The StarCraft Hatching will start at 3 MOO, but come to the lakeside for pre-RP! @go star, sf, lakeside :)

-SP- entered by Keris on 2000-06-25 13:48 MOO Time.

Lakeside

A soft roar sounds from crystalline water tumbling over rocks at the far side of the circular lake. Tiny fish, few in number, dart about beneath the mirror-like surface, jumping in and out of the frothy waves at the bottom of the fall. Large rocks, worn smooth by swimmers using them as jumping ledges, bracket the cooling waterfall, but taper into soft sand. To the left of the tumbling water, a few metres past the rocks, a jungle garden begins to grow with brightly coloured flowers, shading trees, and soft, lush grass. But it all halts abruptly to make room for a small stone building, the bathhouse.

It is an autumn midmorning.

Peering at the fish and reflections in the lake are Nuage and Kataxia.

You see Programmer's Keyboard Egg, Looking For Love Egg, Delusional Ranking Egg, Confusion In A Nutshell...Err, Egg, Approaching The Clique Egg, and Hatching Rules! (read rules) here.

Thyme, Sielle, and Jerek are here.

Obvious exits:

StarCraft Field Bathing House Waterfall

Keris sits on the soft grass, a pile of - surprise - charts carefully placed on what appears to be an old tunic next to him.

Jerek wanders down to the lakeside, smiling a bit to himself.

Thyme wanders up the path, feet brushing over the grass softly. Curls rest in her face, though she amazing can see through them. She settles next to the lake, dipping her toes in the cool water.

Sielle lurks. Well, 'lurks' is the best way to describe her halting stomp as she stumbles her way around the lake, hazel gaze ever-flickering about. See apprentice. See apprentice look scary. With a darkly amused curl to her lips, she gives a slight nod towards Jerek, before peering at Keris more curiously. "What are you doing?" Charts. That's enough to make the wandering young woman back up a slight step, nearly tripping over the feline closely following her.

"Charts," comes the obvious answer from Keris, one of the said objects being lifted and rustled slightly. "Oh, be careful over there," he continues, nodding towards the small lumps in a pile of sand. "I think Pin went and laid some eggs there..." Shardin' gold. And now he has to watch them so tunnelsnakes won't eat them.

Jerek frowns as he sees Sielle, she being about the only person he's not very happy to see anywhere around, at her nod to him, he gives her a barely seen nod in return, because that girl scares him. Well, perhaps not scares, but she made him cry, and he'll never forget that.

Thyme ** eeps, and idles for a minute.

Keris **oohs.. gossip ;)

"/Oh./" The mention of eggs and stepping makes Sielle take another step backwards. These are new boots after all. With a slight scowl towards the sand in question, she just turns her gloomy hazel stare back to Keris. "Why are you doing them out here? Isn't it easier inside?" That shardin' sun and fresh air and all. Ick. Once more she peers back at Jerek, this time giving a twisted smile. She's ever so innocent, really.

Jerek watches Sielle carefully, he doesn't trust her, and doesn't want her coming anywhere near him, so he watches just to be sure, and to be on guard. He finds a nice comfortable place to sit, and he does so.

"Inside? You try touching 'em," Keris states to Sielle, shuddering visibly. "That little lady's got quite some temper it turns out, at least when it's about her eggs." He tried moving them. No-one noticed the scratches on his cheek and hands? Meep. Jerek is sent a glance, the journeyman's eyebrow's arching up in puzzlement. Hmm.

"What?" Sielle stares blankly for a moment, her grinning at Jerek interrupted as she just shakes her head fiercely, hair flying. "No, no, /no/." Obviously he simply doesn't understand. "Why don't you work on /charts/ inside?" Eggs are more likely to roll in the path of someone's new boots inside. But she just gives Keris an innocent stare. Jerek's just mean, see. Sielle's ever so nice and sweet.

Jerek chuckles some as he listens to Sielle and Keris, and while Sielle's attention is turned away from him, he gives her a fierce scowl, nope, there's nothing that's going to hold him back, from showing off his opinion of the girl, well, not as long as she's not looking at him.

Jerek * ums, and re-reads, "does that make absolutely no sense to anyone else?"

Keris **kinda gets it? :P

Sielle **Makes sense to me?

Sielle **has eyes in the back of her head, you know. She's part mutant. ;)

"Oh." That makes sense, kinda... "Because I have to watch the eggs." See, it's an evil circle. But Keris sends Sielle a bright smile, oblivious to any weird stares.

"Therefore, you're working on charts which could just as easily be wrecked by any a number of the influences of outside." Another blank stare from Sielle. She just doesn't get it. At all. Fresh air rots the brain, you know. But she does glance over at the charts for a moment, before stiffening slightly and slowly peering about. Including back at Jerek. Nah, she was just imagining things.

Jerek smiles sweetly to Sielle as she looks his way once more, then speaks up, "Hello Sielle, such a lovely pleasure to see you again." he says this, with just a tad too much happiness. "I hope you are quite well today,."

Sigh. "Sielle, if it starts raining or anything, I'll stop working on the Charts and then just watch the eggs." A man's gotta do something, you know. "Pin's giving me a hard time, and I think they're just about to crack... she won't let me go inside!" Talk about being in the pocket of your lizard.

"But you're by the lake. Where you could be splashed. Or mud could get on them." Sielle sees all the Bad Things that could happen. But then she just raises an eyebrow, diminutive form pausing. "You're going to sit out here in the /rain/?" Eeesh. And get sick and die, just watch... The gaze flickers to Jerek, the smoldering ember stare followed by a shrug. "Oh. Hello..." Is that a purr in her voice? "I'm well, I suppose. You?" As well as she can be.

"But it's not raining," Keris points out, smiling at Sielle. "I'd go inside if it started raining." If Pingouin'd let him, of course... "Or put the charts in my bag." See, he's fully covered.

Jerek shrugs a bit, then smiles to Sielle, "Oh, I'm alright I guess, besides the dream of having a flock of wherries chase me into the mouth of a tunnel snake, but I know why i had that dream. Because someone asked me what I'd want for a pet, if I had one, and I told them a wherry, or if they weren't so mean, a tunnel snake. I don't know if I could find a wherry for a pet anyway" he sighs a little.

Sielle isn't done yet. Never. "And the water might soak through your bag if it began to rain. And you just said you'd stay out here." The young woman jerks a thumb towards the lumpy pile of sand. The man's been whipped by a /'lizard/, really. But quickly she just stares at Jerek, uncomprehending for a moment. "That's a bit odd of a dream. I'd see a mindhealer if I were you..." Innocent, really. "And why would you want a /wherry/ for a pet, anyway? Stupid creatures. Much more trouble than something like a feline or rabbit. /Those/ are much more practical. Aren't you, Muldy?" The girl peers at the grey feline winding around her leg, giving him a genuine grin.

