A Jade In The Skies (Maria's Flight)

[FaizahPandora]

Maria had been napping peacefully, but suddenly shot from her sunning spot and into the skies. Her hide was a bright and gleaming jade color, and her bugle rang out for all to hear. She was rising to mate, and only the most agile male would catch her!

Maria landed briefly to blood a rabbit, and then she was back into the skies. Her call rang out again. Come and catch me if you can! She called tauntingly to them.

[Samari]

Dart was being groomed by His when he heard the call of the green. He shooed H'vas away and flew out the entrance near Cherath's side of the Weyr. He pounced on a squirrel and blooded it, hissing softly. He took to the skies shortly after. He would win this green!



Darwin had been nonchalant about the last green that had Risen, but this time things were different. Maria had been shimmering for a long time, and he'd watched the shine grow brighter. He'd already eaten, sadly, but darted into the skies after the green.

[phyrstyr]

Jas was swimming in the lake like an otter when the call rang out. His eyes whirled a bright purple as he launched into the sky. He would catch a Green this time for sure. He just needed to be more... well he didnt know yet. But he would once he got up there!

Winging jauntily through the skies, he followed after the other Brown and Blue. But he didn't see them. All he could see was the radiant Green-that-would-be-his.

[Wolfy]

Dust snorted suddenly, shooting off of J'kent's shoulder, leaving His cursing profanely after her him. He zoomed away, not even pausing to blood anything. He wasn't going to miss this one! This one was his!

The shimmering green was crooning at her few followers, teasing and challenging them, when the brown flit appeared. His whirling purple eyes took on a hint of red, but he ignored the others almost immediately, unlike what he did with Kara's followers. He would only watch Maria....

[Wesku]

Thief flicked at HisBronzeThing's nose from his perch on the wher's head. He had been trying to annoy the Bronze wher for some time now, unfortunately he was having no luck. The Bronze was just as gruff and patient as HisStupid. Thief was prepared to give up and try to invoke a reaction out of HisStupid's instead when the sound of a Green's call reached him.

Flinging himself off of HisBronzeThing's head, to the delight of Iggesk, Thief decided to move on to more pressing matters. Speeding through the air, the small blue hurtled towards the Green and her suiters. There were already three other Chasers, but Thief didn't mind. The more Chase, the sweeter the Catch.

[Wolfy]

Dust hissed for a small moment as the tiny blue cousin came to try to catch his GreenMaria.

Try.

He would not succeed, Dust was sure. The brown was confident, trying to disspell the fears that scurried in the back of his mind. He ignored them, like he was with the others that flew with him, chasing the green.

[Houka Ryuu]

Seichou was out near the lake darting from tree to tree and generally just flying around when he heard the call. A mating call, enchanting to his ears as he was beckoned by the lovely voice that produced the sound. On his way to where the female was calling, he spotted a wild rabbit and quickly blooded it. He drained all the blood from the rabbit and leaving the carcass behind as his body was gripped in a mating instinct as old as time.

Expertly winging through the trees, he came upon a flock a flits with a gorgeous green in the midst of browns and blues who were all vying for her favor. However, gripped by the mating instinct, what once were considered friends by Seichou, they were now rivals for the affection of the delectable green who had obviously voiced the mating call taunting them into chasing and catching her.

Seichou swooped down from above the skies trying to disperse the other males who were near the lovely green flit. He didn't bother with anything else but had his entire person focused on the chase. His eyes were glued towards the green flit but ever conscious of the air around him noting updrafts, downdrafts, and thermals that would help him fly better.

[FaizahPandora]

Maria crooned as she got a small glimpse of the four males chasing her. Two blue and two browns? She was doing rather good for herself. But none of these males had proven themselves yet. Only the most worthy of them would have the chance to catch her.

Maria began to do a few tight loops in midair. When she evened out she trilled back to her suitors, daring them to out maneuver her in acrobatics.

[phyrstyr]

Jas chirred with elation. If she wanted acrobatics, acrobatics she would have. The Blue made a steep ascent so as to have enough space for what he was going to do. No, twas not a Crazy Ivan, but it would be nearly as dangerous and just as spectacular.

As he reached what he deemed as a safe distance from the pack, and (most importantly) Maria, He began his descent. He fell in a tight corkscrew that was nearly an areal spin. Just as he was reaching maximum speed, he fanned his wings and pulled up into a barrel roll, letting his momentum carry his tightly controlled body back up to the radiant Green. Any false move or sudden twitch would not only ruin his maneuver, but it would put him in danger of hitting one of the others.

