23.Mar.13, 12:24 AM
Apari had actually been awake, if barely, as she was laying with her eyes still closed in her bed nuzzling with her little bronze firelizard. The warmth of his hide was more or less what was keeping her under her warm blankets, but when the sudden banging on her door and the hum of dragons began so suddenly before sunrise, she nearly jumped out of her skin. The hatching? Right now? A bleary-eyed glance out the window told Apari that it was still before dawn and she took a moment to make sure she was hearing things correctly before she tossed off the blankets and got herself ready as quickly as possible.
Her gnarled fingers were braiding her hair as she hurried in behind Mevrit and Rhaedalyn, careful to keep enough distance to stop before bumping into them should they need to stop suddenly themselves. Her eyes were everywhere though as she side stepped one rider and jerked away from another with a squeek in her attempts to keep up with the other gold candidates. Oh why did there have to be so many people at a hatching?!
It seemed to take forever before she was on the relative safety of the hot sands and for a moment Apari was certain that nothing that came out of the eggs could be nearly so dangerous as the crowd that was quickly growing thicker around the sands as dragons and riders bother flocked around. Tying off her braid, she tossed it back over her shoulder before standing a bit behind the other woman and watching the eggs with curiosity, especially the little gold one closest to them. Just as suddenly as it had started, however, it stopped.
And the wait began. And they waited. And waited. And waited… Then they got to eat and wait some more. A bath was offered, but she had bathed the night before and besides – bathing would take her through that crowd again. No she’d be just fine waiting at the edge of the sands some more. And so she waited. And waited.
If it were not for the gossip that was taking place around her, Apari might have gone mad during the waiting with so much anticipation that had come that morning, but Apari did enjoy listening to people. She enjoyed talking too, but had yet to find a conversation that she was comfortable enough jumping into. After all, when she over heard Nyvian mentioning Mevrit’s boobs…. Well that was certainly the last conversation Apari wanted to try to join.
Thankfully that was when the excitement began again. Jumping to her feet from one of the chairs that had been offered to the candidates, she quickly followed the gold candidates once more onto the sands to stand with them (or as closely with them as she dared that still kept her a safe distance away from touching them). When the little green broke from it’s shell, Apari couldn’t help but smile. The little thing was just gorgeous. And while Apari’s eyes were certainly untrained in the way dragons were considered ‘well put together’ she certainly thought the little green looked just perfect and she hoped she’d find her rider among the men standing.
Her gnarled fingers were braiding her hair as she hurried in behind Mevrit and Rhaedalyn, careful to keep enough distance to stop before bumping into them should they need to stop suddenly themselves. Her eyes were everywhere though as she side stepped one rider and jerked away from another with a squeek in her attempts to keep up with the other gold candidates. Oh why did there have to be so many people at a hatching?!
It seemed to take forever before she was on the relative safety of the hot sands and for a moment Apari was certain that nothing that came out of the eggs could be nearly so dangerous as the crowd that was quickly growing thicker around the sands as dragons and riders bother flocked around. Tying off her braid, she tossed it back over her shoulder before standing a bit behind the other woman and watching the eggs with curiosity, especially the little gold one closest to them. Just as suddenly as it had started, however, it stopped.
And the wait began. And they waited. And waited. And waited… Then they got to eat and wait some more. A bath was offered, but she had bathed the night before and besides – bathing would take her through that crowd again. No she’d be just fine waiting at the edge of the sands some more. And so she waited. And waited.
If it were not for the gossip that was taking place around her, Apari might have gone mad during the waiting with so much anticipation that had come that morning, but Apari did enjoy listening to people. She enjoyed talking too, but had yet to find a conversation that she was comfortable enough jumping into. After all, when she over heard Nyvian mentioning Mevrit’s boobs…. Well that was certainly the last conversation Apari wanted to try to join.
Thankfully that was when the excitement began again. Jumping to her feet from one of the chairs that had been offered to the candidates, she quickly followed the gold candidates once more onto the sands to stand with them (or as closely with them as she dared that still kept her a safe distance away from touching them). When the little green broke from it’s shell, Apari couldn’t help but smile. The little thing was just gorgeous. And while Apari’s eyes were certainly untrained in the way dragons were considered ‘well put together’ she certainly thought the little green looked just perfect and she hoped she’d find her rider among the men standing.