Sorrowful Feast

[wolfbearfox]

E’lric walked into the dinner hall at Top Point skirting round some holders, he was not in the mood to talk and was getting annoyed when holders thought he was from Top Point, some didn’t know their weyr colours Sunset Beach weyrs colours was dark blue and orange same as E’lric now new robes in those colours, before he had warn his older gather and hatching robes form the weyr before that which had been a black and gold.

He moved over to where Talia was helping some what looked to be worried parents reassuring them or something. The nose was enough to send a dragon between, but the sound of music started up as some players took their place on the small stage a lot of them riders. Top Point could boast one thing they had a lot of musical talented people.

E’lric managed to get over to Talia as the people moved away “How are things going?” He asked her

Talia turned to her brother “Getting through this... I’m not weyrwomen here, why do they come ask me...” Talia said she had been trying to help Kisa and R’reek as best as she could but there was only so much she could do, Kisa and R’reek had to stand up and take control of this themselves

”Because they know you, you turn up at the Gathers the Hold feast the big end of tern celebration, you’ve made your self know to the people of Pern rather than stay in the weyr all the time...” E’lric pointed out to his sister seeing she was reaching her limit.
“Kisa and R’reek are new, hatchling new, they need to make themselves known like F’hursna and Palin did” He went on saying

Talia held in a growl at her big brother she didn’t want to think how this was affecting F’hursna, what Talia had seen of him he looked really old.

E’lric gave his sister a hug “Come on let’s get something to eat...Have you seen Devon or D’von?” He asked her the boy had come from near East Cliff...the boy had told E’lric what he would change his name to or hope his name changed to.

”No, but I suppose that he and the others may still be in the weyrling barracks” Talia said following E’lric to find a quite place to eat

Morga had been pottering about when she saw E’lric and Talia sit down she quickly filled a two plates with bits of everything and took them over. She had plates set aside for Kisa, R’reek, F’hursna and Rio when they came or if not she would take it to them in their weyr.

“Here you go” She said putting the plates down for them and also a skin of wine.
“Sorry its only the local stuff, but it’s what we have the most of and I think the more some drink the better” Morga said

”Thank you Morga” E’lric said remembering the head women off the last time he was here

”I can send back to East Cliff and have more brought here if you like” Talia offered

”Oh that would be brilliant...if you could” Morga said pouring the wine

”Who you going to ask to come?” E’lric asked hoping not H’ton.

”I’ll get Quinith to be-speck Dornth and K’ttak will send a weyrling” Talia’s eyes unfocused as she talked to her dragon.

”Well at least the wine will be chilled” Morga said looking around her staff were hard at work serving and cleaning, she would reward them with a cup of one of the good wines

Talia was just about to speak when Quinith passed on the message she had just got off Dornth.
“Right...shards...Dornth is asking what’s wrong”

<<”Quin tell him... there was an accident with one of the weyrlings but he is ok now”>> Talia said focused on the image of the bronze on that had clawed his rider, it would have to do for now to keep the nosy brown quiet.
“That sharding brown” She muttered but could say not more as Quinith passed a message back, telling her who K’ttak was sending.
“He’s sending T’ibbar” Talia said knowing K’ttak ether was a good judge of events or just good

”Sorry is that good; he won’t tell what’s happened will he?” Morga asked worried things would take a even worse turn worse

”Not even if you strung him out for threads” E’lric said glad it was T’ibbar coming

[BLAZE]

K’inzar made his way among the guest a wine skin in hand he had been filling cup, people didn’t think as much when they were drinking or drunk and he was hoping to help lessen the amount of talk that was going to go on. There was little they could do when the guest went home but for the moment they could keep thing under control and hushed. Hopefully giving Kisa and R’reek time to think of the next move in their plan, that was if they even had a plan.

[wolfbearfox]

”Oh so he is that trust worthy” Morga said not sure if any one was that trust worthy.

Talia sensed Morga may not believe in T’ibbar to be able to keep quiet of what he may here when he came.
“He is really he is one of East Cliffs best rider and he can keep secrets…he never tells H’ton when E’lric comes” She said looking at her brother

E’lric was picking at his food putting the bits of fish to one side; he didn’t like fish that much.
“That goes for all the weyr to any way i think H’ton know i come he just isn’t bothered on trying to catch me”

”H’ton does not see anything under his nose” Talia pointed out to him

”Oh…you and him fallen out again…what over this time?” E’lric asked knowing Talia and H’ton fell out all the time, even more when Quinith was due to rise.

