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Mine! Look, my brotherss found Theirs! The Green said from where she sat beside herKodi. Every few seconds or so, she would get distracted and point something out to her bonded. Or ask a question. Can we visit them after they eat?

Kodi stuck her hand into the bucket again, trying not to make any noises at the smell. Or the way the meat felt as her fingers squished through the juicier bits. "I-I'm sure... we can." She managed to get out. "OhFaranth. Aeskeluth! Eat this. It's so gross."

But it's so good. Aeskeluth swung her head back to delicately take the piece of meat from Kodi. Do you not like meat, Mine?

"I like meat! Just prefer it ta be cooked." She made a face, glancing at the other pairs to see if anyone else found this icky too. Kodi knew she'd have to get used to this. And shellit, she would do it like a pro!

Aeskeluth giggled. Look at Belcarrath! Climbing in the stands like that. More giggling and delicate snatching of meat. I wonder why His was hiding up there? Mine, why would His be up there?

"Why not focus on eating and then we can ask him later." Kodi suggested, patting that mossy colored snout.

It took a few minutes to respond. In fact, rochelle stared at the weak little crimson well into the hatching of her brother, mouth open. She felt it all - fond irritationn hunger, the love, the bond - and it overwhelmed. So just when people were feeling safe, she shrieked and scurried to the crimson.

"Kibeth!" She wouldn't be Rochelle if she weren't a bit loud. Sand scrunched under her feet, the girl dropping to her knees to lean and embrace the red. "Youre real!"

Don't make me regret picking you. Of course I'm real. Real and hungry. Kibeth nuzzled her anyway, small head lifting as a person approached with food, slowly. Rochelle snagged the bucket where she knelt, and offered it to the hungry dragon. Despite being weak, at least Kibeth had a bit of roundness to her. Around the mouthfuls, she reached out to Bel and Mal. This will be fun.

(NPC approved by Tawny!)

The black's head swung around slowly until he was looking at his chosen rider, and a little smirk that could be sensed only by Wen formed in the atypes mind as he stepped slowly forward.




With all of Hyweth's eggs successfully hatched and Impressed the candidates were hurried over to the lone Languid egg in Sunnath's clutch. They were formed into a loose ring around the last egg on the Sands, leaving a gap only for Kindra to step forward with her shovel and break the hatchling free of its prison.

Darsha sighed when the handsome black impressed, shooting an envious glance in Wen's direction. She knew that most candidates didn't impress the first time around, but Darsha had been so convinced that she was different. Special. Something out of the ordinary.

There was only one egg left, the languid egg. Mustering up her last few vestiges of hope, Darsha walked over and joined the group that had been herded back to Suunath's clutch. Despite all of the impressions, there were still so many of them left. So many who would be left sorrowful and disappointed.

If only those other eggs hadn't been stolen... maybe hers could have been there. With a sigh, she returned her attention to the cracking of the languid egg.

The Languid egg twitched and wriggled after the second strike of the shovel and after a few tense moments a dark hind foot kicked out. Was this another black? A second foot kicked out, and a tail flicked out, and then the shell fell away to reveal not a second black, but a second crimson. Lying on her side the little hatchling raised her head and looked around at the candidates and blinked peacefully, wearily.

After some moments she got to her feet and looked at the candidates before her. Making a little noise in the back of her throat she then turned to look at the candidates behind her... and then turned to the first half again. She made another little noise then, not quite a keen but a rather uncertain sounding warble. Where was Hers? They had to be here somewhere... didn't they?

Zarike

Jealous wasn't quite the right word, though it could easily apply. Zarike wasn't the jealous sort though. Hurt fit better. As the blue had charged up the Stands, Zarike had felt his heart soar with disbelief. Was it coming for him? Did it not matter that he wasn't 12 exactly?! He had almost cried aloud with joy when the creature barreled right past him, taking his legs out from beneath him and Impressing to an older man not far away.

He wanted to cry. He wanted to break down and sob for getting his hopes up so high. Zarike didn't though. He held the tears back and cheered for the happy pair as much as the rest of the crowd did.

The last few eggs were blurred though as Zarike tucked himself up against the railing again, heart and body bruised and hurting more than they had in a long time.

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Cai

Suunath's roar had Cai's attention as the Benden gold protested the cracking of her egg. Admittedly, it had been something she'd wondered about. Was this the first deliberately hatched Benden atypical? Sure it wasn't on the Sands of her beloved mountain weyr but that was still Benden's gold.

The rider, despite her less than pleased expression had done her job without complaint though. The keening warble of the hatchling was pitiful, as was it's small size. Cai turned back to latching the lid down on the case at her feet.

At first she had thought that it was going to be another black emerging from the languid egg's shell. But... no! It was a dainty crimson. She seemed weak, or perhaps just tired... but she also seemed so much more serene and less aggressive than so many of the others hatchlings Darsha had seen that day. Was it just the stress and exhaustion of hatching, or was the crimson's personality already showing through?

Taking Kindra's words to heart, Darsha mustered up every ounce of positivity and support that she could find within herself. Even if she didn't impress the pretty little crimson, someone had to. With no idea what had happened to the stolen eggs, they could not afford to have the newly hatched dragonet go between.