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"Queep!" Kia said excitedly, peering up at the gold dragonet. "Queep, queep!" The very big gold had looked at her! Stretching her neck out as long as it would go, the green flit chirped a happy greeting to the queen. She flipped her wings onto her back in a great show of dainty elegance that was somewhat taken away from when she got a wingtip stuck behind one limb. "Keeeer!" Oh dear. S'van reached down and carefully righted the wing, allowing the small creature the prim poise that she was trying to assume. Aeron's angry hisses confused the flitter, and she cheeped at him, attempting to soothe his ruffled temper. Big! Rearing up onto her hind legs, the baby tried to reach the queen again, but failed, and flopped onto the floor again with much cheeping.

More exciting than the queen's acknowledgment was the sight of several greens just like her! Biiig! Very big! Tail flip flopping with happiness, she hummed and attempted to mimic Ailurath by rearing onto her hind legs once more. "Queep!" Oh, this was very exciting! Eyes whirling rapidly, the tiny green firelizard maintained her balance for as long as she could, mirroring her much larger cousin.

"Don't worry about it, Mal. Kia'll keep Aeron in line, won't you Kia?" "Krrii!" Apparently so. Mine! I hear Miith! Miith, where have you gone? Oh dear. Well, at least he had a little bit of warning before-- "Heya, E'si. Did you get to see the Hatching?" S'van offered the weyrling a friendly smile, trying to coax him to mingle with the group a little more. "I know you've met my friend Okassis-- what is it now, Kas, anyway?" Had it been O'asis? He wasn't entirely sure. "And this is Nan the Nose, and Jessmet... oh and their lovely dragons, of course." And J'riar, and K'riwar. He thought that E'si knew both of them, though.

Taking the opportunity to be exuberant, S'van turned and snagged a hold of Jiriar. "Hey! Congratulations, Jiri! I knew you had it in you! And Kiri, too!" But Jiriar, whose little dragonet was trying so desperately to hide, was grabbed up in a hug, and given a clap on the back. "She's adorable. Shells, all of the new little greens are." He had been somewhat amazed by how many there were, in total. Over half of the new dragonets were greens, it seemed. He reached over, trying to shake Kiriwar's hand, terribly pleased that so many of his friends had impressed, and... he snagged him over for a hug as well. "Look at all of you!"

"Then go to bed, C'ren. I'm not going to keep you up," he snapped, rubbing the bridge of his nose as he turned to glare at his...roommate. Honestly, what was he expecting? Yes, perhaps F'sey was tired and sore, but he also worked very hard and he was...getting old. Older, rather. The greenrider cringed visibly at the thought. It was still very hard to digest, that thought, but at least he'd gotten to the point it was mildly...tolerable. Mildly. Maybe.

"Are you still here?"

F'sey paused and halted, not really sure how far he'd gotten. Or how far he'd gotten away from C'ren. It was hard to keep track of things when the room was spinning and his...roommate was talking his ear of. And maybe he was right and he did need more sleep, but like hell he would admit that. Especially after the fuss he put up to stay here! He at least wanted to make sure all the newly-Impressed were doing well, especially that vicious little green. They didn't need anymore injuries.

Mine?

That was weird. What was that voice? He knew that voice. F'sey opened his mouth, trying to figure out what to say to that familiar voice when he noticed the edges of the hall were stating to fade inwards. That was weirder than the voice. And the floor was coming up to meet him, so very strange indeed. It happened so slowly, but he still couldn't seem to call upon his limbs to stop the fall. He was falling, wasn't he? It was so hard to tell, with everything fading to-

Ialluth stood suddenly, eyes whirling an array of concerned colors. F'seymine!

But there was only silence.

As everyone made their introductions, Zara smiled and nodded, but returned to her usual quiet observation. There was E'si, which was unusual...as for the names of those she hadn't met before, she was marking each one down in her mind as she heard them. Jessmet, "Jiri," and "Kiri." Hmm. She was starting to get hungry...should she go get food? Nah. It'd be rude to leave the company of the newly-Impressed just yet, and Fuxith would be absolutely scandalized at that.

And then there was a sudden movement not far off, and a slight thud. Whirling, Zara caught sight of a collapsed F'sey. Oh great. Something was Not Right here.

A delighted laugh came from K'riwar when he was snagged in a hug by S'van, clapping him on the back and grinning happily. "Thank you, very much," he said, looking just delighted. "I'm so happy for the group that Impressed this time around... There are so many of us!"This was just such a fantastic group, so many friends of his had Impressed -- K'riwar could not be happier, really, with the new riders.

He nodded his head in greeting to E'si, smiling crookedly. "Hullo, E'si," he said in greeting, before looking at Ianquith, simply smitten with her shy nature. J'riar had been lucky, getting such a sweet thing. He was glad to see that she was still happy and comfortable with Kadiath. Perhaps they could amuse each other enough for him to get something to eat and drink, and some socialization in. He sighed happily, moving to pat O'asis on the back. "Hey there, congrats on the Bronze... I'm K'riwar, I don't know if we've met."

At the same time, Kadiath was doting on her sister, while eying those around Hers, making sure that none got too close and none truly forgot she was there. That just would not do. Mine is K'riwar, is it not wonderful? I adore him. She paused, spotting Uktenath, before chirping boldly and nuzzling at her sister. Greetings, Uktenath. Yours and you are quite wonderful -- Mine and I are happy for you!