Talia hit E’lric on the arm “Hoy, behave yourself ”

Morga laughed she know what brothers and sister would be like with one another.
She noticed E’lric moved his fish to one side “Do you not like fish”

E’lric looked up, “what…oh…em no just not keen on it” E’lric said

”He’s frightened of fish” Talia said her turn to wind her brother up

”What?” Morga asked hearing this

”I am not…just the incident put me off fish a bit, i eat it when i feel like it” E’lric said pointing out to his sister and Morga.

”Then i bet you go hungry a lot at Sunset Beach?” Talia said still pulling her brothers strings

”No actually i eat a lot of vegetables” E’lric said eating a bit of root

Morga laughed “You two fight worse than my three” She said to the two, she turned seeing K’inzar.
“Ah K’inzar, what’s happening is G’ree keeping the weyrlings in the barracks?” She asked the blue rider

[BLAZE]

K’inzar wlked over to Morag “No he has said they can come to the feast if they want or they can stay in the barrack, it think that’s the option he is hoping for at the moment, i think he wants some food sent to the barrack” K’inzar said looking for G’ree.
“I lost him on the way in some parents or that must have cut him off.” K’inzar said looking for G’ree and would go to his rescue if need be.
“Morag is there any more wine as i don’t think what we have her is going to last long the way they keep drinking it” K’inzar pointed out, he didn’t know how much wine he had served to people.

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”Oh that’s good i would hate for them to have to miss the feast because of what has happened.” Morga said hearing that G’ree wanted food put to one side in case some didn’t want to come out.
“Right I will get some of the girls put some food together and take it to the barracks, we put a lot of work into the food I would hate for them to miss out and there is more wine on its way from East Cliff” She said pointing to Talia

[dragonriderfire]

G’ree made his way through the crowed of people, world must have spread about who was weyling master as he had been stopped by so many people he had lost track of K’inzar, who had been walking round with a wine skin. G’ree still hadn’t made it to find Morga to ask her to put some food to one side for the weyrlings who may not be brave enough to leave the barracks, truth be told he wouldn’t have left the barracks if he had the option of it.
Finally made his way to where he saw K’inzar and Morga and was surprised to see E’lric and Talia.
“Morga i need to ask you if you can take some food to the weyrling barracks as some of them may be staying there for the feast” G’ree said wanting to ask her before someone pulled him away for some thing else.

[wolfbearfox]

”Its already done, K’inzar gave me the heads up, i will get the girls onto it right way” she said giving G’ree a hug as he looked like he needed it. He was not her birth son but he was as close as any son she could very ask for.
“now come sit down and get something to eat your self” Morga said pointing to the table Talia and E’lric sat at

Talia looked up as G’ree came over “How are the weyrlings?” she asked

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G’ree looked at Morga as she hugged him, in truth he needed the hug as at the moment he felt like the world was being constantly scored by threads and he had no way of stopping it.
“Morga i cant i have parents to go see and to keep an eye out if any of the weyrlings do come out of the barracks so that they are not mobbed” G’ree said knowing that people wanted to know what was going on.

[BLAZE]

K’inzar looked at G’ree, “Come on G’ree sit down and have something to eat there is no point in facing those parents on an empty stomach and you have not stopped since you left the hatching sand” K’inzar filling a mug of wine fro G’ree

[wolfbearfox]

T’ibbar came out of between and got Serkth to circle down, when they landed T’ibbar lowered a small bundle down and left another attached to Serkth
“Stay there, I’ll get someone to come out and give me a hand with the rest” T’ibbar said going up the steps.
They were glittering with ice T’ibbar watched his step as he climbed reaching the dinner hall he entered expecting a lively crowed but was met with a few stone looks. He made his way to find Talia, this was hindered a bit by the wine skins.
He finally reached them, they had to sit at the back “Got the message K’ttak told me the moment i got back with the wing…i thought this was a hatching feast not a wake, whats with all the ask face…i didn’t see a single weyrling as i came in?” T’ibbar said setting the skins down.

