1/2/2003
03:39
PM
Logfile
from Briny.
El'ric
walks into the barracks checking a clipboard he's carrying as he does so,
glancing round he spots who he is looking for and walks over towards Briny and
Belynth "Hiya you two" is the cheerful greeting as he comes to a halt
interrupting whatever it is they are doing.
Briny
and lifemate are not exactly settle near their couch. Unsettled is more like
it. Blue is sitting upon haunches, but has head lowered to nip at Briny's rump
every time she bends over pull on a shoe. "Belynth.... Belynth!...
Oh!" At El'ric's voice, both glance in his attention, all innocence and
brightness. Salute comes quickly, "Good day, El'ric."
El'ric
glances at his clipboard again "So how's the wing exercises been
going?" he asks as he steps foward to the blue and looks him over
"May I?" as he reaches out to one of Belynth's wings.
Belynth
shoots a glance askance to Briny before climbing back to his feet and extending
a wing. Naturally, the tip catches Briny's hair, fluffing it up. The girl
shoots the blue an exasperated glance before nodding to El'ric, "Very
well, I think. We try to get out and do them when we can."
El'ric
nods as he throws the clipboard over onto Briny's cot and reachs out, hands
checking along the muscles of Belynths wing, a slight prod here and there, he
moves onto the other wing and checks there as well, "Okay quick refresher
then, whats this bit of the wing called?" he calls out over his shoulder
as he indicates the wingsail area.
Briny
follows along behind El'ric, peeping at his examining of the blue's sails. Her
nose twitches and she reaches up to rub at it with the back of her hand.
"Uh.... the sail? Maybe the fingersail?" Or she could be wrong, lips
pursing in something of consternation.
El'ric
doesn't say anything or even acknowledge if the answer is right or wrong before
moving straight on to indicate the structure of bones that form the front of
the wing, he runs a hand along from the base of the wing along that leading
edge towards the tip pausing at a few points as he goes, "How do you tell
if the muscles along here have been strained?" he asks when he stops.
Briny
continues to shadow El'ric's ever move, fingers twining in the hem of her shirt
with a touch of nervousness. "I suppose if Belynth starts complaining
about it?" she hazards. The blue warbles slightly, almost sounding like an
abbreviated chuckle. "He says you are tickling him. And nothing feels
wrong, even if you feel funny."
El'ric
looks at Briny as he listens "Pretty much, although its full name is the
wingsail not fingersail." he moves his hand back down the wing slightly
with a light chuckle before he drops his hand to go in search of his clipboard,
"Right do you think Belynth here is ready for a short flight?"
Belynth
answers that question before Briny can even consider it. The blue is lifting
his wings high and bouncing forwards to shoulder aside his lifemate. He croons
a long note, right at El'ric, eyes bright with expectation. From the shadow of
the blue, Briny pipes up, "I think that's a yes."
El'ric
grins and reaches out to pat the blue on the head, "Okay okay please
breathe elsewhere and I'll let you fly for a wee bit." he steps out of the
way and points towards the door "Go wait with Dras on the commons and we'll
be right behind you." he waits with an expectant smile "I forgot how
enthusiastic they got about this. Right lets go." he motions to Briny to
follow.
Belynth
ducks his head and then pounces over to Briny to begin the gradual process of
headbutting her towards the door. The teenager stutters and tries to keep to
her feet, "Enthusiastic? That's an understatement."
El'ric
chuckles as he follows the pair outside "You'll get used to it." he
adds on a "hopefully!"
El'ric
walks off northeastwards to the wide green commons outside.
You
amble northeastwards to the wide green commons outside.
Wide
Green Commons - Monaco Weyr(#692RJMa$)
This green is the hub of activity at the
Weyr. The area extends along the base of a cavern-pocked cliff which rises
southeast to northwest from here. The grubbed soil has been allowed to grow to
a trampled turf, but hard stone walks bound it on all sides
Weyrfolk and support staff move
occasionally from the elevated, slate-topped infirmary complex that bridges the
river on the eastern edge of the green to the open multiple decks of the
sprawling, two-tiered Weyrhall to the north.
South and west of here, the cliff face
looms high, with a wide opening leading into the Hatching cavern and a
cut-stone path rising to several weyrs housing the Weyr's leaders. Emerging
from the hatching opening, an oft-trod path skirts the cliff to an opening a
bit to the west.
More directly west are more caverns and
finally the swath widens in the northwest into the landing field used by
visitors to the Weyr.
Contents:
El'ric
Drasjoveth(#2830OVaep$)
Obvious
exits:
Weyrleaders
Complex Hatching Grounds Shady Path
Western Landing Field Candidate
Barracks Weyrling Barracks Storage Caverns WeyrHall INFirmaries
Briny
manages to keep her feet as they make their way outside and to the commons.
Once in the light of day, the blue shops his pushing of Briny and instead basks
in the glow of the sun with crooning delight, adding in a greeting to
Drasjoveth as well. Briny grins wryly after the blue before looking expectantly
at El'ric.
