HRW:Weyrlings/Month5/Recap

Recap

Weyrling Program
Archive Class Code Month1 Month2 Month3 Month4 Month5 Month6 Month7 Month8 Month9 Senior
Month5
Weyrlings/Month5 Activities Duties Leadership Rules

D'kan

D'kan and Sabella were chosen as Month Five's wingleader and wingsecond, respectively, during the month the weyrlings would first fly with their dragons. As Flurry's leaders for the month, they were set to take the skies, given a sevenday's head start so they might be better able to lead. Unfortunately, Sabella took to the ground shortly after, just as D'kan and G'mli had settled onto the Star Stones.

Hours after Sabella's accident, she and D'kan had a closed-doors discussion, the details of which have been kept fairly quiet. What isn't quiet is that the next day before drills, D'kan announced that while Sabella would not be able to perform aerial wingsecond duties later in the month due to her injury, she would still handle all other wingseconding duties, as able. However, as the rest of the weyrling wing prepared for their own first trips into the air with their dragons, D'kan needed to choose a backup wingsecond to help with the airborne exercises once they reach that point, and for that he chose J'tor, fellow brownrider to birch-brown Adrovanth. J'tor is a little on the young side, in his mid-teens, but a local (and notably lacking a silver thread), while Adrovanth is calm and methodical. Basically, the brown pair was a fairly safe choice for this tumultuous month.

Dispelling rumors that the rest of the weyrlings' first flying trips would be postponed in response to the greenrider's accident, the response of this month's wing leadership was the same: stuff happens, we move on. As for rumors that those riding straps would be scrutinized more heavily? True. All in a day's work for the weyrlingmasters and their assistants, right?

About mid-month, D'kan had a morning conversation with N'ky about the greenrider's performance and lack of riding straps. Did it help? Only N'ky can answer.

N'ky

N'ky's grades haven't improved this month; they may have even declined. Those still in remedial classes may talk about how he's failing pretty miserably, but no-one's likely to hear it from N'ky himself. If asked, he just brushes it off and changes the subject... if he's even around to be asked, that is. Outside of standard weyrling classes (which he's putting full effort into, even if he's not socialising much while doing so), he's rarely in the barracks. He's been spending mealtimes alone for the most part, though anyone who's spent time with him will notice that he barely eats anything, and only offers the bare minimum of interaction if he's approached. He's been spending most of his time somewhere in the Weyr with Cailluneth, normally at the far end of the lake, by the waterfall. She's very protective if anyone approaches, and if he's spoken to, N'ky quickly makes his excuses to leave.

Prior to Sabella's incident, N'ky was hesitant about flying; after it, there's been no sign of straps on Cailluneth and the pair have made no attempts at a first flight. Any flying Cailluneth's done so far is strictly solo.

Sabella

When this month began, Sabella was more than psyched to start her weyrling wingseconding duties. Unfortunately that fell apart to an extent when her riding straps failed her and she went tumbling to the ground of the bowl. She suffered a broken arm, bumps, scrapes and bruises. As well as an ego that's certainly been taken down a notch or two. The healers say that it'll be at least six weeks with her arm in a cast. She's relatively chipper and has been allowing people to sign it, granted she doesn't end up with anymore boobs and triangles on there. Thanks I'zech.

With J'tor stepping in to take over the more physically active role of the wingseconding duties, she's thrown herself into what remains for her to do. Some might say a little too fervently, but then she's always been a little obnoxious that way. When she can't participate in the airborne drilling she's helping Quinlys out and delving further into her academics.

Meanwhile her "social" life seems to have shifted. Right after candidacy she appeared to be quite friendly with both K'zin and N'ky. Though lately she hasn't been seen talking to either very much outside of hello and goodbye and whatever their weyrling activities require from them. Instead she seems quite tight with E'sren, though it may be difficult to discern the exact nature of their relationship from the outside. And she's not so open mouthed about it to just anyone. Early breakfasts are still largely spent with Telavi, where they gossip and giggle like teenage girls. Which hey, they are. And occasionally, a person might spot the weyrling spending time with Jo.

Telavi

Telavi and Solith have been looking forward to flying as a pair, and since Solith now knows how to fly and Telavi knows how to ride, of course it will be as easy as pie. Right? Tela's settling 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 meet). Solith has also begun to be lessoned by Rasavyth in how to get information from her rider, but she's still quite the neophyte. They can 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.)