Fancy Meeting YOU here ((Faizah!))

[yaoiwafflez]

Oh boy.

It had been a long time since he'd been around. Sure, he lived here, techinically, but he'd been off a long time. Pern...his home, once upon a time, but strangely, now, just a place he knew he owed his allegiance.

What with everything having happened, and all the Pern-Earth relations that needed doing, he and Synth had been away, back and forth between their home and Pern. Synth didn't mind, really, though she often complained her eyes hurt. But the pale green creature was happy anywhere hers was.

Only now K'ryn was back, after nearly...well. Okay. A Turn. A Year.

And he was surprised to find how much he had missed it. Rocky Weyr was his home now. And he'd been overjoyed to find his friends just as welcoming. Only there was kind of one person he really wanted to see now...

And he was a little nervous at tracking her down.

"Should I?"

Braun was curled inder his collar, purring and chirping happily. The tiny white just pawed at his cheek.

"You're no help."

So K'ryn was stuck wandering the halls, trying to remember what went where. So far he'd resulted with walking into a closet. He had been sure that had been a ...oh. Wait. He glanced down the hall. No. That had been a closet before too.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah, tired but happy with a sleeping Naktor in her arms, was walking towards the Main Hall when she heard someone rummaging around in the closets. She followed the sound, wondering who was wandering about, when she found the closet in question. She smirked, wondering if someone had gotten lost.

She looked around the open door, seeing a vaguely familiar person standing there and looking down the other end of the hallway. She couldn't help but laugh slightly. "Can I help you?" She asked, moving to stand where she could be seen.

She wondered who this was. They looked familiar, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She felt like she REALLY knew this person. But she was tired from not only her duties as Weyrwoman, but from taking care of Naktor. And making sure everyone was alright. There had been too many births lately...

Naktor fussed slightly. Faizah bounced him gently in her arms, humming slightly to calm him.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn froze at the sound of the voice. He jerked back, ducking out of the way of the woman and righting himself in the hall, kicking the door closed behind him. He cleared his throat. He stared at her. He tried to say something.

What came out was "Is that a BABY?"

And then he smakced himself in the forehead. "Oh. Faranth, I'm sorry. That's not- um. Wait. Why would I need help?" He looked around and- oh. Right. He had been in a closet.

"I-no. I forgot it was a closet. SECOND door on the left is the hall to the lounge. Sorry." He laughed sheepishly. Mostly because um, hello, brain not connecting. Baby. Faizah? Baby? "Is that... your baby?"

Yep. Way to go. He had been trying for subtle. Oh well.

Also it honestly never occoured to him Faizah might not have recognized him.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah was dumbstruck as the person turned around and she was face to face with K'ryn. She stopped humming, surprise and disbelief written all over her face. She could understand that he had gotten a little confused with the countless doors; he had been gone for a year. She would have been surprised if he hadn't gotten a little lost.

She was even more surprised that she had forgotten what he looked like. Not completely, true, but enough that she wouldn't immediately recognize him. She was embarrassed, most of all. And it was surely awkward to have this reunion with Naktor in her arms. And K'ryn hadn't missed that fact.

"My nephew by birth. My son by law, if that makes sense to you." She answered slowly and quietly.

She didn't know how else to explain. Maybe if her mind would stop racing with the fact that he was in front of her, she would be better able to explain. And perhaps if her mind would stop racing, she would be able to do something other than stare at him.

She found herself talking again. "It's nice to see you again, K'ryn." Her voice was softer and there was a hint of affection and remembered moments.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn let out a long breath he had not been aware he'd been holding. That was...a huge relief. She wasn't- it wasn't her- OH THANK FARANTH. He did his best not to look glad, but, well. He failed. Mostly because Faizah was there, and it helped him answer a lot of questions he'd been having and did in fact make him realize he had been dying to see her.

"In that case-" He said, very gently stroking the child's forehead. "He's kind of cute." He realized how that might come out, and coughed to cover hismelf. "I mean- uh. Yes. It's nice to see you too, Faizah." His grin wasn't reserved in the slightest. He was horribly glad to see her. A turn- year- was a long time. He hadn't realized how long until now. He'd missed her. Missed everyone, but her a lot. He...had not wanted to leave, and a lot of old feelings were coming back full force like they had never left.

