6/30/2003
10:38
PM
Logfile
from Kibai.
Quiet Corners
Thick
woolen tapestries dull the noise from the rest of the caverns, turning this
well-lit little room into a welcome escape.
The stairs up place it against the bowl wall somewhere above the living
caverns, carpeted against the winters chill or left as cool stone floor in
summer. Some high and narrow windows can be opened to the world outside, or
secured with their heavy metal-sided shutters and blue-threaded curtains.
Glowlight
gleams, brightening the well-cushioned stone couches and lighting the weyr
residents half-finished projects: knitting undone, sewing only started,
leathers being worked soft, and even a hide of sketches or half-finished
Thread-chart spread out across one of the... [look closer]
Kaesa
is here.
Obvious
exits:
Inner
Stairs
Curled
up in one of the plush chairs of the room is Kibai. The teenager sits back,
both legs drawn up with him upon the seat, one arm curled around his legs and
the other reaches over to a plate of sliced fruit upon an endtable nearby. A
slice of greenfruit is taken, rind ignored as he consumes the citrus pulp
instead. Mmmmmmm. Silence. Blessed silence.
"Kibi!"
There goes the silence.. and here comes the terror herself. Tromping heavily and loudly up the stairs,
her hands working at pulling that hat off her head and tossing it into an empty
seat, "I hope I heard things," Kaesa's gaze trains in on her brother
and turns quite narrow; her tone verging on amused, though for the sake of the
act there is a tinge of mock seriousness in it, "..really /strange/ things
at that, brother dearest. And while I'm
on my way back from delivering a message, no less." One chair is sought out, plopped down onto
and legs tossed up over the arm rests of said chair.
Kibai
startles as his little quiet moment is crashed. He doesn't quite drop the rind
though, but it is a close thing and requiring him shoot Kaesa a wide-eyed
glances. "Kaesa... I wasn't expecting you..." His gaze trails over
towards where the hat now sits, and then back to her. "Strange things?
Been listening at doors again, dear?"
"Strange
things," Kaesa repeats, her head canting slightly to the side as her gaze
stays fixed on her brothers, "Imagine my surprise when someone comes up to
me. All smiles. Says that she is a friend of a friend who's
cousins with the friend of a friend who saw *you*," This punctuated with a
gesture in his direction, "Climb aboard a blue dragon at the lake. What was it.. three days ago?" The time is purposefully skewed, though the
following fact of, "..and with the dragons lifemate, no less. Right up to her weyr." And now that grin can come. Full out and completely devious. "Now, I don't quite know what I should
believe. Care to set me straight,
brother dearest?"
Kibai
blinks back across to her, blinks a little more, and then actually chuckles
rather darkly. "What do you think happened, sister-dear? I slept with her.
Well, there was some sleeping involved, later." No, he doesn't exactly
look all that repentant, or even that it is a huge deal or anything. "And
do you get special... tips after you deliver a message too?"
If
Kaesa is suppose to look abashed at her brothers response, she doesn't. But she does laugh. "Ooh.. now Kibi.." Her head drops down into a small bob as she
touches one finger to her lips in thought.
Her gaze reading the amusement felt at the situation. Even if it were rather juvenile,
"Mother and father would be so /ashamed/ and disappointed to hear of
your.. trist with the people here," And as delicately as that is placed,
the next isn't. Kibi's words earning a
slight squeak as the intake of air proves too fast and too much. Her gaze widens for the slightest moment until
composure comes, "..I, dear brother, get the usual tip for delivering a
message." Yes. And she has to
accentuate that fact with the arching of one brow.
Kibai
peers owlishly at her, reaching for another sliver of fruit to pop into his
mouth. "You do realize that I was sleeping with the Harper at our hold
too, don't you? He was a very... thorough instructor." Uhm... in more ways
than one. He licks his fingers of any left-over juice before smiling back at
her. "I'm not a messenger. You'll have to elaborate more on what sort of
tips messengers do get. I don't often tip the messengers that I use. Well,
unless they are special."
If it
were in her to do so, Kaesa would smack her palm against her head. "I /knew/ it!" Triumphant however,
is that comment. Even if she wasn't
being completely truthful. "That's
why mother always had me spy on your lessons." And though she hadn't, she'd pretended to. The girl does settle back in her chair,
fingers pressed against her lips once more as she studies Kibi. The curl of her lips only becoming apparent
once she replaces her hand in her lap.
"Well tips, dear brother, come in all forms. I..for instance, know of something quite..
unusual going on here at the Weyr."
Conspiratorial tones included in that statement, met with a too
secretive smile, "I daresay it'd raise quite the stir if the right people
found out about it." But she wouldn't be the one to tell such things, now
would she be. A snort does come,
teasing in nature, "I'm well aware of what you define as special,
Kibi.." Belated if anything, though the banter must be kept up.
Sii'kyn
slips in from the little door.
Ashli
slips in from the little door.
Aries
comes up the stairs.
Slink.
Slink. Slink. "Ha! If they find me here... I'll just tell them to go
away!" Who else could be the owner of that rustic baritone, other than--
well, Ike? Ike! Ike, with weaving equipment. Everyone run in terror: Ike with
baskets. An' the problem is, see, he's actually good at it. So, with reedbasket
in tow, he plops down in 'his' chair and melts. "Freedom." Is someone
dodging his duties? Not really. .. Really.
