Logs:Unexpected
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| RL Date: 20 April, 2013 |
| Who: Alida, N'ky |
| Type: [[Concept:{{{type}}}|{{{type}}}]] |
| What: Alida shows N'ky something rather unexpected. |
| Where: Sheltered Lakeside Ledge |
| When: Day {{{day}}}, Month {{{month}}}, Turn {{{turn}}} ({{{IP}}} {{{IP2}}}) |
| Weather: The weather today is very pleasant. A few clouds chase each other across the mostly clear skies, and a soft breeze picks up in the afternoon to make for a fine day. |
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| Sheltered Lakeside Ledge, High Reaches Weyr The far side of the lake gets much less foot traffic - there's less grass, due to the poorer soil, and the bed of the lake is muddy and not at all as nice to walk in. But a small stand of four willow trees with long branches hanging low and swinging in the breeze provides some relief from the sun during the heat of the day. A pair of small curved benches sit underneath the trees. The ground rises up sharply towards the northwest end of the lakeside, and the waterfall that feeds the lake thunders downwards there, foaming the water and creating a fine mist in the air that distorts the light. On such a fine afternoon, it would be a shame to waste Rukbat's warmth by hiding away indoors. A lull in lessons has left the weyrlings with time of their own, and N'ky and Cailluneth are taking full advantage of it. They've gone as far along the lake as possible, right to the plunge pool at the base of the waterfall that feeds it, where the falls' mist cools the air a little. Both weyrlings are in the water, swimming deep enough for Cailluneth to be off her feet, and playing by splashing each other - though it's not hard to see who's got the upper hand in soaking who, as the green dragon dips her nose below the surface and creates a wave that's strong enough to dunk N'ky below the surface when it breaks over him. He comes up laughing, swimming to his lifemate's side to lean against her as he catches his breath. Apparently such a day is indeed not wasted, and not only by the greenpair. Over to the farthest and quietest end of the lake saunter Alida and Ilicaeth, the bluepair taking their time in their approach. Once the blue notices his sister's scent, her sounds, and finally the sight of her, he warbles out amicably, his human soon enough lifting a hand in greeting to what she perceives must be one N'ky in attendence of Cailluneth. After pulling up beside the shore, while Ilicaeth wades in, 'lida murmurs to N'ky, "Nice day for it." Swimming. The arrival of Alida has N'ky feeling suddenly more shy - he's half-naked out there in the water, and clearly wasn't expecting anyone else coming by! He drapes his arm over Cailluneth's shoulders, waving back at the bluerider as his green rasps a greeting to her clutchbrother, flaring her wings and flapping them, to send a shower of tiny droplets towards Ilicaeth. Then she starts paddling towards the shore, with N'ky holding on until he can feel she's got her feet beneath her. He drops down, paddles the rest of the way in until he's waist-deep, arms clutched over his bare chest coyly. "H-hi, 'Lida'. Did you c-come to swim?" She's not looking directly at N'ky, allowing the greenie some privacy...Alida simply canting her face towards the sky, green eyes closing as she basks in the delicious warmth of the summer sun. Ilicaeth, meanwhile, is rumbling his humor to the droplet spray Cailluneth treats him to, the blue ducking his neck and head beneather the waves and blowing dancing bubbles that try to tickle the green's skin. "Yeah. Never gonna be nicer'n now..." the blonde standing on the sandy lakeside notes in mellow tones. Cailluneth tries to coax Ilicaeth back out into the deeper water, where it's easier to play. She does so by twining her neck with his, gently nudging, crooning encouragingly, then paddling out there herself to call him to join her. N'ky watches the dragons, then looks back to Alida and her non-looking at him. He bites down on his lip, then drops his hands to the water by his waist... so he can splash it up towards the bluerider, with a cheeky grin. Well, he's happy to oblige! Ilicaeth croons back to his sister, rowing with his ground limbs while he twines necks, affectionately rubs his chin against Cailluneth. Splashing and chuffing soon ensue, the brick of a blue tucking his wings in tight to his body so he can engage in some playful barrel rolling and diving all about his clutchsib. And back on land, Alida finds her gaze darting back down to N'ky when he splashes her, the woman darting back a pace as she grumps, "Don't get my clothes wet." Her tone is not truly sour, more irritated than anything with the sudden dampness of her pants. Still, then blonde finally finds herself shrugging a little - her expression turning into something rather set and cautious - as