Dream's Nebula Green Eilath
| Dream's Nebula Green Eilath | |
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| Impressee | Nyssa |
| Hatching Date: | 30 May, 2010 Day 21, Month 11, Turn 22 |
| Current Age: | 46 turns |
| Egg Name: | Glass of Glitter Egg |
| Dam: | Firelit Flamenco Gold Safriath |
| Sire: | Radiance in the Night Bronze Taineth |
| Lineage: | Here |
| Clutch: | Clutch:36 |
| Egg Credit: | Halsten |
| Dragon Credit: | Loe |
| Puppeteer: | Loe |
Contents
Glass of Glitter Egg
Sparkly! A silvery shimmer swirls over the surface of this egg, eddies and whirls of glitter brightness over a backdrop of watery gray and sandy tan. There's a sort of vague translucence to it, or maybe that's just a reflective sheen; either way it seems to be in a perpetual state of half-vanishing against the hatching sands. Or half-appearing, perhaps. A shift in the light makes the surface seem to shift liquidly, the twinkling specks winking in and out around the curved shell.
Cracks appears over Glass of Glitter Egg, lace fractures turning to jagged fissures, releasing the gooey contents to drip down from the breaks in its smooth surface. A chunk of one side falls away, and then another, splitting three ways before it opens to reveal a small green dragon, curled tightly as if still held by her ovoid cage.
Dream's Nebula Green
Obscuring all but the faintest glimpses of dreamy, cosmic darkness, a vibrant chaos of peacock and teal spreads across the slim shoulders and haunches, down to the tip of this lithe green's sinuous tail. Forever destined to want filling out, hers is a young, coltish figure. Youth is found, too, in her wide-eyed expression, augmented by pale specks, freckles of light that dance across her rounded cheeks and climb to the tips of small, curved headknobs. A touch of peridot illuminates the gentle ridges playing follow the leader down her neck and back, while her lean belly shows a shadowy marbling of malachite stretching up across her sides to where those starry hints shine again, errant spots of light amid the whorls of rich blue-greens. Her thin limbs might be gangly were it not for the guileless grace with which she moves, and held by delicate spars, too long and slender, her wings show the celestial darkness of diaphanous green over star-strewn night.
Temperament
You have always known it, somewhere in that place between asleep and awake where you still remember dreaming, Eilath has always been waiting for you. She is your best friend, your sister, your other half. And she comes into your life like a breaking dawn, turning the island you thought you knew into another world, one where anything is possible. And this island, this magical place, it is her home and yours.
Eilath is a creature of the now, the moment, what curious things there are to explore, what adventures there are to be had. When she is young, this propensity for enjoyment might be somewhat overwhelming. She can turn anything into a game, and sometimes that will be a relief when she finds ways to occupy herself, sometimes she'll be able to drag you along with her, but sometimes, certainly, there is reality to consider. It will be your job to make her pause and think. Thankfully, she'll shift gears quickly enough. « Well, if we cannot dump the vats to swim in the oil... perhaps... Let us swim in the pool! »
It is almost as though she is simply too small to hold more than one notion at a time. When a new one moves in, the old one moves out. While it makes her resilient to the trials and failures that will surely come during your training, it also means she can be quite impatient with lessons. Once she grasps the task at hand, she wants to get to it instead of absorbing the repetition or allowing time for the details to sink in. In her boredom and frustration she'll turn to other things for entertainment, such as mimicking the young blue beside her until he notices, or distracting a fellow green with some wild story she's cooked up at the moment. She does have a talent for coming up with some fascinating tales. She doesn't shy from attention and with the natural charisma that comes from her vivacious imagination and joyful outlook, she may have little trouble stealing the spotlight.
You'll eventually discover that these games she knows theyre all pretend. She does know, underneath the enthusiasm and imagination, what is really going on, what is really asked of her, but when pressed she'll simply reply, « It's more fun this way. » There's something simple to the way she speaks, not to the words themselves but her delivery is so guileless and clear, so often spontaneous, that there is a childlike quality to her observations about the world. « He is a very unhappy man, » she might say of one of your gruff weyrlingmasters. It could seem at first that she is simplifying things, but there's often a deeper truth that she uncovers with these comments of unexpected clarity.
Your daydreams will capture her and she'll believe that you should chase them, try them on and see how it goes. Just as Eilath throws herself into every little adventure life has to offer, she will encourage you to do the same, to explore all your interests and new ones youve never considered before. If you can imagine it, you can make it happen. In this, she'll push you to new experiences of your own, to take risks. « What's the worst that could happen? It doesn't work? Then we'll do something else. » Simple.