Kibai
remains curled up in his chair, next reaching for another greenfruit, peeling
the rind away from the juicy fruit. He chuckles at Kaes' reaction, "Oh,
really? And here we thought we were being quiet about it. Well... maybe not all
that quiet from time to time." He flashes her a teasing wink before
continuing on, "Unusual? Such as what? Oh... do tell, sister-dear. Or are
you trying to be mysterious?" Yes, there is definitely a trickle of
amusement imbuing the tone of his words.
Ashli slithers
up the stairs cautiously, dark blue gaze looking quite concerned as she glances
from side to side, then shimmys herself inside the Quiet Corners carefully.
Upon seeing no nannies, she breathes a sigh of relief and looks rather proud of
herself, bounding in and plopping herself down into a chair near Ike.
"Heyla, dragonrider!! How's Sidramuntalath faring?" she queries
brightly, then waves energetically at Kibai and Kaesa. Quite the little ball of
energy Ashli seems to be today.
Aries
pokes a finger out at his sister, giggling girlishly. "Larna says you
licked a glow in her weyr, Ashli!" He giggles again, smiling. Aries really
is a girly boy. Not surprising when he's still the mirror-image of his sister
even though he's about to hit puberty. Can't wait to see a nice blond beard on
him, though, right? The others in the area are not quite ignored... More.. Not
acknowledged, because Aries has nothing to say to them. Although he looks a bit
frightened at the sight of the brownrider, especially since Pyrene scared him
away from all dragon-riding sorts.
Kaesa's
grin grows, "Quiet, no. Mother had
an idea, but father.. he rejected it.
There was that one time-" And Kaesa won't clue her brother into
that particular story. No, she's too
busy grinning mischeviously, "..well it's not important. But yes, they knew." And now she knew
for certain too. The arrival of others,
namely energetic and talking others, earns a brief glance and polite smile in
their direction. Kaesa's eyes turning
from them back to Kibi before she's back to smiling. Sweetly, no less.
"Ah, but if I told you.. then well.. the secret would be out. And
that would be a shame." Especially
since black mail could no longer be part of the picture.
Sii'kyn
leans back and weaves like a weaver on crack. Mwahaha. "Ram's doin' good,
Ashli. How's the nannies treatin' ya? I don't have to go bust anyone's tail, do
I?" He winks over at one of his favorite kidlets, before chuckling at
Aries. "Hullo there," he states solemnly, waving a tail-end of a
reed. Kaesa and Kibai get a cursory glance-over, before he returns to his work.
Er.. hobby work. Not work work. Because he's here to -escape- work, see! Yes.
Kibai
came up here for quiet. Specific quiet, but... well... as suddenly he and
little sis are being invaded, he shoots something of a dark glances towards the
'interlopers'. Annoyance shows for a moment, but it is being smoothed away and
replaced with something a bit more tolerant. Well, that is until his attention
is dragged right on back to Kaes, "What?" A few blinks. He reaches
over to offer Kaes the plate of fruit almost distractedly, "Please don't
say that you discussed my... well, /that/ with our mother." Scary,
actually. "What about the cook? Or the milkmaid? Surely not the
drummer..." Fear. "Oh, you know that I'm good with secrets."
Even if he can't keep his, that is.
Ashli
sticks her tongue at Aries and rolls her eyes, "Then Larna's been telling
some harpers tales." she announces blithely, waving at Aries to be
friendly. Ike is beamed at, "Well, I'm currently escaping them. They keep
telling me that I'm some sort of wild child, and that I talk too much for my
age. I'm 11, now!" Ashli insists, as if the argument is a tired old one,
though dark blue eyes twinkle merrily, "But I think I'll get them to
understand eventually." she admits with a wink in return. Kibai's dark
glance is noticed, and Ashli returns the favor with a dark glance of her own,
made almost as frightening by the narrowing of her eyes and the sudden angry
sparkles of violet that seem evident in them, remniscent of her father...
Aries
wrinkles his nose slightly, but waves a hand timidly at Ike anyway. With a
quick scooch to the side, Aries is practically hiding behind his sister. Kibai
is given an annoyed look, matching the older boy's glare one for one. A
near-perfect image of Ashli's glare, although he isn't imitating her. Just
doin' what seems to come natural to the family. Pushing his hands out, at
Ashli, in a mock shove, he pouts suddenly, "Nuh-uh! Larna doesn't do that!
/You/ tell tales! Just like with the jar! Larna's nice!"
A piece
of fruit is taken, Kaesa doing so with utmost care in chosing only the plumpest
one. Which, once held in hand, is drawn
back and lightly nursed while she gives consideration to Kibai's words. All of which recieve little reaction from
the now carefully schooled features of the girl. "Well.. there was this one time. I had to you see," A
relfection perhaps on the Harper statement.
"And then with the cook.. I just had to. He burnt my breakfast once." And that look sent to Kibi just /tells/ that she knew he was at
fault for that. Now it's rather hard to
tell if she's serious, or if she's joking.
