Post by kitsuneko on Jul 28, 2011 15:26:13 GMT -5
Maeleth had been particularly grumpy the last few days, since the eggs in her belly were making her more and more uncomfortable. Iskra didn't let her dragon's mood affect her own too much, though, and in fact she was a good deal happier than she had been in a while. The gold was due to clutch very soon now, and Iskra was anxious to see the eggs.
The gold was lying in her bed, attempting to nap, but now she shifted and gave a quiet hiss as she raised her head. It is time, she said simply, and rider and dragon both made their way to the hatching sands. They were as hot as ever, and Iskra took a seat in the sands rather than spend more time on them than she needed to. Maeleth was no stranger to clutching, and as soon as she assured her rider that she was fine, the queen settled down to begin laying her clutch. Within an hour, she had already laid five eggs and showed no sign of slowing down, which Iskra thought boded well for the final size of the clutch.
It was a long time before she looked up again. There, that is all of them, Maeleth said, satisfaction plain in her voice. Only then did Iskra stand up to get a better look at the eggs. Her attention was drawn to a particular egg, larger than all the rest and bearing a gleaming shell, which Maeleth was nudging carefully into place directly between the dragon's forepaws. She hummed happily and stared at Iskra.
"Is that what I think it is?" Iskra asked, stepping down onto the sands to get a better look.
It is, Maeleth confirmed. A Queen egg. There were streaks of pale, mossy green on the shell, but now that she was closer, the golden shine was plain to see.
Iskra didn't restrain her shout of joy. Finally. This was exactly what the Weyr needed, and she was proud of Maeleth for laying it. "You did wonderfully, my love," she told her as she stroked the gold's muzzle. Maeleth crooned proudly in response.
It was only after a few minutes of watching the gold egg that Iskra finally turned her attention to the rest of the clutch. She counted twenty-four eggs in all, including the queen egg; a good-sized clutch. To either side of the gold, surrounding the golden egg were two other eggs almost as large. One was marked with swirls of red and orange; the other was somewhat smaller, with bold streaks of blue mixed with caramel-colored swirls. She frowned as she inspected the shells. Would Maeleth lay garnets and sub-queens as Loraketh had? She wasn't entirely sure how she felt about the prospect. So much trouble had already come from the Weyr's new colors, the last thing she wanted was for Maeleth to get caught up in it. Then again, the eggs might just hold normal bronzes or browns, or other colors, and she was just over-thinking things.
The eggs will be what they will be, Maeleth told her calmly. There's no changing that. Things will turn out all right, Iskra.
Iskra sighed at that, but gave a smile. "I hope you're right about that, my dear. We'd better tell the rest of the Weyr and get things started for the feast, hmm?"
1. Blue Sea Egg
This egg is of middling size and almost perfectly round, rather than the more oblong shapes of the other eggs. It has a deep blue shell with swirls of orange-brown, caramel-like coloring, including one near the top of the egg that reminds people of a cresting wave. The egg responds readily to touch with feelings of calm and protectiveness.
2. Rose Red Egg
A smallish egg, the shell is a rosy, pale red color, hence the name. It has speckles of a deeper blood red on the shell as well, but no other distinguishing markings. It often seems to disappear among its more eye-catching brethren, and the dragonet inside seems happy with that, for when touched, one gets a feeling of shyness.
3. Pearly Dream Egg
This egg is on the smaller side, with a pearly, smooth white shell. It has misty grey markings along its surface as well as light purple spots on the shell. It seldom reacts to touch, but when it does, it gives off a feeling of calm, optimistic welcome.
4. Gleaming Hope Egg
This is it, the pride of the clutch, Maeleth's golden Queen egg. Although it is streaked with shades of pale green...but no, it's definitely golden underneath those streaks. Definitely the largest egg of the clutch, it exudes a fierce sense of pride and confidence, along with a fair sense of curiosity when touched.
5. Gathering Storm Egg
A small, deep blue egg that looks almost black, lighter speckles of color are visible when the light hits it. This egg seems to give off a wild sense of energy and enthusiasm even to those who aren't close enough to touch it.
6. Forever Yours Egg
This is the second largest egg in the clutch, next to Maeleth's golden egg, and she dotes on it nearly as much as the Gleaming Hope egg. It is a pale tan in color, with swirls of lighter reds and yellows marking the surface and sometimes merging into shades of orange. It is certainly a colorful egg, and it seems to want to draw attention to itself; it projects happiness when touched and sadness or jealousy whenever that touch goes away.
