Candidate Collective [All Candidates + Additionals]

R’nd was slightly confused at how openly affectionate B’jin was being in public. Several flights hadn’t exactly left them in discreet locations and their playing with paint in the Square had bordered on being inappropriate as well but B’jin was somewhat reserved typically in such regards. The bluerider was shameless and didn’t mind showing affection to his lover of the moment but with B’jin, all rules seemed to change and R’nd was almost shy by such affection. Then again, it may have simply been Amorandii mimicking her father and giving a kiss of her own. That was shocking and made for a baffled bluerider that looked between father and daughter as he resisted the urge to wipe at his cheek where a little damp spot remained. R’nd didn’t dare look down at Indamor. If the boy was watching him – and he no doubt was; the kid was pretty creepy – he didn’t want to see the immense disapproval within the soul-sucking eyes.

Luckily there seemed to be a hundred questions being tossed around so there was plenty of distraction from B’jin’s clan that always confused him in one way or another. At Seijin’s question about watching the kids, R’nd thought he would laugh; B’jin wouldn’t risk having either of his children out of his sight or out of arm’s reach. In fact, R’nd was surprised that Amorandii hadn’t been pulled back to her father the instant she had left his arms. It was oddly pleasing that that hadn’t happened and that Seijin had been told his baby-sitting services wouldn’t be required. In a way, it showed a massive amount of trust placed in him and R’nd was ridiculously happy about that and finally did give a little smile.

He was still smiling when Rhaedalyn came bouncing up to them. His gaze drifted to the girl and still the smile remained as he watched her blush and suddenly come across as shy. It was a reaction he was used to seeing out of a variety of people over the turns and R’nd’s ego loved it every time though it left him unfazed and without a lick of shock or confusion. He was hot, he knew it, and he knew others knew it as well. Shaking himself out of the wonderful trap that was his ego boosting itself further, R’nd caught the question and the short answer that very clearly was made up on the spot. So R’nd elaborated for his horrible liar of a lover. “What he’s trying to say without so many words is that the Weyrleader is strong and everything will work out as it should.”

The girl seemed to be satisfied and R’nd turned his attention to another Candidate that had a question. He answered that as best as he could before noticing that B’jin wasn’t jumping in. A quick glance showed his lover had that look to him that showed he was talking with a dragon and soon after, B’jin was pressing even closer to him with Indamor jumping up to join in. R’nd was about to ask what was wrong when an answer was given first. Tansy? Why was that being mentioned right then? A light went off in R’nd’s head as he recalled the properties of that plant and knew that was now being labelled as the main suspect for whatever ailed D’ren. “He will correct it.” R’nd replied in hushed tones, keeping Talian’s name out of it to lessen suspicions about what they were whispering about. R’nd didn’t think D’ren would do this to himself, especially if he went to Healing Hall, so that left one obvious and scary conclusion; someone had tried to kill the Weyrleader.

R’nd wrapped an arm around B’jin and held him close to his side. He was pretty sure there was something that could balance out the tansy so all of their bravado had to be based in truth, right? A kiss was given to B’jin’s temple to help comfort them both. If there was a time for alcohol, now truly was starting to look like the perfect opportunity!