Eastern Weyr - Commons Cavern
A grand stairway leads downward into the cool rock of the commons cavern, a place for socializing and relaxing, as well as an area that provides solid shelter from the seasonal storms of this area. One of the few caverns at Eastern Weyr, the rock here has been worn away by centuries worth of water movement, leaving a nearly glass smooth polish over much of the room. Rocky shelves line the walls on which electric lights covered with paper lanterns rest, providing adequate illumination for the area. High above are further light fixtures, enabling a wide range of lighting options here. A natural pool occupies half of the far end of the cavern and is supplied with heated water piped in by an ingenious techcrafter. All about the room are balconies of rock with stairs leading to them and small dumbwaiters for the purpose of delivering food and drink to their heights.
The dinner chime has been struck and the Awesome Cavern is filling with folks lining up to see what's being served for dinner tonight. There are fish dishes, stew both with beast meat and vegetarian. There are vegetables, cassaroles, mac and cheese, fresh delectable rolls and breads…it is really quite a nice spread! The aromas wafting up are varied and distinct yet blend to fill the cavern with tempting deliciousness!
Tarrin stands silently at the edge fo the caverns supervising the offering being brought out everyonce on a while sampling something as it passes, once or twice he sends a server back in tthe kitchens wither there burden and a whispered instruction.
Kayla eschews the meaty offerings in favor of vegetarian dishes, which in this case consists of an herbed rice pilaf, sweetrolls, and beans. The only ones in her company who show much if any interest in all in eating something that had a face are her two flizzen, who hover around her in hopes of being offered a tempting treat. "Mooches, the pair of you! Go fishing!" Yet, despite her protests, she just rolls her eyes and chuckles, adding a few meatrolls to her plate as well. She makes her way over to Flame Wing's table and has a seat, keeping largely to herself but still listening to the chatter around her.
S'dan comes in but steps to the side of the door. He sniffs deeply. "Ahhh!" is all he says. He is there to take the maps that are handed to him as the various teams of men and women come in from their searches. :nods and saysm "Good, good…Thank you…" as he glances at the maps and reports written on the backs of the sheets of rough paper.
A bunch of kids make their way in with the smell of food, all rushing forward to find their places with their families to each. Jannen tromps into the caverns slowly, sniffing and smelling the food and looking slightly pensive. "Teq says food is fer everyone," he says to himself. "Everyone," but he's still nervous as he approaches the tables and climbs into a chair and reaches to grab a meatroll, which he stuffs right into his mouth in a rush of nervous chewing.
Tequoia wanders in herself, having come straight from craft work and there is still some tell-tale dye on her fingers. She skips most of the food and goes straight for a redfruit. Yup, she's eating alot. Not. She smiles though as she sees Jannen and heads over his way "Indeed it is." She grabs a plate and hands it over to the lad. "Get more food if you put it on this." she notes with a smile and then decides to grab some other variety for herself. Gotta set an example, right?
Kesti comes in with the near ever present Fuzzball critter riding on his shoulder. It's long ears are held up and swiveling this way and that. "Hi, Dad!" he says as he comes in. He hands his dad a few pieces of paper and makes his way to the serving table as well. His father calls after him, "Don't fill up on that pasta and cheese! I want you to eat a decent meal!" Then to himself he says softer, though maybe some around him can hear, "Save some fer me, ya little critter perch!"
Tarrin looks about at the crowd this evening and smiles as the last of the evening begining fare is presented. with a smile he leans up against the door near the entrance to the caverns.
Kayla peers over at the maps spread out on the table in front of S'dan, munching thoughtfully on her sweetroll. "No more reports of felines, I hope?", she murmurs, her brows furrowed somewhat. "Anything I can do to help at all?"
Jannen is relieved to have Tequoia there and practically glues himself to her side as he fills his plate. He does put a hearty amount of rolls onto it, vegetables, and some of the mac and cheese stuff. "Never had this before," he says, poking it with a fork.
Kesti gets a bowl of the beef stew and a bowl of the tasty pasta and cheese - his favorite! It even has bread crumbs on it! He gets some leafy salad in another bowl, made with fruit and some vegetables. That probably will be consumes by the…whatever it is. He goes over to sit by Kayla. "Hi!" he says brightly.
Tequoia doesn't even suggest to him what he should have, and instead just comments "Well, give it a try. Many seem to like it. I find it a but mushy for my taste." she notes She grabs some more vegetables and a few tiny bits of meat and again more fruit. And then she waits for Jannen to finish filling up his plate before going to go sit at the table near Kesti.
L'im wanders in, making her way straight to the serving tables. She has the kind of tired look that a day full of betweening always brings. Lining up behind Tequoia, she grabs a tray and ladens it with much of the same, especially the pasta and cheese. Once she's set up she looks for a place to sit, and grins a bit upon spotting Kayla. She starts navigating that way. "Hey there!"
