The Dragonriders of PernŽ is a trademark, Registered U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, of Anne McCaffrey. This is a recorded session, generated by Harper's Tale MOO on Sunday, December 27th, 1998, for the benefit of members unable to attend. Logged by Pyrene.
Last Tango at High Reaches
[Late one night, Annalee, still a weyrling at the time, decided to do an impromptu dance in the northern bowl, calling in a few harper friends for this purpose. Peia makes a reappearance in this log as does Varcol, although I don't think the latter was ever played again, while Peia received a new lease of life a year later. I think this is the last time I ever played with Aislynn, and the first time I played with Oorla!]
Northern Bowl
Seasonal winds lash up against the wall of the bowl, whipping the already
hard-packed dirt into tiny dervishes of dust and debris: grit catches in the
narrow clefts that crack upwards, branching out around ornate arch of the
Council chambers to the north and higher about Weyrleaders' ledges and Riders'
more distant niches and nooks. Westward, the junior queens' weyrs slant to the
bowl floor, while to the northwest, wind roars through the tunnels that lead
into the Hatching Sands. Off to the east lie the equally well-tended Weyrling
grounds.
It is a spring late night. The sky this evening is clear, and your view of the
stars is obscured only by the occasional patch of ground fog. The air has grown
quite cool, and most of the merrymakers enjoying the evening earlier have
returned to the warmth of their halls.
Clinging wind-blasted to Council arch are Aijin, Ciriana, Tategoto, and
Gunwalloe.
Bronze Seivvath and blue Erranth are here.
You see Cullen here.
Annalee and Aislynn are here.
Obvious exits:
Training Grounds Council Rooms Sands Jr Queens' Weyrs Central Bowl
Everet wanders in from across the bowl.
Helyne wanders in from across the bowl.
Pyrene marches a pair of littl'uns around the bowl, muttering about getting them tired if it's the last thing she does. Upon seeing the others, she crosses over to do the sociable thing and give herself a bit of rest, "Evenin' all."
Annalee blinks, looking up in suprise as everyone comes in at once. "Well now..."
Everet walks in rubbing his arms half-vigorously. "Well, it certainly is a lot colder up here, that's for sure... I don't even know what I'm doing up here..."
Azala wanders in from across the bowl.
Annalee pauses as she hears her brother's voice--then lets loose a screech that startles the blue at her side as she races to Everet and pounces him.
Helyne does a little skip hop as she wanders into the humungo bowl, glancing around happily as she does so. Big blue dragon suddenly spotted, she trails her eyes down to Annalee, running over towards her as she does so. "G'eve Annalee!" she greets happily, right before she rushes off towards Everet.
Pyrene tries to muster up a warm grin to give Aislynn, be nice to little children, yeah right. After managing something approaching thawed for the would be gold dragon, blinks curiously at Annalee, "What's going on?"
Aislynn dances around Pyrene, watching the two children curiously. "How come you got kids, Pyrene?" she asks curiously, her head tipped up.
Cynin wanders in from across the bowl.
Everet lets out a startled yelp as he is pounced. Ick. Cold and jumped on. Lovely welcome to HRW. In a muffled voice, "okay what did I do? I'm just lookin' around, I'm not here to hurt anybody. Sheesh.."
Annalee bursts out laughing, helping 'Ret up. "Everet, brother mine. Did you not recognize me under these weyrling clothes?" Jays, it's been a long time, then.
Pyrene gives a shudder that has nothing to do with the cold. "They made me an assistant nanny, Ais," she explains morosely, "I'm just trying to get Varcol and Peia here worn out." The brats in question grin wickedly and do a little jig to prove their boundless energy.
Assistant nanny? Pyrene? Annalee turns, grinning, to everyone else, startled at the sudden small crowd that assembled.
Aislynn blinks and steps back, her brow furrowed. "But, Pyrene, you don't /like/ kids." Least, Ais doesn't /think/ she does. She grabs a lock of hair and twists it idly, still staring at the two kids. "How come you couldn't peel tubers or something?"
Everet sighs as he gets up but as soon as his eyes meet Annalee's... "Alee?.. Is it..." A grin slowly develops on his face, leading up to a really big big big hug for his dear sister. "Annalee..."
Erranth whuffles each person in turn, curiously, while his lifemate returns her brother's hug with equal intensity. "Yes, it is. Meet Erranth."
Pyrene sighs, "I /know/! Just don't ask, OK?" Peia shakes her little head at Aislynn, "She adores us... we're so nice to her!" Then the pair fortunately get distracted by Erranth. Pyrene watches said dragon warily, she remembers meeting him before.
Azala remembers where she is a nd looks around, blinking. She smiles to the other harpers, waving tentatvily as she tries to figure out what was going on...
Aislynn blinks and steps back, momentarily disconcerted by the vehemence of Pyrene's response. But she knows how to make it better, and she brightens quickly. "I could get you some cookies," she offers.
Erranth remembers Pyrene as well, and gives the "assistant nanny" an extra whuffle, as if to say--hi.
Everet turns his head to Erranth and smiles widely. "Awww.. So you're the one who I've heard so much about. You made a fine choice choosing my sister, you know that? Hehe.. of course you do. Someday you'll have a little brother too. Well.. maybe not directly, but he'll choose me." Ret's grin stays plastered on his face as he nods a little.
Pyrene peers down at Aislynn and draws her out of earshot of the weyrbrats (and out of tail range of Erranth, just in case). "Could you? I hardly ever get a chance to get a whole cookie now. Just soggy leftovers," she grimaces at the brats before looking wistfully back at Aislynn.
Annalee grins, turning back to Everet and pulling him into another big hug. "Yes, they will..." Errie rumbles once, twice, in his tenor tone, inspecting this person his Anna's babbled about.
Everet chuckles and hugs Alee tightly. "Don't worry Erranth, I won't hurt her. I am her brother after all."
Aislynn beams her delight, nodding emphatically, "Sure!" as she dashes off to the caverns and back, laden with a small basket. Not understanind discretion, she pulls out a large warm cookie and hands it to Pyrene. "Here you go!" she shouts happily, and then reaches in to help herself too.
Azala caustiously approaches the group of people, recognizing a few harpers from the Hall, but carefully keeping a resdpectful distance from the dragon.
Pyrene looks about ready to cry, savouring the cookie blissfully right down to the last crumb. Upon finishing which, she hugs Aislynn warmly, "/Thank/-you. And if you ever decide to stay here permanently, you're more than welcome!"
Helyne if faced with the blue draggie after Annalle rushed off. Leaning back to look up at him, she gives him a broad smile, eyes glowing happily. "Hi!" she says as she waves up at him, sort of knowing in the far reaches of her mind that he most likely won't pay attention to her.
Aaliyah wanders in from across the bowl.
Aislynn blinks slowly, puzzled by the impetuous show of affection from the older girl, and then relaxing into the hug, squeezing back with a huge grin and eyes squished shut. "Mmph." She likes being welcome.
Aaliyah bustles in, trying to keep all parts of her from the biting cold of the night. Her eyes stray from some point that she /was/ focusing on over to the small dragon... or is it dragonet? She'd never seen a dragon much less know about them. But not much attention is payed to the others as she hurries across the expansive bowl.
Erranth searches around by smell for the cookie. whuffling here and there, sniffing each person for cookie smell. He stops at Pyrene, giving another sniff.
Helyne shrugs as she doesn't get ecen an acknowledgement from the dragon. Plopping down where she stands, she folds her legs up underneath her and clasps her hands on her lap, staring up contently at Erranth.
Aislynn giggles softly and offers the blue dragon a cookie, reaching into her little basket. "Here, silly. Pyrene ate hers all up."