"How...how are things? I mean- um. How...how have you been?" He sort of glanced at the baby, and raised an eyebrow in question. "Why are you following people into closets?"

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah couldn't help but laugh. It was obvious that K'ryn was having an awkward moment. She stepped forward and wrapped her free arm around him. Oh, how she had missed him, and she hated that she had had to send him out between Pern and Rocky. But he was back now, and she wanted to forget that he had ever been gone.

She agreed with him. Naktor was cute, even if the way he had said it had come out wrong. She knew, based on her own fears, of what he had been thinking. He had most likely been afraid that she would find someone else while he was away, and that Naktor was that man's child. She knew because she had been afraid that he would find someone on Pern...

She laughed more when K'ryn finally managed to get a full sentence out without stuttering over it. "I was walking down the hall and thought a new comer had gotten lost. So I thought I might offer them some assistance." She explained.

She sobered a moment later, thinking about things. She hadn't known that he was returning, which was strange. She had been keeping a close eye for his return, sometimes sending Reyna out with messages. She had heard nothing in return. Not that she was complaining. Far from it, actually.

"How long have you been back, K'ryn?" She asked quietly. She didn't know why she was talking so quietly.

[yaoiwafflez]

Oh thank Faranth. He was glad she was taking the steps here to make this less awkward because frankly he sucked Something as easy as that made everything just that much better. He relaxed almost immediately when she put her arm around him, and he shifted to drop his arm over her shoulders and hug her- mindful of Naktor, of course. Cute kid, and all the more adorable knowing he wasn't Faizah's child- not that he really would have minded the prospect of that, but he was distinctly uncomfortable with the idea that she might be having a child with...anyone else.

Oh. Revelations. Always came at the most uncomfortable times.

He forced that down, focusing on just being glad she was...well. Glad she was glad he was back. He'd not stopped thinking about her the whole time he'd been gone (and don't you worry, there were PLENTY on Pern who could vouch for the way he continued to prattle on about her over there) and despite running into a couple old flames (and none of the irritating ones either) he'd been...stunned to find her always at the forefront of his thoughts.

"Still a lot of newcomers, I guess?" He hazarded a guess. "I...suppose that's good for us, but not sure what it means for the dragons..." He shrugged. The question threw him off a little, and he hesitated, trying to think of an answer and figure out why it might matter. He guessed she might be wondering if he'd been avoiding her, but... surely she had more faith in him than that?

"Uh. A couple hours, maybe?" He said. "Synth wasn't feeling great so I got her settled first, then brought her some food. Turkey- she's really fond of it." He gave her a sidelong look, frowning. "Why?"

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah shook her head at K'ryn's question. "Not really. We've had maybe five in the past year. Not much at all." She answered, trying to think of who all had arrived since she had last seen him.

She shrugged slightly, stopping herself before she could get started. She wanted some good news to tell him. She smiled as she thought of the newest events. "We had a gold clutch recently. Two golds hatched from it, and both Impressed." She said. Rocky had nothin more to be proud of than the two healthy gold dragonets. And Alyssa and Yamina were certainly proud of their queens.

"Uh. A couple hours, maybe?"

Faizah listened as he finished his thought, and then shook her head again. "I didn't know you were coming back today. That's all. And you know how odd it is for me not to know something around here." She laughed slightly at the end.

Still hugging him with one arm, Faizah leaned against him slightly and laid her head on his shoulder. She had missed him. Quite a lot, to be truthful with herself. While she couldn't say that he had been at the forefront of her mind at ALL times, she had thought of him every moment she could. And with so many babies being born around here, especially between people that loved one another, it had made her miss K'ryn that much more.

She laughed. "It's really nice to have you back here, K'ryn." She said, squeezing slightly more in her hug.

[yaoiwafflez]

He laughed. "Oh! Then, not bad. I'm glad Rocky's doing well." He listened about the golds, beaming proudly. He was really happy about that, to be honest. Any gold was a good omen for aweyr, and two? Even better. "That's wonderful news! Two new golds...wow. It'll be interesting around here in a few years. " He once again had no regrets that Synth was infertile thanks to the firestone- with the amount she rose there'd be no rest.