Still having too much speed for a safe reemergence, Jas spun in wide loops around the group and especially the shimmering loveliness that was Green Maria. He broke from his path and spread his wings a little wider to slow himself further as he sped under Maria's glorious, supple form. From his spot a little low and behind he waited, trying to conserve what energy he had left.

[Wolfy]

Dust chirped fiercely as the other Chaser began a show of tight acro- and aerobatics. He himself would have to show the Beautiful One that he was the best choice. It might not have been something that he was spectacular in, but he would try!

Flapping his wings, the brown flew higher than the others, almost as high as it was possible for a flit like him to go while flying after a green (or gold). Steadying himself for a few moments, working up his courage for what he planned on doing, he waited.

Then he folded his wings tightly against his body and fell.

As he fell he twisted and turned making himself do flips a circles, all without the use of his wings. When he was almost upon the others, he opened his wings suddenly, catching the wind in them, and stearing clear of the group by only a hand-breadth. He spirals in wide circles, falling little, slowing much, and then flapped purposefully back into the Chase.

His flight muscles ached slow and steadily, but very strongly. Doing that stunt would leave him hurting for days, but he wouldn't show it, not until after the flight, and especially not around the the PrettyGreenMaria!

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Dart didn't make a sound as he flew. The sparkling green was teasing them, challenging them to do better than her in her flying stunts. He watched as the blue did a stunt, then the brown. He didn't know what he'd do. What would he do?! He had to show he was even better!

[Houka Ryuu]

Seichou watched as the others did their own acrobatics trying to incur favor with the Gorgeous Green. First there was the blue and then the brown. Their aerial flight was good but Seichou knew that he could do better. After the brown had finished with his aerial display. Seichou chirped getting the Gorgeous Green's attention. Dipping down his right wing, he banked a sharp right down and away from the others. He kept his wings outstretched making his descent harder to control but produced interesting zigs and zags as he was buffeted by the wind. Then, when he was close to the ground, he angled upwards and he swooshed high up in the air. All of this was down without flapping his wings.

He had chosen a spot where the thermal could easily help him up into the atmosphere and he shot past the others in front of their flight missing them only by an inch. He warbled an apology if he had scared any of them, but he wasn't done yet. As he sped high up and away from them, he turned up-side-down and did loop-de-loops alternating with his body outside of the loop and then with his body inside the loop that he made. After that, dipping his left wing, he sharply banked to the left and went down in a spiral as he let the downdraft that he felt bring him down fast, closer to the ground to the middle of the lake.

When was close to the surface of the lake, again he angled himself to skim the surface of the lake up-side-down. One wrong move could mean an injury that could very well take his ability to fly again but, Seichou is an avid flyer and knows his own limitations. When he sensed that he was nearing the shore, he turned around and finally with a flap of his wings, began his ascent towards the others. He hoped that he had done something quite difficult to imitate if one is not used to doing what he loves to do. And that is flying without flapping his wings too much.

[Wesku]

Thief watched as the others tried to impress the Radiant Green which they were all chasing. Some of their maneuvers would truly be difficult to best, but Thief hadn't gotten where he was today without any skill. Fanning out his wings, Thief looped up above and in front of the other suitors a good ways. Then with a warble, he charged straight at them. Right before collision of their small bodies Thief spiraled up above one of the others and rolled as he glided above them a hairsbreadth from their scaly hide while flipping in and out between the rest of them. When he was satisfied that he had twirled around and above all present, Thief decided it was time for his next display. He folded his wings close to his body and dove straight down towards the cold snowy ground.

Pulling up right before crashing his body into the ground, but still whacking his tail upon the hard packed snow, Thief grabed a bit of snow in his talons, Then he darted up and around the Desirable Green in a long loop all the while slowly releasing the snow that had begun to melt in his hot claws in a sparkling display of stunt and bragger. He had watched HisStrangeOne woo with shiny glittering objects and had decided to give it a try.

Satisfied with his performance, Thief resumed his position in the pack of Chasers. He was going to see this Flight out until the very end.

[FaizahPandora]

Maria watched each chaser, but almost just as quickly forgot them as the next began their show. But she was nearly spent, so made her descision. She trilled to Thief to claim his prize.

[Wesku]

Thief was darting in and out of the crowd of chasers when he heard the beautiful Green trill. Thief's attention was focused solely on her once more as he realized she had trilled at him. The other suitors ceased to exist to Thief as he almost shyly glided up beside her.

When he wasn't pushed away, Thief warbled a immense sound of joy and reached out with one of his wings, snarling it with hers. The Blue firelizard twined his body with the magnificent Green he had Chased so hard as they fell towards the earth.