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Description

Long-bodied and slender, trim without being tiny, Telavi is a lithe girl in her late teens or early twenties. Her face is long, too: long and narrow, with deep dimples when she smiles, a wide, full-lipped mouth, and a nose that could be handsomely masculine in a different context. She has blue-green eyes, set beneath expressive brows that are only slightly darker than the dark blonde of her waist-length hair.

Tela favors blouses in colors such as coral or slate blue with a touch of embroidery, that complement her fair, tanned skin and add vibrancy to nicely tailored but otherwise basic weyrling gear. She almost always wears a cap over her neatly braided and pinned-up hair, and for now, her weyrling knot sports a silver thread in addition to its usual green.

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Telavi was Searched by Kait(lin) and Jormunth the day before the hatching, or the day of the hatching, depending on how you count.
Winds of Change green Solith isn't Telavi's other half, but she might be her better half.
Telavi's weyrbred, out of Benden. Yes, that may mean what you think it means: she really is a Benden fan. Go Benden!
It may also mean what you think it means: she'll flirt with a rock if it's cute or she's bored.
If you work in stores: Tela can still be found there at times, if only rarely once rationing began in early turn 32. The former seamstress is a picky, picky, picky girl, but she puts things away and there haven't been any mysterious disappearances during her visits. (Are you cleaning out your weyr? Tela's still looking for a couple more couches, though they have to be just right.)
If you hang out in the Snowasis: Tela shows up about once a seven, usually for a simple glass of beer or white wine, and usually only long enough to hook her catch of the day.
If you're a wingleader: Telavi attends almost all of the meetings instead of the required one a sevenday. She stays quiet, presentable, and attentive in a way that seems quite natural, and at times she seeks out an individual wingleader afterward for a quiet, thought-out question. Her notes for Weyrleader Taikrin have become clear, concise and relatively unbiased, though if anything, she puts a positive spin on interpersonal dynamics. She may be sucking up, but at least it's subtle!

History

Month 1 of weyrlinghood, month 4 of turn 31:

It's hard to say how much Telavi had changed since the hatching, since she was Searched so very soon beforehand, but she certainly acted as though she hadn't had to acclimate to much. Yes, there were the occasional episodes of shy observation, but mostly she was friendly enough, self-confident and good-humoredly pleased at her luck. There was the traditional soft look in her eyes when she spotted her dragon (and the exasperation when Solith woke her up by licking her face), but mostly she carried Solith around on her shoulders nearly everywhere she went, much as a little girl might carry her doll or an older woman wear her marriage mark on a chain.

As for Solith herself, she remained small, with those insubstantial-looking wings she's so careful of when playing with the other hatchlings, and with an airy mind-sense that notices but glosses by nearly everything without particular remark. Maybe she really is an airhead?

Month 2 of weyrlinghood, month 5 of turn 31:

Telavi was not a fan of exams. She didn't like being evaluated, and it wasn't a secret that she didn't really see the point once she proved she's not illiterate. Her handwriting wasn't bad, though it failed when she's in a hurry, and it's littered with abbreviations and run on sentences. Here's how her tests fell out:

Math was her strong suit... to a point. Calculations, conversions, algebra and geometry, she could usually pull off in her head and quickly, too. (Even if she mentally translated it into figuring out fabric for a dress.) Anything beyond that, though, she had never learned.
History was her weak suit, for although she worked at it, there was a lot to learn in a short time. She approached K'zin and C'wlin, but they seemed to be pretty much opposites in terms of knowledge and pretty much the same in terms of usefulness. She hadn't yet been convinced what the point is about this either (beyond just passing exams), especially since High Reaches seems to be changing everything anyway.
Reading and writing were just fine for her in terms of understanding. Telavi showed she could learn things through reading and could express her opinions through writing, and that she knows her way around a persuasive argument. However, she wasn't the best at gauging the right amount of details to use to support her assertions, especially if an answer seemed obvious (she didn't like to show her work in math either) which was related to how she had little to no sense of formal structure. Essentially, her writing was a matter of transcribing what she would say out loud.
When it comes to geography, let's just say that Telavi could place the major Holds, Crafts and Weyrs on a map, and a few more in the Benden coverage area... but that's about it. What might not have come across in examinations is that she also didn't have the best sense of direction.

Solith was often off wandering around, doing her own thing, or else sleeping (or 'sleeping') in somebody's couch, not necessarily her own. She liked to pick up things and bring them home. However, while Telavi took diligent care of her, the two just did't seem to be as close as a lot of other pairs.

Month 3 of weyrlinghood, month 6 of turn 31:

The accident that landed Telavi, Alida, K'zin, and associated dragons in the infirmary was the major event of Tela's month, followed by a further report to Quinlys. Other than that, there was some studying (thanks to breakfast-mate Sabs' prodding), some hunting (Solith really, really likes hunting), and even some behaving.

