[G] [P] [EVENT] 734.09.13 | Carpe Diem [Hatching]

Rhaedalyn had to keep reminding herself to breathe as they waited for the eggs to hatch. With so many, she had thought they would begin hatching immediately and there wouldn’t be any long delays like some of the previous clutches had. Still, they ended up waiting for nearly an hour before the eggs did more than shake and wriggle around amongst each other.

She had just started to think about giving R’nya his gift while they waited, despite being in front of essentially the entire Weyr, when an audible crack stole her attention back to the reason why everyone had gathered.

The Wish egg was the first to really get the show going with pieces of its shell fall to the ground and a little nose poking through but it was the Fabrication egg that beat its sibling to the punch and solved the tricky puzzle of the shell. Fabrication stumbled to his feet and began trotting around the eggs trying to make his way to the Candidates. He bumped against Fable which fell over and assisted in the cracks spreading before finally making his way to the boy that seemed terrified of the approaching brown and Impressing.

By now, Wish had successfully freed himself and sat staring at the crowd watching him so intently. Fable gave a creel of distress when she was freed and didn’t know what to do next. Wish sprung to action and ended up nosing Fable until she found her feet and together they wandered towards a group of boys. Wish, being the dutiful brother, chose his mate first to show what his sister should do next and Fable easily and quickly followed suit, making for two rapid Impressions and happy boys walking off with dragonets.

Hope had managed to get a foot free before anything but it resulted in the egg shifting and rolling to its side so the freed foot ended up sticking up into the air. Rhaedalyn gasped and wanted someone to help the poor dear, or to do it herself, but she knew better and simply waited, again holding her breath even as her gaze drifted to Happily Ever After that was losing bits of shell as the seconds wore on.

Happily Ever After seemed a bit dazed but shook her head to clear away all the confusion. As she looked around for her mate, she saw the foot in the air and giggled before giving it a running head butt. It helped in sending Hope rolling several feet before crashing into Castle in the air, causing them to both shatter and leave for dizzy and fussy dragons. Happily Ever After was still giggling as she ran again for the boy she was drawn to and pounced on him, knocking him to the ground and licking his cheek as their bond was made.

Hope staggered around getting his bearings while Castle in the Air creeled at being roughed up like she was. Hope crooned an apology and once he could see straight again, he moved towards Ryvian and Indivara, stopping to sniff at them both but finally continued on to Impress to a boy a few feet away.

Castle in the Air may have accepted her brother’s apology but she still sat amongst the shell fragments on the edge of the clutch, looking bewildered. It was only when a boy took a hesitant step forward that it became obvious she had Impressed from a far and her bonded was just as confused as she was. He helped Castle in the Air to her feet, dusted off some sand, and finally coaxed the young green to follow him to where food was waiting.

Amongst all of the commotion, Surreal quietly made its way from the shell and watched hatchlings and humans interact. It was all very strange to Surreal as she quietly inched her way forward towards some boys before pausing. No, they weren’t right. She made a quick left turn and moved to another group. Much better. Surreal sat down between two boys who both stared at her and each other before the little green nestled the boy on the right’s leg. Grinning like he inherited a Hold, the pair moved off together.

In the lull that followed, Rhaedalyn found her voice enough to ask if it was lucky to have a brown hatch first, like it was for bronzes. R’nya’s positive answer made her smile but four greens had already hatched as well, which would be frowned upon by some. Then again, she had Impressed at a clutch that was all green with one gold and Aradissicath was amazing so it was all subjective.

Fabrication CDBrown01 to CDMale01
Wish CDBlue01 to CDMale02
Fable CDGreen01 to CDMale03
Happily Ever After CDGreen02 to CDMale04
Hope CDBlue02 to CDMale05
Castle in the air CDGreen03 to CDMale06
Surreal CDGreen04 to CDMale07


Notes to remember:
Our dragonets don’t say ‘Mine’ or speak in third person, and both the new honorific and the dragonets name will be ‘somehow known’ without the dragonet needing to state either, though the new Impressor will need to inform B’jin as they join him at the feeding bins!

Also, if your Candidate didn't get to post an arrival before this post; it's assumed they made it on time, though you can of course still mention the time leading up to arriving and any reactions to the initial wave of hatchings.