Hello loves! While I haven't been writing, I have been working on updating some issues that have been hanging around on the layout! The Character change box is now at the bottom of the page, beside the up/down arrows! Green and Gold dragon flight dates have been shifted to the bottom of the page, where the (useless!) discord widget was located. Where the dragon flights were in the header, is now replaced by a Monthly Event box! This will be updated at the start of each month, with a fun mini-event you can take part in, if you want to! Thistle!
30.May.18, 05:15 AM
Ayontay heaved a sigh of relief when some of the eggs started cracking soon after arriving. Hopefully it'd be a quick event since standing around for a few hours on hot sand sucked. A lot. But even with the few enthusiastic eggs, there were still a lot more taking their time so it could be a while yet for standing about looking like he wasn't about to lose his mind to boredom. Unless he Impressed right away! That would be amazing.
When the first leg made an appearance and showed it was blue, Ayontay dared to hope a little more that this could be his moment, his time to meet his life mate. But the happy little boy went to someone else but Ayontay still smiled at seeing the bond made. How could you not? Even if it wasn't you, someone else now had a dragon and that dragon wasn't crying and about to vanish before their eyes, alone.
He chuckled at the two little greens that appeared about the same time and hoped they remembered their hatching and stayed good friends. Looking at who they bonded to, he hoped the humans could be friends. He laughed again, this time wondering if the dragonets would make their riders be friends whether they wanted to be or not and wished them well.
When the next blue hatchling started slinking about the sands, weaving around Candidates, and generally looking grumpy, Ayontay started to feel a bit nervous. Flashes of the hatching that Hoth was from came to his mind. He was rather young at the time, but old enough to remember the tiny bronze hatchling was cranky and mauled a few people, Indivara included. She bore the scars on her face as a reminder to all that dragonets could be dangerous and to follow the rules -- since she had snuck onto the Sands when she had been denied.
Suddenly, that grumpy blue hatchling was almost upon him. Ayontay was doing his best not to panic and run away, having been told over and over that such actions would only confuse, excite, or enrage the hatchlings. When the blue stopped in front of him, he was sure he was going to pass out from fear and the lack of breath as he realised he had stopped breathing. He knew this wasn't his mate, not because of the hatchling's temper but because his mind was still his own. He had pestered T'ryn so many times about what it was like the moment Impression happened and this didn't seem like it at all.
He wasn't sure what he did, and likely never would, perhaps it was the act of gulping for air when his lungs started to burn and demand he breathe, but suddenly there was a dragonet on his hand and shaking it like he had seen Shadow do when he tried to tear off a large chunk of meat. Oh, Farnath! Was he about to lose his hand? N'mor seemed to function all right missing an arm but Ayontay knew he wasn't as strong as N'mor and...
As quickly as the blue grabbed him, it was over as he went off to find his mate. Ayontay fell to the ground, cradling his hand to his chest as he sat there in shock, eyes unseeing everything around him. Had he screamed when it happened? He knew he heard them but couldn't remember if he was one of the voices. He also heard Shadow's angry cry but he heard R'nd calling for Shadow and Rell to stay where they were, which they must have done since not a single firelizard circled him. Instead, an adult was beside him, checking his hand briefly before dragging him to his feet and guiding him away from the action.
His hand was examined and cleaned and just before it was wrapped up, Ayontay dared to look at the damage and then glanced away, not liking the view. Maybe it was fine and just looked worse. He nodded as the Healer said it was fine and that he could move his fingers still so everything would be fine. Maybe some scars, but who didn't like scars, right? He nodded again, not really listening. He was too busy replaying what happened and wondering if he really had to go back out there. He was injured and had blood on the front of his robe, he noticed absently. How did that get there? Oh, right, when he held his hand to his chest. Would the scent of his blood enrage other hatchlings? What if that blue came back for another taste?
He knew he was being paranoid and overreacting. Dragons didn't purposely harm humans. He must have startled the hatchling with his gasp and instinct had him defend himself. Still, Ayontay was hesitant to go back out there and only when a green and her new bonded walked by him without being attacked, did he find his courage to go back out there. Indivara had managd to Stand again after she was far more brutally assaulted, so he could as well.
Still, he wasn't too sold on the idea of Impressing to a blue anymore.
He gave a small smile and waved with his bandaged hand when he heard his dad in the stands and saw him with the rest of his family. R'nd, B'jin, and his aunt Eridella were doing their best to smile and not look panicked. His mom, however, was crying and his sister Wynera and brother Benden were both wide-eyed. He had to put on a brave face for them and smiled a bit brighter and gave them a thumbs up with his good hand to let them know there wasn't anything to worry about.
Instead of going back to the little group he had been in, Ayontay moved over to Mylorah's group where she immediately pulled him into a hug. He noticed her tears but didn't tease her about them, just happy to have someone to hug back since Madiquel wouldn't have been allowed to see him no matter how worked up she was. In fact, he couldn't even bring himself to find her in the crowd, knowing she'd be upset and that would make him upset and he didn't want to see her crying for him.
