Title: Beach Gathering: Harper Concert
Gather Beach of Southern Boll(#1772RJMSa)
Jesica grins and finally starts to eat her meal, watching the crowds as well, "It's so nice to sit and relax, without worrying about having to run and do chores."
Kiaren polishes off the food on his plate, "This is really good."
T'len is drinking a glass of wine when the healer walks next to him. Noticing the reaction T'len beams back in pure pride "It is good isn't it? I was quite impressed with it, I mean it isn't often you can get good work like this."
Chonny starts at her platter again, really slowing down, however, the platter's emptying pretty well too. It's good that the apprentice would only fill it just so far.
Dyane mutters to Ryglenn, "... think... to... the ocean... of her."
Over at the cooking pit, several apprentices carefully baste the meat with rich marinade.
"No, it certainly isn't," Tae replies with a grin, then hmmms. "Are your boots meant not to match?" she asks. "Each other, I mean," because it's clear they aren't meant to match anything else.
Phoebe nods to Jesica, spearing another piece of melon on her fork. "I think we all really needed this break." she sighs.
Ryglenn chuckles and finishes his porcine slice. "I'm glad they did a good job of hunting. I was impressed," he says to Zianne.
Ryglenn chuckles, He mutters to Dyane, "Aye..I... something... She... have... bath in..."
Chonny uses one of the meatbits to mop up juice that's gathering at the already-eaten-end of the platter. It dribbles down her hand now, but the most of it makes it to her mouth.
T'len shakes his head to Taemynde's question "Oh no, that is just a happy turn of events. I mean these two boots are the best, I mean the other boots just didn't fit my feet right which I can't understand but well I am not complaining."
"More wine? Juice? Iced tea?" The vintners and drudges walk around and ask the feasters.
Phoebe lifts her cup quickly for a refill of juice, then takes a long draught of the cool liquid.
Kiaren takes a glass of wine and sips at it.
Dyane keeps eyeing Chonny, then grins at Ryglenn's response. She lifts her voice. "Please have more. We have plenty o'porcines left. Journeywoman Zianne has added a new marinade to them for you all to try!"
Zianne nods, "I was impressed too. It's always a joy to cook quality food." She glaces over at the cooking pit and calls to the apprentices, "Keep those canines turning the spit at the right pace! If they go too fast, the porcines will cook unevenly."
Taemynde chuckles, nodding agreement with T'len's enthusiastic statement. "The outfit really stands out," she says.
Chonny doesn't even notice the eyeballing she's getting. She's far too interested in her meaty feast. Look, not a single green among the slices!
Phoebe stares down at her plate, realizing with a start that it is empty. She gets to her feet, looking at Jesica and Kiaren. "Can I get either of you something while I'm up?"
Kiaren smiles up at Phoebe, "No thanks. I've had enough for now."
One of the apprentices nods to Zianne, "Yes, ma'am." The canines are made to turn the spit evenly.
Jesica chuckles and shakes her head, 'Oh no Phoebe, I'm still munching on the last plate."
T'len pats the ground next to him in a invitation to sit down with himto the healer "Exactly, I really like it. Didn't pay much for it either, I mean really good deal for it."
Phoebe grins, shrugging self-consciously. "I can't believe I'm still hungry myself...but that food is just so good!" She says the last bit with a sigh as she heads back to fill up her plate again.
Chonny gets to the bottom of things, literally, and actually managed to finish off the platter of porcine. She takes a deep breath and lets it out very slowly.. indeed, it could have been far too much.
Taemynde sits cross-legged on the ground next to T'len and nods. "That's good," she says. "I mean, it's always great when you get a deal."
One of the assistant headwomen stands up. Vacia grins as she says. "After the feasting, if you all have the strength, we have games planned. Three-legged races, vine swinging, sprinting."
Phoebe returns to her seat, carrying a plate piled high with fruit. She sits down and spears a slice of yellowfruit on her fork, giving a blissful sigh as she begins to work her way through the food.
Ryglenn smiles at Dyane and shrugs, "I s'pose I oughta fetch a plate and help clean up." He moves to the table and grabs a plate which he starts to fill with a little..well a lot..of everything. He notices after a moment he's no room for the meat and returns to the end of the table where he picks up another plate. He goes to the pit and holds the plate out. "I'll have a big slab of boar..no rump please..on of 'em got pretty shot up yesterday," he says to the nearest apprentise.
A saucy bronze firelizard swoops out of the sky and steals a rather succulent looking ovine slice, just as an apprentice plops it on the plate of an Auntie.
Dyane stops a vintner for a refill of wine. She murmurs her thanks, going back to observing the group before approaching the Candidates. Giving them a smile, she sits down cross-legged and says, "So, how do y'all like Fort?"
Jesica chuckles and grins as she hear's Ryglenn's comment, 'That was Canus shooting."
Nalar looks to Dyane with a smile. "Colder than Keroon," he murmurs.
T'len nods in agreement "Well that is true, I mean I could get you a good deal too if you want something like this? I mean I can't figure out why it was so cheap but well may as well pounce on it."
Zianne smiles at the apprentices. "That's better." She walks over to the pit and adds more sauce. "I think I might as well try some if this. It certainly smells good."
An apprentice serves Zianne a thick pink slice of porcine meat.
Phoebe swallows the bite she had just taken and smiles. "Oh, it's nice." She nods to Nalar's comment about the temperature. "It's been one new experience after another for most of us, I think." she adds with a shy grin.
Chonny looks towards the headwoman with an odd expresion of curiosity on her face. She recognizes some of those games... but not all of them. With that thought she rocks herself out of the sand seat (Her own seat covered in the same) and heads over with her platter for some more of that .. well.. how about desert this time. A big wedge of citron pie becomes hers for the taking.
Uh oh. Look closely, you'll detect the slightly panicked look on Tae's face beneath the Healer's practiced control. "Um. Well, I don't know," she says. "I mean, I need to be able to deal with patients any time at all, and so I need to be wearing something...well, soothing. Which that isn't, whatever else you can say for it." Whew.
One of the apprentices serving dinner at the cooking pit accidentally drops a thick slice into the pit. He quickly uses a shovel to cover it before the journeyman notices.
Jesica chuckles and grins at Taemynde, "Not to mention how blood might show up on it and stain, true Tae?"
T'len thinks about this for awhile before nodding "True, true. Soothing, maybe I could get a nice light blue and orange ensemble for you instead."
Taemynde looks over at Jesica and grins. "Yeah, it'd be a pity to add bl...I mean, to get blood on something like that."
Ryglenn takes his two plates, after the apprentise drops a platesized chuck of meat on it with a grin, and wanders around looking for a place to sit /and/ hold two plates. He hmms, looks behind him and shrugs, before crossing one foot over the other and dropping to the sand where he sits 'indian' style (since he knows not any other way to describe it). He rests one plate -- the one with the porcine -- on his legs the starts eating a slice of melon.
Dyane grins at the answers. "Well, that's why Fort has Boll ... keep the chill out. Y'all were part of the hunt?"
Phoebe shakes her head at Dyane's question. "I missed it." she says regretfully.
Jesica chuckles and nods, 'Yes Ma'am."
Dyane nods to Phoebe, wrinkling her nose. "Yeah, I missed it too ... Some people think its better to keep me from trying to do that." She smiles at Jesica. "Didja get any? How was it?"
A small child wanders up and curiously tugs on the tail of one of the canines turning the roasting spit.
