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Date Posted: 17:20:49 04/19/05 Tue
Author: Eques (Yin and Yang)
Subject: Ducks… dragons… both are cool, right? (HEY TARAN!)

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Many people were probably now staring at the entrance to the Hatching Sands.

“HOT SANDS, HOT SANDS!!!”

Of course, it happened to be 17-turn-old Eques standing hopping around at the entrance, exchanging feet with each jump. Anyone who knew him would probably deny it; not that anyone knew him, though. But, back at the other Weyr, the greenriders that took care of him would probably be thinking, “Typical Eques…”

After a second, he looked up, and smiled guiltily, with one eye wider than the other. “Er… hi. Did I miss the hatching?” Of course he knew he hadn’t, but he had to say something… right? He shifted his feet.

“Yeah… ok, I’ll just go now.” He muttered to himself. “Maybe if I stand in the crowd, I’ll be less noticeable?”

With an uncomfortable look on his face (from the sands), he walked forward. Awkwardly, he bowed to Shrineth, and then mixed himself into the crowd. He was surprised to see some of the candidates touch the eggs. Were they allowed to do that? What about how the flits had hatched when he touched them… did dragons do that, too? Apparently not… Just as he made up his mind that he wanted to touch one, too, he heard Wessae’s screams.

Never mind. He quickly backed up farther than he was probably supposed to. Maybe I’ll touch one… later… when they’ve all hatched… But then, what was fun about that? He was shocked out of his thoughts when one of the eggs—the one that blonde boy had just touched—started to crack.

Maybe they do hatch like flits? Or, maybe it’s just that one… The others that were touched hadn’t moved.

Eques looked over to where blonde was scooting much farther away than anyone else, and thought, Good going… you broke the dragon… Though he knew, or at least thought, that blonde couldn’t read his mind, he directed the thoughts toward him.

To everyone’s amazement, the bronze that came from it was large and fully formed.

Wow. I guess you didn’t break it. But then, you didn’t impress it, either… you could’ve at least impressed the dragon you broke! I mean, you break it, you buy—I mean Impress—it! But then, it was kind of unfair for him to think that. The new rider deserved the bronze, right? And even if he didn’t, what sense is there that if you break an egg, you get a bronze? I mean, that’s like getting 50 marks for breaking a simple ten-piece klah-mug set!

Suddenly, a blue flit flies up to the top of his head. Green Yin flies up after Yang as if to say, “Wait for me! Wait for me!”. When the green reaches her brother, she bangs into him, and knocks the flit off. Eques instantly catches the baby flit, who couldn’t possibly have flown away, as he was new to flying and surprised. “Hey! Don’t knock your brother off a head! That’s pretty high when you’re what, like half a foot long? Not even! More like…four inches? Flits…”

The boy looked around, bored. He noticed the “Almighty Dragonhatcher” was talking to some girl at the other end of the sands. His girlfriend? Perhaps he’d ask later. Although, he’d have to ask in a more friendly way… Hey, Almight DragonHatcher! Is that your girlfriend? Not likely to go over well… Maybe he should think of a new name, too… like ‘dude’, or, ‘bud’… or maybe ‘Bob’… but, not Almighty Dragonhatcher or Blonde…

Suddenly, Yang reached over from his right shoulder to Yin on the left, and yanked her talon. “Hey, stop it!” Eques said, parting them. “Just because she knocked you off a cliff, or, well, something high like a head, doesn’t mean you can take revenge by pulling her foot off!”

He realized that people might just be staring at him. To the ones that were, he smiled, and gave a nervous laugh. “Flits, y’know… always taking revenge and… stuff… yeah…”

Deciding to move to a different spot of the sands, he looked around, he noticed the Almight Dragonhatcher walking away... with a blue. Ok.. apparently, you break a bronze egg, you get a blue... Well, makes a bit more sense, I guess.

Soon, he spotted Taran. Of course, Eques didn’t know his name, though…

Hey, there’s what looks like an interesting conversation…

He walked up to Taran and smiled. “Hi.” He said. “I’m Eques… what’s your name?” A thoguht struck him, and he (like always) talked without thinking. “Hey, do you know the name of the Almighty Dragonhatcher over there?” He asked, looking to where D'raco left. “And who’s the girl that was with him? Just wondering.” He added the last part quickly.

((NC- Hello! Any color is fine…puh-lease?*ducky eyes* Haha… I like ducks…))
((DS- Little sisters… though, she’s right. Ducks are awsome… GC? Please let Taran reply soon. XD BTW, if he Impresses... can we say his name's E'ques? Thanks.))

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