A Couple of New Faces

Eastern Weyr - Main Clearing

The main clearing of Eastern Weyr is immense, a sprawling space carved out from the verdant jungle that is constantly threatening to encroach from the north and east. There are a few pathways paved with dark stone; otherwise, the ground is full of dust — or worse, mud, during the rainy season — due to the constant churn from dragons taking off and landing. The trees tend to be enormous affairs, sweeping the skies far above the heads of any dragons, with trunks bigger than a dragonlength around. Shaded by the surrounding foliage is the single feature that makes this area suitable for habitation: a series of large bubble caverns provide permanence and shelter for the inhabitants of this tropical Weyr.

At this late hour, electric lanterns with paper shades are lit, providing bright beacons against the thick tropical darkness. They highlight the main paths, and are strung festively from the rock of the main cavern. There's a faint glow from the doorway of the cavern, which is closed only in times of extreme weather. The cooler weather of winter has finally arrived on Eastern Weyr. Plants and animals resting and relaxing from their high production seasons and surviving through the late autumn early winter storms.

It's fair and chilly. A faint glow falls upon the coast as overhead the moons appear to be in their full phase.


Mahlia advances from the jungle path towards shadowy blurs in the distance. She straightens her self up, brushing off leaves captured by her cloak on her evening adventure. The clearing is otherwise deserted besides the two figures ahead. THe sweet sounds of the jungle chirp and creel, a smooth breeze sliding through the area. The pathway lights illuminate a steady glow making faces a bit more visible. As she gets closer a smooth but assertive "Ello there" escapes from her lips. "Top of the evening to you"

Mihoyan stomps into the clearing, a young man hanging onto her tunic and being dragged along behind. "Let go let go let go!" She turns, swiftly swatting at him. "Get OFF me Chisoo!" Scowling decisively she makes her way over to the fire. She startles slightly as the unfamiliar begins to speak and quite quickly puts the young healer to use, hiding behind him and sort of peeking out. Chisoo doesn't seem to have the inhibitions the glasscrafter does however, smiling. "Hey there. New face around here?"

Tadarius looks recently arrived, if the rucksack was any hint to his travelling ways. The reedy pale-skinned young man with ginger red hair, has just finished a conversation with the transport rider who escorted him this far in. A brief exchange of a hand shake has the rider tromping off for other duties, leaving the out of sorts young man to fumble with his pack. Hazel eyes roam the faces of those coming to and fro. There is a visible inhale of breath as he musters courage, stiffening his back to puff out his chest. A moment later with a scuff of dust at his feet, he's half picking himself up from where he tripped over his own feet, fingers brushing off dirt as his eyes rapidly scan to see if anyone saw. There is Mahlia. She might have. Red heats his freckled cheeks.

K'nan steps outside from the caverns, whistling a happy little tune. Course this little tune gets the attention of a lounging blue of in the distance on the beach. Phailinugoth rushes out of the rather large wallow he's dig for himself and gullumps towards the clearing. Most residents of the area know to get out of the way, course Phaili's pretty good at avoiding as well. Once he gets to the clearing he comes to a sliding halt and bugles merrily. K'nan laughs "Yeah, I missed you do love of my life." she says with a fond smile for the blue and lays a hand on his soft hide and then his attention is divereted by two new faces and he whuffles off in their direction "Well, what have we here?"

Mahlia tips her head towards the raven haired lass with a smile as quirked eyebrow follows her attention to the young gent. His familiar fumble bringing her back to a similar enocounter of an arrival just days before. She pretends not to notice him stumble and focus draws back towards the lass at the fire pit. "Is it that obvious?" she smirks with a genuine smile and eyes dancing with the reflection of flickering flames. "M'names Mahlia. I hail from Benden, but have traveled to this area to look for.. well.. whatever it is I am looking for.." she trails

Mihoyan turns brown eyes to Tadarius as he falls, head tilting in cocern. Instead of going forward, it's Chisoo that is pushed forward and makes his way to the boy. "You alright? No scratches or scrapes you might need a healer like me to fix?" While scary healer dude is otherwise occupied, the glasscrafter takes this chance to hide herself behind K'nan. "Hi!" The greeting is a small squeak, directed to her and Phaili, though eyes are glued on the new arrivals….half-including them as well. "Not too obvious, we're just familiar with everyone here. Close knit. But Mahlia huh?" The healer looks over his shoulders as Mahlia speaks. "Nice name. And welcome to Eastern. Hopefully you find whatever you're looking for!"

