then.
kiiron followed myra through the woods, trying to work up the courage to ask her his question. "uh." he started. "you look beautiful today."
without stopping, myra called back to kiiron over her shoulder, "i always look beautiful." kiiron almost tripped over the air. was the other elf actually flirting back at him? or was she just being sarcastic? kiiron didn't know.
"oh i know. i just said that because i wanted to make you annoyed - you're especially cute when you're annoyed." he said. myra snorted and shot him an incredulous look. "look," grinned kiiron, "see?"
she rolled her eyes. "well, you look quite handsome when you're happy." kiiron gave an overdramatic gasp, stopped, and clutched his heart, falling to his knees. "my heart!" he announced. but in reality, his heart was beating at a much faster pace than kiiron thought was normal.
"don't let it get to your head." she said, but still offered him a hand anyways. kiiron took it and myra pulled him to his feet. realizing now was the time for his question, kiiron licked his lips and started, "myra… um. do you - do you -" but what he was saying was cut off by a burst of profanity from nearby.
kiiron's mouths snapped shut, understanding the need for quiet as he and myra crept towards the noise. they heard a small groan, presumably made by the same person who they had heard before, and then whoever it was muttered something in another language. myra's eyebrows shot up in surprise. turning to kiiron, she mouthed, language from the other continent.
the two crept closer until they could see into a small clearing. a handsome elf was leaning against a tree, his right leg stretched out in front of him, mangled and covered in blood. kiiron couldn't hold back a gasp, but myra was already in the clearing, rushing to the elf's aid.
the elf looked up as they approached him and said something in the foreign language. myra answered. the man paused looking embarrassed, and said something back to myra. myra asked him something, and he gave her a one-word answer. she nodded and beckoned kiiron over.
"what did he say?" asked kiiron as he approached the two. "he was attacked by a couple of lions he irritated." came the answer. the injured elf looked surprise. "you guys speak the common-tongue?" he asked.
kiiron gave him a look. "why wouldn't we?"
the elf pointed at myra. "she smells of the old continent." myra didn't look surprised at the elf's remark. "i only left six years ago." she clarified.
"oh." kiiron said. awkward silence ensued for a moment before the elf groaned in pain. "help me carry him." myra ordered kiiron as she ducked under one of the elf's arms. kiiron did the same on the other side, and together they hoisted him to his feet. the elf put his weight on his good leg and when it didn't hurt, tried to help kiiron and myra by hobbling along.
"three elves walk through a forest." he said. "it sounds like the beginning of a joke."
kiiron just sighed. he guessed he would have to wait to ask myra how she felt about him - and to tell her how he felt about her. then he remembered something. "oh, mystery friend." he said. "you should probably know we have a lion living in our hold."
"what!?"
---
"you have to be more careful around lions, you know." simon said, drumming his fingers along the side of the cot. the new elf - raiden, he'd said his name was - gave a long drawn out sigh. "don't remind me."
there was a small pause in the conversation in which only the drumming of simon's fingers could be heard. raiden tilted his head. "what exactly is your job here?"
simon's fingers stilled. "my wife and i hand out assignments, patrols, hunts to go on. we check up on patients like yourself. we cook as well - i can make a killer omelette - and are apparently in charge of any non-crafter or non-dragonrider staff as well."
"dragonriders?" raiden asked. "this is a weyrhold? i didn't see any dragonriders."
"that's because our lady holder hasn't been able to get her hands on an egg yet." simon said. raiden's eyes twinkled. "if she does, i would love to try and impress a dragon. it would be..." raiden let his sentence trail off into thought. simon knew what the elf meant, though. brilliant. amazing. wonderful. free. simon had grown up in a weyrhold and heard this a million times.
simon stood. "what to hear a joke before i leave?" raiden snapped out of his thoughts and eyed simon suspiciously. "what kind of joke?"
simon waved the question away. "have you ever heard the joke about boo?" he asked. "who?" raiden answered. then, immediately realizing what he said, he held his hand up to keep simon silent. "don't you dare finish the joke." the elf ordered him. simon let his fingers drum across the edge of the cot one last time. "there's no need to cry about a joke!" he finished, patting raiden on the cheek.
the elf pushed him away and rolled his eyes as simon turned to leave. "how many more dad jokes do you have?"
simon grinned, glad he had brightened the elf's day. "plenty."
now.
