[G] [H] 742.02.14 | Stars Above Hatching

One egg gently rocked, and then another. Malvayth was sure she saw it this time and that made her shift her weight and pace around even more anxiously. Her babies were hatching! But that meant more candidates would come and she still wanted to keep them safe, but she also wanted them to find their mates and be happy... but what if it was still too early? Another wobble from another egg had her anxiously calling out to Cazan. The eggs! They're moving!

Cazan sat bolt upright in bed. "What?" The eggs are moving, Mal repeated slightly more calmly as she stared at her precious remaining eggs. Caz cursed as she reached over to gently shake T'ryn in case he hadn't already woken up. "Mal thinks the eggs are hatching." Double check with Aradissicath. The last thing she wanted to do was wake everyone up too early. She climbed out of bed and started to clumsily rush through getting dressed, cursing her belly for getting in the way of even this basic task.

You shouldn't curse at your eggs. Did you tell Aradissicath yet? Yes, she is here. Malvayth looked to her mother who had joined her on the Sands and then back to the eggs. There was another little wobble. Another shake. The older gold agreed it was time. Cazan didn't need to wait for Mal to confirm, instead further rushing to finish pulling on her coat and taking a look outside. It was in the dead of night, but the sky was clear enough that the stars above illuminated the blanket of snow on the ground well enough. At least it wasn't storming.

"Lady," no sooner had Cazan said her name when the gold firelizard hopped onto her shoulder. She scribbled down a quick note for Yfris to let him know the Hatching was starting and that T'ryn would be by to pick him up soon and slipped it into a little pouch for Lady to carry. She pictured her husband as clearly as she could as she spoke, "Go find Yfris." Lady chirped and eagerly took off on her task. Sir let out a small growl as he felt left out, moving to perch on Cazan's newly vacated shoulder. She gave him a quick scratch to the head before wrapping her arms around T'ryn's neck for a kiss (which earned him a grumpy hiss from Sir). "I sent Lady ahead so hopefully Yfris will be ready for you. I love you."

After one last squeeze of her mate's hand Cazan went to talk to the Weyrwoman to help with whatever else needed to happen. Once that was done, she left to go check on Malvayth who was now humming and sitting as serenely as she could be in the appropriate space for a gold watching over her clutch during a Hatching. And yet Caz could feel just how anxious and irritated her dragon was at the thought of a crowd of people watching and a bunch of candidates back on the Sands for her precious babies.

Cazan went to go give her gold a comforting pat. "I'm sure Yanth will be here soon to keep you company and help you make sure your babies are safe. T'ryn and Yfris will be coming too, so you get to have some of your favorite people all here to support your babies. Just remember we need to let the candidates in so that your babies can find their mates okay?" She was still soothing the gold as people started to arrive.

Cazan was woken up around 1am, people were informed shortly after, and the eggs will begin hatching at 3am.

Everyone is welcome to come watch! If you’re only watching, please go directly to the stands, do not linger on the Sands or approach the Candidates. Candidates, you can go right onto the Sands and form up around the eggs and settle in for some waiting.

Candidates:
- Will have been told to wear shoes! Sturdy shoes to save their feet from the heat and standing for so long.
- Be in Candidate robes that more or less fit them.
- Will have hair pulled back in a pony-tail or a braid. In addition, there will be no jewellery, belt, sash, or anything ‘extra’. Don’t want anything to get tugged on and cause an injury.
- Malvayth loves firelizards in day to day life but she's become much more protective of her eggs. Firelizards will be allowed in but they must stay with the humans in the stands or up with the dragons on the ledges. If they go near the eggs or Candidates, they may not live to brag about it.

On honorifics – it is SP canon that the dragon picks the honorific. They might pick something their rider likes, something they do not, or whatever. They will usually pluck the name from their rider’s mind, so it is likely that said rider will like their name, or have ‘pre picked’ it on some level subconsciously prior to Impression.

Once Impressed, please move through the following:
- Move dragonet to the sidelines and feed it
- Slap oil on any particularly dry spots
- Head to the Barracks to get some rest. Emotions are exhausting.

PC Impressions will have their dragonet posted on their Candidate Application or sent via Discord! This will let you see your baby before anyone else!

Remember: NO SPOILERS. If you want to talk spoilers, keep it to the Hatching Spoilers channel in Discord.