Jannen finishes filling his plate, with probably more than he can eat, and follows Tequoia over to the table near where Kesti is. He gives the boy an oddly nervous look as he takes the seat right beside Tequoia. "Lo' of foods 'ere I never had," he admits, as he finally tests the mac and cheese. "Oh, intrestin'," is all he has to say for that.
Tarrin pushes off of the wall and smile giving a nod to those the is friendly with and says, "Well you all enjoy.."
Kayla blinks, not at all used to more than one person greeting her at a time. For a moment, she looks like a feline caught in a searchlight, but manages to collect herself and smile. "Hey there… Kesti isn't it? How are you?" Oh-ho, and are those roses blooming on her cheeks as L'im joins the lot? "Hello there…" Flustered as she is, her spoon slips when she goes to scoop up the next bit of pilaf from her plate—and the stuff goes flying who-knows-where.
S'dan finally sees that all his reports have come in, including completed homework from Kesti. Good. Now he can go eat. Vegetable stew, some reosemary brea and a slice of the garlic bread, a salad, Mac and cheese…"Hey! Where's the macaroni and cheese?"
Tequoia watches as a pilaf goes plop down in front of her plate. She squeals a little "Hey! Watch it." she exclaims in startlement. Her food almost got contaminated. That would have been a horrible tragedy. At S'dam's words she looks around towards him "I didn't do it."
L'im grins at the reaction she gets from Kayla. "What, I make you blush and lose control just by showing up now? I guess it's true. Becoming a Wingleader really does give you superhuman charisma." She lughs a bit, watching the arc of that flying pilaf. "Careful there. Might start a foodfight."
Tarrin looks up at the flying Pilaf as he is about to exit the cavern and call out, "Hey no flingin the food, Or ya'll be short pastries for a bit." Aiming his comment mainin in the dirrections of the youngster, and the more sweet toothed elders.
Jannen hides a little bit behind Tequoia. "N'me'ei'her," he mumbles, around a mouthful of the mysteriously missing mac and cheese. At the word food fight he swallows the mouthful and ducks down a bit. "Oh, wasn' bu' a turn ago we 'ad a food figh' at the camp, everythin' was a mess an' da' go' a black eye," he tells Tequoia.
Kesti just picks out a pieceof lettuce to hand up to the critter on his shoulder. "I didn't do it!"
From somewhere near the back of the cavern a baby starts crying. There are sounds of a soothing "Shhh! Shhh!" heard after that.
Kayla smiles ever so sweetly at L'im, picking up her plate of pilaf and standing up. "Just for that…" Uh-oh. Trouble! She upends her plate over L'im's head and smirks, taking a step back. "So what are you going to do about it, hmmm?"
S'dan turns to look down the serving table. No, he doesn't want to rice pilaf. But a fresh bowl of macaroni and cheese is being brought out. "Yeah!" he says, smiling at the spry near grey haired woman who serves it up. "Thank you!" He gets a small bowl of it and places it on his tray. Now he can go sit down. But as he goes to set his tray on the table at the head where he usually sits, all the papers tucked under his arm slide free and float down to the floor.
Tarrin scowls at the folks at the rowdy table for a few more moments before starting to make his way past. He doesn't make it fat before one os his assistance stops and and whispers something to him, "What?" he looks even more irritated, "What do you mean they sents us 30 bags of geletin instead of the floor?" he shakes his head, "I don't care what flavor you say it is…" he reaches up and rubs his temples, "Shard it…." curses under his breath and being to maks his way out…
L'im is definitely caught off guard by Kayla's sudden food assault. She ends up with dinner remnants all over her tunic and in her hair, and just stands there stunned for a moment before a look of rage twists her features. "Why you… c'mere!" She dives right at Kayla, grabbing her and pouring her own mac and cheese right down the front of her tunic in spiteful, childish vengence.
Tequoia lets out another squeal as pilaf is dumped and she scoots out of her seat and scurries away from the potential mess. Well actually mess and scoots back towards S'dan her feet step on the papers and suddenly her solid footing becomes mobile and her feet slide out from under her, landing her on her tail end.
Kesti ducks his head and lets Fuzzball crawl onto his lap under the table.
S'dan calls out, "Hey! No throwing food! Don't step on my…!" He bends down to start collecting the sheets of paper, all the maps, Kesti's homework…then WHOOSH! Someone falls almost on top of him!
Jannen ducks under a safe table to finish his dinner. "Much be'er," he says, and eats his food happily at the chaos begins.
Kayla stares for a moment at L'im, stunned into silence, and then down at the front of her tunic. "Oh, it's SO on now!" She takes a glass full of her fruit juice and dumps it all down the front of L'im's clothing, just as she is knocked off-balance by the other woman's lunge at her. Whatever is on Kayla now winds up on some of the papersand whoever is in her immediate vicinityas her own footing becomes less than stable, and it's two down on the floor now! "Ow ow ow ow ow… why you little….!" Insert salty oaths here.
