What happens on the sand, stays on the sand;[Muze/Ceela/Yva]

[kevna]

Siorreya - Green Amagetith

They popped out of between into the warm tropical weather, and she felt herself visibly relax. She hated those moments of suspense, the utter void of between. There was also the fact that they were very, very far from Mavros, which gave her the added benefit of safety. And they had gotten away with not inviting Kekoa, another added relief. She smiled, feeling more like herself already, enjoying the perspiration that sprung out at Amagetith glided along the shore. “This is perfect!” She shouted back to her passenger, then her arms rose and she threw her head back in utter relief and joy and whooped as loud as she could.

This is beautiful. Warm. Look look look. Her green was enjoying this as much as she was, and Sio looked to see shipfish jumping out of the waters. Shipfish. Her dragon murmured delightfully, as if it were her first time seeing them. In a way, it kind of was, since her memory was so short. She laughed and pointed so the young woman behind her could see them too, waving over at the other dragon pair and pointing even more dramatically, trying to get them to take notice. So much better then Igen already.

Amagetith dove toward the ground with a trill, pulling up sharply, as the ground came close, and landing agilely. Siorreya slid down her small green with ease, giggling, ignoring the bustle of the other green when she landed. She made short work of her gear, stripping down to her tank top and rolling up her pants. Then she looked to her companions as they joined her, hopping around with excitement. “What should we do first? Oh, we could swim, or make a bonefire, or we could have a race, or we could make sand angels, or sandcastles, or we could go shell hunting.” She took a very brief breath. “This is so wonderful; it feels like an eternity since I’ve experienced warmth like this.” She pulled her hair which had been up in a bun free, and shook it out, letting her face enjoy the sunshine.

I'm going to swim, come on Rylath, we must swim, and eat fish, and swim with fish, and float, and swim. Her green started hopping towards the ocean, her tail flicking out in an attempt to nudge her speckled sister onward.

tovaana , Zen

[tovaana]

Muze :: Green Rylath

It was hard to tell if Muze had been invited along because she had a dragon to take a passenger, or if the trio really wanted her along. She supposed the three girls could have squeezed onto the back of Sio’s green, but Amagetith… well, Muze didn’t trust the trickster green, not with Rylath being the target of many of her tricks. She also seemed energetic…well, Muze definitely would have felt uneasy about being crammed onto her back, even if she was small. Whether or not Muze was needed or wanted, it had made her feel excited – since all three girls were vastly more popular and exciting than she was. They all had this power about them, the ability to annoy their audiences, but mostly to amuse and help them forget about their troubles – each in their own way. It was absolutely amusing that each had high-energy vibes, but not one was exactly like the other.

Of the three of them, she knew Yvinka the least, but had been as polite as she could in letting her ride behind her. She let out an audible sigh as they cleared from between and into a blue sky. The breath she took after the sigh felt weighted – the humidity pressing in around her and in her, giving her a moment of panic in the heat of the sun.

Muzemine, you are alright? She hummed mentally, still adjusting to the strange atmosphere with the same salty oceanic smell, but mixed with unfamiliar sweet and ‘green’ smells. Her eyes were scanning the green that rimmed the pale beach, much paler than at home or even Mavros. Rylath dipped and Muze felt her stomach flip at the unexpected descent. Her eyes followed the path of her green – her eyes catching sight of shapes in the water just as Amagetith confirmed what they were. Shipfish. She remembered Tak’ril talking about them, how he’d seen them in the bay during warmer months – because they were here in the South where it was still warm.

Shards it was warm. She tried not to think about the heat that pressed in on her and her riding gear, giving her the sensation of being steamed and cooked all at once. The girls had talked about wearing very little and it had seemed appalling, but now that the heat was suffocating her, she wondered how long she’d last… it wasn’t like there were men to be embarrassed around.

Muze glanced at the green. Igen? She hadn’t seen much of Sio – whether because of duties or clashing schedules… but it seemed she had been gone elsewhere, like Igen. It had been refreshing, actually, she’d noticed there had been less pranks on Rylath.

Rylath followed Amagetith, but glided past her in opposition to the dive that her fellow green made. Rylath landed gently, crouching to allow easier dismounting to both passengers. Muze was about to bound off, but she was distracted by Amagetith. She didn’t want her riding gear getting wet. “One second Amagetith.” Muze said aloud, knowing her green would be too pleasing and want to head off before unclipping the riding gear. Once bare of leather, Muze smiled. “Go have fun, we’ll be good here.”