Kiaren says "I didn't manage to make it to the hunt either."
From the sky, Jilth emerges from Between with a blast of cold air!
Zianne takes a bite of porcine as she wanders arounds, checking up on how her helpers are doing, and eventually wanders back to the pit. "Spread out those ashes," she says as she gestures toward a curiously large pile which looks like something was buried under it. "We need the fire even."
From the sky, Avroth emerges from Between with a blast of cold air!
Jesica chuckles and nods, "Yeah, I got one in the underbelly, Duncan finished it off for me, since i couldn't do it. I'm not a hunter."
From the sky, Jilth croooons triumphantly as she reappears above Boll! Then with a little more interest in her "voice" as she spots Avroth.
From the sky, Astride Avroth, T'dry gives Jilth and her passengers a salute as they appear beside the green.
From the sky, Avroth banks sharply, cutting underneath Jilth, his long wingtip raised and raking lightly across the green's belly.
Chonny looks around and finally finds a spoon to use on the pie. That and the pie, plus some more porcine, returns to the cradle of sand that manages to be near Ryglenn. Hmm... the porcine starts disappearing again.
Ryglenn hurries and swallows, "You did just fine Jesica. Your shot was good."
From the sky, From Avroth's lower neck ridges, Fiora, for all her earlier confidence, seems just a little happy to be out of between. Just a little, of course.
From the sky, Jilth dragongiggles ticklishly. Beryl nudges with her knees, reminding Jilth to land.
From the sky, On Jilth, Beryl looks over her shoulder, "You still with us, Davienne?"
From the sky, On Jilth, Davienne is just plastered against Beryl's backside, looking around with wide, amused eyes. She waves briefly at T'len and Fiora. "I'm here!" She calls out to Beryl.
From the sky, On Jilth, Beryl grins, "You squeeze very tightly."
Phoebe looks up at the sky, her fork posed half-way to her mouth, watching the dragons' antics.
From the sky, Jilth wings down onto the gather beach.
Kiaren watches the dragons land.
Jesica chuckles and grins, 'Well thank you sir, but I think I'll stick to chopping up the meat, rather than killing it. I'm a healer at heart, doesn't go well with hunting one's food."
From the sky, Avroth circles, a broad arc compared to the radius a green can turn in. He circles lazily, then moves up to Jilth's flank, thirty meters of wing flapping barely five armreaches above Davienne's head.
Jilth ducks down beneath Avroth, landing gracefully down the beach.
Ryglenn glances at Chonny and continues to eat; plate in lap, plate in hand, food in the other he's quiet as he picks one item then another to munch. He checks the plate of porcine to make sure it's safe.
An apprentice realizes he's burnt some meat, and quickly throws the piece to the canines before anybody notices.
On Jilth, Davienne ducks instinctively and looks above her at the massive bronze's wing. "Shards! That almost cut my head off!" She laughs anyway and releases her deathgrip on Beryl.
On Jilth, Beryl carefully removes Davienne's hand from a rather improper place, and tells her, "Okay, you can let go now. Lemme unbuckle you."
Ryglenn smiles with his mouth full at Jesica and nods.
On Jilth, Beryl undoes both her straps and Davienne's, and climbs down off her dragon.
Beryl climbs down off Jilth.
On Jilth, Davienne has left.
Davienne climbs down off Jilth.
Chonny uses her finger to slurp down one side of her citron pie, sucking the sweet off the tip.
Dyane grins at Jesica, then the others. "Happy eating then." She stands up to greet the next group of Fortians. "Boll's duties and welcome."
Kiaren looks up and waves to Davienne with a smile, "You made it."
Kiaren grins at Phoebe next to him.
Beryl calls to Dyane, "Fort's duty to Boll right back at you, ma'am!" and smiles cheerfully.
Phoebe waves to Davienne with a broad grin. "Was beginning to think you'd decided not to come." she calls, teasing.
Davienne steps off the dragon, looks around and then holds her hand over her mouth as if she might be sick. She looks rather green in the firelight.
Tania has arrived.
Beryl strolls on over to find something to eat.
Dyane lifts her hand and motions to the food. "Plenty of food left for you all." She sits down next to Chonny and Ryglenn after the greeting. She does steal a bit of Ryg's porcine though.
Phoebe sets her plate down beside her and half-rises. "Are you alright?" she asks with concern as Davienne approaches.
Kiaren looks up at Davienne, "Is something wrong?"
From the sky, Avroth wings down onto the gather beach.
Leaps off the green dragon, and calls out. "I'm here!"
Beryl calls over her shoulder, "Oh, we just did the little drop-test on Davienne!" as she gets some food.
T'dry swings gracefully from Avroth's neck, using a thoughtfully extended forleg, he slides to the ground. His eyes are distant as he speaks silently to his dragon before giving him an affectionate rub on the nose.
Ryglenn puts the now empty plate on the sand beside him just as Dyane is swiping some of his porcine, "Hey!" he says with a mock frown. He reaches for his plate and dramatically pulls it away from the Lady Holder with a grin, "That's mine." he adds.
Davienne wanders over to the others, her leather sack slung over one shoulder. She looks around at all the scenery, and squints at people, eyes adjusting. "Wow! It's so hot here!"
T'dry lands, bouncing to his feet. "You OK, Davienne?"
Chonny leans over to peer at Ryglenn's plate. "It's the porcine that's gettin away..."
Dyane gives Ryglenn a grin, waving the piece of porcine she's swiped before munching on it. At seeing the weyrsecond, she waves, calling out. "Boll's duties, T'dry! Welcome to the feast!"
Phoebe scrambles to her feet and heads for Davienne, relieved to see that she seems to be feeling better. "Come on - we're all seated over there" -she points to Jesica and Kiaren. "And if you ask nice, I'll braid flowers into your hair." She grins at her friend.
Zianne stands next to the cooking pit, putting on yet another layer if her special sauce. She smiles at the riders and Candidates, gesturing toward the roasting beasts. "Bakercraft's duties to Fort Weyr. The food's here and ready for the taking."
Ryglenn chuckles at Chonny, "Yeah, with a little help from our Lady thief."
T'dry turns at the sound of his voice. "M'lady. How is your Hold this fine day?" He turns and approaches Dyane.
Dyane's fingers dart in and swipe another small piece of porcine from the Captain's plate when he's busy talking to Chonny. "Lady thief?" she says, then smiles up at T'dry. "Festive and mostly boar free, thank you. I'm pleased you were able to make it. "
Tania skips over to her friends. "So, what have I missed?"
Ryglenn tears off a piece of the porcine that /remains/ and takes a bite. He gives Dyane a look as she demonstrates her theivery again then smiles.
Chonny grins mischieviously, "yup, but she's been 'round nuff to know a lot of the tricks, Ryglenn, you've gotta look out for those types."
T'dry's arm sweeps dramatically across the landscape. "Not make it and miss this? Warm weather, good food, the most beautiful women....well, with the exception of a certain weyr in Igen, that is."
Ryglenn laughs at Chonny and nods, "Aye..i told ya had to keep my eye on 'er."
The canines turning the spits at the cooking pit suddenly start barking at passersby. It takes a few minutes for the apprentices to calm them down.
Jesica grins a bit and stands, "I'm going to go swim a little, I'll be back in a bit.
Chonny makes another face then says, "so, was that the porcine you got, Ryglenn?"