"Then I'd have a nosy apprentice take it to the Hall for me," Keris states cheerily, sending Sielle another one of those beaming, clueless smiles.

Keris **sorries for short poses. Staff-stuff.

Sielle **nodnods, understandable.

Jerek grins some to Sielle, "Well, if I had a wherry or a tunnel snake as a pet, no one would bother me, now would they?" he gives Sielle a pointed stare, but can't help to give a little bit of a grin, as if she's the number one person he's talking about.

Sielle rolls her eyes. Just slightly. "And stay out here in the rain, get sick, and annoy the healers for sevendays on end. Yesss." Still, it'd keep him out of the 'crafters way. Egg not even noticed, Jerek gets another disbelieving gaze. "Yeah. Until the firelizards killed the tunnelsnake, or you got yelled at by the masters for the wherry making trouble. Or felines attack it." See? With a cool glare, she's got the means for either... Mulder gives an equally sinister stare out of his furry face.

Keris *baps Sielle. You named your feline Mulder? :P

Sielle **Yep. :)

Keris **snorks :P

Sielle *snickers. Sielle was originally based on Scully, after all.. And what better name for an insane ditz of a cat?

Keris **rolls his eyes :P

Jerek smirks a little bit at Sielle, "Well, I'd make sure that firelizards didn't kill the tunnelsnake, or that felines didn't attack the wherry, and I'd make sure the wherry didn't do anythiung to get into trouble. Though I might make the acception if it wanted to eat an apprentice."

Jerek *exception even.

Jerek looks over at Keris, and smiles, "Hi, I'm Jerek."

"First off," Sielle begins to tick the points off on her fingers, "Do you know the size of a full-grown wherry? Where do you think you'd keep it without getting in trouble considering they're meant to be outdoor creatures? The noise alone would get other apprentices to throw you in the lake." Sie leading, of course. "Secondly," her voice lowers, slightly more harsh, "You can't watch a pet every second, and firelizards are everywhere. What if the 'snake escaped and hurt someone? You'd be kicked out of the craft on your rear for the stupidity, I'd bet. And third, eating apprentices would result in both of your skins." The young woman just gives another glare. Meanie.

** Keris just set the @starparty! Type @starparty to check it out! **

Hatching starts in 10 minutes! Come to the lake for some pre-RP! @go star, sf, lakeside, and please remember to read the rules!

-SP- entered by Keris on 2000-06-25 14:49 MOO Time.

Jerek grins at Sielle, and the glare, "Yea, but if I did have a full grown wherry, you wouldn't be so mean to me, and would maybe think twice before you event ried to be mean to me." he smiles brightly to Sielle, "and besides, I could just say the wherry ate you, in self defense of me, so both me and the wherry would keep our hides intact!" he gives Sielle a return glare.

Jorina makes her way in from the StarCraft Field.

Carise walks in from the StarCraft Field.

[-StarCraft] Jorina bounces and sighs. No! There's a hatchling desced after me! Aaack! ;P (No, wait, maybe that's Kazandar?)

[-StarCraft] Kazandar eyes?

(Keris--StarCraft) The StarCraft Hatching will begin in 10 minutes! Log on your StarCraft alts and come join the fun :)

Venusnv winks in from ::between::! Cheep?

"First off, a wherry can't eat me without a shardin' fight. Secondly, there's /no/ way in /the/ /name/ of /Faranth/ that any silly /wherry/ could protect you. Stop hallucinating, kid." Sielle's not big on being eaten, and her brooding gaze quickly turns into a scowl, a slight snarl escaping her. "And if you think the stupid thing's going to kill me, I'd carve its stomach out from the inside and shove it down your throat until it ripped your liver. Got it?" Scooowl.

[-StarCraft] Keris snickers and ain't telling ;)

Keris **goes AFK for 5. Ack. Gotta love parents sometimes :P

Venusnv glides to the StarCraft Field.

Jerek grins at Sielle, "Well, I doubt I could ever get a wherry as a pet, so nothing like that'll happen, and I doubt even more, I could even get a tunnel snake as one, so don't worry about it, and calm down." he chuckles some, then scowls back at Sielle, ohhh how angry he makes her!

OOC: Jorina points to the delusional egg. That's me or Kaz. I swear. ;P

Jerek * er, that should be ohhh how angry she makes him!

Keris **is back. Please read the ruuules :)

Thyme sweeps, curls bouncing, in from the StarCraft Field.

Sielle **giggles. I agree. :)

Naomi bounces in from the StarCraft Field.

Jorina skips out to the lakeside, wearing the bare minimum needed to get a nice tan on such a sunny fall day in the heat of Ista Isle. Tiny top, short shorts, no shoes. Yup, such a nice, good day.

Sielle just scowls, slinking forward slightly as she gives him a scowl. "Watch yourself. One day, you're going to get it." With another flitting scowl, she slinks away, a slight grin on her face. "Jorina!" Nice person. Ha.

**Read the rules**

Naomi stumbles to the shore of the lake as she runs in. Hoping she hasn't missed anything, she bounces over to the eggs and peers at them. One, two, three... She stops counting. All the eggs are intact! And here she was, running down as fast as she could to come to a hatching, all because a few appies told her that the eggs were already cracking open. She sighs and starts to turn, when she stops, thinking she /might/ have seen some movement in the eggs. She looks back at the eggs, and the rest of the lakeside, and takes a seat to watch. Maybe the other appies weren't completely wrong...

Jerek glares hard at Sielle, well, at least at her back as she slinks away from him, "What, is that a threat, Sielle? and I'm not going to get it, because I'm a nice person, unlike you!" he frowns, getting pretty angry at the older girl.

Wandering in, Thyme shuffles across the lakeside, skirt brushing the top of her bare feet. There was a mentioning of eggs earlier, and now a crowd. Hmm. Meatrolls are clutched gently in hand, from a brief stop in the kitchens, and she perches on the branch of a tree, low to the ground, but still away from the other. Too shy to actually join the group, the young apprentice watches curiously.

Carise slowly sneaks to the lakefront. She looks around and waves to Jorina, Naomi, and Jerek. "Hi, nice day to be outside isn't it?" She sits down on the ground and pulls out some meatrolls. She slowly starts to peel the bread away from the meat filling. She makes two piles, meat and bread.

Looking For Love Egg rolls a little, as if trying to leave the rest of the group behind.