Tarrin already darked mood gets even worse as the food fight starts and turn to attempt to intercept the pair, "Shard to you to children, Takt is out side." trying to grab each of them."
Tequoia whimpers a little as she sits on the floor and then Kayla and L'im are down there as well. She scrambles up as more food comes her way even as she squeals very much like the girl she is. "S'dan! Help!"
L'im is already disoriented, so it doesn't take much to knock her down onto the slippery floor covered in spilled food and drink. "Ow! Me?" She shriekfs at Kayla. "You started it! C'mere! You're gonna pay for that one!" She scrambles and crawls towards the other woman along the slippery surface.
S'dan is busy grabbing at his maps and papers. "Don't step on those…." He tries to get up with papers and maps clutched to his chest. He dumps them onto his chair…half of them stay…and he reaches out to help Tequoia. "Are you all right? Hey!" he yells at the people throwing food. "Stop that!"
"Ohhhh fardles…!" Well, let's just assume Kayla stuck with that for now. "Hey now, I wasn't the one embarrassing me in front of the whole cavern, you're the one that started it!" Whereas she was throwing food on the offensive before, now it's in defense, with a large section of melon rind held up like a shield as she scrambles backwards. Dangerously close to the hot tub….
Tequoia squeaks "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to step on them." she blanches a little at the yelling "I'm okay. I think. Just a little bruise and then she's watching Kayla and her eyes widen "Kayla!! Watch out!' her hands go to her mouth, "Oh.. Oh.. don't fall in." she mumbles.
L'im has now left her dinner behind. She has relatively few options left, especially in light of Kayla's melon rind defenses. So, she does what she can and makes the most of her environment. Tequoia's warnings seem to inspire her. She grabs the original food-thrower and attempts to shove her straight into the tub, a devious grin on her face.
Kesti takes his tray of food and ducks under the table with it. "Bunch of crazy people!" Fuzzball chitters back in response and eats a fingerroot.
Tarrin purposely strides towards the combatants intent on breaking this foolishness up, "Shard it L'im you are a wing leader act like it." the baker yells as he attempts to get near, unfortinately for him though his path takes him dirrectly though the spilt food, his boots sliping out from beneath him causing him to go crashing to the ground onto his left wrist.
Some little skinny fellow beats upon a larger fellow "You brute! You brute! You brute!"
S'dan says "Quit it!"
L'im's attempt is successful, sending Kayla and whatever is underneath her into the hot tub. She sputters and goes under the water, bits of food and who knows what floating up to the surface as the swirling waters wash her clean. Pity the poor soul who has to clean out the hot tub, though!
Tequoia jumps at S'dan's yell. She'd quit it, whatever she was doing, but L'im just pushing Kayla in causes her to gasp in shock. She can't believe what she just saw. She looks upto S'dan and then over to L'im. She frowns and then "How dare you! How could you! Don't hurt her!" she runs over towards Kayla, slipping and sliding on the floor to jump into the hot tub to help Kayla out.
L'im looks gleefully pleased with the results of her attempt to shove Kayla. But she's not done yet. Oh no, that'd let Kayla off much too easy. She shoots Tequoia a little wink. "All's fair in love and war." Then she dives into the pool right after the girl. Hey, at least it'll get the food out of her hair.
S'dan says "STOP IT! STOP!"
There is a shrill whistle that screams high above the other sounds in the cavern. It echoes back and forth about the walls several times.
Tarrin lays on the floor of the cavern not moving, clutching his arm to his side.
Fuzzball leaps into Kesti's arms, shivering.
Kayla sputters as she comes up above the surface of the water, soaked through and through, and pretty much looking like a drowned tunnelsnake. She pulls her hair out of her eyes, parting the sodden strands like a curtain as she surveys the damage. What comes from her mouth next would make a sailor blush—especially when she sees Tarrin.
Well it certainly makes Tequoia blush, and as L'im jumps into and since Kayla's not drowning. She's climbing out. Soaking wet and her face is a shock of emotion. Then she sees Tarrin and the lets out a gasp. "Tarrin! You there. Get a healer! Now!" She goes over to him. "Tarrin?"
The bellowing call from S'dan followed by the various screaming has L'im pause in her antics, peeking out from the tub with Kayla, equally soaked and thoroughly messy. She surveys the damage with wide eyes. "Shards. That got out of hand rather fast, didn't it?"
S'dan drops the whistle on it's sting around his neck. He looks around and sees Tarrin on the floor. He kneels down beside Tarrin. "Tarrin! Are you all right. What happened?" He looks at the way the Baker is holdig his arm.