Davienne follows Phoebe and can't help but stare at everyone as she passes, murmuring greetings and sirs and ma'ams where appropriate.
Ryglenn shakes his head, "No, dear..I didn't get one. I let the others do all the shooting."
Phoebe leads Davienne over to where she was sitting and pushes gently on the girl's shoulders for her to sit down in the spot Phoebe recently vacated. She eyes Davienne's hair consideringly, then turns to Kiaren. "What color would be best, do you think?"
Kiaren smiles at Davienne as she comes over, "It's nice you could make it."
Tania plops down on the ground, near a few of her friends.
Chonny frowns a little then says, "oh.. why'd you do that? If these things're mean, they're trouble an they should have all come looking for you."
Zianne walks over to the apprentices that are in charge of the canines. "One thing I've learned about canines and spits is that you /must/ be firm with the canines," she advises, looking directly one particularly shy apprentice.
Davienne just gives Kiaren a small smile and nods, her eyes wide and taking in as much as possible.
Ryglenn smiles, "That's why I was there. The hunters were using me as bait ya see. When the porcines came to cause trouble they shot 'em."
Dyane smiles at T'dry, "Kind of you to say. Please, have a bit of the feast and relax, weyrsecond."
Chonny giggles, "then I'm glad the hunters were there. No good having flattened Ryglenns as captains. I bet they don't work so well."
One of the apprentices carelessly lets a leg of porcine catch on fire. It flares spectacularily before he can put it out.
T'dry smiles, circling towards the food. He begins filling a plate. "Tell me, Lady. You don't happen to know anything about this shipment of blankets coming from Weavercraft up towards the Weyr, do you?"
Ryglenn chuckles and shakes his head, "No, flattened Captains don't work well at all."
Phoebe shrugs and gathers a bunch of cream-colored flowers together. Then she begins to gently comb Davienne's hair with her fingers, trying to tame the wild curls into something she can work with.
Dyane reaches for more porcine then frowns, giving Ryglenn a grin. "Hey, you ate it all." At T'dry's question, her brow lifts and she asks. "Shipment? No."
Ryglenn smiles at Dyane and says, "No, m'lady..just what you didn't get."
Tania lounges on the ground, lazily watching everyting around her, listening to bits and pieces of conversation here and there, relly just enjoying the liesure time and view.
Davienne just sits somewhat in shock as Phoebe begins braiding flowers in her hair, she lets the sachel slip off her shoulder and wipes her arm over her forehead. "Hot" is all she says.
Dyane laughs at Ryg's response. "Touche. Now what am I supposed to munch on?" she teases the Captain.
Kiaren leans over to Davienne, "Would you like some food?"
Chonny tilts her head and says suddenly, "Hol' on.." and her platter goes onto the sand before her. She gets out of her 'seat' and heads over to find herself a clean plate no where near as big.
Davienne chews her lip and nods to Kiaren, "sure..that would be nice."
T'dry sighs, filling his plate, then setting it aside. "We got word the other sevenday that there's a shipment of two gross /something/ en route. The hide was smeared, it looked like blankets and weavercraft but I couldn't be sure. Noone seems to know anything about it. I thought I'd stop at the crafthall while I'm here."
Zianne turns around quickly and throws her juice on the flaming leg to put it out. "Apprentice, please be more careful!" She takes a knife and begins cutting the leg off, which is difficult because the spit is still turning. "We have to get this leg off before it drips juice all over. It's too burnt to be any good anyway."
Kiaren goes and fills a plate from the food tables, returning to hand it to Davienne with a smile, "Here you are."
Dyane ahs, nodding to T'dry. She hmms, frowning for a moment then says. "Are you sure its not the material for the robes?"
Ryglenn lowers his head slightly and asks, "Would m'lady like me to get myself another plate of meat so she can munch more?" He looks up at her and smirks, "Hmmm?"
Tania cocks her head over at Zianne as she notices juice being poured over it. "Hey, toss that leg over here! I'll eat a burnt piece!"
A saucy bronze firelizard swoops out of the sky and steals a rather succulent looking ovine slice, just as an apprentice plops it on the plate of an Auntie.
Phoebe gathers Davienne's long curls into one bunch at the base of her skull, and then twists the locks into a coiled knot. A few well-placed pins hold the unruly hair in place. She tugs a few tendrils down on either side of Davi's face, and then proceeds to slip several of the creamy blossoms into the coil. The effect is soft, yet makes Davienne look a bit older, and a bit more vulnerable.
Kiaren sits back down with the girls again, sipping at his wine.
Dyane grins at Ryglenn. "M'lady would."
T'dry considers both Dyann's hypothesis as well as his choice of beverage. "That's something I hadn't considered..."
Phoebe rocks back on her heels, grinning in satisfaction at her handiwork. "There you go, Davi." she says with a smile.
Beryl says "That sounds sensible to me, T'dry."
Kiaren grins at Phoebe as he looks at Davienne, "Oh, that's great. You do that wonderfully."
Dyane turns from the Captain to shrug at T'dry. "Isn't it around the time the Weavers usually do that? I seem to remember the last hatching."
Chonny holds up the plate to the apprentice and points at the porcine. One.. two.. four... five.. there. Several slices of meat, a combination of porcine and ovine are now laying across a small plate. She meanders her way back across the beach.
Zianne looks at Tania curiously. "Really? With juice all over it, making it all sticky?"
Ryglenn laughs, "As you wish." He takes his plate and stands up. A few steps later and he's at the pit. "Zianne, could you give me some of that burnt leg please?" he whispers.
Davienne smiles at Phoebe, coming out of her momentary reverie. "Thanks, that's a lot cooler now against my neck." She all but ignores the plate of food set near her feet and places her hand against her neck, looking around.
Tania grins over at Zianne. "It's good that way... try it."
Chonny plunks into the sand again, crossing her legs and settling her bum into the depression she'd left earlier. Holding plate, she asks, "Where's the nut?" of Dyane.
Beryl says "Anyone been in the water yet? Is it warm or cold?"
Dyane motions to the cooking pit with her thumb, "Back there."
Acan responds to the rider. "Warm, of course."
"Oh!" Ryglenn adds, "And some ovine please?" He has to try that. He glances over his shoulder at Dyane and smiles.
Tania grins and shrugs as she sees someone else get the burnt leg first. She absently reaches up and pulls at the cords holding in her annoying heavey braids.
Beryl says "Maybe I'll go for a swim before I eat."
Chonny looks towards the pit and shakes her head, "Good wings o'mighty. He sure eats alot." She then looks down and spies that plate in her hands. She holds it out to the Lady with a grin.
The apprentices watching the cooking pit get distracted watching a dragon for several minutes, completely ignoring anyone who wants food.
Phoebe sees Tania's motion. "Want me to do yours too?" she asks the other Candidate.
T'dry nods, seemingly a bit more satisfied that this is the answer. "That must be it. Well then. I should tell Kimina when I get back..." And with that he begins eating.
Davienne sees T'len across the sands and waves at him as she thinks he might be looking this way. She leans over and says to Phoebe and Kiaren. "It's so very pretty here...I really didn't expect it to be this nice."
Beryl goes over to her dragon and climbs halfway up, undoing a pouch tied in to her straps, and pulling out a large towel.
Dyane smiles, "For me, Chonny?" She smiles, "Thank you. That's very sweet."
Kiaren nods, "It is beautiful. I've always liked it here."