Mahlia acknowldgements with bows and nods goes to the two gentlemen as well. "Ello there!" she waves "Join us for some evening flames"

Tadarius does a stop, pivot, self-motivated talk to himself with his back turned, pivot, half mutter, then approach. He seems to have it methodically worked out, approaching on his second attempt those who seemed to have sported welcoming enough faces. He doesn't make it far before Chisoo is there at his side, sparing the other young man an apologetic look, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to distract you. Fine-" a second thought, "-I am fine. Really." Trying to sound convincing with a bob of his head and a toothy side-crooked grin. There is a shifty-eyed concerned look at the Healer, as if half expecting to be pounced, all the while holding onto that persuasive smile.

Cyrilth gets up. With two of his strides he is over by the new lad…yes, that is the one he smelled earlier. He gives him a look with one eye to make sure he is not damaged and makes a rumbling greeting from deep in his throat. It sounds like a gravelly growl.

If anyone is going to do any pouncing, it's likely Phailinugoth, or maybe K'nan. But K'nan has a Miho now. "Well now." she murmurs to the little crafter and smiles as she offers a protective arm to hide in. Purr. Phaili on the other hand is whuffling at the newcomers and then he looks back at K'nan briefly and then hunches himself up. Yeah, big bad scary lump and none may pass without a toll. Actually, he looks quite comical all hunched up and not at all big and bad. "No I am not going to ask them. You have enough socks. They're falling out of the tree and the kidlets are thinking it's raining socks there now. No. No more."

Chisoo raises an eyebrow, giving the boy several looks over before shrugging, apparently satisfied. "Fine, but if you've got any cuts come see me. I deal with them all the time cause of Miho over there." There's a head jerk towards the glasscrafter and a smile that Miho herself doesn't seem to like at all. Rather than responding to the man, she hides herself in K'nan's arm, peeking out every once in a while. Steeling herself then, she takes a small breathe, brushing hair into her face and turning to the group with a flush to her cheeks. "I'm Mihoyan, apprentice glasscrafter!" Declaration done, there's immediate hiding again. Poor Miho.

Mahlia giggles at the fiercely poised cobalt dragon and extends a hand "Seems like quite the Weyr!" she is feeling slightly awkward, as is usual around new people, but the comforting smile of the new gent quells the racing heart syndrome she experiences. "Well met Mihoyan.. how do you like glass craft so far?" A bow is paid to the blue rider "That is quite the story.. pray tell how exactly do socks dragons and trees correlate?"

Tadarius nods a bit to the over eager healer, insuring with a lifted hand: "If I get hurt, you'll be the first to know. Promise." There's an awkward look toward the rest of the folks, maybe even the brown dragon that rumbles, all the excitement hard for him to process quickly enough to stay on top of it. Somewhere in between all the conversation he bobs his head politely to the group, "I'm unfamiliar with Eastern, but I hail from Cove Hold. I'm Tadarius, journeyman with the tech craft."

K'nan chuckles brightly "Name's K'nan. That's Phailinugoth. As for socks, he collects them. They're the ultimate treasure after all, and we make our home in the trees. No storms gonna keep me grounded." Nope, not her. "Ahh, Cove's a nice place, spent some time down there some Turns back. Lovely view." she notes and then grins "Ahh, another Techie huh? You'll have to be sure to meet with Fiona then.

"Alright man, works for me." With a small shrug, Chisoo turns away, heading over to Miho and K'nan before casually leaning on the bluerider, not that he actually knows the woman except through the glasscrafter. "I love working with the glass!" Mihoyan finally pipes up, on the subject, something she can talk about stranger or no. "And um…well met to you as well, Tadarius." A shy nod is given in his direction before she looks down once more, shuffling her feet in the dirt.

