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The blue creeled and flailed, desperately trying to roll himself over so he could stand. His size seemed to be proving to be quite the challenge, however. Wings, tail, and limbs all got in his way and it took him several tries before he finally got himself up into a sitting position. Even then, his trials were not over. One wing was still caught underneath his hind leg and he turned to give it a dark look.

Momentarily distracted from his earlier pursuits, his eyes became slightly tinged with yellow as he gave his wing several more tugs but to no avail. He just couldn't get it loose! The blue turned his whirling eyes on the crowd of boys, before they landed on his slightly flushed rider. He had embarrassed his? Oh but he hadn't meant to!

FolenMine I am sorry! I did not mean to knock you over! A teal-y blue dominated the dragonet's eyes as he gazed fondly at His. Could you help your Skananth, please? I cannot seem to get up...

Yulu knew that look the dragonet was giving one of the small boys, even if she really didn't know what it was. At the very least she knew that the dragon was not her and would never look her way, and almost at once a feeling of relief and sadness washed over her hand in hand. She found she had been holding her breath just ever so slightly while waiting for something to happen, though she exhaled quickly and forced her gaze to look towards the Bronze. There was no point in getting distracted right now, that as dangerous and she needed to stay alert.

Still, what a beautiful blue. Yulu would admit to the pang of envy she felt towards someone taking the first Impression, but if her memory served she could recall touching that egg had lead her to an idea it was one of the more social ones. That wasn't right for her, not just yet, so she would have to watch and wait. The Bronze was still moving and there were seven eggs still on the sands, her chance could come soon.

Blinking over at the large blue Folen found himself moving to help the dragonet before he even realized he was moving. "You certainly have gotten yourself into a muddle. But don't worry," Bending down Folen carefully shifted the tangled limbs. "none of the candidates were harmed at all. and we'll soon have you righted. There that must feel better."

"It does! Oh thank you folenmine thank you." Freed from his entrapment the blue bounced up nearly knocking his rider over once more.

Foalen was ready this time however and managed to compensate for the sudden chest rubbing he received. "Come on you lets get you fed and clear the sands for your siblings."

"Food! Yes. You are ever so clever. I think I would like food right now." Skananth swung his head around looking for the food tables nearly taking out several candidates as he did so.

"Gently does it Skananth. Now follow me." Folen admonished leading the blue over to where the meat was being offered.

Beaming a smile at Folen, he clapped the Impressed on the back, murmuring a soft congrats that probably went unheard, by the awe-struck look on Folen's face. The new blue was beautiful, and as obsorbed in his rider as Folen was in his new dragon.

His smile bright, Kylar turned back to the waiting eggs.

As Folen stepped from the crowd of boys, his eyes on the blue hatchling, Jadamirei positively beamed with happiness for her dearest friend. She watched the two move until they were at the meat tables, envious and hopeful all at once. Ah, would she be so lucky?

As for Verianne, she grinned. She didn't know Folen all that well beyond the fact that the boy had approached her to help with some tailoring class or another he ran; he certainly wouldn't have time to continue those classes now!

Feeling the touch to his shoulder F'len glanced back at Kylar giving the other candidate a wave before turning his attention back to the meandering blue afraid the ungainly fellow might trip over himself again.

Now that it was official time, Iloraz was nervous. He bounced in place for a moment, watching as first the bronze hatched, though it was yet to find his partner, and then as the blue impressed Folen.

He was pleased about that, Folen deserved a dragon if anyone did, though he had thought that the other boy might have gotten something more than just a blue, but the dragons knew who was best for them. That was just how it was.

He briefly glanced at the green, but when she moved over towards the girls, his eyes flickered to the Grey Speckled Egg, with the foot poking out. It wasn't moving, not really. That certainly didn't look good. Hopefully it wasn't dead, but he knew that it was a possibility. "Please be okay," he whispered.

Tofir was standing with the other healers, ready to assist as needed, and sincerely hoping it would prove unnecessary. He sought Yulu and some of his other friends among the candidates out from those on the sands. Finding Yulu was a bit of a challenge at first because she had been grouped with the boys, but one he found her he gave a cheeky wave and grinned, earning himself a glare from one of the journeyman healers on hand. Hatchings were serious business.

Tofir knew that. He was dying to take notes on the goings-on, but making do with simply trying to observe everything at once. Shiv was hiding under a pillow in the candidate dormitories, which suited him fine, but now he was sorely tempted to see if the blue could fetch him some note-taking materials. Particularly when the dark blue Impressed to a younger man. Oh! He wanted to record this! He'd have to see if the weyrling would agree to an interview later.
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Jasrai had thought about it, and in light of the fact that her arm was killing her and she was tired and grouchy and in no mood to play nice with new weyrlings she had decided to stay in her weyr with Roseth and her firelizards.