And the fact that she soon turns all her attention onto finishing that
fruit off nearly gives away any hope of finding out just what the truth of the
story was. Though Kibi has the
advantage of knowing Kaesa rather well, so the task might be easier for
him. "Oh.. the secret," Her chin comes down slightly as a grin
touches on her face.. Full out teasing her brother with the information she
held.. and making him wait on it while she offers Sii'kyn a brief nod. No verbal greeting as of yet.. and then,
"Well.. it involves two people," Here comes that arch of the brow,
"And, lets just say that you, brother dearest, would pale in comparison to
them."
Sii'kyn
kicks up his heels. "I think... that we should do something," he
announces to the brats. "Maybe we should dye the bread dough blue.
Wouldn't that be funny? And turn the butter black, so we can have High Reaches
colors when we eat bread and butter." He ponders, working at an edge of
the apparent square basket; "That, or something funny. Seriously, though,
when was the last time anyone pranked -anyone-?" And he's supposed to be a
role model. Sigh. "Maybe we should prank some of them." He narrows
his gaze suspiciously at Kaesa and Kibai.
Kibai
flickers a glance from Ashli to Aries and back again, because they really do
bare looking at. You know, mirroring glares and all. He briefly considers a
moment of applause at such talent. But, you know, when you are holding a plate
with sliced fruit on it, that'd be just plain messy. Instead, after listeing to
Kaes, he considers the possibility of throwing some of that fruit at her. You
know, on principle or something. "Yes, the secret, love." Beat.
"Honestly? Who? Not that I enjoy gossip or anything." Whatever...
Wait. Being looked at. He turns his head to the side after getting that prickly
feeling at the back of his neck that really bodes no good. There is evil afoot
here. Head turns and Ike is finally noticed. "Sir?"
Ashli
rolls her eyes at Aries. "I tell /good/ tales, though. Unlike you."
she notes, as if that makes it all better and worth it. Ike is ooh-ed at,
"I was thinkin' that yesterday!! It's been so /boring/! I was going to do
something with sand and the living caverns, but sand gets kinda heavy after a
while...and I do like your dying idea better." she giggles
oh-so-innocently. "The last time I pranked anyone was when I got that fake
tattoo and Daddy freaked. That was a really good one." Ashli beams
proudly. "We should do something, though." she suddenly seems to
decide, and says with some finality, azure eyes dancing brightly. The bratlet
flicks another glance at Kibai before deciding the danger has passed, not
having noticed Aries mimicking her 'evil glare of death and evil'.
"I
don't tell no tales! You're lying! Mommy says you lie lotsa times!" Aries'
head jerks around and he stares at Sii'kyn in near amazement. "Pranks?
Aren't you s'possed to be good? Daddy says Ashli's bad because she pranks
people..." Scaredy cat Aries to the rescue! Kibai is given a /look/, not a
glare or a smile, just a look. "We can't do that. Daddy'll get mad at us,
Ashli," he reminds the other girl with a patient, teacher-like tone.
"Mmm. And it'd be more than enough to make mother
and father blush." Which, really wasn't saying much, when one knew who
Kaesa and Kibi's parents were. Kaesa
never quite was one to hold her tounge when secrets were involved at least not
ones that she could share with her brother.
So the guise is broken quickly and she leans forwards. Ashli, Aries and Sii'kyn known to be around,
and thus the reason for the sudden lowering of her voice, "Well, it's
between -" Who it is between and what exactly 'it' is, is put on hold as
Kibi breaks eye contact with her, her own gaze following the direction his head
turns. And she too comes to regard
Sii'kyn. Kaes' lips twitching slightly
at her brothers response. There would
be none of that for her.. and so.. "Hmm?" Yes, an eloquently put
question and statement. Followed with a
glance towards the two kidlets; Kaesa's nose wrinkling slightly before she's
regarding Kibi with something akin to amusement..?
Sii'kyn
just realized it's his pose. Whooee! Absentminded Ike. "Well, Ram needs a
good tooth-picking," Sii'kyn rambles. "Is that of good enough
practical-joker quality?" He eyes Kaesa and Kibai, and leeeeeans forwards
towards Ashli. "We should make 'em crawl into his mouth to pick out the
back ones and make Ram close his mouth and give 'em a scare. It'd be fun!"
Beam. "Or.." He pauses, and blinks over at Aries. "Pranks are
the spice of life. But if you ever said I pranked anyone, ever, I'd have to
laugh and pat your head condenscendingly and then make sure you got permanently
assigned to the nastiest nanny ever." He pauses. "Wait. Tya retired
and Py's a goldrider now, so maybe that wouldn't work.." Hackcoughsnicker.
Skepticism
makes its way over Kibi's features, along with a fine dash of 'what the heck
are these people talking about and do I really want to know?' And if he keeps
getting looked at, the teenager is going to have to start wondering if he has
suddenly acquired purple dots all over his face or something. Sure, he is
gorgeous, but do they really need to look at him that way? As Kaes does lean
towards him, he leans towards her in the hopes of learning something... or not.
He rolls his eyes, reaching over with the intention of planting a hand to Kaes'
face and push her way, albeit gently. Alright, so it is rather difficult to not
overhear mutterings about cleaning out a dragon's mouth, from the inside. Broad
and faux smile appears. So fake.
