Guiding the Unguidable

[catilena1890]

Girae and Girask wandered the whercaverns, trying to learn her way around and work with Girask. It seemed even the yellow's vision wasn`t as helpful as she had thought it would be when they started practicing sight sharing. The poor wher was trying her best to guide her handler, but Girae kept bumping into things and tripping over stuff.

No this way. Come. The wher said, trying to pull her handler in the direction she wanted. Girae attempted to follow but ended up tripping and so she sat down where she was and sighed.

"This isn`t working." She moaned as Girask laid next to her handler, trying to give her comfort.

[Akki]

“You can’t just go into people’s rooms, Visk.” Viktu said, sound slightly exasperated. He had this conversation many times with his green wher and she seemed to still not understand. He had found the creature in another person’s den, rifling through their stuff with her snout. He loved Visk but he wasn’t sure if he loved her extreme sense of curiosity

Thought they not mind. Visk replied rather cheerfully as she walked down the hall, pausing to sniff everything. If people didn’t want her in their room, they should stay in there to shoo her out. No one shooed her out so it was okay, right? Right.

“How would you like it if someone went through your stuff?”

Visk share! The green argued, snorting and rumbling in protest. She was always happy to share her items so people should share with her! Visk turned the corner but stopped abruptly at the sight of a girl on the ground. She looked up at her handler, crooning. Found girl. We keep?

Viktu followed Visk and cocked his head to the side when he too saw the girl on the ground. “I don’t think we can keep her. I don’t think her wher would like that much. Aren’t you greedy though, wanting two handlers?” Viktu grinned before kneeling down to where the girl was. “Are you alright, love? You’re not hurt anywhere, right?” The girl looked familiar and with a glance to the yellow wher beside her, he quickly recognized her as one of his fellow wher candidates. He seemed to recall her having some sort of vision troubles.

Keep both? Girl and yellow?

[Spirithawk]

Kask's hurry. The dark little blue grabbed her handler's trouser leg, tearing another hole in it. At this rate, Kadren would have to send home for more of his spare clothes, and those were not exactly in the best shape. Maybe he should start wearing short trousers?

"I'm coming Kask! What is your hurry?" She couldn't be hungry, he'd fed her that morning. Kadren didn't know it, but she was trying to make him a friend. There were two of the new handlers up ahead. She wanted to talk to her siblings, and Kadren could use a friend.

They had been together a sevenday and the lad had been so absorbed with her that he hadnt' tried to make friends. She knew there was something odd about his not wanting to go out and make friends, but she wasn't sure what it was.

Kadren didn't know if he'd get teased for being small for his size. He was 15 turns old and still got mistaken for an 11 or 12 turn old and his voice was still settling.

Hello.Kask's voice was happy as she let Kadren's pants go and bounded up to the green and yellow wherlings.

"Um..hi." Kadren spoke softly, almost shyly.

[catilena1890]

Girask's head turned to the newcomers and she snorted at Visk.

Girask is Girask's. Girask's no pet. She told the green. Girae patted the wher as Viktu bespoke her and her head shot up abruptly, momentarily startled.

"Oh, yes I`m fine. Girask and I are still learning to work together." She said as Kask made her way to the group. Girask crooned at the blue softly.

Hello. Me Girask. The yellow said to her pleasently, nudging her handler softly. Kask here with Kask's. She informed her when Kadren introduced himself. Girae nodded and she smiled, not knowing where to aim it.

"Hello there." She said warmly to him, showing him she was nothing to fear.

[Akki]

Within a matter of minutes, another wher and her handler joined the little group that was forming. Visk seemed to wriggle about in excitement, stamping her feet slightly as she let her eyes rest on Kask. She quickly turned her head and stared at Viktu with hopeful eyes.

Viktu rolled his eyes. “No Visk, you can’t have the blue either. Or the boy. Stop asking.” He shook his head with slight exasperation before sticking a hand out to Kadren, “Lo there. I’m Viktu, that’s Visk. Guess none of us really got to meet, aye?” The hatching wasn’t necessarily a surprise itself but no one had quite known exactly who the candidates were. They all sort of stumbled in at the appropriate time and things worked out in the end.

No keep. Visk repeated, forlorn. She soon got over it though, shoving her snout near Girae and snorting about in hopes of finding a treat in the girl’s clothes. After a moment or two, Visk moved on and sniffed about Kadren; searching for something interesting.

