[Anakumath's Hatching] From a Little Spark May Burst a Flame

[Smerdle]

Vannek

If his eyes could have radiated his mood, they would have swirled crimson. He was not a slave, and he did not attend.

He was also not suicidal.

Vannek had heard that crack, and the sound had flicked his pride away like a whip. With his head bowed but spine straight, he joined the candidates gathered around the bronze.

 

[Prism Shine]

Valian - HR - He/Him

The next egg to split open revealed twin golds, and though he had jumped to line up for Lisa Frank bronze, he tried to line up just a bit straighter, hold his shoulders a little higher.

But as the bronze lashed out, lunging for Juhvek that his heart wanted to leap into his throat. Valian found himself stepping back involuntarily, having to take a deep breath. Or three. Fear crept up his neck, line pinpricks. But he squared his feet back up, wiping the sweat from his palms down his candidate robes, and took another deep breath to steady himself.

Scared or not, the bronze had demanded to be attended to, and he as a male candidate of High Reaches wouldn’t move. It was the right move…

.....right?  

[magnadearel]

Candidate Nalacko - HR, she/her
She heard footsteps moving away and cracked her eyes open at the wrong time. Nala gave a squeal of dismay as Eggplant Blue tried to move Happy Ghost green out of his way. On top of that Lisa Frank bronze took offence to one boy and took it out on him. She clapped her hands over her mouth as the poor boy’s body was tossed to the sands.  

[demon_pachabel]

Juhvek - He/Him


Juhvek would not regret being what he was - he was honest to himself, what his future would be, and he would be undeniably himself straight into the jaws of the bronze that snatched the fully grown man up like he was a toy in the hands of a child that had not yet learned how to play gentle or kindly with it.

The world would be black even before he hit the ground, left only to pain, agony, and whatever came after it. Perhaps a distinct lack of feeling.


Specifically in his legs.

Because while Juhvek would not know he still lived until he woke again, there was one thing painfully clear to all those who were watching: Juhvek, would never walk again.  

[Hattaki]

WHAT. WAS. HAPPENING? The Avocado Egg could feel it's siblings strong emotions, a flurry of different ones ranging from concern to rage and injustice to fear. It was having none of this... this... The egg twisted suddenly and violently on the sands and a crack ran down it's shell that split it straight in two. In the center of the ruined shell stood a small green with eyes that were glowing purples and reds.


What had her siblings done!? A loud kreel escaped her as the green tried to assess the situation and see what needed being done first. Oh how her hearts bled.  

[faesinger]

Lorealane She/her - High Reaches Stands Candidate

She had been watching attentively to the dragons interact with the candidates and she saw the moment the bronze attacked a boy. It was go time. Lorealane moved with with the other healers towards the boy, ready to put him on a stretcher as soon as they could. With one eye on the bronze she helped hold pressure on the wounds as the others carried the boy to the healer area. She wasn’t sure if the boy could hear her but she told him quietly “we got you.” He was still alive at least. That was better than it could have been.

demon_pachabel

Juhvek

 

[demon_pachabel]

Anakumath

Anakumath was more than happy to indulge her blue son, humming contently at his request for more time with her. Well, if you want to wait for the candidates to see you, you can have all of my attention while we do so!

Meepfur

 

[Meepfur]

Elibrie - she/her

She'd barely even started to move when the unthinkable happened. In the space of a heartbeat, the demanding bronze lunged forward, and she watched in painful slow-motion as he grabbed Juhvek - Juhvek, of everyone, kind and patient Juhvek - and shook him violently and shook him violently until something snapped, then tossed him aside like he was nothing. Something in her broke with him, and a tiny little spark, so new, was stomped out.

Elibrie was screaming before she knew she was screaming, reaching for her friend and falling into her sister. No...no. This couldn't be. This was all wrong, in every way it could be. But even as her heart and hope broke, she knew...she knew she couldn't. She knew they weren't supposed to feel things like this on the Sands.

