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

Edyis

By the end of month five, almost nothing of the stubborn pride and obvious boredom usually seen in Edyis remains. In class, she is quiet, attentive, and intently focused. Aware of her shortcomings and eager to correct them.

She is more outward focused than in the previous months; her standing offer to help her fellow weyrlings is still in effect, all it takes is asking. Whether it be oiling, notetaking or even just offering an ear to hear the complaints of the day. She pays close attention to who is good at what, often seeking help from her more advanced classmates when she doesn't fully understand something.

One of the biggest struggles seems to be the ground crew equipment, particularly flamethrowers, which she seems to avoid subtly on principal. Though this could be a sign of troubles yet to come to the keenly observant or those who know her well enough, they might also observe that she seems to sleep less in the barracks now; taking naps between classes elsewhere.

Though her attitude has improved considerably, she still gets frustrated and with the lift of restrictions she can often be found in the workout room, either on the bags or the sparring mat. What free time isn't spent in study or assisting gets shifted to the workout room or extra laps around the bowl. Overall, however, she is considerably more laid back, and far more social. Clear signs of Akluseth's influence.

Akluseth is as carefree as ever though his focus in classes has improved considerably. He still relies upon Edyis for the important stuff, though he has a mind of his own about some things. He's more likely to get involved if he feels like someone is getting bullied, particularly so of the girls and his smaller clutchmates. (Considerably less so of Neianth and Jorrth now that they are starting to fill out properly.) He too is showing signs of getting broader and stronger. Most of his time spent still in the water or in the air. He's been known to show off more now too, though it rarely goes the way he plans.

He's not particularly fond of the rules, or being restrained, and while not a problem at present, it could develop into something worse down the road. Social as ever, he likes to be a part of the group.

Farideh

The fifth month of weyrlinghood sees both big changes and smaller setbacks. It's less a matter for Roszadyth, who still enjoys the freedom of using her own wings and experiencing new heights, and more of a combination of changes in Farideh's routine and emotions. By now, the gold pair, as they always have, work fluidly together, with Roszadyth being the calm, sensible one and Farideh having to be checked for her irrational impulses; if anything, the innocent-eyed gold keeps wearing her rider down, softening the abrasive edges over time. Physical training is becoming easier, and the lessons more of a breeze, but where Farideh has trouble is still in balancing all of her duties as they stack one-on-top-of-another.

Those extra classes and duties added by the leadership program aren't the hardest -- she certainly has no problems dancing, no matter who she partners with -- though the formation studies and social maneuvering lessons appear to frustrate her the most. Most of her time outside of regular weyrling hours, when not running laps on the mountain road leading to the Weyr or tending to Roszadyth's needs, is taken up with her goldrider training. She is consistently taking that aspect seriously: shadowing the headwomen, participating in the daily lower cavern meetings, and learning how to manage both the Weyr population and its finances; her fervor to learn hasn't changed. But this month, while her participation and training remains similar, Irianke charges Farideh with visiting the dragon infirmary every other day, about an hour, to start learning about dragonhealing; likewise, Niahvth begins assisting her daughter in the skill of gold influence.

Because of her newly altered schedule, and even less time, it might be noted that she's not around as much to experience this month's wingleader's impact; that doesn't stop her from complaining loudly about him when he's in the same room, or getting involved in altercations when she doesn't approve of his leadership and expectations. More often than not, her peers might hear her listing his flaws rather than his strengths, and to no avail will she be waylaid.

However, towards the end of the month, there comes another shift. Roszadyth remains her usual, charming self, but Farideh seems perpetually distracted and out of sorts. One can only guess it's because of her added responsibilities, or her turnday that looms at the end of the month, marking the end of her teenage days.

T'mic

T'mic and Jorrth have remained among the better pupils for ground formations and dragon-only flying, yet they're not among the first to go up for mounted flight. The reason? Straps. Just when it seemed like Jorrth would stop with the insane growth spurts already, he keeps outgrowing the straps T'mic has made for them. It's not so much that he's gaining length or height, but that he's changing shape, putting on a whole lot more bulk up front, especially in the shoulders. It's the third set that finally does the trick for them and sees them airborne. They are, of course, pretty decent at it, though there are the same wobbles of correction to adjust to both T'mic's added weight, and that big ol' hump of Jorrth's. He's strong, though, for a blue, and T'mic is not exactly quiet with his pride in that.

Jorrth's been growing up a bit mentally, this month, as well. Not just in that his voice is changing a little, cracking here and there when he's excited, or sometimes just because, and dropping a bit lower and scratchier than his youthful high pitches, but also in the way he's acting. He's always been enthusiastic, but his focus is getting more intense, more professional. He's friendly as ever, but starting to display a bit more wit as well, and and to test himself physically against some of the other dragons. Oh, he'll still lean his head against Roszadyth for some quiet time, but when he's at play now, he's headbutting and pushing and jostling with the other dragons, especially some of the bigger browns. He does try to keep it fun, because he's still Jorrth; and when he steps over a line, he'll feel remorseful, he'll apologise, he'll stop what he's doing in the moment. He's learning the balance here, too.

By the end of the month, T'mic's writing will have improved enough that he's not just spending his time trying to re-copy his notes into something that resembles actual language, and he actually seems to enjoy attending the wingleader's meetings. The dance classes and formation whys and wherefors, too. Enjoying it, but still busy with it, still spending a lot of his time with homework or with oiling Jorrth. That he's not exhausted, with the sleep he's missing, probably comes purely from being in his early twenties.

The extra work kept him home from the Fort hatching, and so he was there to (try) help comfort the clutchsiblings, alongside Jorrth, when the dragons keened. Of course, he hates dragon keening and it put him into an adrenal response, so how well this noble impulse went is anyone's guess. (And can be determined off-camera if anyone wants.)