Peia and Varcol, weyrbred as they are, are thoroughly used to being around dragons. But this is a little(ish) one, and the rumour mill says that he put Pyrene in her place a little before she was promoted. Therefore he is of Interest.
Pyrene just wraps herself in her jacket and stares back at Erranth, "What do you want?"
Everet just peers curiously at Erranth. Neato dragon, he is. He's gonna get to know him reeeaal well soon. Mental note made.
Erranth sees more cookies, and whuffles toward them, forgetting Pyrene. He nudges Aislynn, trying to get the cookie.
Azala plunks down next to Helyne, gazing up at the blue. Sitting on the ground makes him look bigger...
Aislynn nearly chokes, giggling and almost tripping over. "/Here/, silly." And she holds out a cookie so the dragon can get it. "It's for /you/."
Erranth croons toward Aislynn softly, as he grabs the cookie without biting the girl. He munches it down, and croons another request.
Aislynn digs joyfully into the small basket again, pulling out another warm cookie. "This one has nuts," she says, wrinkling her nose. But she bets the dragon won't mind.
Helyne grins as she notices Azala plop down next to her. Without turning towards her, she says, "Hi Azala! How are you? I act like I've never seen a dragon before..." she says with a light chuckle, her eyes glittering brightly.
Pyrene shuffles a little way away. Never get between a dragon and a cookie. Scary situation. "This is your brother, Alee?" She asks, psychic powers evidently on form as she peers at Everet.
Annalee nods once, eyes proud. "Yep. Pyrene, this is Everet, Ret, meet Pyrpet."
Erranth croons again happily, eyes swirling faster. He grabs the cookie, munching it down. Once more he nudges the basket.
Azala beams at Helyne. "I've seen a few dragons before, but never a Harper dragon." She gazes up at Erranth again.
Everet smiles and waves with his fingers at Pyrene. "Hi hi!"
Aislynn doesn't have any more. But she's really good at scritching. Just ask Rhyath or Orliath. She shrugs and reaches out her empty hand, crinkling her fingers to offer that.
Pyrene casts a quick look behind her, checking that Peia and Varcol didn't hear that, "Please, Alee... not in front of the children..." she implores, before nodding to Everet, "Pleased to meet you. Just up here to meet Erranth? Seems a long way to come."
Erranth whuffles away from the rough fingers, he moves over to Helyne, giving her a whuffle, and then sitting down with his head extending nearby her.
Peia is absorbed in watching dragons and non-weyrbred, while Varcol is making faces at Aaliyah. It seems that Pyrpet is not destined to become a nursery taunt after all.
Scud wanders in from across the bowl.
Aislynn does /not/ have rough fingers. Her fingers are very gentle. But she also doesn't have any cookies, and that's apparently what the blue wants. Hm. Not as personable as Orliath. But he's still a littlun. And perhaps he's a bit intimidated by the fact that Aislynn is a gold dragon. Yea. That's probably it.
Everet smiles again and turns his eyes back on Erranth. "Yes, well, it was about time I gave Erranth and my sister a visit. Maybe..." he turns his head towards Annalee and speaks a little more quietly, "before I go away for a bit."
Scud ducks so as to not hit his head on the spikes before entering the bowl. He looks around the group to see if he knows anyone.
Annalee pauses... eyes turning to Everet. "You've been away for ages and you're leaving again?"
Helyne nods as her smile broadens as the harper-draggie plops down near her. "Hi!" she greets happily again. "I'm good at scratching too. Would you like a scratch?" she asks happily, looking curiously into his eye.
Pyrene frowns, "Alee, you can't make him come all the way up here just for that!! You should give him some cookies at least!"
Feet somehow still warm from sitting by the living cavern's hearth, Aaliyah makes it to the entrance, above which is, apparently, her lizard. At least it appears that way. The bronze acknowledged her, and chirped wildly at her, and almost flew down to her shoulder before he changed his mind and directed his course back towards the group. And then, practicly screaming curses at him, she predictably follows after him, hesitating for a moment to grimace at the child staring at her. How do these brats find her!
Tiberia wanders in from across the bowl.
Azala's eyes widen. "He likes scritches? I can give scritches!" She waves to Scud from her seat on the ground. This ground is cold...
Annalee sighs softly, patting Erranth once. "Careful, girls, he doesn't like nails. If you have cloth, use that to scritch him." Music. Please? Let's have music!
Erranth croons thankfully to Annalee. Then nudges Helyne happily.
Scud sits down at a table and puts his gitar next to him, wondering what to do next.
Everet lowers his head a little. "Maybe... Listen, I know we can't talk much in private now, but can we do that after this little party-out-of-nowhere?" He still shows a slight smile.
Tiberia slowly creeps into the bowl, eyes wide and attentive to every detail.
Brats, like cats, always make a beeline for those allergic to them. In this case Aaliyah.
Annalee nods, hugging Ret tightly before dragging out her gitar and bouncing over to Erranth, tuning the instrument. "C'mon, this many people, we need music... Any other harpers up to helpin'?"
Pyrene grins delightedly, "Yes, a party! With lots and lots of dancing!" Energetic dancing to tire out hyperactive kids. "Peia, Varcol! Why don't you show the visitors how nicely you can dance? You too Tib!"
Scud starts to rise so as to help Annalee, but then decides against it. 'Nah I shouldn't I'd only embarass myself, since I'm only an appie' so he sits back down into his seat and looks the crowd over.
Helyne nods to Annalee happily before glancing down at her chewed up fingernails. Shrugging her shoulders, she pulls a polishing cloth out from her pocket and wraps her hand up with that. Smiling happily at the nudge, she reaches forward and starts to scritch and scratch /right/ behind those eyeridges.
Annalee winks at Pyrene, teasing the crowd with the sounds of a jig just beginning. Harperling whistles, eyeing Scud and grinning before beckoning him over, fingers dancing over the strings in the fast, bouncy beat.
Azala usues the edge of her sleeve to scritch Erranth a bit, then sees others are begining to pull out instruments...oh, dear, she seems to have left the bells at home, seeing as they're a bit heavy to carry around...perhaps she could sing?
Annalee removes Annalee's Gitar from Annalee's rucksack.
Annalee removes White Rose Flute from Annalee's rucksack.
Erranth croons happily, offering a quick lick to Helyne...something he gives out VERY sparingly. He gives one more nudge before settling into all the scritches.
Annalee hands White Rose Flute to Azala.
Annalee grins over at Azala, tossing her the flute. "If you'd like, play the flute, or sing..."
Annalee removes Annalee's Harp from Annalee's rucksack.
Tiberia creeps further into the party, not hearing the calls of her name. Her goal is that blue dragon over there. Yes, she remembers him.
Scud looks over at Analee after she whistles and decides to join in. He rises from his seat, and walks over towards Analee, tuning his gitar as he crosses the bowl floor.
Varcol beams and heads straight for Aaliyah, making a flowery bow to the girl, "Kin I have thith danth?"
Azala catches the flute, fingering it. "Thanks," she says, admiring the instrument.
Everet falls asleep.
Helyne laughs merrily at the lick, never having been /licked/ by a draggie before. Oooo, now she feels special. Looking towards Azala, she grimaces as she notices the instrument she fingers, feeling the weight of her rucksack as she does so. Ahhh, a harper's work is never done...
Pyrene catches hold of Aislynn's hands, tugging her to a position in front of the players, "Gold dragons are great dancers right?" Because it's certainly not a requirement of Assistant Nannies.
Annalee just beams, breathing in deeply as she pulls out the melody of the jig--ohhh how she's missed playing in groups.
Azala quietly plays on her instrument. A peaceful, blissful feeling surrounds you, for it is perfectly in tune!
