New Guy (Open)

[Wesku]

Rory usually didn't mind being the new man in town, but when you where not only the new guy but also that dude without a humongous mind beast, it wasn't too much fun. For one, although the Weyr had an almost military structure of leadership, it was surprisingly lax. No one was hurrying around the same way Rory had come to expect from bases and political functions, and people intermingled sexually with people who out-ranked them. It was an odd place, and Rory wasn't sure what to think of it yet.

Instead of dwelling on the oddities of his new environment, Rory was out and about watching people interact and generally getting a feel for the place. He knew just the place to scope out to. What better place to get up to date on gossip- something that was important in a new environment because until you knew how people actually did things, it was your only source of info- and meet people with a legitimate excuse for talking than the dining hall?

Already the soft murmur of jovial voices could be heard from the dining facility, and Rory made short work of the distance remaining between him and his goal. There were all sorts of people mulling about, and Rory let his eyes rove the large room as he gathered his food and chose a place to sit.

He was debating between a seat near a group of people or a seat across from a solitary figure. In the end he went with the latter and slid into the seat across from the person who had probably intended on eating alone, and with a huge grin, Rory introduced himself.

"Hi, name's Klicks."

[FaizahPandora]

Tsume looked up at the man that had sat across from him. The fork was halfway to his mouth when the man introduced himself. Tsume frowned slightly, slowly setting his fork of scrambled eggs down onto the plate. He sighed silently before nodding to him.

"Tsume of brown Phrotyth. Weyrling." He said as an introduction. It was usually the only things people around here cared about.

Then again, he had noticed a few of the women ared about secuality. Obviously. Many of them rode greens, which were very flirtatious and sexual creatures. Tsume shook his head slightly, trying to dispell the thoughts of dragons and women and greens. He needed to focus on the guy before him. This Klicks fellow.

[Wesku]

Rory had read the files given him, so he knew that a 'weyrling' was something like a cadet. The other man had introduced himself as a Brown rider, so that meant he would eventually be something like a low ranking officer one day. The ranks of the Weyr were odd, but Rory was confident in his ability to eventually find proper comparative roles for everyone.

"So, you ride a dragon, huh? I've read that they are completely bound to you, as in mind and soul and stuff. Does that not seem invasive at times?"

This honestly intrigued Rory. What was is like having a giant reptile, but not reptile living in your head all the time? His reports had been unemotional and lacking in any sort of personal information from the people who lived in the Weyr, and Rory wanted to know everything.

"Is it true that your dragons are born knowing their names and yours?"

[FaizahPandora]

Tsume was surprised with the questions, but he was more than willing to answer them. Anything that would help people understand dragons a little better. He started with the first question.

He shook his head. "Not at all. It's wonderful. You have someone bound to you, mind and soul, who will never leave you. When you're having problems with words and are unable to otherwise express what you're feeling... You can just open your mind to them. And they understand."

Tsume could have smacked himself in the head afte that spiel. He had sounded like a woman, if that were possible. But it was the only way he could think to explain it. And then, before he could think about anything for to long, moved to the next question.

"And not exactly. They hatch knowing their name. They don't know our name until the bond is made; until they choose us as their bonded and the bond is made." He said. That question was rather easy to answer.

[Wesku]

"How do dragons know their names though? And why are they born fully capable of speech?"

This was the weirdest thing for Rory. Not only were these dragons telepathic, but they were completely capable of complex speech upon hatching. Was it because of the rider? Were the dragon hatchlings that 'betweened' or whatever it was called capable of the same speech and knowledge of self that the eventual bonded were?

Rory didn't ask because he doubted that the Brown weyrling knew, and he didn't want to overwhelm the kid with questions upon their first meeting. Instead, Rory changed the subject.

"I know the Weyr has a strict ranking structure based on the coloration of dragons and that the higher ranking colors have the ability to order the lower ranking colors around, but what about these multi-colored dragons that I read about? Are they considered the rank of the lower color or the higher one?"

[FaizahPandora]

Tsume could have laughed. He surely didn't know how dragons hatched knowing their names. And he didn't know how they hatched able to speak either. These were mysteries that Klicks would be better off asking the Weyrwoman. And Tsume told him as much.

"I don't know the answer to these questions. You'd be better off asking a dragon for those answers." He said, laughter in his voice.

Now the next question was interesting indeed. And Tsume really didn't know much about the multicolored dragons about the Weyr. He had seen them, yes, but he had not socialized with them. And he had not asked about them. His curiousitl hadn't been peaked.

"I don't know about that. I do know they call them by the main color, then the second color. Like the Weyrwoman's sister's dragon. It's called a Green/Gold. Other than that I don't know anything about them." He answered.

[Houka Ryuu]

[OOC: Hope it's okay for A'ir, Xenosmayth, Ryoushi, and his flock of flitts to join you. Might only be able to post at least once a day.

I asked Faizah if the Dining Hall was bid enough before I decided to bring in Xenosmayth as well. ^_^ She said, and I quote, "I picture it as being big enough to hold a bronze, but with the tables the bronze wouldn't fit. Now Xenos, whites to small greens, would probably be able to fit between the tables." ]

A'ir, White-Blue Xenosmayth, Ryoushi, & his flitts
It's been almost a year since A'ir had impressed Rakymath and Xenosmayth. It's a wonder how he has been able to balance his time between the two dragons, but so far, he has been able to manage on his own, but with the help of his flock of flits, Finder, Tini, Mini, Emerald, & Trouble.

As he entered the dining hall, his pet and constant companion, Ryoushi, walked by his side. Those folk within Rocky Weyr have gotten used to Ryoushi walking beside A'ir without a leash in sight. Finder sat on A'ir's right shoulder. Tini sat on A'ir's left shoulder. Mini was taking a ride on A'ir's head. Emerald and Trouble were taking a ride on Ryoushi's back.

Their entrance was sure a to turn heads but, A'ir was used to it. He strode by the buffet table to get a plate of food for himself and some meat scraps for his flits. He looked around for a place to sit. Most of the tables were crowded, but there was one where only two people sat. He made his way over, with Ryoushi trailing him and his flitts still hanging on him, and asked the two men, "Mind if I join you?"

And as he finished asking his question, he looked up and saw Xenosmayth making his way over to where he stood. He smiled at his dragon fondly. Sometimes, he still couldn't believe that Xenosmayth chose to Impress on him after Rakymath already Impressed on him. He looked back at the two men, and added to his question. "Oh, and my dragon as well?" he asked noticing that he didn't personally know either of them, yet. Although, he did know that one of them was a Weyrling like himself.