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D'lin and Plexith arrived just as the green charge on egg cracked open. The little green that appeared was on her way to the girls when they landed, Plexith, who always did have a soft spot for the young was crooning his encouragement and all but ignoring his rider in his excitement. D'lin simply shook his head in amusement before patting the bronze shoulder and sauntering off to join some of the other riders.

'That is a very small blue' Plexith remarked as he paused his crooning to study the new arrival and D'lin paused to study him 'small maybe..but he looks healthy enough, standing up like that' D'lin responded, shading his eyes slightly against the morning sun so that he could see better. In all truthfulness the entire clutch looked to be a bit on the small side - and he didn't hold out much hope for any browns or bronzes in the batch..still healthy dragons were healthy dragons, small or not and all would be important someday - some of them might even fly in his wing. That thought alone was enough to make D'lin pay extra attention to this hatching.

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Eliza was soooo excited..she was all but bouncing in place as Velath descended towards the weyrbowl 'Are we late?!? Have some of them already hatched?!?' She asked Velath as they circled to look for a landing place. 'A green and a tiny blue' Velath informed her rider before diving to snatch a landing spot before another late arrival stole it.

"Oh my it is small" Eliza remarked as she slid off her green and got her first look at the newly hatched dragons. "That green looks pretty spunky though"


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Cheryth and Ca'mil made an unhurried arrival, they had seen many hatchings now and while yes they were exciting and it was certainly nice to see the new arrivals impress they were also aware that these sort of things took a bit of time and really there was no need to rush.

Gently landing beside a green the crimson flicked her scarred wings and squinted at the newly hatched dragons on the sand. 'Such small eggs..poor Brakiath' The crimson remarked with a sigh.

"Small perhaps..but you were a small egg too dear heart and look how you turned out" Ca'mil reminded her lifemate, a comment to which the Crimson paused to consider.

The steps grew more determined, more sure as she continued on, her head rising and a determined expression on her newborn face. Hers was HERE she was sure of it! Calling out, she flapped her wings to little effect and stumbled on through the first row of girls, ignoring most of them completely.

The Blue, however, snorted at his sister's hurried gait and took his time in picking his way through the eggs and out onto the sand. Dainty and lean, he almost seemed too light to disturb the sand as he kept his gaze up and headed to the boys, peering at one then another but inevitably moving on.

Roeline was sure to step out of the green's way, not wanting to impede her finding of Hers. In the meantime, it seemed that the blue was carefully looking over the boys. She almost had to wonder if the dragon might pick someone small like him so that they could fly together more easily as a nice lean pair up in the sky. Ah, so much fun stuff for them to look forward to~ heart Even if she didn't Impress in this Hatching, she would be quite happy for all the rest who did. And she would soooo be asking to greet their dragons after. She was quite eager to see a few of the more fun eggs that she had felt start to hatch.

They had been there from the start, watching their senior Queen quietly and warily. Narisa felt her heart constrict every time she looked towards Brakiath. It unnerved her to see the Gold as she was, especially with her rider still in the unknown state she was. The young goldrider couldn't lie that she was worried about how this hatching might go. She didn't think Brakiath would do anything to the hatchlings. But the Candidates...? They better not do anything stupid and foolish. Or they might lose more than just a little dignity.

There was still fear in her for what was going to happen to Abigail. And another growing fear the hatchlings. Would they all be alright? There weren't that many eggs, but then she only had her first hatching to compare it too.

Look, Narisamine! The first hatchling. She is a strong one. A good sign. Cepheith gently rubbed her snout against Narisa, humming pleasantly when Hers leaned against her. We mustn't focus on negatives. Look! Another hatches! The gold crooned encouragingly towards the little ones, eyes an excited blue.

Narisa felt her lips curling into a smile as her gaze fell on the green that basically exploded out of her shell. Cepheith was right. That was a good sign. And the green looked healthy and feisty. The little blue looked small, though. But he was walking along just fine. Perhaps he'd just be one of the tiny blues? She shook her head, watching as each hatchling hunted among the Candidates.

Syn had hurried to the hatching from her morning chores along with the other candidates. She had just begun to help prepare breakfast in the kitchens when she had been informed of the hatching. She had barely had time to grab a piece of fruit before heading to the hatching grounds. Quickly, Syn had eaten the fruit as she hurried along, barely taking breaths between bites. She had known she wouldn't have much time at all to eat and she hadn't. Before she knew it she had been lined up with the other girls out on the sands, waiting for the eggs to hatch.

Quietly, Syn stood on the sands, examining each of the eggs, looking for any sign of which one might be next to hatch. As the first two began to crack, she examined them. The blue looked quite small, she thought. Although she knew that size wasn't always all that it was cracked up to be. She would have looked him over longer, but spotted the green making her way towards the girls and she watched curiously, wondering who she might pick.

Oh good! It looked like the green had finally found Hers. The young Candidate's attention was drawn away from the newly bonded pair, however, by the hatching of yet another egg. Oh hey, another green! Well, perhaps that wasn't too much of a surprise given the sizes of the eggs in the clutch, but still. She was curious to see where this girl might head off to.

Aislin had never been much of a morning person. This day was just like any other, with her being slow and trying to wake up before she attempted to do any chores. She had no intention of being asleep on the job, after all. So when the humming had begun and the candidatemaster's cries reached her ears, she had her boots only half on. Oh. Well, now she had to really hurry! Wait..what? Sapphire eyes blinked before she shoot up straight in the air, two almost identical squeals of displeasure followed her and she quickly turned to soothe the brown and black who were curled up on her furs. "Sorry!" She murmured to the both of them, not even blinking as the black grumbled more as he resettled himself. "Yeah, yeah. Go ahead a sleep in."

She had always found it odd that they'd have to wear sandals for Impressions. But traditions were there for a reason; or so her father said. Shaking the strange thoughts from her mind, she started walking towards the exit of the barracks while pulling her hair back to be tied up. Aislin did not want her hair all over the place while standing there in the hot sands. Was it strange that she wasn't as nervous as some were? Eying the other candidates who assembled around them, she didn't bother offering any sort of greetings or wishes of luck. She was beginning to focus on Impressing. No matter what color, she did not want to leave those sands until she had a dragon all her own.

And of course almost as soon as they arrived and positioned themselves, two eggs hatched. Aislin couldn't help but feel those bubbles of excitement in her chest as she tried to hide the wide grin from her face. A green was first; though she seemed a bit unsteady at first, she quickly caught her balance and started heading to the females. It seemed she might just be the first dragon to Impress!

Then a blue! He was somewhat on the small side though, hopefully that wouldn't mean much. He'd most likely grow over time. Even as small as he was, the blue was still a handsome dragon. Oh..wait! The green had Impressed! How adorable!

And then there was another green. Shifting her stance in the sands, Aislin crossed her hands behind her back and bit down on her lip. She couldn't wait to see the rest of this clutch. It was already so exciting!

Oh goodness! Shy away Nawa did, unwilling to take any chances this time. Though this particular hatchling didn't seem to be aggressive, she didn't entirely trust any of them. She breathed a sigh of relief when the green found Hers, and went back to standing properly, as though nothing at all had happened.