Egg Delivery!

[Memorie]

Caliath and Sarith bugled back to Lateo Weyr's watchdragon as they touched down in the bowl of the plateau-top Weyr. "Caliath, tell Malekith to please tell E'mion we are here and headed for his Weyr." Caliath rumbled.

Malekith, Merda and H'mei are here with that special delivery for E'mion. She requests t see him in his Weyr.

Merda eased off the gold dragon, and H'mei off the blue. They both had saddle bags and side-bags full of firelizard eggs, most soft, since they had had not had time to harden yet. E'mion had said "fresh," and he got it. "Come on, H'mei. Let's go find this young man."

"Are you sure he's ceven here? Did you check before hand?" H'mei, the worrier. Merda sighed.

"Yes, for the fiftieth and a half time, now let's go." Merda strode off purposefully after finding out from a drudge where Helios Weyrs were.

[E]

Caliath and her’s come with a blue and a package.

E’mion paused mid-sentence as he spoke to L’nuo at Malekiths comment. If the package was what he thought it was, then Merda had worked faster than he had hoped and he would have to get a way to send them north that night as he had a meeting to attend with the Weyrleader and Wingleaders that evening.

Blue? Is she going to our weyr?
Of course. And it is Sarith and H’mei. Candidate masters if I remember correctly.
Why the fall are they here?
How should I know?
Fine, Fine I’ll be there in a minute.

“L’nuo, take Tschermak swimming or something. I have to go.” He said turning away from the pair without a second though.

“But E’mion, you promised to cut his hair with me today!”
“Oh go bug R’lan.”

Quick, long strides brought E’mion up to his weyr just as Merda and the man who must have been H’mei approached from the other direction.

“Good Morning Weyrwoman Merda.” He said tilting her head to her before adding “H’mei.” as an afterthought. Looking to the bags they held in their hands then back up to them, he nodded more to himself than them as he lifted a hand to silently ask them inside.

[Memorie]

"And to you, Wingleader E'mion," Merda said as she follwed his gesture inside the door. H'mei nodded his gratitude and followed her in, more weighed down than she. He had come along really more to carry things to be in on the plan, and she hadn't told him anything other than that he needed to help her take these eggs to E'mion. She only carried five though, and he carried seventeen. They weren't heavy, though, so he didn't mind.

"I brought them," she declared, "But only a few. Twenty-two were all I could get from K'lim's gold Feryn. I'll be getting another clutch this week, and a last this weekend. I can bring you sixty, but will you need more?" H'mei wisely kept his trap shut. He knew that when it was time for him to know the whole plan, he would. All he knew now was that E'mion needed sixty firelizard eggs, and it wasn't up to him to ask questions.

[E]

E’mion followed them in and nodded as Merda told him the number of eggs she had brought. That would be a good number to get started with. he thought to himself as he followed them in, eyeing the blue rider almost questionably.

Ask Caliath if Merda has told this rider anything… I need to know if there is another who knows and how much he does.

Good Morning my dear Caliath. How are you this fine day? The sun is warm.
Malekith…
You didn’t say please, E’mion.
Oh I hope you get a good scoring!

“Please set them on the bed.” He said moving toward the bags to open them and look at the contents. “No, sixty will do. We will see if we get a gold out of them. If so there will be no need for any more. I can’t begin to express my thanks Merda.” Turning back to her, he smiled, then looked at the blue rider again. Drat I already forgot his name…

H’mei you tasteless wherrie.
Shut it.
Fine.

“Can I offer you and H’mei a drink or lunch in return? I’m afraid there isn’t much more I have to offer at the moment. I hadn’t expected you to work so quickly.”

[Memorie]

E'mion wants to know how much H'mei knows. What should I tell Malekith? Caliath sounded a bit puzzled, and the question put Merda at an odd irritation.

Tell him H'mei knows that he needs to carry things for me because I'm old. And please ask dear Malekith to use that tone with E'mion, that one I just used. Thank you, dear Heart. Caliath rumbled a laughter, and Sarith looked at the bigger queen, surprised. He, of course, hadn't heard the exchange.

Malekith, my fine bronze friend, I am fine. This warm sea-side sun is good on my hide. Merda says to tell E'mion 'H'mei knows he needs to carry things for me because I'm old.' She used the same peevish tone her rider did.

Once her message was delivered, Merda smiled sweetly at E'mion. "Oh, no, I'm afraid H'mei and I shared a late breakfast over small talk before we came. We'll only be a few seconds anyway--H'mei can't stay away from the Candidates too long before they start trouble, and Caliath and I are due for a good feed and baths."

[E]

Malekith couldn’t help but rumble from the sandy wallow in the beach where he was currently laying as the gold mimicked her riders voice and irritation. Forgive me, my queen. I will reprimand him properly.

The answer was passed along to E’mion with a messege from Malekith’s own thoughts that made E’mion’s eyebrows raise slightly in surprise before he had to fight back a growl of irritation at his dragon. If that bronze didn’t learn some manners soon!

“Of course, then do not let me keep the two of you waiting.” He said attempting to be polite although what he wanted to do more than anything was deck the bronze a good one in the snout.

[Memorie]

Merda nodded to H'mei, who had remained standing while Merda had had a seat on a chair. They both set the bags down on the bed; the bags had jars in them, each one with one firelizard egg inside. "You might go ahead and find some newer warm sand to put in those jars. I don't know how warm it'll be after between." She turned and smiled at E'mion. "We'll be going now, friend." She exited the weyr, and called for Caliath. The gold dropped next to her, and politely kneeled for the womna to climb on. H'mei gave her a hand up and mounted his own blue. They both waved to E'mion, and were gone in a wink to Sodalis.