Another weyrbrat who'd scampered in turns and skarpers out, racing to the Living Cavern for food.
Scud settles in a groove backing up Annalee, just sits back on the melody and lets it float all around him.
Aislynn is, of course, a great dancer, so dance she does. In front of the players, across from Pyrene, back and forth and around, spinning and twisting and flying, she laughs gaily, her head tossed back in her glee.
Tiberia sits down an stays quiet, as always, and just watches everyone else, eyes wide.
Erranth turns momentarily to Tiberia and whuffles softly, yes, lil' one, he remembers you, come on, it's okay.
Azala hands White Rose Flute to Annalee.
Annalee laughs merrily, finding her voice again and digging in richly, velvet soprano words dancing around the dancers as her fingers pluck out the melody, goading the sitters into dancing.
Azala falls asleep.
Tiberia makes her way over to Erranth and sits down again, snuggling up to the dragon.
Aaliyah, after several moments of attempting to stare down yet another bratty child, gives up. "No," she says, short and sweet and to the point, turning to find that bronze bottomless pit. And, just then, Cynin comes racing down at the two standing there, as if trying to attack them. But no. He turns and hovers right before the child, wavering in a strange, sort of dance-like way. It would figure, wouldn't it. The one who cannot stand children, paired with one who adores them.
Pyrene dizzily follows Aislynn's lead, skirts whirling and giving a semblance of grace to her essentially random movements: jump, skip, clap hands. Keeping to the rhythm is only an occasional bonus.
Erranth croons softly, tail curling around Helyne and Tiberia.
Scud starts to put a little emphasis on the up beats, since he see's that Annalee's trying to get everyone dancing. Looks everyone in the room over and remembers why he became a harper.
The housekeeper arrives to cart Everet off to bed.
Tiberia smiles and watches the little party unfold.
Oorla wanders in from across the bowl.
Helyne grins and sways to the music as she switches the scritching to the other eyeridge, her eyes gleaming as they watch Erranth. She really should play...but you don't get to touch a dragon everyday. She silently debates with herself, the smile permenatly (sp?) stuck on her face.
Varcol hesitates briefly and then chooses the lizard. Excited leaps and shimmies follow as he tries to mirror the bronze's movements. Not to be outdone, Peia goes to pester Gunwalloe to dance with /her/. Wal stares suspiciously back, he knows weyrbrats all too well.
Aislynn grins over at Pyrene, "You're good at dancing too!" And she's off again, whirling and tossing her little body about gracefully, keeping the beat flawlessly with the intermittent stamping of her feet and raising of her knees.
Annalee laughs again warmly, cheeks flushing with excitement as she steps up the rhythm just a wee tad more, giving the dancers a run for the money. The jig beat she'd set is everywhere now, resounding through out the bowl and leaking into the caverns.
The housekeeper arrives to cart Azala off to bed.
"I can't compete with a queen though!" Pyrene calls back, spinning until she nearly falls into Annalee. Catching herself just in time, she reels back into the dancers, kicking up her legs.
Tiberia looks at Helyne curiously for a little bit, then snuggles up to Erranth and pets him.
Erranth croons softly, his Anna's singing again. Perhaps he should too. Tenor croon starts low, almost shyly. Perhaps other dragons dance--folks, this one /sings/.
Aislynn remembers when Arialla and Trevilla had that really fast dancing, and she laughs out loud, clapping her hands and moving her feet faster now. "Play it faster, Annalee!" she urges, *blinking* over in Pyrene's direction.
Annalee nods to Aislynn, beaming as she strums the strings very quickly now, eyes sparkling as she sings and plays.
Scud looks over to Annalee and wonders where she's going with this rhythm, but decides not to ponder it too much because he's having too much fun. He continues to put some emphasis on notes here and there, by now he's swaying back and forth in time, totally oblivious to everything else, his in his /groove/ and is lovin every minute.
Tiberia grins happily. She may not be able to hear anything, but she sure can /feel/ it. She presses against Erranth happily, eyes wide.
Cynin moves round about the child, chirpling every once and a while, though not in time with the music, and glides this way and that as he pleases. He does dance quite well, doesn't he. For a lizard anyway. As he notices the child enjoying this so much, he begins to sing... no, warble. /Way/ out of tune.
Erranth turns to Tiberia again, whuffling her and Helyne. /His/. Anna's gonna hafta share a weyr with a bunch of weyrbrats, etc. That tenor croon never falters, however.
Oorla grins and begins to sway in time with the steadily increasing rhythm.
Aijin chirbles slightly, melodically, finding that tuneless warbling and joining in.
Helyne notices Tiberia's look and turns towards her, smiling and giving her a friendly wink. Looking back down at Erranth with a grin, she nods, "You sing?" she asks him, hopefully encouragingly.
Oorla releases Kya, who launches into the air.
Scud looks out across the floor and focuses on one person, the girl that's kinda standing alone, swaying in time to the music.
Pyrene fortunately never pays attention to the beat, otherwise she'd never be able to keep up with the one Alee's setting. Her excitement has leaked through to Wal who finally follows Peia to the "floor" and starts executing dizzy movements about her, which the child does her enthusiastic best to follow. Varcol has decided that if Aislynn can be a gold dragon, he can be a bronze lizard and squeaks along with Cynin keeping to the tune of neither lizard nor harpers.
Kya picks up the tune, warbling in treble.
Tiberia simply continues to 'listen' to Erranth in her own way, fascinated by it.
Scud continues to play the theme set by Annalee but now add some little frills here and there, trying to embelish the tune, yet still trying to keep the theme resemble what Annalee started it as.
Aislynn happily matches Annalee's pace, her feet flying, stomping... she jumps and lands, skips and hops, her arms tracing intricate, random patterns in the air as she dances, giggling up at Annalee, and over toward Pyrene.
Annalee laughs again, eyes bright. Indeed she's setting a fast pace! A mischievious look is tossed to Scud, c'mon, let's get this party really flyin'. Long harper's fingers dance again, and the jig segues to a different, even faster song.
Gunwalloe can easily outdo all the other fire lizards here! He bellows his way around Peia, going as always for volume rather than quality.
From Helyne's shoulder, Harmony peers about the crowd, then down at the blue dragon next to his humanpet. A semi-alarmed chirp is given as the blue hops on her shoulder, right before he starts to warble.
Erranth continues the soft croon, adding his own harmony to the notes from Annalee and Scud.
Scud laughs, as Annalee speeds up yet again. Oh well, he says to himself, as he speeds keeping up with Annalee's time.
Tiberia blinks, eyes getting wider, if that's possible, and stares up at Erranth.
Pyrene skitters across to Aislynn catching her up into a pirouette, "You dance much better than any of the golds here!" she laughs, eyes sparkling as she whirls herself around now.
Erranth makes a sound rather like a chuckle, whuffling to Tiberia once before returning to the crooning, hugging Helyne and Tiberia to him with his tail. Yep, they're his now.
Aislynn bets Annalee's fingers are gonna get tired before her own feet do. And she's swept up, spinning, and then released, beaming her pride. She's the best gold. There's the proof!
Ciriana and Tategoto eye the 'lizards assembled. If the others can warble, Cee and Tat c'n warble right along with them! And they do--loudly.
Annalee's fingers are used to this abuse--besides, she's having too much fun! "Beautiful, Aislynn, Pyrene!" she calls during a non-vocal part of the song.
Tiberia snuggles up against Erranth again and listens, grinning broadly.
Gunwalloe perches on Peia's head, letting her do the spinning for him, while he concentrates his breath on, umm, for lack of a better word, singing.