Rylath’s whirling happy gaze followed Amagetith and she nodded. Okay, okay! What should we do first? Swim? Eat fish? Swim with fish? Float, or uh…swim? Struggling to remember all that had been suggested, and thinking belatedly that her green kin had repeated one of the options.

Muze took the gear to a broad leafed tree far from the ocean and put it in its shade. Then she started to carefully take her gear off, including her shoes, glancing in the direction of the others as she did so. Her shirt was not long sleeved, but it would protect her shoulders from the sun… she’d gotten burned a couple times during the hot seasons, but she’d worn a hat when it was sunny to discourage it happening too often, she had the brief wondering thought if she was going to get burned on their trip. She lingered in the shade, watching the girls and their antics. She loved the beach, but this was not her beach... it was beautiful though. Her eyes scanned the curling waves, much like her sort of beach, but the water seemed clearer, and the sand more blinding. 

Ceela;

Finally. Finally! Ceela started wiggling the moment they popped from between as the familiar heat wrapped around her like an old friend. She hadn’t been home sick, except to feel Southern's heat and bask on the beaches, but now that she was here, she did feel the smallest bit of longing to see her family, especially since she had just left without saying anything. After she impressed. She promised herself. But only after.

Ceela’s mouth opened in awe and made a squeal of excitement at the sight of the shipfish. She’d been glad to catch a ride with Amagetith, she was exciting to ride – thrilling. She proved as much as well as she dove toward the beach, the spike of adrenalin causing her to giggle as they landed and tumbled off the green. Ceela made quick work of her clothes too – she’d put on shorts under the riding pants she’d worn, and a simple strapless band that hugged her chest. She wanted as much sun as possible to kiss her before they had to return. The last to fall was her blonde curls to fall around her shoulders, a mess from the bun – but she paid them no heed, she had more pressing matters.

“That all sounds wonderful. Too wonderful. A too wonderful dream." She collapsed in the scorching sand that tingled against her skin that was cool from between and flying. She wiggled in the sand, burrowing into its intense heat. “Is there a way we could do all at once? If this were a dream, we could.” She said with a giggle, her eyes closed against the power of the sun.

[Zen]

Yvinka

Yva enjoyed riding Ama, but she wasn’t at all disappointed at the chance to ride a new dragon. Besides Ama, the only other dragon she’d ridden was the one that Searched her and she was curious if there was any real difference. Was a dragon’s flying style like a person’s gait? So when she found that Sio had invited Muze along for their beach trip she had decided to hitch a ride with the larger green, despite not knowing Muze terribly well. It would be a good chance to get to know her better since she was coming with them. There was nothing wrong with making new friends.

Rylath’s hide might have been the most interesting of any dragon she’d ever seen, particularly up close. The countless tiny speckles in all different shades of green were entirely unique. She found herself quite distracted trying to pick out all the different colors in the green’s hide until they went between. Though she’d had Sio take her several different times now, it was still an unnerving thing and she was glad when they reappeared into existence, the heat and humidity smothering since she was still bundled up in her warm, Mavros winter clothes. They couldn’t land soon enough so she could properly strip down.

She heard Sio’s joyous whoop and couldn’t help but answer with one of her own, laughing with delight. Sio’s exaggerated motioning drew her eye and she spotted the shipfish below. It seemed like it had been forever since she’d seen shipfish. They would often swim alongside her father’s ship, like an escort, and a few of the sailors claimed that shipfish had saved them when they’d been lost overboard during bad storms, bringing them back to the ship. As she had always done, she grinned and waved to the creatures, though she doubted they could see her on the back of a dragon. Sometimes when she waved to them they would leap out of the water, or even do a flip. They were so agile and playful, she’d always loved watching them.

Ama beat them to the ground, which wasn’t surprising. Rylath was a much smoother ride than Sio’s smaller green. It seemed her wonderings about ‘flight gaits’ might be a thing after all. "Thanks for the ride, Rylath," she told the green once they were on the ground wasting no time sliding to the sand, tugging her jacket off almost before her feet touched. The warmth felt great, but it would feel even better with less clothing on. She’d worn a thin skirt over her thicker, winter breeches and she tugged her boots off and then worked on stripping those off too, leaving them lying haphazardly in the sand. She pulled her skirt up and tied it in a knot at her hip, making it rather scandalously short and revealing. She laughed to herself as she heard her father’s scolding in her head and mentally stuck out her tongue at him. She then tossed her shirt in the general direction of her breeches, leaving only her breastband, and reveled in the way the sun’s warm rays seeped into her skin. Pulling a tie from around her wrist, she put her hair up in a high runner’s tail as she made her way over to Sio and Ceela, her step half a dance over the hot sand, enjoying the way it shifted under her bare feet.

