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Why did it seem that only the girls were planning to impress with any urgency this clutch? The gold had gotten right to it and the greens were gradually working their way through the candidates. Rocellia was sure she'd only seen one boy hatchling impress so far and that had been the brown at the start. There were a lot more blues now and she was pleased by that. They were a lovely little group that Rocellia often felt were over looked even among the chromatic colours. The browns were the biggest and really on the back of a brown you could advance if you wanted to, but it didn't matter if you did. With greens they were the girls and tended to be very varied and unique, of course all dragons were unique, but the greens were the ones that got the credit for it. The blues however just seemed to sit in the middle, you could reach a rank on a blue, but it'd take a lot of extra work to get there and she guessed that would put some people off. Somewhat lost in her own inner musings, Rocellia twisted her foot into the wet sand. Other than the green that had darted up and then rushed off, none of the dragons had really taken much notice of her. She couldn't claim the touching had been too amasingly eventful either, not compared to how some other people had reacted to the eggs. Oh well, maybe this clutch just didn't have a dragon for her among them. She could always try next time, she had plenty of turns left before she aged out.

Paige

She had to restrain herself from throwing her arms around Kaimi and jumping up and down. She was so excited though! Kaimi was there! She'd Impressed too! She had a dragon! "She's amazing!" Paige breathed, beaming with pleasure for her friend and her new bonded.

The emphasis on 'my' was not lost on her and as she glanced back at Venaith and met those soft blue eyes she knew it didn't apply. Venaith was not hers. She was Venaith's, mind, body and heart. She would do anything for this creature who's whole being was more important than the very air itself. "This is Venaith." She smiled again, her eyes misting with tears she was so incredibly happy. Nothing could ever be better than this moment right here, smeared with blood and drenched in rain.

While the other hatchlings wreaked havoc on sands and in the stands, a low warbling noise came from the shadows behind Hyweth. It was quiet enough that, with the rain, only the most observant would have heard it. And only the most observant would have seen the little head peering out from behind his mother. It was a blue, but what egg had he come from? He wasn't as sandy or muddy as the hatchlings who had dug their way out from being buried. But there hadn't been another egg on the sands, had there? Hiding behind Hyweth? Nobody had noticed it? But here was a dragon. Something strange was afoot.

The little blue fellow looked around from the safety of the shadows before deciding that it was safe to come out. And then, gone was the nervous edge. The little blue slipped out from behind Hyweth with his head high and his wings raised. He practically pranced across the sand, showy as any metallic. After he was certain he had been noticed, he began to move towards the male candidates.

Jemi

Where was all these blues coming from? Jemi shook her head and looked at the new blue. Prance and showy little thing wasn't he? Though did another egg hatch? She didn't see any shells nor was the hatching filthily like the others that had climbed out of the sands. Strange.

Did this mess up her betting slip.

She watched as more dragons hatched from their shells and more dragons impressed. She hoped Fiolen would impress one, there was definitely quite a few left without a rider to call their own. She gave him a warm smile and wondered how his nerves were holding up. She was all a bundle of nerves still and prayed the rest of the hatching went well.

Speaking of Fiolen, he was taught like a live wire, eyes wide despite the rain splashing against his face. He was staring at the crying blue, -pining- for it, even. However it seemed to look absolutely through him, as if it had no interest whatsoever. He could have sworn the beast was looking at Naressa though, but it seemed like it daren't approach. Perhaps it found the girl somewhat suitable, but felt like it was not his place to come near? His gaze seemed to slice through Fiolen and right through the back of him, leaving him feeling bereft when those eyes didn't swirl rainbow for him.

"He's so lovely. They all are. But he doesn't see me." It was hard to tell if he was crying, what with the rain. However, his high voice cracked at the very end, just a touch.

Naressa
Her heart sank at his words, she could see the desperation to be claimed in his eyes. She reached out her hand and placed it on his shoulder. Despite his oddness he was quite normal and caring in his own way. He just needed to come into himself and hadn't quite found the way yet. She was almost certain that if he impressed it would help give him the push he needed. She could be quite brash at times but she meant well in the end. "They are all lovely and I'm sure yours will find you soon enough." She wanted more than anything to impress as well, but if not today there were always other hatchings to come.

Cai

A chill went up Cai's spine as he firmly directed an older woman down to the healers, that no he would not 'tend to her needs' up here in the Stands. The chill was wholly unrelated to the woman though as she suddenly hurried from his side with a whimper of fear.

He turned and found himself face to face with the small blue dragon. It's eyes were red. Anger. Or was it hunger? He'd heard both. Well of course it was hungry. It was spending all of it's energy up here traipsing about instead of just grabbing a rider and getting itself fed. He met it's glare with one of his own as he straightened slowly. "Don't give me that look. I'm just cleaning up the mess you've made."