"where is everybody!?" yelled kiiron. still no response. he crossed his arms and frowned. the hold, recently finished, was being used for a game of hide-and-seek, as suggested by simon. almost the entire hold had agreed to play. only myra and amira had decided to sit the game out, talking about something in myra's new office. of course asariel and jurus had taken some convincing to play, but both had joined grumbling about the childishness of the game.
kiiron called out again, but of course nobody answered. kiiron opened the nearest door into a dark room. as his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he spotted a table, a lot of cabinets, and - "marius! i see you!" kiiron called out.
the young cervitar huffed and came out fully from behind the cabinets. "what gave it away?" he asked. "my horns?"
kiiron left and gently punched marius's deer shoulder. "you're too big for hide and seek, my friend."
marius pushed some of his hair out of his face and said, "if you take that back. i'll tell you where the others are." kiiron didn't hesitate. "words taken back!" he announced. marius rolled his eyes and punched kiiron's shoulder. "simon went upstairs that way. the rest went up that way, but i think asariel doubled back and is hiding somewhere down here."
kiiron nodded and headed towards the stairs. "you look down here for asariel, then go looking for simon. i'll go after the others." marius mock soluted him and trotted off, presumably towards where he had seen asariel.
kiiron headed up the stairs, his eyes wide open to catch any movements. a rustle of a curtain, and he found jurus. a clatter from inside a room, and kiiron found carlyn trying to pick up scattered items while yelling at shinx. the creak of a door opening, and he found natalia - though it took ten whole minutes of him searching the room to find her.
when he came out of the room with natalia, marius and jurus were talking nearby as asariel, carlyn, and alaris leaning against the wall. doing a quick count in his head, kiiron figured they were missing raiden and simon.
with everyone else searching, it took only two more minutes to find raiden. but simon's hiding place remained a mystery.
---
the door to myra's office opened and shut, and simon came in, breathless. "you don't mind if i hide in here, do you?" he asked. "that little elf will never think to look in here."
myra beckoned him over. "actually, no. you can stay in here, but i need to talk to you and amira." simon raised his eyebrows and sat down opposite myra, next to amira. "what is it?" he asked.
myra took a look around at her office. it was soundproofed, private. still, she lowered her voice. "i don't want anyone to know about this, in case they start freaking out. but there have been rumors of an impression coming soon in black rock weyrhold."
simon sucked in a breath. amira leaned forwards. "only rumors, i'm assuming?"
myra nodded. "apparently, it's been a while since their gold has risen. i was wondering if it would be polite to ask about it, and send some candidates to the impression, if it happens."
amira bit her lip. simon leaned back, looking thoughtful.
"we should wait." amira decided. "if these rumors come true, we can extend a question to their weyrwoman. but the weyrhold has a good reputation - they're more likely to extend an invitation to us, then us having to ask them." myra nodded, but whatever she was going to say was cut off when her door was flung open.
"myra, have you seen -" kiiron's voice cut off as he saw simon. "nevermind. found him."
amira gave myra a grin, previous topic forgotten. "so he's on a nickname basis with you now? and he can enter your office whenever he feels like it?"
simon grinned. kiiron blushed. myra just leveled all three of them a glare.
kiiron followed myra through the woods, trying to work up the courage to ask her his question. "uh." he started. "you look beautiful today."
without stopping, myra called back to kiiron over her shoulder, "i always look beautiful." kiiron almost tripped over the air. was the other elf actually flirting back at him? or was she just being sarcastic? kiiron didn't know.
