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Y'kar would pounce on the chance to cosy up to I'dan, he wants to prove himself and Kannaroth, and he wants to get close to people with power! For her part Kanna will go along with it; she doesn't feel the need to show that she's awesome, but she knows she'll be able to get nicer things as a wingrider than as a sr. weyrling so she'll try not ot mess it up XD

Wow. I guess Jasrai's the difficult one here.

She would probably prefer a None of the Above option when it comes to the One to One Bonding, but since that's the way everyone else is going she'd probably go along with it and end up working with Faltar, though she's just as happy not being particularly involved with the community and has relatively minimal interest in helping other people or dragons. Her personal preference would probably have been to help with I'dan's wing, but she wouldn't want to tread on Y'kar's toes or mess up his chances.

However, Jasrai definitely doesn't want to remain a weyrling, though it might prove interesting plot-wise if she did. I feel like that would probably be one of those things that would have her closing herself off from A'li and Y'kar completely and deciding she didn't need any of them at all except Roseth and the firelizards. She would probably give in to Roseth's desire to show off the tricks they'd been working on in private, just to prove that she's as good as the others.

I don't want to cause you extra work, Chibi. I'll just say Jasrai decided to go with Faltar. He'd probably be the best bet anyway - she might pick up some useful skills.

I think I'd prefer the first option, with the prompt-response style. That way it won't take so long for all of us to get responses, since we seem to be scattered across a lot of timezones. cool

(By the way, this is a pretty neat idea).

I ditto the rest. x3 Time zones make it seem the easiest method to me, like Feyluff said.

He had been waiting for the other shoe to drop ever since the hatching, and Kannaroth's little comment. No matter how amusing she had been, how observent she had been, and no matter that she'd done no harm, he had known that punishment would follow. When Malkai had summoned them he had been fairly sure that said other shoe was going to hit him on the head and knock his brains out of his ears. As it was, it struck a glancing blow, and incidentally seemed to have a large stash of marks inside it.

Jackpot.

He had told Kannaroth to tell the others that he wanted to assist I'dan the moment he had spotted the option. Luckily for him, there hadn't been any resistance. A chance to rub shoulders with I'dan. If this was what happened when Kannaroth mouthed off he should get her to do it more often... but no. No. This was a one off, an enormous piece of luck, and incidentally their last chance to prove themselves. Completing all of their lessons competently wasn't enough, he had to prove that he could keep Kannaroth from speaking out of turn whilst on duty, or at all to the wrong people.

It was not going to be easy, not in the least, but he wanted it enough to try. Luckily, the sharp-tongued green grudgingly admitted that she wanted to graduate more than she wanted to snark everyone between and back too, though she claimed it had been a very close run thing. She wanted nicer things, unlike her sisters she couldn't care less about what people thought of her, but she wanted nice things, and so she would do her best to hold her tongue when necessary.

So it was that two days later, Y'kar saluted to Malkai before settling into fiddling with the hides he had brought along. To her he presented the face of a nervous yet determined young rider, one who was sure he and His were worthy of a place in a wing and desperate to prove it. Internally, he had to admit that he truly was more than a little nervous. Last chance. He couldn't mess this up. "Weyrwoman Malkai, as instructed I am reporting back with... with my plan." Glance down at the hides, nibble lower lip, look back up. "I wish to assist Wingleader I'dan. I have brought with me reports on the weather of the last sevenday, and predictions for the rest of today and tomorrow. I've also brought, err, some flight formation plans; only rough I'm afraid because though I know the make up of his wing I don't know the strengths and weaknesses of each pair, m'am, so it's only based on colours and what I've been able to observe of size..." So far this seemed to be going well; he was getting his point across, showing he was willing to take work on under his own power, but keeping up the air of nervousness.

"Other than that m'am," he continued, fiddling with the hides for a moment before appearing to notice he was doing it and apparently forcing himself to stop, "I believe Kannaroth and I are up to the challenge of being the mock Thread. As she's a small green her endurance isn't very good, but her speed and agility will allow us to provide a challenging mock fall m'am and, umm, if you and Wingleader I'dan approve it, in any spare time I have I'd like to teach my firelizards to drop mock Thread as well. They couldn't drop much of course, but bunched together they could drop enough to simulate a wayward clump... I'm grateful for this last chance m'am," he added, apparently spontaneously. "I know Kannaroth is... well... mouthy, has been mouthy in the past that is, but she has promised to curb her tongue and I'll hold her to that m'am and... I believe that we can be as good a pair as any other green and her rider so... yes, so I'm grateful for a chance to prove it m'am."

That, he supposed, was that. There was nothing to do now but wait for her response, and then to throw himself into everything I'dan told him to do. He would make the Weyr see what an amazing dragon Kannaroth was. He would not fail.

Being called out over incompetencies was not something A'li was very fond of. Whether or not it was being said that way in those exact words, the Weyrwoman was definitely giving off that vibe. Being held back from reaching Wingrider status was far down on his list of things to do. As if they needed more problems for Nellath and her sisters, and his fellow greenriders in this.

Nellath didn't hesitate to let him know her opinion of this issue either. She was competent, if any of their work was slow going it was her size and she learned her landings now to deal with it! They were just picking at her and her clutchmates. Tuning her ranting out for long enough to continue listening to their lecture. The proposition to take on a new job to prove they are capable, that catches his interest. Looking over the list on his hide, pausing when his eyes skimmed I'dan's name. Nellath chimed in telling him her sister and Hers wanted that task, which was fine by him. Most likely that Wing would be filled with men and he did not want to be surrounded.

Once dismissed, he bid a quick goodbye to Jasrai and Y'kar to reach Nellath and go over their options. I'dan was out of the question, and while the Headwoman was a woman and therefor someone he might be able to put up with spending time doing work for, some of the tasks did not look interesting.

The prospect of possibly scaring a few Weyrlings into shape appealed to Nellath, and dealing with people younger than him, in at least some of their cases, it did have him thinking back to home and watching over his sisters. Having to deal with being around a man and taking orders from him would have to be dealt with eventually if he wanted to be in a Wing someday, and one at a time sounded like a fair way to do it.

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It took two days to settle on the choice. A little nudge from Nellath confirmed it, and he made his way to Malkai's office to report his decision. Standing straight up and fairly confident, even the highest ranked in the Weyr she was still female and had an easier vibe to deal with than it would have been if they were reporting to a high-ranked male rider. "Weyrwoman I've made my decision." A short pause to gather the right words and he nods. "I would like to assist Weyrlingmaster J'ev, Nellath might not be the prime example of a green with her attitude at times, yes, but for younger dragons she will behave. I raised my younger sisters and kept them in line back home before being Searched, so I have some experience in dealing with reporting troubles, disputes. I think that I could pull my weight in assisting him and Nellath may smooth her edges a bit with younger dragons in closer proximity." Nellath's comment on that however might say otherwise but there may be some they could bond with as more surrogate sisters. You really did never know.