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Post by Stormy on Nov 7, 2011 14:49:50 GMT -5
Z'ran had been stalking the library for a couple days now, reading up on the history of Japan and Earth in general. Shards, there was nothing else to do in this tiny Weyr. Scanning the row of books, the cover of one caught his attention. As he pulled it out to look at it, he realized that it was a similar green to Love's hide. His thoughts now drawn back to his firelizards, he remembered that Love seemed to have been more queenly and a shade lighter than usual. That meant...
While HerStrongOne had been wandering around in the book place, Love had been dozing, her rich green skin set ablaze from the afternoon sun. Or so the unexperienced eye would think. Suddenly roused from her slumber, the tiny Green shot into the air, eyes whirling a furious red. She shot out of the Weyr into the surrounding terrain, dropping on top of an unsuspecting wild ferret. Latching onto its neck, she quickly drained it of blood, then lunged at another as it fled. Drinking her fill from that one as well, she again shot into the air, screaming her challenge to all males at the Weyr. All may Chase, but only the best would be chosen!
((Sorry it's so short.))
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Post by FaizahPandora on Nov 8, 2011 19:33:25 GMT -5
Fudge was dozing on HisAurora's shoulder, watching her oil Gloria. His own brown hide was shiny with new oil, and he could practically purr with contentment. The Weyr was rather silent, which was good with Gloria's temperament, and it lured Fudge into a false sense of security. What could possibly happen with the Weyr so quiet?
The call of a Rising green caught the attention of this brown, however. His head popped up, his eyes whirling a lusty red. He, the brown who had Chased only once before, was going to Chase again. He looked at HisAurora and cheeped, sending her a picture of the LovelyRisingGreenLove. HisAurora smiled at him.
"Go ahead, Fudge. Win yourself a mate. Sire some eggs." She encouraged.
With that Fudge was gone between as he heard Gloria hiss. Gloria had not risen yet, and she was being outshown. She didn't like it.
Fudge appeared at the feeding grounds and immediately took down a plump rooster. He blooded his kill, keeping an eye out for the LovelyRisingGreenLove. He would not miss his chance. He did not Chase often. But he had had his eye on Green Love since she had arrived at Isle with Hers and HersBigCousin. He would not lose his chance now that she had risen to mate.
Fudge finished his rooster and lept into the skies. He immediately found LovelyRisingGreenLove and sped up to fly just out of reach on her right side. He chirped to tell her that Brown Fudge would Chase her!
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Post by Wolfy on Nov 9, 2011 0:02:46 GMT -5
Keno was, like Fudge, watching his small green friend. She, in turn was watching their BigFriend play Scrabble with herself, while at the same time was watching BigQueenXenith who was in turn watching out for invisible monsters. He was always watching, but they weren't, usually. He wondered....
Being fully grown, he hadn't truly needed oiled in a long, long time. He would usually just dive into some water every once in a while and insist rather kindly that His BigFriend oiled him. That was rarely though, and today wasn't one of those times. But still, something nagged at him...something about a Green? Porli knew. She was very organized, and she knew all the latest flitter gossip, whether just tales or truth. But she was having fun ignoring him nd keepong the secret to herself. He had puzzled himself over it for what seemed like hours before he remembere. But by then he had already heard her sweet call. It was LovelyGreenFlyerLove, and she was Flying.
He rumbled, and fierce gleam to his hirling jewel-like eyes. He was leaping to his feet, he was spreading his wings....he was gone.
He had, unfortunately, eaten that morning. He had not stuffed himself, yet he knew anything else would slow him more and he would never have a chance to Catch the LovelyOne. He would have to fly bloodless, which put him at ever more of a disadvantage.But he did not truly care. Life had been to dull in QuietNotHome, and finally he had a chanc to set things right, at least fo him.
He flew in a steep spiral up to meet the PrettyCallGreen and saw that he was not alone. He bugled, a mix of challenge directed at the OtherChaserBrown and adoration and promise for SkyFlyerGreenLove.
((omg I am so out of practice....this is horrible!))
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Post by Stormy on Nov 9, 2011 14:27:49 GMT -5
Love watched as first BrownStrongFlyerFudge answered her call, then BigBronzeKeno challenged BrownStrongFlyerFudge. Only two dared Chase and try to win her? Then those two would have to work for their prize! Hissing her challenge to her suitors, she shot straight up into the air, looking for a way to have them prove their merit. Surely, if they wanted their prize, they would brave any obstacle to prove themselves. She saw a small crack in the rock, and that it went through completely, and dove through it. Who would dare to follow her through such a narrow space?