All of Sio’s ideas did indeed sound wonderful, as Ceela said, and she laughed at the idea of doing it all at once, “Maybe not all at once, but certainly all in turn. I’m sure we can get it all in before we have to head back.” She did not enjoy thinking about that, especially when they’d only just arrived. Going back to a dreary winter after this would be so difficult. “I think we should look for shells and pretty rocks and stuff first… then we can use them to decorate our sandcastles. Oh, maybe I can find a few pretty enough to take back for Codrath.” She giggled at the thought of the grumpy bronze and his silly hoard. He wasn’t so hard to win over. He was a lot like a girl, actually. Telling him he was pretty and giving him shiny gifts worked wonders.

She glanced back the way she’d come as she noticed Muze hadn’t joined them and frowned when she saw her off in the shade, calling back, “What are you doing way over there? Come shell hunt with us!” She grinned suddenly, teasing, “Or we can toss you in the sea first if you need some cooling off!” Maybe that’s why she was in the shade, she wasn’t used to the heat? She turned back to Sio and Ceela, “Maybe we should swim first, then we’ll be nice and cool and the sun will feel even better while we’re searching for shells?” It really was a perfect day to be on the beach.

kevna tovaana

[kevna]

Siorreya - Green Amagetith

Siorreya snapped her fingers at Muze’s polite request for her to wait, causing her green to pause, Sio giggling and untethering her dragon from her riding gear as well all the while her dragon looked at them sullenly.

But I wanna plaaay.

“Silly beast. Hold ooon.” Once finished, she sent her little green off with a playful spank. Amagetith started her awkward plodding back to the water, considering her soft sister’s question with amusement. How about all at once? Race you to the water!!! And off her green went with the intensity of winning.

Unlike Muze, Siorreya just allowed her riding gear to plop where they were. It wouldn’t get wet, and a little heat and sun wouldn’t hurt the leather. Sio regarded Ceela’s plop with a giggle, nodding, and then turning her face back up to the sun even as Yva stripped. Dream? The word triggered her past dreams and nightmares. She was only now realizing that with the fading of her illness, her nightmares had faded as well, and her dreams had been oddly nonexistent since... She brushed off the odd feeling that caused, instead focusing on Yvinka’s voice and words.

Her nose wrinkled at the name of the Codrath and she snickered at the comment. “He does like his shiny things. Maybe you should make a necklace for him to wear.” She got along with most people, but L'rey and his bronze were more annoying and uppity then she could handle on extended periods of time. She looked down at Ceela and offered her a hand up as Yva shouted to Muze. “Hand up?”

She cast a quick glance at her weyrmate for her reply to her dark-haired friend. She didn’t dislike Muze, but she also wasn’t one to stick around the girl. She seemed a little mopey, and that got boring fast. Still, better Muze being here then Kekoa, so she wouldn’t complain. She would be curious to see if her weyrmate would join them. Yva’s words sparked mischief in her, and her eyes twinkled. “Oh, definitely swimming.” She tripped off her tank top and pants, so she only had her underclothes on, then gave Ceela and Yva an impish grin and wiggling her eyebrows at them and started stalking towards Muze. “You look so hot Muze; I'm sweating just looking at you! I think a dunk is in order for us.” She probably wouldn’t be able to dunk the girl on her own, but with the help of her friends, they would succeed. Muze needed to relax a little and have some fun. Maybe they could fun the mope right out of her. She continued to stalk forward, smiling brightly. If anything, Muze could run, Siorreya always did like a fun chase.

[tovaana]

Ceela;

She simply hummed at Yva’s words, pretending she hadn’t said anything about returning; that seemed too sad in such a happy atmosphere. The thought of returning to dreary cold Mavros… well, but there were the growing eggs in Sularenth to remember, another chance on the sands to get her dragon. Her freedom. To think, she could pop between on days she wasn’t fighting Thread to be in Southern – to be anywhere she wanted in a blink of an eye.

