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 Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:28 am
Gem felt her messages were recived, and trilled before soaring once in a large circle before going between to find Caleten.
Caleten herself was a on her way to the weaver hall, or trying to find it and was quite happy to have her gold back on her shoulder.
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 8:39 pm
There was the opening for the conversation that Remia wanted to make, even if it was a small one.
"I'm glad you're alright, N'tren. And... about Caleten... I don't think she means to be so brusque. I think she doesn't stay anywhere for very long, and so it's become a habit to refuse attachments. She said she was going to leave to find the Weaverhall, and I got the impression she'd be gone a long time."
Remia spoke what she had gleaned quietly, as she took off her shoes rolled up her pants in preparation for dragon-scrubbing. She hadn't been party to the message the gold had given N'tren, of course, so she didn't know that he'd gotten nearly the same message from Gem.
The green rose out of the depths, bringing her dripping head into the open air. Perhaps your rider will change her mind, then. My rider thinks she is not as bad as she wants people to think she is. I do not really understand though. Why tell people that you are something you are not?" It seemed a foolish thing to do to Trith.
Okaiuli was in bliss. It was warm, he was full, he was being made much of... as far as he was concerned, there was not a single thing wrong with the world. He chirped happily, and wound his head around to rub it gently along N'tren's hand.
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:47 pm
It is my pleasure. Harmony is important to keep. Especially in a flight or all shall fail together. The dragon happily waded into the cool water and pushed himself off to dive down into the deeper areas. He would come back to the shallows when Kalya got there.
The blue dragonrigder reached Remia and N'tren with a grin. "I thought to bring some drying cloths along with the oils as we are bound to get wet with these big monsters." She gazed out fondly towards her weyrmate. "There isn't as much for the dragons, but just enough for the flits. I had forgotten I used a lot of it on my watchweyrs the other day." She took a glance around and saw the Weyr's stockpile of oils and other things to take care of the dragons. "I believe more oils can be found over there if we need it."
Turning to watch the flits swoop in and out of the water with the dragons, Kalya laughed, something that seemed to lift the tension that was ever present in the back of her mind. A blur of blue circled around her and settled on her shoulder before rubbing his cheek against her's and taking back off. Nicker, the bronze of the trio, scolded him as he came back towards the large bulk of the dragon to which the blue swooped up to a great hight and then almost divebommed the bronze. At the last moment the blue rolled out of the way and circled back up, obviously enjoying himself with his ariel acrobatics.
"And that's why he got named Roller," Kalya mused quietly as her eyes shone, watching the two flit play. She reached up her hand to where Jadice still sat resting on her other shoulder and scratched lightly on the eye ridges.
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:26 pm
(( scream at work!))
"Caleten is Caleten. That is all I can say... She has had many hurts in her life. She'll be back when she is ready I suppose."
Looking at Remia getting ready to clean Trith, he realized that he had no cleaning equipment for Datiath. Waving to the gold as she disappeared, he sighed. To have one of his own...perhaps a bronze like Datiath. Scratching Oki's headknobs, N'tren looked up as Kalya approached them.
I do not know why our riders or others hide things. It makes no sense to me. I just say what I want... N'tren thinks that I say too much. Datiath stretched his head out of the lake and blew water at the flits. It was a game to watch them scatter.
"Thank you, Kalya. I sorta left real fast and forgot my cleaning supplies. And watching your two is most amusing. Oki, why don't you go play so I can clean? You can play with Datiath." Standing up, he loosened his grip on the blue so he could fly off.
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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 2:37 am
Oki chirped, and rubbed his hand on N'tren's arm before spreading his wings and taking to the air. He spiraled up high, then dove in among the other blue's aerobatics, trying to start a game of tag.
I think you say just enough. It is good to know what others are thinking. But my rider sometimes doesn't say things that she is thinking. Maybe it will make sense when we are grown and can fly. Trith shrugged her shoulders, making a ring of wavelets go out from around her. She paddled her way in towards the shore, so she would be closer when Remia came to bathe her.
Remia nodded at N'tren's words, but followed Kalya's gaze to the supply cabinet. "You're right, of course, N'tren. But I can't help but get the feeling that she's been leaving so long that it has become something... something she has no control over. Instictual, you know?" she said as she gathered up the cleaning supplies she needed and headed towards her dragon.