((You're fine, wolfy! I haven't done a Flight yet, so I think I'm not doing too well. ._.))
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Post by FaizahPandora on Nov 11, 2011 12:05:50 GMT -5
((Lol. You guys are doing fine! The only way your posts would be bad was if they were chat speak!))
Fudge quickly followed the LovelyRisingGreenLove. He would follow wherever the green would lead. And when she shot into the sky, Fudge wanted nothing more than to follow her. Every other thought left his mind. He did not care that he was far slower than the pretty green. He did not care that there was another Chaser close by. He did not even care that the other Chaser was a bronze!
Fudge watched LovelyRisingGreenLove carefully. She headed towards a cropping of rocks, then through a small gap in one. Fudge didn't know if he was small enough to fit, but he damn well would try! He dove through the gap right behind her, folding his wings in close to his body. But as he reached the other side, the rocks scraped his side. When he cleared the rocks, snapping his wings out in a marvelous display to catch himself, he barely noticed a few of the scrapes were bleeding just the smallest bit.
Instead, Fudge sped up a little bit to get closer to LovelyRisingGreenLove. He would work hard to win her. If it was the last thing he did!
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Post by Wolfy on Nov 12, 2011 19:09:44 GMT -5
Keno would have ursed himself for his size if he could. He was not like ome Bronzes, whose size depended more on length than stockiness. He had wide shoulders and strong legs. He would never fit through so small a hole! Thankfully, there were other opennings in the rock, just big enough to fit through, if he wasn't afraid of losing some skin.
He wasn't.
He dove through one just above and to the left of the one JewelBrightPrettyLove had dove through, as well as OtherChaserBrownFudge. He snrled as he felt rips in his skin and on the delicate membranes of his wings. But he did not stop.
Damn his bulk! He had undoubtedly lost standing with BeautifulLove because of it. He would have her! She was his! No Brown would chase him away from her. He would fly to the ends of all worlds and back for her!
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Post by Stormy on Nov 14, 2011 13:14:27 GMT -5
Both Chasers followed her through the rocks, but BigMuscleBronzeKeno had to take another route to do so. So both had the courage to risk losing skin. Now to test their agility...
Once both males were free from the rocks, Love shot up into the air once more, then twisted and rolled in a show of acrobatics. She swooped down by the males, coming out of her rolls, chittering her challenge. Her suitors would have to do their best to follow through her acrobatics for her to determine their agility and cunning.
((Oh man. Sorry this is so short, guys. I just can't think of anything else. =/))
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Post by FaizahPandora on Nov 14, 2011 18:39:04 GMT -5
Fudge followed LovelyRisingGreenLove into the sky. He admired her acrobatics, while at the same time knowing he couldn't do exactly the same. He was a brown, made for stamina. Not a green made for speed and maneuverability. But he would try his best!
Fudge pumped downwards powerfully with his big wings. He shot upwards, twisting so that he went upwards in a spiral. As he reached the height of his flight, he folded his wings in close and pointed his nose to dive towards the water below. Fudge pulled his legs in as close to his body as he could, making himself a streamlined flitter that could move so very fast.
When Fudge was close to the surface of the water, he whipped out his splendid wings. The updraft carried him almost all the way back up to LovelyRisingGreenLove, but not quite. He flapped a few times to continue rising towards the gorgeous green. It had the added bonus of stretching out his now sore wings. But Fudge would NOT give up his chance to catch such a lovely green.
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Post by Wolfy on Nov 16, 2011 0:18:11 GMT -5
Keno knew that, when there was a Green's Flight, the ssid Green would insist on some acrobatic show. Thankfully, he had practice in this, as Chasing had been deemed, at least by some, a favorite pastime of his.
With a deep, bass trumpet, he folded one wing, and one wing only, to his side, stretching the other and stiffening his neck and back so that as he fell, he was a twisting, turning figure something alike a rod wrapped into a ball of yawn and let go to fall. Within a few feet of the water that YoungBrownChaserFudge had stopped his fall for, he folded in his outstretched wing and down into the water before, with a mighty surge, burst out with droplets flying from his explosion from the water.
Later, with much scolding on behalf of Porli and Sam, he would regret that wild improvisation, if only for the sole fact that his wings would be aching for days afterward.