E’lric gave T’ibbar a salute “Nice to see you again T’ibbar…take seat and we will fill you in” E’lric said he always liked the brown rider he was a good wingman and E’lric would have him in his wing any time

[dragonriderfire]

G’ree turned when someone came over speaking to Talia and E’lric and asking all the questions and the comment about the mood, mind he was right it was like a wake instead of a hatching feast they needed to try and turn a better face on thing.
G’ree took a seat after Morga and K’inzar demanded he sit and eat, but he needed to keep an eye out for the weyrlings should and venture into the crowed of the feast he didn’t want one cornered by some news starved holder wanting to know everything

[wolfbearfox]

Morga put a plat of food down for G’ree and then handed one to K’inzar she turned looking at T’ibbar standing there with all the wine skins “Oh are those form East Cliff?” She asked thinking he had got here quick

T’ibbar turned to the women “Yeah, i have another lot strapped to my dragon if you can spare someone to come give me a hand brining them in”

”Here T’ibbar, I’ll give you a hand” E’lric offered

”No, no, no…your guest and your eating, i will get some of the workers that’s what they are here to do” Morga left with in a few moment she had organised a team to go with T’ibbar and with in another moment had the wine skins in the dinner hall and serving people the wine.

T’ibbar came back in walking back over to Talia’s and E’lrics table.

”Shards but you brought a lot” Talia said hoping she would not have to send to her parents hold to replenish the weyr’s stock

“K’ittak said Quinith sounded dispirit” T’ibbar said waiting to hear what was wrong or had happened

Morga returned with a plate of food for T’ibbar “ a reward for such speedy delivery” she said indicating for him to sit down

T’ibbar looked to Talia for permission to sit

Talia nodded her head t was ok for T’ibbar to stay

“Thank you” T’ibbar said to both Morga and Talia
“so what’s happened… i know something is wrong the mood in here is plain to see”

E’lric launched into the story of what had happened about the bronze and the whites.

“Shard it and scorch it…that would put the right dampers on any feast…what about the other weyrlings are they alright?” T’ibbar asked his youngest brother could have been a candidate for this hatching but he wanted to impress at East Cliff
”I don’t know” Talia turned to G’ree “How are the weyrlings taking all of this?” she asked

[dragonriderfire]

G’ree looked at the food one thing about being Morgas fosterling she know what he liked and didn’t like which wasn’t much as after spending 14 turns starving all the time.
He found though he was not much hungry, though he know he needed to eat something before he drank to much to avoid a very painful hangover tomorrow.
Talia calling his attention gave him an excuse to avoid eating.
“As well as can be expected, they are all a bit shocked and they are snows not whites” G’ree said he had though to say snows rather than whites as it may lessen some of the shock.
“Don’t know if any of them will come out of the barracks”

Rio made her way through the crowed which was hard as people kept stopping and asking her stupid questions about the hatching and weyrling.
After on to many she got very annoyed calling Nip to her aid and the little hissed at the holder making them leave her alone, with her little brown defender Rio made her way through the crewed.
Rio felt so alone and lost she pushed her away through trying to look for a friendly face, she would even give anything for B’hamut to turn up.
She caught sight of some workers and a rider she though she know, she quickly tagged onto the group of workers finding it easier to get through the crowed.
She came up near the little group “Oh hello”

G’ree spotted Rio making her way through the crowed “Hello…you look a bit flustered” he said the young gold rider looked very harassed

[BLAZE]

K’inzar nodded a greeting to the brown rider when he arrived, he listened to a bit of the conversation.
“I don’t know i think a few might risk it” K’inzar said thinking a few of the weyrlings looked like the kind to try anything once.
K’inzar swung round when G’ree greeted Rio, he looked at the firelizard on her shoulder seeing its eyes change colour. He had to admire the little guy coming to her aid in all this nose.
“Would you care to join use” he asked getting up and offering Rio a chair

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”Yes come Rio join use i don’t think this is a very good feast to be sitting on your own” Talia said indicating for Rio to take seat

Morga busied her self with filling a plate for Rio since she would be joining the table and that was good as the girl should not be on her own not with Elday prowling the crowed.
Oh Morga had caught that Green rider a few times trying to have a go at the young gold rider. Morga did not like bullies and Rio at the moment still seamed to be finding her feet Kisa looked like she had settled in ok but she was in a position of authority and Elday would have or should have more glow in her glow basket to try taking on a weyr women.
Morga place the plate down next to T’ibbar since it was the empty seat.
“There you go my dear”

”Hello” E’lric said to Rio she looked taller than the last he had seen her “How’s Aerith settling in?” He asked

Else were in the dinner hall Elday was mingling with the holders, a good few were very eager to hear her opinion on what was wrong with the hatchlings and why they had not come out of the barracks.
A few thought that sweetening her up with wine might win them some chances of more information to bad Vieth was month away for her next rise or they may have stood a chance.

