The Fruits of Boredom [OPEN]

[kitsuneko]

R'hard, I'm bored, Kaith said in a tone dangerously close to whining. The brown was curled up in his weyr, as he had been for most of the day. Only now, an hour or two before dinnertime, did he pipe up to complain.

R'hard rolled his eyes, as he often did where Kaith was concerned, though normally he wasn't actually as annoyed as he was right now. He turned to glare at the weyrling, now a turn old. "Every time we have to go out to do something, you complain that you never get to stay in. Now that we actually have a day off, you're suddenly bored?" One would think that by now R'hard would have actually understood the dragon he was bonded to. Ha.

But I've already napped enough for today, I'm not hungry, and the sky's too cloudy for a proper sunbath. What else is there to do?

R'hard sighed. Oh well, might as well take the opportunity to get the brown some exercise while he was more or less willing. "How 'bout we take a walk around the Weyrbowl or something? See if there's anyone else about," R'hard suggested, knowing full well at this time of day the Weyrbowl would certainly be far from empty. Kaith could use some social interaction.

Kaith made a grunting sound which R'hard took as assent and climbed to his feet. After a brief stretch, during which Hari and Sahar decided to show themselves and wrapped themselves around R'hard's neck, they took off for the Weyrbowl.

The sky was overcast, but at least it wasn't actively raining, and it was late enough in the season that even this late in the day it was still quite warm outside. Unsurprisingly, the 'bowl was bustling with activity as weyrling and rider meandered without any particular destination, R'hard glancing around to see if there was anyone he knew.

[shinska]

Aela was walking around the Weyrbowl. She was bored and decided to go for a walk. Ambling behind her was silent Talath. Aela hummed a little tune as she meandered her way around the Weyrbowl. She already finished her lessons and chores for the day so she had some free time. Talath didn't need feeding or cleaning so that left Aela with either staying inside to read or go outside and walk around. She opted for the second choice and so here Aela was. A nudge from Talath. "What?"

Talath nodded in a direction and Aela followed the Obsidian's gaze and her eyes lit up. It was R'hard! "R'hard!" She made her way over to her fellow Weyrling and friend. "Hey. How are you doing?" She smiled at her friend and her eyes settled on Kaith, "Your Brown looks good. You two are great together." The 16 Turn old girl tilted her head and asked, "How has your lessons been going?" They talked a few times in lessons, but never really had the time to spend together outside it. Aela blushed as she remembered the time they first met. She liked R'hard... A LOT. For now though she was content to be friends with him.

Talath snuffed at Kaith. Greetings Clutchbrother.[/color] She fell silent after that and Aela shook her head, "It amazes me every time she speaks. Sometimes I forget she CAN talk. She's very quiet." With a laugh Aela scratched Talath's eye ridges the best she could. "So. What have you been up to R'hard?" She turned back to her friend. Aela was glad she had opted for the walk. If she hadn't she may not have gotten the chance to catch up with her friend.

[kitsuneko]

Their little impromptu stroll was uneventful, until R'hard heard his name and looked up. He grinned at Aela, his friend and fellow weyrling, as she walked over to him, silent Talath beside her.

"Hey there! Kaith and I are doing fine." The browrider jerked a thumb in Kaith's direction as he continued. "He finally got bored of lazing about in our weyr, so we decided to take a walk."

R'hard's two fire lizards were content to ignore the new arrivals entirely, but the weight of them both on his shoulders was beginning to tell, so he shooed them off, and the brown and green flits found a new perch on Kaith's back. Aela asked him about lessons then, so R'hard fixed his eyes back on her.

He gave a slightly self-deprecating smile. "As much as Kaith complains about it, I think we're actually doing alright. He'd probably be at the top of the class if he actually put some work into his training," R'hard said. Then again, he wasn't particularly interested in excelling either--no wonder they were a good match.

Hello, sister, Kaith said simply in reply to Talath's greeting. With a mental nudge from R'hard to be polite and make conversation, he added, Er, lovely weather we're having, isn't it? The brown picked out the common phrase from memory, oblivious to the currently clouded sky, and R'hard held back a laugh.

"It can be difficult to get them to associate with others," R'hard nodded to Aela. "Or, at least, that's the way it is with Kaith. But then, he's always been kind of apathetic towards people. Do you have those sort of problems with Talath?"