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Gabriel had taken the initiative today to finish both her morning and afternoon chores as soon as possible and as such had worked straight through the normal lunch hour. She didn't particularly mind though, for now her work was done for the day and she had the opportunity to fool around in the kitchen and make her own meal.

She was in the middle of slicing herself some wherry meat to prepare for cooking when the greenrider entered the kitchen. She had seen him around many times, but thus far the chance to actually speak with the feminine male had eluded her. "Hello there," she greeted with a bright smile. "You're Eltimioth's rider, right? My name's Gabriel." The young teen had heard plenty of his unusually chatty green, and found the concept of a dragon that liked to talk to others to be rather awesome. Not everyone shared her opinion it seemed, but should the opportunity ever arise she wouldn't mind talking to the green herself. Of course, she didn't know of her restriction against talking to Candidates just yet.

"E'lai? That's a neat name. Nice to meet you too." She noticed that he had seemed rather surprised when she first addressed him. Was he not spoken to that much, or had he just not noticed her presence in the kitchen? Well, no matter. Either way they were conversing now. "Yeah, I spent the morning doing chores and ended up working through lunch. I've decided to try roasting myself some wherry. What were you plannin on gettin?"

"Sure thing," Gabriel replied, picking back up the carving knife and getting more meat. "Just a warning though, I like to experiment with the seasonings, so no guarantee that this will turn out well." Leaving the sliced meat on the carving block, the teen wandered over to where the seasons were to 'pick her poison' as it were. "So, I hear that Eltimioth likes to talk a lot? What's that like compared to the others?"

Gabriel had to laugh at his remark. "I wouldn't try to off you, silly. Besides, that would be such a tragedy to lose a dragon like that over food poisoning." The teen listened to the rest of E'lai's reply with interest. "Ooo, a Search dragon? That could be fun. Wouldn't mind doing that someday." It would be nice to visit different places during a Search.

Just then a small flitter popped into the kitchen, giving a pathetic cry as she landed onto Gabriel's shoulder with whirling red eyes. "Aw, poor baby, did you miss lunch too?" she asked, cutting off a piece of her meat to feed to the young firelizard. "I'm sorry, I thought you'd have eaten." The green gobbled down the wherry meat eagerly, letting out a happy chirp before asking for more. "I suppose I should introduce you to my own green. This here is Mossy. She's still just a baby, so she has a big appetite."

E'lai's concerns of being taken too seriously were rather ill-founded, for Gabriel enjoyed the joking banter. "Mhm~ Found her egg near one of the lakes. My friend got a silver one at the same time."

The green chittered a friendly greeting back to the rider before nudging Gabriel for more food. She was still hungry!

The teen giggled before feeding the flit more meat. "Her stomach is a bottomless pit, I swear. Oi, you're going to eat all of my lunch at this rate you silly flit."

The firelizard seemed wholly unconcerned with her human's remark and cuddled close against her neck. She was feeling much better now with food in her belly.

Gabriel smiled and pet the back of the cooing flit. "You're too damn cute, I swear."

"I can only imagine what a baby dragon's appetite would be like," Gabriel said with a laugh. "I look forward to finding out. I doubt the wherries will be nearly as enthusiastic however."

"Hey, do you mind holding her for a few minutes while I make our lunch? She's adorable for certain, but I don't want to accidentally mess up the food because she's tickling me." The teen carefully removed the young flitter from her neck (with some protest) and transfered the female over to E'lai's shoulder.

Mossy quickly made due with the new slightly wider perch and settled comfortably against the crook of the older teen's neck, burying herself under his dirty blond locks and curling her tail around his neck for extra support. She let out a small chirp of approval, her small face peeking out from beneath the hair.

"I think she likes you," Gabriel remarked with a grin before returning to preparing the meat.

"I highly doubt it," Gabriel replied with a confident smile, finishing seasoning the meat before placing the slices in the hearth to roast.

"And why wouldn't she like you? You're a nice guy, and clearly you have an affinity for greens," she said jokingly, referring of course to the fact that his dragon was also a green. "Although I won't deny that she is an attention hog. What sounds good as a side for the meat? Salad? Roasted veggies?"

Mossy responded favorably to the petting, cuddling closer against his neck. This was a nice and warm perch. She approved.