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[G] [P] [EVENT] 734.12.13 | Blood & Tears
4 PM Start | Hatching - NPC

V'ler
of Blue Veeth

Date of Birth
21.08.707, 37
Height
5’10
Eyes
Green
Build
Average
Hair
Brown, shaggy

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Written By: SunsetWay
#1
The Hatching began like all those before it with the humming of dragons. V’ler made sure he was dressed appropriately for such an outing and grabbed his writing tools, just as he had with every Hatching since Impressing Veeth. When they arrived with his two firelizards bursting from between to join them at the edge of the sand, V’ler noticed the similarities didn’t stop there either.

Indivara, now accompanied by a dragon of her own, took up a spot beside him, curling up comfortably on Venseth. R’vi didn’t seem to know how to handle them both still and hovered nearby for a short time before going off a ways to join another friend. As he set up his equipment, V’ler noticed the smaller crowd filing into the hatching circuit. Everyone that had stayed behind were quick to appear but it took several minutes more for word to be brought to Telgar Weyr and Hold and everyone else that enjoyed Hatchings to join them. V’ler casually took in the crowd, jotting down names of faces that stood out and that of those he didn’t see show up that probably should have as well.

Yet another similarity to all those before it that V’ler was aware of, the eggs started their wobbling and put on a good show of cracking but didn’t actually get to the act right away. Perhaps it was only Krypth’s clutches that liked to pick horrible times and then make everyone wait. The others didn’t seem quite so bad. Either way, he stretched out atop Veeth and made himself comfortable while he waited, humouring himself with trading the usual insults and casual bickering with Indivara.

Finally, two hours later, several of the eggs began rocking in earnest and the excited murmur of earlier spread through the crowd once more as the Havoc egg fell over with a foot finally bursting through the weakened shell. It didn’t take much longer as the eager occupant made his debut. Havoc found his feet, albeit with a slight tremble, and soon after was running around one group of Candidates and another, doing a looping pattern between them before he skidded to a stop that didn’t work as well as he hoped. A boy bent down to help the dragonet back to his feet and the pair walked off together, quietly babbling to each other.

Fear was hot on the blue’s heels as it started rocking faster until a crack zig-zagged its way down the shell and the occupant seemed to almost walk out without a hitch. However, Fear didn’t seem to have any desire to seek out her mate just yet and sat down beside her shell as if biding her time. V’ler wondered if all of the Candidates had shown up but when the little green started to clean her paw, he then wondered if she had actually bonded and the Candidate was frozen in shock off to the side. He glanced at the boys but they all seemed to wear the same expression of awe – on the younger and newer ones – and boredom – on the Weyrbrats and those that had been Standing for more than one clutch.

Notorious didn’t care what the others were doing as a nose worked its way through the shell. The egg rolled back and forth with the struggle for freedom but in the end, V’ler was glad to see it set itself free. Notorious held her nose in the air as she took one slow step after the other. Clearly, she thought highly of herself and didn’t want to be a clumsy mess that ended up covered in sand like so many hatchlings often did. No fuss was made as another clean Impression was made to a boy V’ler didn’t know which meant he must have been one of the younger Weyrbrats. Indivara’s comment about a name and who his parents were helped sort out the details.

Misery seemed to be having trouble getting out and Fear seemed disgusted by it. She jaunted over to the egg and started head butting it but when it did break away, she jumped back with a bit of a yelp and then did her best impression of a scowl as Misery entered the world. V’ler found himself holding his breath as the two greens stared at each other and he wasn’t sure if he should chuckle like some of the audience and worry like the other half when Fear started chasing Misery. It wasn’t the most graceful of chases as it saw both entrants stumble regularly but when Misery led the chase to a group of boys and seemed to cower behind one, that’s one things changed the nature of the Hatching.

Fear lunged for the hiding green but a different boy stepped in the way, clearly trying to protect the younger hatchling and was rewarded by being pounced and clawed instead. The boy screamed in pain as one leg bled from gashes caused by the determined green that ended up leaving smaller marks on his stomach as well as she scrambled off, only to be chastised by the boy that had obviously Impressed her; though when it had happened was hard to tell. They walked off together with Candidates scattering to get out of the green’s way.

Misery was clearly upset as she danced circles around the injured man that must have been her bonded. She calmed at once when he spoke to her and patted her head until two dragonriders came out to help the boy to his feet and move him to the side, out of the way of anymore excited hatchlings so that he could be tended to while his dragon was fed and inspected. Wisely, it seemed they moved the pair further away from where Fear had gone.

