Hmm, some of these bets were going OK, she guessed. Others, not so much. That was okay! It was...nice to focus on.
Hatching Order (tracking for a bet): Slytherin, Once Upon A Dream, Felix Felicis, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, Hufflepuff, Let It Go, Crucio, Who else is out and about, HELP
faesinger -Veltanna bets that Dynzrak will impress a male from Rhianth’s clutch. -Niika counterbets Veltanna that Dynzrak will impress one of Fianth's male children instead.
-Ahlalei is betting twice. First: A gold will chose a High Reaches candidate - LOSS Second: A Blue will chose someone that isn’t a candidate from either Weyr
-Niika has countered with: First: If there is a gold, it will choose a candidate who has stood for at least 2 PC clutches (Tarot, Spooky, and Tea) - WIN Second: There will not be more than 2 stands impressions.
Lutz -A'kir bets that someone is going to die at the hands of a dragon from the Harry Potter clutch, that there will be one gold dragon between the two clutches and it will hatch from the Disney Songs clutch, that both clutches will hatch an equal amount of browns, that the first egg from the Harry Potter clutch to hatch will be the Nimbus 2000 egg, and that the first egg from the Disney Songs clutch to hatch will be the How Far I'll Go egg. - LOSS, FIRST HP CLUTCH EGG WAS SLYTHERIN -Niika makes no counter bet. She is too stunned by how specific this is. - Win
Princess_Feylin -T'of is betting that Toren will Impress one of the first 12 eggs to hatch. -Niika bets Toren will impress one of the Disney Clutch.
Teiha -Farinalgo bets he will Impress a blue. -Niika bets Farinalgo will impress a Disney Song Blue.
-Venin bets that a dragonet will die or go between without finding its lifemate. -Niika bets there will be at least three Stands Impressions.
-Emori bets that at least two candidates will be mauled to death. -Niika bets a minimum of 7 candidates will be maimed.
Meep -Syflie bets that a gold will hatch, but won't choose a High Reaches candidate. - WIN -Niika is betting if a gold hatches, it will be between 40-43' as it's adult size in the profile that she can't read because she doesn't know this stuff but shhhhhhhh. AKA smaller than average. - WIN
dawns_aura -Lelte has bet that there will be 2 Golds, Fianth's clutch will be the more maim-y of the two, and that there will be more (PC) greens than blues overall - all in one -Niika makes no counter bet.
NovaCracker -Amila is betting on Impressing a green. -Niika is betting Amila will impress a green from Rhianth's clutch.
-H'lare is betting a Bronze will Impress someone people assume UNLIKELY to Impress a bronze. OOCly that basically means something like a Stands Impressiuon ETC. -Niika is betting swapped candidates from Western will impress more metallic dragons than High Reaches candidates do.
-Aerone bets a dragonet will try to break a BROTHER from HIS shell -Niika is betting a female dragon will be assisted by a sibling in hatching.
-(Aerone)that a white will hatch from either clutch. -Niika bets if there is a white, it impresses to a girl.
ShinosBee -Falienn is betting he doesn't survive the hatching -Niika is betting Falienn will impress a dragon that mauled another candidate!
Magnadearel -Makimton bets he will impress a dragon from Rhianth's clutch - WIN -Niika bets Makimton will impress from Fianth's clutch! - LOSS
Sweet Symmetry -Nyaranau bets that there are two gold dragons, Impressing candidates from different Weyrs; the Auror egg will be the first egg to hatch overall, and the first egg to hatch from Fianth’s clutch will be the You Can Fly egg; the first dragon to Impress will be Brown; and Ruunan will Impress a Green from Fianth’s clutch. - LOSS, SLYTHERIN HATCHED FIRST -Niika has no counterbet for Nyara - just that one of those things won't have to happen for her to win. - Win
-Ruunan bets that the first egg to Impress will be a bronze from Fianth’s clutch - WIN -Niika bets first impression goes to a Green from Rhianth's clutch. - LOSS
-there are more female dragons than male dragons across both clutches, but there will be more male weyrlingpairs -We'll have more unusual lady impressions - at least 3 on a blue or a brown
-and Nyaranau will Impress a Blue from Rhianth’s clutch. -Nyara will impress a Green, rather than a Blue, from Rhianth's.
