Walkin on sunshine

[guest]

Linara was really starting to love living in the Weyr. She hadn't been assigned any chores and took great delight when the other Candidates had to trot off after the first meal of the day to take care of whatever duties they had to do before lunch and then lessons in the afternoon. She hadn't even had to go to lessons! Life was so good. She loved watching others work while she did nothing.

In the kitchens, she was munching happily on a snack before lunch while she knew all the other Candidates were hard at work. Working was really not for Linara and she would meet Faranath herself beyond /between/ before someone set her to chores.

She hummed to herself, munching on a meatroll, glaring at a boy who was glaring at her while he scrubbed the floors.

[Yamamoto]

Lithe was walking through the lower carvens toward the kicthen. He was looking for Sky and Tree a snack. He saw that there was this girl there who was glaring at somone though for the moment he paid her no mind. He got some meat and began to feed Sky who gluped down the meat hungirly. He then feed Tree who did the same. Both flit's rubbed there heads aginst ethier cheek happily at the same time. Though Lithe at this moment was noctiably neverous becuase of the other people around.

[guest]

It was surprising to see that boy who she had seen the other day talking about the Clutch show up in the kitchen. She seemed to remember, but not really, that he was a Candidate, too, and he had been at the Weyr for a long time, though or something like that. Linara didn't know and didn't care. He sat down at a table and she saw with eyes that went wide that he had firelizards! Oh, she had begged her dad for sevendays to buy her an egg, but he couldn't find anyone who was selling any eggs. Linara had been so upset and had whined for so long that she actually got bored with it.

She was curious to know if he would maybe someday have any eggs himself so she got up to go talk to him. They were eating and for some weird reason the guy they were with seemed very nervous. Linara wondered if he had many friends and doubted it.

"Hey, you. I remember you," She said, sitting down in front of him and placing her hands on the table like she owned it. "I didn't know you had firelizards."

[Yamamoto]

Lithe just nodded softly and said " Yes I do." He pointed to the green and siad " This here is Tree." He then pointed to blue and siad " This here is Sky." He just looked at her his nevrousness clearly shown in his voice as he spoke. This girl to him seemed to be abit stuck up. If that was a good term to use. Though he knew that that might just be a wrong impression and decided to hold his jugdements till later. He then looked at her and nevrously said " My name is not you it is Lithe. Though I am wondering why you are asking?" He got very nevrous when talking to people he did not know.

[guest]

A green and a blue, charming little firelizards, but neither of them were good clutching lizards. When she was begging her dad for a firelizard, she had heard that her neighbor had a green lizard clutch and had told her dad that she could have one of those since they were for sale. But her mother said no, saying that green clutches were the worst because they only had greens and maybe a blue or possibly a brown inside of them, they were worthless. She said that the best firelizard clutches came from golds because golds could produce all colors and then she could choose from the largest which could hold a bronze or brown or even gold for sure. Too bad she never got one. It was sad.

"They are very nice. Tree and Sky sound like perfect names for a green and blue," She said, peering at them and trying to pretend like she was interested in just a green and blue. Sure they were very lovely lizards, but she had been brought up in a way that suggested she could only be happy with a gold. Too bad for her. Maybe someday she would be able to see the beauty in the 'lesser' colors.

"Of course you're not called 'you,'" She said, sounding teasingly condescending. Really, though, she was being condescending. Did he really think that she thought that was his name. Oooh, silly boy.

"I am wondering because I remember when we spoke earlier and I couldn't quite remember your name. It's nice to meet you again, Lithe."

[Yamamoto]

OCC: It is not just you charater Bamre hated stuck up people before you got here. Example Maylina. Just letting you know so you would not think I was picking on you. Also all my charries are like this. They will shred stuck people not becuase they don't like them it is more they are trying to get them to stop acting like that.