she settles to her butt upon the sands, and starts removing her boots, socks. "Um... t-take them off quicker, then?" N'ky laughs, half-heartedly splashing up towards Alida again, though with hardly enough force for the water to make it as far as where she sits. He backs up a pace or two in the water, then points to where his own clothes are, hanging in the lower branches of one of the willows, where they're not going to get wet. "You c-could put them up there with mine, i-if you want." Cailluneth is happy to play with Ilicaeth, splashing at him, lunging his way in a mock-attack; as soon as the chance presents itself, she launches full-on towards him, attempting to pin him beneath the water in a play-fight tussle. "I'll stick ta' my own pace..." Alida grumbles off to N'ky, the blonde then standing up, and stepping over to the willow tree that he just indicated, where she silently strips herself of clothing, then hanging it on the lowest tree branch before she pads back over. She is wearing a simple bikini of light blue cotton, the thing showing off pale skin that's home to a near double-handful of various scars; one on her torso, at right side, the others upon limbs in various spots...and one longer, thicker one upon her back, diagonally. She enters the water without a word, the guard's features set into a smooth line of coolness, her gaze settled upon the cavorting dragons out beyond them while 'lida wades in up to her shoulders. some chuffing and likewise mock-lunging are engaged in by Ilicaeth, who seems quite gleeful that Cai's playing suchly, the blue letting himself be pinned beneath the waves while he burbles, play-nips, and flicks his tail all about. Cailluneth will play rough if Ilicaeth allows; she's not shy about being buffeted about by wings and limbs, or nipped by gentle jaws, and she'll give as good as she gets, thrilling in the play-fight. N'ky blushes darkly at the sight of Alida in her bikini and averts his gaze for as long as it's polite to do so, but when he looks back at her, it's not her scars that he finds his eyes keep drifting to. Brown eyes blink as he forces himself to look up at her face, a weak, shy smile curling up one corner of his mouth. He backs up a little more in the water, until he's in to just below his shoulders, and he beckons her out to join him. That his often gentle sister is willing to play rough incites Ilicaeth to greater glee and yet more antics, his nips becoming firm - if non-bloody - his coppery claws scritching along her green skin in fine lines as they play-spar beneath and above the lake's waters, the blue's tail lashing at and coiling strongly with Cailluneth's, his head butting her chest firmly, wings lightly buffeting with his sister's. And while their dragons engage in their boisterous play, Alida simply avoids looking at N'ky altogether - thus missing his blush and likewise averting of gaze - her greens catching only the taller young man's beckoning her out farther into the waters...which are currently making her shiver a little. "Tryin' ta drown me..?" is clipped off around an almost-smirk and a snort of black humor. N'ky shakes his head, sinking low in the water so the waves caused by their dragons lap at his chin. "N-never." Laughing, he splashes at her again, using both hands to scoop up enough water to fling at her. "C-c'mon, 'Lida. Ilicaeth's p-playing with Cai... c-can't you come play with me?" Another splash, and N'ky stands up again, advancing towards the bluerider with cautious steps. Cailluneth tries to get an advantage in her game by launching up, out of the water, using a beat or two of her wings to get barely airborne before she splashes back down - causing a massive wave that, as it washes towards the shore, knocks N'ky forward and face-first into the water. "Could'a fooled me..." Alida notes dryly, looking out pointedly at Cailluneth (and Ilicaeth's) antics. A twist of lips for N'ky's splashings at her instantly transforms into the blonde's ducking aside of her torso, while she also lunges out at the other weyrling with both strong, muscled arms and hands. If she contacts him successfully, those quite-surprisingly strong hands are gripping him like a python and pulling the gawking male in towards her...Alida's features now sporting a slightly nasty grin, her green eyes glinting. As for Ilicaeth...well, the blue's following as Cai 'cheats' by launching up out of the water, his head, neck, shoulders emerging from the depths like a some lake monster of yore...'caeth making a barking sort of call in protest as he clicks his choppers together. Such a fierce display... especially given that his eyes are whirling an intense blue. And then comes the green-inspired splashdown and mini tsunami, which barely rock and roll Ilicaeth...though they knock the young man face-first. Hopefully it'll be into Alida's arms instead of the water...even though