Ashli
rolls her eyes and mutters something like 'Faranth save us' as she glares at
Aries. "I only lie when I need to. And they're only little lies, and
they're for good reasons, and Mommy shouldn't be talking bad about either of us
to either of us." she comments unhappily, azure eyes suddenly looking
somewhat repentant. "Daddy doesn't think I'm bad! He just thinks I'm a
bit...funny. I keep him on his toes. There'd be no fun around here without
me." Ashli states, almost as if to reassure herself as well. "Daddy
won't get mad. He might even think it'd be funny. And I'll tell Zaqith to keep
him happy and distracted." she grins brightly at the thought of how to
convince Zaqith of it. Ashli giggles at the thought of making people crawl into
Ram's mouth to pick his teeth, before she beams oh-so-innocently, "You
could simply assign him as some sort of 'handmaiden' to Pyrene." she notes
brightly, "Since she'll have so much to do nowadays anyways with the
clutch and all. Though that might be a little too mean to Pyrene..." Ashli
suddenly blinks and notes, "Ooh! Congratulations on the beautiful clutch,
by the way!! I waved at you out there on the sands, but I think you were a bit
preoccupied." Ashli beams happily...
Aries
smirks, a faint grin showing behind his wicked look. "Mommy never talks
about me. She loves me more. Hah. That's what you get for always being bad,
Ashli." Aries jumps, staring at Sii'kyn in shock. "NOT PYRENE!"
He screeches in fear, taking a giant step back. "I'll help! Really I
will!" With a scared look, he eyes the two siblings over there, then his
own sister, then Ike again. "Really! Just don't make me go with Pyrene,
she's /Mean/." Yes, he's loud, but at least he didn't give away the plan,
right?
And
quite suddenly.. there's a fruity-smelling hand in her face. Guiding her right back to her seat. Kaes stifles the snicker that threatens to
come out, one hand even raising to cover her mouth as she makes a rather
'polite cough', and then, "Dear brother.. I do believe they fancy
you." She can make such an
assumption because she is the evil one out of this pair. Settling her forearms over her stomach now,
Kaesa contents herself with clearing her throat. The prelude to offering out, "..do you remember that fellow
you ran across a few days ago?" A
subtle hint, if nothing else. Should
Kibs say no, well that wouldn't stop Kaesa from continuing, "He recieved
one such message. From a lady 'friend'
no less.."
Sii'kyn
muses. "Anything but Pyrene, hmm? Py's not that bad, really." He'll
refrain from making comments such as 'even in bed', because-- hey, they're
young, even if they're weyrbrats. He appraises Aries and Ashli for a moment,
and a devilish look crosses his face. "Hey, guys, how old did you say
ya'll were?" Ashli's evil enough, and-- hey! Aries can get prankdom beaten
into him. Ike's got that Gleam going. "Thanks, Ash. It /was/ a pretty clutch,
wasn't it? And Cadge was only four eggs off from Nissi, and Nissi got caught by
a bronze. How cool is that?" His beam is broad, even as he settles his
hobbywork aside, shooting glances every now and then to Kaesa and Kibai.
Kibai
smirks after Kaes, hand reaching up to brush away the dark hair from his eyes
for the moment. Of course, it simply falls right back into place. Can he help
if he got all the good looks and she got all the left-over resentment? Or was
that evil? Such a darling creature, his sister. Careful though, she bites.
"Which one would that be? There really are so many, Kaesa-dear. Have I
slept with him?" *slurp* Yes, the noise that is made as he sucks the juice
out of a slice of orangefruit. Pretty good fruit too. Orangefruit crop must
have been perfect this turn. "I like the way you say friend, Kaesa."
Ashli
huffs at Aries. "Pyrene is very nice. You just aren't nice to her."
Apparently, Pyrene has gotten upon Ashli's good list. "We're a little over
11." she answers, eyeing him curiously, though she doesn't ask the
question dancing in dark eyes. "It was! I really liked that egg, the one
that was all shiny and beautiful, and had green tinges on it, and looked kinda
like a waterfall, with a spring, and all..." she natters on for a moment
about what seems to have been the Celtic themed egg, though who knows, her
description is ambiguous enough for it to have been any number of eggs.
"It was very cool! I think Cadge's eggs were prettier, too." This
last statement is whispered conspiratorially to Ike, as she leans towards him a
bit.
Aries?
Grow /into/ prandom? Not likely. He's too dense, or so Ashli would say.
"We're 11. And they were pretty eggs. But I think Cadge is gonna eat
Nissionath." He nods sharply, a faint smile tugging his lips. "She's
just as mean as Pyrene is." Yes, Aries is secretly afraid of Cadgwith,
too. But he'll go along with the prank as long as Ike doesn't feed Aries to
Cadge... Or worse, Pyrene!
Kaes
was evil, Kibi was conceited. Quite the
pair they made. At her brothers words,
Kaesa only rolls her eyes, a delicate sounding sigh coming as she idly waves
one hand infront of her face. The
dismissive gesture sent towards her brother, "One of them, brother. I can't remember every one, nor do I even
want to try." And should she even
make the attempt? She'd have a head
full of gray hair by noon. Her lips
pull up into another one of those half grins at the last of his words; her gaze
spared off of him and towards those around her once more, until its back to
studying Kibai, "Well his /friend/," And there's that twist to the
word again, met with a brief widening of that grin, "Sent out two other
scrolls.. the same wording and everything." And therein, dear folks, lay the secrets and the scandle.