"oh i know. i just said that because i wanted to make you annoyed - you're especially cute when you're annoyed." he said. myra snorted and shot him an incredulous look. "look," grinned kiiron, "see?"
she rolled her eyes. "well, you look quite handsome when you're happy." kiiron gave an overdramatic gasp, stopped, and clutched his heart, falling to his knees. "my heart!" he announced. but in reality, his heart was beating at a much faster pace than kiiron thought was normal.
"don't let it get to your head." she said, but still offered him a hand anyways. kiiron took it and myra pulled him to his feet. realizing now was the time for his question, kiiron licked his lips and started, "myra… um. do you - do you -" but what he was saying was cut off by a burst of profanity from nearby.
kiiron's mouths snapped shut, understanding the need for quiet as he and myra crept towards the noise. they heard a small groan, presumably made by the same person who they had heard before, and then whoever it was muttered something in another language. myra's eyebrows shot up in surprise. turning to kiiron, she mouthed, language from the other continent.
the two crept closer until they could see into a small clearing. a handsome elf was leaning against a tree, his right leg stretched out in front of him, mangled and covered in blood. kiiron couldn't hold back a gasp, but myra was already in the clearing, rushing to the elf's aid.
the elf looked up as they approached him and said something in the foreign language. myra answered. the man paused looking embarrassed, and said something back to myra. myra asked him something, and he gave her a one-word answer. she nodded and beckoned kiiron over.
"what did he say?" asked kiiron as he approached the two. "he was attacked by a couple of lions he irritated." came the answer. the injured elf looked surprise. "you guys speak the common-tongue?" he asked.
kiiron gave him a look. "why wouldn't we?"
the elf pointed at myra. "she smells of the old continent." myra didn't look surprised at the elf's remark. "i only left six years ago." she clarified.
"oh." kiiron said. awkward silence ensued for a moment before the elf groaned in pain. "help me carry him." myra ordered kiiron as she ducked under one of the elf's arms. kiiron did the same on the other side, and together they hoisted him to his feet. the elf put his weight on his good leg and when it didn't hurt, tried to help kiiron and myra by hobbling along.
"three elves walk through a forest." he said. "it sounds like the beginning of a joke."
kiiron just sighed. he guessed he would have to wait to ask myra how she felt about him - and to tell her how he felt about her. then he remembered something. "oh, mystery friend." he said. "you should probably know we have a lion living in our hold."
"what!?"
---
"you have to be more careful around lions, you know." simon said, drumming his fingers along the side of the cot. the new elf - raiden, he'd said his name was - gave a long drawn out sigh. "don't remind me."
there was a small pause in the conversation in which only the drumming of simon's fingers could be heard. raiden tilted his head. "what exactly is your job here?"
simon's fingers stilled. "my wife and i hand out assignments, patrols, hunts to go on. we check up on patients like yourself. we cook as well - i can make a killer omelette - and are apparently in charge of any non-crafter or non-dragonrider staff as well."
"dragonriders?" raiden asked. "this is a weyrhold? i didn't see any dragonriders."
"that's because our lady holder hasn't been able to get her hands on an egg yet." simon said. raiden's eyes twinkled. "if she does, i would love to try and impress a dragon. it would be..." raiden let his sentence trail off into thought. simon knew what the elf meant, though. brilliant. amazing. wonderful. free. simon had grown up in a weyrhold and heard this a million times.
simon stood. "what to hear a joke before i leave?" raiden snapped out of his thoughts and eyed simon suspiciously. "what kind of joke?"
simon waved the question away. "have you ever heard the joke about boo?" he asked. "who?" raiden answered. then, immediately realizing what he said, he held his hand up to keep simon silent. "don't you dare finish the joke." the elf ordered him. simon let his fingers drum across the edge of the cot one last time. "there's no need to cry about a joke!" he finished, patting raiden on the cheek.
the elf pushed him away and rolled his eyes as simon turned to leave. "how many more dad jokes do you have?"
simon grinned, glad he had brightened the elf's day. "plenty."
now.
