Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 16, 2006 21:48:09 GMT -5
((Takes place the morning after Light Night Arrivals. E'mion, R'lan, and L'nuo are just back from a trip North... they brought a present. ))
R’lan woke with the sun shining into his eyes. He rubbed them and winced when he pressed in on the bruise covering his right eye and half his cheek. The brown rider took a moment trying to remember exactly where he was. The feel of his sleeping couch was unmistakable and a comfort. Groaning he turned over onto his back, shielding his eyes with his arm.
What time is it?
Past time to be up and about. Don’t worry, HE told us to sleep it out.
R’lan stretched, it was Char good of E’mion to be so generous. Especially after the fiasco they had just endured and for what exactly?
The urge to urinate over took the rider and he rolled over, placing boot clad feet on the floor. He looked down at his shirt and got a good whiff… not only was it covered with travel dust and other unmentionable stains, it reeked of herd beast, stale ale, and sweat. R’lan ran a hand through his hair…He needed a bath… food first though. Jerking the shirt over his head, taking care not to reopen the scratches on his arms, the rider through it to the other side of the room and grabbed a sleeveless tunic.
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R’lan, hair at least combed back, made his way into the Weyrhall. He couldn’t help but wonder if Shereae was working in the Kitchens.
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Post by Memorie on Jun 16, 2006 21:59:18 GMT -5
Shereae had finished her kitchen duty and was finally allowed to have some breakfast. As she sat eating the hot cereal, she wondered where R'lan had been lately. She had asked many times, but no one seemed to know or want to tell her. She shrugged; she knew that he was a dragonrider and until she too had a dragon, she could not question his ways. After blowing on a spoonful, she slipped it into her mouth and let it sit there, enjoying the sweet taste, closely followed by the bitter of the spice used in it. "Delicious," she muttered, smiling and closing her eyes. She had definitely deserved this bowl. R'lan entered the Weyrhall as she closed her eyes. She wondered where he was, not being able to see him. "Bet he'd join me for breakfast," she said, still gumming the cereal.
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 16, 2006 22:12:54 GMT -5
Seeing a glimpse of red bent over a bowl, the brown rider grinned and took several long strides toward where she was seated. He hadn’t expected her to still think she had to set at the Candidates’ tables. It took only a breath of time to reach the young woman. “Delicious yes.” Without thought R’lan snaked his arms around her, pressing his lips to her long graceful neck. “Is that an invitation?”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 16, 2006 22:17:36 GMT -5
"R'lan!" The redhead smiled and giggled, and turned her cheek to his unshaven face. She loved the way it scratched at her face. "It is if you want it to be." He smelt like travel. "Were you on a sweepride?" she asked. He didn't smell like the jungle or anything remotely like it. He smelled...dry. She decided to let it be; she'd know when the day came for her to know, and, knowing R'lan, not a minute before. "Do you want to have breakfast with me? I'm still a little hungry. I'll have another bowl with you if you want!"
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 16, 2006 22:25:00 GMT -5
“Oh… I want it to be.” The brown rider kissed her neck again, and grabbed up her bowl heading to the cauldron swinging high above the closest hearth. He burnt his fingers trying to left the lid, before grabbing the tail of his shirt and using it. It took only moments to bring back two full bowls of steaming cereal, but it felt like a long trip between. Setting the hot bowls down, he pulled a chair out. “I’ve missed you .”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 18, 2006 19:35:46 GMT -5
Shereae kissed R'lan's cheeks in thanks. "I missed you too. Anything out of the ordinary happen on your trip?" she asked, looking at him. Then, she saw a tiny sliver of purplish-blue clouted under his eye. She set her spoon down, and the bottle of liquid sweetening, and grabbed his chin. "Look at me, please," she said, and the words were more statement than suggestion. Turning his face to look at her, her eyebrows knitted together as she took in the sight of his beautiful, handsome, face, marred by bruises and scratches. "Where the Flaming Fall did you get those from?" she asked, tracing the scratches on his neck with a gentle finger. "I hain't ever seen no marks like them come from a sweepride." There was that stupid accent again, and her lips pursed as she blushed. That sounds so dimmy, she thought, determined not to show her embarrasment.