Helyne grins and giggles, suddenly turning into a little girl again as the blue curls his tail around her. An idle hand slips into her pocket as she fishes around for some kind of food to give to the draggie. Hrrrmm, maybe a cookie...AHA! Almost triumphantly, she brings out a ginger cookie, holding up to the light to make it seem as if it were glowing.
Oorla calls her Kya to her, and they hum a duet in time with the music. A smug smile and a sparkle in her eye show that she knows they even though they aren't as loud as the others, they ARE on tune. :)
Aijin hears another fire-lizard in tune and turns his curious, shy eyes to Oorla and Kya, "singing" along.
Tiberia sees the cookie, and recalls how much Erranth liked cookies before, and fishes around her her pockets. Little kids always seem to have cookies. Ah ha! There's one.
Kya cocks her head at Oorl, wondering why SHE doesn't get cookies.
Aislynn missed the praise, caught up as she was in the rhythm, the speed. It's getting faster? Ais can handle it. This gold dragon is built for speed /and/ endurance!
Annalee wipes her forehead briefly before returning nimble fingers to the strings, laughing merrily. "C'n you keep up, Scud?"
Oorla laughs and feels around in her pouch. There should be one here somewhere.
Aijin croons softly to Oorla. Hello? Can he have one too?
Erranth's entire body rumbles as he croons, no wonder its' easy for Tiberia to "hear" him...
Oorla pulls a slightly crumbly cookie out of the pouch and offers it to Kya.
Scud continues to jam out at the insane pace set by Annalee, all the while trying to add his own little thing to the music. It resembles, well its hard to describe, but it does get everyone moving, including all the flits and dragons you can shake a stick at.:peers at Annaleeb "Heck yeah..I can take anything ya throw at me." he says with a grin, and not missing a beat.
Kya snaps up the cookie. mmmmmm
Aaliyah is simply standing there, in the same place, not even listening to the music. Her curious blue eyes glare sideways at her 'lizard and that brat. Well, at least he got the kid away from her. Meanwhile, Cynin races about the tot, rising up and then suddenly descending. Thankfully, his muzzle seems to have somehow closed itself, and to the joy of the other's ears, is not producing a sound. For right now at least.
Tiberia ponders wether or not she should give her cookie to the dragon. She doesn't want him to have to stop making that weird moving sound inside of him.
Scaflowne wanders in from across the bowl.
Pyrene gasps as she whirls as much to avoid other people as to dance. CAtching up Peia, she throws her up into the air and catches her again. That successfully dislodges Wal and breaks off his raucous song.
Oorla hands another crumbly cookie to Aijin.
Varcol leaps up with Cynin, falling back down and head over heels as often as not, but getting right back up again to keep bouncing.
Helyne giggles impishly as she brings the cookie downto Erranth's nose, giving him a chance to whuffle it. "I know ya want it." she says with a grin, waving it in front of his nose.
Kya looks at the cookie in Helyne's hand.
Erranth whomps at the cookie before returning to his rumble-crooning.
Cynin watches the child bounce around, enviably. Hey, he want to bounce. It looks like fun.
Oorla hands Kya another cookie before she becomes a theif.
Tiberia nibbles on her cookie, before gently tapping Erranth and showing it to him.
Jiiu wanders in from across the bowl.
Annalee bursts out laughing at Scud's assurance, stepping up the pace a bit more.
Aislynn thought she could do it. She really did. But in the end, it turns out blueriders have a bit more staying power than this little golden dragon. And Ais drops out, breathing heavily. And...was that a yawn? Surely not.
Kya gobbles up the cookie and looks around for more.
Pyrene sends Peia spinning back into the crowd and does a little leap herself, with a clap of the hands and a kick of the feet at the height of her jump. Back down to earth, landing on one foot and flailing her arms to spin herself back on balance.
Another one? Erranth rumbles again, taking the cookie from this smaller youngling with a little bit more ease.
Aislynn goes home.
Scaflowne walks out.
Tiberia hugs the blue happily, smiling, and looks out at the people dancing.
Erranth looks around. No more cookies from Helyne and Tiberia? Time to sing again!
Scud looks at Annalee and almost pleads to keep the pace steady for a while. Come on, stay at one speed, he seems to scream from his face as his fingers fly along the neck of his gitar.
Jiiu waddles in, admiring her surrounding with a familiar expression upon her face. Noting the blue dragon, she immediately lights up.
Oorla calls Kya back to her before she gets into mischeif. "And no, you can't have another cookie Kya. You'll get too fat to fly" she fondly scolds.
Helyne laughs gently as she sees the cookie quickly dissapear, keeping up the continuous eyeridge scratches as she does so. Head is turned towards the crowd as she watches them dance, then eyes locate Anna and Scud, grinning and waving at them in good spirits. "Keep it up guys!! You're doing great!" she calls out over the noise.
Varcol bounces, he bops, he boogies and generally gets down. And if he's got Cynin to dance with him, he could probably go all night.
Alisia wanders in from across the bowl.
Annalee grins over at Scud, shaking her head. "Sorry, I've been an appy longer than you but I forgot that. Here." The pace eases, slowly, not to jar the music but enough to keep a (slower) pace.
Roseleaf blinks in from ::between::!
Kya pouts a moment, but then picks up singing.
Scud manages a weak smile at Helyne, for fear that if he smiles like he usually does he'll wreck the whole piece.
Oorla joins her fire-lizard's treble with her own voice.
Tiberia snuggles up against Erranth, nearly falling asleep.
Annalee nods to Alisia with warm eyes in the chill air, beckoning her over to the crowd before her hands dance on the strings again.
Scud smiles at Annalee "Thanks...much better now..." he says between gasps of air.
Alisia shivers a bit, but manages to ignore the cold for the most part. "A crowd..?" she mumbles mostly to herself.
Jiiu perks up, the sound of music swirling about her ears as she restrains herself from opening her mouth and singing. Smiling and holding out her arm for Roseleaf, she begins to hum softly.
Oorla calls to Kya, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.
Not just any crowd but an all-singing, all-dancing one. Peia turns a brief circle around Alisia before plunging back into the thick of the revelry where Pyrene accedes to her demands and throws her up in the air again.
Oorla meanders south 'neath spires' watchful spikes.
Annalee beams over to Jiiu, calling her over. Harpers. Gotta have harpers. "Jiiu! Come sing or dance or play something with us!"
Tiberia stuffs her hand in a pocket and pulls out another cookie, holding it up to Erranth.
Jiiu grins cheerfully, dancing over to Annalee with a merry skip in her dainty feet. Stubbornly remaining quiet, she habitually reaches into her bag for her piccolo, nodding as she eyes the blue. "Yours?"
Alisia lets a smile escape her lips, and sways to the beat a bit. Se's getting the feel of it, despite the cold air, but has always been a bit nervous dancing and the like around others.
Erranth turns back to Tiberia, whuffling again. More? Yes please. Gaping jaw is opened to receive.
Helyne quickly turns her head back towards Erranth, grinning softly at the almost asleep Tiberia. Once again, she fishes around in her pocket. Never know /what/ you'll find in there...Eyes once again shine triumphant as she pulls out yet another ginger snap.
Cynin floats gently down to the ground, then staring up at Varcol with big, round, blue whirling eyes. He doesn't know how to bounce... *sniff* Couldja teach?
Tiberia tosses the cookie into the waiting mouth of the blue and grins happily.
Annalee nods once, beaming warmly. "Erranth's his name. Piccolo? Oh wonderful!" Her gitar melds again with Scud's with practiced ease.
Varcol giggles and squats down with the little bronze. From that position he does little shuffle-hops up and down, "Thee? Ith eathy."