Notos was just entering the room, with Asceth behind him. he had dozed off for a few minutes, and shards, he had suddenly found it to be so late!

The little dragonet had apparently gotten the hang of walking, walking with ease as he questioned the rider. I did not see reason to wake you up. He tilted his head, wondering if he had done something.

Notos shook his head, mindful of the dragon. It's my fault. He thought warmly, knowing that Asceth would recieve his thoughts.

Notos found a group of some of his friends, gathered with people that he didn't know. They were all the ones that hd impressed, if Notos remembered correctly! Maybe this was an opportunity to get himself acquanted, calling out "Hey, J'riar and K'riwar!" He smiled, eager to see them. "May I join in?" He flashed a grin to the people that he didn't know, pushing back a fes strands of hair from his forehead.

"May Asceth join in?" The little brown queried, following his owner's lead into the two greens and bronze. It flicked a smile at the other dragons, his eyes swirling the color of pleasure. "Mine is Notos. Who are Yours?"

Snap, snap, snap. It wasn’t like F’sey ever actually went through on any threats. Maybe his manner could frighten some newly Impressed Weyrling, but it didn’t scare C’ren. The lack of threats frightened him more, actually. He continued to follow F’sey, like a very grumpy balloon held on a very small bit of string. He was tempted to point out that F’sey was going the wrong way if he wanted to get himself a drink, but it worked out to his advantage.

“Yes, I’m still here. Right here,” C’ren said, poking F’sey’s shoulder. “Ready to go back home now?” Why, yes! He did become an amazingly annoying toddler when he wanted something. And then the older Greenrider just… collapsed. Since saving F’sey was far more important than saving the plate of food, C’ren promptly dropped the plate to the ground and caught his … roommate.

“…F…F’sey?” gently, C’ren tried to shake the other Greenrider awake. No. This could not be happening. It wasn’t… it just couldn’t. He licked his lips and tried again. “’Sey? Wake up. … … ‘S-‘Sey?” it wasn’t like C’ren to speak softly, but he used his quietest voice now. Clearly, it wasn’t working, since Ialluth’s rider wasn’t waking up.

At least Ialluth hadn’t gone between. C’ren shot a glare over at the Weyrlings, as if daring any of them to notice him trying to carry off F’sey. That was the sort of behavior to cause comment, after all. Thankfully, it seemed that most of them were too busy congratulating each other to notice the fallen Weyrlingmaster.

Ceylith. Tell Ialluth everything will be alright. Just… try to keep her calm, ok? he asked as he attempted to get F’sey to the Infirmary. Thank Faranth that the man was shorter than C’ren!

Ceylith’s eyes mirrored Ialluth’s, a flurry of worry. Mine! What’s wrong with Ialluth’s?! He fell down! Why won’t he move? Oh, Ialluth… she crooned at her friend and nudged her shoulder with her nose. It’ll be fine… look! Mine is helping! Yours will be alright.

She didn’t sound confident about this. Not at all. It will be alright.

Queen of the Tuber Talk? Hee hee. She liked that one. You could always count on Okassis – sorry, O'asis now – to come up with witty nicknames. And if you wanted songs and poetry, you went to S'van. They really did make such a good pair. "O'asis? I like it! O'asis and Uktenath! It has a nice ring to it." Their little gathering was increasing exponentially as more and more people flocked towards their awesomeness. And who wouldn't? Everybody seemed to know Nan or O'asis (or both!), not to mention there were two bronzes and a queen hanging out in this group. Clearly this was where the party was at.

Now that she was back on her own feet, she took the opportunity to take a look at the new arrivals. She recognized E'si – who didn't know that greenrider – but she didn't know him well enough to say anything. Still, she smiled at him, leaving the introductions to S'van. The brownrider seemed to know E'si better anyways. Besides, there were more people here! A boy S'van announced as Jiri was there with his little green – she made a mental note of that – but when she saw who he came with she decidedly lost interest in him. Her next target had arrived!

"Kiriwar! Kiriwar you Impressed!" He received his own tackle hug, Nandeli completely oblivious to the fact that he was probably trying to talk to other people. They could wait. Goldriders got priority when it came to hugs and congratulations. Once she was sure he'd received the proper amount of affection she released him and gave Kadiath a wave. "She's absolutely adorable, what is it now K'riwar?" She thought she had heard that name thrown around. "Now you're stuck with us forever!"

Her attention was pulled away when her name was called, and she looked around for the speaker. Ah Dorinelic! The gay smith! She remembered him! Nandeli tilted her head at his words, surprised by his somewhat verbose congratulations, but accepted them with a bright smile nonetheless. "Weeeell, you didn't know I would be a queenrider when you met me, so don't let it change anything! I'll make sure to keep an eye out for you even now. Make sure you don't get stolen away by some of those randy greenriders." Though apparently he'd been trying his luck with the brownriders. For shame.

... This little creature was positively adorable. Reneneth could not help but stare at it with whirling blue eyes, crooning softly whenever it "queeped" at her. She wanted to take it home and keep it in her little weyrling bed and why did Hers not have one like this? Reassured by Ailurath's words and Kia's apparent fearlessness of her, the gold lowered her head so it was resting right on the ground, eager to get as close as possible to the little green firelizard.