Her eyes opened, glancing in Yva’s direction and smiling at the idea of giving shells to a dragon – a bronze at that, especially with the bronze’s temperament she’d heard about. “I’d love to find some pretty shells.” She said, just as Sio came over and offered a hand up. She accepted it and let the hot sand fall away from her back, but it still clung to her in a sheen layer, but didn’t bother to brush it off.

Ceela looked in the direction Yva was looking – remembering the easily forgotten brunette that had come with them. She seemed like a nice girl, just quiet. She’d been excited about shell-hunting, but shrugged affably to changing to swimming. It was a pleasant feeling to cool off in the ocean, then dry off in the hot sun – and then repeat the wet and dry cycle.

The mischievious look Sio shot them had Ceela grinning even before she realized what she was hinting at. A small part of her wondered if it would make Muze feel uncomfortable, but most of her knew that Muze couldn’t hate the feeling of being in a Southern ocean. One had to at least try it. Ceela approached too, feeling like there was to be good fun in a chase and dunking of Muze in the water.

Muze :: Green Rylath

She shifted uncomfortably when Yvinka noticed her. Shells, if she could just stand there a moment longer and watch… acclimate to the humid weather and heat…without being noticed? She offered a shrug with her arms crossed against her stomach, smiling to try and let it be known she really wasn’t uncomfortable, as much as she felt. She didn’t take the ‘tossing’ into the sea seriously, not until Siorreya started coming toward her. Maybe if Sio wasn’t rooming with her, she wouldn’t have seen her intentions, but they’d shared a weyr long enough to know Siorreya's mischievous intent.

“Oh, no, it’s okay…” She moved into the sunlight, showing them that she didn’t have to be chased to move. She let her arms fall to her sides. “A dunk?” She said, eying Siorreya, and taking another step away from her and toward the ocean. “Really, I… I’ve been in the ocean before. I’ll jump in, I’ve got legs…” She said lamely, her lips twitching in a nervous smile – because as much as she really didn’t want to be tossed into the ocean, there was a strange thrill of being paid attention to, and being part of the fun…she glanced over as Ceela seemed to be approaching her as well, feeling outnumbered increasingly quickly. “Why can’t we dunk Sio? She’s always doing the tricks.”

Ceela’s eyebrows lifted at this and the one blonde looked over to the other. “Hey, she’s kinda right Sio.” She said, sounding a bit surprised at Muze’s tactics in trying to shift the main attention away from her.

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[Zen]

Yvinka

Yva laughed at the idea of making a necklace for Codrath. She wasn’t sure how likely he would be to wear it. Probably he would just add it to his hoard. Moreover she started thinking about how many shells it would take to make a necklace big enough to extend around the giant bronze’s neck. Would she even be able to carry it when it was done? Well, it didn’t really matter. She wasn’t planning on actually doing it. Even if Codrath would want to wear a necklace she wasn’t sure L’rey would go along with it. Maybe it would be too feminine for his boyish pride. She nearly rolled her eyes at the thought. “Somehow I don’t think L’rey would even let me put a necklace on Codrath.” She could be wrong, but she doubted it.

Her careless suggestion that Muze needed a dip in the ocean was quickly latched onto by Sio as the blonde gave a mischievous sort of smile and started heading toward Muze. Yva giggled, plenty willing to go along with the dunking idea, as apparently was Ceela. The three of them moved like a pack of canines surrounding their prey, but Muze stepped out of the shade as if hoping that showing her willingness to swim would stop them. The three of them would certainly be able to carry her if they could catch her… but there was also the chance she would just run right into the sea, defeating the entire point. “Sure, you could walk in on your own, but where’s the fun in that?” Yva giggled as the three of them continued to close in.

But the other greenrider’s suggestion that Sio should be the one getting dunked gave Yva pause. She hm’d softly as she looked over at Sio, while Ceela also seemed to be considering changing her target. Yva grinned, “Great idea Muze!” Without any further hesitation she lunged for the blonde, who was much closer than Muze anyway. Hopefully Ceela settled on changing her target as well because it would definitely take at least two of them to carry Sio to the water. But it had been Muze’s idea so surely she would join in too?

tovaana kevna

[kevna]

Siorreya - Green Amagetith

Muze was ripe for the picking, Ceela and Yva both on board, and she could feel the thrill of the chase would soon be theirs. She took another step, but her eyebrows shot up when Muze suddenly turned the tides with her comment. “Huh. Yeah I guess so.” She giggled, but she was instantly on guard, twisting a little away from her two friends that were suddenly looking at her a little too intently. Her smile widened, this new chase would be even more exciting. She narrowed her eyes, intently watching Ceela and Yva suddenly coming to the same conclusion that Muze had. Siorreya was prepared for Yva, and lunged backwards, twisting more so she could turn quickly and run.