Jerek shakes his head, and looks over at Carise, and shakes his head, "No, not anymore it isn't."

Kazandar walks in from the StarCraft Field.

Etain paddles quietly in from the StarCraft Field.

Seilyn wanders, blankie dragging behind her, in from the StarCraft Field.

** Keris just set the @starparty! Type @starparty to check it out! **

The Hatching is starting! @go star, sf, lakeside, and please please read the rules!

-SP- entered by Keris on 2000-06-25 15:01 MOO Time.

Carise looks up from her piles, surprised. "Now why do you say that? What happened to you now?"

Libby walks in from the StarCraft Field.

Naomi waves to Carise and Jerek. "Hey guys. I'm so excited. I've never tried this before.." She looks around. So many people, could she /ever/ catch the attention of one of the hatchlings? Sighing, she turns around again to look at the eggs. Oh! It's starting.

"Not a threat, not a threat at /all/." Sielle turns back for one last innocent look, the quirked smile widening across her heart-shaped face at his angry reaction. That's what she wanted. But she slips over by Thyme, nodding a slight greeting. "Hey." Anyone other than Jerek is Good. Finally, though, the shifting eggs are noticed as she gives a little splutter, hazel eyes narrowing. "Shards!"

*** PLEASE READ THE RULES! ***

Jerek glares at Sielle somemore, until she moves far enough away from him, and turns to watche the sand, too angry to really say much of anything, to anyone.

Jorina takes her blanket, a thin thing of teal sisal to match her outfit, and spreads it out in the sand where there is no shade and carefully lies upon it, ignoring the apprentices and the eggs. It's her rest day and she's taking advantage of it.

Libby blinks at all the people. So much for just giving Sielyn a quick wash then. A brief look is spared her own clothes, ah well. Hatching!

Green-blue eyes sparkled with curiousity, and excitement, for this is her first hatching in quite a few turns. She slides off her branch, crossing her legs, and covering them with her skirt. Thyme neatly stacks the meatrolls on a patch of grass, to prevent them from getting sandy. She tucks a few loose curls behind her ear, and watches the eggs come to life. Fingers curls slightly, and rest in her lap, while she watches, eyes darting from egg to egg.

*** Some people haven't read the rules yet :> ***

Etain looks at Libs, Seilyn, then to Kazzie. She shrugs, still partialy covered in paint. Ahh well. "Seily, you were right."

Seilyn tries to wipe paint off her face with her sleeve. Hm.. A group of people. "Daddy?" Her littles head cranes to see Keris, "Daddy, are you he'e?" A little hand lifts into the air, Panha perched on it and wabbling in trying to balance abruptly, "See if you can see- A Hatching?!" Seily drops her arm, eyes glued to the eggs she can spot through someone's legs. Eggs. All voices are lost.

Kazandar strolls onto the lakeside with Etain, Libby and Seilyn close around him. He wrinkles his nose and rubs at a few paint slats on his clothes. Humph. Well there's only a few. He nods, "Yup..eggs." He grins and waves to Riina. Who could ignore him. "Hi Riina!" He smiles and waves at everyone else as he strolls around glancing at the people and the eggs.

Keris hunches on his spot on the grass. Great. /Now/ they hatch. Shardin' gold 'lizard... he'll just stay here and /away/ from the pesky things.

Carise finishes making her piles of meat and bread. She carefully moves them to one side where they won't get dirty or stepped on. She sits back to relax and wait for the hatching to start. She waves to Etain, Kazzie, and Libby. "Hi!"

Naomi turns her attention back on the eggs, where she keeps thinking she sees this egg, or this egg, or another egg starting to hatch. Not being the most /patient/ person alive, she starts to tap her fingers on the side of her boot. She then decides to occupy herself by checking over her supplies. Was she prepared well enough for a hatching? Never having tried to Impress a 'lizard, she just doesn't want to let this one go without a fight. She takes her sack off her shoulder and puts in in her lap. Opening it, she peers in at several large packages, wrapped and ready, waiting at the bottom.

Slowly making his way further into the group, Saturo nods to each person he passes along the way, voicing a soft hello here and there. Having found a satisfactory spot in the sand, he tosses his rucksack down and proceeds to seat himself atop it, leaning onto an arm propped against a knee. "This is near insanity," he says, seeing all the people who seem to have coincidentally all made it to the same place at the same time.

Mysica slips softly in from the StarCraft Field.

*** Read the rules! ***

Libby bites her lip and does a quick search of pockets. No food. Ah well, she settles down where she has a good view, ending up belly down with her feet dangling in the air. Hands cup her face as she watches, smiling at the entire scene.

Jorina lazily arches her back so she can peek at Kazzie, then gives a bit of a wave. "Hey Kaz! Going to the hatching?" She calls, though she can easily assume that it is exactly what he's doing. Riina, however, is sunning on the sand, hoping to get rid of her dreadful pastiness before winter.

Garak blinks in from ::between::!

Kamikaze glides in from the StarCraft Field.

"And the eggs go to roll and hatch /now/...." Giving only a quiet mumble to herself, Sielle's toes idly poke at the oversize furry feline prowling at her feet. The green eyes seem to ignore the eggs, but the apprentice doesn't seem to do the same. Chestnut hair hanging in her eyes, she just gives a slow stare to those around her. "Don't suppose anyone has some meat I could possibly have for these... creatures?" She raises a hopeful eyebrow, lips pursed in an almost-smile.

Delusional Ranking Egg shivers and quivers, larger cracks appearing. Now! Now it is time!

Seilyn, while Panha pokes through her pocket for that bag of wherry, fish and herdbeast she always has, gets down on her hands and knees, her brown craddled in one hand. "Daddy.. There's eggies.." she whispers, oblivious to the fact that she can hardly see her foster-father let alone him hear her whisper. Finally, Panha's got the bag out. "Oh, Panha, tha's a goo' idea! The li'le hatchlings'll be real' hungry," Sei says, grabbing the bag and slipping onto her belly and leaving her poor little brown to watch from his spot on her head. Oh well. There'll be a next time for Pan, but for now, he'll be watching the eggs with /his/ Super Seil!

Aldous suddenly disappears ::between::!

*** Some people still haven't read the rules!! ***

Mysica wanders in, furrowing her brows in confusion at the huge group. "What's everyone crowded out here for?" she asks, slipping in near Jerek and crew... Then, spying the eggs, she makes a half-snort and rolls her eyes. "Ohh, I should've known /those/ little beasts would be involved! They always are when there's a big group of people."

Kiyata smirks, and looks around. "Hewoo everyone.."she says, and moves to find herself a place on the ground, watching the eggles. ..... As one comes out, she takes a piece of nice, juicy yummy looking meat and proffers it out to the bronzeling....hoping?

