Paige - Monday, November 20, 2000, 10:41 AM ------------------------------------------- Heading back down the well-lit stairs, you quickly arrive back in the caverns. Living Caverns The rough-hewn majesty of this cavern far outpaces any delight in the multitudes of curves that form its enclosure. The glabrous grey granite is shot through with translucent obsidian, lending subtly-veined sparkle to the walls and the foot-trodden smoothness of the floor that shows centuries-old placements of the scarred trestle tables; carven hollows give homes for the glow baskets and the coat-pegs that line the walls. No mosaics, no painting, no tiles: just a few well-done tapestries mark the pathway that lead to the kitchen to the north and the inner caverns to the west, and frame the nighthearth's stew and snacks, while a heavier strip of oiled canvas shields the unwary from the wind in the bowl. Tucked into a glowlit niche are Donnan, Searcher, Quenn, Tiramisu, Gyo, Heaven, Hunter, Kelpie, Aftiel, Nyumnyum, Ebb, Mamoru, Rude, Freak, Truro, Boingy, Tork, Spoingy, Boink, Endel, Spuds, Leviathan, Ashleigh, Lava, Oren, Wufei, Sociopathe, Heero, BronzeMaleFirelizard, Lechehedonvoluptintri, Marp, Tyan, Archimedes, Pyre, Rhiannon, Vincent, Kinky, Celta, Poldhu, Valor, Vsevolod, Amulet, Yolk, Fish, and Buffy. You see Old Auntie sit-by-the-fire, OOC NOTICE (look sign), Food, Boots, Hobbes, Nimbus, Generic Sign-Up Sheet, Kageri, and Gigi here. Etowaru is here. Obvious exits: Bowl Kitchens Inner Caverns Crafting Area Etowaru looks up and smiles at the newcomer. "Hello!" Paige blinks at the greeting, before giving a smile. Slightly timid, which is unlike her, but she's not been here long at all. "Good Morning.." Etowaru smiles at her. "Want some klah?" she offers, patting the seat next to her. "Where're you from?" Paige takes the seat opposite, still damp hair clinging to her shoulders a little. Kathryn peers at the weyrchild and cheeps in a friendly manner. "Yes, please," she grins at the beverage offer, before giving a smile. "Ah, me? I'm from Keroon. I'm a herder. Officially, I'm here to help Frayum with some of the runners here," She taps the knot on her shoulder. Leaning forward, she gives a smile and lowers her voice. "But, between us, unofficially? I'm here to get some rest away from my hall. I've.. not been very well." Etowaru nods understandingly. "Poor thing," she sympathises, smiling. "Why haven't you been feeling well?" She pours out a mug of klah and hands it to Paige, adding, "By the way, glad to hear you're here to see the runners. I'm a stablehand." Witholding amusement at the friendly girl's last comment, Paige nods as she sips her klah. "Thanks.. ah, that's good," her approval of the klah is reflected in the bright green eyes. "Is that so? Well, I hope you've been doing a better job with them here than the current batch of apprentice at Keroon have.." Her voice ends in a sigh, one that ends in a sad note. "I'd.. kind of prefer not to talk about it.." Tilarekna arrives from deeper in the Weyr. Etowaru nods sympathetically. "Then don't," she smiles. "You wanna see our runners? That always cheers /me/ up!" Spotting Tilarekna, she waves. Tilarekna emerges from the Weyr's inner caverns with a yawn, drawn by the sent of klah. "Morning," is called by sleepy lips, and then.. Freezing, Reka's jaw drops. "Paige? Paige!!" Paige grins. "They cheer me too." Especially her three, the cheeky-- Her name is yelled, and putting down her mug, she manages to turn in time to brace herself for the flying impact of heer younger cousin's tacklehug. "Tee?" she blinks in surprise, before hugging the former Ista weyr resident and current candie. "Tee! What are you doing here?" Etowaru laughs. "I take it you two know each other, then." Tilarekna grins and hugs her father's cousin tight, before nodding at Etowaru. "Yup. this iss my cousin Paige, the herder one I told you about.." she turns back to Paige and makes a noise. "I wgot Searched. Why else would I be here? In the cold?" Okay, so it's not THAT cold anymore, but complaining is FUN. Etowaru grins and shoves Reka playfully. "It's /not/ cold. Not anymore, anyway." Paige raises an eyebrow, before chuckling. "Poor Tee, cold are we? You're too used to Ista. You need to get out more.." And she's been telling folks about her? Meep! Better hope she's not heard about the Smith Incident... Gigi twitches slightly in her sleep. Kaslarna arrives from deeper in the Weyr. Tilarekna thpppts at both, and looks unimpressed by their words. "It's COLD." Thus, if she says it's cold, it's COLD. 