Relaxing {Candidates}

[Akira]

Demetri sighed as he started unpacking all of his stuff. When did I get so much stuff Iona? He turned his head to look at his gold firelizard, who just stared at him with swirling blue/green eyes. He rolled his own dark blue eyes at the firelizard, and went back to his task. He made sure that his clothes were folded, and put in their proper place. After all, you never know who you'll be rooming with right Iona? She chirped at him, and he laughed. He went back to putting his things away.

Demetri finally finished putting all of his clothes away, and went on to his other belongings, which took a lot longer than putting all of his clothes away. When he finally had only one thing left to put away, the only thing that he had of his father, a letter that he had written to his mother when Demetri was just a child. It had never been opened, and Demetri didn't feel like it would be right to open it now, though, he did wonder what it said. He placed it on the table next to his bed, and smiled when he realized that he finally finished unpacking.

Demetry whistled to Iona, who flew from her perch on Hers' bed, to land on his shoulder. The gold firelizard wrapped her long tail around Demetri's neck, which signaled to the teen that she was ready to see her new set of admirers. He shook his head, and made his way to the common room, wondering if there would be anyone out there at this time of the evening.

[Lark]

"Alright 'Korah! One more time and then we'll be done for the night." Sakalas grinned as she threw the clothe disk into the air. The lunar huntyre let out a loud caw before taking off on strong wings. Trained as he had been for turns, the huntyre reached out his talons and grabbed the disk with a triumphant screech. Flapping his wings, the bird landed on the floor near the fire and bit into the disk to retrieve the food there. Gobbling it up, the huntyre turned blue eyes to His. He was still hungry? Sighing, Saka threw Takorah the last of the treats she had on her.

She'd just gotten here from Apolla Hold after being searched and she still couldn't believe her luck. Smiling like a fool, the red-haired candidate curled up on the couch and began to humm. It was a song she had learned as a child. A lullabye from her trader clan. Opening her mouth, she let the sweet melody out instead of humming it. 'Korah flew up to His, chirping happily in response to the music. He loved it when he heard the girl singing, and as such sent her those feelings. "Thanks hun. I just would die if anyone heard though." Nodding his head, the huntyre went to work fixing his dark silver and white feathers.

[Akira]

Demetri smiled, and reached up to scratch his gold firelizard on her neck when he heard someone singing. Iona crooned when she heard the music, it was pretty, but Demetri quieted the flit with a single finger on top of her mouth. Then he heard a girl talking. I guess that means that we should make some noise. Iona was more than happy to make noise, and she immediately started trilling very loudly. Must you be so loud? Demetri glared at the gold flit when he spoke.

Demetri was glad that she had made noise, but did she have to make that much of it? He shook his eyes and sighed. He made his way around the couch, and jumped in surprise. It wasn't fake surprise, it was actually genuine. He hadn't expected to see a huntyre there, and was thankful that he didn't have to act surprised. Hello there, I'm Demetri, and this is Iona. I hope I didn't surprise you. He smiled as he introduced himself, and Iona. Iona crooned happily when Hers told these new people her name.

[Lark]

Saka jumped as a boy, a boy came around to her. "Oh! Hi there!" She smiled, hoping to Faranth he hadn't heard. Though, she really inside knew he had. After all, he had been right there behind her! Feeling a blush come on, Saka looked down quickly then thought what in Faranth's name was she doing? It wasn't like the girl to be shy and blush like a holdbred girl. Nope! She was better than that. Petting 'Korah's feathered head, she reached out to shake his hand maybe. "I'm Sakalas. Saka though is what I prefer. This is Takorah. It's nice to meet both of you. I wish I had a flit of my own. I love huntyres, my family breeds them, but I wouldn't mind a flit. I heard one clutched though. Maybe I'll get one of those? Or maybe when she rises next I could impress one of her children? Do you think she'd let me? I'm talking too much again aren't I?"

Closing her mouth, the candidate laughed. "I'm sorry. It's a bad habit of mine. You're a candidate for dragons right? I'd guess you'd be in the wher hold if you weren't." The girl reached out to the gold, but stopped suddenly. "Could I pet you?" She cocked her head to the side. Takorah ruffled his wings in response to his master's question. She wanted to give praise to someone besides him? Well, as long as the shiny one didn't hurt her! Cawing, the huntyre watched the firelizard with curious, and careful greenish, amber eyes. The swirls were slow though, so for now at least the bird was calm. "It's funny how their eyes are opposite that of a dragon's or flits. Even whers are different."

Moving to sit cross-legged on the floor, Sakalas looked up at the boy. After all, she was shorter than most people she met, this one definitely included. "So, what are you hoping to get on hatching day? Oh! I wonder who will even catch Maelath. What eggs she'll have too...you think the new colors will be there as well? I know the traders are talking about it tons. They said the north and southern traders have heard the Weyrs are a bit unhappy. I think they're worried that it means the dragons will get sick or something. After all, why would there be new colors? Maybe it's just Loraketh though...after all it's a bit odd for a Gold to have orangish markings right? Then again Maelath has sort of greenish bronze ones.....maybe that's just golds. After all, I saw a green once that was kinda bluish. Not to mention Bronze dragons like Stallorth who look almost like Golds themselves!"

[Akira]

Demetri smiled and raised his eyebrows when he saw her look away from him quickly. He shook the girls hand when she held it out to him, hoping that's what she had wanted from him. It is nice to meet you Saka. If you don't, then I'm sure Iona wouldn't mind it if you had one of her eggs when she finally has some. And no, you're not talking too much. He chuckled a little as he spoke to the girl. He had the strange feeling that she was a little embarrassed that he had snuck up her like he had, even though he hadn't been trying to.

I've never met a huntyre up close before. Demetri smiled and sat down on the floor with his legs crossed as he spoke. He was hoping that sitting down wouldn't make him seem so tall. That was something that he always seemed to have problems with. He was 6'2" which made him look down at people most of the time, and a lot of times that had made people unhappy with him. Iona crooned approvingly when Hers sat down, and then this new girl reached out to pet her.

Demetri rolled his eyes at his firelizard, who was crawling down his arm, and into his lap so that Saka could pet her golden hide. As long as she's getting attention, she doesn't care who it comes from. He smiled lovingly down at his firelizard as he spoke. Even with all of her problems, he wouldn't change her for anything on Pern, not even a real dragon. He looked over at the girl's huntyre as she spoke, and watched the way his eyes looked. He nodded at her words, and wondered what it would be like to have one of his own.

Iona chirped curiously at the strange bird. She wasn't exactly sure what it was, but it seemed like Hers liked it. Why she had no idea, though, she knew that he would never have one because he had her, and didn't need anything else. She ruffled her creamy, butter colored wings, and moved so that the girls hand would hopefully be petting her back. She sniffed the girl a little, trying to find any tidbits of food that she might have stashed somewhere.

Demetri listened intently as she spoke. He had heard that the other Weyrs didn't like the appearance of the new colors. I don't think the new colors are anything bad really. I mean, from what little bit I've seen of them, they all seem healthy and normal. The only thing that I can see different about them, is the color of their hides. He looked down at Iona as he spoke. He wasn't sure what the new colors meant, but he was almost positive it wasn't something bad.

Oh, and to answer your other questions, I'm hoping to get something isn't female. One female is plenty for me. He gave his golden firelizard an affectionate nudge as he spoke. She turned and purred up at Hers when she felt his touch, but then her attention was quickly returned to the girl. She was still searching for food. He chuckled a little, and looked up at Saka before opening his mouth to speak again. What do you hope to get? His voice was sweet, and polite. After all, there was no need to be rude.