"I think we'll leave the oil you brought for the flits, then, right? And use this for our big ones. Sometimes it's a wonder the world doesn't run out of the oil needed. There's simply so much of them!" she exclaimed, but added a loving gaze in Trith's direction, along with a warm thought.
And when I grow, there will be even more of me. Trith rumbled, her mental tone overlayed with amusement.
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:41 am
Just knowing how to fly won't be the opening of the mind but time will help with that. The blue chuckled before spraying his own blast of water at the flits. Most of them got away but a few were soaked, not that they already won't dripping wet from diving into the water. After a few smacks of his tail on the water Tarlith decided to come out to the shallows where Kalya was waiting for him. He was not one to dissagree with attention.
"Well with enough attention she'll get here, that one will be drawn out of her shell she has built." Kalya knew enough about that remembering how she used to be before impressing her blue and finding a whole new world out there for her. Before it had just been a world of herbal remedies and learning the propper ways to take care of people. She still preferd the quiet solitude of herb gathering rather then being the center of attention, but this small group was nice.
At least your not a stick in the mud Tarl moved his large head close to her so she could sratch at his nose. His whole world was Kalya and his eyes whirled a contented blue.
The blue rider laughed and scratched her weyrmate before turning to the supplies she had braught. "Yes, Remia, your right, there is a lot of them but that just means there is more to love." Handing N'tren a smaller bucket and scrubbing brushes she set to work on her own draconic companion.
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:40 am
It is good to know what my rider is thinking before he does sometimes. That way he does not say anything silly. Datiath moved closer to the shore so N'tren would not have to wading for him.
"I know that the two of you are right. It just seems that she has a bigger grudge against me because I am a boy. The one who rescued, or as she says, kidnapped her was a male rider. I wonder if he..."
The youth let his words trail off. "No. I don't think he would. Perhaps she is just dragon-shy now. The way Dattie keeps growing, eventually I am going to have to climb on him just to get to the hardest to reach spots."
Taking the bucket and brushes, N'tren moved deeper into the water and started on Datiath's leg.
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Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 2:46 am
Remia laughed, "Yes, you're right of course, Kalya. And I love every green inch of her, too. When she comes back, we'll have to be sure to give her a warm welcome. She'll come around eventually, N'tren."
She moved out into the water, and began her scrubbing on Trith's neck. The young green stretched her neck out as far as it would go with a happy murmur. If there will be more of me, does that mean you will love me more? Trith asked her rider privately, turning an adoring eye down on the teenager. Remia beamed up at the wedge head, and sent back, Of course, love, I love you more with each day that comes.
The pause to gaze at each other ended with Okaiuli streaking out of the sky to land on Trith's neck and begin his own scrubbing with his claws.
"You're going to help, too, Oki? Maybe you can get a few of your friends up there to help us, too, hm?" Remia asked him. He paused for a moment, chirped questioningly, then resumed his work.
"I guess not, then. That's okay. So, N'tren, how do you want to spend your day? After we've finished here, that is. We could... stay here by the pond... or perhaps go out to the hillside... or... well, it's up to you, really." she said, and shrugged with a laugh.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:12 am
"I don't think my love for you will ever stop growing, Datiath!" He gave his bronze's forearm a hug. Soon he would not be able to do that; stepping back he continued to slough away the dry and dead skin.
I love you. And I will not stop loving you. No matter what you say or what others think of you. You are mine. Datiath blew at his rider gently.
N'tren looked up and over at Remia. Putting the brush down, he sighed. "I want to go see my family. But that is impossible since Datiath can't fly yet and I doubt he feels like walking through the forest. I am not sure... It's rare I have a whole day to myself. Too bad it's not Gather Day then there would be plenty to do. Maybe a trip to the inner coast? It's a little closer than my parents' hold."
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Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:42 am
Remia tilted her head to the side, thinking. It was too bad N'tren's parents were so far away... then again, much the same could be said for a lot of people here, including Remia herself.
"But if it were a gather day, then there would be more people about than we'd know what to do with. This is more special, don't you think? Being allowed to do what you choose?" Remia asked with a small grin.
Mine, what is the inner coast? Trith asked, having never been there before.
Remia conjured up a faded image in her mind of the last time she'd been to the coast. Not being fond of swimming, there wasn't much reason for her to go.