ME -Kinyegele has bet that Someday My Prince Will Come will impress to an aged out or a long-standing candidate!
-Niika has made no counter bet. ****Pach cannot win an egg
Tatterpixie -Jeri bets that she will finally Impress, from Fianth's clutch. -Niika counters that Jeri will impress from Rhianth's clutch.
-Willim bets the first to hatch will be a bronze from Rhianth's clutch -Niika bets the last to hatch will be a bronze from Fianth's
Akina Tokuwa -Ryah bets that more (PC) girls will Impress overall, and that at least two of those girls will match to an unconventional color.
-Niika bets that more than half of the PC green impressions will be to boys.
houllow -Fisher has bet that any golds in the clutch(es) will not Impress to a High Reaches candidate -Niika bets that more than half of any bronzes and golds will go to Western Candidates!
-Fisher has bet brawling dragonets will result in a candidate being unable to stand any further or a dragonet going between -Niika is betting that won't happen.
Prism Shine - Keris bets Phyrana will impress from Rhianth's clutch -Niika bets Phyrana will impress a male dragon
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:15 pm
Akaris Okay, it was fine. No problem. The green's eyes were red, but it was way over there, and preoccuppied with the other eggs...while the Slytherin bronze just watched, more interested in the goings-on there than in Impressing just now, apparently. Oh, but that laugh. Akaris shivered and pressed a little closer to her friend. The will not to cling had clearly gone right out the window, somewhere along the way, but as coping mechanisms for stress went, there were worse things.
A few hatchlings had Impressed, but more and more eggs were moving, and the prospect of being inundated with dozens more was...well. Happy thoughts. Happy thoughts. She looked back to the dragonets who'd hatched from eggs she'd been fond of.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:17 pm
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"Nonami..." He said thoughtfully, then offered something of a more genuine smile, even if his eyes were still half-lidded like a lazy feline. They were clearly important to Amaretti, which meant they were safe from the worst of him. "I'm Dynzrak. It's a pleasure." He swept into a bow fit for a lord--courtesy of training provided by their dearest sibling. The little gold had found hers without issue... and more and more dragonets were beginning to emerge.
Slytherin seemed rather pleased as its green sibling hatched, and Dynz tilted his head thoughtfully as she immediately went to visit two other eggs. Well, it had put her in a better temper, at least briefly. That laughter... Dynzrak shook his head for a moment, refusing to admit that it had been an unnerving sensation.
He turned to regard Veltanna absently, smiling as he did. A very pretty girl, yes. "And so might yours. Positive thoughts and all, right?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:19 pm
SOUI
Soui had not...been expecting to have her hand taken as it was, and she turned to look up at Dehka with eyes full of confusion but cheeks colored red with surprise. The teen didn't blush, not very often, and yet her face was covered in a light dusting as she searched his face for just what he was doing. Yet she didn't try and pull her hand away, instead just standing there until -
The golden dragon from before was at her side, looking at her and nuzzling her hand and...washing feelings of affection about. It prompted Soui's face to scrunch up against the tears that threatened to come again, but instead she raised her free hand up to rub viciously at her eyes. Even this new child was saying it was okay and was forgiving her for being selfish earlier so maybe she needed to forgive herself? "Thank you, so much." There wasn't much else to say and so she bowed her head before letting her hand shift...until she was properly holding Dehka's.
"Um...if it okay if I stay holding your hand for now?" The question came right before the sound of laughter pierced the air and her whole body tensed, not quite liking that feeling.
Looked like another spirited green was out on the sands. Ticene had to say that she liked when hatchlings just seemed to explode out of their eggs. There was just something so vibrant about the way that they busted their way into the world. The green was a personality. That much was certain, but Ticene didn't immediately feel threatened by the dragon. Red eyes meant more than just unfocused aggression. She heard whispers move through candidates, making all kind of presumptions and had to suppress the urge to roll her eyes. The dragonet hadn't even come anywhere near the candidates and yet by some of the reactions people were having you'd think she had already savaged someone.
