[G] [P] [EVENT] 735.06.30 | Virtuous Sins

The last of the eggs were all still very active and seemed to V’ler that they didn’t want to wait around. They wanted to keep up with their siblings that had all wandered off merrily with their lifemates. Crave decided it wanted that more than the others as one foot started to kick at the opening that had been worked on for a bit. The shell easily started to fall away with enough of it missing, and Crave chirped her excitement and danced on the spot for several seconds before making a beeline for her bonded.

In the time it took Crave to dance, Gluttony and Jealousy tumbled free from their confinements. Neither seemed pleased that their sister found her rider first and both took off in a flailing of limbs to find their own. V’ler barely had time to watch one Impression before the other happened, making quick notes of the two greens and their young riders.

He was still writing down their names when Temperance burst on the scene, breaking up the string of greens V’ler started to think would happen. Aradissicath herself came from a clutch only had greens for her siblings so it didn’t seem too far-fetched that she would have a clutch much the same. Then again, he knew nothing of Xyreith’s history – something he’d have to bug R’nya about some time to better add to his history notes – and what those two together would always likely produce.

Temperance gave a cry of distress for a moment as he looked around, clearly confused about what was going on since Lethargic and Lust  were making progress on their escape and were both halfway free. Temperance was rescued from his confusion when an older boy came forward, crouching down a few feet away and calling to the blue.

As that bond was formed, Lethargic wriggled out of the shell that her back end was still stuck in. She flopped to the ground for a moment, clearly catching her breath after all that work and didn’t get back to her feet until Lust nudged her in encouragement on his way over to the boy meant for him. Lethargic followed behind and with Lust beside her, Impressed to one of the two boys standing side by side.

There were only four eggs left and it seemed like they all wanted out and attended to immediately. V’ler wasn’t sure, and it drove him insane that he didn’t know without a doubt, but he jotted down that Pride hatched first, followed by Diligence, Chaos, and finally Arrogant. Despite his annoyance, V’ler did manage a chuckle as more greens appeared. It wasn’t an entire clutch but seemed to be about half. He sighed as that just meant another dozen or so for Veeth to woo and chase.

Pride seemed to have more grace than her siblings as she slowly walked across the Sands while Diligence and Chaos seemed to be chasing each other in a fun game of tag before moving closer to their own bonded. Pride circled around one boy, clearly measuring his worth before she stuck her nose a bit higher in the air and continued walking by. Finally, she stopped at a young man that she deemed worthy with the right amount of excitement and respect. She primly sat down beside the man, waiting.

Diligence and Chaos’ game of chase finally ended when they both tumbled into a pair of boys that, thankfully, seemed to be their bonded though V’ler still saw some blood on the leg of the one that started to limp away after the excited greens.

With only Arrogant left on the Sands and without a bonded, V’ler held his breathe, hoping that the boy meant for him was there. It was one thing to see an egg left unhatched, but it was another to watch a dragonet between because their mate wasn’t there. He had seen and had to deal with too many deaths already in his short time as a dragonrider and didn’t want to add to the list already.

Thankfully, Arrogant seemed to only be judging everyone and felt he was too good to go to the boys as he called out for his bonded to come to him. A young man looked around for a moment then smirked, though it was clear that he was close to throwing the game back at Arrogant to make the dragonet come to him. In the end, the excitement of Impressing and the hunger radiating through their bond was enough to get the boy to collect his dragonet and move off.

Relieved that all of the eggs hatched and the babies Impressed with very minor injuries, V’ler turned to his little group of friends and gave a small and rare smile. Hatchings had a way of lifting spirits – when they went smoothly – and despite not really drinking alcohol since Impressing, V’ler was looking forward to the party that would follow and celebrating, possibly even with someone else.

[spoiler=Impressions]
Crave  VSGreen07 to VSMale16
Gluttony  VSGreen08 to VSMale17
Jealousy  VSGreen09 to VSMale18
Temperance  VSBlue09 to VSMale19
Lethargic  VSGreen10 to VSMale20
Lust  VSBlue10 to VSMale21
Pride  VSGreen11  ??
Diligence  VSGreen12 to VSMale22
Chaos  VSGreen13 to VSMale23
Arrogant VSBrown04 to VSMale24

The ?? will be changed to a character's name once they post. Those players have been notified about the Impression. While Impressions will most likely be just to LPCs or Trophies, it's still fun to give a bit of mystery to the Hatchings.

Thank you, everyone! A successful Hatching all wrapped up. Please feel free to reply with any reactions or start new threads that follow the Hatching. There is definitely a gather later that day to celebrate!