Sii'kyn
muses. "Hn. Interesting. That's too bad-- only a turn or two older, and I
would have asked ya'll to Stand. I've got a quota, see, and you two would have
been perfect.." He sighs. "I'll have to find someone else, I
suppose." A sidling glance, but he shakes his head. "Too
scrawny," he says aloud, to some question in his head-- no doubt that Ram
queried. "Okay. Let's do it." An absolutely toothy smirk, and he
rises to his feet. "If Cadge eats Nissi... Tail first or wings first,
y'think?" he questions Aries, before snickering and heading towards Kibai
and Kaesa, automatically putting on the 'Foreboding Weyrleader' face.
"Messenger, steward," he states evenly. "I seem to have.. some
sort of dilemna." He shifts a glance over his shoulder. Are the brats
gonna back him up on this or not? "See, Ram has a problem with his teeth,
and I'm not.. quite the young colt I used to be. Perhaps you two could
help?" One slim eyebrow lifts in question. No, he doesn't care that he's
intruding.
Aries
giggles, shrugging through his faint disappointment at not being able to stand,
although being not asked with Ashli is better than her being asked and him not,
right? With a bright grin, he nods, wrinkling his nose eagerly. "Tail.
She'll chomp it." Young colt? Ike was a young colt? Is that supposed to be
non-flattery for young stud, there, browner? For a moment, Aries forgets the
prank and frowns slightly at Sii'kyn. "But what about me? I'm small
enough!" There's a slight whine to his voice as he eyes his sister and
then the other two, then Ike. "We're littler than them. You just said
so!" Whooops. Brilliant Aries. You're ruining the plan!
Kibai's
chin turns and he simply squints across to Kaes. Squint. "Are you
serious..." Actually, he doesn't sound all that amazed, impressed, or
otherwise in awe of what she has to say. He finally chuckles though, dropping
back into his chair, tucking bare feet more securely underneath him. "What
are you doing reading the mail, Kaes? For shame. I should have you fired."
And then the dark shadow of Authority falls upon him. Blink. Teenager's head
lifts to peer up at Ike as they are approached. Automatically, the young man
slides from his seat to stand, feet slipping into his shoes. "Yes, sir?
Help with what, do you mean?"
Kaesa's
head comes down in a humoured nod, "I am," before she draws her hands
up to indicat herself, "...me?"
Cue the all too innocent look from Kaesa as she shakes her head,
"It just happened to fall open, and..well I had to pick it up and wipe the
dirt off it." And in the process.. read it. Her lips give a slight purse, as if she were on the verge of
saying more, when she too glances towards Sii'kyn. Half spurred by her brother standing and addressing the other. And in lazy fashion, she follows. Though without as much politeness as her brother,
"...help?" Master of the one word responses and that brow arch, Kaesa
simply folds her hands over her stomach in a slightly slouched fashion.
Ashli
frowns slightly and sighs at Ike. "Really? You'd ask us to Stand? Awww...I
wish we were older, Aries! Well, maybe next clutch..." she says with a
slightly disappointed air, though she quickly perks up at the fact that they'd
be suitable Candidates. Ashli giggles brightly before suddenly turning very
serious. "You know, dental care in dragons is very important." she
notes, before whacking Aries with the back of her hand and noting aloud,
"But, you see, it takes a very special kind of person to clean teeth, and
I'm afraid that Aries and I would just be too little...too easy to be
swallowed, you know, at our size." Ashli nods brightly. Aha. The queen of
thinking up quick excuses for her twin, she seems to be.
Sii'kyn
lifts a brow slightly, eyes narrowing lightly at Kaesa. Not getting any brownie
points, nope. Now, /Kibai/, on the other hand, gets an approving smile. He's
going to like this one. "He's got food stuck in his teeth. Like my young
companion just said.. Ram has this nasty tendancy of trying to swallow when
people are in his mouth, and he might actually swallow one of them and /then/
where would we be?" Ike rolls his eyes. "So, if you'd follow
me..." He settles firmly towards the door. And if they don't follow? Well,
them's some tough cookies, then. He'll demote them! Whoo-hoo! .. or not.
Coughcough.
Sii'kyn
wanders out through the little door all but hidden off to the side.
Kibai
flickers a sidelong glance to Kaesa, and then reaches over to snag her shoulder
and drag her along with him. He is /so/ not going to have to talk his way out
of this one alone.
Kaesa..really
doesn't have much of a choice now. Even
as she begins to protest.. "Kiii-" Words are cut off short, and out
she goes after brother dearest and Sii'kyn."
Kibai
continues to move along after Sii'kyn, one hand with fingers firmly curled
around the fabric of Kaes' shirt. Yes, definitely not going through this alone.
"Sir? Wouldn't... firelizards be better equipped to help with such a
thing? Or possibly a very long stick?
Very, very long stick?" Very long.
"Hmmm.
Okay, Ram, open wide," Ike cheerfully comments, sidling glances over at
Kibai and Kaesa. "What're your two's names, again, for the record?"
