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Rinis was sitting in her barracks. She'd been thinking a lot over the past seven day. Mainly about a particular bluerider and her feelings for him. She slowly rolled a tiny gold firelizard back and forth across her desk. It was only possible because the young gold had been stuffed into a comatose state just a few moments before. Nearby, also oblivious, was a small green curled up and sleeping.

She ran her finger down the soft hide of the gold. As her finger got down toward the tail, the tail wrapped around one of her fingers. It looked like she was wearing a golden ring. Her lips twitched as a thought occurred to her. It was as if L'saen had given her a gold wedding ring, only better. The candidate pursed her lips. It was time to make some choices. They weren't the easy kinds either.

She'd been waiting for her own dragon for a very long time. Perhaps it was time she gave up the hope she'd be a dragonrider and focus on what was right in front of her. L'saen. She seriously loved him and wanted to be with him. Her rank as a candidate had inhibited her from trying to have romantic relationships. Perhaps now was the time to change that. It was time to grab what she wanted before she lost her chance. Plenty of other women would be happy to snare a bluerider.

Rinis moved Bourbon onto her little nest to sleep off her indulgence, and pushed back her chair. Chaek flutter over to her shoulder as if sensing her attention. She petted him as she strolled out of her barrack, and down a familiar path toward the stone weyrs. "Chaek as Solouth if L'saen is up in his weyr. If he is, could he give me a ride up." She pictured the blue for the brown firelizard, then her on the blue flying up to his home. With a flick the brown hopped between. Rinis headed toward the usual pick up spot and hoped she wouldn't have to chase her objective all over the weyr.

Clearly the pair was home as she didn't have to wait long before she spotted her favorite blue coming in her direction. She waited until he landed then ran up to give him an affection caress along his jaw. "Hello Solouth. Thank you for the ride." As she swung up, she noted a few differences between the bulkier blue and the green she'd befriended. Her lips twitched in a smile to herself. Settled and hanging onto the neck ridge in front of her she enjoyed the short flight up.

Rinis giggled softly as they reached the weyr and she could hear the snores from within. She almost hated to wake him up. Softly she murmured to the blue. "Did he just go to sleep?" Her curious brown, Chaek, had plans of his own. He landed on the man's chest and peered into the mouth each time he heard a snore. He cheeped his confusion.

She could tell the blue was pleased about something. Was it her plan? Rinis chuckled softly to herself at Chaek, followed by Queenie hissing at him. She moved forward a couple of steps from the nudge from a blue snout. The woman smiled and rested a hand upon Solouth's nose for a moment. "I'll go wake him."

Rinis walked closer and shooed her brown off L'saen's chest. Chaek chirruped and hopped down beside Queenie, rubbing his muzzle against her apologetically. For a moment she just watched him sleeping with a fond smile on her face. The woman lowered herself onto the edge of the bed to wake her rider with a kiss.

Rinis giggled as he kissed back in his sleep. Whatever dream he was having it must be a good one. She almost hated to wake him up from it. She rubbed back against his stubble then slightly shook his shoulder. "L'saen, L'saen. Time to wake up sleepy head. Are you going to dream the whole day away?"

"Ah but it sounds like I am there and here. Which do you prefer?" She grinned, teasing him with the choice. Rinis was surprised and thrilled when he called her gorgeous. He'd never done that before. Nor had he kissed her before. In his sleep didn't count.

Somehow she simply couldn't doubt how he felt about her now. Or was it his sleep fogged mind talking? She stared down at her beloved rider for a long moment. She'd come here with a purpose and she was going to fulfill it.

"I'd rather have you here rather than dreaming, so I can join in. I love you L'saen, and want to be with you and Solouth forever."

She liked his answer. It was a good answer. The best answer. Rinis happily snuggled down against him. It felt good and right to hear him say those words to her. This was absolutely worth giving up being a candidate for.

"I thought so. Particularly after you gave me gold better than any gold ring." She glanced up at him with a teasing grin on her face, daring him to figure out what she meant.

True it was harder to tell a firelizard egg containing gold than a dragon. It must have been luck that the one he picked happened to be that one lucky egg. "Well I hope she doesn't mind if I take her favorite napping spot." Rinis chuckled as she looked over his other side to watch the brown and green all snuggled up too.

She shook her head. "I have all the gold I need." Bourbon was perfect. Not that she minded a ring, or would turn one down, it just wasn't a priority for her. She had nearly everything she could ask for in her life. Job security, a loving mate, and a dragon (even if Solouth wasn't technically hers).

She giggled at Queenie's quirks. Rinis tickled Chaek's back, happy he made the green happy. Chaek blinked sleepily at the pair of humans. If everyone was going to nap, then so would he! He rested his head back across the green's back.

Rinis gave him a big hug. "Of course here is fine. Solouth is already comfortable in this weyr and so am I. We just might need to get a bigger bed." She was thinking about Queenie, Chaek, Bourbon, and Eyes. It would be all too easy for them to take over. "Or we could get them their own beds." Tiny little lizards beds. The thought made her laugh.

She poked his side playfully. "Well then why don't you get out of bed and begin your day?"