He shook his head, and when she laid her head on his shoulder, he kissed her forehead. "I know. I'd have sent word, but I wanted to get home. And maybe I wanted to surprise you." There was a hint of laughter in his voice. "I've missed you too." He said quietly.

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah smiled. "Yes, very interesting. The golds are very different, considering they're sisters." She admitted.

The talk of dragons suddenly made Faizah think about Synth. K'ryn had said that she hadn't been feeling well, which made Faizah wonder slightly. Had the constant trips between worn out the green? Or was her disease making a come back?

"And surprise me you did. You said Synth wasn't feeling well. Is she alright?" She asked hesitantly.

((Cruddy post.))

[yaoiwafflez]

"They always are. Are you and your sistyers so similar?" He teased.

And then his face fell slightly, at the mention of Synth. "Ah, she's okay. I mean, tired, and worn out from doing so much, but...she's no worse off than before. Just tired. We were up late, and then came here- she just wanted to rest." His eyes went distant for a moment as he checked on her, and was greeted by an irritable wash of 'go away stupid I'm sleeping'. He smiled again.

"She's fine. Going to sleep it off for a day or two, I think, but fine. Her disease was controlled fine, thanks to seding Braun back for Medication." He shrugged slightly, not wanting to make to much of a motion now that he had Faizah close. "Everything well here? You, and Surth, and the little one?"

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah nodded to that one. "Touche. But my sisters and I are not polar opposites, either." She said in defence.

She nodded as K'ryn explained about Synth. Exhaustion was easily fixed. Not to mention, it was something that didn't need worrying over. She silently sighed in relief. She rather liked the pale green, and while she hated to see any of the dragons injured or sick... To see one that she cared for injured or sick was more heart wrenching. She watched with amusment as K'ryn reached out to Synth and apparently got denied.

At the mention of the little one, which Faizah assumed meant Naktor, she sighed. "There have been more babies born than there have been clutches. And I just don't understand it. At least all of them have been healthy, though." She paused for a moment, worry for Aurora coming to mind. Her son had been healthy, but Aurora was still weak. She decided not to mention it. Isle wasn't a problem right now.

Faizah held Naktor up a little bit, so K'ryn could see him. "This little guy is demanding. Nakia and S'tor's son, and healthy as can be at the least. But otherwise, Surth and I are doing well. Even Kain, despite having one infant and expecting another soon." She said, amusment in her tone of voice.

[yaoiwafflez]

"Mmm. True. Are your new golds so different? It's not a bad thing, perhaps..." He said chuckling.

At the news of the children being born recently he simply shrugged. "So there are more humans than dragons." He said flippantly. "That's how it is, usually. So many more fertile females than fertile dragons..." He blinked, and then began to giggle. "That sounded incredibly weird even to me. But I don't understand why it's a big deal. Is it, somehow?" He really didn;t know. CLutches were usually few and far between even on Pern, and people were long used to the spaces between them. Maybe they figured it would be different here, with the dragons needing to populate to protect their new home? Who knew. He understood dragons tended to slow their rising patterns in the Intervals, so maybe it was the same here.

Naktor was a good interuption, of course, and K'ryn did find babies kind of cute, even if he was a little scared of them in theory. "Your sister's son, then. Huh. He's a handsome lad- I'm sure he'll grow up to be great. Like the rest of his family." He ruffled the boy's hair gently, careful not to disturb him. "I'm glad you're well- you do a lot, I wouldn;t want you to overstress yourself." At the news about Kain he just laughed.

"Two children? Well that's a new one. Good for him. Same mother, or...?"

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah ignored the question about the golds, to explain the situation with the amount of births. "On Earth we have birth control, which lowers the chance of women getting pregnant. With the amount of greens around, all the women are on birth control to keep the births down. Earth is already overpopulated, and there are so many children that don't have families. I don't want Rocky to add to that. But apparently the birth control isn't working, or people haven't been taking it. Even Mentari has recently had children." Faizah said, expressing her worry over it.

That had been her main worry the past few months. It seemed her entire family was getting pregnant. And Mentari and Virika were so young to be having children... She sighed. At least those two had wanted their children. And Mentari and Tad were doing great. They would make wonderful parents, and they might even be thinking of getting married...