Naomi nearly jumps off the ground. Could it be happening? She stands up on her knees and peers through the crowd, trying to see it. She'd been so wrapped up looking in her sack she hardly noticed, but with the commotion of the crowd she can tell something is happening. She leans forward, and crawls on her hands and knees until she pushes her way to the front, where she can see. Now, as she lifts herself back up on her knees, she realizes where she is. She stands face-to-face with the little hatchling. Not wanting to scare it, she backs up, pushing the front of the crowd back, as well.

Kazandar grins and nods. "Yeah...Seilyn said something about eggs and Etain, Libby and I followed her down to the lakeside. Besides...They'd been painting my room and wanted a break." He glances over at the eggs again. Eh. He'll go and help crowd them when they start to hatch. He pats his pockets looking for the sandwich he put in ther earlier. Ah...There it is. He blinks as one of the ggs splits open and a bronze hatchling pops out. He blinks again and just stares at it a moment, unconsciouly getting closer as he squints at it. Wiiiiieeerd...

Etain realizes that she doesn't have any food on her person at the moment. "I know I have somehting around."

Thyme smiles as the bronze hatches, and picks a meatroll up off her pile. Wiggling it half-heartidly, she tucks her free hand into her lap, the loose folds of her dress covering it quickly. She watches the bronze, and wiggles the meat a little more, showing only little intrest in the bronze. She half smiles, and eyes sparkle a little.

Seilyn slips under the legs of an un-noticed somebody to get a better look at things. "Hey, look! The first eggie hatched'ed!" the little child points out to everyone, probably scaring the wits out of whomever she's under. And doesn't that hatchling remind her of- .. nah.. couldn't be.

Seeing the first of the group hach, Saturo jumps to his feet. After fumbling around with the three filets of meat, he steps toward the first of the hatchlings and offers a filet to it, leaning forward on a knee. After pondering that for a moment, he decides, perhaps, that the little bronze may take a liking to all three of the filets, so he leans forward and tosses the other two to it as well, smiling in hopes of it taking a liking to the tender meats.

Jorina nods absently, already beginning to tune out the sounds of the hatching, although she does turn her head to try and get a glimpse of the tiny beasts. Dratted things just eat and annoy, that's it.

Carise shakes her head to clear it. She looks up wehn she hears the noise coming from the crowd around the eggs. She slowly crosses her fingers and picks up some meat to lure the hatchling to her. She tosses a few pieces in the general direction of the eggs, and sits back to think and wait.

Jerek just sits watching, in a rather foul mood, and even though he can't see thigns very well, ah well, at least he's there.

Libby tilts her head at the bronze, and then turns to face Etain. "Me either, come over here and join me?" she asks, before turning back to the rather proud looking bronze. She raises an eyebrow at it, and swings her feet together, still lying belly down.

Kiyata tries to get the little hatchlings attention with her piece of /nice juicy yummy scrumdidlyumptious-looking awesome/ meat for the little thing, all the while managing to think about how cute it is... and crawls foreward, hopefully to get a bit closer.

A few shadows are cast near the lake, few enough for Sielle to slink back into. Giving a slow gaze over the crowds, she just hangs back for a moment among a few apprentices. One or two give her odd looks, but another reliquishes a few small meatroll chunks. With but a wink to her associate, the apprentices once more slink forward. Sielle slips closer, before just staring at the little bronze with undisguised irritation. She's a judge of them. "That one looks... freaky." She'll give it a swift pronouncement, even if she wouldn't give it the joy of a single chore.

Naomi opens her sack again, this time not to check what she has, but to use it. Pulling out the first package, she looks up into the little 'lizard's eyes and starts projecting warm and comforting thoughts. She tears open the wrapping around the package, and places it at the ground below her. Sitting on the torn shreds of leftover wrapping are many raw, fresh slices of meat. Good thing she had at least enough insight to stop at the kitchens first. She picks up one of the rather slimy pieces, and holds it out at arm's length, before tossing it carefully to about a foot from the hatchling. "Hello, sweetie," she begins cooing at the 'lizard. Holding up her remaining packages she smiles and thinks happy thoughts. "I have lots of food for you, please come here." She picks up another piece.

Kiyata blinks, and brushes a strand of hair- or a whole bunch of strands, rather, out of her face, and nudges a little closer with more of her nummy meat to the little guy. "Hey there....want some food?" she says, sniggering and proffering the chunk.

Etain realizes that she doesn't have any food on her person at the moment. "I know I have something." She digs around soem more then tries her bag. She produces a small container with a few meatrolls inside. She takes half of one and breaks it up into smaller pieces. She then holds her hand out as an offering to the hatchling and any others that descide to make an appearence. She offers the container to Libby. "Want one?"

Mysica allows another half-snort as the hatchling comes out of its shell. Shaking her head, she doesn't deign to dig out meat, but there's a distinct smell coming from the little sack resting on the ground next to her - the meat she carries in case that other little egg should hatch. Despite what she'll tell her friends, she wouldn't exactly mind Impressing a little critter - as long as it'll keep its distance afterwards. "So, dear," she murmurs, settling down near Jerek, "How've you been?" As long as she's staying out here, she might as well make conversation.

Libby rolls her eyes at the 'lizards attitude and pokes her tongue out at him. Gee, he might be bronze but he's not CraftMaster! Some 'lizards. She turns to Etain and nods. "Sure, thanks." She glares at the lizard. Ah well, at least he's not a blue.

Seilyn glances at the bronze then scrambles out from under the un-noticed somebody, rushing around with Panha fluttering away from her (Silly jumpy Human-pet!). "Daddy? Daddy," Seil yips as she runs about the crowd, darting in and out and lifting her head to see people's faces, her bag of meat hanging in her hand. Finally she spots Keris and runs over to him, "Daddy! Daddy! Did y' see the bronze hatchling'ing?"

Soft giggles escapes Thyme, as she watches the eccentric bronze lift it's self from the egg shards. She tugs at the meatroll in hand, and drops a piece of it onto the small pile of meat by her crossed feet. While she isn't one to croon over the tiny beast, thoughts turn pleasent, and she wiggles the small chunk of meat in hand, offering it forward. She shifts a little, cramp developing in her thigh. Quiet, she remains, as to not stick out. Blend into the crowd... it's the only way to not be centered out. She giggles again, watching.

