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Date Posted: 12:49:22 04/16/05 Sat
Author: Taelle
Subject: Where once was light…

Now darkness falls…

The young man of about 20 turns stood nervously at the sands. What was he doing here? What had given him the hopeless ideas of Impression? He’d never be worthy, no matter how well he’d gotten along with the animals around the island. They were nothing compared to a dragon.

Taelle took another look around before venturing farther, his silver eyes darkened with fear. He hadn’t been this close to other humans in so long. In fact, he still could never consider himself a part of the Weyr. He lived outside the boarders most of the time.

His black mane whipping about as a gust of wind blew, he took a few more steps, until he was face to face with the mother of the clutch. The golden sovereign above him somehow made him feel safer surrounded by all the people. He bowed.

Sweet gold, I thank you for allowing me so close. Already I fear I’m intruding, and you are allowing me the chance to actually coming up to the eggs! I’ve never really gotten along so well with the humans of this island, I believe mainly of a fault of my own. However, I thank you. I am Taelle.

He slowly got back up straight, and gazed upon the wonderful eggs that would hold the lifemates of the candidates around.

They were the most beauteous things he’d ever seen.

The rocking of the beautiful eggs… it was like they all rehearsed it, and all did it in perfect unison, but then… it was also as if each had it’s own individual of how the dance should go. The smaller ones would seem to swing with more vigor, excitedly embracing the ideas of life shared with the one person that would change their lives. The slightly larger, middle-sized ones rocked with a vengeance; they seemed to have a reason for each movement, and not a single move went unnoticed. The largest of the eggs swayed gracefully, full of verve and ready to tear their ways into the world, and find the one person they’d find their mind linked to, the ones destined to fly some of the stronger dragons of Pern. The golden queen egg was a splendor all by itself. It rocked with the elegance and grace only a queen could muster. Bits of sand showered those who stood too near the wonder, as well as the nearest eggs.

Taelle felt as though he was intruding on an ancient ritual of great importance, though he couldn’t turn back now. Hesitantly, he walked to the circle of candidates, and stood in the first group of people he could ever remember belonging with.


((Hey… not the best post in the world, but I really didn’t know what to do with him yet. I promise he’ll be better in later posts. Anyway, green to bronze, he does not care whatsoever what he gets, and neither do I, so…))

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