Faizah was glad for the distraction. She liked talking about Naktor, as any mother would be. It didn't matter to her that she wasn't his birth mother. He had been hers since the moment he had been born. "He is going to be a great kid. I can't wait for him to start walking and talking though. That's always when babies are the cutest." She said, smiling up at K'ryn.

She laughed when K'ryn asked if Kain had two children with the same woman. She shook her head. "No. Two different women, children conceived during flights. First one was when Gorth chased a green from Isle, and left Kain here. A candidate offered herself to him. The second was Eturynth's flight, which Gorth won. Alex isn't happy about being pregnant..." Faizah said, sobering by the time she got to the subject of Alex and Eturynth.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn smiled, kind of amused by the explanation.
"I'm aware of the theory behind 'birth control', dear." He said, hiding a laugh. "Such things exist on Pern too, you know. The Holders are somewhat... how did someone here say it... conservative in their ways, and are usually against such things, but they also tend to frown upon the sexual tendencies of male greenriders and female blue or brownriders as well. It's not a foreign thing." He shrugs slightly, though, and doesn't press the matter further. "I suppose it's different in a world where you must worry about too many humans, as opposed to..." He hesitates, and his expression is troubled. "As opposed to constantly fighting for even an equilibrium."

Still, at the mention of Mentari he frowns. "She is rather young...I suppose I should not say as much, but...as long as she is happy? Perhaps it's something in the water." he was joking, really, but it was a curious thought. He'd come to understand a lot of the medicines and technology on Earth was far superior to Pern, but it failing in such a widespread manner worried him some.

Naktor brought a grin to his face again. "And the most troublesome! They get into such trouble at that age." He said with a laugh. "Perhaps Surth can babysit. Do you think even a troublesome little boy could outsmart him? Or maybe he'll just have to outsmart you- are you ready for that?" He was teasing her, really.

"I'm glad and sorry for Kain, I suppose? I don't know another way to state it." He was trying to puzzle it out, couldn;t easily. "Alex is unhappy...?"

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah nodded as K'ryn finished talking about the birth control on Pern. "Yeah. I think I almost prefer Pern when it comes to that. If homophobes were all we had to worry about on Earth things would be a lot easier. And it just worries me with Mentari. Girls don't usually have children so young on Earth, and if they do they are almost shunned from society." She said, expressing her biggest fear in Mentari's case. "She is happy, don't get me wrong on that. But I'm just worried about her being so young."

Faizah laughed at the comment of trouble. "Not at all. You just have to set aside time for them." She said with a smile. After having raised her siblings, raising Naktor would be simple. She laughed again at the thought of Surth babysitting. "I'm sure he wouldn't mind. But with how big Surth is, we would have to hope Naktor doesn't crawl into a small space."

Alex again. She sighed. "Alex is angry about the pregnancy possibly ruining her figure. That and having to take care of a screaming child. Which I'm not so sure she won't just push it on Kain. But otherwise she doesn't really complain." Faizah explained.

She looked up at K'ryn and smiled. Yes, it was nice that he was back, and likely was going to stay at Rocky now. With a large grin Faizah stood up on her toes and pressed a small kiss to K'ryn's cheek.

[yaoiwafflez]

"She's also a dragonrider and being raised in a weyr. Society is....not really equipped to deal with all that, as far as I can tell. At least, not YOUR society." He rubbed her shoulder, trying to be soothing. "You have good doctors here- I...i'm sure she'll be fine."

As for the image of Surth chasing a baby around, even he had to laugh. "Okay, so see, you get a LOT of fire lizards-" He laughed, unable to finish because even trying to think of how a bunch of firelizards would fare around a baby was too ridiculous. "Never mind, that's- too much. I'm sorry Alex is so grumpy, but maybe Kain will make a good father? F'lar, for all that I find him to be kind of a grouch much of the time, doesn;t seem to be dong so bad."

He lost all other thought then, because Faizah was smiling. That had the funniest ability to take away all his ability to think properly. She kissed him and he just sighed, a happy sort of noise, and ran one hand along the side of her face. "How about I don't leave for a very long time, does that sound like a good idea? Because I miss you too much when I'm gone."