Lithe just looked at her. He could tell she would walk all over him if he did not do somthing. So he just looked at her rolled his eyes and siad " Yeah I know that. Are you to wherry headed to understand sarcasim. Anyway you might what to drop the attuitude or the white rider won't give you a flit form his gold's clucth." Lithe knew And'l very well and there for knew Bamre. He added as a side note " He hates stuck up people." Lithe was not trying to be mean. He was just showing he could not be walked all over. He then looked at her and smirked and siad " Oh sorry 'you' I forgot your name to."

[guest]

OoC: Lol it is okay. I think that RPing in some situations like this makes things more fun.

IC:

The girl was outraged. Who was this guy to think he could call her a wherry head? He was obviously the wherry-headed one if he couldn't take a joke.

"You are so mean. I was just playing with you, you big jerk," She said, puffing herself out in annoyance and outrage. Linara couldn't remember when she had been so angry with anyone. This poor, stinky Weyrbrat was obviously not good enough for her company!

"If that white rider is anything like you," And she paused thinking how much she would want to ride a white! What an honor that would be. "And I doubt he will be like you because he was chosen by a white to be His. But if he is like you, I wouldn't want a firelizard from him anyways, because that would mean that he's just a big meanie who can't even laugh at a joke!"

"And for your Information Lithe my name is Linara formerly of Renegade Hold, now Candidate of Allride Weyr."

OoC: Yama, I really don't want our characters to be enemies,but that is the only way I could see my character responding. I am so sorry, but it was fun to rite.

[Yamamoto]

OCC: Don't worry I am having Bamre come in to correct the sitition. Though it all depends on how she starts acting. If she chnages they will be friends. If not then they won't be friends, but they won't be enemies they will just dislike each other.

Bamre had overheard half of the coversation and sighed becuase he knew that Lithe was not handling it corecctly. He just walked in and right behind Lithe and smack him on the back of the head and said " Lithe be more poilte to the lady's ok." He then turned to introduce himself and siad " I am Bamre rider of White Purth. Though what Lithe said is alittle ture. I don't like people who think they are better than everyone. Wethier you are like that I will find out for myself." The next part he said in a very friendly manner as though he was giving advise to try and help Linara " Best thing to do is to not act like that. You will make more firends around here and you will be well liked." He then had to think of idea to motivate her he smiled and said " If you don't act like that I can promise you I will give you a egg that will contain a brown or better flit. Just please be nice to others. We already have the Ebony rider who acts like that we don't need anthoer." Bamre smiled nothing he said was condisding. He was trying to help. His fair how had come in the room with with him were peruch all over the place. His bronze Topaz pruched on Linara's shoulders. The blood Jasper though was in Bamre's arms.

Lithe rubbed the spot on the back of his head were he had been hit and looked at the girl and said " Look I am sorry. Though he his right you should not act like you are better than everyone else. No one like's it and people will dislike you. Remember not even a gold and tell Bamre's dragon what to do." Why Lithe added that last fact he did not know. He guessed he felt it neccersy to say.

[guest]

Suddenly, a new person appeared and to her surprise and delight, smacked the guy who was being rude to her, that guy being Lithe. Because she wanted to try and make friends despite how Lithe was acting because he might have thought Linara was being stuck up. But she really wasn't. She had only been trying to make this guy she barely knew like her, she had only been trying to tease him and he had taken it the wrong way. Maybe Lithe did not know how to take a joke!

"I do not think I am better than you white rider. I do not think I am better than anyone," She said with as much honesty as she could muster. She sounded so convincing that she almost convinced herself, but a little tiny bit of her that neither Lithe or white rider, Bamre could see or tell, thought otherwise. Well, maybe she thought that Bamre, the rider of the only white on Pern, was better than her, but Lithe, with no better firelizard than a blue wasn't! But they wouldn't know that because she would never tell anyone, but keep it super secret inside.

"I was only trying to joke with Lithe and I think he took it too seriously. For that I must have to ask him to forgive me," She said smiling with an unsaid apology on her lips. "And trust me, I will do my best to be nice to people because I have never had a flit before and even though I would love to have better than a brown from you or for anyone, I would be happy with any firelizard."

She thought about what he said about the Ebony rider being kind of the way she was and thought it would be nice to meet her. What if they were similar to each other? Would that mean she would make a good Ebony rider? Or just a snooty green?

