25.Dec.12, 10:26 PM
"R'nd! B'jin!" I'shan squealed as he bounded towards them, eyes wide and face plastered with the most cheerful of expressions. The bluerider was thrilled, for he loved hatchings; they reminded him of his own happy bond with Ilveriath, and the joy he saw in the candidates' faces helped alleviate much of the guilt of his past wrongs. I'shan liked to hold out that his candidates, as troubled as they might be by their fates, would find some redemption in their situation once they came upon their bonded. It wouldn't make it right, but it was help. It was what those kids were brought there for.
It was what they were born for.
So, of course, I'shan was thrilled. Hatchings were joyful times, and since the bluerider had managed to largely put the incident with poor Farlint behind him, he went into this one feeling confident. It was also the first time I'shan had made a noted public appearance since being lashed for setting the kitchen on fire! He'd mostly laid low while the Weyr was afire with scandal, only coming out of his hut for wing practice and to visit his closest friends.
As he charged towards R'nd and B'jin now, one would never have suspected that I'shan had ever been in trouble at all. He appeared impossible to discourage or dissuade. "B'jin! R'nd! It's happening!!" he screamed cheerfully, his voice becoming shrill as he weaved through the confused candidates. I'shan clapped many of them on the back of grasped their hands in passing as he made his way through. Squee was in hot pursuit, chittering loudly, eyes an erratic kaleidoscope of joy and anticipation. BABIES.
I'shan giggled as he bounced up to his friends, leaping first at B'jin. The bluerider's arms wrapped around the weyrling master as easily lifted him, twirling one before setting him back on the ground. I'shan's attention then shifted to R'nd, whom he seized in both arms and squeezed similarly, though I'shan didn't try to lift or spin him; blueriders didn't do that to blueriders!
"I'm so excited!" I'shan said before spinning and looking out over the sands. He screamed good-lucks to his own candidates, calling them by name and cheering them on. Then, he added the names of those he wasn't personally responsible for searching but had befriended. "Seijin! Jazira! C'mon kids, you got this!" he called. He bounced a time or two before his eyes flashed to another part of the crowd. Oooh, Valerian was here! "Hi, Val!!!"
It was what they were born for.
So, of course, I'shan was thrilled. Hatchings were joyful times, and since the bluerider had managed to largely put the incident with poor Farlint behind him, he went into this one feeling confident. It was also the first time I'shan had made a noted public appearance since being lashed for setting the kitchen on fire! He'd mostly laid low while the Weyr was afire with scandal, only coming out of his hut for wing practice and to visit his closest friends.
As he charged towards R'nd and B'jin now, one would never have suspected that I'shan had ever been in trouble at all. He appeared impossible to discourage or dissuade. "B'jin! R'nd! It's happening!!" he screamed cheerfully, his voice becoming shrill as he weaved through the confused candidates. I'shan clapped many of them on the back of grasped their hands in passing as he made his way through. Squee was in hot pursuit, chittering loudly, eyes an erratic kaleidoscope of joy and anticipation. BABIES.
I'shan giggled as he bounced up to his friends, leaping first at B'jin. The bluerider's arms wrapped around the weyrling master as easily lifted him, twirling one before setting him back on the ground. I'shan's attention then shifted to R'nd, whom he seized in both arms and squeezed similarly, though I'shan didn't try to lift or spin him; blueriders didn't do that to blueriders!
"I'm so excited!" I'shan said before spinning and looking out over the sands. He screamed good-lucks to his own candidates, calling them by name and cheering them on. Then, he added the names of those he wasn't personally responsible for searching but had befriended. "Seijin! Jazira! C'mon kids, you got this!" he called. He bounced a time or two before his eyes flashed to another part of the crowd. Oooh, Valerian was here! "Hi, Val!!!"