Tarrin grimiace and says, "Those sharding idiots." he says between clentched teeth…" as he clutches his arm tha is at an odd angle at his chest.
Kayla indeed feels like a 'sharding idiot', her whole expression utterly crestfallen. "Oh fardles…." Sloshing to the edge of the hot tub, she pulls herself up over the edge, pale despite the steaming water. "I… oh fardles, I'm so sorry… how bad is it?"
Kesti swings Fuzzball up onto his back and races out the wide door to get the Healer.
Tequoia backs up as S'dan comes over. She's a weaver, not a doctor. Though she may be good at making bandages or even helping with a dragon, this is certainly out of her league and she just eyes his arm. She then looks over at Kayla "It looks broken I think."
L'im has a distinct look of guilt on her own face as she sloshes to follow Kayla over to have a look at the wounded baker. "Shards…" She sighs heavily. "… Sorry. I shouldn'tve let her bait me like that…" She winces at the diagnosis. "Shards."
S'dan tries to get a better look at the wrist without moving it. It is easy to see that Tarrin is in pain. "Mella!" he calls out to one of the serving women. "Get some ice!" She hurries off with several others following. Soon several dish towels holding crushed ice are brought. S'dan helps to keep an eye on Tarrin's face in the meantime as Kesti comes back with Chisoo.
Kayla presses her lips together in a rather grim sort of setting, squaring her shoulders. Once again, she'd blown it. May as well stay till the dust settles, at least. For once, she is oddly quiet, keeping out of the way and yet ready to render assistance if need be—or perhaps do whatever penance is necessary.
Tarrin winces and mutters something about no healers under his breath as he tryes to sit up, going death pale immdeiately as he moves his arm.
The Healer kneels down Tarrin and takes a look at the wrist. "That's not goo," he says in a tight voice as the kitchen help come out with their packs of towel wrapped ice. "Tell me if this hurts when I move your shoulde…just a bit now…" He gently takes the shoulder to feel if anmything there is not moving as it shoulder. "As Tarrins face goes pale he says, "Quick, lay him back down!"
S'dan lowers Tarrin's head. "Feel dizzy?"
Tarrin shivers and closes his eyes as he is layed back down "Oh shards…." he groans.
L'im winces sympathetically as she watches the healers tend to Tarrin. Feeling guilty, she sinks back into the waters of the tub, exchanging a worried look with Kayla.
Tequoia watches silently, her hands in front of her mouth. "Not good, not good, not good." she murmurs quietly. A look to Kayla and then to L'im then she's looking back at Tarrin and looking quite worried for him. And not just because he probably won't be making any more fritters for awhile. "Is it.. is it broken?"
Kayla just nods once to L'im, and pulls herself up to standing, ready to take the heat for this one. It was her fault after all. Her look is worried, haunted, and perhaps a touch resigned. "Tarrin… fardles, I'm so sorry… S'dan? Please tell me what I can do to help? Anything? It was all my fault."
S'dan leans Tarrin back and pulls off his jaket, balling it up to put under Tarrin's feet.
L'im watches the injured baker with a very glum expression. "Poor fellow. Shards." She looks over at Kayla. "… We should do something nice for him once the healers tend to him, alright?"
Kayla 's eyes mist over, and she just nods silently. "Of course." Her voice is mostly flat, with undertones of regret. "We'll put our heads together on that one." But, she mouths silently, 'Later'. Hmmm?
The healer examines Tarrins arm slowly and nods his head slowly, "Well." glancing about for a coulpe of the larger folks here and says, "You two, help me get him into the Infirmary. It looks like just a simple break…. We will get him patched right up…" noting the glum expression on everyones face, "Now this will teach everyone a lesson right."
Tarrin blinks his eyes open again and looks about taking slow deep breaths. He licks his lips and looks down at his arm…he says softly, trying to lighten the mood a bit himself as well… "At least it is my left…."
L'im nods quickly to Kayla in response to that mouthed question. "Once the healers have him tended to and back home." She winces again. "Shards. I feel awful."
Kayla nods and gets out of the tub, dripping everywhere. Thankfully, there is a towel nearby, which she makes good use of before anybody else gets hurt on wet footprints. "I'd better go make sure they're set for him in the infirmary… and tell them what happened." Her exit is as swift as courtesy will allow, getting her out of the path of trouble before anything else can happen.
Tarrin groans as the healers and on eo fhte kitchens assitance help hims to he feet and slowly in the dirrection of the infirmary.
L'im looks worried when Kayla departs, charging out of the tub and following after, trailing mess. "Kayla, wait!" She calls out.
S'dan gets up and picks up his now food spattered and stained jacket. "Terrific." He goes over to get his paperwork collected. Footprints amd food mark them. Kesti's once neat homework is ruined. The Cavern is a mess. He just leaves his food uneaten and goes home.