" I am sorry, but like I said I was not trying to be better than you. I thought you would laugh and joke with me, but maybe it wasn't a very good joke at all."

[Yamamoto]

Lithe just looked at her and siad " I am turely sorry about that. Until I came here not many people were nice to me. So I just assumed that is what you were trying to do. Though I would like to be friends." Purth soon came walking up behind the group and siad to the girl Hello. I do not bileve we have had the pleasure of meeting. My name is Purth. May I ask the name of the beautiful young lady I see before me. Bamre smiled. Purth could be such a charmer when he felt like. All Bamre knew is that the white did not pick it up form him. Bamre just said " Yeah Lithe has meet Maylina and as she usally was. She was mean. So that is problery the reason he made a assuption thinking that you were going to be like that. Though form what I can see you are not. You are just a lovly young lady who is trying to make friends." Bamre was not hitting on her. Even though it sounded like it. He was like Purth and would hand out complenits to people he thought deserved them.

[guest]

Oh, what a relief. She thought she and Lithe were going to become mortal enemies because once she got into a confrontation, she wouldn't back down until the end of it and could stay mad about somethings for Turns. It was sad that Linara had a tendency to become one of those people who could hold grudges that she would never let go until maybe the day she died.

"It is okay, I can understand that because being the new person to a new place is hard and it's not any better when someone is mean to you!" She said sympathetically, reaching out to pat him on the shoulder. "And trust me , If I was really trying to be mean, you would really know it!"

Linara giggled and was about to say something when she felt a strange touch on her mind. A gasp rippled out of her mouth, making her pudgy cheeks look kind of slack! Something was talking to her, but neither of the two people here were talking! Turning around, she saw the white! The only white ever to be born on Pern except for the dragon of legend, which was Ruth! She looked at the white in wonder and couldn't think of anything nice to say to him except to answer his questions as politely as possible.

"No, we haven't had the honor of meeting each other yet, beautiful white Purth. This lovely young lady before you goes by the name of Linara," She said, giggling again and trying her best to look cute, just as handsome as the white dragonet was. Although Linara had heard some stories about whites, this was the first time she had ever seen one up close. She had been told that they weren't really either boys or girls, so it was surprising and charming to know that he was flirting with her, but it wouldn't be good to flirt back because he probably wouldn't have any idea what she was doing.

"Maylina is the black dragon's rider, correct? I do not know the names of very many important people here, and it makes me feel bad sometimes," And this was true because she didn't want to say something rude to someone like the Weyrwoman of all people! That would be so embarrassing and she could make the Weyrwoman so mad that the Weyrwoman wouldn't allow her to Stand for the Clutch of the black dragon!

"And I thank you so much for your kind words, white rider Bamre. I should work on how I joke because I can now see why I can offend people or make them mad at me before they really even know me!"

[Yamamoto]

Lithe smiled at her and siad " Thank you for that. You are a very kind person Linara." Lithe hoped that he would become good friends with her. Purth nuzzled her and siad It is nice to meet Linara. Thank you for the complient. Though remember I only called you beatuiful becuase it is ture. I don't give complients for no reason. Purth was not the type to butter somone up. If he saw they had done a good thing or somthing that was worth complimenting then he would do it in a heartbeat. Becuase the white found that to be the best way to make others happy. Bamre nodded at her question and siad " Yes that is right. She herself can be okay somtimes. Though avoid Renth which is her dragon. She is more stuck up than anything I have ever know." Bamre smiled at her and siad " Don't mention it. I only said it becuase it is ture. Me and Purth are the same when it comes to compliemts. Though he is more likely to give them out than me." Bamre then smiled and siad " Maybe you should meet my brother Andol somtime. As long as you are nice to him you can esaily become friends with him. That is if you can find him. His dragon is a blue named Hexeth and let's just say that Hexeth is very shy and he is possjve of my brother, but we have got him to the point were he will let Andol make friends or be away form him for a extended amount of time."