Beryl climbs down and pulls off her jacket, tossing it on top of Jilth.
Beryl sits down on the sand to undo her boots.
Nalar wanders down the jungle path to the west.
Zianne shakes her head at Tania. "No, I like my meat not so well done." She cuts the meat off the bone and put some on Ryglenn's plate, while asking a drudge to take the remaining meat to Tania. She also puts some ovine on Ryglenn's plate. "There, anything else?"
Davienne mutters to Kiaren, "... the weyr... the..."
T'len stands up and then dusts some of the snad off his pants before stating to Taemynde "Come on, we can go over to the side and I can show you some of the fabric samples I was given for my next order. Maybe you will see something you like."
Ryglenn smiles at Zianne and shakes his head, "Nope, I'm all set. Thank you."
Vyren steps off an incoming watchrider, and looks around him. He heads towards the food again.
Chonny says "It's gotta taste better'n the porcine that Ryglenn was already drooling over."
Taemynde goes a little wide-eyed as she looks for a graceful way out of the invitation. Not finding any, however, she shrugs, grins, and gets to her feet. "Sure, you never know," she says with a laugh.
Tania grins at Phoebe. "I'm just getting annoyed by all these braids... you could help me get them out..." She pulls one of the crods, and unbraids the first strand. She smiles a thanks to Zianne, and picks up the meat, taking a small bite. The loose strand flys into her mouth along with it, but she pulls it out. "Mmm."
Beryl says "Anyone else going swimming?"
Dyane takes the plate from Chonny, laughing at her comment. Placing it between the two of them, "Gonna help me eat it?" she asks even as she takes a small piece to eat.
Beryl steps out of her riding pants and pulls her shirt off, leaving both atop her boots.
Chonny responds with a very strong, "Nope. I ain't swimming. No hownothing."
T'len heads towards the Path with a smile to the Healer "Good good, i am sure we will find something that will fit you perfectly."
Phoebe scoots over behind Tania and helps her undo her braids.
Chonny grins at the Lady and shakes her head, "Lemme finish my pie first. I had a whole stack of porcine earlier."
Tania grins at Beryl, stuffing meat into her mouth as fast as she can. "Goota get these braids, first..."
The canines turning the spits at the cooking pit suddenly start barking at passersby. It takes a few minutes for the apprentices to calm them down.
Davienne stretches her legs out and leans back on her elbows in the sand. She looks next to her at Kiaren and smiles at him, brushing a lock of hair out of her eyes.
Taemynde looks around one more time for a rescue that's not forthcoming, then follows T'len.
Beryl looks over Tania, "You should just get your hair cut short. I used to have long hair, because I thought it was a bother to get it cut, but I found that it's easier just keeping it short instead of trying to hassle with it and keep it out of the way."
Ryglenn strolls back to where he was sitting near Dyane and Chonny, taking his time as he rearranges the meat on his plate so the burnt meat is laying over the ovine. When he's satisfied and after pulling a piece of ovine off for himself, he sits. "Her ya go..." He stops mid-sentence as he notices the Lady already has a plate. "Where'd that come from?" he asks.
Kiaren smiles at Davienne, "Phoebe did a really good job with your hair."
Phoebe manages to get most of Tania's hair unbraiding, murmuring an apology as she inadvertantly tugs a bit too hard.
Tania smiles her thanks to Phoebe, then winks at her, and nods over to Kiaren and Davi.
As soon as she's done serving Ryglenn, Zianne finds another person waiting for meat. She quickly places some slices on their plate and walks to the distracted apprentices. She stands behind them and clears her throat with a loud "AHEM." After a pause, she asks, "Don't you have some people to serve?"
Dyane nods to Chonny, chuckling. "Okay. You sure you don't wanna swim. Its fun." She takes another bit of the porcine, munching on her own snack. "Why a little vtol brought it to me, dear ... where have you been?"
Phoebe gives Tania a broad smile, undoing the last of the braids.
Chonny has her mouth full, but both shoulders come up in response to his question. When she finishes her mouthful she says, "Nooooo.. I ain't swimming."
Kiaren watches Phoebe do Tania's hair, leaning lazily on an elbow.
T'dry looks preoccupied as he eats. About halfway through his meal, he stands, fidgeting. "I really should get back..."
Dyane draws her attention away from Ryglenn long enough to frown at T'dry. "So soon?"
Phoebe leans a bit to Tania. "Well, if you don't want the flower braids, then I think I'll head into the water. A swim sounds wonderful after the day I've had."
T'dry nods solomnly. "I should get this straightened out, yes..."
"Thanks, the flowers do smell really good." Davi takes a long, deep breath of fresh air and lets it out slowly, letting all her cares and stresses out. She leans over and pulls off her boots, wriggling her toes in the sand.
Dyane nods. "Of course. My thanks for coming."
Ryglenn hmms and grins, "Ah.." He glances at Chonny and smiles, "You need to go swimmin', kid..To exercise some of that food ya ate outa yer system or you'll be as big as a dragon."
Davienne looks up at the sound of a swim. She smiles at Phoebe and then looks over at Beryl too. "Swimming? I'd like to come as well...I'm too hot in this tunic."
Kiaren looks up, "Swimming?"
Chonny sticks out her tongue and answers, "if I go swimmin I'll sink like a rock. I ain't swimmin, dragonsized or not."
One of the apprentices serving dinner at the cooking pit accidentally drops a thick slice into the pit. He quickly uses a shovel to cover it before the journeyman notices.
Phoebe laughs as suddenly swimming becomes more popular. "Yes, swimming" she repeats, slipping off her boots. She heads down toward the pool. "I'll see you there - if any of you want to join me."
"He's right, Chonny." Dyane says with a smile, looking at the water. "You won't sink. You don't have to go deep. Just splash around in the waist-high waters. Its fun."
Beryl says "Well, c'mon then, Davienne -- you too, Kiaren!"
Davienne hops up and takes a quick bite off her plate before running with glee through the sand in her barefeet.
Phoebe walks further along the hot sands towards the tidal pool.
Beryl wanders out into the water and the waves curl around her feet.
Kiaren takes off his boots and follows the rest to the water.
Acan calls out. "Feel free to use the vine."
Ryglenn heys! at the tongue there and grins, "I won't let ya sink...not for long anyway."
From the shallow waters, Beryl says "Vine? I missed the vine..."
From the shallow waters, Beryl wades onto the beach.
Beryl steps onto the sands.
T'dry nods formally. "My pleasure, Lady Dyane." With that, he turns, heading for his already slumbering bronze.
T'dry steps up on Avroth's thoughtfully extended forleg and climbs quickly up on his neck, seating himself securely between his dragon's neckridges.
Avroth hunches down before launching up into the skies, with powerful strokes.
From the sky, Avroth wings up from the beach.
Dyane covers her eyes as she watches Beryl. "Let go of it next time!" she calls out.
From the shallow waters, Beryl surfaces, "Hey, that was kinda fun!"
Beryl steps onto the sands.
Beryl grabs the vine, swings out, releases it before slicing cleanly into the water.
Davienne pulls off her tunic over her head, amazingly leaving the flowers intact and rolls off her tights, throwing everything in a small pile to the side. She stretches to her full height, which is rather tall and lifts her arms up. "Oh this feels glorious! Come on Kiaren!"
Chonny answers with a very strong, "nope. I ain't gonna go in any water."