she too is floundering around. Lucky Alida does get a floundering N'ky falling against her, with the long-limbed teen reaching for her to try and steady his fall. His hands find her shoulders and his nose bangs against her collarbone, which gives him a pretty good close-up look at certain, er, assets as he loses his balance completely, knocking both of them down beneath the water. He scrambles to his feet, breaking the surface to cough for breath, reaching for Alida to help pull her up, too, even though he knows she'll likely not need his help. There's an overtly apologetic look on his face when she comes above too, and he reaches towards her, intending to brush her wet blonde hair back from her face. "S-s-sorry, s-sorry, 'Lida, a-are you ok?" She's slightly surprised by the dragon-dunking and N'ky's conking of his noggin' into her collarbone, but Alida rolls with the punches, so-to-speak, and once the two humans are both above the surface of the water, *she's* holding tight onto the greenie, and attempting to wrestle his head into the crook of one of her strong arms so that she can apply a firm, slightly rough noogie to aformentioned head. N'ky's never been much of a fighter, and Alida's able to get him in that hold easy enough - but that's not to say he's submitting, once he's there. The teen struggles and flails, wrapping his arms tightly around the other weyrling's waist and throwing his weight against her to try and knock her backwards, back into the water, to try and free himself. Of course, he's not thought it through enough that if she goes down, he probably goes down, too... With Ilicaeth, Cailluneth seems very proud of her water-bomb. She pauses in the rough-play to run her muzzle gently along his cheek, before giving a friendly bump to his neck. She croons in her throaty, raspy way, then drapes her neck over his back, resting there for the moment, with her smaller body bumping up against his. Over they both go, then! Splash, into the water...with Alida's legs churning around to try and keep her at least partially above water as she bestows that brash noogie upon one N'ky grape, the blonde gasping around quick breaths as she grins and even cackles darkly. "Just imitatin' Ilicaeth!" As for said blue, *he's* chuffing, 'barking,' even mock-grinning his sharp teeth at Cailluneth as he uses his wings to send a broad splash of water over her, a low and slightly thrumming uluation emerging from his throat to show his sister that he's in high good humor, right now: Ilicaeth laughter. the cheek rub and bump have his blue eyes wheeling even more quickly, the slaty dragon looking happy and somehow proud as he slows his body motions to allow the green to rest upon his broad back. Still, he's quite playful, as his ever-twitching tail wriggles within the water, sometimes flicking spatters of droplets upon the chubby green's hide. That twitchy-twitchy tail proves too much for Cailluneth to resist; through all her resting, she's watching it closely, until it's simply too much to bear and she launches at it, paws spread and maw wide. And so the fight begins again! She buffets Ilicaeth with her tubby tail as she goes after his, swiping it against his neck while catching his own in a delicate mouth-hold. It's brief, more like a 'tag, you're it!' than anything else, because the green then darts off towards the waterfall, inviting him to chase her. N'ky doesn't seem to enjoy the rough play as much as his lifemate, and he continues to struggle with his arms still wrapped around Alida's waist. He's not weak, but he's no real match for her because he doesn't have quite the fighting drive that she does; in the end, he changes his tactics and goes limp. Completely limp! Tail tag! He's glad his lure gets Cailluneth going again - Ilicaeth as sturdy and long-winded as his lifemate - the blue giving another 'bark' to his sister and seeking to pounce her own tail as she nabs up his own. The somewhat larger dragon's appendage is like a rattlesnake's tail, lashing and coiling, wriggling and flicking as its owner soon enough trumpets his own success in lightly seizing the green's tail, draconic lips plucking firmly at it in perhaps ticklish fashion. While the dragons play, Alida finds her *own* entertainment almost as much fun, the blonde's flexed and hardened muscles in arms wrestling joyfully with N'ky... until he goes limp. Quickly enough, there's a small frown, and a "Yer no fun anymore..." from the blonde, who releases her clutchsib suddenly as she backs off. "Don't tell me ya' did the same with yer sibs." Snort. Being released was exactly the result N'ky was hoping for, but he doesn't let Alida back off that easily. He's still low enough to lunge at her waist, curling arms around her midriff and... blowing a raspberry on her tummy. "Th-that's what I did with them," he laughs, holding onto her limpet-tight and trying to