02.Oct.18, 02:23 AM
Despite the early hour, despite the fact that she couldn’t see her own feet, and despite the fact that her back spent most of the time twinging at the weight of her growing belly, Indivara was in high spirits as she ushered the first group of Candidates through the usual rules and regulations that came with stepping onto the Sands for a session of egg touching. Venseth stood over her, his head tilted so that he could eyeball the Candidates in a way that he thought was absolutely hilarious, but Indivara assured him was quite intimidating, if only because she’d heard some of the candidates whispering behind their hands about it. Honestly, she thought it was fucking funny, too. Venseth, intimidating! Honestly!
As it was, once all the instructions were relayed – she’d practiced for a couple of hours on Val last night, and while he’d not been particularly enthusiastic, he had offered some decent insight – Indivara had them banish their firelizards (her own unhappily included) and had them march in and onto the Sands. Venseth followed, looking on curiously as he settled down not far away from the clutch, albeit on the opposite side of it as the parents. He knew Bedith didn’t particularly like him, and while he found it more amusing than insulting, he wasn’t in the mood that day to test her. Mostly because he wanted Indivara to have a good day, and teasing the gold would probably result in more trouble than Indivara would appreciate.
Indivara set the boys up to do their rounds on the generic eggs, before marching the girls over to the gold egg, giving a casual nod to the dragons before standing beside the egg (which honestly, was almost as big as Indivara, and her expression just dared someone to make a comment about that). She easily had them sorting themselves out to take turns; honestly, Indivara didn’t care who went first and who went last, so long as they all did their thing within the timeframe they were given. She did make a soft side comment that, if they wanted to, she would be quite busy with this egg and wouldn’t notice if some young ladies decided to say hello to some of the other eggs on their way off the Sands. A pointed look was given to the ledge where the Weyrleader was known to stand when overlooking lessons, though. It was quite apparent that if any of the girls did decide to Touch any of the other eggs, Indivara wasn’t going to take any responsibility for the trouble they might get in.
Probably would get in.
Turning her attention to the woman who was apparently first in line, Indivara waved the girl forward and told her what to do, recognising someone who hadn’t been at a Touching before. After the girl nodded, Indivara watched her put her hands to the shell and the egg react, a small half smirk on Indivara’s lips at the Candidate’s expression. She hadn’t really gotten to study people’s reactions to Touchings before, what with only being allowed to a couple herself and being rather caught up in her own experiences at the time. This was a whole new game and Indivara was enjoying herself immensely.
Waving the next girl forward as the first stumbled a few feet away to plop down on the sands and process what she’d just been through, Indivara turned to look out at the other Candidates, chatting mentally with Venseth who was keeping a watchful eye on the boys, and promised to let her know if any of them needed her assistance or a beating. Indivara grinned, and shifted her pregnant bulk slightly, already feeling her feet were swelling from the heat and being on them so much over the past few days.
As it was, once all the instructions were relayed – she’d practiced for a couple of hours on Val last night, and while he’d not been particularly enthusiastic, he had offered some decent insight – Indivara had them banish their firelizards (her own unhappily included) and had them march in and onto the Sands. Venseth followed, looking on curiously as he settled down not far away from the clutch, albeit on the opposite side of it as the parents. He knew Bedith didn’t particularly like him, and while he found it more amusing than insulting, he wasn’t in the mood that day to test her. Mostly because he wanted Indivara to have a good day, and teasing the gold would probably result in more trouble than Indivara would appreciate.
Indivara set the boys up to do their rounds on the generic eggs, before marching the girls over to the gold egg, giving a casual nod to the dragons before standing beside the egg (which honestly, was almost as big as Indivara, and her expression just dared someone to make a comment about that). She easily had them sorting themselves out to take turns; honestly, Indivara didn’t care who went first and who went last, so long as they all did their thing within the timeframe they were given. She did make a soft side comment that, if they wanted to, she would be quite busy with this egg and wouldn’t notice if some young ladies decided to say hello to some of the other eggs on their way off the Sands. A pointed look was given to the ledge where the Weyrleader was known to stand when overlooking lessons, though. It was quite apparent that if any of the girls did decide to Touch any of the other eggs, Indivara wasn’t going to take any responsibility for the trouble they might get in.
Probably would get in.
Turning her attention to the woman who was apparently first in line, Indivara waved the girl forward and told her what to do, recognising someone who hadn’t been at a Touching before. After the girl nodded, Indivara watched her put her hands to the shell and the egg react, a small half smirk on Indivara’s lips at the Candidate’s expression. She hadn’t really gotten to study people’s reactions to Touchings before, what with only being allowed to a couple herself and being rather caught up in her own experiences at the time. This was a whole new game and Indivara was enjoying herself immensely.
Waving the next girl forward as the first stumbled a few feet away to plop down on the sands and process what she’d just been through, Indivara turned to look out at the other Candidates, chatting mentally with Venseth who was keeping a watchful eye on the boys, and promised to let her know if any of them needed her assistance or a beating. Indivara grinned, and shifted her pregnant bulk slightly, already feeling her feet were swelling from the heat and being on them so much over the past few days.