the gold. Of course, they would be for to have a gold go /between/ would be unthinkable.

And so, Ralae watched, brown eyes wide and trying to take everything in. It wasn't before long when one of the eggs in the trio that had been so pleasant was shaking and then bursting forth.

Oh! A green! And what a darling she was, looking around and trying to see everything at once. Ralae wished that she could remember when she was younger and what she experienced. There must be so much she missed. Sighing, she stood on her tippy toes to the dark green trying to look at everything and everyone. Surely hers was not in the way high up part of the Stands. That would be such a pain.

Ralae tried to keep up with which way the first hatchling was going that she forgot to pay attention to the others. Not that it mattered because suddenly, a big pair of swirling green eyes was staring at her with love... Love? And... OH!
Isn’t it beautiful mine? But your Zabreth is awfully hungry. Feed me? A draconic smile met Hers as the first of the clutch Impressed.

Putting her hands to her mouth, Ralae started to cry. Was she...really... Impressed? To the most beautiful and amazing green who just had to share the whole world of Pern with her? "Oh Zabreth... It is beautiful. More than I could ever have imagined. Let's go and get you that food."

Belatedly, she wondered what Cheer would think.

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