do it again. With her tail tagged, Cailluneth growls and gives her blue brother a bark of her own; a rough, grating sound that comes from the depths of her throat. She turns as quick as her tubby frame allows, throwing her weight against his side and using her paws to push at him - all the while being careful not to actually hurt, of course. She certainly sounds vicious, even if she isn't being; the blue might recognise the sounds she makes as being similar to those made when she's making a kill. Ah...she *knew* he was fooling, which is why the blonde kept her arms akimbo, readied for action...her stance open and firm beneath the water. The lunge at her waist is partially side-stepped, Alida's arms pushing at N'ky's shoulders as he speeds by her, the young woman hoping for an aikido-type 'helping' of the taller weyrling face-first into the water. Her foot slips on an algae-covered rock, however, and this first casualty of the battle plan has the guard falling into the water again, though this time she's atop the greenie, their forms slip-sliding around some while the bluie seeks to try and pin her classmate's arms to his sides. Sadly for N'ky, that zerbert never lands. Alida, however, appears to be having a small ball, her face cracked into a broad, toothy grin, greens glinting with the heat of the mock battle both she and her blue are currently engaged in, the breath puffing from two sets of lungs: draconic and human. Ilicaeth's standing up to his sister's pushes with his own calcutated shoves that stop short of pain...the two perhaps appearing like wrestlers as they continue to tussle. To Cailluneth's sounds of the hunt are added the blue's low and sometimes savage growls and rumblings, the impact of them sounding just as fierce as his sibling's, though his eyes continue to whirl a mile-a-minute blue. Disappointed as he may be with his foiled attack, N'ky comes up from his watery faceplant laughing, with his arms pinned to his sides by Alida. He doesn't struggle, other than to make sure he's high enough above water to be able to breathe, which isn't so much of a problem anyway given how he's being held. The laughter continues and he leans back against the bluerider, letting her hold him as she will. "Y-you h-haven't won yet," he snorts when he's able to get the breath to do so, even though it might look like she certainly has the upper hand, given how she's the one in control of him and not the other way around. His dragon doesn't slow in her fake-fight though, her eyes whirl as bright turqoise as ever, thoughts a brilliant rainbow of fun as she continues to rough about with her clutchbrother. N'ky turns his head to look down at Alida, his grin bright, but shy. She gives a firm, masterful squeeze to N'ky's arms within her grasp, the flex of muscles beneath pale skin noteable, Alida grinning broadly at her clutchsib's words. "Yer too fuckin' tall. How long'd yer momma carry you, anyway? 18 months?" the blonde cracks off in a low voice that's full of a grin, then noting to the greenie, "I'll letcha go if y'don't try ta' go for me again." Sounds like a promise, though backed with dark humor, the guard looking up at the greenrider and winking at his bright grin. There's continued mock-fighting, fun tussling for Ilicaeth and Cailluneth, his own mental sands glinting and heavily-quartz-bearing - multi-colored, like the green's hues - their swirls and small gyres dancing with and through her mind. N'ky has no clue how to respond to the comment about his mum - it involves babies and very girly things that he knows nothing about! So he pulls a face instead, which turns into a grimace as he forces a smile. "I w-won't go for you again," he murmurs, arms slackening in Alida's hold. He leans more of his weight back against her, exhaling softly. "But, um, you c-could keep, um, h-hugging me like this." One brow raises beneath the sodden curls that are plastered to his forehead, and he leans back even more. "I w-won't squirm if you do." "Hope yer not fibbin' me, too tall. I dun' like lies where any kind uv combat's concerned..." Alida notes dryly to N'ky, then adding on, "Well, don' like most lies, period." And then the youth's talking again, and this time of things that the blonde doesn't usually allow herself to experience...thoughts of such making her squirm a little inside. After a drawn-out moment where she's simply holding the greenie in that same confining hold - and thinking deeply - 'lida finds herself noting in a husky, intense, touchy voice, "Okay." There's no warning tacked onto that single word, this time, but if N'ky knows her well enough, he won't try and funny stuff. Strong arms slowly release the taller weyrling, and lower to her sides. Released, N'ky can turn around and face Alida properly. "M-maybe you'd like hugging, if you t-tried it, 'Lida." He stays close to her, though not quite as close as he