[L'rien & Quentifith; for D'lain and Heiyath; Neboth]L'rien grinned down at the bluerider. "You are," he agreed with a chuckle. "But who says silliness can't be a good thing? You can be a good rider
and still give us all a laugh, right? I intend to. And...thanks."
He blinked at D'lain, and stepped back, pushing the bluerider away in a brotherly way. "Whoa, D'lain, no hugging, okay? Tackling or whatever to an extent - sure. But please no hugging. Save that for R'din." Sure, he liked the kid in a brotherly type way, but L'rien wasn't exactly into the whole intimacy thing - not with males, at least.
Which reminded him - now that he wasn't a Weyrling anymore, and had free reign, he
really needed to get out there. Action was necessary. Just look at R'din, after all - who was notorious for being willing to bed just about anyone, female or otherwise. L'rien wanted in, too. Oh, not with R'din - Faranth, no! Ladies only, please. L'rien wasn't a whore, and didn't particularly want to be, either - he may have been daring and outgoing and, admittedly, foolishly reckless at times, but even he had some morals. Not that he wasn't perfectly willing to bed anyone Quentifith managed to outFly, but still...he wasn't one to throw himself at whoever was willing.
No, he wanted some
one, not someones. But he
did want somebody - now that he could; now that he had the chance...maybe it was just a longing to fit in as he always did, maybe it was because he was truly lonely when looking at other couples. Like N'lon and Felicia, for example.
They were no secret. But whatever the reason...he wished he could have that too.
"Hey, go bother R'din," he suddenly suggested to D'lain. He would get nowhere just wishing and dreaming. He had to do something. And so his eyes locked onto a pair of girls chatting, along with And'r - Lez and Ali. Lez...well, he'd had a bit of a run-in with her as a candidate, but that had been a long time, and well, who knew? But Ali...well, she was something else. Yes, because she was a Violetrider...but she had a nice personality, too. It was worth a shot, right? Maybe she wouldn't look twice at him...but maybe she would. "I gotta go."
He sauntered casually - or tried to appear to, at least - over to the table occupied by the Crimsonrider, Violetrider, and Greenrider. "Hey," he greeted lightly, nodding to each of them. "Lez, Ali...And'r. What's up? Mind if I stay over here? One can only take so much D'lain, you know."
Quentifith snorted into the head of his rider.
Good luck fishing for someone who can stand to be near you. I suppose now you want me to talk to Valexith or something. L'rien kept himself from rolling his eyes with an effort.
Talk to whoever you want, Quen. Just don't you dare decide that sometimes during the future conversation would be a great time to say something embarrassing about me. Ooh, good idea...Quentifith shook his massive head at his rider and turned his attention back to Heiyath and Neboth. He only huffed disbelievingly at the teal's words.
Do not. And can not. We could outfly her ,right, Heiyath?((We'd half-agreed on something of a conflict between Ali and And'r and L'rien...Vine liked the idea, but I don't know if Ice wanted to? If you are okay with it, Ice, then let the games begin. Otherwise is perfectly fine...and Lez is there too as a backup ))[Ay'en; for Es'bel, R'din, and L'san]Ay'en blushed and looked away as R'din laughed into his pie, about as close to sulking as it was possible for the bluerider to get. Or, not sulking precisely...humiliated? Embarrassed? Yes...he supposed he felt more humiliated. But...why? He didn't enjoy R'din laughing at him...or Zynsith...or Ileyvith...or Es'bel...Faranth he didn't even know
who was being teased anymore. But he didn't like it.
"Don't let him tease you, Ay'en. He just thinks that everything is about sex."Ay'en blushed again, but this time more with embarrassment about his own reactions than anything else. Why on Pern was he overreacting this way? He shook his head slowly, trying to sort things out. Ay'en didn't like it when things go so complicated...he preferred simple things. Not because he was simple-minded or had a one-track mind, but because he was usually laid back, preferring to deal with things in his own good time...but right now his feelings were all tangled up and he couldn't make sense of anything. He managed a nod and wan smile of thanks to L'san, though.
He was glad to have a reason to look at Es'bel, rather than staring at his own bubbly pie, when the tealrider questioned R'din's reasoning. He was gratified that Es'bel had the courage to contradict R'din when Ay'en himself did not - something in him stirred at how Es'bel had defended him. Though the tealrider really hadn't defended him - just Ileyvith....and Zynsith. Did defending zynsith count as defending Ay'en? Or did saying something wasn't very nice count as defending? Ay'en didn't even know why he liked the idea of being defended by Es'bel at all. All so confusing...
"I'm saying that Ileyvith isn't as tempermental nd picky as Neb. And that Ileyvith likes Zyn more than Neb does. "The bluerider's head shot up and around to stare between the two tealriders at the last part. The temperamental and picky thing wasn't anything - that was true, and reasonable. But Ileyvith liking Zynsith more than Neboth...well, that was only reasonable as well, he reasoned...but why did he like the idea?
He slowly turned away from the pair of them. He needed to sort this out. He couldn't think. He wanted to unravel his feelings. Maybe here wasn't the best place or time - but he wanted to know before anything else confusing happened. Like r'din saying something else.
So, unravel. He liked the thought that maybe Ileyvith liked Zynsith. Why? Ileyvith meant Es'bel and Zynsith meant Ay'en...did he want Es'bel to like him? Why would he want to? He kept looking at Es'bel, as if he just couldn't seem to keep away from the tealrider's deep brown eyes and bright auburn hair, the way he got dimples when he smiled and how he always seemed to have something on him - bells, or ribbons, or flowers, or
something - that made him so...
him.Ay'en hadn't known he knew all that about Es'bel in the first place. Why? Why...why...why...
Then he thought about all R'din was saying. And he thought about Flights and Rises and the way he wanted Ileyvith to Rise first, and Zynsith to catch her...
And it all made sense.
He turned back around and stared at Es'bel.
I...like him.Relief spread through him at the revelation. Yes, it gave way to more thoughts and feelings...but it was okay, because now he knew what was going on, and could deal with it. That always made it okay.
I like Es'bel. So simple! And simple he could work with. So much simpler now.
Still...didn't make feelings go away. He quickly dropped his frank stare and finished off his bubbly pie. He fancied Es'bel. And why not? The tealrider was nice, he was funny, he was easy to talk to, he was...everything that Ay'en wasn't, and something Ay'en was. And the bluerider liked that. Es'bel intrigued him. Es'bel made everything so...lively, so interesting. Nothing could be boring when Es'bel was around.
But he couldn't very well say all that, could he? At least...not here, not now...and sure as shards not with R'din right by them....
b[]((Maybe I jumped the gun a little, but he was demanding release
))[/b]
[Azelle/Akri; for Da'im]((this is going to be very fail. At this point my muse has run out.))Azelle smiled at Da'im. "Thanks, and you're welcome." She'd been here two Turns, true, and a lot had changed in that time period - including her - but that didn't mean she knew everything about it.
On the contrary... So maybe she wasn't the best at...remembering where she left things. Or where others left things. Or finding things in general. Oh well...
Akri cleared her throat slightly; time to get on. Azelle nodded, and the two chorused, "We shall," and shared a small smile for their simultaneous agreement. They moved forward with Da'im, as the crowd quieted.
((eh...to be honest, not quite sure how grad stuffs work...who's supposed to like...speak? Da'im or akri?))