A late night arrivel

[jane]

"After all this food and Klah, I'm a little more awake then I was and Dusk is still awake so you can meet him if you want." Nuria said as she watched Jakel put away his plate and cup. Hesitantly, Nuria got up and copied him, not wanting to leave her stuff lying around and having not known where things went before...well this seemed like a good time to do.
Nuria quietly got the directions from Dusk as to where he was, mostly in picture form. Whers were well know for they communicational skills.
"He's in one of the ground weyrs. I can take you now if you like." Nuria said as she watched Jakel for a moment.

[Tenma]

"Of course I want you to take me there." Jakel laughed. His eyes looked around the room. He didn't know anything about whers except that they were like dragons, but he didn't know how much like them they were.

[jane]

"Okay then. Follow me." Nuria said as she went to leave the lower caverns. "Oh and Thank you Weyrwoman for everything and good night, or morning as it will be soon. And same to you G'han." With that said and done Nuria set about following the instructions Dusk had given her. It was a windy route the wher had picked it seemed.
"When we get there, be careful Jakel. Dusk doesn't like other people much at the best of times and if I don't tell him your my friend he could attack so...yeah, be careful." Nuria said as they walked. More then once Dusk had attacked one of her friends, thinking they were there to harm Nuria for some reasons. Very protective yet not very bright was dear old Dusk.
"Have you ever met a Wher before?" She asked.

[Tenma]

As they set off, Jakel did pretty much the same as Nuria. He said goodnight, and bowed slightly to the Weyrwoman, before turning around and heading off. He followed the girl, but walked beside her.

He listened to the instructions, but instead of becoming afraid his smile grew larger and broader. Excitement picked as his skin as he followed eagerly. "I have never met a Wher and I don't know much about them. I only know that they are like dragons in some ways." He admitted, but his smile didn't falter in the least.

[jane]

Nuria turned her head slightly so that she could see Jakel's face. He was smiling quite broadly, which in turn made Nuria smile. "Well I don't know much about dragons but I do know Dusk. His hide is leathery and smooth, like a dragons but his eyes are made up of many many little facets. They are quite beautiful in my opinion. But then again I think that Dusk is beautiful but not too many people agree. They tend to think that Whers are malformed and ugly just because they have weak stumpy wings and their feet are weird." Nuria shook her head. A lot of people had certain prejuices against Whers. "They're lovely really. Very devoted and very useful." Nuria told him as they came to the Weyr Dusk had decided to shelter in.
Nuria quickly walked across the room to where the brown Wher lay. She took hold of his head and held it close, feeling the sudden happiness from Dusk who was glad to see she was okay. Silently Nuria told Dusk that she had a friend with her and that he had to be nice. She reinforced the friend idea and hope that thw Wher got it.
Slowly Dusk got up and walked over to Jakel, looking him over very carefully in the dark room. The brown Wher paused just infront of the candidate before suddenly knocking him over.
"Dusk!" Nuria said as she rushed over and moved the Wher away. "I told you to be nice, didn't I?" She said, clearly annoyed. Dusk gave an apology of sorts to Nuria who smiled and shook her head. "Don't do it again, okay?"
She walked over to Jakel and held out her hand to help him up. "I'm sorry about that..."

[Tenma]

Jakel remained silent until they arrived into the room where Dusk supposedly was. He stood where he was as Nuria went over to the Wher. As the creature walked over and examined him, he stood tall, hoping to make a good impression.

Jakel was caught off guard when the wher gave him a push and knocked him off on his feet. Jakel was shocked at first but started laughing when the girl tried to apologize. He grabbed her hand and stood up. "What are you apologizing for? You didn't do it." Jakel looked at the seemingly unsatisfied Duck. "What you don't like me?" He joked.

[jane]

Dusk just made a snorting sound in reply. The brown Wher didn't particually liked the boy but there was nothing he could do about it, not with out upsetting Nuria.
"I'm taking that as a no." Nuria said laughing as the brown Wher went over to a corner in a huff it seemed.
"Well this is a great first impression of a Wher. He's such a sweetie to me though." Nuria said. "Oh well. He'll just have to put up with you as your my friend, arn't you?" She said the last bit, as if needing confirmation of this. Nuria hadn't had many friends growing up. Dusk knew this and this was probablypart of the reason the Wher disliked the boy, fearing he'd end up upseting Nuria like people used to before.