Ryglenn looks over as he hears the huge splash, "What was that?" his attention being on Chonny at the time.
Kiaren pulls off his clothes and runs after Davienne with a grin.
From the shallow waters, Beryl says "It's nice! Not at all like the streams and lakes near Crom! Come on in!"
Chonny stuffs the last of her pie between her lips, licking the ends of her sticky fingertips.
Dyane nudges Ryglenn. "You gonna go swimming? Oh, that was a greenrider makin' a dive."
Tania shakes out her hair, the honey-coloer waves flowing once more past her waist. "It really is a bother... but it would be such a shame..."She shrugs, and strips down herself... she has a wide strip of oiled wherhide covering up her... better parts, though.
From the shallow waters, Beryl floats peacefully in the water.
Tania walks further along the hot sands towards the tidal pool.
Kiaren wanders out into the water and the waves curl around his feet.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren wades out into the waters from the beach.
Dyane stands up, looking down at Chonny. "C'mon, dear. Come swimming with me." She extends her hand to the girl. "Please."
Ryglenn smiles at Dyane and shrugs, "I dunno, are you?" He turns to Chonny and grins, "Why not? Ya scared?"
From the shallow waters, Beryl waves at hand at Kiaren as she floats, "Hi!"
Chonny raises an eyebrow then shakes her head, "I'll watch. I ain't afraid of nothing."
Zianne removes a meatless porcine from the spit and sets it on the ground away from the canines. She looks at the other beasts. "Looks like these are almost done."
Davienne stops as she gets to the edge of the water and looks over at the vine impishly. She moves back and takes a flying leap at the vine.
Davienne runs at the vine, trips, and goes over the edge, arms and legs in frenzied swinging before landing in the water on the tummy. *YIKES*
The canines turning the spits at the cooking pit suddenly start barking at passersby. It takes a few minutes for the apprentices to calm them down.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren grins at Davi, "Nice one."
From the shallow waters, Davienne comes up sputtering and grins, "Thanks...pfft...that was fun!"
From the shallow waters, Beryl says "Ow! Are you okay, Davienne?"
Dyane shrugs, "Fine. Suit yourself." She steps out of her clothing and heads up to the vine herself.
Ocean Waters around Southern Boll(#1767RJ)
Dyane backs up and runs at the vine, trips and falls flat on the face at the edge of the cliff before tumbling head-over-heels into the waters.
From the beach, Dyane backs up and runs at the vine, trips and falls flat on the face at the edge of the cliff before tumbling head-over-heels into the waters.
From the beach, Ryglenn mmhmms, "I've heard that before, Chonny. I think you should prove it." He smiles as he watches Dyane head for the vine.
Davienne shakes her water out of her eyes, and peers at Beryl. "yeah, a little sore and worse for the wear...but shells the water is warm!"
Dyane surfaces. "Okay. Grab the vine next time."
From the beach, Chonny licks at her fingers, pushing away the empty platter finally.
From the beach, Ryglenn makes a face as Dyane misses the vine.
Davienne paddles around in circles, diving under the water every so often.
From the beach, Chonny says "That.. looked painful."
Kiaren smiles, "Yeah, it's great."
From the shallow waters, Beryl grins at Dyane, and calls, "THE VINE HELPS A LOT, YES!"
Minara wanders up the trail from the west and steps out onto the beach.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren floats lazily.
Chonny says "I ain't getting in any water higher'n me toes."
Tania wanders out into the water and the waves curl around her feet.
Dyane laughs, shaking her head. "You did something to the porcine. It wasn't that painful." She looks over her shoulder, grinning at Beryl. "Yeah, I've noticed that." She tries the vine again.
From the beach, Dyane grabs the vine, swings out, releases it before slicing cleanly into the water.
From the beach, Chonny watches Dyane go again. She shakes her head and says, "the lady's crazy, I know it."
Beryl says "Very nice! You're quite a swinger!"
Davienne grins at the Lady Holder and claps politely, "Very nice..very nice ma'am."
From the beach, Minara strolls onto the beach, looking about the area, smiling. She stops to watch Dyane swing out on the rope. "Well. Excellent maneuver, Lady Dyane. Did Ryglenn teach you that?"
Dyane laughs, "It happens ..." She swims back to shore.
From the shallow waters, Tania slips into the water, well away from the divers, and watches.
Ryglenn shakes his head and laughs, "Nah.She's just havin' fun. Water is fun ya know." he says to Chonny.
Zianne has just sat down and found her forgotten plate of food when she spots Minara. "Hi Minara. Come have some of this porcine. It's delicious, and not just because it's got my special sauce on it," she says with a grin.
From the shallow waters, Davienne bobs around in the water, and splashes Kiaren playfully.
Dyane shakes her head, the water spraying all over Ryglenn, Minara and Chonny as she approaches them. "No, he didn't teach me ... I'm that good on m'own."
From the shallow waters, Kiaren grins and splashes Davienne back.
From the shallow waters, Beryl takes a deep breath and dives under the water, catching Davienne's leg and pulling her under! *dunk*
Chonny squeaks, "hey!!! Yuck!" And she wipes off the water. She's smearing dirt a few different places that way.
Ryglenn stands up and chuckles as he pulls off his clothes, "True..i have never taught her a thing."
Minara chuckles at Zianne, moving closer to the feast. "That I would. I'd not miss.." she begins, then looks down at the meat. "Oh, dear, I remember this one. He was very courageous."
From the shallow waters, Kiaren blinks as Davienne suddenly disappears.
From the shallow waters, Davienne looks over and calls out to Beryl with a slight challenge to her voice, "Dive again Beryl! See if you can beat the last one! Blllurrbb! " she finishes it under the water and comes up flapping her arms wildly.
Dyane grins, reaching for her long hair and wringing it over Ryglenn and Chonny. "See ... not a big thing. So, Ryg darlin' ..." she drawls at the Captain. "Gonna try the vine?"
Chonny frowns, "I ain't goin in, that's that. Nooooo way would even a dragon get me in that water."
From the shallow waters, Beryl surfaces and grins at Davienne. "I'm sorry, did you say something?" She offers an arm to the flailing dunkee.
From the shallow waters, Tania decides to try the vine...
Zianne smiles, taking a bite. "He's very juicy too." She glances at her apprentice helpers and sighs. "Good, I think they're finally getting the hand of roasting."
Tania backs up and runs at the vine, trips and falls flat on the face at the edge of the cliff before tumbling head-over-heels into the waters.
Ryglenn smiles at Chonny and says to Dyane, "Yup..it's been a while but..I'll try it." He heads up the cliff path to the vine.
From the shallow waters, Davienne grrs playfully and splashes over to Beryl, grabbing on to her arm and trying to dunk the rider to the best of her ability. She laughs mirthfully.
Ryglenn grabs the vine, swings far out, releases, and does 3 backflips before knifing into the water with nary a ripple.
From the shallow waters, Beryl acks and is taken by surprise, and dunked! *glub!*
Dyane grins. "C'mon, Chonny ... gonnna let Ryglenn show you u ...." Her mouth drops as she sees Ryglenn's dive. "how in Faranth's name ..."
From the shallow waters, Davienne muahahas proudly, lifting her arms above the water and clasping her hands together in a mock display of bravado. She grimaces as she sees Tania miss the vine and calls out, "ouch, you ok Tania?"
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn smiles and heads for the beach, "Aah..I need to practice more I think."