Erranth croons to Tiberia, then pauses. Ginger snap? Those're new. Helyne is whuffled curiously. Lemme taste.
Helyne giggles again as she gets whuffled, "Here ya go. They're good. I made them myself." she says rather proudly as she pulls out two more from her pocket and gives the to Erranth. Geez, I've gotta clean these things out...she reminds herself.
Scud continues to jam around the groove set by Annalee, while he looks out over the crowd and focuses in on Alisia, wondering why she's all by herself..
Erranth munches thoughtfully on the snaps, then croons softly. more?
Jiiu chuckles softly, admiring the blue's soft hide as she fully reveals her little piccolo, primitive, of course, in the Pernese fashion, yet fancy in it's way. Turning her head to Annalee to wait, "Erranth. He's gorgeous."
Alisia's smile grows, and the swaying turn unconsiously into a half-dance. She moves closer to the crowd, walking with the beat, and actually speaks. "My name's Alisia" she announces cheerfully to whoever will listen.
The inevitable happens and as Pyrene catches Peia for the third time she loses her balance landing gracefully on her backside with skirts in disarray and limbs all over the place. "And /that/ is quite enough!" She pulls herself up and stumbles over to Erranth and his new friends, flopping exhaustedly down by the blue dragon.
Tiberia watches curiously as Helyne gives Erranth the cookies. What /are/ those? Her head tilts to the side.
Scud looks over at Alisia trying to get her attention that he cares without messing up the song.
Cynin carefully examines Varcol's movements, giving a slight tilt to his head every time somthing new is shown. Ahhh, now he sees! He gets ready to try his first bounce, bronze behind wriggling with excitement and tail twitching as he concentrates. Suddenly he is thrust into the air by his own four legs, coming down with a thud and a bump. Oooops...
Annalee grins brightly, laughing to herself as Pyrene and Peia settle with Tiberia, Helyne and Erranth. "He's wonderful, ne?" she asks of Jiiu, then nods. "Join in!"
Peia pouts. Just can't get the help these days... Seeing a spare big person she meanders over to Alisia, "M'name's Peia." she informs her. Pyrene smirks to herself, let strangers handle the brats.
Check that. As /Pyrene/ joins the others, since Peia's not finished yet, obviously...
Jiiu quietly plays on her instrument. A peaceful, blissful feeling surrounds you, for it is perfectly in tune!
Alisia smiles. "Hi." she catches Scud's eye for half-a-second, and turns her attention back.
Jiiu agrees wholeheartedly, delighted at the sight. "Spectacular!" Listening for a moment in order to recognize the tune, she ah's and places the piccolo to her mouth, a lovely, blissfully tune sound floating about the air as she picks up her mistakes and begins to play perfectly.
Helyne swallows thickly as she pats her pockets, not finding anymore ginger snaps. "Hey, why don't I go run off and get somemore?" she asks with a smile and a nod. "I'll be right back." she says as she stands up.
Varcol applauds, very much impressed by cynin's bounce, "That wath real good for a beginner." He demonstrates bigger bounces and also the art of falling over.
Tiberia snuggles and leans against Erranth, nearly falling asleep. Dragons certainly are comfortable.
Erranth croons again, then whuffles the exhausted Pyrene, and the nearly-asleep Tiberia.
Tiberia grins happily and looks up at the blue.
Annalee continues to sing, playing with aching fingers on her gitar. "Scud, let's go to something slower, my hands are hurting..."
Pyrene blows back at Erranth, leaning against him herself. It's not the tail end after all and she's got to make sure Tib's not catching cold. Right. Besides Peia's perfectly happy getting to know important facts about Alisia "C'n you throw me in the air?" And catch her as well, one would assume.
Neola wanders in from across the bowl.
Scud slows the tempo down then slowly fades out "Mine too, I need a breather.." he says with a slight grin, as he starts to flex his aching fingers..
Helyne nods before carefully stepping out of the little ring that Erranth made with his tail, sneaking through shadows and into the kitchen so she doesn't get seen. A few moments later, she comes skipping back out, a wicker basket filled with warm little ginger snaps.
'I heard that' Alisia says silently, 'Scud.' she keeps a mental note of that, always liking to know people's names. "Hm.. oh, probably." she says to Peia.
Roseleaf has left.
Roseleaf has arrived.
Tiberia looks at the basket with curiousity, and simply reaches over and plucks a cookie out and starts to nibble on it.
Gunwalloe has been swirling about aimlessly for a while and now swoops gaily past Neola, chittering brightly at the latest arrival on the dance scene.
Annalee pauses the music, leaning over her gitar and rubbing her hands. "Oy. It's been a while since I did that. I think we should have a slower song next... Jiiu, would you like to duet the next with me?"
Erranth croons again very softly, more cookies, wonderful.
Scud moves back to his origional chair, and sets down his gitar back in its case before he falls into his seat, exhausted. 'Now I wonder where that girl went that I saw a few moments ago.' he says as he scans the bowl looking for her.
Peia wastes no time, but holds out her arms to be picked up and thrown. Pyrene makes an idle note to teach the weyrbrats not to dance with random strangers sometime before peering across at Neola. Is she responsible for that one?
Jiiu nods cheerfully, again. "I'd love to. My fingers don't hurt yet!"
Tiberia munches the cookie now. These are good. She grins at Erranth, then Helyne, and picks out two more, handing one up to the dragon, and eating the other.
Cynin glances up at the child for a second, trying to memorize the steps of a bounce in his 'lizzie mind. Back legs begin to crouch again in anticipation of another bounce. And then a though occurs to him... this is just like taking off from a perch! He does just what he did before, only this time he gives one big flap of his wings to get him airborne and leaving them open to slow his decent. Still a bit wobbly, but he is now a bouncer!
Erranth turns to his Annalee, who simply bursts out laughing. "No, Errie, you can/not/ keep them!"
Neola looks around quietly, watching everything with interest and then ducking a bit, instinctively, as the little blue swoops close, "Whoa! Hey!" She say, still ducking but then relaxing as she realizes he's not going to hurt her, "Hullo?" She offers to the crowd in general, turning to watch the scene.. Hmm.. She interrupting anything?
Alisia smiles, bites her lip, and attempts to do as Peia asked. "Well, here goes nothing she whispers" and does it, pretty well for a first time too.
Varcol bounces with wild abandon then. Bronze lizards bouncing together. Even if one is weyrbrat shaped, life just doesn't get better than this.
Helyne plops back in her little spot, taking a cookie for herself before handing some to Erranth. Looking up at Annalee, she grins, "Pleeease? I wouldn't mind." she says with pleading eyes and a grin before hugging the blue's tail.
Annalee leans back in her chair, sighing softly and laughing. "We were gonna spend the night outside anyways." A 'look' is shot at Pyrene before she breaks out in giggles again.
Scud looks around the room scanning for Alisia "Hullo Alisia you there?" he says to the air in front of him, then remember 'hey dummy she's not there, if she was you'd be able to see her.' 'oh yeah' he answers himself in his head.
Aaliyah goes home.
Tiberia has no idea what has made everyone laugh so much, but she's too happy right now to care. She hugs Erranth again and reaches for more cookies.
Cynin suddenly disappears ::between::!
Peia gives a little shriek of joy and then a petulant one as Pyrene notes Scud's interest and calls Peia away. Kicking up dust she stalks over to Erranth's collection while Pyrene treis to stifle a smirk at Annalee's comment and smile welcomingly to Neola.
Alisia swears she just heard her name. She turns around, looking for said caller.
Scud says to the air in front of him again "Hullo Alisia, you there?"
Tiberia looks up at Erranth, once again her eyes widening far more than one would expect normal. She grins, nodding excitedly and hugs the dragon again.