A movement and there was another green. Although this one considerably more timid. The way she backed away made Ticene frown. Hopefully the parents would be able to comfort her until she was confident enough to move forward. That or she would see the person she wanted and could call them over to her.
It was difficult, but Ticene tried to keep tabs on all the hatchlings as best she could. Crucio moved and nuzzled another egg. Oh, yes, she was just such a viscous thing wasn't she? See the way she savagely mauled that defenceless egg? Oh, and this next one too. Why it was a massacre! Ticene crossed her arms and let out a sound close to a huff. Even in the supposedly enlightened Weyrs you couldn't get away from people who would judge someone as soon as they looked at them.
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:21 pm
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At this, he frowned in confusion. Why did Falienn think the green would be going specifically for him? Was that mixing with something else, like the rejection? Orri gripped his shoulder tighter and gave it a shake. "Don't talk like that," he said, and it might have been forceful if he didn't add, "Please. I said I was going to stand with you on the sands, and I'm sticking to it. You're my friend." There, he said it.
Hufflepuff, oddly, didn't go to meet the other dragons by the meat just yet, but seemed to be making rounds. First she went to Dehka and another girl he had been talking to, apparently making some sort of reparation. And then she...headed this way. Orri blinked, his frown immediately smoothing away as a spike of fanboyism struck him, ignoring the circumstances of the moment. He had never been so close to a gold before, let alone a baby. She was beautiful, and shining, and so small. And...she wasn't there for him. He couldn't take this moment away from Falienn, whatever he wanted to ask the gold.
So Orri bowed to the little queen, smiling at them before, before stepping aside and just a little in front, like a bouncer at the door to a club. If the growing gang of dragonets had a plan brewing, he was going to keep an eye out. But he did shoot Dehka a look over his shoulder, a silent yet somehow loud DUDE-DID-YOU-SEE-HER-THO.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:28 pm
Rylyrr-High reaches - He/Him
He found himself watching the green move over the eggs, seeking out two others and he had liked that purple and golden swirled egg. He watched it shake slightly, hopeful that it would crack open soon. What was inside the egg?
Though that laugh was a bit worrisome.
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Nonami - Western Candidate
They had turned, intending to greet Veltanna, to answer Dynzrak -- when the laugher that sprang into their head made them stop dead. Nonami turned, spying Slytherin over with Avada Kedavra, the very egg that had reduced them to tears and about near did again. Was… Were they about to hatch…?
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Ielin - High Reaches Candidate
Yet another impression, the one very excited green. A blue hatching, looking regal as ever… But the angry green made his stomach clench, suddenly nervous. He hopes they might be calm once they find Theirs… But this newest green, a scared little one. His heart goes out to them, it truly does. It would be okay, Hers was waiting for her after all.
Yet, his focus wanders, trails until he notices a candidate more.. secluded. Hunched over? No, curled up. His instinct at first was to ignore, yet.. Hadn’t he been working on not being so secluded? And if someone needed some help, if just a strong shoulder to lean on until the hatching was over…
Ielin moved away, skirting around closer to the stands where the candidate lay. Yet he keeps glancing at the eggs, at the babies on the sands. It wouldn’t do to miss something potentially charging after him… Gently, the large miner kid tapped Amila on the shoulder, trying to not startle the girl. “Hey.. you okay? The sand’s hot, shouldn’t jus’ curl up onnit.” He pauses, glancing around real quick once more. “If you’re scared.. you can stand wit’ me. Been standin’ for a few turns now.”
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Tuelarua - High Reaches Candidate
That hadn’t been the reaction she had expected, but it was one she understood. Someone who had seen a harsher touch, yet she can’t - won’t judge. But his eyes still pulled at her in an odd way, an intensity to his gaze that had her attention caught. Yet Tuelarua can only give a slight nod, retract her hand to her side like a silent apology.