Just so when he has to mark off 'Ram ate <these> people today..' he'll
know, of course. Snigger. Ram, meanwhile, balefully eyes the one pair of
siblings and drops his head to whuffle friendly-ish at Ashli and Aries, though
his eyes stay triggered on.. one of the other two, though it's hard to tell if
he's staring at Kibai or Kaesa. "No, it's best when a person does it. Son,
you can take the left side, and darlin', you can take the right side of his
mouth. Ram!" Sidramuntalath finally gives him a baleful look and opens
wiiiide. Lookit all those nice shiny pointies.. With lots of tendons and icky
meat-junk stuck between them. "Apparently there's a big bone shard in his
back teeth, on the left side, so look out for it," he idly warns Kibai.
Cough.
Brothers..
they were always good for something.
His words draw the briefest of laughs, "A stick? Honestly
now!" There's a brief snort, and
then Sidramuntalath is spotted and Kaesa's mouth closes with a firm 'clunk' of
bottom teeth hitting upper. Her gaze
remains on the dragon until she's called..darlin? And so her response of, "Kaesa," Comes a little more
forced than she'd like, and is met with a semi apologetic look afterwards. Must remember her manners. Now that there
was something to be worried about. Such
as becoming an apetizer for a dragon.
".er..yes, Kibi, you get the left side." Where that bone was. Kaesa will just go off to the right
side. Wrangling herself free of Kibi's
grasp and sending him a fleeting look.. Oh yes, he /had/ to drag her along to
play dentist for a dragon.
Ashli
beams and waves at Ram happily. "Hi there, Sidramuntalath!!" she
chirps brightly, reaching upwards and stretching her petite form, her hand
moving towards his nose as it to pat it. "Ooh, Aries, isn't this
fun?" she questions oh-so-innocently, waving with her free hand to the two
other siblings as they wander straight into the thick of the plot...
Aries
blinks slowly, still confused about why he can't help, but when he's faced with
Sidramuntalath, he remembers. "Oh yeah." Ram is given a shaky, but
happy smile and even a wave as he giggles to himself. "Hi,
Sidramamta...th." Aries stumbles over himself, having never fully gotten
the hang of Ike's dragon's name. But yes. We reach the middle of the plan. Lock
the two secret-tellers right in there. Muahaha.
And
thus... that would have to be the side that Kibai would be on. Naturally."
He squints after Ike though at the mention of 'son', and then slowly replies
rather dryly, "Kibai, sir." Eyes narrow at the sight of the dragon's
gaping maw and it takes an enormous force of will to not turn right on back
around and walk away. One hand plants over mouth and nose to spare him some of
that proverbial 'dragon breath'. The young man makes a wide berth of that
mouth, only to come around a little on the left side, "Where?... Could you
have him open it up a little wider, please?" Oh fardles. Is that drool or
Faranth knows what? Come on, Kibi. Buck up. All in a days work.
Sii'kyn
smirks slightly. "Ram confers his highest greetings," he mutters to
Ashli. Yes, Ram apparently decided that she wasn't eating-worthy, but worthy of
approval, at least. "Hm. Kibai and Kaesa. Siblings?" he interrogates.
"Wider, Ram." Ram cranks the muzzle all the way open, enough for a
couple of people to enter, crouched, in tight corners. "Oh, and just pry
it right on out. He'll letcha know if you're being too forceful with it. It
might be a little bit slippery, too, you know.. rotten meat and all that,"
he airly comments to Kaesa and Kibai. Then he retreats to his two little
troublemakers-- okay, one little justice keeper and one little troublemaker,
and grins devilishly. Mwahaha!
Kaesa
regards Kibi from the corner of her eyes, ".. we /must/ talk after this,
dear brother," And that coment
should answe Sii'kyn's question on whether or
not their siblings. Though she
doesn't do it herself. So much as she
does glance at the mouth of the dragon she was about to step into. Or.. lean into. For the first time in her life, the young girl is left at a
standstill. And it shows in the
contortion of her face, the wrinkling of her brows and the pursed lips. Just like mother looked that one day Kaesa
brought home a new pet. Still, she does
move forwards. Her hands pushing up her
sleeves as she goes. Cheeks puckering
out from baited breath.
Ashli
beams at Ike, "Really? How sweet of him." she comments blithely,
beaming up at Ram as well. Ashli covers her mouth with a hand and begins to
cough and hack and weeze. Or...is that laughter? No, of course not, Ashi's had
too much practice at hiding her laughter. Her sudden coughing fit comes to a
stop as suddenly as it began, and a few tears leak out of her eyes as she waves
a hand and notes, "Ohh, umm...sudden allergies, you know..."
Aries
giggles again, watching motionlessly as the two siblings go about doing what
Ike says. As the action gets going, he starts bouncing slightly, hyped up by
his first ever prank... And he can't even get in trouble for it because the
weyrleader's helpin'! No wait! It was the weyrleader's /idea/! He giggles at
Ashli's tears of laughter, giggling incessently himself.
Come on
now. Kibi has gone through worse things in life. Right?... Right? At Kaes'
words though, he is chuckling darkly once more. "Must we? I'd rather you
just got down to it and tried to beat my black and blue later." And into
the dragon's mouth she goes? He sighs though, still keeping a hand up in a vain
attempt to keep him from that breath. "Where..." He leans inside
further, rolling his eyes at the sound of laughter that is barely heard through
the sound of draconic breathing.
