Post by bloodmoon on Mar 2, 2008 19:13:05 GMT -5
((Well, G as applies to Pern, at least...))
Cerulean Skies
The skies are blue today.
F’nor glanced to the sky, startled by Canth’s comment.
Blue?
Clad only in breeches, the brown weyrling was hauling firestone from the trader’s caravan to the training yards. He had volunteered for the duty so as not to be out-done by his half-brother, F’lar. The bronze weyrling waved to him as he passed, an empty stone-sack slung non-chalantly over his shoulder as he sauntered past his struggling half-brother.
Yes, mine. Blue.
F’nor looked over to his brown, who was staring up at the sky. More specifically, he seemed to be following one specific green, one of the older dragons, a fighting green.
Are you sure it isn’t green, Canth?
Only the brown’s stubborn silence met him. Crowing, F’nor continued his trek into the yards, not caring if anyone stared. It was just too funny!’
There’s nothing funny about this, mine. She flies soon.
That sobered him up. He quit crowing, and deposited the sack of firestone to the Weyrling Master.
How soon?
Tomorrow. She is in very good color today.
Instead of going back to the caravan, F’nor jogged up the heights- a difficult run even when he wasn’t tired, doubly so now that he’d been working for a while. As the son of the Weyrleader, he’d been in good shape for Turns. Even so, he was panting by the time he reached Canth’s lofty perch.
Do you want to fly her?
Canth did not answer his panting rider. F’nor stood near the sunning brown- well, stood would be an over-statement. He was on his knees, propping his torso up with his well-muscled arms, breathing heavily. His face felt hot, and heavy from blood.
Do you even know her name, brilliant one?
Canth was almost two Turns old, plenty old enough to have become interested in greens. But why now, and why this green? F’nor ran through his mental inventory of greens in the weyr, but he couldn’t think, his brain was too fuzzy.
She and I have bathed together.
Somehow, the logic didn’t make much sense to F’nor. He bathed Canth every day, and the assortment of dragons was pretty much the same. By the time F’nor and Canth managed to get down, most of the rankers had already bathed and left. So they shared the warm waters with several greens, a few blues, and one old brown. He pointed out that fact with an obviousness that only he could manage.
You bathe with many greens.
But this is Jhyrth.[/color][/i]
Canth stated this as if it were perfectly obvious, which it probably was- from Canth’s point of view. But his rider was exceptionally dense, and didn’t get the succession of pictures Canth gave him.
She and I swim together when she is done flying Search.
She has brought many to the Lower Caverns this time.
Jhyrth…F’nor racked his brain to remember her rider. Jhyrth…Jhyrth…oh yeah! D’ked, one of the finest Searchriders the weyr had had in a long time. All of the candidates he and green Jhyrth had brought in Impressed. He could remember F’lon raving about D’ked’s good luck- though only, of course, when heavily wined up.
So you want to fly her?
F’nor started thinking about the implications of such a flight. He wasn’t out of weyrling training yet, though Canth was mature enough to mate. He could, should he choose, take a weyrmate. But, D’ked? He didn’t talk with the greenrider that often, and it was mostly talking about the upcoming Hatchings, for Lidith once more clutched. There was even a queen egg, something that F’lar in particular was watching with interest. His Mnemeth was nowhere near big enough to challenge Simanith for the Weyrleadership, but, maybe this new queen…
The sky is blue today.
Canth bluntly ignored his rider’s question, having not taken his multi-faceted orbs from Jhyrth’s lithe form as she darted through other members of her wing as they practiced for the Spring Games.
D’ked has a weyrmate.
It was true- D’ked and S’non had been weyrmated for nearly seven Turns now. It was a rare sight across the weyr to see D’ked, and not S’non, and vice versa. The last thing F’nor wanted was to have Canth’s heart, big as it was, to break.
The sky is blue.
Canth’s mental ‘voice’ was firm, but F’nor caught faint undertones of panic in the brown’s sturdy baritone. Grinning, F’nor turned away from that topic, and draped his arm over as much of Canth’s shoulder as he could reach. Though F’nor was by no means short, Canth was already a very large brown. Almost, in fact, as big as Mnemeth.
