Written In The Stars [Site Event - WA Grad]

We are late, because you cannot stop preening. The party, our party, has already started and you're changing your shirt again. Stop it. Charath's voice was filled with all the impatience her bonded usually displayed. She would not have been bothered by her bonded's tardiness, except that she found it embarrassing to show up to their own party late. That, and Erisi had spent way too long on getting dressed. He had spent over an hour at the bathing house, and when Charath had touched his mind to check up on him, the idiot had been dozing off. The party was not an evening affair for them, it was an all day trial. When Erisi had gotten to his hut, he had spent even more time idling over clothes and his hair, and when Harac popped out of between to land on his shoulder, he had apparently forgotten to add her into the equation.

So, he was changing again so that his gold flitter would look just as spectacular upon his shoulder. Erisi was dressed in slender black pants, a dark sash with yellow accents tied around his waist, black boots, a beige shirt, and black jacket. Charath was unimpressed, though she had counted herself fortunate that Erisi had stopped preening over himself long enough earlier into the day that he gave her a proper bath and oiling. She looked spectacular, at least she thought so. Erisi would have been fine, if not underwhelming, if he showed up looking as he did at the beginning of the day... his normal self. You're not even listening to me.

'Hair down, or up?' Erisi answered, overly concerned over this small dilemma.

Shut up. A few minutes later and Erisi still hadn't decided, so Charath gave in and made the decision for him. Keep it to the normal style, no one will recognize you otherwise. Oh wait, that'd be a good thing. The Green answered Erisi snidely, which was practically an invitation to bicker amongst themselves.

They proceeded to do so until the landed just outside the Gathering Square. No victor could clearly be determined, as both were certain that their arguments had won out against the other. Erisi rolled his eyes. Charath mentally sighed. Erisi verbally sighed. Charath bumped her head against his back and told him to get his ass going before he didn't show up to the Graduation.

Harac popped back out of between, landing lightly on Erisi's shoulder. She could be a mean spirited firelizard, but when it came to Erisi she was nothing but sweet and docile. Her tail curled loosely around his neck, her long neck extended to look at all the people milling about as Erisi passed by them. The Gold flitter was perfectly content to remain where she was instead of buzzing around with the rest of her species, mostly because she'd be rewarded with food. Erisi had a tendency to absentmindedly feed her anything he didn't want, which was usually stuff firelizards shouldn't eat. It was a miracle he hadn't accidentally fed her something that could actually harm her.

Erisi quickly settled in, securing an abandoned table and a plate of food to snack on. Harac chittered at him, and he obligingly fed her a bite. All that work and you're just going to sit around and pretend you're a Queen dragon, too good for anyone else?

'I'm eating first, and then they'll have speeches and other important, and likewise boring, events. Afterwards I'll be social.

...When you say 'social', do you mean your normal kind of social? The Green asked with dread, knowing that her bonded was destined to embarrass her by being the first and last hookup of the evening.

'I wasn't planning to, but if it discomforts you so much I'll happily change my mind!'