7. Clinging Vines Egg
This is a small egg, deep green with bright purple spots that tend to make it stick out from the rest of the clutch. The egg gives a standoffish feeling to those who touch it, and gives the sense that it just wants to be left alone.
8. Gentle Green Egg
Of about middling size, the Gentle Green egg is a pale, mossy shade of green with large blotches of yellowish-tan on the shell. It gives off a warm, welcoming feeling and a sense of curiosity to those who touch its shell.
9. Snowy Wastes Egg
More blue than white, this egg could nevertheless be mistaken for white. The shell is a very pale blue with streaks of white coloring around the top of the egg. It's also one of the smaller eggs in the clutch, though not the smallest. It reacts very little when touched and seems to ignore everything around it.
10. Steel Edge Egg
A largeish egg that sits in the middle of the clutch, the Steel Edge egg is a pretty much uniform light tan in color with no distinguishing markings. It is cool to the touch and unresponsive; occasionally it responds to the candidates, but for the most part it is a quiet egg.
11. Silver Wind Egg
Silver Wind is another small egg with a greenish grey shell. It has light specklings of a silvery color along the top half of the shell, while the bottom half has small spots of black. It's another standoffish egg that actively tries to push away those who come near it with feelings of inadequacy and doubt.
12. Dull Dun Egg
This is an altogether unremarkable egg, average in size and a dull, light brown that tends to blend into the sand around it. It does have one spot of color, an almost perfect circle of silvery white near the top of the shell. It seems rather outgoing compared to its siblings, projecting feelings of happiness, friendship, and excitement to anyone who even comes near it.
13. Viridian Memory Egg
This is one of the larger eggs in the clutch, though still dwarfed by the likes of Gleaming Hope and Forever Yours. It is a very bright, eye-catching shade of yellow-green, with a few streaks of darker green on the shell. It seems morose, depressed even, and projects those feelings onto everyone around it.
14. White Jade Egg
This is probably the smallest egg in Maeleth's clutch, and a very pale, minty green that looks almost white. There are a few small specklings on the shell here and there, and one large blotch of deep green on the otherwise-unmarked egg. This egg seems prideful and confident--or at least that's the feeling it tries to give off, anyway.
15. Piercing Thorns Egg
Piercing Thorns is a deep blue-green egg with no outstanding markings. It's rather plain, average in size as well as color. It is slow to respond when touched, but eventually gives feelings of friendship, welcome, even flirtiness.
16. Lone Ghost Egg
Lone Ghost is a small egg that is a rather dull grey, though it has spots of much darker coloring along the shell. It seems to be a shy one, rarely responding to touch and seeming to try to withdraw into itself further.
17. Strong Arm Egg
This is a medium-sized egg with a deep purple shell, though it is also liberally specked with dark brown spots. It gives off a feeling of pride and accomplishment which soon fades.
18. Morning Glory Egg
The Morning Glory egg is a somewhat large egg with a bright blue shell. It is covered with large blotches of a deeper blue. This egg seems to be characterized by a feeling of impatience and anticipation--it seems as excited about hatching as the candidates.
19. Crystal Skies Egg
The Crystal Skies egg is a light, sky blue on the upper half, though the bottom half of the shell is a darker navy blue. Both sides of the shell are liberally speckled with a brighter, middling shade of blue. The egg gives off feelings of aggression and violence or, more rarely, protectiveness and possession, when touched.
20. Fallen Leaves Eggs
Fallen Leaves is a rather small egg with a pale, creamy shell. It has irregular blotches of deep red and brown all over the egg. It seems like a quiet egg, but it responds quickly with a feeling of friendliness when touched.
21. Brooding Silence Egg
Brooding Silence is a mid-sized egg with a deep reddish-brown shell. It has irregular streaks and spots of black all over the shell. It is silent and still, not really reacting to anything around it, and seems to be watching the candidates as much as they watch it.
22. Patient Pulse Egg
This is a medium-to-small-sized egg with a light pinkish-purple shell. It has no distinguishing markings, though its color alone is probably enough to separate it from the rest of the eggs. The dragonet inside seems to be a patient one; it remains silent until touched, at which point it projects warm feelings of kindness and generosity.
23. Crimson Stain Egg
Crimson Stain is another medium-sized egg, though closer to the large end of the scale. It is a bright, crimson red in color and nearly solid, except for one dark red mark near the top of the shell. It seems friendly and welcoming when approached, with a hint of shadowy cunning that is almost buried when it is touched.