Aye. The Sky is blue today…
Cerulean Skies
The skies are blue today.
F’nor glanced to the sky, startled by Canth’s comment.
Blue?
Clad only in breeches, the brown weyrling was hauling firestone from the trader’s caravan to the training yards. He had volunteered for the duty so as not to be out-done by his half-brother, F’lar. The bronze weyrling waved to him as he passed, an empty stone-sack slung non-chalantly over his shoulder as he sauntered past his struggling half-brother.
Yes, mine. Blue.
F’nor looked over to his brown, who was staring up at the sky. More specifically, he seemed to be following one specific green, one of the older dragons, a fighting green.
Are you sure it isn’t green, Canth?
Only the brown’s stubborn silence met him. Crowing, F’nor continued his trek into the yards, not caring if anyone stared. It was just too funny!’
There’s nothing funny about this, mine. She flies soon.
That sobered him up. He quit crowing, and deposited the sack of firestone to the Weyrling Master.
How soon?
Tomorrow. She is in very good color today.
Instead of going back to the caravan, F’nor jogged up the heights- a difficult run even when he wasn’t tired, doubly so now that he’d been working for a while. As the son of the Weyrleader, he’d been in good shape for Turns. Even so, he was panting by the time he reached Canth’s lofty perch.
Do you want to fly her?
Canth did not answer his panting rider. F’nor stood near the sunning brown- well, stood would be an over-statement. He was on his knees, propping his torso up with his well-muscled arms, breathing heavily. His face felt hot, and heavy from blood.
Do you even know her name, brilliant one?
Canth was almost two Turns old, plenty old enough to have become interested in greens. But why now, and why this green? F’nor ran through his mental inventory of greens in the weyr, but he couldn’t think, his brain was too fuzzy.
She and I have bathed together.
Somehow, the logic didn’t make much sense to F’nor. He bathed Canth every day, and the assortment of dragons was pretty much the same. By the time F’nor and Canth managed to get down, most of the rankers had already bathed and left. So they shared the warm waters with several greens, a few blues, and one old brown. He pointed out that fact with an obviousness that only he could manage.
You bathe with many greens.
But this is Jhyrth.[/color][/i]
Canth stated this as if it were perfectly obvious, which it probably was- from Canth’s point of view. But his rider was exceptionally dense, and didn’t get the succession of pictures Canth gave him.
She and I swim together when she is done flying Search.
She has brought many to the Lower Caverns this time.
Jhyrth…F’nor racked his brain to remember her rider. Jhyrth…Jhyrth…oh yeah! D’ked, one of the finest Searchriders the weyr had had in a long time. All of the candidates he and green Jhyrth had brought in Impressed. He could remember F’lon raving about D’ked’s good luck- though only, of course, when heavily wined up.
So you want to fly her?
F’nor started thinking about the implications of such a flight. He wasn’t out of weyrling training yet, though Canth was mature enough to mate. He could, should he choose, take a weyrmate. But, D’ked? He didn’t talk with the greenrider that often, and it was mostly talking about the upcoming Hatchings, for Lidith once more clutched. There was even a queen egg, something that F’lar in particular was watching with interest. His Mnemeth was nowhere near big enough to challenge Simanith for the Weyrleadership, but, maybe this new queen…
The sky is blue today.
Canth bluntly ignored his rider’s question, having not taken his multi-faceted orbs from Jhyrth’s lithe form as she darted through other members of her wing as they practiced for the Spring Games.
D’ked has a weyrmate.
It was true- D’ked and S’non had been weyrmated for nearly seven Turns now. It was a rare sight across the weyr to see D’ked, and not S’non, and vice versa. The last thing F’nor wanted was to have Canth’s heart, big as it was, to break.
The sky is blue.
Canth’s mental ‘voice’ was firm, but F’nor caught faint undertones of panic in the brown’s sturdy baritone. Grinning, F’nor turned away from that topic, and draped his arm over as much of Canth’s shoulder as he could reach. Though F’nor was by no means short, Canth was already a very large brown. Almost, in fact, as big as Mnemeth.
Aye. The Sky is blue today…