Month 4 of weyrlinghood, month 7 of turn 31:

This month saw Solith excited about flying for real (if this were a drinking game, you could have taken a gulp every time she fluttered), which led to her getting into things even more. She listened closely to other dragons who seemed to know what they're doing (even if they didn't), especially the older ones, and learned as best she could.

In contrast, Telavi's easy energy thinned with all the extra work she'd been given along with the silver thread (also in the group: E'sren and Sabella, who became her regular study partners, though she hung out with Quielle and N'gan as well). She'd never anticipated needing such skills, and she hadn't the drive and ambition of some of the others, to the point where she probably wouldn't have made it even that far without their encouragement; the divisiveness in reaction to the selection of a few didn't help either. Though she continued to regularly receive messages delivered from other places, Tela was replying with fewer and shorter missives in return, and some of the arrivals continued to get stuck in her clothespress unopened.

Month 5 of weyrlinghood, month 8 of turn 31:

Telavi and Solith were looking forward to flying as a pair, and since Solith learned how to fly and Telavi knew how to ride, of course it was going to be as easy as pie. Right? Tela settled into her workload better, living on little sleep and actuallly relishing some of the new information and even more so the arguing (as well as getting to be a vtol on the wall while the wingleaders met). Solith also began to be lessoned by Rasavyth in how to get information from her rider, but she was still quite the neophyte. They could often be found around the lake, Solith in the lake and Tela haunting the diving cliff, with or without a variety of fellow weyrlings and occasionally others.

In the immediate aftermath of Sabella's fall, Solith's distress at Ghislaith's distress was more short-lived and easily calmed, while Telavi, not present at the time and then kept out of the infirmary, was left to wring her hands and promise that she'd take notes for Sabs, really she would. (E'sren's would probably be better, though.)

Partway through the month, Tela stopped overlooking I'zech so much. Near the end, she and Solith flew for the first time, something that could easily have been overlooked since so many of their clutchmates were already busy flying on their own... and it didn't go nearly as well as anticipated. The next day, Tela was called in for an end-of-lunch meeting with Meara. Wasn't she lucky that it wasn't Quinlys?

Month 6 of weyrlinghood, month 9 of turn 31:

Flying wasn't as awful this month for Telavi and Solith, though playing elevator (with its opportunity to both gossip and get a glimpse of a variety of weyrs) ranked high above aerial drills in both their minds. Getting their weyr, and its sanctioned freedoms, was anything but awful. Feeling awful with cramps was awful, but at least it wasn't in the barracks, and getting a day off (C'wlin, favorite wingleader this month!) made it slightly less awful. Too bad about that 'contagious disease,' though!

Losing Quielle (okay, she wasn't lost, she was still around even if she got put on restrictions and everything) was pretty awful too, though with the wing split and information that hadn't immediately emerged, it took a while to really sink in. Tela deeply appreciated Sabella and E'sren's company and stability during the shifts in dynamics and workload as K'zin joined the group and she agreed to help him catch up, Quielle was kicked out, and N'gan started acting weird. Giving those things a high priority while trying to catch up in aerial drills meant that even fewer letters got answered, and she still didn't get any furniture except for the temporary clothespress that had joined the bed already in her weyr. At least there were visitors and visiting various ledges (including Rasavyth's) in turn, for reasons including studying and socializing, and even short excursions to the Snowasis to find other entertainment about once a sevenday. It's something, right?

Month 7 of weyrlinghood, month 10 of turn 31:

Telavi had been keeping track of who said what about Quielle, and shortly after the truth finally came out and N'gan was finally kicked back into the barracks, Quinlys caught Tela getting on J'madri's case about it... which led to a talk in the weyrlingmasters' office. Since then, the chaos around Ysavaeth's subterfuge was derailing in its own way.

Month 8 of weyrlinghood, month 11 of turn 31:

This month was largely spent shadowing wings, notably Boreal, and learning to flame. Telavi would like to have been able to say that the second most exciting part of the month was getting a couch at last (and an armoire, thanks, D'kan!). However, duking it out with the HRH pirates for the top spot was day 27's flaming accident in which, under I'zech and Rojeth's oversight (amid a brown dragon's distraction), Solith got her left flank singed. Things had been going so well, too! They would have had to only spend a short time in the dragon infirmary if it weren't for Solith's later getting her burn dirty and having to go back in for a second night. It was during that second evening that Telavi bargained with C'wlin for drum code lessons in exchange for some sewing work on his wardrobe.

Overall, the pair had been continuing to work hard for yet another month; maybe that's why Telavi had been choosing less spicy or bean-y food of late. A few people who saw (or overheard) her might also occasionally have heard her admit to a stomachache in the evenings, but not that she wound up seeing the weyrhealer about it.

