02.Jul.21, 08:43 PM
Helyna smiled and returned Ojassa and Rhaedlyn’s greetings politely. The mugginess of the day was making her irritable despite her best intentions, and all she could hope was that her facade of composure wasn’t melting like it felt the rest of her was.
Helyna had pinned up her hair during the first hour of waiting, but still felt sweat drip down her neck. If this heat kept up, she’d probably go over to the healers table and steal a soaked rag to cool down with. The fan she had brought was barely worth the energy to use it.
But the cracks were finally starting to get larger, and everyone anxiously watched for the first shell to break. She knew there had been a betting pool started up, but it seemed in poor taste to bet on her own clutch. Still, she hoped for a bronze-or even the gold! Wouldn’t that be exciting?
Surprising several people, Egg #1 was the first to hatch, seemingly finally impatient to get out of his shell.Bronze 1 scrambled out, peering around curiously at the crowd for a moment before he made his unsteady way over to the clusters of candidates and headbutted his choice in the legs.
Several long minutes passed after this quick and lucky Impression before the next pair of eggs began to move in earnest. Egg #3 tipped over into Egg #2 and the two cracked open to revealBrown 1 and Blue 1 . The big blue sat there stunned for a minute while the brown shook off the remaining bits of shell and chirped inquisitively. The brown then meandered off along the sands, seemingly more curious about the other eggs than the Candidates, his blue brother was intrigued and followed him towards the violently rocking egg #27.
Egg #9 produced the dainty littleGreen 1 . She had just started to make her way over to the candidates when there was an alarming commotion from egg #27. Brown 1 had crouched down, then suddenly pounced on the egg just as it split open, chirping cheerfully in what quickly gave way to a surprised and pained shriek. Bronze 2 emerged hissing and spitting-mad from the remains of egg #27, clawing up the belly of Brown 1 who managed to quickly scramble away. The bronze rounded on Blue 1 who began to puff himself up and hiss back loudly, trying to scare off the angry bronze. In all the commotion Green 1 quickly found her mate and ushered him away.
Helyna had pinned up her hair during the first hour of waiting, but still felt sweat drip down her neck. If this heat kept up, she’d probably go over to the healers table and steal a soaked rag to cool down with. The fan she had brought was barely worth the energy to use it.
But the cracks were finally starting to get larger, and everyone anxiously watched for the first shell to break. She knew there had been a betting pool started up, but it seemed in poor taste to bet on her own clutch. Still, she hoped for a bronze-or even the gold! Wouldn’t that be exciting?
Surprising several people, Egg #1 was the first to hatch, seemingly finally impatient to get out of his shell.
Several long minutes passed after this quick and lucky Impression before the next pair of eggs began to move in earnest. Egg #3 tipped over into Egg #2 and the two cracked open to reveal
Egg #9 produced the dainty little