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah nodded. "Mentari is doing great. She delivered the twins just fine, and both her and the babies are healthy and strong. I guess I'm thinking a little too much as if we weren't all dragonriders around here." She laughed at herself.

Faizah just smiled as K'ryn had a hysterical fit over the image of Surth, and a bunch of flitters, chasing a toddler about. It was an entertaining idea, but one she had already grown used to. She smiled as he started talking about Kain. "He is doing good at the father thing so far. His first child, with the candidate that is now a wherling, was a daughter. And he adores her to death." Faizah couldn't help but laugh.

Faizah grinned like a cat that had gotten into the cream when K'ryn came up with his next plan. "That sounds wonderful. I miss you too much when you're away as well." She agreed. She felt so happy she could purr, if she had the ability to do so. She tilted her head into K'ryn's hand, closing her eyes in bliss.

[yaoiwafflez]

He just laughed. "Kain strikes me as the good-fatherly type, actually." He said, grinning.

But fantastically, he didn't have to say much at all, because Faizah was agreeing. And that was amazing. Beyond amazing. Because he'd kind of thought she was going to reject him, or something, but no- it wasn't going in that direction. He laughed, just happy she was around, with him, and happy she was happy to be with him.

She was leaning into his touch, and he smiled, slightly, and ran his hand through her hair. She was adorable, really, when she did that, and- ah, to between with it. He ducked his head and kissed her gently, smiling into the action.
"Can't have that, can we."

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah shook her head. "No. Can't have that. And we can't have you leaving home so soon after just getting back." She said with mischeviously gleaming eyes.

She smiled up a K'ryn as he smiled down at her. It had been too long without him, and she couldn't believe how much she had missed him. It had felt like forever while he was gone. And it had felt like Rocky would never slow down. But now he was back, and he wasn't going away again, and she couldn't be happier.

Had it not been for Naktor waking up at that moment. With a high pitched wail he let his presense be known. He sure wasn't going to be ignored...!

[yaoiwafflez]

"Hmm. Weyrwoman's orders, then, right? How could I possibly say no to that?"

K'ryn had been watching her, a smile growing across his face, then- he nearly jumped, as Naktor began to scream. "Shards! That little boy has a voice on him, doesn't he?" he said, beginning to laugh gently. He must have looked ridiculous there. But it was not something he minded, at the moment.

((Lame post is lame.))

[FaizahPandora]

((Lol. It's all good, Wafflez.))

Faizah would have laughed, insisting that it wasn't Weyrwoman's orders, but Naktor started to scream. K'ryn jumped visibly, and that did make Faizah laugh slightly. She was used to Naktor randomly waking up and crying. And she knew why he had screamed this time around.

"He's just mad because he isn't up in my weyr, sleeping in his crib." She explained, moving the baby so that he rested on her shoulder as she rubbed his back slightly.

[yaoiwafflez]

K'ryn laughed, relieved she wasn;t laughing or anything.

"Poor guy." He said with a smile. "Tired and not in bed? Little fella must be upset. Should you take him back?" He offfered. He knew it was probably best for Naktor, and it WAS a little late.
"I can..." He hesitared here. "I can go deal with getting settled and we'll ...we can talk tommorrow?" He was suddenly serious. "We...I want to talk about some things, if we can."

[FaizahPandora]

Faizah nodded, smiling. "Yeah, he is upset. It's the first time I've deviated from the schedule with him, and he's confused." She explained.

She listened to K'ryn, suggest she take him up to bed. And then his voice seemed to get more serious, and he looked more serious. She frowned slightly. Was something upsetting K'ryn? She couldn't tell, but she nodded slowly.

"Sure. We can talk tomorrow." She said slowly and uncertainly.

((I'm assuming you have an idea for another thread?))

[yaoiwafflez]

((Yes and no. Just...not awkward hallyway-y ness! But maybe the convo about if they are or aren't weyrmates and stuff?))

K'ryn nodded, and wished her goodnight. if he seemed to flee, well...he was really rather nevous around children, and also,- yes. he did have something on his mind. he'd been putting it off for the turn- year- he'd been gone, but now it was back, full force.