Alisia heard who said it this time. She walks up to him, and smiles. "Yes, right here."
Gunwalloe loops giddily around Neola's head, up briefly, across to skim over Erranth's nose and back to a somersault above Neola again.
Annalee chuckles softly, watching the scene with Erranth and his company while strumming very softly on her gitar. Almost a lullaby now, soft and sweet.
Helyne looks at the little girl strangely, blinking a couple of times before looking at Erranth. Giving him yet another cookie, she smiles, starting to scritch his eyeridges once again.
Scud kinda blinks as Alisia appears in front of him "Oh wow, so you were in the air around me..guess I was wrong." he says with a shrug and a smile. "By the way I'm Scud, haper appie extradornaire at your service." he says with a bow towards Alisia.
Annalee stays close to her dragon, grinning to Helyne. "Erranth just did the utterly-uncommon. He himself asked Tiberia if she'd like to stay. He only seems to do that to younglings who can't hear..."
Tiberia snuggles up to Erranth and hands him a cookie, positively glowly with happiness.
Pyrene pulls Peia onto her lap, giving Annalee a grateful smile as the girl begins to drift off with the gentle music. She raises her brows to Alee, "Really? Isn't that very sensitive for a dragon his age?" Not that she'd know.
Helyne looks up at Annalee as she talks, nodding in understandment before giving Tiberia a gentle smile. "I got 'talked' to by a draggie once." she says with a broad smile, switching eyeridges once again.
Alisia smiles, and almost lets out a giggle. "Well, you know my name. Nice to meet you, Scud. "
Erranth takes the cookie as if nothing at all uncommon had happened. His Anna just continues playing on, soft and slow. "Yeah, it usually is--I mean, Zaqith would never dream of it. But there's something with innocent younglings that Erranth finds.... soothing."
Scud nods "Nice to meet you to Alisia..and I saw that little smile. It's allright if you let them out, they won't hurt you and most of the time their loads of fun." he says with a smile.
Neola smiles slightly as she moves closer to the crowd, especially that one who smiled at her earlier.. Perhaps she's nice and will talk to her, "Hullo." She offers again before spotting the knot on the girls shoulder.. Uh oh.. /She's/ the nanny? Oh well.. Maybe she's nice? "Whats going on?"
Brigh wanders in from across the bowl.
Tiberia draws patterns in the dirt with her finger and then eats another cookie. Yummmy, cookies and dirt.
Pyrene yawns a little herself, "Dragon's have /never/ talked to me. 'M not crazy enough." She peers at Neola curiously, "Hiya, umm, we decided to have a dance. I'm Pyrene and you are?" Hopefully not somebody she's meant to be looking after.
Alisia laughs. "True." she has a definate cheerful air to herself tonight,
Annalee looks up, nodding warmly to Brigh as she enters. "Hello!" she calls, still lightly strumming to give her poor aching fingers a break.
Scud chuckles "See there lots better not isn't it. You know you could seriously hurt yourself if you tried to supress a laugh, why you might burst your auxuliary heptanomer (whatever that is). OK, if you didn't notice earlier I'm not too serious except rarely
Brigh says, "Hello everyone"
Pyrene waves to Brigh as she pulls Varcol next to her. Goal /finally/ achieved: weyrbrats are tuckered out.
Neola skitters just a bit closer, offering a slightly grubby hand out but then noticing it, wipes it off on her tunic and offers it again, "M'names Neola.." She says softly, smiling again and trying to make a good impression.. At least for now, should this happen to end up being her home, "I'm just looking around a bit.. Ma and Da say this might be my new home, you know.. But I don't know.."
Helyne quietly excuses herself, a smile given to Erranth and his surrounding neighbors as she heads home. "G'night everyone!" she calls out cheerfully with a happy wave.
Annalee waves to Helyne, pulling the girl into a hug before letting her loose.
Alisia laughs again. "Auxuliary Heptanomer? That sounds like it would hurt if it burst." she pauses briefly,"So why'd you call me over anyway?"
Tiberia takes two more cookies in dirty hands and holds one up to Erranth, and nibbles on the other.
Tiberia watches Helyne get up, and waves slightly.
Erranth whuffles lightly at Tiberia again, mouth opening.
Scud waves a quick by to Helyne before looking back to Alisia "I don't know...wanted to talk...not sure.."
Jiiu goes home.
Tiberia tosses the cookie into Erranth's mouth, then concentrates on her own cookie.
Scud then thinks for a little bit "Why do you already hate me? I mean if you do then you just broke all previous records."
Helyne gently hugs Annalee and drops her basket of ginger snaps to lay next to Erranth befroe she skips and jumps out of the bowl.
Helyne meanders south 'neath spires' watchful spikes.
Erranth chomps lightly on the cookies, turning his attention back to his thoughtful rider, who's watching... a different pair with sparkling eyes.
Pyrene's eyes glaze slightly, she could be getting another charge on her roster? "That's... good. It's very nice here, lots of other kids to play with..." she manges to force out. Why? Whywhywhy?
Alisia nods, "No, I don't hate you, I was just curious, that's all. So you wann talk? Okay." she looks around for an empty chair, makes sure noone was planning on using it, and drags it over, taking a seat.
Scud noddles "Oh OK..good..yeah I guess I wanna talk. I mean half the time I don't know what the heck I wanna do, but I do whatever I feel like. Now I get in trouble a lot because of that but oh well, so be it." then he shuts up deciding he shouldn't blaber his life story to someone he just met.
Tiberia yawns sleepily. Six Turn old out this late is bound to be sleepy.
Erranth croons softly to Tiberia, nuzzling the tiny (to him) youngling.
Alisia says, "So you do whatever you feel like, but half the time you don't know what that is? Just trying to make sure I got that right.. Someimtes I'm like that, like now, I can't decide if I should join a Craft, or get a job at a Hold or someplace."
Neola nods softly, grinning mescheiviously as she watches the nanny closely.. Hmm, she seems nice enough, and probably wouldn't be too bad to be under.. Afterall she's really a good kid, really.. Gotta believe that at least.. *grin* "Thank you.. I'm sure I will. Ma and da said I need to get to know other kids my age and that I'm old enough to be on me own." She says quietly, still grinning, and chuckling inwardly, "So they dropped me off here.. Just left.."
Tiberia smiles and hugs Erranth as best as tiny arms will allow.
Scud looks Alisia over "Well all I can say to you is do whatever you think you'll enjoy the most. I mean I'm so glad I joined Harper Hall, I don't think I'd enjoy anything else as much as I enjoy being a harper."
Annalee removes Annalee's Songbook from Annalee's rucksack.
Pyrene stares feebly at Neola, "They just /left/? Oh, no... I mean, well we'd better get you sorted out then. Later..." She slips free of sleeping brats and heads back for the dance floor. Responsiblilties...fun, responsiblilities...fun. Guess which one is winning? "Anybody for a dance?"
Sep blinks in from ::between::!
Alisia nods, and then shrugs. "I'd like to live where there's a lot of people.. new ones to meet, always something going on exciting.. maybe I'll find a job somewhere. Ah well.. live in the moment, you know?"
Scud nods "Yeah I know that exactly. But hey I love living in Ista Hold. There's tons of people around and there a beautiful beach right outside of the hold, you should try getting a job there, or even join a Craft there. But then again maybe not, jsut offerin up my only two thoughts."
Neola chuckles softly as she watches the two dragons become specks in the sky and then blink into between, "Yup.. They left.." She says softly, turning to find a good place to sit, prefering to watch rather then actually partcipate.. Besides, she hardly knows any of them..
Gunwalloe perches on Neola's lap and stares soulfully at Tiberia wondering if there are any cookies left.