"where is everybody!?" yelled kiiron. still no response. he crossed his arms and frowned. the hold, recently finished, was being used for a game of hide-and-seek, as suggested by simon. almost the entire hold had agreed to play. only myra and amira had decided to sit the game out, talking about something in myra's new office. of course asariel and jurus had taken some convincing to play, but both had joined grumbling about the childishness of the game.
kiiron called out again, but of course nobody answered. kiiron opened the nearest door into a dark room. as his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he spotted a table, a lot of cabinets, and - "marius! i see you!" kiiron called out.
the young cervitar huffed and came out fully from behind the cabinets. "what gave it away?" he asked. "my horns?"
kiiron left and gently punched marius's deer shoulder. "you're too big for hide and seek, my friend."
marius pushed some of his hair out of his face and said, "if you take that back. i'll tell you where the others are." kiiron didn't hesitate. "words taken back!" he announced. marius rolled his eyes and punched kiiron's shoulder. "simon went upstairs that way. the rest went up that way, but i think asariel doubled back and is hiding somewhere down here."
kiiron nodded and headed towards the stairs. "you look down here for asariel, then go looking for simon. i'll go after the others." marius mock soluted him and trotted off, presumably towards where he had seen asariel.
kiiron headed up the stairs, his eyes wide open to catch any movements. a rustle of a curtain, and he found jurus. a clatter from inside a room, and kiiron found carlyn trying to pick up scattered items while yelling at shinx. the creak of a door opening, and he found natalia - though it took ten whole minutes of him searching the room to find her.
when he came out of the room with natalia, marius and jurus were talking nearby as asariel, carlyn, and alaris leaning against the wall. doing a quick count in his head, kiiron figured they were missing raiden and simon.
with everyone else searching, it took only two more minutes to find raiden. but simon's hiding place remained a mystery.
---
the door to myra's office opened and shut, and simon came in, breathless. "you don't mind if i hide in here, do you?" he asked. "that little elf will never think to look in here."
myra beckoned him over. "actually, no. you can stay in here, but i need to talk to you and amira." simon raised his eyebrows and sat down opposite myra, next to amira. "what is it?" he asked.
myra took a look around at her office. it was soundproofed, private. still, she lowered her voice. "i don't want anyone to know about this, in case they start freaking out. but there have been rumors of an impression coming soon in black rock weyrhold."
simon sucked in a breath. amira leaned forwards. "only rumors, i'm assuming?"
myra nodded. "apparently, it's been a while since their gold has risen. i was wondering if it would be polite to ask about it, and send some candidates to the impression, if it happens."
amira bit her lip. simon leaned back, looking thoughtful.
"we should wait." amira decided. "if these rumors come true, we can extend a question to their weyrwoman. but the weyrhold has a good reputation - they're more likely to extend an invitation to us, then us having to ask them." myra nodded, but whatever she was going to say was cut off when her door was flung open.
"myra, have you seen -" kiiron's voice cut off as he saw simon. "nevermind. found him."
amira gave myra a grin, previous topic forgotten. "so he's on a nickname basis with you now? and he can enter your office whenever he feels like it?"
simon grinned. kiiron blushed. myra just leveled all three of them a glare.
