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Date Posted: 20:29:42 08/12/01 Sun
Author: Sh'muel-Lirth, Chavala-Sinouth, D'ven-Prosth
Subject: The three ready themselves. . .
In reply to: D'aven - Tampath & D'rius - Dememnth 's message, "Re: Weyrleader and Weyrwoman arrive..." on 14:50:44 08/12/01 Sun

Sh'muel nods to the Weyrleader, Lirth calmly gliding to a position just behind and to the right of Adath. He accepts a sack of firestone from his friend Shay, pausing only slightly to give her a nod and a grin. Lirth's head swivels, and the bronze demands, Come! We haven't much time! Thread is nearly upon us! Sh'muel tips the sackful of stone down his bronze's throat, quivering with excitement. At last, the moment was upon them. They were truly going to fight Thread. Lirth calls all the other bronzes to fall in behind him, then he and Sh'muel hover, awaiting T'run's and Adath's orders.
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Chava and her green Sinouth land gracefully, the dragon folding her wings tightly about her slim frame. Chava strides over to a weyrling who was bagging firestone and takes his load from him. "Excuse me, thank you," she says brusquely, jogging back to her dragon. Sinouth's mouth gapes open, ready to accept the phosphoric stone. Chava smiles grimly, pouring the sack of stone down the green's ready throat. After a moment or two, Sinouth tells her rider, Mount. I am ready. Feeling a sudden surge of excitement, Chava obeys with an almost inappropriate grin spread across her features. Sinouth launches herself into the sky, filmy sails gliding up and down in time two her rider's wildly beating heart. The dragon is calm, yet she is caught up in her rider's excitement. She veers into position at the end of the formation, feeling her mouth go dry and her heartbeat speed up, if 'twere possible. She leans over and strokes her green's slender neck, whispering, "Good luck." Sinouth responds, Worry not. We will save Pern. Worry not.
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The rather diminutive brown feels almost left out. D'ven soothes him, saying, ~We will fight Thread with the others. Come, Prosth, we must ready ourselves.~ The disconsolate Prosth's head bobs, and he sullenly follows his rider to where the weyrlings are bagging firestone. D'ven retrieves a sack, hesitating momentarily before feeding it to the brown. Prosth half-heartedly masticates it, swallowing. He jerks his head, indicating that his rider should mount. He was beginninng to be caught up in the excitement of the day, despite the feeling of being left out. D'ven grins, clambering aboard his brown's neck. ~Let's go get some of that Thread, my friend!~ Prosth's eyes were whirling an adrenaline-filled fiery-blue by now. The bronze leaps into the sky, and is aloft in a few mere sweeps of his wings. He heads for their position in the brown wing, muscles tensed with anticipation. We will truly fight it, D'ven. We are not lost. Pern will live.

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Replies:

Raises an arm... -- T'run et, Adath, 08:20:49 08/13/01 Mon
- Glances about worriedly. . . -- Sh'muel-Lirth, 09:17:59 08/13/01 Mon
  - Re: Glances about worriedly. . . -- D'rius - Dememnth & D'aven - Tampath, 12:15:39 08/13/01 Mon