During the Flight

[Dragon]

"Well it seems we have someone famous in our mists then", R'dal said with a bit of a laugh. So you are a whiterider.

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"You must feel very proud to have impressed the second and first female white of pern. Your weyr must be really lucky to have you", H"dyn added.

[nike]

Nike looked up and gave a smile.
"I'm not famous. Not really. Pern has seen a white before, and one of our riders, Kia, she has a copper," The white rider said and started to stroke her gold's tiny head. The firelizard crooned, and Nike smiled.
"Yeah I am proud, but not everyone in the Weyr is happy for me though," She added.

[Dragon]

"Well you are in our book and who isn't happy for you?", H'dyn asked. He gave a curious look at the white rider.

[Tenma]

Lina looked at her clutch-mother being stroked and crooned eagerly, stretching her head into Nira's palm.

The green-rider laughed and scratched the gold's small eye ridges. "Many mutants have been showing up lately. I believe each of the Weyrs has at least one mutant." She paused to let Nike speak.

"Speaking of which, where is our copper-rider friend? The flight has started, I hope she made it here." Nira remarked worriedly.

She looked around the room but eventually turned back to the three males with a sigh. "So, do any of you have pets? A fire-lizard or wherry or something?" She asked, determined to find out more about the riders.

[Dragon]

"Nope none of us have any pets. Our dragons are more than enough to keep up with at the time. I must say though that is a nice gold flitt you have there", R'dal said and scooted his chair closer to Nira.

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"So your weyr has two mutant colors. Interesting", H'dyn said to Nira.

[Tenma]

Nira smiled. "Thankyou." She replied to the brownrider with a grin. "She was born in the clutch of Zim." She said, pointing to Nike's gold flitt. "Dragons are a handful." She admitted with a sigh, emphasizing that part when she relayed the conversation to Siarath.

The green snorted from where she sunned but said nothing.

She noticed the brownrider move his chair closer and her smile broadened. "May I ask what mutants your Weyr has?" She asked, trying to change the subject from the mutants of their Weyr. She wasn't one that like to boast and many times even tried to avoid it.

[Dragon]

"Thunderclouds I do believe they are called", R'dal said to her. He returned her smile with one of his.

[nike]

"Thunderclouds?" Nike asked, raising an eyebrow. For some reason she felt excluded in this group. It was strange.
Mabey it was because they found out that she was a white rider. Mabey they didn't find her attractive, or they wanted a green rider to be their mate. Not the white rider.
Calm, Mine. I love you. K'dan loves you. Your grandparents love you. And your firelizards love you. You do not have to make everyone love you.
I'm coming out to be with you. Come and pick me up in the Bowl please.
Yes Mine. I will be there.

While the others were talking, Nike slipped out of her chair, and quickly walked out of the caverens. There she saw Ruanth waiting for her. An angry Crystal chittering around the white's head.

[Dragon]

"Yes they were in the last hatch...ing", H'dyn trailed off as he saw the white rider leave. He walked after her and caught up with her, "Is something wrong? Something one of us said?'. He was a bit worried hoping he didn't upset her.

[nike]

Nike turned around from straching Ruanth's eyeridges. At the blue rider's words, the white rider felt a little bad.
It must have looked bad. Her just walking out on them. She shook her head.
"No, it wasn't anyone of you said. I just wanted to be with Ruanth," The Healer said with a little smile. It had been long since Tirith's death. She really hadn't gotten over it, but the pain had seemed to fade away. Should she tell him.
"It's just that, about a Turn or Two ago, my first dragon, Tirith, went /between./ A Turn ago, I re-Impressed Ruanth here, but the pain hasn't fully gone away. So I spend as much time as I can with my dragon,"
She said, looking up at the little white.

[Dragon]

H'dyn's normal smile that always seemed to stay on his face faded at her words. "I am sorry to hear that. I know it would be hard if I lost my dragon as well. I am sorry to have bothered you I just wanted to make sure none of us had offended you", he said to her then headed back to the others.

[nike]

Nike looked upset as the bluerider walked away.
"No, please don't leave. I want you to meet Ruanth," She said walking quickly up, and placed a hand on his shoulder.
The white rider then sidestepped him, and stood infront of him, making him stop.

[Dragon]

"Ok. I just thought you might want some alone time with her", he said to her and his smile returned. "I felt bad that I might have interrupted that", he said to her.

[nike]

Nike shook her head. "No, it's fine," She said and led the blue rider to Ruanth.
"Ruanth, this is H'dyn the blue rider, H'dyn, this is Ruanth, the white dragoness," She said. Gesturing to each being.
Lowing her head. the white looked over the blue rider.
It is nice to meet you. Mine has told me that you are the brother of Dicer. I met him. He didn't seem to like me. Mostly everyone in the Weyr is in awe when they meet me. He didn't show it, but I know that he was feeling it.
The white said to the blue rider.

[Dragon]

H'dyn gave a laugh and said, "My brother is an odd one at that but you are right. I am sure he was in awe of you, after all a white dragon is quite rare and something to be in awe at. A blade could be seen at his hip, the same as Dicer's with the unusual length and the markings. "Nice to meet you Ruanth", he said to the dragoness and bowed to her.

[nike]

Ruanth raised in head in a snobbish way.
"Oh look what you've made her do. Now she'll think that she is all high and mighty. Like a queen,"
Nike said with a laugh.
Do not listen to my rider. She is jealous of me. For being the first female white. The white dragon of Pern!
"See what I mean?" Nike said gesturing to the white. Knowing that the blue rider heard the white.
Green eyes rested on the long blade at his waist.

[Dragon]

"Well she should feel like one. You have a very special dragon and not only that you are the first female whiterider. You should feel a bit high and mighty yourself for having such a title", he said to her with a chuckle.

[nike]

Nike smiled. Glad that she had made a new friend. "I guess that you are right. But honestly, I don't think that I could do that. Unless I'm joking around with my friends," She said with a laugh. "Now, H'dyn, why don't you show me around Ista? And then, if you come to Dark Moon, I'll help youa round the place if Dicer's not there," The Healer said with a grin, and a loving scratch on Ruanth. The white crooned.

[Dragon]

H'dyn laughed at her comment then gave her a smile and said, "Sure I will show you around". He held out his arm to escort her in a gentlemen fashion. He gave a smirk as he remembered his good friend L'sod, knowing this was something he would do without even thinking about it.

[nike]

Nike grinned, and took the offered arm.
If K'dan saw you doing that, he would be really upset.
Yes, but he is not here. And I am my own person. I told him how much I loved him the day my grandparents came. I think that is enough. The healer replied to her dragon.
Zim rested on her shoulder, and curled her golden tail tightly around Nike's neck. The gold rested on foreleg on the Healer's ear. and hid her head in the thick mass of curly red hair.