The First Evening[Tag:Rider of Gregorth]

[Samari]

Zane was sitting silently at a table in the kitchens of his new home. He took a sip of his coffee and looked around a bit. It wasn't a very decorated mess hall, but it had the basics. Zane checked up on Zanesk to find that she was still hiding in the janitors closet about 2 yards behind him. The silly gold was scared of seeing other people, so she made herself as invisible as possible.

Xander, however, was in a much more social mood. He landed on Zane's head and gave a 'chireep?' sound as his whirling eyes came into vision, albeit upside down to Zane. The little brown sent an image of himself chasing around chickens in the feeding pen earlier that day. Zane just swiped at him, chasing him off his head. "Bloody lizard. Can't you keep them li'l thoughts to yourself?"

[froggie92]

X'an was still awake after trying to fall asleep for the past two hours. He debated on staying in his room, but decided it would be better to go to the kitchens and get a glass of warm tea. He entered to see he was not the only one in the kitchens, after grabbing a mug and fixing his tea, X'an sat down across from the man already in the room. He spoke in a soft voice rubbing at the circles forming under his eyes, "Hey."

As x'an started the exchange he heard the soft voice of his dragon Gregorth echoing in his head, Mine, what troubles you so? Your thoughts while sleeping were scaring you.

'I am okay Gregorth, try and get some sleep.'

Mine.....I will try. Please not stay up long.

[Samari]

Zane looked towards the sound of a voice. He spotted the source as a black haired man, only a few years older than him. Zanesk could sense Hers being addressed by a stranger and snarled halfheartedly. Dragonhandler back off from Zanesk's! Z-Z-Zanesk will bite![/color] She thumped her big tail against the door to startle the man away. She didn't want anyone near Hers.

The handler sighed and rolled his eyes, holding up one finger to the man. "Introductions later, mate. Got ta soothe my lil reptilian princess." Zane walked over to the closet and opened the door, wrapping his arms about Zanesk. His blue eyes were still and calm as he stared into Zanesk's eyes. Her trembling stopped and she huffed through her nose. "You git, ya got ta let me make a few friends, now an again." The pale gold's eyes got a rim of yellow around their usual gray. Dragonhandler not speak to Zanesk first, make Zanesk understand why dragonhandler talk to Zanesk's![/color]

[froggie92]

X'an saw the gold wher and watched the exchange, realizing he had upset the wher X'an tried to make amends. " I apoligize for upsetting you. I thought he was another dragonrider who was just up late like myself. I meant no harm."

X'an then gave a small respectful nod in the gold whers direction and returned to sipping his tea, knowing that to upset a wher was tricky business. His eyes widened when Wave came from between and took a defensive pose in front of X'an. "Come on now Wave,I am okay. You should be in bed little one."

The flit turned to look at his, eyes conveying an annoyed attitude. X'an knealt and stroked the flit softly before asking if the little guy wanted to stay up for a bit and then head to bed when X'an did.

Wave simply curled up one eye on his, ready to protect him if needed. X'an rolled his eyes muttering, "Why must you want to be the hero? Your too brave for your own good Wave."

[Samari]

Zane pat Zanesk on the forehead, right between her headknobs. The gold had relaxed considerably and scooted out of the closet. If her Zane trusted him, she would trust him too. Flit no be scared. Zanesk too scared to harm dragonhandler. Zanesk weird gold, fleshies say. Say Zanesk has Asss..purrgrrs..[/color] The gold stumbled over the word that was almost too big for even Zane to pronounce.

The handler held out his hand to shake. "M'name is Zane. It's my first night here, an Zanesk is a bit spooky around blokes she don't know." For the first time since Zane turned 16, a smile had slowly sneaked on to his face. He caught the action, however, and it was gone as fast as it had arrived.

[froggie92]

The rider shook hands with Zane and introduced himself as he did, " I am X'an and I like your Zanesk she seems brave in her own way. My Brown Gregorth has Hyperopia, it makes flying and just about everything interesting, but I love him a lot more because of it."

Wave heard the words the wher spoke and looked at her for a moment before again flashing between intent on sleeping once more. X'an shook his heard and chuckled at the flits antics, adding " And that was Wave, he is too brave at times. York, my green flit is probrably waiting to chitterscold him for leaving her behind...she reminds me of an over protective mother at times."

[Samari]

Zane chuckled at the flit's quirks. He rubbed Zanesk's sides while humming a tune. The golden wher immediately began to relax, and croon along with Hers. She looked over at the dragonhandler and spoke loudly enough for him and Hers to hear it. Zanesk like singing. Zanesk sing too, in wherspeak. Zanesk like music a lot, Zanesk's likes music too.

The English teen felt his heart warming as his gold, his Zanesk, spoke so fondly of him. Here was a being that loved him absolutely, needed him to survive. If he had not been there, she would have gone between. He was sure of it. A single tear rolled down his cheek before he firmed up again. He wasn't about to let anyone see him cry except for Zanesk..And only Zanesk. "She's such..a sweetie. Not like any gold you'd see on Pern."

[froggie92]

"You have a good voice Zanesk." X'an said, complimenting the wher.

He loved the pitch to her voice most and hearing Zane's comment X'an spoke up again, "She stands out amongst them for sure, which makes her better than the others in my book."

Having finished his tea, the dragon rider moves to the sink and began washing his mug, mind drifting. 'I wonder where i would be today if I had never impressed Gregorth? Certainly not here, that is for sure..., but I doubt i would have been a sucsess after college...I carry too many bad memories to be a sucsessful shrink...many cases would get to me emotionaly.' X'an put the mug away and returned to his seat at the table a lopsided grin on his face.

[Samari]

Zane smiled as X'an rambled on about his dragon. He observed the knots on the man's shoulder. He was a brownrider. Zanesk decided to scuttle over towards X'an. Her eyes had turned a muted blue, feeling calm and sedated for once. She crooned and nudged his palm. Zanesk want dragonhandler to scritch eyeridges. Zanesk trust. Zanesk's sees you as friiinnnd. Zanesk see you as friinnnd too![/color]

The English teen was taken aback. For the 10 months he'd known Zanesk, she'd never once done anything like this. She trusted this man, so he MUST be good at heart. Zane stood up and walked over to X'an, and held his hand out for the other man to shake. "If Zanesk lets you touch her, you MUST be good..I would be..'awnered ta shake ya hand, sir."

[froggie92]

X'an smiled broadly and took Zane's hand shaking it, glad to of made a friend in the weyr. "I am honored to be your friend guys. My first ones in he Weyr actually. How do you like being a Wherling?" The brown rider noticed the flit and added "whats your firelizards name?"

He reached out and gently scratched Zanesk's eyeridges happily. Suprised that the gold liked him enough to let him this close.

[Samari]

Zane blinked when X'an mentioned the flit. He had just noticed the brown had resettled on his head, and the little brown gave a chirp. Zane waved his free hand at the brown firelizard, only to get a sharp bite. "OW! BLOODY 'ELL XANDER!"

Zanesk started when Hers shouted. She screeched once and darted back into the closet she'd started out in. Her eyes returned to their normal bleak gray. Zane put the thin membrane between thumb and index finger into his mouth, to try and stop the bleeding. Zanesk's no shout! Scared Zanesk![/color]

[froggie92]

X'an had a private chuckle at the flits name and decided to keep it to himself that his name before impressing was the same as the flit. At the screech of the wher, X'an jumped slightly having never heard the sound before in his life. Confused he cocked his head to the side wondering what had happened, eyes posing the silent question.

(......fail post... kinda focused on my novel)