“You'll never catch me!” She taunted over her shoulder, and pushed her little legs faster as she shot towards the ocean, pumping her arms in a familiar rhythm. For a brief moment she thought of Podrell, of the tactics she had had to pull with him in her desperate attempt to outrun him in one of their games, but shook her head. The other women were just as small as she, and she was safe enough from long legs. It was ridiculous that the thought had even come to her. She pushed it away and focused on her running, pushing herself as fast as she could go. She could feel some or at least someone get close, but she hit the ocean before any could truly grasp her, diving straight into a wave that sought to engulf her.

The rush of warm water was instantaneous, and she would have let out a sigh if she hadn’t been under water. Probably not the best thing to do under the circumstances. She erupted from the ocean with a triumphant smile, blinking away salt water and twirling around to face her ‘foes.’

“Hah, told you so!” She laughed freely, splashing towards them before kicking her legs to push herself deeper before floating on her back, trying to be aware of incoming waves. She could feel Amagetith’s amusement, but the green was more excited about the bright colored fish she was seeing. 

[tovaana]

Muze :: Green Rylath

Muze felt herself relax as the attention of the three moved away from her. Good. She thought, realizing as they darted off, that her safety might not continue if she lingered in the shadows and didn’t join in the chase. There was a tug that she felt, that perhaps it’d be fun to chase Sio after all she and her dragon had imposed on her and Rylath…but they were already so far and she knew wouldn’t be able to catch up with her short legs, as much as dragon riding kept her fit.

With a sigh she moved into the sunlight, her nose wrinkling at the stifling heat. She wasn’t sure what it was about the heat that the others liked; it seemed to press in around her, her throat, lungs, eyes and ears – every opening that it could get to, slowing seeping to the core of her. It was different than her beach and she wasn’t sure she liked the different, she had had a whole lot of different in the past two turns and it felt like she might lose herself entirely if she let in anything else different. Rylath, as distracted as she was by her playful companion and the colorful fish, glanced in her rider’s direction. The water is great! You’ll like it! Not that her dragon was ever really bothered by temperature like her human, but she could tell the difference, and hoped it would make her rider more comfortable. Muze smiled softly at her dragon’s ever present need to make her happy. Sometimes it was overwhelming, but mostly it had been just what she had needed in the past turns of change.

She trotted after the trio of girls that had already reached the ocean and she veered a bit away from them, so not the tempt them with the idea of tossing her in still. She didn’t pause as jogged into the waves, surprised at how warm the surf was – though it got cooler the further out she got…still it didn’t compare to the ever cool waters at home. “Is everything hot here?” She wondered aloud, somewhat to herself, and somewhat trying to fit in where she didn’t.

Ceela;

Laughter came easily from the blonde as Sio easily shifted goals as she twisted away from Yva’s lunge. Her own legs starts to move, her run getting somewhat swallowed in the dry sand – but it was a feeling she was used to. Her hair bounced behind her and she imagined once she had her own dragon and could make trips often to Southern, that her hair would bleach back to the paler color she was used to. The feeling of the humidity and sand under foot also tugged at other memories from her childhood, but they were easily avoided as she embraced the happiness that came from just running, not caring if they actually caught Sio, which had seemed futile anyways. Ceela didn’t pause at the waves either when they came to her waste, diving in toward Sio and coming up near her. She hummed happily as she cleared her face, glancing at the others, noticing Muze last, as usual.

Ceela giggled at Muze’s comment. “Come on, all the way in! It’s the only way to cool off.” She motioned with her head, encouraging the short brunette to get all the way in, which didn’t seem like was going to be a problem. As uncomfortable she seemed around them, she didn’t seem like a stranger to the ocean.

“Alright, we didn’t catch Sio, so we need a new game.” She posed, though it was more for Sio and Yva’s benefit, as Ceela would be happy just swimming and tanning – both of which she would do before they left.

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