[Tenma]

Jakel laughed, nodding with agreement at the joke. "No problem. I get that from a lot of people." The candidate laughed, remembering all the times that he had been rude and made many people angry, though it was always an accident because he had been hurrying and forgot his manners.

He then turned to Nuria as the question was asked. "Are you kidding?" He asked back. He raised his arm and swung it over her shoulder, "Of course I am your friend. In fact, you will probably have to pry me away for me to not want to be my friend. Like Decir." He burst out laughing once again.

[jane]

"I don't see why you get that from people. You seem very nice to me." Nuria said smiling. Jakel was being nice and friendly. And he seemed so cheerful at such a time. Most people weren't so happy at this time of night.
"I'm glad your my friend then. I never expected to make one so soon." Nuria said grinning. This really was a pleasent surprise. "Why would I want to pry you away? Andddd who's Dicer?" She asked, curious to who this person was. And what sort of encounter Jakel had had with him.

[Tenma]

Jakel smiled, "Actually Decir is the only one who doesn't want me to be their friend." He chuckled. "Decir doesn't want any friends. He is another candidate. Just wants to be alone and has this knife he always sharpens. He doesn't like the whole happy thing. I guess that is why he doesn't like me." Jakel smirked. "Don't worry, there are plenty of candidates who will want to be your friend. Female ones too." He laughed.

"Come one, you should go to bed know. I have been sleeping so I may be fine, but you have been traveling. You must be exhausted. Come, I will show you to the barracks." Jakel motioned, then looked at Dusk to make sure he didn't upset the wher.

[jane]

"I don't see why anyone wouldn't want to be your friend Jakel." Nuria said, stating what she thought was true. "Though that boy does sound a little...odd. Who in their right mind doesn't like the happy thing?" She said with a shrug and then a yawn.
"Bed is probably a good idea. I've been travelling since sundown." Nuria walked over to Dusk and removed her stuff from his back and uneasily carried it. She felt rather weak but didn't mention it to Jakel.
"I'll probably sleep for quite a while. If I do, could you make sure that Azalias fed? She'll get grumpy if left too long without food." Nuria asked as the green flitt chirped

[Tenma]

"He is." Jakel shrugged.

He noticed Nuria's slight struggle and took her bag. "I got it." He smiled. "I would love to feed your fire-lizard. I don't have one but I have seen it done. I can get Akki to help me, she has to feed her fire-lizard too." Jakel pointed out. He began toward the barracks, going slow enough for the tired Nuria to keep up. "See ya, Dusk." The candidate waved to the unhappy wher.

He led her toward the barracks and into the area where both genders could be. "I can't really take you further. Your barrack is over there." He said pointing to the female barracks. "Boys aren't allowed there at night, so I must depart here." He gave her her bag back. "That okay?" He asked. He waited for Nuria to be out of sight before he would leave, just to make sure she made it okay.

[jane]

Nuria was surprised when Jakel took her bag, she had grown used to doing things for herself really. But from the little she knew of the boy, it wasn't really all that surprising.
Nuria bid farewell to Dusk and promised to come and see when she woke up. The brown Wher seemed far less then happy with all that was going. He'd get used to it though. The place and the people.
"Oh Thank you Jakel. Azalia will love you for this. I really am grateful for your help." Nuria said as she silently told the little green flitt to go Jakel when she woke. Azalia was sleepy but in a few hours she'd be wide awake for she had been sleeping on the journey.
When they reached the barracks Nuria took back her stuff and stared at the female barracks for a moment before heading over.
"Thanks again Jakel." Nuria said "I'll see you around." She smiled at him before quietly going into the barracks and putting her stuff by a bed near the enterance. Nuria just curled up under the furs, not bothering to get undressed or changed. She was farr too tired for that right now.

[Tenma]

Jakel smiled as the girl walked off. "See you in the morning." He said quietly before heading back into his barrack. He lay down, looking at all of the other sleeping boys. With his stomach full, Jakel dozed off to sleep.