There is nothing shy about her and so your more mousy tendencies may often baffle her. What is there to fear in people? She has no qualms about turning to the nearest dragon and engaging them. She'll concoct adventures for them or conspire to involve them in her latest plan. There's always a story in mind. And while she isn't all that romantically inclined herself, she does enjoy a happy ending and you might find her doing a little matchmaking when you least expect it. Whether or not you appreciate when this pastime focuses on you- is another matter. If she catches you daydreaming about a certain person, there's little doubt that she'll do all she can to encourage you and begin coming up with reasons to put the two of you together.
While she does enjoy attention, it's not really all that often that she'll look at a male and see him as a potential partner. Eilath has her partner: you. More often, they are just another dragon, male or female, an acquaintance, a comrade, a playmate. It's not so much that she sees herself as one of the guys but rather that she doesn't take much note of anyone's particular sex most of the time. Most of the time.
It is 'most of the time' because eventually she'll rise and with that will come a torrent of awakening. They /are/ males, and they are looking at her and she likes it. She does love a bit of attention and when she's ready to rise, she'll become an outright flirt, consumed with this new experience of feeling so very sensual. Jealousy will rear its head, too, and suddenly her creative mind will be just as good at scheming to distract them as it was at coming up with stories with which to regale them all. The flight itself is likely to be short, due as much to impatience as her delicate build, but afterwards, after every time, she'll retain just a little more of that fiery being she became. It may take turns, but slowly, over time, the pleasure of flirting, the sparks of jealousy, may become part of her personality, or at the very least, tools at her disposal.
Eilath does have a rather short attention span, and though her memory might be a little foggier than most, she will eventually strive for some greater purpose than simply exploring what is at her figurative fingertips. There is a grander scheme, isnt there? A greater game? Yes yes, she has her sweeps, and she loves them more than anything. Flying free, far and fast, looking over the world below, she'll imagine she is a conquering monster who might just dip low and startle that herd, imagine she is a benevolent farmer checking the state of her fields, a mighty centurion hunting the enemy. So often when she flies, she cannot help but let out a crowing bugle of delight and pride and pleasure.
But what of your greater purpose together? What can you do for the home she holds so dear? What will you do with this wonderful life you share? These are questions you will face together. Sometimes she can feel the great nothing that lies outside imagination, the drudgery of life, the weight of responsibilities. It rallies something obstinate inside her, something stubborn and determined. She refuses to give in to that darkness and when she feels you sinking under the realities that you will no doubt face now and then, she is there to remind you that adventures are not always easy. It is this perspective Eilath offers to you, her clutchmates, her wingmates, her friends and comrades: something new is always just around the corner. To live is an awfully big adventure.
Public Impression Message
Dream's Nebula Green is nearly overwhelmed by all these options. She sits back on her haunches to flutter her wings in delight at all the excitement surrounding her. There are so many things for her to discover and yet there is only one that actually catches and holds her attention. With a sudden resurgence of enthusiasm, she springs into action again, trotting right up to a certain mousy girl and looking up at her adoringly.
Private Impression Message
Like a powerful headrush, your vision goes dark. The world slips away as though you're floating in space, floating out amid an endless darkness without anchor. Then stars burst before your eyes, blinding, blinking points of light, and with each one, your ears ring. Is it a blow to the head? Have you been knocked unconscious there on the black hatching sands? Maybe this is the end. Maybe it's all over. « No, Nyssa. It's just beginning, » comes a small clear voice you didn't know you were waiting for until you heard it just now. But that is the voice. Just the right voice. And no it's not your ears ringing, it's bells, lively, tinkling bells that laugh at your confusion. « Nyssa. Oh, Nyssa. What fun we are going to have. I am your Eilath. » The darkness turns to a swirling vapor of green and blue, fading away to give you sight again. The reality of the sands and the galleries come crashing back to your consciousness, but the only thing worth seeing is the small green dragon looking up at you adoringly.
Mindvoice
Eilath's small, clear voice is accompanied with sweet bell tones, effortlessly expressing her emotions, from the light tinkle of laughter to the deep thrum of darker excitement. While other dragons might rely heavily on imagery, hers have an imprecise, dreamlike quality, pictures relayed through a haze. Often they seem to shimmer with reverberation from the jingle, clang or bong of those expressive bell sounds. In the absence of any particular image, a sparkling vapor seems to pervade her mental touch, eternally caught in the swirling momentum of her thoughts and ever-shifting in hue.
Inspiration
Eilath is based on the story of Peter Pan, largely on elements from the movies Peter Pan (2003) and Hook (1991) and from the book by J.M. Barrie. An amalgam of the title character, Wendy, Tinkerbell and Neverland itself, she is the embodiment of eternal youth, magical adventure and guileless wisdom. Her description is a combination of the chyroscolla shades that you asked for and the dreamlike notion of a fanciful island among the stars as depicted by the colored photographs of far-off nebulae. Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. Eilath's name is your request, and one we think is well suited, with it's clear, melodic sound and vaguely 'island' or 'isle' undercurrents.
Egg inspiration: The Glass of Glitter Egg is based on the famous and simple Star Trek transporter effect.
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