He flapped to regain lost speed and altitude, chirping and with something akin to a smirk in his eyes. These Flights always did make him feel like he was young again. But of course he was young. He just had long ago decided he was not, and that he was everyone's sire and mate instead.
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Post by Stormy on Nov 16, 2011 19:19:57 GMT -5
Love carefully watched both males as they tried to impress her, BrownSwiftFlyerFudge performing spirals and a dive while BigBronzeChaserKeno somewhat twirling in the air and then dove into the water. The small Green could feel her energy failing her, but she had enough to give them one more trial before she would make her choice.
A little further out over over the water, the bigwater was churning with an incoming storm. There would be no lift over such rough waters, and the males would have to use their own power to reach her. With a shriek at her Chasers, Love shot out over the rougher waves, slowly spiraling upward, her small wings pumping hard to give her the necessary lift.
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Post by FaizahPandora on Nov 19, 2011 0:32:11 GMT -5
Fudge followed without hesitance. He didn't care that LovelyRisingGreenLove was headed over rough water, where updrafts would be nonexistent. In fact, he was slightly impressed that she dared fly over such treacherous waters. His only care was to follow the glorious glowing green hide of LovelyRisingGreenLove.
Fudge pumped his wings hard to catch up to LovelyRisingGreenLove, who was much faster than he would have first thought. His wings shrieked at him, pain coursing through the muscles from his daring acrobatics earlier. Now, however, he wished he had not been that careless. His muscles were fatigued, and if she did not choose the winner soon, Sudge would have no coice but to drop out of the chase.
But that time was not now. Now Fudge would remain trying his best to win LovelyRisingGreenLove. He was faster and more agile than RivalBronzeKeno, even if RivalBronzeKeno had more stamina than Fudge did. So Fudge decided to try to show off once more.
He had been climbing to reach LovelyRisingGreenLove, but now he decided to fold his wings in close to his body. He arched his back so that he began to dive, backwards. He allowed himself to gain momentum, then flipped and turned. Then he unfurled one wing only half way, causing himself to spiral as he descended. As he reached the lowest point of his dive, he unfurled his wings fully. But slower than he did last time. The churning waters he now flies over sends spray onto his hide, cooling him somewhat as he begins to ascend once again. The droplets on his brown hide sparkle like jewels as he approaches LovelyRisingGreenLove.
Fudge croons to her as he follows. He is not done chasing yet!
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Post by Wolfy on Nov 21, 2011 23:45:18 GMT -5
Keno was thankful, then, that he was a Bronze, better suited for the show of power and strength required in this leg of the Chase. With a powerful surge of his wings, he dove into the air above te treacheous sea. He would not give up!
With a bugling call, he stretched his wing muscles to their limit, pumping them up and down in cycles that repeated far slower than the YoungFoolishBrownFudge and LovelyGreenFlyingLove. The Brown was taxing strength that he should not, doing things to redundantly. Yes shows of areal prowess were important, but when it was not needed? No.
Shaking the last of the frigid water off of his hide, he carefully felt for those sudden blasts of wind changes that could hurt or kill him or SweetSkyFlyerLove or SillyBrownFudge.
He followed trilling in his deeper baritone call to the GreenSeaFlowerLove. He was not as fast or as agile, but he was enough, he thougt, to do what he needed! He was Love's, now, forever!
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Post by Stormy on Nov 22, 2011 14:04:55 GMT -5
Love could feel her energy quickly leaving her. She had to chose now! She shot straight up into the air, despite the treacherous wind currents. HighFlyerBronzeKeno was unable to follow her through the rocks, though he did scrape through another hole. But BrownDizzySpinningFudge hadn't really impressed her with his spirals or his dives.
Who had proven themselves most worthy of her glory? What were her choices? FlashyBrownDiverFudge or ConfidentBronzeFlyerKeno.
Her choice was...HighFlyerBronzeKeno! She trilled her choice to her suitors, arching back to begin a dive.
((You both did really well! I had a pretty hard time deciding who won, but I had to go with Keno because he didn't get a chance to blood anything. But good job both of you!))
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Post by Wolfy on Nov 23, 2011 2:02:34 GMT -5
Keno bugled his victory, ecstatic that life was looking up in such a promising way. With one last wing beat, he caught up to HisLoverCaughtLove. Confidently, he twined himself with her, crooning softly now instead of his bold calls. Eyes whirling with a myraid of colors, he surrendered.
Together, the first Flight of the new Earthian Weyr ended as Love and Keno fell through the sky.
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