Chonny shakes her head, her eyes wide and watching from her sandy spot.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren looks around at Tania, "Are you all right?
Dyane shakes her head, heading up the path. "More practice ..." She laughs, then takes a deep breath.
From the beach, Dyane runs to the vine, leaps up, grasping the vine and sweeps out majestically out over the sparkling waters! However, upon seeing the distance down to that water, hands tighten and refuse to release the vine. After several minutes of swinging back and forth, two drudges appear with a set of crowbars to release the terrified diver.
Tania re-surfaces, and sputters up water, gasping for breath. "Ouch! That's just what happened to me last time I tried something like..." she stops, and gets a determined /look/ in her face. She nods firmly to Kiaren, and walks back towards the vine, limping a little.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren wades onto the beach.
From the shallow waters, Beryl calls to Dyane, "Decided you couldn't compete with Ryglenn, Lady Dyane?"
Kiaren grabs the vine, swings out, releases, arcs before performing a pike dive flawlessly.
Tania grabs the vine and dives simply into the water, rippling the water only slightly.
Dyane laughs, "I couldn't do it ... shardit." She thwaps Ryglenn's arm for no apparanent reason. "SOmething like that, Beryl!"
Ryglenn grins at Chonny before deciding to watch Dyane. He laughs as she hangs there, "What happened that time?"
Dyane grins. "I liked the view ... ok?"
Beryl swings out on the vine with one hand, releases, twists forward, back and then somersaults once before diving faultlessly into the clear waters.
From the shallow waters, Tania yeeps as she lands dangerously close to Kiaren, then giggles, and splashes him playfully.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren laughs and splashes Tania back.
From the shallow waters, Beryl lands almost on Davienne.
Chonny digs her toes into the sands, the brown bits flowing around her ankles as her feet displaces some.
Dyane grabs the vine, swings out, releases it before slicing cleanly into the water.
From the beach, Ryglenn runs at the vine, trips, and goes over the edge, arms and legs in frenzied swinging before landing in the water on the tummy. *YIKES*
Dyane surfaces again, then shakes her head. "See. If I don't follow him, I do fine."
Dyane adds, "And he does poorly." She grins at Ryglenn.
Davienne oofs and leaps out of the way as best as she can in deep water and grins at Beryl, rubbing water out of her eyes. "nice dive ma'am" she calls playfully...to see if Beryl catches the bait.
Ryglenn pops up outa the water laughing, "Yeah..that's always pretty."
From the beach, Minara waves to Chonny as she fills a plate of food, then walks over to the girl. "Making sand sculptures?" she asks, before sitting down in the sand near her.
Beryl swims up behind Davienne, underwater, and puts her head between the candidate's thighs; raising her head, she picks Davienne up on her shoulders. "Whee! Ooof...! You got heavier when I got you out of the water!"
Tania giggles , then dives under the water, swimming like a shipfish. She circles a few times, her waist-length hair flowing behind her as a beacon, then suddenly disapears...
Dyane grins at Ryglenn, applauding. "Well done! Stunning!"
Ryglenn wades onto the beach.
Chonny says "nope.. jus watching tree-fruit do odd things."
From the shallow waters, Beryl wobbles a bit with Davienne on her shoulders. "Kiaren, pick up Tania! or vice-versa!"
Ryglenn laughs, "Yer right Chonny..That hurts a little."
From the shallow waters, Flapping her arms in circles, Davi gets lifted high up in the air and she whoops dramatically.
Ryglenn runs up the path again.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren grins at Tania, "Ready?"
Dyane follows Ryglenn out of the waters, shaking out her hair. She smirks. "Wimp."
Ryglenn runs to the vine, leaps up, grasping the vine and sweeps out majestically out over the sparkling waters! However, upon seeing the distance down to that water, hands tighten and refuse to release the vine. After several minutes of swinging back and forth, two drudges appear with a set of crowbars to release the terrified diver.
Minara asks, "Odd things? What odd things might that be?"
Chonny says "That last time scared him too much."
Zianne watches the people who are swinging from the vine as she eats the rest of her food.
Chonny says "Oooh, that.. swingin out over *water* 'n falling in."
From the shallow waters, Bubbles seem to come out from everywhere at once. Suddenlt, a Tania leaps up from under Kiaren, somehow managing to lift him on her shoulders.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren laughs and balances precariously on Tania's shoulders.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn shakes his head, "No..There were people in the way down here." He haeds for the shore.
From the shallow waters, Beryl holds on to Davienne's legs as they make their way toward Tania and Kiaren, "C'mon, Davienne, let's push 'em over!"
Dyane spreads a towel on the sands, sitting down on it. She fingercombs her long hair and grins at Ryglenn. "Excuses, excuses."
From the shallow waters, Kiaren reaches out to take hold of Davienne's hands, pushing.
From the shallow waters, Tania's eyebrows forrow in a challenging snear. She stands ready...
"Where's Mica and Duncan?" Dyane asks, smiling at Minara. Her nose wrinkles as she tugs a bit at a snarl in her long hair.
Ryglenn smiles, "I have one for everything, m'lady." Then he turns and walks up the path again.
Ryglenn grabs the vine, swings out, releases it before slicing cleanly into the water.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn heads to shore.
From the shallow waters, Davienne grrrs out like a wild herdbeast and waggles her fingers at Kiaren. She feigns first to the left.....and then to the right, and reaches in with an arm, trying to topple him over.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren grabs Davienne's arm and pulls.
Minara looks up at Dyane from the sand then glances toward the Hold. "I think he'll be along in a few minutes. He said something about some baskets, but who knows."
From the shallow waters, "Yieeee!" Davi gets pulled over and off Beryl and disappears with a *SPLOOSH*.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren balances precariously, then falls off himself.... *SPLASH*.
Ryglenn smiles as he walks back on the beach. He looks at Chonny and asks one last time, "Sure ya don't wanna swim..The water is great. See?" He shakes his head sending water everywhere.
Chonny shakes her head, quite certain as it seems. She hides her head in her knees as teh water splatters by. "Hey!"
From the shallow waters, Tania suddenly gets a horrified look in her face. She tries to catch her balance, but falls backwards with Kiaren too, her legs kicking into the air.
Dyane settles cross-legged on her towel, "Good." At the hair-splashing, she ducks her head. "Pick her up and throw 'er in." Chuckling, she looks over at Chonny.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren surfaces, grinning.
From the shallow waters, Davienne comes up from the depths, sputtering again. Her hair and flowers a complete drowned mess around her. She peers out with one eye between the soaked strands and looks around. She grins and paddles towards the beach.
Chonny's eyebrows both shoot up and she starts scrambling for her feet, teh sand betraying her as it slips from beneath her.
Ryglenn smiles and says, "Fine..have it your way." He grins as he moves between Dyane and Chonny, gives Dyane a wink then dips down, scoops Chonny outa the sand and heads for the water.
From the shallow waters, Tania bobs back above the water, looking around. "Anyone see who won?" Obviously shee can't; all her long hair as somehow gotten to the /front/ of her face.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn wades out into the waters from the beach.
From the shallow waters, Kiaren grins, "We won. We lasted a couple seconds longer.
Duncan wanders up the trail from the west and steps out onto the beach.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn laughs as he runs into the water and drops Chonny.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn dropped Chonny.