But how could she not feel this? How could she not shake, and despair, and be angry, and regret every choice she'd made that had led her here?

Tsunake

demon_pachabel

Relku - he/him

That...Relku clapped his thoughts shut like a steel trap, muscling down every last feeling that threatened to spike when he saw the bronze grab Juhvek, heard the snap, heard the reacctions from what must have been his friends. No. He couldn't think, he couldn't feel, he didn't dare. There was no telling what Juhvek had done or thought, if anything, that might very well have signed his death warrant, and much as it hurt every fiber of his being to force everything down, he knew the consequences if he didn't.  

[Hattaki]

Miela - She/Her

It hadn't been so bad out there on the sands this time, all by herself she didn't have to talk or focus on anything but the eggs and the imminent danger that presented itself with the first brown to grace the sands. The maulings started immediately and Miela swallowed the gentle hug she'd been given by Hyglath along with the now giant lump in her throat.

Stay calm. Stay detached. Nearly all the candidates she stood with were to her right, her bad side, so she couldn't quite see them unless she turned her head. But she'd heard that crack and it wasn't a baby dragon who's ichor was staining the sands this time.

Her hands wrung, bronzes were to be respected, the twin golds were to be respected as well. All of them were. Miela cast her gaze around the babies on the sands and her eyes fell on the blue moon green. On her she chose to focus, letting her gaze wander a little when new shells cracked and new eggs shook. The little green that had put her at ease, she seemed to not be at ease herself.  

[Uta]

90s Picture Day Green
Cuddled up with her sister, the little white-eyed green took some comfort in her--up until another fight broke out. She watched in fear as her blue and green sibling began to fight, and then her bronze brother made quite the commotion with the boys... Including breaking one!

Oh, her hearts!

Further still, something was just... not right, and the poor darling simply couldn't put her claw on it.

Keening, eyes turning grey, the little dragon's heartache would begin to permeate around her. Candidates closest to her would start to feel an overwhelming panic and deep broken-hearted grief, and the little green creeled piteously. There were so many feelings, so many people upset, and a boy who was very-much-so-unconscious.

This wasn't how she expected her first moments of life to go, not at all! So many feelings, and the little baby just didn't know how to handle them all!  

[Prism Shine]

Green Alluith

It had been quite some time since Alluith had been able to witness a hatching. They had left Benden Weyr so long ago, and so quickly, that the most shells cracking she had witnessed in recent time was firelizards. But since coming to High Reaches Weyr and settling in, it was one of many firsts she had been allowed to have. Just like the nesty green beneath her wing.

They are quite precious, aren’t they? So many wondrous cousins to join your family. She nosed gently at Misuth’s cheek, aching for the timid green twin who looked so lost and hurt.

Spockat

 

[houllow]

Haveli + Brown Sathanaseth

Having eaten what was considered nearly his fill, Haveli wiped down the blade of the knife she held and set it back down on the table. Her hunger was still there but it was her own, not the painful gnaw that came from her lifemate's need to feed. He still had some cravings that leaked in at the corner like frost on stone, but it was easy enough to manage. "Feeling better?" A rumble was her reply, and to reward the answer Haveli softly rubbed his eye-ridges again. Everything about this dragon was beautiful to her, there was nothing about him she could not adore.

She would have been content to spend more time like this, hand on his face and loving every moment, but a sudden clamor around her had her looking to the sands. Something had happened, something major outside of Impression, and she raised an eyebrow. "Curious?"

Sathanaseth shook his head and butted against Haveli. No, but I am itchy. He turned and looked towards the next stop, having been told ahead of time by Haveli would they would do. Let's get it done before more come in.

"They are your siblings, you know."

And? The response was less of a question and more of an answer as the brown started over to the oil buckets and paddles, waiting on Haveli to follow. Which she did, which she would always do, laughing all the while.