Dear /Faranth/, not /fun/! The enthusiastic creeling and forwardness of the bronze, hallucinating creature just makes Sielle cringe. The dark apprentice scoots back farther, arms folding tightly over her chest as she glare at it. It's not even enough to be an apprentice. Even /she's/ better than the bugger. Another low mumble escapes her pale lips. "It's a freak, my.... Feel sorry for whoever gets that one, probably can't do anything itself." Probably would crash into walls. Scooowl.

Naomi tosses the piece in her hand, and moves for another one. "Yeah, you're hungry, aren't you?" She smiles at the bronze and picks up her third piece. She pushes the wrapping and remaining slices towards the 'lizard, but not too far. She can't risk scaring him away by being to forward. As she does so, she opens her sack again and takes the next package, which contains some meatrolls. She nods at the 'lizard, trying not to do anything to make him turn away. Opening the package, she sniffs a bit and nods again. "Look, it's good!" She speaks in a quiet, but friendly voice. She remembers a Herder teaching her about how to speak to animals, such as runners, to comfort them.

"I saw," Keris grunts, sparing a smile for Seilyn. "Just don't attrack them my way!" Sheesh. Lizards.

Kazandar does his duty now that there's a lizzard out there and crowds, well, at least he gets closer. Ah..but what firelizard impresses with out food? None, that's what. Kaz reaches into his pocket and...TAA-DAA! He pulls out a nice wherry sandwhich, not too old and spiced with lint. Eww...lint? Well what do you want? Really..it /was/ in his pocket. Her grins sheepishly and dusts off some of the linta. Ahem..

Libby wriggles forward on her belly a little more and wiggles the food at the bronze. At the aires and graces he returns she sticks her tongue out again, and then pouting and making smooching noises at him. Well, if he thinks he's that important, no harm in kissing up is there?

Seilyn looks up at her foster-father, patting his leg to see if he'll pick her little figure up, "Why not, Daddy?"

Kiyata holds out her piece of /nummy-delicious-scrumdiddlyumptious-looking beeeuuutiful-speshulllll/ meat and looks at it, hopefully? In the midst of concentrating, she sticks out the corner of her tounge, on her knees, and raises an eyebrow at it's antics.

"I don't want them going to me," Keris informs Seilyn, muted hysteria in his voice. It's bad enough that gold critter of his went and /produced/ the eggs!

Carise stretches and watches the firelizard for a second before going back to her thoughts. She starts to mumble. "I wonder what color I should change my hair to when I get promoted to Sr. Appy." She stops mumbling and goes back to thinking silently, pushing the meat closer to the stumbling hatchling.

Kiyata watches the hatching, smiling to herself. "You're /soo/ much better than the rest...right?" she whispers, holding out the chunk-'o-meat to it again, this time squatting on the ground, one hand balancing her in the back.

Naomi looks to the hatchling, repeating her actions. Smiling and speaking to it, she tosses a meatroll a couple feet in front of her. "Hello little guy. Come here, I have food for you!" She tries thinking like a hatchling. It worked with some animals, it might work with these 'lizards. If she was a hatchling, what would she want right now? Food, for one thing. And she'd probably be scared. With the crowd, she'd be confused. So, she puts aside these thoughts and tries to comfort the lizard, and make him focus on only her, and not the whole crowd. Throwing more meat, she talks to him in a cooing baby-voice. "It's alright, don't be scared!" She puts the next slice a little bit closer to her. She concentrates on warm and soothing thoughts, trying to project them through her careful actions.

Libby rolls her eyes at the little bronze, giving up with the smooching and instead just pouting at him. An eyebrow is raised at the creeling. He's not the only egg in the clutch! More pouting, and Libby wiggles her bit of meatroll some more, thinking it's probably not good enough for his important little self.

Kazandar knows where he's going to plops himself down...and goes to sit between/behind Etain and Libby. "Hey..," he whispers to them, grinning as he dusts off his sandwhich. Ah-ha. Meat. Right. Deciding that the bread part of the sandwich won't be wanted he pulls the meat out from inbetween. At least /that's/ not /all/ linty. Besides...Lint makes it taste better. Really.

Sielle isn't refined and doesn't intend to be. Haughty expression still turned on the bronze, she gives it another silent glare, tossing a small piece of meatroll at it, fingernails tearing at another. Maybe that'll get it to leave. "Shardin' creature..." If it /is/ a CM, it's obviously the type that's responsible for every grievance in the girl's life, and therefore worth scowling that. Rawr. It should learn to sweep and go away. It even walks like its limbs are off.

Shifting again, and straighten out her cramped leg, meat is pushed forward a little more, without actually throwing anything. Half-smile gradually increases to a full one, although one eyebrow is curved slightly, curious. Thyme curls her leg under her again, the pain gone. Who ever said a firelizard couldn't be a CM?

Lilinia walks in from the StarCraft Field.

Seilyn stares blankly at Keris for a few moments before turning her attention back to the eggs. The UNHATCHED ones. A little tongue pokes out between her lips at the bronze whom she isn't taking a liking to with his smug and snotty attitude. "I don' like 'im. He's too.. too .. too Master-y. If he becomed mine, he'd pro'lly be mean to my Panny." Devoted? No, just a sweety and a sucker for her brown brown-noser, Panha.

Keris **makes typos. Ignore them.

Mysica pushes her feet out behind her and leans down to rest on her elbows - landing rather heavily, almost as if she had tripped. But that's not possible, right? In any case, she's now on the ground, head propped up on her hands to watch the proceedings between the shifting legs in front of her. The strap of her bag is held idly in one hand, her fingers twirling it around and around. This could take a while...

Jerek shrugs to Mysica, "I'm ok I guess, not in that good a mood, how about you? don't suppose you have any meat with you, do you?"

Kazandar turns around and waves at Lili from his spot by Libby and Etain. He wriggles a little getting comfortable in the sand and waves his little slices of meat around like banners. Wheeee! Geee...Slices of meat really /do/ make perfect banners for a hatching...Only the 'lizzards would eat them...He shrugs and continues his waving. Whoo!

Libby shakes her head at the bronze and takes to shaping her meat into a CraftMaster's knot, like the one Rosuma wheres. She's rather proud of her creation, and she lies with her hand outstretched towards the bronze, admireing it, but semi-offering it at the same time.

Thyme sets the meat in hand onto the pile, wrinkling her nose at the smell left on her hand. Rocking egg catches her attention, although out of the corner of her eye, she still watches the bronze limp through the crowd. Not a perticularly interesting person, she is. Too shy to actually make an attempt at even joining the crowd. Fuscia blush lights up her cheeks briefly as she does this, and she looks slightly embarrased, and a little upset at the same time.

Etain looks at the Hatchling. "Reminds me a bit of Kaz" she mutters to herself. She loots at the meatroll in her hand. If he's not going to eat it she'll at least eat the bready part, leaving the meat in her hand incase one of the hatchlings want it.