'Nuff said. Eyes turn back to her cousin. "What are you doing here, anyway?" Paige gives a sigh at the question. Does she really have to answer? Most likely. Or her kin will pester. "I've not been well. Frayum invited me here to get away from Keroon a while." Well, that's the basic outline of the truth. No need to flesh it out. A nod is tossed Kaslarna's way, beefore the still behugged herder reaches for her klah mug again. Kaslarna walks into the living caverns, and halts on the periphery upon seeing others there. Recognising Etowaru, she moves forward again, smiling. "Good morning, or night, depending on your point of view." Etowaru grins. "Think you can say morning, Kas." Tilarekna blinks, and releases her cousin, giving her a once over. "Sheesh.. Look at you. You really HAVE been ill.." Head turns and she grins at Kaslarna. "Morning." Kaslarna pulls up a chair, and sits in it. "Mind if I join you?" she queries "Oh, I'm Kaslarna by the way." Paige smiles in greeting, and raises her mug. "Good morning to you, please join us. I'm Paige, herdercraft." Not revelation of rank, you'll note. At the moment, the only thing she wants to do is relax and get away from that sort of thing.. Etowaru shakes her head. "Course we don't mind. Leastways, I don't!" Tilarekna chuckles, although her eyes glance at her cousin. "I'm Tilarekna.. but you can call me Reka, or Rekna, or Tilar, or Til, but NOT Rekky." Or Tee. That's Paige's name for her. "Welcome." Kaslarna smiles."Thanks. Pleased to meet you Paige, and you Reka. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who gets up early here. Or all you all up late?" Paige chuckles.. "I'm running on Keroon time, myself. I've only been here a couple of days, you see.." Etowaru *gtg... thanks for the RP! Tilarekna rolls her eyes at her cousin, but says nothing more as she reaches for a spare mug, fills it and takes a sip. "I'm from Ista Weyr. I'm running on alternate time, too..." Etowaru goes home. "I don't know what time I'm running on, probably Gigi's time." Kaslarna indicates the sleeping canine. "She wakes me up at all sorts of times, the daft thing." Changing the topic she asks, "How are you both this morning then?" Paige yawns a little, cradling the mug in her hand. "You live here, I take it?" she enquires of Kaslarna, before grinning faintly. "I'm... I'm well, I suppose you might say." "Yeah, I live here. Sorry, I'm still partly asleep." Kaslarna replies, stifling a yawn. Tilarekna gives a huge yawn, then mock-glares at Paige. YOU started me yawning, damn yo--err, um.. "I'm pretty good. Although these three.." she motions to Bay, Jolinar and Kairo, "Are determined to keep me awake when they feel like it.. so I know how you feel." Kaslarna has disconnected. Kaslarna falls asleep. Paige sighs and pushes back her chair. "I'd better go do some work," she sighs, before patting her cousin's shoulder. "I'll see you around, right?" The housekeeper arrives to cart Kaslarna off to bed. Tilarekna grins, and hugs her cousin again. "Liar. You get to bed. You look shattered, whether you agree or not." With a playful push, she shoos Paige back to her room. Paige chuckles and shakes her head. "I'm going, I'm going..." So many tunnels, so little time; you opt to head across the cavern and up the long broad stairs into the rooms above the lower caverns. Working rooms, these, filled with busy little crafters.