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 18, 2006 20:26:24 GMT -5
R’lan looked up from his bowl and met Shereae’s light eyes. He grinned “Yes m’am.” He met her gaze and held it, “It isn’t as bad as it looks, Redhair.” Her fingers scratched against the stubble of his chin, he had missed her touch more than he realized. “I had an accident… L’nuo looks just as bad.“ He pulled away kissing her knuckles lightly. “Tree limbs hurt like Fall.” He dipped his spoon back into the bowl, not bothering to cool it. ’Okay… I don’t think that is gonna explain it away.’ “I like it when you blush Shereae.”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 18, 2006 20:35:38 GMT -5
"R'lan, I don't care how bad L'nuo looks. I care about how bad you look!" She scowled at his explanation of tree limbs. "I've never seen a tree limb dot someone's eye, lover of mine." Her face turned concerned as she gazed at him. "What happened?" she wondered aloud, forgetting her bowl of cereal.
"I like it when you blush, Shereae," R'lan told her. She accidentally blushed more.
"I bet you do," she said, half-into the conversation. The only thing she'd ever seen that was able to knock a man in his eye that hard was a fight. She turned to him, eyebrows knitted. "Did you get in a fight?"
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 18, 2006 20:48:10 GMT -5
The brown rider sighed and sat down his spoon. He should have put more thought into an explanation. Faranth knows he had plenty of time while riding that dimwitted runner… he hadn’t thought he’d need one at the time… later he had been too happy to be going home to give it much though. R’lan didn’t like not being able to just tell her the truth of the matter, but the game E’mion played was far too important. “The scratches on my arms, face and neck are from a tree… the black eye was a gift from L’nuo.” The man leaned forward, brushing her warm check with the back of his hand. “It wasn’t much of a fight.”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 18, 2006 20:53:46 GMT -5
"And what were you doing in a tree when you have a healthy, beautiful dragon?" she wanted to know. Something didn't sound right with this explanation. She couldn't put her finger on it...and she knew that he would only tell her when he was ready. Still, she could bother him about it until it became old hat.
Shereae leaned into R'lan's hand. It smelled good, like him, but also different. A little tint of alcohol, maybe, and like wilderness. "I'm glad you're home, R'lan."
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 18, 2006 21:00:53 GMT -5
R’lan couldn’t help but laugh. “I wasn’t in a tree… I was on the ground walking a game trail, it wasn’t much of a trail. L’nuo snapped a limb back and it hit me in the face.” The brown rider couldn’t believe how easily the story was spinning itself.
“I’m glad to be home.” R’lan looked down smiling. “What has kept you busy the past few weeks?”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 18, 2006 21:07:19 GMT -5
Shereae knew something sounded wrong, but she had no more questions, and in and of itself, the story (lie, she thought) sounded plausible. So she pouted. "Nothing. A buncha chores and lessons, is all." She leaned further into him, laying her head on his shoulder. She really had missed him--his smell, touch, the taste of his lips. To demonstrate, she turned his face again and kissed his lips gently.
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 18, 2006 21:17:55 GMT -5
He was pleasantly surprised when her lips brushed his, suddenly he wasn‘t so interested in breaking his fast. R‘lan reluctantly pulled away. “I’m glad to find you so… amiable.” He smiled his eyes twinkling, “I was afraid you might have forgotten me… found another man.”
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Post by Memorie on Jun 18, 2006 21:20:13 GMT -5
Shereae drew back, mock horror on her face. "Never, R'lan! How could you believe such a thing?" She winked at him to let him know she was joking, but part of her wondered if he'd really thought that. She shrugged mentally and bent forward, letting her lips flutter down his neck, and her tongue now traced over his scratches. Suddenly, Shereae was filled with the want of him.
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Dizzy
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Post by Dizzy on Jun 18, 2006 21:28:16 GMT -5
The brown rider closed his eyes, ‘Fall and Flame.’ “Perhaps I should leave more often?” The rider smiled, more than pleased with her touch. He pulled her close, whispering in her ear where only she could hear. “Skip out on chores today?”
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