"It's like this pond, only much, much bigger and deeper... and there's sand in place of the pebbles here. And the water is salty. Oh, and waves! You'll like the waves, I think, dear one." Remia said, as she finished scrubbing Trith's flank and moved on to her tail, which Trith obligingly brought around closer with a playful splash of water.
Remia shrieked in surprise, bringing her hands up to cover her face, and almost fell over. She was laughing though, and she leaned up against her green to catch her balance.
"You...!" she exclaimed, and shook her head with a sigh. Trith brought her neck around to nose gently at her rider. Her eyes were whirling a fast blue, though she made apologetic motions.
It sounds like fun. Will we go after we are bathed and oiled? Trith asked.
"I don't know. N'tren, when did you want to go?" Remia passed on the question.
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:19 pm
Datiath rumbled in amusement at Trith's actions towards her rider. He felt good and clean and told N'tren so. Moving slowly out the water, the bronze weyrling settled on the lake banks and watched as Trith and Tarlith continued to get clean.
We can go after the sun has warmed us and we are oiled. Datiath spoke openly to the group. Laying his head in his foreclaws, the bronze merely waited.
N'tren shrugged. "I guess we can do that. It will be nice to enjoy the sun though I am not too big on swimming. I can swim... All the kids in the hold could... But I don't like going in too deep."
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Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 12:53 am
Remia smiled at him. "At least I won't be the only one in the shallows, then," she said.
She switched to Trith's other side, wondering how on earth N'tren had gotten the larger bronze clean faster than she had her green. Trith whuffed gently at her rider and informed Remia that she liked the extra attention.
But it wasn't long at all before all of the green was clean, and she waddled out of the pond, scales gleaming wet in the sun. She made her way over to Datiath, and lay down near him, spreading her wings out slightly to catch more sun on them.
"And aren't there other things at the beach than more swimming? I heard some of the other's talking about building holds and such from the sand, and finding things washed up on the shore. I can see where that would be fun, kind of like a treasure hunt. You never know what could be found!"
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:28 am
o O (I'm so sorry guys, I've been so busy I haven't had the energy to make a post >_< That and I completely forgot about checking the thread for a few days...)
Kalya had been lost in thought when the splash of water hit not only Remia but her own taller frame. "Eeeep! Wow, that's cold!" Shaking herself she laughed, "Warn a girl when you attempt to give us a washing too Trith." Wringing out her bushy hair she twisted it around itself and then tucked it away at the base of her neck, using her customary two braids in the front to secure it. "There, at least my hair won't get out of control when it dries." She had almost finished cleaning Tarlith and was about ready to wade out.
Well you are in the water, it was bound to happen, Tarlith swung his head around to peer at the smaller humans. Who knows what might happen, he added with a mischevious mental chuckle as his tail came round.
"Look out!" Kalya called out just before she got a mouthful of water and went down, the large splashwave thretening everything in the vecinity. Kalya came back up spluttering and clinging onto Tarlith's tail. Glaring daggers at her weyrmate there was a pause as she caught her breath. "Shells I can't stay mad at you Tarl." Her glare turned into a chuckle.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:02 pm
"It's not that I cleaned Datiath faster, is is that he decided he was clean. And there could be shells or fire lizard eggs! Who knows what we could find." N'tren blurted out.
He watched Trith and Tarlith splashing at their riders. Suddenly, a splash of water caught him off guard and sent him under water. Bobbing up out of the water a little further down from the rest, he glared at Tarl and then looked at himself. Laughing, he made his way to the shore...very water logged.
"I suppose I could use the cleaning too."
There is so much less of you to wash. You might wash your skin off. Be careful with my rider, Tarlith. He is much smaller than us! Datiath bugled to everyone near by.
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:58 pm
o O ('nother quick post to catch up as I won't be able to reply until Sun eve if Im lucky)
Tarlith managed to look contrite for a moment before wading out and joining Trith and Datiath in the sun. I was ready to help out if he went under He was in a mischiveous mood but was sure in letting the younger dragon know he meant no harm.
Sopping wet and dripping from everywhere, Kalya waded out and looked down. "I propose at least grabbing a change of clothes unless you don't mind me letting them dry before we leave. It can get quite cold up there when flying." She remembered the others were going to be walking but still didn't relish a walk in drenched garments. "Or even walking for that matter." Quickly she took off the over shirt and tunic she had been wearing and then pondered whether to get a change from her weyr or just wait for everything to dry. The undershirt and her breeches should take too long to dry considering they were closer to the skin.
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