[guest]

So she had finally convinced someone to be her friend! It felt really good inside and she also felt very disapointed that she had pushed so many people away in her life by trying to act the way she was brought up by her parents. Her parents had been the type to tell her that the only people good enough for her to be friends with were the ones who had lots and lots of marks like they did. Those people were rude and stuck up just like her parents were and maybe that's why they were all friends because they all could pretend to be nice to each other just so they could all say that they were friends.

"I do my best to be nice to people because that's how my parents raised me," She said lying through her teeth, but doing it so well that it would be impossible for either of her three companions to realize. "They just didn't teach me how to joke too well," She laughed.

"It really honors me that you speak to me, white Purth and I thank you that you would think enough of me to compliment me," Linara told the dragon, bowing slightly to the white.

"Maybe she just gets misunderstood, too? Maybe she is kind of like me," Linara slowly told them. That might be the case, but maybe Maylina just had more self esteem to say what she spoke no matter what it cost her, friends,allies or both. Maybe she should try to be more like Maylina if it meant she might have a better chance to Impress a black or gold. Then again, she did not want to be alone. She did not want to not have any friends.

"It would be really nice to meet your brother, Andol, you said? I would love to meet his dragon Hexeth, too, even if he is possessive. I want to meet more dragons and their riders so I can get a better understanding of what it is like to be a dragonrider because I wasn't raised here in the Weyr," She admitted. "Living as a trader with my parents and then in Renegade Hold, I didn't come into a lot of contact with dragonriders at all. The first ones I ever saw were Watchdragons and the dragonrider who came to take me here to Allride Weyr."

[Yamamoto]

Purth nuzzled her again and siad Why should it honor you. We are just talking. No big deal. I talk to everyone. I don't see any reason why I should just talk to Mine. Lithe just smiled though when she mention Maylina he just shook his head and siad " No honey. You are misunderstood. She is not. Let's to discribe her the best way to do so would be..." Purth then said to Linara She has her head shoved to far up her tail vent. Bamre nodded and siad " Yeah that is a good way." Purth siad to Linara If you are looking to impress a gold going about it that way is not the answer. My clucthsister Haith impressed to the shyest girl in the bunch. So you don't have to act like a mean or headstrong person to get one. I don't really see what the big deal is anyway. If a gold ever told me somthing I didn't like I would not listin to her. Purth said the last part as a after though. Bamre just looked at her and siad " Well if that the case you want to go see if we can find my brother. Hexeth problery hidding with him somwhere. We find Hexeth. We find my bro."

[guest]

Linara was suddenly confused. She had heard from other dragonriders that it took a great strain on their dragon when the dragon decided to talk to a person that was not their rider. Maybe this was not true of the white dragon, but Linara didn't know and since Purth made it seem so commonplace, she thought that asking about it would make her sound like a wherry head.

"Oh, well if you talk to everyone then maybe it is different. A dragonrider once said to me that his dragon hated to talk to other people who weren't his rider and if he wanted to talk to another dragon's rider, he would tell the dragon and the dragon would tell its rider and then the other dragon would pass the message back and so on," Linara said in a rush, but hoping that she wouldn't offend Purth by saying that he shouldn't be able to talk to her.

When Lithe and Purth described Maylina Linara started laughing very hard and wondered how some people could could really be like. She thought that she could be at least kind of nice to people and still know that she was absolutely better than whoever it was she was talking to. It seemed like Maylina didn't know how to do that and it was her loss.

"It is horrible that she is like that. Does she even have any friends of her own?" She asked, curious. Then Purth gave her his suggestion about Impressing a queen.

"I hope that I do Impress a gold, or maybe even a black, but I don't think I'd mind Impressing such a great dragon like you, Purth," She said teasingly, this time making it absolutely sure that everyone could tell that she was joking. "I just hope...I just hope that I am not left Standing at the Hatching because no one in my family has ever even been a dragonrider! I don't...I don't even know if I'll be good enough for a dragon. Because...because I wasn't even Searched properly or anything, my dad just gave the dragonrider a lot of marks to bring me over here..."

"Yes, let's go meet Andol!"