Duncan walks onto the beach with a long pole slung over his shoulders, wicker baskets hang from the each end of the pole. Upon closer examination of the baskets you discover that they are filled with all manner of spring fruits.
Dyane grins, watching Ryglenn and Chonny. Her eyes follow them until they hit the water. "Drop 'er!" she calls out to her Hold's Captain.
From the shallow waters, Chonny squeals, "Noooo!!!" and tries wriggling free. She's not moved this fast before. As the water touches her she immediately clutches onto Ryglenn as if her life depends on it.
Davienne pulls herself up on the beach and finds a stray towel sitting convienently next to her. She begins to dry off and watches the others in the dim light from the beach.
Minara waves and smiles toward Duncan when she sees him. "Heyla, there, bring us dessert?"
From the shallow waters, Kiaren looks around a bit more, then starts for shore.
Kiaren steps onto the sands.
Duncan shrugs the pole off his shoulders carefully depositing the baskets in the sand.
Davienne rummages around and finds her tunic and tights, grabs them and runs off to the tidal pools.
Davienne walks further along the hot sands towards the tidal pool.
From the shallow waters, Chonny tries climbing up his shoulder now. Ever seen a posessive firelizard? How about one unwilling to depart from a perch.
Duncan says "Dessert or fruit salad. Your choice." with a smile as he walks over to Minara."
Kiaren finds a towel and dries himself off, then goes to get his clothes.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn tries to release Chonny as she clutches at him. He manages to get her hands free and while holding her by the wrists he gives her a getle toss away from him. *Splash*
Minara motions toward the food tables then says to Duncan, "Try some of the meat, it's delicious. I think that tray is one of the twin boars." She shifts in the sand, patting the space next to her. "Come have a seat?"
An apprentice races towards Zianne from the direction of the jungles, and probably the hold. "Journeywoman Zianne!" he calls breathlessly, and halts abruptly in front of her. "There's been another accident in the kitchens! You gotta come quick!" Before Zianne can answer, the apprentice runs off. Zianne stands and follows him. "Not another one. And I was having a good time too." She waves as she hurries off.
Dyane laughs, watching the water scene unfold, "Well done, Ryg!" she calls out before turning to smile at Duncan. "Evening."
Kiaren looks back out toward the water, "You still out there, Tania?"
From the shallow waters, Tania grins over at Beryl. "A draw?"
From the shallow waters, Tania calls out. "I'm comming!"
From the shallow waters, Chonny splooshes a short distance off. She goes under, all four limbs trying to go different directions (even if her feet *could* touch ground) in a flurry of splashes.
From the shallow waters, Tania wades onto the beach.
Tania steps onto the sands.
Kiaren grins, "We did win, you know."
Kiaren finds a towel to hand to Tania.
From the shallow waters, Beryl says "A draw!"
Tania turns her head up-side down and wraps the towel around her hair, then twists it, and flips it back up... the towel-head look is good for her... She chuckles and sits on another towel to dry.
From the shallow waters, Chonny tries climbing up that arm the farther into the water it goes. "Nooooooooo... Ican'tswimIcan'tswimIcan'tswim!"
Kiaren hmms and looks around, then says to Tania, "It looks like most Fort folk have left."
Kiaren sits next to Tania.
Beryl goes to get her towel, dries herself off.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn laughs, "Put yer feet down, child..You can stand here..You don't have to swim!"
Duncan nibbles the meat out of Minara's fingers, nibbling the tips of her fingers at the same time. "I missed you too." he intones softly. He then sits up and begins examining his plate, trying to decide which item to attack first.
From the shallow waters, Chonny manages to clasp the arm with her legs and get her arms around his neck in her panic. "I'm gonnagounder, Noooooo..." Dirt, of course, is smearing everywhere pretty well by now.
Dyane shakes her head, chuckling softly as she watches Ryglenn and Chonny.
Minara chuckles as she turns back to her own plate. "Goodness, you didn't have to chomp my fingers off, silly. There's plenty of food to go around."
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn shakes his head and laughs more, "You were just under..and you survived."
Tania nods. "It does seem so...odd I figured most of us would stay as long a possible..."
Duncan grins, "But your fingers are sweeter than cane sugar, m'love." He then selects a large chunk of roast boar, stabs it with his belt knife and bites of a big chunk, chewing appreciatively. "Mmmm, this boar is good!" he mumbles around the mouthful of meat.
From the shallow waters, Chonny afixes herself on the top of his shoulders, her muscles tensed so completely it's like the citron pie was sticky enough to glue her.
Kiaren grins, "I suppose everyone is pretty tired. A little good food and a little relaxation can make you realize how tired you are.
Dyane trusn away from the two swimmers to smile at Minara and Duncan. "I heard you took one of the boars down." she says to Duncan.
Minara glances over at Duncan as she chews a tuber. A proud smile is sent to him as she waits for his response.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn chuckles, glances up at Chonny and sighs, "You got nothin' to be scared of ya know. It's just water." He turns slightly, takes a step and then falls forward. "Opps!" is all he says before he disappears, Chonny and all beneath the surface.
Duncan nods, quickly swallowing. He wipes his mouth on a cloth and smiles at the Lady Holder, saying, "Aye ma'am. I had the honor to finish him off, but t'was Canus' and Mia's arrows that slowed him down enough for me to get the death blow."
From the shallow waters, Chonny barely gets a squeak out as she hits the water face first, glued to Ryglenn's shoulders as she is. Another splashing ensues as all the limbs go flailing again.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn surfaces, un-Chonny-ed and begins to look for her.
Kiaren smiles at Tania, "How are you doing? Still got plenty of energy?
From the shallow waters, Chonny isn't hard to find, she's the splashing mess just a short distance off. Shortly, though, the splashing slows as the girl goes farther under then finally stops.
Tania nods at Kiaren, but yawns.
Duncan continues speaking, "Your cooks done the animals up right proud, ma'am. This meat is sure tasty."
Kiaren laughs and gives Tania a quick hug, "You're half asleep now."
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn shakes his head and smiles. "Shards" he mutters as he moves to where the splashing was, bends down and finds a limb to grab. An arm again and pulls Chonny outa the water. "How was that, kiddo?"
Minara nods, affirming what Duncan said. "That it is. Did you pass Zianne, Duncan? She had to go back right before you got here. She's certainly done a marvelous job."
From the shallow waters, Chonny immediately clutches onto Ryglenn again, wrapping her legs around his arm and becoming a part of him. She's sputtering, looking like a drowned something. White hair? Wait, the dirt's missing, or at least the first few layers.
An apprentice serves Minara a thick pink slice of porcine meat.
Duncan stops in the middle of selecting a tuber and nods, "Nearly clocked her with one of the baskets as she rounded the bend in the trails. She sure was in a hurry to get someplace." He then stabs the tuber and pops it into his mouth.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn is pulled over slightly by Chonny's weight once she's out of the water; she goes under again with his arm before he can catch himself. "Put yer feet down already."
From the shallow waters, Chonny squeals, "whatifIgodown?"
Dyane smiles. "Well I'm glad the whole hunt and feast was a success." She glances over at the two in the waters, shaking her head. She calls out. "Ryg, are you trying to drown her or just get her into the water?"
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn chuckles, "You'll only go down as far as your feet will let ya. Look I'm standin' here ain't I?" He smiles at Dyane.
From the shallow waters, Chonny looks down in the water, then at Ryglenn as she says, simply, "You're taller."