V’ler had turned away from the sight of someone else being mauled to watch Indivara’s face which still held her usual mask of not being affected by anything but he had spent too much time with her to know better. When he turned back to the eggs, he saw Sanguine and Legacy had taken advantage of the chaos to debut quietly. Sanguine was already making the rounds to search for his mate and thankfully it went without a hitch as the pair made eye contact and a smile broke across the boy’s face. Legacy was quick to follow the example and made another uneventful Impression.

The eggs seemed to have quieted down and V’ler wondered how long the lull would last but before he could even strike up a conversation about the events thus far, Regret burst onto the scene with the top of the shell coming away enough for the occupant to wriggle free. Regret looked at the Candidates and then slowly turned in a circle as she realized she was being watched on a larger scale. A squeak of surprise caused some laughter before she was running to a group of boys and accidentally knocking her bonded off his feet. He was laughing and V’ler could hear words of reassurance that he was fine before a hug was given to his dragonet.

A hush fell over the sands as the action seemed to dim to only the rattling eggs. Lament seemed to be the next to win at the hatching race as the egg fell over to finish shattering the delicate shell. Lament sat up and looked around but didn’t move. V’ler took it for doing what the green before him had done and was quietly observing everything that was new to him. Instead, the young blue continued to sit there, gaze going over every person on the Sands and then into the crowd. Still, he didn’t move.

Anger and Dire finished hatching at a tie as they both stumbled free of the remnants. A moment was taken to get their bearings but soon Dire was giving her legs a test as she pranced around the open area free of the eggs. Anger mistook her excitement as an attempt to Impress as the green got close to two boys that looked rather bored with the whole thing. Anger took off at a run and pounced on Dire, giving the green a vicious smack that left ichor welling up in the wake of the claws. Anger Impressed to a wide-eyed boy that was soon grinning as they walked away, leaving the green to creel once from the pain before Dire panicked and sent herself between.

The gasp from the crowd said it all. V’ler didn’t know what to think of what he just witnessed but patted Veeth as he gave a respectful keen for the poor green. He had Impressed at a rather rough and bloody Hatching but V’ler didn’t like the direction this one was going and shifted uncomfortably as he made note of the green hatchling that didn’t make it.

As Significance fell over and rolled to crash into Loneliness, Lament continued to sit amongst the remains of shells, still looking at everyone in the area. He gave a creel of distress and then another before finally getting up and wandering around aimlessly. V’ler was starting to get an uneasy feeling as the blue continued crying, obviously lost and without anyone to step forward for him. The Candidates were giving each other looks and some started to step forward in a desperate need to help the distressed dragonet but it was clear no one would be able to help. Finally, one last heartbreaking creel was given before Lament joined his sister and went between.

V’ler was stunned. He didn’t think that would ever happen, somehow having convinced himself somewhere down the line that if the true mate wasn’t nearby, there would be a runner up. After all, he had almost Impressed Charath before she went to Erisi and Veeth chose him. He glanced at S’kef who sat with the lords and ladies of Telgar Hold to see what he made of it, wondering if the Weyrleader would ever again assume they had enough Candidates, even for smaller clutches.

Significance crooned at Loneliness to get his fellow blue to his feet. Except, when Loneliness managed it, he squeaked in pain but continued moving at his brother’s insistence. It was clear Loneliness was favouring his back left foot as he hobbled along but V’ler couldn’t tell from where he sat why it was. It could have been a birth defect or an injury caused when the eggs collided. Both Loneliness and Significance Impressed boys that were standing beside each other and together the four moved off as one. It was good seeing friends Impress together, especially if the one dragonet did have something wrong and would need moral support.

Despair rattled so much it looked like it would shake the earth beneath it to such a degree that all of the remaining eggs would hatch with it. Instead, only a little green dragonet rolled out of the shell, leaving her siblings to tend to their own escapes. V’ler worried a moment when Despair sat down like the other two had and he held his breath hoping she didn’t follow the blue’s example. Thankfully, she proved the bluerider wrong as wobbly steps were taken before bursting into a run towards a group. Most of the boys knew enough to clear a path and spread out but one didn’t move gracefully enough and fell, leaving himself directly in line with the approaching green. Despair likely didn’t mean it as she collided with the boy, clawing his arm she had pinned down with her fall as she scrambled to get up and meet her mate but it was becoming harder to tell what was innocent excitement and what was purposely done with the current clutch.

There were five eggs left to hatch and V’ler was growing anxious. What would they hold and what would their nature be? Given his discomfort, he knew Indivara had to be holding herself in place by sheer determination to prove she wasn’t a wimp. All that had happened to her at Hatchings would have been more than enough reason for her to leave several eggs ago but V’ler watched her for a moment, standing her ground so to speak as she sat curled up on Venseth’s forepaws.

