Logs:All He Could Do
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| RL Date: 11 August, 2015 |
| Who: E'dre |
| Involves: Fort Weyr |
| Type: Vignette |
| What: E'dre contemplates the reality he faces. Wroth is actually helpful. And maybe kind. |
| Where: Weyrleader's Office, Fort Weyr |
| When: Day 6, Month 7, Turn 38 (Interval 10) |
| OOC Notes: OOC: If approached since Lilah's absence, E'dre will have been encouraging for the search, evasive of direct answers of 'what he was going to do', sometimes seeming stressed and other times seeming able to handle things. Anyone wanting to scene regarding E'dre at this time please +mail. |
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| Too many days had passed for E'dre to not acknowledge the fact he was running the Weyr without a Weyrwoman. He had made little to no comment about it in the face of so much uncertainty. All he could do was encourage those who sought Lilah and remain at the Weyr to tend to the daily tasks that were required of him as Weyrleader and those that would have required Lilah's attention. He didn't panic. He barely reacted when those around him chose to. He kept silent. And watched. And waited. And ultimately, when search after search returned empty, he began to dread the reality he was facing. On the day Lilah left and didn't return E'dre thought nothing of it. Though the two of them had achieved some sort of professional peace and (at least an attempt of) respect, the Acting Weyrleader was aware of Lilah's movements without him. He knew that she had chosen to visit the Holds with X'vin and not him, he knew that Lilah had arranged some deal with Flint's wingleader regarding the Holds, and what had started to gnaw at his temper was the fact that he didn't know all of what she did. So when Lilah went he assumed she was hiding something else from him and let her go. What else could he have done? Stopped her? Demanded answers? The bitter part of him felt like there was nothing he could have done with the young Weyrwoman to stop her from doing whatever she wished. The responsible part of him mourned his lack of action that might have kept her at Fort. Kept her safe. He may not have always liked the girl, but he never wished her ill. « Eliyaveith would not have taken risks. » Wroth's awareness began to seep into E'dre's and he braced himself for the temper that his brown was likely to release on him. The storm that raged in the distance of his brown's mind was a reprieve from the brownrider receiving the full onslaught of his dragon's rage and sorrow. « No one can locate them. » "I will have to tell them to stop," E'dre decided, speaking aloud as he eased back in the chair that N'muir had so often settled in. He rubbed his hands down the length of worn wood and stared at the desk and the papers spread out on it. The weight of the knot on his shoulder weighed him down as he rubbed his hand across his face. "And I'll have to consult Hattie... when she's recovered," he continued, letting Wroth feel the weight strangling his breathing. « We are responsible for them » Wroth declared, taking perhaps pity, or sharing of the blame, as he eased E'dre's mind with the calmness from his own. « We will make sure the Weyr continues on. We will protect the rest. » "We'll try," E'dre allowed, lowering his hand to settle on the papers before him. "And we'll make sure we do what all of the others have done in the past." He ran his fingers from the papers and along the grain of the desk. "And lead with confidence." « We will succeed. » They would. Because there was no other choice. E'dre owed it to N'muir and Hattie, to ensure that the Weyr functioned in their continued absence. He owed it to Lilah to do right by her vision for the Weyr. He'd have to figure out what that was, he realized. But he'd try. It gave him a sense of peace more than anything else had. The knowledge that his continued leadership in the face of all the uncertainty would be the best he could offer his Weyr. He would have to be enough. |
Comments
X'vin (00:57, 12 August 2015 (PDT)) said...
I had really wondered how E'dre would take this. It's galling, and daunting, and I really look forward to seeing him try to handle these things on his own (more or less). I almost feel bad for being his primary obstacle, when his goals are so noble.
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