Kiyata watches the hatchling, and keeps an eye on the other eggs as well, but hears some comments on Craftmasters. Well, the little bronzeling /could/ be craftmaster....it would make sense.. His sens of priority and pride seemed big enough..She giggles as he looks haughtily around. Yup. Craftmaster-bronzling searching for the right person. Sigh.

Sielle continues her quiet, gloomy glare at it, once more flicking a minute chunk of the snitched meatroll at the bronze, bossy creature. It anything like /that/ were CM, she's sure be driven to a slow insanity. Keeping her back ever straight, her stance is just as proud. She's better than a silly 'lizard, after all. Another bit of meatroll flicked off her carefully-tended nails.

Lucrezia blinks in from ::between::!

Mysica starts to shake her head, then reverses, pulling on the strap in her hand to get the bag nearby. "Actually, I do," she murmurs in a low voice, upending the bag's contents into her hand. About half of the food is passed to Jerek while the rest makes a new toy for Mysi, squishing between her fingers to let juice run across her hands and arms while she makes elaborate faces of disgust at the mess. She /must/ be entertained, after all.

Naomi pulls out the next package as fast as she can. She takes some meatrolls out and tosses them in the direction of the bronze, while being careful not to hit him or startle him. "Hey, sweetie, come here." She thinks of all the firelizards she knows. Sure, she doesn't know too much about them, but she can still try to learn. Breathing deeply she calms her excitement and speaks again to the bronze, not too loud or too soft. "Here you go, I have food for you! Come on cutie, you want it, don't you?" She concentrates on her best memories, hoping that will keep her from letting any nervous thoughts scare the hatchling away. She pulls out another piece of meat and reaches out to the 'lizard. "Here you go. It's yours!"

Seilyn gasps as she spots the newly-shacking egg. "Daddy! Look, another one!" she cries, scrambling back over to a little spot infront of a rock where she can relax and watch the action. Blue-grey eyes shoot around, watching all the different people. How is she going to even get a chance at the eggs. She's just a little girl and everyone else is so big. "I'm a big g'rl," Sei whispers to herself. She's a big, tough, happy girl who will /not/ cry no matter what! Beat that!

Lilinia walks in, and scanning the area she thinks of several words. 'Oh dear Faranth. They're after me again and want another class.' She tries to blend into the crowd, running for the safety of Kaz, Etain and Libby. Smiling she pulls out her meatrolls that are usually pilfered by her own two. "Wheeee!" She looks down at her meatrolls and un-rolls them, seeing if she can make tiny lizard size sandwiches. Oh well, "See? I'm prepared!" Waving the meat in the general direction of the lizards she grins. Of course she's here for the lunacy.

Sakonai drifts in from the StarCraft Field.

[-StarCraft] Libby feels /real/ sorry for Kerry. :)

[-StarCraft] Jerek does too.

[-StarCraft] Keris has fun ;)

[-StarCraft] Carise really does

[-StarCraft] Kiyata yeahs. *^_^*

[-StarCraft] Mysica just grins. 'Slong as it's not me out there...

[-StarCraft] Libby: You actually have to /read/ all that spam!

[-StarCraft] Sakonai luffs Ker but secretly knows he deserves this ;P

[-StarCraft] Keris nodnods ;)

Kazandar grins at Lili. "Yeah...You've got the idea. Waves the meat...Wave it." He continues to waves his wherry banner at the haughty firelizard. Or maybe it's just really, really proud? Whatever. Forever we will old our banner high, high, high, high...

Sakonai glances around, happily eating away at a meatroll from her plate of food. "What's everyone around-" A quick glance given to the eggs. A Hatching? And just around the time Sa eats by the lake. "Oh Faranth .. Not now. How do you imagine me finishing my lunch during a hatching?"

Jerek smiles to Mysica, and beams a smile at her, "Thanks, how are you?"

Seilyn gets a fat stripe of wherry from her little pouch of food , then gets another, waiting for the time when that pretty little Looking For Love Egg might hatch. "Tha's a preety one. I like it." Just as long as it doesn't have a conceited little brat like that bronze..

Libby tilts her head at the 'lizard. Does he actually /want/ her knot meat food? Libby does hand it over, but looks a little sad to see her artwork get eaten. She pats the bronze on the head anyway. Nice 'lizard.

Kiyata watches the hatchling go to libby, and grins at her. "Congrats!" she pauses to say before turning to the other eggs, waiting hopefully. She sits back on the ground, and looks at her piece of speshullll meat, and thinks..oh...is it not speshullll enough? And she pulls out another piece, bigger, juicier, and nummier than before. The amazing /yummy-nummy-sheshulll-delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful/ hunk of meat now dangles in Kiya's hand, looking for a 'lizard to feed, swinging gently.

Sielle finds nothing better in her life than alienating things, even if it's a firelizard. With a slow grin spreading across her naturally-ashan face, she gives Libby as the overegoed bronze gets one last scathing look. "Congrats..." The word sounds more like pity for poor Libby.

Sakonai smiles as she sees the bronze turn to Libby. "That's one match I agree to.

Etain turns to Libby and smiles. "Way to go, Libs."

Naomi smiles at the hatchling. She hands out more food and looks into her sack. The next package is leaking and she tries desperately to clean it up as she continues giving meat out to the hatchling. She rips open the wrapping near the tear and takes out some slices of meat, which she lays out on the ground before her. "You're so big," she notices in awe as she watches the hatchling strut around. She ignores everything but the new 'lizard as she smiles and hands out more food.

Thyme offers a poliet smile towards Libby, glad the bronze found someone good to take care of him. Gaze rests upon the eggs, she watches them rock, wondering which one will hatch next. And what colour it may be. Turn slightly sideways, she stretches her legs out, crossing them at the ankles, and pushing the meat a little forward, hoping to maybe catch another hatchling attention.

[XX] Jorina oohs. What a pretty desc of me! ;)

[XX] Keris grins. Adar's ;)

[XX] Keris: With tweaks by moi :>

[XX] Jorina nods. It's good! Very descriptive of Riina-char, to tell the truth.

Lilinia grins, ajusting her seat, "Awesome Libbs... very spiffy..." She looks as the next one cracks open and ooohs. Pretty green. "Ooooh. She's pretty... very cute..." She waves her meat like Kaz does, feeling a little weird, but hey, who's she to be talking? "Come here you cute lil' 'lizard..."

Seilyn hardly hears anyone in her state of staring wildly at the newly hatched. "Wow .. Daddy, i'sa greeeeeeen," she swoons, wherry held out to the eye-catching dear, "Come 'ere, Heart." she croons in almost a whisper, wherry giggled.