[BLAZE]

K’inzar headed off to get another skin of wine for the table, since they now had a weyrwomen and a jr weyrwomen, a wingleader for the looks of the knots on his shoulder T’ibbar was a wing second and a weyrling master, everyone had a rank except himself well he had an unofficial rank as rumour monger but other than that he was just a little unimportant blue rider something Zaira had made clear.
He returned to his seat “I don’t think we’ve made introductions yet I’m K’inzar Blue rider of Arkth” he said to T’ibbar as he had only caught the riders name

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Rio sat in the offered chair “Thank you” she said to K’inzar, feeling somewhat better to be seated with people she know also she did not think that watch wher Elday would try anything with Talia and E’lric about.
“I feel harassed all these people asking me these questions that i can not answer” Rio said taking a cup of wine and petting Nip who was still looking ready to go for someone
She turned greeting T’ibbar who she know off staying at East Cliff he was ok but his youngest brother could sometimes do with a bit of firestone shoved in his mouth, he tended to say things before he thought them out or that’s how Rio thought it was.
“How are you T’ibbar…i didn’t see you at the hatching?” She said not remembering seeing the rider, though he was in ordenery riding gear and not Gather and Hatching day best like everyone else at the table.
“Is your mother still chasing Talex to give him a hair cut?” she asked thinking it may be the first time she had talked with people she really know, Kisa it was only a passing acquaintance, she was still getting use to people here.

Nip sat on her shoulder looking at everyone at the table to see if they would upset his mistress

G’ree nodded and watched K’inzar go off and then come back with more wine.
G’ree didn’t drink wine much he like ail better or the other stuff the farm holds sometimes cooked up off roots, that was most likely the only thing he did like about Holders

[wolfbearfox]

“T’ibbar Brown rider of Serkth” T’ibbar said replying to the blue rider he was quite a friendly fellow
T’ibbar turned greeting Rio “I’m fine, hope your settling in well and yes my mother is still chasing Talex about for a hair cut, he has took to hiding in the record room today, though he might have moved as he was rude to our eldest brother and he may tell our mother where Telex is hiding” T’ibbar said.

”Oh i am glad i only have two brothers and nether would tell on me” Talia said looking at E’lric

”Like we would have been believed and you would just get use back.” E’lric said looking at his sister

Talia turned back to T’ibbat “So i take it the wings are back now?” she asked knowing H’ton was only being stilly and not coming because he held a grudge

“Yeah with a load of fruit and a well stocked larder of roots, fruit and herbs” T’ibbar said they had not been ideal in the south feeding their dragons.

[BLAZE]

”So you were only back a moment till we dragged you here to help drowned the sorrows” K’inzar said getting up and disappearing for a moment coming back with a large clay bottle and popping it down on the table near G’ree.
“There don’t say i don’t give you anything” K’inzar said sitting down at the table.
“I didn’t have any brothers and sisters to tell on me to may parents, they use to watch me like a watch wher”

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G’ree looked at what K’inzar place on the table and had to chuckle “Thanks” He undid the stopper and filled his glass, then offering it to the others
He listened to K’inzar talk about his parents”That might be because you were forever getting your self hurt or walking into something” G’ree said he had meet K’inzars parents they were alright. Well any parents were alright compared to his own, they had noticed his missing finger and asked how he had lost it, and he told them the same story he told the weyr he lost it in a farming accident, which they believed and asked know more about it.
“I don’t know Morga’s daughters could be right tell tails when me and your son where up to something” G’ree said

Rio listened to the conversation “What did Talex do this time to your brother?” She asked she didn’t want to think of what her brother use to say and do to her.
“My brothers weren’t around much to go telling on me, they both went to sea at 10 turns as they were both big enough to hall a net by that age” Rio said looking at G’ree.
“So did you grow up with Morga’s children?” She asked realising she did not know much about many of the people in Top Point