24. Rainbow Mist Egg
Rainbow Mist is one of the smaller eggs, but it is certainly colorful! The base color is a light grey, but pale blues, yellows, reds and greens all mark its surface in a cloudy pattern. This egg seems to be easily excitable, often twitching back and forth and exuding a sense of eagerness and excitement when touched.
The gold was lying in her bed, attempting to nap, but now she shifted and gave a quiet hiss as she raised her head. It is time, she said simply, and rider and dragon both made their way to the hatching sands. They were as hot as ever, and Iskra took a seat in the sands rather than spend more time on them than she needed to. Maeleth was no stranger to clutching, and as soon as she assured her rider that she was fine, the queen settled down to begin laying her clutch. Within an hour, she had already laid five eggs and showed no sign of slowing down, which Iskra thought boded well for the final size of the clutch.
It was a long time before she looked up again. There, that is all of them, Maeleth said, satisfaction plain in her voice. Only then did Iskra stand up to get a better look at the eggs. Her attention was drawn to a particular egg, larger than all the rest and bearing a gleaming shell, which Maeleth was nudging carefully into place directly between the dragon's forepaws. She hummed happily and stared at Iskra.
"Is that what I think it is?" Iskra asked, stepping down onto the sands to get a better look.
It is, Maeleth confirmed. A Queen egg. There were streaks of pale, mossy green on the shell, but now that she was closer, the golden shine was plain to see.
Iskra didn't restrain her shout of joy. Finally. This was exactly what the Weyr needed, and she was proud of Maeleth for laying it. "You did wonderfully, my love," she told her as she stroked the gold's muzzle. Maeleth crooned proudly in response.
It was only after a few minutes of watching the gold egg that Iskra finally turned her attention to the rest of the clutch. She counted twenty-four eggs in all, including the queen egg; a good-sized clutch. To either side of the gold, surrounding the golden egg were two other eggs almost as large. One was marked with swirls of red and orange; the other was somewhat smaller, with bold streaks of blue mixed with caramel-colored swirls. She frowned as she inspected the shells. Would Maeleth lay garnets and sub-queens as Loraketh had? She wasn't entirely sure how she felt about the prospect. So much trouble had already come from the Weyr's new colors, the last thing she wanted was for Maeleth to get caught up in it. Then again, the eggs might just hold normal bronzes or browns, or other colors, and she was just over-thinking things.
The eggs will be what they will be, Maeleth told her calmly. There's no changing that. Things will turn out all right, Iskra.
Iskra sighed at that, but gave a smile. "I hope you're right about that, my dear. We'd better tell the rest of the Weyr and get things started for the feast, hmm?"
1. Blue Sea Egg
This egg is of middling size and almost perfectly round, rather than the more oblong shapes of the other eggs. It has a deep blue shell with swirls of orange-brown, caramel-like coloring, including one near the top of the egg that reminds people of a cresting wave. The egg responds readily to touch with feelings of calm and protectiveness.
2. Rose Red Egg
A smallish egg, the shell is a rosy, pale red color, hence the name. It has speckles of a deeper blood red on the shell as well, but no other distinguishing markings. It often seems to disappear among its more eye-catching brethren, and the dragonet inside seems happy with that, for when touched, one gets a feeling of shyness.
3. Pearly Dream Egg
This egg is on the smaller side, with a pearly, smooth white shell. It has misty grey markings along its surface as well as light purple spots on the shell. It seldom reacts to touch, but when it does, it gives off a feeling of calm, optimistic welcome.
4. Gleaming Hope Egg
This is it, the pride of the clutch, Maeleth's golden Queen egg. Although it is streaked with shades of pale green...but no, it's definitely golden underneath those streaks. Definitely the largest egg of the clutch, it exudes a fierce sense of pride and confidence, along with a fair sense of curiosity when touched.
5. Gathering Storm Egg
A small, deep blue egg that looks almost black, lighter speckles of color are visible when the light hits it. This egg seems to give off a wild sense of energy and enthusiasm even to those who aren't close enough to touch it.
6. Forever Yours Egg
This is the second largest egg in the clutch, next to Maeleth's golden egg, and she dotes on it nearly as much as the Gleaming Hope egg. It is a pale tan in color, with swirls of lighter reds and yellows marking the surface and sometimes merging into shades of orange. It is certainly a colorful egg, and it seems to want to draw attention to itself; it projects happiness when touched and sadness or jealousy whenever that touch goes away.
7. Clinging Vines Egg
This is a small egg, deep green with bright purple spots that tend to make it stick out from the rest of the clutch. The egg gives a standoffish feeling to those who touch it, and gives the sense that it just wants to be left alone.
