The first day of the Gather was a blast. Tamalak and Kalain had made sure to play with Chato and Sleek early in the morning. They played them hard so they would sleep all day while they were out. And

It was. M'gal was just as puzzled as Sh'ain at Kassia's summons. He couldn't help it, every time she summoned him he thought of B'lin and the fact that he was being replaced. Then he'd shake his head

Well, this just wouldn't do. Mendle marched over to Foreth and glared at Kassia. "Your dragon is sandbound and in pain from her injuries. Why would you yell at her like that?" A little part of her scr

Kianna carefully followed Mathern out and blinked in the brighter light. Her eyes had adjusted to the dimness of Mathern's office, so the brighter hallway took a moment getting used to. They started w

OOC: After. Just for consistency's sake, I'm setting all my Gather posts after. IC: "Oh my goodness, your firelizard hatched! Have you...oh, probably not. You're still not talking to Foreth, are you?

Mendl had been having nightmares. Not screaming ones, but ones that woke her up with a jerk, or that if she did wake up, she couldn't get back to sleep. All these dreams featured dead embryos in eggs

Another apprentice came flying into the Dragon Infirmary in tears and threw down their supplies. "She's insufferable. I'm not going back in there!" Mendle looked at the supplies and sighed. Yet anothe

Valesa was so happy her friend Kime had Impressed. What she wasn't happy about was Kime's dragon being too young, so Kime couldn't go to the Gather. But, Shalia could go. And Dyrina. And maybe while t

"Oh, OK, I see what you mean!" said Kianna. "I must be having an off day, I couldn't picture what you were talking about. Yes, that would work well. The usual whers have longer muzzles while the tunne

Tamalak nodded. "If either of them were awake, I'd be able to at least see the surroundings. And tell them to get back here. But wherever they are, they're together." Chato moved uncomfortably in thei

The caravan pulled up to the Gather grounds during the darkest part of the night. This was partly by chance, and partly on purpose. Barnem liked to surprise the masses, so even their setup was like a

"Yes, I've seen them," Kianna said slowly, "at least, Tamalak's. But I'm not sure how a hood will work. They're quite efficient for going through tunnels--they have these feeler-frond things on their

Tamalak grimaced. "Yeah, I can hear them, but these two...they're asleep, so all I'm getting is weird images." He snorted. "If you ever wanted to know if whers dream, well, they do. But I keep wanting

Tamalak didn't want to say anything because it would seem like he and Kalain didn't know what they were doing. But in his Turns at the Wherhall--not many, mind you, but some--he'd seen this thing happ

"I think the headgear is half the battle," Kianna said. "Once we get that taken care of, I'm sure the glass itself will be easier to work with. Too bad there's nothing safer, or lighter, than glass. I

"Thank you," Tam said to Alyx. "Thank you Cremmie. You are a good boy." He ran to get his and Kalain's shoes, handing his friend's to him. "These are so new and different. I know the Impression bond i

"Chato and Sleek are missing!" Tamalak said, voice as frantic as his looks. "Are they in here? Cremmie, have you seen them?"

"I understand that feeling," Kianna said wryly. She'd been ignoring her Candidate classes lately, because she preferred spending her time in the Smithhall. She had already decided that if she didn't I

Tam snorted. "Yeah. Have you seen how much area this place encompasses?" Normally he wouldn't be so snarky, but losing Chato was upsetting him as much as it was upsetting Kalain. "They aren't here. Ma

The Gather was in full swing and it seemed like all of Arolos was out this day. Though the Arolos Cup wouldn't happen until the end of the Gather, not everyone would be waiting until the last minute.