"Ram
says it'd help if you actually walked /in/," Ike hollers helpfully.
"Don't worry, I won't let him do anything stupid. Just.. step up onto his
tongue and sorta lean against his teeth while you un-wedge stuff."
Sii'kyn, plotting evily? Of course not. "They're too scrawny," he
sadly states. "It's a pity, really." Sighheave. "Need any help
gettin properly in?" he questions of them, innocently, before choking back
guffaws, leaning back and trying not to die of not-breathing.
Quite
the number of squeaks come -- Kaesa's attempt at carrying on a conversation
while she's peering rather cautiously and with much disgust at the inside of
the dragons mouth. Good thing this
can't be seen from the outside, else she'd have a ruined reputation.. Finally
though, one squeak leads into words. Though these are tightly pinched,
"..wob be tryin'," Is
given. Semi humoured as she pinches her nose with one hand. The other pawing innefectually at the area's
the mouth not occupied by razor sharp teeth.
Until that laughter is heard.. or bits and pieces of it. And Kaesa nearly pulls her head out of the
dragon's mouth. Stopping only when
'help' is offered. At which point an
indigannt snort might just echo from within the mouth. And Kaesa (foolishly?) plunges further
in. "...hewp inbeeb.." Might
just be heard from the still nose-pinched, teeth checking teen.
Ashli
blinks innocently. Laughter? What laughter? That was a full-fledged allergy
attack, of course. Hmpf. Non-believers. Ashli blinks. "Those two? Too
scrawny? Well...I suppose, yes...or perhaps they're simply too scared..."
she notes brightly, before suddenly coming down with another fit of allergies,
this time tears streaming down her cheeks with suppressed laug...ahem, the
strength of the allergy attack, that is...
Aries
collapses onto the ground to simply hold his sides while he laughs away. Since
he's wasn't that far from it to begin with, his body thunks slightly. Wow! Who
knew pranks could be so much fun? The boy glances up at Ike, one hand stuffed
against his mouth to stiffle his giggles.
Alright.
This has gone on long enough. With a grumble of something best left censored,
Kibai pushes up the sleeves of his shirt beyond his elbows and steps in,
murmuring to the dragon, "Pardon me..." Always be polite whenever
climbing into somedragon's mouth. He squints closer to the back of the dragon's
mouth, one hand coming up to brush with fingers against the roof of the mouth,
"I can't see anything... Where?" He has pretty much well given up
covering his own nose and mouth now. A few more words that he did not learn in
an Harper-taught class are mumbled as he locates what could be the offending
bit of bone. Hopefully it isn't just another tooth. But, he is going to reach
for it and tug hard, with or without Kaes' help.
In your
mind, you hear a soft voice say, << Thank you. That bone.. very annoying.
You have my gratitude. >> Pure heat, pure Sidramuntalath; << You
know... >> A low rumble of ash-tinted humor, the dry rustle of a deep
baritone voice against the fiery /heat/ of simple mind presence; << ... I
think you'll do. >>
Sidramuntalath
has other ideas than Ike, Aries, and Ashli's plannings, though. He lightly
clamps down on the two in his mouth, just a bit; juuuust enough to make it
clear to the world that he's not letting them out. Ike.. stops laughing. Yes,
he does. Mental argument ensues. "Ram, you can't do this to me! It's
unfair! Raaaaam.. they're scrawny," he whimpers, after a moment (or five).
"Ram. You do it." His nose hikes into the air. "Okay, okay.
Fine. Fine. /Fine/! You don't have to be so.. forceful." Taking a deep
breath, he addresses... Ram's mouth. "Kaesa, Kibai, would either of you be
inclined to Stand on the Sands of this great weyr for Cadge and Nissi's
double-clutch?" There's a reflective pause, and he sighs. "I don't
think he'll let you out until you say yes."
Ashli
sighs at Aries. "You know, we should've volunteered to go in there
afterall." the girl says, completely deadpanning, azure eyes dancing with
amusement at the dry statement. "Scrawnyness is a good thing." Ashli
notes studiously, huffing slightly at Ike, though she winks brightly and claps
for the two. "Candidates to prank, Candidates to praaaank!" she
cheers happily. Apparently, Ashli can't wait until there're more of them around
so that she can organize a huge prank.
Aries
blinks, getting up off the floor quickly. "Yeah. We shoulda." He pouts
slightly, looking downcast, though he does manage a smile and a shrug for the
new most likely candidates.
"Theb!"
Kaesa comments, gesturing towards..something vaguely bone shaped. Whether or not it's what Kibi and her were
sent in to get is beyond her. Though
once Kibi moves to tug at whatever /it/ was, she goes to help. Albeit she only gets a half step into doing
so, before both her hands come down, one from the pinch about her nose and the
other from infront of her and..well she does a pretty good imitation of her
brothers earlier words and glances /up/ at the dragon. "What'd you say?" And now she's hearing voices? Voices multiplied as Sii'kyn's question
comes, and Kaesa is staring at Kibi.