Intrusive clearly knew attention had drifted and made quite the show of hatching as the shell splintered and the dragonet popped out with an adorable – but ferocious to the maker – roar. V’ler smiled at the sound as he turned back to finish his duty as a Harper and record the event. Intrusive seemed to be a mini version of Ghaeth as he hopped from foot to foot before merrily jogging his way over to a boy that he nearly pounced. Instead, they ended up nearly at eye-level as Intrusive stood up on his hind legs with his front paws resting against his bonded’s chest. The man he Impressed to was clearly delighted but also straining under the weight of keep the dragonet up and finally tumbled to the ground in a mess of limbs and laughter. When he stood, there was a bit of blood on his arms but he didn’t seem to notice which V’ler took to mean it wasn’t a serious injury.

Annihilation, Sacrifice, and Carnage were all still nestled close together so when one cracked, the others did as well. It was a chain reaction of hatching though V’ler couldn’t quite tell who had actually started it. Annihilation and Carnage didn’t seem to appreciate hatching along with others and immediately jumped each other in a horrible clash of snarls. Sacrifice had wisely moved away but didn’t seem to know what to do. He didn’t move to find his mate but didn’t intervene either.

Sacrifice finally started to pace, clearly upset and glanced over to a boy that stepped forward. An Impression had been made but the brown didn’t go to his bonded; he jumped towards the greens. It was a horrible mess and V’ler wanted to look away but couldn’t. The two greens were still swiping at each other but the little brave brown was now also getting abused. It wasn’t long before three boys intervened, clearly the mates of the three brawling dragonets, and order was slowly restored though the humans were just as bloodied as the dragons by the end of it.

Healers who were on standby after tending to the others waited for the pairs to move off towards them and were swiftly separated to be looked at.

V’ler wasn’t sure who looked the most shaken by the events. Jada seemed pale as did Indivara. He knew he wasn’t doing too well either. S’kef was hard to read and the bluerider knew the Weyrleader could be fuming at such violence when trying to impress the wide-eyed Telgar Hold residents or amused at the violence.

After fifteen minutes of waiting for the final egg to move, it was obvious it was a dud. Someone in the crowd made a comment about Indivara going to check the egg since she was so skilled at it and V’ler tensed. He looked over in the direction of the voice but didn’t see who said it. Clearly R’vi had as the blueriding twin was pushing his way through a group of riders to reach the jerk that thought himself clever.

V’ler quickly packed up his writing tools so he wouldn’t scatter them everywhere before sliding down Veeth’s side and grabbed Indivara’s shoulder. He didn’t care if she was seething with anger and about to kill someone or if she was in shock again after the carnage of the hatching and memories of the gold egg oozing out onto her feet. It was time for them to go and while he wondered when he became her official guardian, V’ler just rolled with it. He would have liked to check up on Jada who was due to give birth any day now and the shock of the hatching wouldn’t have been good, but he already struggled with helping one person and couldn’t handle trying to help two at once.

“The Hatching’s over, Vara. Let’s go.” With Venseth’s help, he managed to get Indivara to leave the Hatching Ground before the last egg was picked up to be dropped between.

What a Hatching.



[spoiler=Impressions & Other  Details]
Havoc BTBlue01 to BTMale01
Notorious BTGreen01 to BTMale02
Fear BTGreen02 to BTMale03
Misery BTGreen03 to BTMale04
Sanguine BTBlue02 to BTMale05
Legacy BTBrown01 to BTMale06
Regret BTGreen04 to BTMale07
Anger BTBrown02 to BTMale08
Significance BTBlue03 to BTMale09
Loneliness BTBlue04 to BTMale10
Despair BTGreen05 to BTMale11
Intrusive BTBrown03 to BTMale12
Sacrifice BTBrown04 to BTMale13
Annihilation BTGreen06 to BTMale14
Carnage BTGreen07 to BTMale15



Other Notes:
~ BTMale04 Has a deep gash from Fear mauling him when he jumped in front of the dragon. Lighter claw marks on his stomach.
~ Anger attacked Dire thinking she was going after his mate and injured her, causing her to between before Impressing.
~ Lament could not find his mate and went between before Impressing.
~ Loneliness had a broken foot (back left) at hatching. It will heal almost perfectly but he’ll always have a slight limp.
~ Annihilation and Carnage fought. They injured each other and Sacrifice. Light scarring will be on all three as they get older. BTMale13, BTMale14, and BTMale15 all ended up with claw marks on legs or arms as they broke up the right.
~ Mournful never hatched, being a dud. The egg was dropped between after the Hatching.

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