Kiyata looks at the new hatchling, entranced by the colors. "Beeuuutiful hatchling.....beautiful hatchling want beautiful-speshull-amazing-hunk-'o-meat?" she asks, proffering the juicy piece, hopefully. Oooohoooo, she thinks, and involuntarily takes a step foreward in her crouched position.

Mysica shrugs. "Oh, I'm fine, I guess. The Hall just seemed so empty, I came out to see where everyone was, and..." She trails off, waving a hand at the crowd. This many people easily constitutes 'everyone' in her mind... The meat piece in her hand stops squishing juices, so it's dropped into the sand - really closer to mud now - so she can concentrate on the next piece. Ahhh, it's nice to be messy for a change.

Carise hears the happy shouts of Impression and hatching. Sitting up she looks around. She sees Libby with the first bronze firelizard and smiles. "Congrats!" Carise turns her attention towards the newly hatched green 'lizard. As it stumbles around the crowd, with a friendly air about her, Carise decides that is the lizard for her. She extends her open hand filled with meat towards the hatchling. "Come her little lizard, I won't hurt you. I have plenty of food for you."

Sakonai goes home.

Kazandar uses the hand that's not holding the meat flag and rubs Libby's head, mussing her hair. "Ha! Better hope /this/ one doesn't fly off so you have to go hunting for it, eh?" He grins and waves his flag around. Wheee! He blinks and stares at the latest to be hatched. Oh dear...He can't figure it out, but oddly he feels like he's already they green's slave. This is a creepy hatching.

Libby calls to I-am-too-the-CM-named-Bob Eccentric Bronze Kazandar Hatchling, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.

Etain looks at the green, then at whats left in her hand. She takes the other half of the roll that she used earlier and breaks it up. The meat lies in her right hand, slightly curves, but still in plain sight. The new crushed up meatroll lives in her hand, extended for any litttle lizzen who'd want it.

Thyme watches the green, more into Impressing this one, then the bronze. "She's pretty." she mutters softly, the first words she's spoken since she came to the lake. Chunk of meat is picked up from the pile, and offered forward, wiggling the meat, returning once again to silence. Eyes watch curiously, sparkling with her silent laughter. Meat is carefully gripped, to prevent smushing it into in her palm. That might not be too pretty.

Naomi finally turns away from the bronze, accepting defeat. But there are still more, right? She still has a chance! She takes out the meat and decides to begin again. Handing over the dripping pieces she purrs and coos at the little green hatchling, and starts to talk soothingly in it's direction. "Oh, you're beautiful. Would you like this meat? I have plenty more!" She takes another package out of her bag and unwraps it, so she won't have to later. "What else do you want? Would you like more food?" She stares in awe at the green's coloring, not having seen many like that before. She crawls a little closer and continues her cooing.

Riina-the-human lolls in the sun, nearly asleep except that she keeps a bit of a watch on the hatchlings appearing.

Already the cooing about the pretty little green has begun. Sielle just holds her ground, shoulders square as she gives the little hatchling a good look, the absinthe creature at least passing some of her examination. "Not nearly as bad as the last one...," she mumbles slightly, already working away at her meatroll and gently tossing a small piece forward as she watches with the umbra-hued stare. Hands finally going to her hips, she just gives a walled-around, definate pose with a grin on her face. She'll watch it, first.

Seilyn gasps again, "Daddy, she sing'ed!" she whispers, wiggling her long strip of wherry. Curiosly, Panha looks down at his charge and her eye's catcher from a tree limb. As long as that one's not a spot-light snatcher or a wherry hogger, Pa's fine.

Jerek grins at Mysica, and nods to her a little, then looks at the meat in his hand, and he scoops up a bit, and looks at the newly hatched lizard, he smiles, thinking its a pretty color, then looks at Mysica again, "It's pretty don;t you think?" then he changes his mind, and puts the meat from his hand, back into the other group of meat in his hand, and sighs.

[-StarCraft] Kazandar rolls. This is the most amsuing hatching I've ever been too...

Kiyata wiggles the /yummy-nummy-sheshulll-delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful/ piece of wunnerful meat in the air, wafting the fragrance toward the little one. "Beautiful 'lizard want Beautiful Meat?" she croons again to the green, her eyes alight.

[-StarCraft] Etain noddles. I think the fact that they are based on us makes it better

[-StarCraft] Carise has only been to one other one, but this is funnier.

[-StarCraft] Keris takes a bow ;>

Libby sits quite happily with her little bronze, giving him all her attention, partly because if she doesn't, he sqwarks. Getting food from where-ever she can, Libby suddenly finds her supply running a little short. "Better hurry up and get him more meat." She mutters to the Lili, Kaz, Etain collective, and heads back to the hall.

[-StarCraft] Kazandar snugs a Keris.

Libby walks to the StarCraft Field.

[-StarCraft] Etain throws a Rose at Keris. ;)

[-StarCraft] Libby thankies Kerry muchly, and wants to watch the rest, but should go sleep. *snugs all*

Lucrezia suddenly disappears ::between::!

Mysica pauses in her meat-crushing, lowering her hands to stare over them at the new green. "Hmmph," she murmurs, "It's okay, I suppose. Not a bad color, but those claws..." She shakes her head. And we won't even /mention/ the teeth. "What's to stop a thing like that from sinking its teeth into /me/? I'd like to keep the skin on my bones, thank you very much." She gives the green another uncertain look, then goes back to idly mashing the meat. So she's easily amused. Should she care?

[XX] Keris: I hope I can do you some justice :P

[-StarCraft] Kazandar snickers...and thought of Rose from titanic since you capitaized that...

[-StarCraft] Keris likes having girls thrown at him, so nyah ;)

[-StarCraft] Kiyata laughs. You would. :o)

[XX] Jorina giggles and likes her. But make suer she's a bit ditzy, 'kay? But still with all the stuff you've got. That's the way Riina-char is near new people.

Thyme, still seated away from the crowd, is thankful for the small patch of grass in front of her. Just the thought of sandy meatrolls is enough to turn her stomach. All meat piled neatly onto the patch, it stays relativly clean, except for a few loose bits of grass. But a little grass never hurt anyone, right? Thyme sits up a little more, legs still stretches out behind her.

[XX] Keris tries to do what her desc says ;)

Jerek frowns a little bit, then decides to go ahead and gets a bit of meat from his other hand just a little bit, not too much,a nd nods too little, he holds out the meat on his fingertips, an offerng for a hatchling.