"...Kibi!" It's not an excited comment, so much as a
growl. Yes, it's his fault. If she hadn't heard that rumour about the
bluerider and him, then she wouldn't have teased him and she wouldn't have
gotten grabbed and pulled out here to pick at a dragons teeth!
Kibai
nearly cracks his head upon the roof of the dragon's mouth, and this time the
word that he mutters could definitely give a Seacrafter a run for his money.
Owww. Stars. He reaches a free hand up to rub at the back of his head while the
other holds a bit of gristly bone. And then it is suddenly getting very close
in here. Very very close. Blue-irised gaze shoots over to Kaes, and then
outside. He has enough problems with his own personality as it is, he really
doesn't need more voices talking away in his head. "Yes?" If it'll
get him out of here, he'd probably agree to anything.
Sii'kyn
jovially slaps Ram on the jaw. "Let the boy out. I need to talk to the
girl, though." He rummages though his pre-done-lines. "Okay. Lesse.
Kaesa, was it? You reeeeeally, really need to say yes, here. I mean, the chance
at bein' a candidate it so slim that if you don't take it.. I might be forced
to let Ram eat you." Ram chortles at that, a husky draconic noise that
rumbles up through his throat; meanwhile, he just opens his mouth as wide as
before, enabling the siblings to back out of his mouth if they so wish.
"And good choice, Kibai. Really." Sunny beam is shot his-ways.
"Ram, I hate you," he then pleasantly announces.
"Kibi!"
The call comes again, met with a small darkening of the girls gaze. And..she begins scrunching down some. Shoulders hunkered over as Kaesa hugs her
arms against stomach. Gaze on Kibai,
even after she hears Sii'kyns words.. "Just what will mother and fa-"
But there it is. The too /broad/ grin
and brightening of her face. Her gaze
slides back to regard Sii'kyn, "Yes." Quite firm, quite proud and quite.. mischevious. Oh she's gone and done it.. she
accepted. After flinching at that nice
little rumble that comes from Sidramuntalath, of course.
Ashli
claps yet again at their acceptance and beams, whispering to Aries, "Do
you think they really know what they're getting into?" Because, of course,
if they did, they might just rather be swallowed alive. Not that Ashli will
tell them that, this early...when they're so easily prankable...and a double
clutch, with at least 45 Candidates...well, the pranks will be astounding. :)
Aries
pouts for just a moment more that it wasn't him and Ashli that were searched,
but he got to see it happen, nonetheless. "Yeah!" He half-shouts,
pumping a fist as he busts out into a giant grin. His sister is given a hug
before he calls "I gotta tell Dad!" Of course, tattletaler would run
right to Daddy and tell him first thing about this awesome thing he saw.
"Bye! 'Gratulations!"
Kibai
is quick to step over lower teeth to get the heck out of that mouth. Ugh. He
reaches his free hand over to Kaes to offer her help getting out of there as
well. And as soon as he is free, he is tossing the scrap of bone and sinew to
the ground, wiping his hand upon his thigh. Just disgusting. He finally looks
back up though, still not quite all that sure about what he agreed to.
"Congratulations?" Alright... "Thank you, sir."
Sii'kyn
leans back on his heels. "Congratulations," he drily comments to
Kibai, nodding slightly. "And you're more than welcome." Wryly, he
snickers at Kaesa, winks, and shifts on his heels. "If you'd follow
me," he airily states, as if his dragon didn't just nearly threaten to eat
possible candidates. "I'll getcha set up in the barracks." Widebeam.
Kaesa
does take that hand out and climbs down.
Sure of just one thing.. her parents would be /irate/! And that in
itself, was more than enough cause for her to do this. Never mind the chores, tasks and.. shared
living quarters. She'd deal. Sii'kyn is offered a small nod, that smile
still not fading from her face as she moves to follow him when he does. Kibai the only recipient of her whisper of,
".. just wait till they hear about this!"
Kibai
chuckles faintly at Kaes' words, nodding over to her. He flashes her what could
be a wink before he is looking up to Ike, "Yes. After you,
Weyrleader."
Sii'kyn
strides purposely to the Caverns.
You
survived! Escaping through the heavy canvas curtain you arrive here...
Candidate
Barracks
Serviceable,
this low-ceiling'd room runs right and left from the heavy canvas curtains that
function as a door: relatively bare of
ornamentation, tidy glows light the few worn tapestries that adorn the walls
and depict a variety of dragons in flight or at rest. But it is the cots, lots and lots of cots, that distinguish this
room from the others, their blue or black coverlets tucked neatly over
relatively fresh rushes.
Candidate's
haven, this is their escape from the bustling world of chores and Weyr;
visitors are welcome if invited.
Resting
atop the doorframe are six firelizards.
You see
Name Board and Celeste's Cot here.
You
notice Celeste asleep here.
Sii'kyn
and Kaesa are here.
Obvious
exits:
Caverns
Sii'kyn
sends a drudge running for a cot. After
a few minutes the drudge returns dragging a big heavy cot for Kibai.
Sii'kyn
sends a drudge running for a cot. After
a few minutes the drudge returns dragging a big heavy cot for Kaesa.
Sii'kyn
widely sweeps a motion with his arm. "Welcome to the wonderful world of
Candidacy," he dryly comments. "Have fun." A flashed grin, and
he's heading.. back out the door.