K'lis wanders in from across the bowl.
Alisia shrugs again "Who knows? Maybe.." she smiles warmly, and streches a bit.
Tiberia is curled up against Erranth, sound asleep.
Pyrene wiggles a little, "Alee? can we go fast again?"
Annalee chuckles softly, looking over at Pyrene. "Actually, there's this one song I've been meaning to play, just to see what everyone thought, then I'll play a few rounds. That work, Pyrpet?"
Erranth rumbles softly, utterly content. See, /he/ has a youngling sleeping on him. He's very special.
K'lis enters from a southerly direction, striding through the bown away from his blue, who has just taken off in the background to try and find someplace remotly warm.
Annalee looks up, noting with interest another bluerider. "K'lis! Well met, join us?"
Scud reaces down behind him and takes out his sketchbook and pencil, he starts to draw Alisia lounging in her chair "Yeah who knows, I mean what do you like to do for fun? or what are your interests, thats what kinda made my decision."
Pyrene shudders, "Please, don't call me Pyrpet around the brats, can you imagine what they'd do if they heard /that/? But play your song!" She waves eagerly to K'lis, another man and hopefully a potential partner.
Tiberia snuggles some more, and somehow a dirty thumb finds its way to her mouth.
Annalee smiles softly, gently strumming at the strings and filling the area with the sweet sound. Lightly, hers voice melts into the music, firm but gentle...
"Please love, let's make no impartial vow,
"Let all fall away that's not crucial now.
"I want a brave love, one that makes me weak in the knees--
"I want a crazy, crazy love, one that makes me come undone at the seams...
Annalee closes her eyes, losing herself to the music now.
"'Cause I'm tired of all these pilgrims, these travelers, these thieves,
"Of all these unbelievers who whittle love down at the knees.
"Let these swift roads destroy themselves
"For we shall be spared...
"For we shall be left standing to face what's left of stone and honey...
"Kiss the flame,
"Let's run with the hunted, the untamed...
"Kiss the flame,
"Embrace the faceless, the unnamed...
"Kiss the flame...
"There are nightmares on the sidetrails,
"There are jokes within the Hall
"There are people selling thoughtlessness
"With such casualty...
"But wherefore art thou Romeo?
"Where have all the brave men gone?
"Show me one man who knows his own heart--
"To him I shall belong...
Annalee smiles softly, opening her eyes and looking out, hands still lightly strumming the gitar, sweet melody still playing.
"Kiss the flame...
"Let's run with the hunted, the untamed...
"Kiss the flame...
"Embrace the faceless, the unnamed...
"Kiss the flame...
"Let's run with the hunted, the untamed...
"Kiss the flame...
"Embrace the faceless, the unnamed...
Annalee's singing softens slowly, easing into the end of the song.
"Kiss the flame...
"Kiss the flame...
"Kiss the flame...
"Please love, let's make no impartial vow...
Neola chuckles softly as she watches, sparkling brown eyes taking in everything around her.. Never know when infomation can be useful you know.. Though she does notice the little blue and reaches a hand out to gently stroke his soft hide, "Pyrpet?" She asks softly, more of a whisper then anything else.. Hmm.. Might want to remember that for later, might come in handy..
K'lis grins and waves, near to the group of pople now. Usually he'd undo some of the buttons on his jacket, but not in this cold. "Hello"
Scud stops drawing for a moment so he can applaud his fellow harper "Well done Annalee."
Brigh claps
Annalee looks over at Scud, smiling, slightly embarressed. "Thanks..."
Scaflowne wanders in from across the bowl.
Alisia thinks about it a moment. She claps while she thinks. "Very pretty song.." she smiles, then turns her attention back to thinking.. "I like birds."
Pyrene stopped even her gentle swaying to listen to the song and now applauds softly, "Alee that's gorgeous! You're a wonderful harper!" She dashes up to the girl and gives her a quick hug, before returning to the floor, "Can we dance now? Please?"
Annalee nods, laughing softly before winking and dancing nimble fingers across the strings in a bright highland jig. "All for you, m'lass!"
Scud goes back to drawing Alisia by now he's got her head and shoulders on the page "Well umm...trying to think of a job you can do with birds..ummmdo you like anything else? 'Cause I can't think of anycraft..oh wait, do you like to draw by chance?"
Tiberia opens her eyes a little bit.
Brigh says, "How do you chose a craft or ocupation?"
Alisia nods. "Sure do..not too very good, however.."
Gunwalloe stretches peacefully out on Neola's lap, chirping all Pyrene's secrets to the young girl. Just as well fire lizards can't talk, really.
Annalee lets Scud handle Brigh's question so she can settle her mind into the rhythm of the jig, spirits lifting merrily.
Tiberia sits up, looking around sleepily.
Erranth rumbles softly to Tiberia, nuzzling the sleepy girl.
Scud looks over at Brigh and says "Hold on a second and I'll answer that if I can." over the music. then he turns back to Alisia "Well then you could be a Harper who specilizes in art, and spend all day drawing birds and such, oh yeah you have to play an instrument. I think, every so often. Or you could sing."
Pyrene jigs, arms held out in the eternal hope of a partner and legs doing that kicking thing again, but with flair!
Tiberia hugs Erranth, grinning sleepily, and hands him a cookie.
Alisia wrinkles her nose, "Sing? I don't think so.. I can't, not really.. but I bet I could play something.."
Neola chuckles softly, attention drawn off of the dancing and everything else but the little blue in her lap, "You're a nice little one.. Just like Ma's flitter.. She had a couple of them, a green and a bronze.." She says quietly, continuing to run her hand across the blue's sleek, soft hide, "You might have liked them.. Da had one too, a little brown I think but I can't remember.. His wasn't so nice so I don't remember it well.."
Sep suddenly disappears ::between::!
Erranth chomps easily on the cookie, crooning to the young lass.
Scud shrugs his shoulders "Yeah well if I can play this gitar," he holds up his gitar "then anyone can play an instrument."
Tiberia pets Errant happily, waking up a little more.
Gunwalloe croons to Neola agreeing with everything she says about brown lizards. Then chomping sounds distract him, cookie?
Erranth is getting sleepy, himself, and lays his head down near Tiberia, making sure he's very close to his Anna.
Brigh says, "Well, gotta go :). It was a pleasure listening to the music and watching the dancing."
Tiberia pats and scritches Erranth's head, smiling happily, and curls up against him again.
Brigh goes home.
Alisia laughs. "I like pipes (do they have flutes on Pern?) myself."
Scud nods "You can play the flute if you want to, my friend Tamvera plays the flute, so you could too. I'm ont even sure if you need to play an instrument at all, but I'm probably wrong...as usual."
Tiberia yawns and falls asleep.
Tiberia falls asleep.
Pyrene weaves dizzily over the floor, eyes dancing better than her legs but it's the thought that counts. Quick check that the brats are still asleep or otherwise occupied and she's off, leaping and twirling with the rest of them.
Alisia yawns slightly, "Well.. maybe I'll check it out"
Alisia looks into the air and almost falls out of her chair. "It's almost dawn.."
Neola blinks slightly as she watches the little blue in her lap, "Food? You want something to eat? I happen to have a few cookies from home.. I brought them along.. Hope they didn't crumble or anything.." She says softly, reaching a hand into her pocket and removing a small handful of cookie crumbs, but then finds a semi intact one, "Here.. You want this?"
K'lis smiles around at those dancing and all that as he walks though the group. Parties are a good thing, have no doubt.
Scud shakes his arms around for a while, trying to get some feeling back into them. He looks up at the sky after Alisia says something "So your right, I don't think I've seen a sunrise in a /long/ time." He says with a smile.