Mahlia smiles warmly at the glasscrafter "Thank the stars for finding a great craft that you love. My path so uncertain" she smiles towards the healer "The Healer craft is truly amazing, alas my mother always wanted me to follow her foot steps so of course as her daughter I must defy." Attention comes back to K'nan "Well met K'nan and Phailinugoth. ISocks seem good a treasure as any, if not better!" gaze wanders towards Tadarius and the growlhumming brown near him.

Cyrilth lowers his head to look at the feet of the new people.

"Fiona? That names sounds familiar…" Tadarius jostles his rucksack with one arm and rustles aside his travelling cloak to find a pocket underneath, freeing a piece of parchment with some writing upon it. "Ayuuup…" he affirms, "I'm supposed to report to her and see where things stand. Is there's a shop for the techcraft around here somewhere?" The ginger stuffs his notes back into his pocket, all folded and creased haphazardly. "Cove is great, just not a center for crafts as much as a Weyr is," a half step adjustment, roll of a shoulder, twitch of a lip. Hazel eyes pause on Miho, her shyness a complete distraction for him. He ends up staring at her, to the point that it would be unpolite. Only Chisoo's half lean on the bluerider has the techie reconsider the said rider, eyebrow arched high, exchanging looks between all of them, as if he was trying to determine what was the 'norm,' puzzled otherwise.

K'nan is a bluerider, need she say more? As Chisoo leans in she smiles ever so sweetly and puts an arm around him. Phailinugoth croons happily at the cuddling and socks are momentarily forgotten. K'nan waggles her brows at the healer and then she grins at Mahlia "Trust, me there is no greater treasure." A pause and then she rolls her eyes "Outside the Great Tunnelsnake which is constantly getting away." She coughs a little and then nods to Tadarius "Well, I think she may be busy getting the new generators hooked into the system and the wiring all set up for it, but I'm sure she'll be available fairly soon."

"Yeah, I do like…it…very….um." Poor poor Miho, it had all seemed to be goin well, right until Tadarius started staring at her. Immediately the girl flushes a deep shade of red, brushing her hair forward in attempt to hide behind it. There a bit of a 'save me' glance towards Chisoo and K'nana, but she gives up on that hope quickly, instead stepping back a foot or two. After a long while, she hazards a glance upward, seeing whether the staring has stopped or not. Chisoo seems to be having the of his life at her reaction though, immediately bursting into laughter. But there's funner stuff, like K'nan. He turns his head towards her, giving the woman a quick wink and leaning on her a bit more. Yeah, Miho's definitely not getting any help from him.

Mahlia is aloof as to exactly why Mihoyan is backing up and is easily distracted, rubbing her hands together and extending them towards the fire for warming. She clears her throat, noticing Tadarius's blank gaze, but unsure of exactly whom or what she is staring it. "Look for the huge stacks of papers and you will find Fiona" she goes back to warming and nudges towards the blue ever so slightly "I am certain you will get that blasted Tunnel snake some day, along with all the sock glory in Pern" she says gently.

Tadarius considers the reactions from both Miho and Chisoo, with the blue rider encouraging it all with her winks and suggestive hip bumps. An eyebrow lifts for it all, catching onto the conversation that is safe and doesn't remark on their curious ways: "I should go find Fiona then. I'm here to help with the bigger projects after all." He nearly bows as he bobs his head low to them, "Pleasure to meet you all. I'm certainly going to be seeing you all again. I'm here for the long term." A last look to Miho, as if to really appreciate the shy way she hides herself. "Oookay…" he mutters to himself underneath his breath, frowning with a look of concentration twisting his features as he pivots, straightens shoulders, makes an educated guess, flop his heavy rucksack around over his shoulder, then trudges off in a direction that is thankfully going to get him to the crafters commons.

Phailinugoth shifts his attention to Mihoyan and brings his head up behind her. Catch her? Nah. He'll protect her. He whuffles and ruffles his wings. K'nan on the other hand does follow Miho with her eyes but instead of going for her, she works at keeping the healer occupied. After all, that's what friends are for. She whispers some little innuendo to the healer and then she's blinkins at Mahlia 'Do you gotta encourage him?" she asks with a bright grin, obviously not at all troubled by it. She gives a nod to Tadarius and then she hmms thoughtfully as he leaves as she looks over her shoulder to the glasscrafter "I think I like him." A glance at Chisoo "Course I've got you now too. Mmm."