Month 9 of weyrlinghood, month 12 of turn 31:

Telavi was wingsecond to E'sren's wingleader this month, a team that worked together smoothly with Tela pleased to be his conscientious second-in-command and far too cheerful enforcer. Everyone who tried between made it safely through, though there were both delays (K'zin from pneumonia, C'wlin and N'hax from punishment) and close calls (E'sren at a minimum, though his wasn't public knowledge), and of course Quielle wasn't allowed to go at all. Tela was additionally assigned by Acting Weyrwoman Aishani to report to Lady Edeline about the progress of Quielle's pregnancy, whether the Lady welcomed it or not.

Perhaps more exciting than visiting Lady Tillek was bloodying N'hax of all people (he surprised her! then she surprised him!) and definitely more exciting was C'wlin and N'hax's getting caught sneaking into HRH and having to go back to the barracks, though the resulting fallout was not at all exciting in a good way. Between all that and attempting to keep up with friends and wingmates, healthy and otherwise, the respite from extra classes was a real relief; soup and crayfish figured on the menu, at home and abroad. However, the end of the month wasn't so fun when their wing lost the scavenger hunt to Cirrus, not that it was a surprise given Flurry's handicaps; she tried not to mind.

Weyrling month 10, month 13 of turn 31:

Senior weyrlinghood! Sabella was appointed wingleader of the combined Flurry/Cirrus wing for the rest of weyrlinghood. She appointed D'kan and Alida to be her wingseconds instead of a former Cirrus wingrider or, for that matter, either E'sren or Telavi (who's been heard to joke that why would they be, they're Sabella's henchmen anyway). Though Tela was exceedingly busy what with extra classes kicking back in on top of wing-shadowing, she made time to not only turn 20 (admittedly, she didn't have much choice in the matter) but celebrate it memorably with the help of friends, as well as such activities as snooping around Vintner and later getting fitted for new riding leathers with one of her wingseconds (one guess which one). Yes, she's heard the story about fitting leathers prior to between being a waste...

Turnover was spent flying about with friends, sometimes with one group, sometimes with another, and if Tela disappeared for a couple hours in there... it's easy for each to imagine she was with another.

Weyrling months 11-12, months 1-2 of turn 32:

In month 11 of weyrlinghood, Tela had to buckle down and shadow those wings with an eye to which she and Solith would actually be suited... and quietly impress those wings if she could, while still representing well with the others. Aishani's stepping down as Acting Weyrwoman made the job of finding a fit more difficult, thanks to all the politics that crawled out of hiding.

Early in month 12 of weyrlinghood, the weyrlings were on a trip to the Southern Continent to forage for the Weyr. The day after a huge storm, they found a ship wrecked on the rocks nearby, and salvaged what they could. It all amounted to personal drama, emergency-related drama, scary dead men drama, ethical drama, and basically more drama than Tela could possibly shake a hatchling firelizard at, though she tried.

Relationships

Meara and Quinlys are her WLMs, I'zech her favorite (maybe?) AWLM.
Alida, C'wlin, D'kan, E'sren, K'zin, N'hax, N'ky, and Sabella are people she Impressed with. There's always more to it, though, isn't there?
Others include N'gan and Quielle, who used to be cute study partners but now N'gan can crawl up Faranth's backside and stay there, and J'tor whose Adrovanth Solith likes but as for J'tor himself, whatever.
Jo dates back to Tela's former life, but now there's Solith, who plays around with Tacuseth... and looks up to H'kon's Arekoth.
Tela's acquainted with Aishani and K'del as well as Azaylia by now, though in very different ways. Taikrin is still impressive.
Madilla might be perfect, her apprentice Jinja is fun, and ~~Treinan~~ the other one is a spoil-sport.

Soundtrack

Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al - Sabs and Tela, from Sabella, most of it.
A man walks down the street, it's a street in a strange world
He is a foreign man
He is surrounded by the sound
If you'll be my bodyguard, I can be your long-lost pal
I can call you Betty, and Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al

Paul Simon - Kodachrome - Solith, from Sabella again, most of it.
And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none, I can read the writing on the wall
They give us the greens of summers, makes you think all the world's a sunny day

Lindsey Stirling - Elements - Solith
Lindsey Stirling - Transcendence - Telavi

Aanysa and Jordan Jansen - cover of "Give Your Heart A Break" with Jordan passing as a butch girl.
There's just one life to live, and there's no time to wait
Don't wanna break your heart, wanna give your heart a break

Ke$ha - "Die Young" - TeraBrite and (for Sabs) Wild West covers
Like it's the last night of our lives, we'll keep dancing till we die
Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young

Monique Blanchet - cover of "Catch My Breath" - Telavi to Solith - for now, just this part
I've spent most of my life riding waves, playing acrobat, shadowboxing the other half
Catch my breath
No one can hold me back, I ain't got time for that

Christina Grimmie - cover of "Stay" - Solith to Tela, most of it
Something in the way you move makes me feel like I can't live without you
It takes me all the way, I want you to stay
It's not much of a life you're living, it's not just something you take-- it's given

Not strictly part of a soundtrack, this video of Telavi's PB shows a lot of the expressions she and Tela have in common. You can skip the bikini parts and just cut to 0:34 for geeking and 1:13 for weapons, with 0:10 on the side.