When Mylorah finally let him go, she stood almost protectively beside him and he managed to chuckle at that. She was a pretty cool big sister. Since it was quiet among the eggs, Ayontay found himself giving in and scanning the crowd for Madiquel after all. If she was crying, his heart would break at causing her distress, but if she smiled, he felt like he'd be able to get through the rest of the Hatching without passing out--which he thought he might do as the shock wore off and the pain started to set in.
When the first leg made an appearance and showed it was blue, Ayontay dared to hope a little more that this could be his moment, his time to meet his life mate. But the happy little boy went to someone else but Ayontay still smiled at seeing the bond made. How could you not? Even if it wasn't you, someone else now had a dragon and that dragon wasn't crying and about to vanish before their eyes, alone.
He chuckled at the two little greens that appeared about the same time and hoped they remembered their hatching and stayed good friends. Looking at who they bonded to, he hoped the humans could be friends. He laughed again, this time wondering if the dragonets would make their riders be friends whether they wanted to be or not and wished them well.
When the next blue hatchling started slinking about the sands, weaving around Candidates, and generally looking grumpy, Ayontay started to feel a bit nervous. Flashes of the hatching that Hoth was from came to his mind. He was rather young at the time, but old enough to remember the tiny bronze hatchling was cranky and mauled a few people, Indivara included. She bore the scars on her face as a reminder to all that dragonets could be dangerous and to follow the rules -- since she had snuck onto the Sands when she had been denied.
Suddenly, that grumpy blue hatchling was almost upon him. Ayontay was doing his best not to panic and run away, having been told over and over that such actions would only confuse, excite, or enrage the hatchlings. When the blue stopped in front of him, he was sure he was going to pass out from fear and the lack of breath as he realised he had stopped breathing. He knew this wasn't his mate, not because of the hatchling's temper but because his mind was still his own. He had pestered T'ryn so many times about what it was like the moment Impression happened and this didn't seem like it at all.
He wasn't sure what he did, and likely never would, perhaps it was the act of gulping for air when his lungs started to burn and demand he breathe, but suddenly there was a dragonet on his hand and shaking it like he had seen Shadow do when he tried to tear off a large chunk of meat. Oh, Farnath! Was he about to lose his hand? N'mor seemed to function all right missing an arm but Ayontay knew he wasn't as strong as N'mor and...
As quickly as the blue grabbed him, it was over as he went off to find his mate. Ayontay fell to the ground, cradling his hand to his chest as he sat there in shock, eyes unseeing everything around him. Had he screamed when it happened? He knew he heard them but couldn't remember if he was one of the voices. He also heard Shadow's angry cry but he heard R'nd calling for Shadow and Rell to stay where they were, which they must have done since not a single firelizard circled him. Instead, an adult was beside him, checking his hand briefly before dragging him to his feet and guiding him away from the action.
His hand was examined and cleaned and just before it was wrapped up, Ayontay dared to look at the damage and then glanced away, not liking the view. Maybe it was fine and just looked worse. He nodded as the Healer said it was fine and that he could move his fingers still so everything would be fine. Maybe some scars, but who didn't like scars, right? He nodded again, not really listening. He was too busy replaying what happened and wondering if he really had to go back out there. He was injured and had blood on the front of his robe, he noticed absently. How did that get there? Oh, right, when he held his hand to his chest. Would the scent of his blood enrage other hatchlings? What if that blue came back for another taste?
He knew he was being paranoid and overreacting. Dragons didn't purposely harm humans. He must have startled the hatchling with his gasp and instinct had him defend himself. Still, Ayontay was hesitant to go back out there and only when a green and her new bonded walked by him without being attacked, did he find his courage to go back out there. Indivara had managd to Stand again after she was far more brutally assaulted, so he could as well.
Still, he wasn't too sold on the idea of Impressing to a blue anymore.
He gave a small smile and waved with his bandaged hand when he heard his dad in the stands and saw him with the rest of his family. R'nd, B'jin, and his aunt Eridella were doing their best to smile and not look panicked. His mom, however, was crying and his sister Wynera and brother Benden were both wide-eyed. He had to put on a brave face for them and smiled a bit brighter and gave them a thumbs up with his good hand to let them know there wasn't anything to worry about.
Instead of going back to the little group he had been in, Ayontay moved over to Mylorah's group where she immediately pulled him into a hug. He noticed her tears but didn't tease her about them, just happy to have someone to hug back since Madiquel wouldn't have been allowed to see him no matter how worked up she was. In fact, he couldn't even bring himself to find her in the crowd, knowing she'd be upset and that would make him upset and he didn't want to see her crying for him.
When Mylorah finally let him go, she stood almost protectively beside him and he managed to chuckle at that. She was a pretty cool big sister. Since it was quiet among the eggs, Ayontay found himself giving in and scanning the crowd for Madiquel after all. If she was crying, his heart would break at causing her distress, but if she smiled, he felt like he'd be able to get through the rest of the Hatching without passing out--which he thought he might do as the shock wore off and the pain started to set in.