was when she was pinning him, and nudges his hand against hers. Gently, unassumingly; just the brush of fingers to fingers, an invitation to hold. "Th-there's no-one here, j-just me... you know you c-can trust me." He diverts his gaze downward, looking beyond certain attention-grabbing anatomy to where his hand is next to hers. She's not looking into the greenrider's eyes when he turns around, speaks of physical contact that's not rough or playful, Alida simply gazing at N'ky's chest like it's a wall...her features quiet, immobile. And then there's that brushing of his fingers on hers, the contact making the blonde twitch once, her greens flicking up to stare deeply into the other weyrling's browns for a few seconds...then falling away to where their dragons continue to play out beyond them. Another play of long moments go by - the guard missing her clutchsib's stare at their hands - and perhaps unexpectedly, she lifts her arms, hands, and steps forward to wrap her arms lightly around the greenie's waist, one warm cheek turned to meet his lower chest, her eyes closed. Her touch is rather awkward, as is her stance. And it takes N'ky by surprise, but, after a moment of not knowing how to react, he wraps his arms around Alida's upper arms, drawing her in towards him with a hold that's easily broken, in case she changes her mind. The green weyrling leans down to rest first his cheek, then his chin against her wet blonde hair, giving her a gentle squeeze. He's less awkward than her, but he's by no means smooth, though his effort is, at least, an earnest one. "It's n-not so bad, right?" Whispered words, spoken gently over the top of her head. That gentle squeeze doesn't seem to do more than make Alida tense up some, but with N'ky's low words - so like those of a tamer to a wild animal - the blonde slowly untenses again, actually leaning just a little into the taller weyrling's frame. Her eyes remain closed, but her feet shift a little in the water, automatically moving to put her into a more comfortable, better posture. After another round of multiple seconds, her own grip slowly squeezes back at the male's waist... her nostrils suddenly flaring at the scent held by his skin, the sound of his nearby heart at one ear. N'ky does have a knack for calming anxious creatures, picked up from growing up on a farm holding and then working with runners in the stresses of the forge. Maybe he's applying what he knows to Alida... maybe not. But when she relaxes, leans into him and returns the squeeze, he holds her a little tighter, chest puffing up as he draws in a somewhat shuddering breath. One hand tracks slowly up her back, movements feather-light against her skin so as not to spook her, pausing once they reach the nape of her neck. N'ky nuzzles his cheek gently against her hair, hugging her closer as he sighs in soft contentment, happy to hold her as long as she'll allow. She's about as wild as they come while still being somewhat approachable, Alida feeling N'ky's own release of shuddering breath...and finally releasing her own, which she didn't even know she'd been holding until then. A quick inhale gasps at needed air, those feathery motions upon her scarred skin making the often energetic and touchy woman sigh softly. With the touch to her nape comes more stiffening, and perhaps the 'feeling' of being watched - of being poised on the edge of something - the blonde's own hug to N'ky's torso holding. When she doesn't pull away, N'ky strokes his fingers higher, gently twining them into water-darkened blonde. She might hear, maybe even feel his nervous little gulp, which is followed by a gentle squeezing of his hold around her. Slowly, oh-so-softly, N'ky traces his hand up through her hair, high enough for him to be able to tuck strands of it back behind her ear. Then his fingers track gently down again, until he's about to curl his arm around her properly once more. "'Lida?" Another soft whisper, this one reluctant to break the silence of the moment. For a moment, there's yet more, and faster tensing when that hand gently twines into her hair, Alida nearly pulling away. And then the touchy blonde stills again, her muscles quivering on the knife's edge of action...to painfully-slowly un-knot themselves again over the next minute. Whatever keeps her here right now also renders the blonde somewhat inattentive to that soft and inquiring call of her shortened name, only her breathing and subtle motions of form, once more lightly squeezing arms giving lie to the fact that the woman's alive. He had been expecting some sort of response, but the lack of one that N'ky gets is certainly better than the violent one he'd half-anticipated. The lanky teenager gives her another squeeze, exhaling a warm breath against her hair, before gently lifting his hand to touch it under her chin, a soft attempt to raise her gaze as he leans back