~enter~ -- The Hatching Sand

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Date Posted: 22:41:35 06/16/02 Sun
Author: Arienne -Llwyd-
Subject: ~enter~

Arienne rubbed the worn stone on her ring, which was the same turquoise as her eyes. Was there a Hatching here? No, there wasn�t, she decided. But this was the next Weyr that would have one. Ritaki and gold Alieth� Her hearing told her that there were already people there. And Alieth hadn�t even risen yet! Didn�t really matter, of course. Excitement, apprehension, and hope would all be drifting about in the air. She�d get a few pre-clutch sketches. Hugging her satchel closer, the golden-haired girl walked through the tunnel that led to the High Reaches Sands. When she was half-way to the Hatching Cavern, two�three?�screams pierced the air.

She broke into a run. What happened? The blue-grey �lizard, Llwyd, launched himself from Arienne�s shoulder and momentarily upset the girl�s balance. She quickly regained it, but slowed to a walk as she reached the edge of the Sands. The scene that lay before her� It needed to be drawn. Not because of it�s beauty or the joy� Arienne seated herself on the Sands, which were warm, but certaintly not the temperature that they would be. Llwyd perched on her shoulder as she chronicled the pain and death of the High Reaches Hatching Cavern. There were two dead bodies. And both, she could tell, were dead. One had hit his head. The other� the wound look like the dagger wounds she had seen at her brief stay at the Healer Hall. There was a dagger in front of her; she picked it up. There were no drops of blood on it.

�Probably a good idea not to interrupt�� Arienne murmed. Llwyd agreed by sending feelings of assent tinged by sadness. People weren�t supposed to die at the Hatching Sands.

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Replies:

Waddles... -- Aiko, 23:03:21 06/16/02 Sun
- ~comfort~ -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 00:18:12 06/17/02 Mon
  - -.::.- -- Karsky, 07:45:09 06/17/02 Mon
    - Re: -.::.- -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 11:31:06 06/17/02 Mon
      - *Pinions* -- Thorn (Oracle), 17:26:39 06/17/02 Mon
        Hug... -- Aiko and 'Rika, 18:57:38 06/17/02 Mon
        Re: Hug... -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 20:41:54 06/17/02 Mon
        Re: Hug... -- Thorn (Oracle), 16:09:58 06/18/02 Tue
        Re: Hug... -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 17:51:52 06/18/02 Tue
        -.::.- -- Karsky, 21:35:31 06/18/02 Tue
        Quielty.. -- Aiko, Rika, 00:04:24 06/19/02 Wed
        -.::.- -- Karsky, 13:35:54 06/19/02 Wed
        *\_-_/* -- K'ndelek - Dimath, 14:14:12 06/19/02 Wed
        Re: *\_-_/* -- Thorn (Oracle), 14:39:03 06/19/02 Wed
        Sad Smile... -- Satrika, Aiko, 22:52:57 06/19/02 Wed
        Re: Sad Smile... -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 23:24:06 06/19/02 Wed
        Re: Sad Smile... -- Thorn (Oracle), 16:16:18 06/20/02 Thu
        -.::.- -- Karsky, 12:23:06 06/21/02 Fri
        Relief... -- Satrika, Aiko, 23:48:20 06/22/02 Sat
        -.::.- -- K'ndelek - Dimath / Karsky, 13:16:21 06/23/02 Sun
        Re: -.::.- -- Arienne, 16:16:15 06/23/02 Sun
        Volounteer... -- Rika, 20:40:57 06/23/02 Sun
        -.::.- -- K'ndelek - Dimath, 21:34:27 06/23/02 Sun
        *slow nod* -- Thorn, 16:28:24 06/24/02 Mon
        -.::.- -- K'ndelek - Dimath / Karsky, 22:40:49 06/24/02 Mon
        Re: -.::.- -- Arienne -Llwyd-, 00:40:51 06/25/02 Tue