But his words caught her attention, pulling her to pay attention. Sound advice, truly. If anything, it seemed more reasonable than just ‘cover your important bits’. Tuela nods, more firmly, as her eyes flit briefly over his face -- and back to the hatching. It doesn’t quite stop the soft gasp, seeing the angry red of Crucio’s eyes. What had upset them..?
Zi’aso - Western Greenrider
Don’t forget the mug-- Tiernoth gently fussed as she dropped her rider off, gently nuzzling into his back as he waved off her fussing.
“Yes, yes, dear. Don’t worry.” He’s balancing the mugs, one in each hand, before he leans in to kiss her nose. Five turns ago, it had been him on the sands, staring into a shy baby green’s eyes. Now? He loved to live that moment over again vicariously. Needing volunteers to help shuttle Western candidates for the hatching? Oh, he no doubt wanted to be a part of it all.
He’s balancing the mugs carefully, weaving between tired people stumbling and shuffling into the stands with the agile of a feline. Zi’aso was always a morning person, so he’s quite used to shuffling around those nearly half-dead. But his eyes flit to find the tattooed form of his friend, making his way unceremoniously towards Q’dosh.
“Oh, you’re lucky I adore you. You know how hard it is to balance two of these things around so many people with barely an eye open?” Yet despite his tongue-in-cheek complaining, Zi’aso winks and carefully passes over a very full mug. Nevermind how he flops into the seat next to him, barely able to sip the drink down so it doesn’t spill. “I miss anything?” The greenrider slings an arm around his friend’s shoulders, rubbing his cheek against Q’s shoulder.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:29 pm
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Dhawsn couldn't help but laugh a bit as the woman huffed. It was all in good fun. Even the babies seemed to be joining in on the laught--
...Oh. Oh, he did not like that sound of that laughter. Or the look in that green's eyes. Dhawsn fretted at his finger nails, hesitating if he should or shouldn't before leaning straight into the former.
"Ma'am," he said as he approached Veltanna. "Uh. Might be best if ya got a meat shield fer a bit, huh. Think a gang's startin' t'form..." First Slytherin, now Crucio coming out, and Imperio was being nuzzled. Maybe he was reading the situation wrong, maybe not. Better to err on the cautious side, right?
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:32 pm
Kahbrohm
Slytherin was making a friend - and that friend was friends with that egg he liked so. Somehow, that....told him a lot. Immediately Crucio, Slytherin, and even the unhatched Imperio were much more interesting to the boy. More interesting than a gold that wouldn't have wanted him.
Well look at you. What will you all do - should I brace myself for you to test me? it wasn't fear, persay, but a blooming readiness in his heart. In his everything. Kahbrohm would show himself already proven. Dehka.....well, he didn't care what he did, but he still found his thoughts going to the other boy.
Anger didn't bury care.
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Kinye
Kinye stood a little taller, blinking at the red-eyed green, as well as the soft and more delicate looking green that had just hatched. They were both the greens she so desired, but there was something about Fisher's posture that implied a flight-or-fight instinct kicking up and it made the delicate girl slightly nervous.
"Do you think they'll be nice?" so many were assuming the opposite, but Kinye thought they would all be nice and great assets to the Weyr even if they weren't perfect balls of sweetness. That wasn't a fault, after all!
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Fahn
Another green! Oh! Two more! And a blue! Babies were hatching and impressing all over, and Fahn was right with Jeri with all of the squealing. It was probably the exact reason a certain unhatched egg had entirely dismissed her.
"Maybe one of them is yours...or yours!" Fahn nudged both Jeri and Rhylune as she spoke, shifting her weight and at this point barely holding still. In fact, she nearly jumped as Firebolt's egg fell over. Hmmm!
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So many babies about, and Juhvek couldn't help but nod approvingly at all of them. Even the ones that were triggering fear responses from the other candidates. The ones who had met dragons that tried to kill them. Or so they felt.
