{ORP} Slide {Sylyas and whoever wants to show up!}

[zombeikid]

Sylyas had been alone for most of his life. Well, the last 11 years, which is more than half of his life. But not anymore. He'd never shared a room with another person let alone a bunch of people. He hadn't had much to bring with him to the Weyr so the single chest suited him well but.. To be confined to a singular cot and have nothing else that was his.. It was hard. Especially when you are a loner like he was. He'd taken to chores easily, as he had chores from the time he could walk. He didn't mind them, really.

What he minded was the lack of privacy. But, he supposed, after seeing the riders with their dragons, at some point he probably wouldn't ever have true privacy. Might as well get over it. But he'd do that tomorrow. For today, he wanted to hide. It was his rest day and he found himself wandering the Weyr a bit. It was just after lunch break and most of the weyr was empty. The dragonriders were still having their lunches and the other candidates were either finishing up their lunches or getting ready for lessons.

Sylyas ran his hand across the stone outside of a weyr for a moment. It was a stark contrast to the soft, white robes they had been given. They were cleaner than anything he'd ever owned. And he was cleaner than he'd ever been in his life. It was hard but in a totally different way than his past life. He kind of liked it.  

[houllow]

Play play play play! The sun was up and out and warm, and F'ell had gotten his meal to go so he and Teth could be together! The massive brown happily enjoyed that, as he much preferred being with his rider as much as possible. For F'ell, it was better than people not so subtly shying away from him. For dragon who was happily skipping like a creature roughly an eighth of his size, it meant maybe getting some snacks.

What he didn't think it would mean would be making a new friend, but that seemed rather plausible. The rider pair were on their way to the beach when the brown paused, swinging his head towards a figure standing somewhat aimlessly. What's wrong? F'ell nearly walked into his dragon's leg, and he turned to follow Teth's gaze.

Someone. I think he's sad??? Maybe? Teth's thoughts echoed loudly in his rider's skull as he pivoted to move towards the new figure, his large body pushing F'ell. The brownrider didn't even have a chance to tell his dragon no before the beast was bugling towards the young man. You!!!! Are you okay?? Why are you just standing here?

zombeikid

 

[Smerdle]

A decent distance away—just far enough that Sylyas probably still felt like he had been by himself this whole time—sat Brenley, a boy who also preferred to be alone. He had been watching the other candidate for a minute or two before the brown had shown up, curious about the newcomer in their midst. The arrival of Teth and his rider caused Bren to hastily stand and back up a step or two in an effort to remain out of range, but once the coast was clear of trampling, he moved in closer, always interested in dragons and their motivations. This one seemed... chipper. It was odd, to say the least.

zombeikid

houllow

 

[zombeikid]

Sylyas had been very.. lost in thought when a dragon startled him out of it. He had jumped a bit, eyes widening at the sudden mental intrusion. "Ah! I, uh.. Um?" He didn't know what to say. Why was he just standing there? Thinking? "I was just.. thinking?" So much for alone time..

He ran his hand over his face to compose himself and gave a little nod to the dragon. Was there some kind of etiquette to a dragon? He knew how you were supposed to act around hatchlings and eggs, for the most part, but not a dragon. Not someone else's dragon.

Twice now he'd been accosted by overly energetic dragons. They seemed drawn to him..

houllow

Smerdle

 

[houllow]

What are you thinking about?? Are you thinking about the sky, or the sands?? I like both things, they're really neat. Or are you thinking about the other person over there, who is watching you??? Teth's head swung on his neck as he quickly turned to look at the other young man, his eyes such a happy shade of blue as he took in all the possible new best friends he could be making. Are you thinking too?? Why so much thinking today?? Teth wasn't much of a thinker at all but that suited him just fine. F'ell often told him that his talents lay elsewhere and that was all that mattered; he was important in his own way.

Speaking of F'ell, the teen was slowly approaching the group, all the while making sure to stay out of the way of an energetically swaying tail from the massive brown. Teth may have never wanted to hurt someone but that didn't mean it wouldn't ever happen. The dragon was quite careless most of the time and unlucky people always paid the price.

zombeikid

Smerdle

 

[Smerdle]

Brenley shied away from Teth's tail as well, offering a wavering smile to the dragon when the brown looked his way. The boy wasn't nervous, not in the face of such kindly blue eyes, he just wasn't in the habit of making friendly faces.

"Thinking can be a fun way to pass the time," he added, his voice matter-of-fact and slightly monotonous "If you're not inclined to running and jumping around."

zombeikid

houllow

 

[zombeikid]

Sylyas swallowed thickly as the energetic brown dragon questioned him. His head snapped around at the mention of someone watching him. Was he that interesting? Surely he wasn't! But a dragon had questioned him so he might as well answer. "Ah, the.. feelin' of the stone? And my robe.." He trailed off. What an odd thing to be thinking of but it was true.

And somehow, lying to a dragon just didn't seem right. His eyes darted between the approaching rider and the other boy. He recognized him, vaguely, another candidate but that was all he knew of him.

"Thinkin' can be nice, yeah. If you don't get lost.." He rolled his shoulder with feigned relaxation.

Smerdle

Feel free to ignore! I know its ten years late~~

houllow