Mihoyan catches sight of the newcomer's gaze once more as she looks up, visibly jerking. Her blush turns even deeper then, and she begins stuttering. This does draw Chisoo's attention for a while, the man frowning decidedly at the reacion she gives before looking off at the retreating boy. Even once he's gone, the glasscrafter hides behind Phaili, hiding her face against his hide for quite some time. Once Miho seems properly situated, Chisoo tilts his head down at K'nan again, grinning wickedly as he whispers down to whisper something back. "Mmm, I can guarantee that I'm better. Healers know all kinds of things." Miho'll just keep hiding and cover her ears. That conversation is. not. happening. Nope.

Mahlia waves as Tadarius leaves. Comming to, as if she missed the subtext of the whole situation she tilts her head slightly as if processing exactly how.. different that who encounter was.. er is. She does that awkward shift, when a situation has an ebb moment. "That is true, I bet he needs no encouragment though" she stammers just to put something out theere instead of being a strange silent new comer.. this is what real-Pern experiences are all about.

K'nan chuckles merrily "Oh, I'm sure you do." she murmurs. Phaili on the other hand is happy with his 'treasure' after all, damsels in distress are what he was made for. He continies to croon softly. Yup, he'll protect this damsel. K'nan turns her attention back to Mahlia "No, not a bit. But then, what can one do with a dragon who never grows up?" Course, one could say K'nan herself never grew up, so what can you do?

Mihoyan slips down, now sitting against Phaili's side as he doesn't seem to protest her presence. "Why is everyone so weird?" This question is thrown in the air, apparently to the blue. Not exactly considering this is the girl that talks to flits and ovines all the time. "Hmmm, don't think he needs to grow up. Eastern would be boring if he did." This coming from the healer as he chuckles.

Mahlia lets out a good slightly brash chuckle as if to shake off a layer of a tense outercoating. "Nothing wrong with not wanting to grow up" she shrus pointy shoulders in a nostalgic way "my mother always said to stay young at heart for a longer and better life. Seems like Phaili is on the right track." She looks towards Miho inquisitive, confused, but glad she has reintegrated, for as much as that means to the shy in nature.

K'nan chuckles "Aye, you'ld have less work if there was no big holes for people to fall into." she remarks to the healer "Course, I'm sure we could find something else to keep you occupied." she remarks and then she glances at Mihoyan again ""Weird? How do you figure wierd?" she murmurs.

Phailinugoth bespeaks Mihoyan with < Because we love you. >

Chisoo grins down at the blue rider. "I'm sure we could. We should brain storm on it later." At K'nan's question Miho turns her head towards them, "Everyone's weird! I'm weird too. I don't know what's normal anymo—HUH?" The glasscrafter abruptly turns towards Phaili, eyes growing large. "Y-you…I….in….oh." For a few moments Miho is silent, this bespeaking thing apparently not having happened before. After a few moments she does finally find her voice though, a smile coming to her lips and blushing slightly. "Me too!" The phrase is a small, barely audible squeak, but said nontheless.

K'nan just smiles ever so sweetly "We should at that." She then eyes Phaili and then shakes her head "You're going to give her a heart attack love." she murmurs to the blue as she pulls Chisoo in a little closer "He's right though." The little glasscrafter holds a certain fascination for the bluerider and she simply adores her.

Chisoo chuckles softly, wrapping an arm the bluerider and giving her a quick squeeze. "Mhm, I'm free tonight. For now though…." He looks over at the stuttering glasscrafter. "MIHO! We're going to the infirmary." Making his way over, the healer grabs her by the shirt collar, dragging her away backwards. "Ah, b-b-but…..wait I was gonna…..BYE!" There's a bit more inocherent shouting as the glasscrafter is dragged off, but sadly none of it is audible.

K'nan smiles "Well then, I'll see you tonight. I'm in need of a.. check-up" she mumurs and then sighs a little as healer and glasscrafter head off "Some girls get all the fun." she notes and then steps back to lean on Phaili "Well, I've got you dearheart."

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