Scaflowne hums softly along with the music swaying gently along with the melody as she watches, half squinting as she tends to do everyone in the room.
Pyrene bumps into K'lis as she zigzags back towards the harpers, "Oops, umm, sorry..." Who left that Istan lying around?
The housekeeper arrives to cart Tiberia off to bed.
Alisia yawns. "I'd love to stay and watch, but," and she yawns again, "I really shouldbe leaving. Thank you for talking with me.
K'lis oofs slightly as the girl bounces into him. Reaching a hand out to steady her, he smiles down. "Watch out there, us istans are easily knocked over." His joking tone comes between slightly dry lips. "Especially in the cold."
Alisia gets up straches, smiles, and makes her way to.. well.. someplace to sleep, no doubt.
Alisia goes home.
Scud gets up from his seat and retrives his gitar from behind him "Guess it's up to me to play some music."He mumbles to himself
Ciriana trills as she flies into ::between::.
Tategoto circles once then vanishes ::between::.
Annalee calls to Aijin, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.
Pyrene winks up at K'lis, "That's why we're dancing! Gets the blood going, want to try?" She takes a second look at the bumpee and colours slightly but holds out one arm hopefully.
Scud he sits down in a stool and tunes his gitar "Allrighty then lets get to jammin," he mutters before he starts full tilt into a foot stomping jam. The song fills the bowl and seems to go allthe way out into space.
Annalee laughs softly as she listens, gathering her belongings wearily into her rucksack.
Annalee puts White Rose Flute in Annalee's rucksack.
Annalee puts Annalee's Gitar in Annalee's rucksack.
Annalee puts Annalee's Songbook in Annalee's rucksack.
Annalee puts Annalee's Harp in Annalee's rucksack.
Annalee closes Annalee's rucksack.
K'lis chuckles slightly. He appears to consider for a moment, but soon reaches his conclusion. "Sure," he offers his hand and takes hers in it. Never one to turn down a dance after all. "So," he starts, getting into the dance tentitivly, "I'm K'lis, rider of blue chiqueth."
Scud continues to go full tilt into the song, he doens't even realize what's going on around him and he doens't care. He just continues to play the melody in different places on his gitar. The music is nice and fast for some good dancing.
Scaflowne sighs softly to herself then shrugging as the music continues she decides to just enjoy the music and dance after all she wasn't a dancer all those years for nothing, putting her cape on a chair she smiles to herself as she twirls about on her toes, starting off the dance with a few graceful leaps and swirls.
Pyrene is high on the atmosphere and dances with enthusiasm more than anything. She makes a small moue at the mention of bluerider but it's been a long time since she danced with somebody tall enough for her to do a pirouette so she'll follow C'lan's advice and be unprejudiced for tonihgt anyway, "I'm Pyrene, assistant nanny." See, she's mature she is. Job and everything.
Scud looks out on the floor and sees some people dancing and decides he's going to play just for them. He emphasises the notes in places that the dancers are leaping or jumping around and uses them as a guide on how to play the song.
Scaflowne continues dancing energetically completely oblivious of her surroundings as the music continues, her movements smooth and graceful with every step.
Gunwalloe snores from Neola's lap. Believe it or not, he's finally in tune.
Scud just smiles as he continues to jam on some song he just made up.
K'lis dances in a fasion close to that of Pyrene's, his body flowing with the beat of the music. "Well met, Pyrene," he says as he twirls her around. "Assistant nanny? here at the weyr I assume."
Pyrene leaps and kicks joyfully, enjoying the music, the thrill of being up this late and the respite from grubby bratlings. "Yep!" She gasps out to K'lis in between jumps, "But don't say you saw me here, I was meant to put those littl'uns sleeping over there to bed, hours ago." She gives him a conspiratorial wink and pirouettes again.
Neola chuckles softly, tossing the handful of cookies and crumbs away as she realizes the little blue is now sleeping and probably isn't hungry anymore, though she saves one of the more intact ones to munch on, "Wow.. Such a nice little one.. Who's is he?" She asks softly, to no one in particular, "So soft too.."
Scud chuckles at what's unfolding on the "dance" floor.
Scud starts to slow the piece down to almost waltz speed, but continues to keep the same rytheme going.
Katharin wanders in from across the bowl.
K'lis chuckles and winks back in the same conspiratorial fashion. His small braids and beaded strand fly around his head as he moves to the beat. "Don't worry," he assures, swinging his arms back and forth, "I won't tell anyone."
Scaflowne whirls rapidly on her toes arms spread, then stopping suddenly she suddenly leaps then as she lands she rolls on the ground only to end up back on her feet, slowing down along with the music, amrs forming graceful shapes in the air as she feet move delicately on the floor.
Katharin looks up at the older people shyly, smiling. She asks cautiously, "Am I interrupting anything?"
Scud looks at the little one who just entered, and shakes his head 'No' he mouthes as he plays
Pyrene casts another look over at Neola, "Looking after Wal for me then?" before looking back to K'lis so she can follow his lead. And is the music slowing down? How lucky can 14 turn old get?
Katharin smiles and nods to Scud, mouthing back, "Thank you."
Scud looks at Katharin and mouths 'Welcome'
Neola chuckles softly, stroking the little blues' soft hide some more before looking up at the suddenl voice directed at her, "Huh? Me? He's yours? Yeah.. He just fell asleep here.. You don't mind do ya?" She asks quietly, looking up at the girl curiously, almost worried that she had erred in some way.. She has to make a good impression, at least now, as this /is/ her new home.. Or will be soon..
Katharin sits down, looking up at the older ones, taking everything in.
Celeste wanders in from across the bowl.
K'lis's lips are touched by a slight smile as he begins to gather what may be going on. But he's happy to oblige his partner in continuing the dance. "Tis a lovely night," he comments idly. Dancing is slowed slightly with the music, though he makes no sign of stopping.
Scud continues to play the melody over and over, but adding a few trills and temelos every so often in time to the dancers movement.
Katharin looks at Scud, watching intently and listening to the music.
A smooth, easy stride brings the lithe young caravaner into the bowl, dark eyes flickering over all and none at once. Celeste gives a simple smile in lieu of greeting, finding herself a place on the outskirts of the crowd from which to observe.
Scaflowne slows she movements, body swaying gracefully from one movement to the next, seeming to flow gently along with the music, humming to herself as she does.
Plainly 14 turn old girls can only get so lucky. Peia rouses, as does Varcol and petulant complaints begin anew. Pyrene sighs in frustration, looks at K'lis and sighs in even greater frustration, "I'm sorry, you have no idea /how/ sorry, but I have to get them to bed." She pretty much stalks over to the younglings, planning dire things in retribution. Neola at least gets some form of smile, "You're fine with Wal, did you want me to show you to the kids rooms?"
Celeste's faintest hint of a smile is directed at first K'lis, gaze lingering for but a moment before shifting to the musician, all but appreciation shown on delicate features. Idle motions of hand and fingers push errant curls o'er narrow shoulders and away, both curiousity and interested echoed in dusky ochre eyes.
Neola nods quickly, standing up but making sure she picks up the little blue with her so as not to drop him, "Yes Ma'am.. If you would, that would be nice.." She says softly, walking over to the girl and smiling, still cradeling the little blue in her arms, "Thank you."
Sep blinks in from ::between::!
"It's ok," The bluerider says to Pyrene. "I'm sure we could finish a dance another time?" K'lis' smile accompanies the promiss. "I never leave a dance unfinished. But I can see that the little ones must get to bed."
Pyrene nods to Neola, taking Peia and Varcol in either hand. One last wistful smile is sent to K'lis and she starts the trek back across the bowl.