a fraction. "'Lida," he says again, a little more insistently, but no less warmly, tilting his head down towards her. "C-can I kiss you?" He was close to it, if her tensing and hesitation were read correctly, but for now, the slowly relaxing bluie is apparently mostly okay, given her light squeezing of N'ky's waist, the way the blonde's cheek at times seems to lightly rub against his skin. When his hand attempts to lift her chin upward, it only partially succeeds, then motion indeed spurring her to lift and lock gazes, though she lightly jerks her face away from more 'leading' touch. Blink. Stare. Those clear greens of hers are just slightly smudged when first meeting browns, but when that question comes, the bluie's eyes become suddenly guarded, narrowing slightly in time with her soft, low, intense word: "No." It's not harsh or brutal in any fashion; the response simply firm and no-nonsense. But apparently, he *can* continue to hug her, for the guard simply removes her gaze from his once more, and turns her other cheek to N'ky's skin, her arms sliding a little tighter around his waist. "Oh. O-okay." N'ky resumes his hold, curling arms around Alida and holding her close to him, with his cheek resting once more atop her blonde hair. He keeps his hold gentle but firm, fingers splayed and palms warm against her pale, scarred skin. Cailluneth is a little softer with Ilicaeth now, reflecting N'ky's gentler attitude, perhaps; her play-fighting tapers off with a wet snort, and she bumps muzzles with the blue to try and get him to ease up as well. She yawns, stretching out her wings above the water and legs below the surface, before reaching towards Ilicaeth to scratch her chin against his shoulder. Maybe she thinks he's got an itchy spot? With her word graciously accepted, Alida feels free to continue hugging N'ky to her, the guard's grip increasing by slow measures until she's actually pressing most of her frame into his. Green eyes slowly open, and find themselves inexorably drawn to the sight of their two dragons ramping down the fun - Ilicaeth slowly taking his green sister's prompt of muzzle bumps and calming down - a soft little smile not-oft seen upon her features given to their pleasant interaction. While 'caeth whuffles Cailluneth's shoulders during her yawn, Alida finds herself murmuring low, "He likes her a lot." And then Cai's apparently scritching herself - or Ilicaeth - and the blonde actually giggles for a moment, then sighing as she continues to relax. Out of the blue, from her cheek-perch at his chest: "Teach me how ta' swim better." N'ky lifts his gaze to look out to their dragons as well, smiling fondly and nodding his head against the top of Alida's. "She l-likes him, too." The giggle from Alida makes his smile grow further, crooked and warm, and accompanied by a big squeeze of the blonde weyrling. Her question is answered with another nod, without hesitation. "S-sure. I said I would, d-didn't I?" There's no attempt from his side to disengage his arms from around her though; perhaps he's too keen to hold onto this moment, the softer, giggling Alida, for as long as it's there. She too isn't willing - at least at this moment - to break their mutual hug, Alida grinning softly at the implied smile she hears in N'ky's voice when he speaks of Cailluneth's feelings...his following squeeze earning the greenie a soft spill of breath and a vaguely surprised but pleasant enough smile. "Yeah. It's high summer, after all. Make hay 'n all that stuff." Out beyond the humans, Ilicaeth is also finally opening his own wings and placing them upon the water's surface, the blue crooning for a moment as his gaze turns upon the humans, then shifting his great mood and soft sounds onto his sister, who gets his own craggy head placed upon her shoulders while he tries to allow leftover motion to lightly bump their chests together...the weyrling dragons perhaps appearing like monstrously-sized floaty toys abutted against one another. "I bet we can f-fit in a quick lesson before, um, d-dinner." N'ky gently begins to loosen his hold, though he doesn't step away - that's up to Alida to do. He does look down, attempting to draw her gaze up again with his finger curled under her chin once more. It's a moment that could very, very easily turn into him leaning down for a kiss - but he refrains. Instead, he smiles and keeps one arm loose around her, until Alida's ready to break away and begin her lesson, watched over by their weyrling dragons. She's already moving forward in her mind, Alida nodding up to N'ky, and then slowly...oh so slowly seperating herself from him. Along with the reluctance, a certain pleasure lingers within her eyes, on softened features, the bluie nodding to her weyrling bro, and then slipping into a solid, if not strong crawl through the water. |
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