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Date Posted: 23:54:09 04/13/05 Wed
Author: Wessae~Shrineth
Subject: OMG CLUTCH!!!!

A couple of weeks changes the normally gracefully inclined Shrineth into a lumbering, egg heavy, cantankerous beast. In the weyr on this particular morning, however, her fidgety nature causes Wessae to constantly jump and twitch as she dresses. Shrineth shifts and frets on her dragon couch, her bulk becoming more uncomfortable by the instant. Suddenly, she rises to her feet and looks pointedly at her rider, eyes whirling and poignant.

It is time.

Wessae drops the vest she was in the process of putting on in surprise, her mouth gaping stupidly open as she struggles to find something to say. Shrineth, impatient with her, waddles matter of factly to the lip of the weyr. Walk to the hatching grounds then. I will be there. And with that she launches herself massively off the ledge, swooping away with most of the maintained grace of her previous state. The rider blinks a few times, still frozen to the spot as she tries to process exactly what is going on.

"Time...clutch...eggs...better tell T'bel...time...CLUTCH!!" The last word is probably heard throughout the entire Isle as Wessae races blindly down the stairs and powers for the hatching grounds, arriving on the hot sands as Shrineth settles ot her task.

This may be awhile, you know. Better settle in. Shrineth informs her rider, who smiles indulgently and places a hand on the gigantic metallic shoulder. It is indeed awhile, for this is the small queen's first clutch, and she had been quite egg heavy for a long time. Wessae finds herself dozing as Shrineth lays, and a gentle nudge on her shoulder wakes her. I have finished. Shrineth says tiredly, her forearms curled protectively in that all too familiar way of queen dragons.

"Love!! Your first clutch! First of many, of course. Let me see!" Shrineth shifts tolerantly to reveal twenty three soft, still glistening eggs to Wessae's exueberant excitement. The Weyrwoman leaps into the air like a demented cheerleader with an unrestrained cry of joy and a fist pump. "Twenty three eggs!"

Twenty four, talons part to reveal the often coveted golden egg, its soft simple shell bringing tears of joy to the queenrider's eyes. She wipes them away with the heel of her hand and hugs Shrineth, whose head comes down to enfold her as woman and dragon enjoy a quiet, private moment of shared elation and wonder. Stepping away, Wessae gives a small nod to her dragon as their eyes remain locked on one another devotedly.

"It just seems like, only scant moments ago, you were staggering into my arms as a dragonet. And now...oh I don't know wether I'll be able to hold myself together when that first egg hatches! I suppose we'd better announce this, so that everyone can come to the sands, eh?"

A slow nod of the elegant head is given to this inquiry. Then, Shrineth tilts her head up to the afternoon sky and lets loose an incredible bellow that says, quite plainly:

Come one, come all, the queen has clutched!!!


((OOC Note: Yes, there is a conversation going on in The Lower Caverns with Wessae at the same moment that she's here. But I wanted to get these babies on the sands before my surgery so everyone would have a good long time to Candidate around. Yes, that's a verb now. So, it's sort of timing it really, as the thread in the caverns is weeks ago from this moment. Try not to think about it too hard, or it starts hurting. Remember, if you cannot bear your char Impressing a certain color, please let me know OOCly in your post. Remember: I'll be gone for a little while so if you ask Wessae something or speak to Shrineth, they might not respond. Please direct all questions to the capable support staff if at all possible. :D YAY CLUTCH FINALLY!! *dances*))

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