RP Logs

The full list is available here. See also: logs Telavi is mentioned in.

10 of 352 logs

2016.04.19: Figuring It Out
Who: C'ris, Telavi, Lyrisa
When: Day 6, Month 8, Turn 40 (Interval 10)
What: C'ris and Telavi catch up.
Where: Lake Shore, High Reaches Weyr

2016.03.10: Still Wingless
Who: Jo, Telavi
When: Day 26, Month 3, Turn 40 (Interval 10)
What: Jo and Telavi take a trip away to catch up on both new and old times (and gossip).
Where: Nerat Bay, Nerat

2016.01.13: More Than Theory
Who: Jocelyn, Telavi
When: Day 24, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: Telavi takes Jocelyn and Aidavanth up for their first joint trip between.
Where: Eastern Bowl, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.26: Digging Holes With Hairbrushes
Who: Telavi, C'ris
When: Day 8, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: C'ris returns Telavi her hairbrush after Solith's flight.
Where: Weyrling Training Cavern, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.07: Not a Double Date
Who: C'ris, Telavi
When: Day 5, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: After Solith rises, C'ris and Telavi's side of what really wasn't a double date, not one little bit.
Where: Guest Weyr, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.07: Flirty Fighty Flight
Who: C'ris, K'zin, Ka'ge, Quinlys, Telavi, C'ris|Mivength, Quinlys|Olveraeth, K'zin|Rasavyth, Telavi|Solith, Ka'ge|Zymadiath
When: Day 5, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: Solith's flight is eventful for everyone.
Where: Guest Weyr, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.07: Brush Strokes
Who: K'zin, Telavi
When: Day 5, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: K'zin performs the traditional redwort painting on Telavi before Solith rises.
Where: View to a Kill Weyr, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.07: Apologies and Exhaustion
Who: K'zin, Telavi
When: Day 5, Month 10, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: K'zin and Telavi, post the post-flights.
Where: Artful Artifice Weyr, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.05: Pompoms
Who: Quinlys, Telavi
When: Day 27, Month 9, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: Quinlys confides in Telavi.
Where: Storerooms, High Reaches Weyr

2016.01.01: Fixing Up
Who: C'ris, Telavi, C'ris|Mivength, Telavi|Solith
When: Day 15, Month 9, Turn 39 (Interval 10)
What: C'ris and Telavi talk weyrs and dates.
Where: Lake Shore, High Reaches Weyr / Romantic Hideaway Weyr, High Reaches Weyr

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Other Things

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D&D Character:

I Am A: True Neutral Half-Elf Bard (2nd Level)

Alignment:
True Neutral A true neutral character does what seems to be a good idea. He doesn't feel strongly one way or the other when it comes to good vs. evil or law vs. chaos. Most true neutral characters exhibit a lack of conviction or bias rather than a commitment to neutrality. Such a character thinks of good as better than evil after all, he would rather have good neighbors and rulers than evil ones. Still, he's not personally committed to upholding good in any abstract or universal way. Some true neutral characters, on the other hand, commit themselves philosophically to neutrality. They see good, evil, law, and chaos as prejudices and dangerous extremes. They advocate the middle way of neutrality as the best, most balanced road in the long run. True neutral is the best alignment you can be because it means you act naturally, without prejudice or compulsion. However, true neutral can be a dangerous alignment when it represents apathy, indifference, and a lack of conviction.

Race:
Half-Elves have the curiosity and ambition for their human parent and the refined senses and love of nature of their elven parent, although they are outsiders among both cultures. To humans, half-elves are paler, fairer and smoother-skinned than their human parents, but their actual skin tones and other details vary just as human features do. Half-elves tend to have green, elven eyes. They live to about 180.

Class:
Bards often serve as negotiators, messengers, scouts, and spies. They love to accompany heroes (and villains) to witness heroic (or villainous) deeds firsthand, since a bard who can tell a story from personal experience earns renown among his fellows. A bard casts arcane spells without any advance preparation, much like a sorcerer. Bards also share some specialized skills with rogues, and their knowledge of item lore is nearly unmatched. A high Charisma score allows a bard to cast high-level spells.

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