“Ah, sorry about her. We’re trying to work on personal space still.”

Visk share space

“You share too much space. More than is comfortable.” Viktu grinned before turning his attention to Girae. “Would you like some help up or are you alright down there?”

[Spirithawk]

Kadren smiled back at Girae, not realizing at first that the reason why something seemed off about the girl with the yellow wher was that she was partially, and almost completely, blind.

"I'm Kadren. The little blue here is Kask. She's not shy at all." He wasn't sure if they knew that Kask wasn't a male. Perhaps the whers did, but he didn't think the handlers did.

Kadren couldn't help but grin at Viktu as he offered his own hand. "Kadren. We almost were introduced, but then Kask made an appearance and I had to tend to her."

"Kask seems to understand space, just not why I'm not out and about more. Truth be told, I'm still getting oriented around this place. It's a lot bigger than the hold where I was from."

[catilena1890]

Girae nodded at the two boys and giggled when she felt a snout start digging into her.

"That tickles!" She squealed. Girask huffed at the green when she left and tried to crawl into Girae's lap.

No touch again. She warned, halfway into her handler's lap. Girae chuckled at the yellow and shook her head in response to Viktu's question while petting Girask. The yellow crooned as her handler stroked her, obviously enjoying the attention.

"Seems Girask answered your question, heh. My name is Girae." She introduced.

Her eyes widened when Kadren talked of his blue as a female. A female blue? Now that was odd!

"Girask isn`t shy either. She actually likes meeting others, right now she just wants to keep the Visk from hurting me." She said with a laugh, amused at her wher's protectiveness.

[Akki]

The blue being a female did explain why she didn’t seem as masculine as the other male whers that he had seen. He had heard about male green dragons and the like so it seemed understandable if the same mutation affected whers. Viktu glanced at Visk and couldn’t help but be glad that she wasn’t a he. He liked female Visk.

Viktu closed his hand around Kadren’s and shook it, grinning. “I was lucky enough to go exploring before the hatching and everything so I’ve figured it out for the most part.” Plus Fyg had showed him around beforehand which was a definite bonus. It made things easier for him. “Where do you come from, if you don’t mind me asking.”

Visk stared at Girask before turning her body around and nudging Viktu closer to the yellow. She turned her head back and forth between to the two, motioning to the yellow. Can touch. Visk crooned, more than pleased to share Viktu. She looked at Kask and repeated herself, Can touch..

Wasn’t she such a good girl? Sharing and everything!

Viktu threw his arms around the greens neck and squeezed slightly. “Maybe I don’t want to be shared.” He grinned and shook the beasts head side to side, pretending to wrestle her. Visk opened her mouth and bit down, lightly, on his hand when it ventured close enough to her mouth.

Sharing good!

[Spirithawk]

"Southern Hold." Kadren was becoming more at ease with these people. He wasn't really shy, just worried about getting teased for his height. He really didn't look like a 15 turn old, more like a 12 turn old!

Kask didn't bounce, but her behind wiggled with happy excitement that might have translated itself into bouncing in a more exuberant creature.

Kask share too. As long as the other whers didn't try to hurt Hers, she was fine.

"What about you two? Where are you guys from?" Kadren was curious about the people around him. He wasn't quite ready to face the entire Weyr above their quarters, but there were few enough whers and handlers now that he didn't feel threatened. Once younger handlers started arriving, he might have to worry about bullying, and maybe when classes started he'd see more of the wher handlers, but he wasn't sure how many younger handlers there were. Most adults tended to leave the younger ones alone so he wasn't too worried about getting teased on that end.

[catilena1890]

Girask snorted as she watched the other two whers flaunt their willingness to share. She snuggled into Girae as she growled.

Girask no share! She said. Girae chuckled and stroked the yellow, smiling awkwardly.

"Girask, be nice. Sorry about her. She's a bit possessive. I`m from Crom. I was raised by a greenhandler and his wher was such a sweety." She said, thinking back on the memories fondly as Girask crooned.

Girask sweety? The yellow asked. Girae laughed and cuddled the wher, or at least, most of her, and kissed the beast's head.

"Yes Girask, you are a big sweety. Girask here makes me feel complete, she's so good to me, even if she's a bit clumsy." She said, her arms loosely wrapped around her wher.

[Spirithawk]

OOC: Bump for Akki