El'ric
walks out and waves Dras over to join them as he waits for Briny and Belynth to
catch up and calm down. "Right come over here and listen, what will happen
from here is that Drasjoveth will demonstrate what to do and I'll talk you
through it as well, hopefully." Drasjoveth whuffles as he makes his way to
a clear spot of ground and turns to face the group waiting for his signal.
Briny
flickers a glance at Belynth as the blue finally drops to settle on his
haunches, peering after Drasjoveth with mild interest. Briny smiles wryly
before looking back to El'ric and bobbing her head in confirmation. "We're
all eyes... and ears."
El'ric
smiles over at Drasjoveth "No dancing mind." before turning to Briny
"Some of the exercises you've been doing so far are crouching anf hopping
and also flapping and the occasional glide, this is where we out it all into
practise." he points at Dras who starts on his part of the show and raises
himself onto his haunches and crouching down he leaps skywards stretching his
wings out he flaps them with a few powerful strokes to gain some height before
allowing himself to glide back into a landing on his hind feet. "See
nothing too it, most of it will come naturally to him but the bits to look out
for are the landing and whe he starts to flap, please make sure he understands
that if he can't keep himself up to just let himself glide back to the ground,
a wing strain at this point /Will/ keep him grounded for a month."
Briny
emphasizes a few of the notable points to the blue, who just bobs his head in
understanding. The girl smiles wryly, reaching over to rub him gently on the
shoulder, "He says he understands." Of course, the blue is avidly
watching Dras the entire time with a thoughtful gaze. "He is always
flapping his wings around, even when we weren't doing the exercises. I'd like
to think he is ready."
El'ric
smiles in reassurance to Briny "Don't worry he'll do fine." he pauses
before adding more to Belynth "Well what are you waiting on get to
it."
Some
take-off flags and runway lights? Belynth seems to startle at El'ric's words,
snorting once, and then getting ready. This'll take a moment. Haunches bunch,
rear talons dig into the soft earth, wings are hooded. Beat... another...
"Be-" *WHOOSH* The blue bounds forward one stride and then pushes up
with wings wide. There is a bit of a hiccup as he doesn't quite get the height,
one leg thrusting down to push against the earth again haphazardly. A beat of
his wings brushes tips to the dirt before height is finally managed.
El'ric
watches and winces as the blue almost doesn't make it airborne, the mad rush
forward stops suddenly as Belynth makes it to the skies "Waaah... he's
okay." His hand raises and runs through his hair nervously as he watches
patiently for the rest "Mind and get him down again soonish, his wings
won't be able to keep him up for long."
Briny
smirks after Belynth as the blue furiously works his wings, drawing them up and
back to reach some sort of altitude. Once apparently comfortable, he stops the
flapping and goes on to just gliding. Briny flickers a glance askance to
El'ric, "Do we get to do this every day now?" Meanwhile the blue does
a couple more circles before beginning his haphazard decent.
El'ric
doesn't take his eyes of off Belynth as he flaps and glides "Yeah, this is
something that will become part of your daily routine from now on as long as he
lands okay." his eyes flick back to Briny briefly "I'll check him
when he makes it down and if he's okay he can get another go today, but that
will be it until tomorrow."
Belynth
moves in fits and starts as he begins to descend, slowing abruptly with an
extreme angle of his wings, a few more flaps, and then a drop of about the
length of a person and down he is. Rough, but he made it. The blue burbles an
excited note to Briny, which leaves the girl to grinning, "He can't wait
'til next time."
El'ric
grins as he moves forward towards the blue "We'll see first if there is
going to be a next time." he gets to the blue "Right wings out so i
can check them."
Belynth
doesn't replace his wings to his sides, leaving them out so that El'ric can
check them over. "He insists everything is fine," Briny adds,
trailing after El'ric once again.
El'ric
nods "True he may do but I know the lengths another blue would have gone
to to get airborne again so I need to check as well." He runs his hands
over those important wing muscles checking meticulously before standing back
"Okay take a few deep breaths, you did well even if it was a bit shaky but
I've not seen a first flight that wasn't so far." he moves back further to
give the pair a bit of room "I want you to have another look at Dras doing
it before I let you up again."
Briny
flickers a glance over Belynth, watching him with a critical eye. "Yeah,
I'm sure he'll do far better with a bit more practice." The blue warbles
another delighted note as he waits to be checked over.
El'ric
nods in agreement "Yeah the take off and landing are always the worst
bits, I remember Dras hopping about before he leapt up into the air during his
first practises. Don't worry though the practise will help and you'll be
getting plenty of that from here on in."
Briny
nods her head, reaching a hand over to lightly rub along Belynth's chest,
"If it is okay, I'm going to take him to the pool for a bit of a swim to
work out his muscles? I don't want him cramping up or anything after all of
that work."
El'ric
chuckles "okay then, tell Drasjoveth when your ready for todays second
flight and we'll come and meet you here."