Minara finishes her food, then pushes her arm through Duncan's, letting it lay there gently. She turns a little to see the girl and guard out in the water. "Remind me to keep Mica at a distance from Ryglenn when they're swimming." She grins then waves at the man.
"Chonny!" Dyane calls out. "If yer standing, you won't drown." Her eyes roll skyward as she mutters under her breath then grins at Mina. "He's not so bad if the other person doesn't decide he is a firelizard perch."
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn smirks, "No taller than I was when I was on the beach."
From the shallow waters, Chonny frowns suddenly and says, "How do I know that?"
Kiaren shakes Tania gently, Don't go to sleep. Maybe we should go back to the Weyr."
Dyane must have had a bit too much wine if she's defending Ryglenn without a smart comment. She lies back on the sand, her arms under her head and alternates between watching the stars and watching Ryg and Chonny.
Minara chuckles and nods at Dyane then shakes her head.
From the shallow waters, Chonny tries climbing up his shoulder now. Ever seen a posessive firelizard? How about one unwilling to depart from a perch.
Duncan says "Dessert or fruit salad. Your choice." with a smile as he walks over to Minara."
Kiaren finds a towel and dries himself off, then goes to get his clothes.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn tries to release Chonny as she clutches at him. He manages to get her hands free and while holding her by the wrists he gives her a getle toss away from him. *Splash*
From the shallow waters, Chonny starts lowering her feet, very slowly and cautiously. "Don' let go, promise me you won't let go..."
Kiaren grins and stands, "Come on. Did you bring anything?"
Tania shakes her head.
Kiaren takes Tania's hand, "Let's go find a ride."
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn nods and smiles, "I promise i won't let go." He looks into the water and adds, "You're almost there."
Tania nods.
Beryl dries herself off and pulls her shirt on.
Dyane smiles, looking over at the rider and Candidates. "I hope you all enjoyed yourselves. "
Beryl says "It was fun!"
Duncan swallows his tubers and grins at Minara, "I think we should give Mica a few more swimming lessons before we let him near Ryglenn and water at the same time."
Beryl says "I like the vine."
From the shallow waters, Chonny touches ground, still attached to that hand. Perhaps her head and shoulders are above the water, but thsi doesn't comfort her too much, still. "Gemme out of here, please Ryglenn?"
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn chuckles, "Why? Ya just got here."
Dyane grins at Beryl. "Come to the Gather in the next month or so and take part in the vine swinging contest."
Jilth eyes the leftovers table speculatively.
Beryl says "No, Jilth! Bad dragon!"
From the shallow waters, Chonny scrunches up her face a little and says, "I can't swim.. 'n I don' wanna go under. It'll pull me under, I'm small!"
Minara nods, then laughs. She sends a smile to the rider and candidates. "It may be hard to win with our Ryglenn in the vine competition tho." Beryl gets a grin. "As you can see, teaching swimming is his specialty."
Beryl says "I can see that!"
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn shakes his head and smiles, "No, dear, there's no undertow here on this beach and nothin' is gonna pull you under. Besides..." He smirks, "With me here ain't nothin' gonna happen to you. I swear."
Beryl says "Thank you again for inviting us, Dyane, I think Jilth and I are going to head back before she starts eating your table."
Dyane smiles. "No problem. Clear skies, Beryl and Jilth."
From the shallow waters, Chonny juts out her chin and looks stubborn. "It happened before." She crosses her arms over her chest, her hair feathering out through the water behind her.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn makes a face and asks, "It happened before? Was I there?"
From the shallow waters, Chonny continues her frown and jut as she just says, "no, my brother was though."
On Jilth, Beryl straps herself in and waves, "Fare well!"
Jilth hunches down before launching up into the skies, with powerful strokes.
Dyane waves up to the greenrider and the dragon. She lies back down comfortably. "Nice evening, no?"
Minara waves and smiles to the rider, then says to Dyane, "She's very nice."
Dyane mmhmms to Minara, looking up at the stars.
From the sky, Jilth flies higher up into the sky, in the general direction of Fort Weyr.
Duncan attacks his food with gusto, eschewing conversation while he's chewing his food.
"I think it went fairly decently." Dyane comments idly. She reaches up to brush her bangs from her eyes. "I'm disappointed that T'vor sent word he couldn't attend."
Minara unlinks her arm from Duncan's to lean back, relaxing on her elbows behind her. Eyes surveying the water, she draws in a long breath then lets it back out slowly. "You know, at first I had a hard time getting used to the beaches here, but I've found I love it more than Ista."
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn smiles and nods, "Ah..I bet he was just playin' a prank or tryin' to scare ya."
From the shallow waters, Chonny looks down into the water and shrugs up her shoulders. "Ya can't breathe water... take me back out, please? I aint' feeling so good."
Duncan finishes the food on his plate and washes it down with a long drink from his glass. He then sets the plate and glass on the sand nearby and stretches back, resting on his elbows.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn smiles and nods again, "Yes, ma'am." He holds out his hand and says, "Take my hand and we'll walk out."
From the shallow waters, Chonny grasps it tightly, her knuckles whitening as she follows Ryglenn. She'd lead if she could, but she's still spooked.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn chuckles as he feels Chonny's grip. He heads for the shore.
From the shallow waters, Ryglenn wades onto the beach.
Ryglenn steps onto the sands.
From the shallow waters, Chonny wades onto the beach.
Chonny steps onto the sands.
"White beaches would be hard to get used to." Dyane nods slowly, agreeing with Minara, "Especially after the Istan ones." She falls silent as she watches the Captain and child make their way out of the water. After several moments, she says. "If I've not said it before, thank you for all you've done here, Min. "
Chonny's clothes stick to her, as well as her white hair does, plastered to her face.
Ryglenn leads Chonny over to Dyane and asks, "You have a towel for the kid there? She looks like she could use one."
Dyane smiles, sitting up and holding out a towel to Chonny. She motions to Vacia. "Take her to the dorms and get her dried off, hmm?"
Chonny is led off by the assistant headwoman.
The luau ends as the Fortians leave and the Bollians resume their nightly activities.
Location: Southern Boll Hold - Gather Beach
Date: Thursday, March 04, 1999, 8:42 PM
Waves crash against the shore as the cry of a seagull pierces the sky. White
sands stretch from horizon to horizon, blinding you with their purity.
Wildflowers border the beach, their scent lifting spirits. Glowbaskets hang
from rope strung from tree to tree, casting pools of light during the evening.
A picnic area filled with 'places' to sit surrounds the new bamboo shack with
the 'Minnow' nameplate that is set up near the edge of the beach where Elenni
stands ready to take orders. A sign points up the cliff path to where the vine
used to be and the 'beach waters' look inviting. You can also enter the
'dancing floor'. The afternoon is clear and the sun shines brightly. Gusts
of wind can be felt coming from the south-southwest and the summer air is hot
and heavy with humidity.
You feel the gentle tug of the ocean currents against your legs as the azure waves push and pull against your body. Farther out, you can see the crystal clear waters darken with depth and the shadows of marine plants. Beneath your every step, you see marine life. From silvery fish darting back and forth in schools to long leaves of seaweed waving back and forth in the same currents as those which tug at your feet, the ocean teams with life.
The evening is clear, not a cloud to be seen, giving you a perfect view of the stars. The smaller Belior shines in half moon while Timor winks as a waxing crescent. A strong southwest wind blows past and the spring air is is warm with a touch of humidity.