[G] [C] 734.01.01 | Of Drunks and Dragonets [Hatching!]

Kahleena? Okalinath’s voice was a timid brush against the sleeping mind of her human. The girl was dreaming, and Okalinath was unwilling to wake her, but-! Kahleena? The young woman murmured something under her breath and curled up in her blankets, fingers fisting around the material as she nosed in deeper, and Okalinath sighed dramatically. Kally! Another sleepy murmur, but the dream was dispelling and Okalianth waited with all the patience of a dancing toddler demanding her mother’s attention as Kahleena slowly blinked her eyes, waking up to the pre-dawn blush. Her head hurt.

“Wha?” Oh! You’re awake! That was being a bit generous, giving the way her silly human’s mind was foggy, confused and completely dazed. There was the lingering after effects of alcohol floating around, though Kahleena had hardly gotten drunk; she had just gotten tipsy enough to enjoy dancing and the New Year Eve celebrations that the Weyr had put into full force the night before… Hours before… “Okalinath?” Kahleena rubbed a hand over her face, her elbow hitting the form of a body behind her, and the girl froze dramatically.

Turning slowly, Kahleena peered over her shoulder, and blinked owlishly at Rhaedalyn. “Sorry?” She stared at the other girl in utter bewilderment. It wasn’t that a sleep over had never occurred, or that they’d never bunked in the same bed. She simply hadn’t been expecting Rhaedalyn in her bed. She hadn’t been expecting anyone in her bed. Your dreams said otherwise! The dragon cackled joyfully when Kahleena flushed and sunk back onto the mattress. “Go back to sleep you great golden lump!” She spoke aloud for Rhaedalyn’s benefit, but the words were a grumpy grumble, and barely more audible than a whisper.

But then we might miss the Hatching! The dragon’s voice was dramatic and crashed heavily into Kahleena’s mind; the girl groaned, covering her ears with her hands, as if that would do any good. “What Hatching?” Kahleena grumbled. “I don’t care if Krypth’s eggs are hatching. Go back to sleep. Why do you care?” Not hers! Mine! Okalinath paused a moment, then threw in cheerfully, Her’s started rocking an hour ago. No one cares! But everyone will care for mine!

“They can’t have,” Kahleena grumbled, hauling herself upright and sitting in a very slumped position. “Krypth would have said something.” She can’t wake Jada! She passed out! The amount of joy in her dragon’s voice was somewhat disturbing, but Kahleena brushed it aside. “Where is she?” The girl hurled herself out of bed, and stumbled around her room, kicking aside her fancy gather dress to dig one out of the closet that wasn’t wrinkled.

“The eggs are rocking, and apparently Jada drunk herself into a stupor, and I bet all the candidates did, too.” Kahleena babbled as she wriggled out of her slip and into a fresh one, and then tugged the new gown over her head. “I hope the weyrlingmasters can sober them up before they Hatch. Do you think they can? Oh, where is Ren? Okalinath!” What? Ooh! One of Krypth’s is starting to crack! Oh, Jada’s up now. Well. She’s on her fee- now she’s on her bum. Okalinath was clearly having a field day, and Kahleena sighed, rubbing her temples.

“Could you get Dissi to wake Ren?” A pause, and a sly smirk sideways at Rhaedalyn. “Maybe we should get Grith to wake up everyon–” even as she spoke, it seemed the boisterous green got wind of what was going on as humming started up across the weyr, and Grith’s claws-on-chalkboard voice bellowed across the weyr – THE EGGS ARE HATCHING EVERYBODY THE EGGS! THEY’RE HATCHING! QUICKLY!. Kahleena grimaced, then frowned at Rhaedalyn comically; “Never mind…”

Five minutes later, and the girls were on the Sands, where Kahleena quickly made a round of her dragon’s eggs, checking to see if any looked like they were about to burst; they were mostly just rocking excitedly. She frowned, and glanced at Krypth’s clutch, before pointedly walking through them, ignoring the dragon that was grumbling to Indivara and Jada while the younger woman shoved sobering liquid down Jada’s throat, her baby sleeping to one side of them, between Krypth’s paws.

“I think we still have a few hours, but I think we’ll need that to get the candidates sobered up.”

This is to make sure everyone is on the same page! Please do read this information. If you do not understand anything, please feel free to PM a team member. If you misunderstand something, or make a mistake, a team member will politely PM you with a gentle guidance. A lot of SP rules and regulations are different to the traditional DRoP Hatching set up. Hopefully we don’t confuse you all too much!

+ General

The Hatching will take place over the course of another seven Admin posted tags, done over the next 2-3 days. Most posts will occur within the vicinity of 10am to 12 noon and 10pm and 12 midnight Australian time (see the cbox for times). I will not promise exactly when, but those are the periods you can expect posts to appear within.

Between each Admin post, there will be time for characters to respond; not everyone is required to respond every time, and you are welcome to skip posting with characters who are irrelevant to that moment, or simply have nothing to add. You don’t need to post fluff every time, if you don’t want to.

Second Pass hatchings usually span a period of 4-8 hours IC, sometimes longer. This means there are great gaps in time between dragonets cracking shell In Character. Each Admin post will come with a basic time-frame guide, to help you keep up with how much time has passed since the last batch of eggs cracked, or how much time is passing in a single Admin post.

+ SP Hatching Etiquette:
- Firelizards are allowed on the Sands; they are expected to be respectful, however. Candidate robes are to be worn, as are shoes! Burned feet do no dragonets good!
- Most candidates are expected to be drunk due to the New Year Eve festivities. SP does not follow the usual strict rules of candidacy. They will need to sober up quickly under Jayedi’s watchful eye if they want to be allowed to try attracting a dragonet, however!
- There is no need for dragonets to introduce themselves to their rider, or the use of the term ‘mine’. The only introductions that will be needed are for male PC’s honorifics to be given to Jayedi so that she can make note of the name changes. If you are unsure or confused, we advise viewing our previous PC Hatchings for proper SP Impression etiquette.
- Anyone that posts a spoiler in the cbox will find themselves banned for a week from the cbox. Many people check the cbox before they check the site. Be respectful of your fellows!

+ Impressing
- Impressing characters will not be named – they will be PM’d  their information which they will then be able to reveal in their own post.
- All Impression information will be kept behind spoiler tags, regardless of who has or has not seen it and who has or has not posted, to allow everyone to enjoy surprises. Hence the spoiler ban in the cbox.
- All Candidates will be on the Sands before the first egg cracks, whether their arrival is RP’d or not. Hatching takes hours, and they were woken up at least 2 hours before they would appear; this does not leave much room for a ‘late’ arrival.
- Unless a person put in a Stand Only, if their character was slated for Impression, they will Impress whether they RP their participation or not.
- There are only five PC characters Impressing. This is a SP trait to keep classes small and manageable. There is another Hatching in September (Krypth’s), one in November (Dissi’s) one in December (Krypth’s) and two in January (Okalinath & Nirinath’s), that will all claim gold. NPC Hatchlings will be available for adoption at the start of September.
O_o I think that is everything! Go wild!