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S'ril watched the excited green choose Hers, and leaned on his hand, which he propped up with his elbow on his knee. Aceth looked a** though she had relaxed, except that her head was up and her head constantly moving, swaying as she looked over the events.

Amishan running in caught S'ril attention, which then directed Aceth's as well. He is late! How silly!

"I'm sure he had reason enough," he replied quietly, glancing down to her as he spoke. She crooned in response and brought her attention back to the remaining eggs on the sands - two of which began making quite a racket as they shook together, hitting each other frequently.

Oh, oh! They're almost ready!

Lauretia watched as the green did another lap around the girls, seemingly called to her brother, and then came back at the group. Apparently she had finally made up her mind on who to impress...finally. Lala went to step to the side so that the dragonet could get past her, only to suddenly have the creature between her legs.

'Lala! You do not know how to play well. But don't worry! Your Perditith will teach you all she knows!'

The sudden voice in her head made the young woman reel. Having the dragonet squirming about under her certainly wasn't helping her balance either. The sudden press of another mind on hers, bonded to her own took the woman's breath away, and all she could manage to say was "W-What?"

The dragonet laughed mentally 'Playing, mine,playing!' she said, cocking her head around so she could look at hers. An akward move considering their positions The dragonet laughed mentally ' You're no good at it, I can tell! That's ok, though, I'll teach you! For now though...that meat smells DELICIOUS! Lets go get some!' she said, hurrying towards the table, her rider still awkwardly standing over her.

"Waitwaitwaitwaitwait!" Lala said, having to tiptoe across the sands in a strange fashion to keep from falling over entirely. Her green was fairly large for her color, and had wedged her body quite firmly between her riders legs. "Let me off!"

'What are you still doing back there mine?' Perditith asked, puzzled The dragonet laughed mentally 'Oh! Is it a new game?!'

"No, no! Just let me off!" Lala said as Perditith went to move again.

'Oh alright then. Can we play later?' she asked with a piteous look.

Lala sighed in relief as her green stopped moving and allowed her to shift her long legs so that she was no longer stuck on the back of her dragonet. Straightening herself out, she walked with her new lifemate over to the tables where the buckets of meat waited for them, looking at Perditith as they went. It all seemed so surreal...She had impressed. Of all the eager young people out there on the sands, this lively creature had chosen her.

'Of course I did, Lala! We will have great fun, playing games and learning and flying and and and-'

Lala grabbed a handful of meat and inserted it into her dragons mouth, her jaw popped open in a draconic smile, hoping to quiet her enthusiasm a bit. Luckily, the meat quieted even the green's mental voice as she focused on chewing the moutful, allowing Lala to take a moment to take a breath of relief. Still...Lala smiled down at the green as she continued feeding her, keeping her mouth busy, she was an adorable creature, lively, interesting...yes, this would be interesting indeed. Just wait until her family heard!

The Queen Egg. It was time for the Queen Egg to hatch, for High Reaches to have another Gold enter onto the sands. Would she be haughty, like the gold from the clutch that now resided at Ghenza? Millet remembered that Gold, she had Impressed from the stands and startled everyone. She had been so proud and so beautiful all at the same time, everyone unable to take their eyes from her. That memory had stayed with the girl and resurfaced now more vivid than ever as she watched the shaking Golden egg.

May you find yours, and prosper! This whole Weyr is waiting for you, be proud and come forth!

The Weyrbrat didn't want to admit that she was holding her breath ever so slightly, but she was. Whomever this gold looked towards would bring wonders to their Weyr and she hoped she knew them - that way she could cheer them on more!

S'ril leaned back against the table, taking a sharp intake of breath as he did so. The Queen egg. As it started movie, he noticed Aceth's head rise slightly, watching it carefully, her eyes whirling. Everyone looked to the Queen eggs like this - even dragons. So much was expected of them even before they entered the sands!

Do not worry. She is our clutchmate, and she will be very good. The voice was more subdued now, and S'ril rubbed her head affectionately. She didn't seem to notice this time, her attention focused on the shaking eggs, and soon he forgot the motion of his hand as he watched as well.

So many, and all in a blur! The green who'd finally settled at a girl's feet; the next green who'd Impressed scarcely moments after straightening out of the egg; the stoic brown and the playful green who'd reminded her of Caryo, whom Maisalyn'd managed to just barely step out of the way off as she cavorted through the female Candidates; the charmingly playful blue pair who'd chosen a pair of Candidates.

Only two left, and--yes, Dorath and the others were humming even louder now, the gold egg was to hatch forthwith! Another queen for the weyr; after growing up hearing all around her practically obsessed with so-called "Dorath's Curse"--well, that had been broken some time back, but Maisalyn had to admit a second queen would do much to restore any maligned reputation the senior queen had not deserved to have in the first place. Relief; that's what it was.

She flashed a smile at the other candidates, most she didn't recognize but a few she did; Milly and Jessalie and Weyard among them. She rather hoped for a Weyrbred goldrider, even if she knew the tradition was usually the reverse.

Lala's hand paused mid-gesture on its way to Perditith's mouth as Dorath suddenly started humming louder than before, and her gray eyes were drawn back to the sands. Her green also looked around, her jaw popping in her version of a smile again when she too realized what was happening.

'Fiiiinally!' the green crooned happily, shuffling her wings excitedly along her back in excitement
'Feed me mine!' she said, turning her whirling blue gaze back to hers 'I want to be done when she arrives!'

Lala fed her green as quickly as was safe, making sure she didn't choke. She had to admit, she was curious about who this queen would impress too also. What would she be like? She had heard that queens could be rather imperious. Would this one boss the others around? would she be kind? lala hadn't been there for the touching, so she had no idea what to expect.

Andere had remained quiet for the majority of the Impression. She hadn't been at the Weyr long at all, Searched from Tillek only days before the Hatching itself. The seacrafter hadn't been very certain about coming up to High Reaches, she was already so close to aging out of Impression, but. What was life if not some great opportunity. She was already the finest navigator on the Horizon (in her not so humble opinion, as it were), so it wasn't as though she was losing anything. The ship belonged to her father, after all; she wasn't about to lose her place on it. Axin had promised, in fact. (Even though her father did love her best, Andere knew this for fact.)

The dragons came, and the dragons went. It would be a lie to say Andere wasn't a little nervous, having never dealt with much in the way of large animals before. Her family didn't even fish; they were traders, shipping things hither and fro. It didn't matter much to her, as long as she was on the sea with the breeze in her face and hard work to be done. At least the Weyr had put her to work, Andere reflected. If she had been left to sit, she might have considered missing her home, or rather, the ship. The redhead brushed bangs away from her face and smiled. The Queen egg was Hatching, now. Would it make a rider out of her, the woman wondered? It looked like time to find out.

Mine, crooned Salth in pleasure, the queen is hatching. Raising her head, licking the last of the blood from her muzzle, she began to sing quite sweetly, a happy, vociferous noise of pleasure and welcome for her clutchmate. Sing with me, Idenmine, welcome her! The hope and the urge, excitement whirling in her eyes, made Iden want to raise his voice too, and he let out a loud laugh. For such a reserved, ladylike creature, his Salth's excitement was like a shot of warmth pouring across his senses.

We're all looking forward to seeing you, miss, thought Iden to himself, rubbing softly along Salth's neck -- he had all he wanted right now, utterly satisfied and yet excited at the same moment. Perhaps for Millet?