[CONSUMPTION]
[ the people of dovefeather 21+ turns old consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the people of dovefeather 6-20 turns old consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the carnivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the omnivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the herbivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ADDITIONS AND RANK CHANGES]
[ the following animals are welcomed to the hold: none ]
[ the following births are welcomed to the hold: none ]
[ the following villagers are welcomed to the hold: raiden, simon lightfoot, amira lightfoot ]
[ the following crafters have been promoted to master: none ]
[ the following apprentices have completed their training: none ]
[ the following experimenters have completed testing: none ]
[ the following children have started testing: none ]
[ the following dragonriders have completed their training: none ]
[ the following candidates have become dragonlings: none ]
[PATROLS]
[ natalia goes scouting, specifically for the bovine herd ]
[ carlyn, jurus, and marius go patrolling ]
[ no one goes hunting. ]
[ asariel and kiiron go gathering ]
[ no one goes on search ]
[MEDICINE]
[ alaris (3 KP) researches medicine ]
[ alaris heals raiden of his leg injuries with x1 year of rest ]
[CRAFTING]
[ no crafting takes place this turn ]
[SEEDS]
[ no seeds have been found ]
[TRAINING]
[ n/a ]
[FAMILIES]
[ n/a ]
[DEATHS]
[ n/a ]
[MOD NOTES]
[ here ]
[PERSONAL NOTES]
[ here ]
[ the people of dovefeather 21+ turns old consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the people of dovefeather 6-20 turns old consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the carnivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the omnivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ the herbivorous animals of dovefeather consume 0 servings: fast ]
[ADDITIONS AND RANK CHANGES]
[ the following animals are welcomed to the hold: none ]
[ the following births are welcomed to the hold: none ]
[ the following villagers are welcomed to the hold: raiden, simon lightfoot, amira lightfoot ]
[ the following crafters have been promoted to master: none ]
[ the following apprentices have completed their training: none ]
[ the following experimenters have completed testing: none ]
[ the following children have started testing: none ]
[ the following dragonriders have completed their training: none ]
[ the following candidates have become dragonlings: none ]
[PATROLS]
[ natalia goes scouting, specifically for the bovine herd ]
[ carlyn, jurus, and marius go patrolling ]
[ no one goes hunting. ]
[ asariel and kiiron go gathering ]
[ no one goes on search ]
[MEDICINE]
[ alaris (3 KP) researches medicine ]
[ alaris heals raiden of his leg injuries with x1 year of rest ]
[CRAFTING]
[ no crafting takes place this turn ]
[SEEDS]
[ no seeds have been found ]
[TRAINING]
[ n/a ]
[FAMILIES]
[ n/a ]
[DEATHS]
[ n/a ]
[MOD NOTES]
[ here ]
[PERSONAL NOTES]
[ here ]
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Candidates:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Children:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Experimenters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Apprentices:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Healercrafters:
carlyn jinx | 32 | female | 0 KP | x
xxx↳ human
m. alaris starsight | 22 | male | 3 KP | x
xxx↳ human
Smithcrafters:
jurus | 41 | male | x
xxx↳ centaur
Starcrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Stonecrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Leathercrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Woodcrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Glasscrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Harpercrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Other Staff:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Lady and Lord Holder:name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Children:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Experimenters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Apprentices:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Healercrafters:
carlyn jinx | 32 | female | 0 KP | x
xxx↳ human
m. alaris starsight | 22 | male | 3 KP | x
xxx↳ human
Smithcrafters:
jurus | 41 | male | x
xxx↳ centaur
Starcrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Stonecrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Leathercrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Woodcrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Glasscrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Harpercrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Other Staff:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
lady myracle | 25 | female | x
xxx↳ light elf
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Junior Goldriders:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Junior Bronzeriders:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Councilors:
simon lightfoot | 36 | male | x
xxx↳ werehawk
amira lightfoot | 34 | female | x
xxx↳ werehawk
alaris starsight | 22 | male | x
xxx↳ human
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Weyrleader:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Dragonriders:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Dragonling Masters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Dragonlings:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
Beastcrafters:
natalia remiss | 38 | female | x
xxx↳ werewolf
raiden lionclaw | 23 | male | x
xxx↳ wood elf
Farmercrafters:
asariel onefeather | 33 | female | x
xxx↳ nephilim
kiiron | 26 | male | x
xxx↳ light elf
marius | 25 | male | x
xxx↳ centaur
Fishercrafters:
name | age | gender | x
xxx↳ species
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Fire-Lizards
name | color | age | partner
name | color | age | partner
Dragons
name | color | age | gender | bondmate
name | color | age | gender | bondmate