8. Gentle Green Egg
Of about middling size, the Gentle Green egg is a pale, mossy shade of green with large blotches of yellowish-tan on the shell. It gives off a warm, welcoming feeling and a sense of curiosity to those who touch its shell.
9. Snowy Wastes Egg
More blue than white, this egg could nevertheless be mistaken for white. The shell is a very pale blue with streaks of white coloring around the top of the egg. It's also one of the smaller eggs in the clutch, though not the smallest. It reacts very little when touched and seems to ignore everything around it.
10. Steel Edge Egg
A largeish egg that sits in the middle of the clutch, the Steel Edge egg is a pretty much uniform light tan in color with no distinguishing markings. It is cool to the touch and unresponsive; occasionally it responds to the candidates, but for the most part it is a quiet egg.
11. Silver Wind Egg
Silver Wind is another small egg with a greenish grey shell. It has light specklings of a silvery color along the top half of the shell, while the bottom half has small spots of black. It's another standoffish egg that actively tries to push away those who come near it with feelings of inadequacy and doubt.
12. Dull Dun Egg
This is an altogether unremarkable egg, average in size and a dull, light brown that tends to blend into the sand around it. It does have one spot of color, an almost perfect circle of silvery white near the top of the shell. It seems rather outgoing compared to its siblings, projecting feelings of happiness, friendship, and excitement to anyone who even comes near it.
13. Viridian Memory Egg
This is one of the larger eggs in the clutch, though still dwarfed by the likes of Gleaming Hope and Forever Yours. It is a very bright, eye-catching shade of yellow-green, with a few streaks of darker green on the shell. It seems morose, depressed even, and projects those feelings onto everyone around it.
14. White Jade Egg
This is probably the smallest egg in Maeleth's clutch, and a very pale, minty green that looks almost white. There are a few small specklings on the shell here and there, and one large blotch of deep green on the otherwise-unmarked egg. This egg seems prideful and confident--or at least that's the feeling it tries to give off, anyway.
15. Piercing Thorns Egg
Piercing Thorns is a deep blue-green egg with no outstanding markings. It's rather plain, average in size as well as color. It is slow to respond when touched, but eventually gives feelings of friendship, welcome, even flirtiness.
16. Lone Ghost Egg
Lone Ghost is a small egg that is a rather dull grey, though it has spots of much darker coloring along the shell. It seems to be a shy one, rarely responding to touch and seeming to try to withdraw into itself further.
17. Strong Arm Egg
This is a medium-sized egg with a deep purple shell, though it is also liberally specked with dark brown spots. It gives off a feeling of pride and accomplishment which soon fades.
18. Morning Glory Egg
The Morning Glory egg is a somewhat large egg with a bright blue shell. It is covered with large blotches of a deeper blue. This egg seems to be characterized by a feeling of impatience and anticipation--it seems as excited about hatching as the candidates.
19. Crystal Skies Egg
The Crystal Skies egg is a light, sky blue on the upper half, though the bottom half of the shell is a darker navy blue. Both sides of the shell are liberally speckled with a brighter, middling shade of blue. The egg gives off feelings of aggression and violence or, more rarely, protectiveness and possession, when touched.
20. Fallen Leaves Eggs
Fallen Leaves is a rather small egg with a pale, creamy shell. It has irregular blotches of deep red and brown all over the egg. It seems like a quiet egg, but it responds quickly with a feeling of friendliness when touched.
21. Brooding Silence Egg
Brooding Silence is a mid-sized egg with a deep reddish-brown shell. It has irregular streaks and spots of black all over the shell. It is silent and still, not really reacting to anything around it, and seems to be watching the candidates as much as they watch it.
22. Patient Pulse Egg
This is a medium-to-small-sized egg with a light pinkish-purple shell. It has no distinguishing markings, though its color alone is probably enough to separate it from the rest of the eggs. The dragonet inside seems to be a patient one; it remains silent until touched, at which point it projects warm feelings of kindness and generosity.
23. Crimson Stain Egg
Crimson Stain is another medium-sized egg, though closer to the large end of the scale. It is a bright, crimson red in color and nearly solid, except for one dark red mark near the top of the shell. It seems friendly and welcoming when approached, with a hint of shadowy cunning that is almost buried when it is touched.
24. Rainbow Mist Egg
Rainbow Mist is one of the smaller eggs, but it is certainly colorful! The base color is a light grey, but pale blues, yellows, reds and greens all mark its surface in a cloudy pattern. This egg seems to be easily excitable, often twitching back and forth and exuding a sense of eagerness and excitement when touched.