Look at you. Will we get a show? It would be a good one, he was sure.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:32 pm
Falienn The cold laugh of Crucio slid down Falienn's spine like ice water, and still he couldn't look away as she nuzzled, caressed her siblings' eggs. Instinct said to run, but why? Just to suffer later? Be rejected from the Weyr, or pushed into a craft he didn't care for, a slow death at the hands of dispassion, or a quick and violent one on the sands? He frowned at Orri's insistence, mouth opening to insist—there was no reason for Orri to fall with him—when a mental nudge broke through the malaise.
His head whipped around, questioning voice dying in his throat as she stared up at him. She who wasn't and could never have been his. But. But she'd picked someone else...hadn't she? But she'd...come back? To see him? He didn't...
No one had ever come back before. Well, Orri had, but that was different. His hand twitched up, reaching out to touch...and then flinched back. "Sorry..." He was almost silent as he whispered it, voice taught, hoarse. "Think if I did that..." He might not want to let go again. But he couldn't hate her for the pain she'd caused. "It's okay, though. You have her and...and you're happy, right?" That was all that mattered. She would be safe and loved and happy. "Maybe if I'd been a girl, huh?" He grimaced and forced the thought away. No point dreaming now. Instead he shoved forth all that remained of his hope, his love, his genuine delight in the little gold. She really was perfect, and he let her know it. And he was sure her rider would tell her again. Every day for the rest of their days, and long, long after he was gone. And that was okay too.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:35 pm
Peku/age 8 / stands with dad
Peku smiled at his father’s concerns. “I won’t run off!” He promised. That kill joy Uncle P’tius wasn’t around to keep him from anything fun, there wasn’t anything to run from! “I won’t go on the sands either,” he added. He couldn’t, it was dangerous. He knew better than to hope that a dragon would pick him at his age. He was too young. But eventually! In a few years! Soon! Soon he’d be able to Stand.
“Do you think she’ll be glad we’re here?” He asked. He watched the hatching, and paused to look at his father. “Was Lokith so little?” He asked. It seemed strange. Lokith has always been in his life, and she’s always been huge. Relatively, anyway.
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“I don’t know, Silvie might not mind another dragon in the family,” C’vi said, giving the healer a smile. “She seems to like your brother’s well enough.” Oh, it looked like a rowdy bunch was forming on the sands. He didn’t know any of the candidates, and for a moment, he was grateful.
“I hope they have good healers down there. That green gives me the heebies.”
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The Mystery Egg One Green gave a sad little cheep as she looked around. Slowly, carefully, she turned to give Fianth a creel. The gold crooned encouragement, reaching over to nose the little one tenderly. For a moment, the little green lingered close, taking in all the love and comfort it could, before it turned to face down the white robes.
Slowly, carefully, ever so gently and tenderly, the green began to walk through the crowd. She paused now and then to look at one, then another. No... no that wasn't right...That wasn't the one...
So many people.
Akaris? Rylyrr? While she rather was fond of the feelings she knew they held for one another, that...that wasn't the one who needed her. What about Iathe or Roana or Zyamel? No! Oh dear, no, no....
Ticene? Amila? No, no.... Oh, this was such difficult work.
She gave a little creel, as if crying out for hers to hear. So many hearts she wanted to know; so many hearts she wanted to love; but only One meant for her... But wait. What was that?
Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:36 pm
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His brow rose as what seemed like a growing group of dragons stirred in Rhianth's batch. Comrades or ranked associates? The restrictions he had thought "baby" dragons had were no longer applicable. They could have well made a conspiracy of themselves.
Positive thoughts, they said. Here was one.
Show us what you are made of. Power, after all, was something the Slytherin bronze had desired, and it clearly showed. Arc almost smiled.
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2018 6:40 pm
Rhylune- she/Her- High Reaches
"They could be! Or yours, just I really like the blue. Blues are just so pretty."Rhylune gushed. And her father rode blue and she could see herself riding one. "The greens are neat tooo. But that egg," she motioned the the black and white striped firebolt. "I'm just sort of excited for that one."