Naomi crouches so she can peer into the green's eyes, and takes out another package, which she'd left inside the sack. "Would you like fish, instead?" She wonders. Not really knowing what it is that a hatchling /really/ wants, she decides she'll try anything. She tears the fish into little chunks and arranges them on the wrapper with the other meat. She alternates the pieces and hands them out carefully as close as she can get to the hatchling without scaring it. "Whatever you want, honey." She smiles warmly and leans back on her ankles.

Seilyn searches around in her meat-pouch and finds a nice, thick, juicy piece of wherry to replace the chilled piece she had before. "I wonder.." she hms, eyeing the wherry before putting a finger to it then examining her finger, "Nice an' warm.. Good." Blue-grey eyes return to the beauty of the green, the meat pulled back a bit reluctantly. So many people. Only one darling of a green. Maybe Sei should let her be? The meat is set down on the bag of meat and pushed out 'wards the Rosuma-flitterfli just incase she feels hungry but crowded. Seil's nice and spaced out by a rock and hardly surrounded.

Nice people? Oops. That must exclude Sielle then. The dark haired apprentice just stands her ground, letting her feet take a few slinking steps to the side as she keeps her quiet gaze on it. "Pretty, I'll admit." But not strong. Or scary. A pity, really. But that slight grin slips up on her face once more, another little bit of meatroll now held out on her fingers as she bends slightly. But she won't degrade herself to cooing or any of that. Simple offer, that's all. Open, done, that's all that's needed.

Kazandar blinks at his meat banner. Well..It's certaintly not /sand/ filled..only a few pieces of lint...and that can be cleaned off with ease..Yeah. clean, work, do whatever the green wants....He shakes his head. He's not a slave! Really...Ooo. Well...at least he doesn't have to /steal/ a room anymore...

Kiyata wants to reach out and cuddle the little green, but restrains herself- and instead offers the /yummy-nummy-sheshulll-delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful/ chunk of meat, as usual. She giggles, and looks at the green with her brows drawn together and a luvvin expression on her face....

Naomi gets on her belly to half-crawl and half-roll over a little further. She takes her meat with her, not wanting to lose the green's interest should she catch it. She feels excitement growing within her again. Maybe this one? Maybe not. But she would try, if it would bring the hatchling to /her/. Not wanting to startle it but also wanting to stand out from the croud, she calls out in her normal voice, rather than the cooing one, "I know you're special, honey. I will feed you and give you what you want." She smiles softly, and begins thinking about the last hatching she attended, while still facing the hatchling and focusing all her attention to it.

Fingers lightly brushing more curls from her face, Thyme uncrosses her legs, and sits fully upright. The curls that were brushed from her face beofre simply fall back into her eyes, and she gives a frustrated sigh, having forgotten a ribbon back on her cot to tie her hair back with. Meat is absently toyed with, but she still makes no move to join the crowd, or anything like that.

Carise is glad that she picked a spot away from the crowd, all those people around just scares her. She slowly reaches the meat in her open hand closer to the hatching. "Come her lil one, I'll be your friend. You can trust me, I won't hurt you."

Seilyn hugs her bent knees, smiling and feeling fairly proud that she's left the poor doll alone. Who wants food shoved in their face from total strangers? Not Seil.. unless its Blueberry Juice but thats different. In seeing the Vibrant Riina-green amidst the crowd, Sei begins to hum quietly to herself. HUmming's always good for the mind and nerves-for the little child anyway. rocking herself back and forth, Seilyn carries her tune on. Hum Hum. Smile. Smile. Her thoughts drift to the vibrant lady being offered gifts from all sorts.

Jerek smiles a little bit, not sure if what he's doing is right or wrong, he just looks at the little hatchling, still offering the food on his fingertips, but not really doing anything else to actively try to attract the lizards attention.

Lilinia watching the green she feels like... well... like she does when she has to talk to Cipri. Except that now Cipri's ten times shorter, and green. It's that 'Please let him say yes!' feeling and it scaring her to death. She still smiles sweetly, and waves her meat around like a party favor, "Come on... you /know/ you want the meat..." In other words, it's getting Lili's hands all gross, and she's getting all dirty...

Kiyata leans foreward to the hatchling, who /still/ hasn't seen her, and holds out the piece of /yummy-nummy-sheshulll-delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful-nowclean-nice-and Sanitary piece of meat, and props her elbow up on her knee. "Cutie-patootie want a /yummy-nummy-sheshulll-delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful-nowclean-nice-and Sanitary piece of meat? Wouldn't you? Huh?" she says, practically /oozing/ her feelings.

Etain wiggles her finges a little, streaching them the best she can. A look goes at the food in her hand then she picks up a piece for herself. Her hand goes back out so it is reachable. A quick goes around, eyes catching on her friends. Another glance goes to her hand again and she takes another piece of the meat, the rest left.

Sielle is just as quick to blend in with the shadows, her short form having difficulty with the number of Those Taller People in the crowd. But she'll pretend she's not lesser in stature, remaining still as she scoots forward with that meet. Men, ick. People, ick. The apprentice is just out to offer a little meat, see if the female likes her or not. That's all, and anyone else gets a glare.

Mysica hides a snicker at the little thief, flitting around and taking people's hard-earned food - nevermind that they're giving it up willingly. Luckily, she's near the back and the green hasn't gotten to her. Well, not yet, anyway... Another trickle of juice runs down her arm, tickling all the way until it pools at her elbow. Grimacing down at it, she reaches over to scratch the trail, smearing the juice furthur in the process. "Ugh," she mutters, staring down at herself. "I'll definately have to take a shower after this. It's even worse than the /last/ Hatching I went to watch." Luckily, her hair's plaited back for this one, out of reach of the juice, so she's unlikely to have the same messy problem as last time.

Kazandar's wherry slice still wave in the air above his head as he grins at the careful little green. Herpm. He picks up another slice from his sandwhich and holds it out for the taste-test the 'lizzard seems to be giving everyone, but that doesn't meant 'The Great Hatching Flag' will stop waving! No sir! He snickers...and oddly wonders if he'll have to wake this green up when he needs her...

Jerek decides to stop offerng the meat, and puts it back into the other pile in his hand, and then smiles at Mysica, he just shrugs a little, and offers her pile of meat back to her.

Kiyata smiles comfortingly at the little 'un and wiggles the "speshulll" piece of meat for it, holding out both arms now, sensing that it needs love-happiness-and all that stuff from it's speshullll-someone. "Speshulll-loverly entrancing 'lizard want a piece of speshulll-lovely entrancing nummy meat" she queries of the whirling eyes.

Mysica probably wouldn't take very good care of a hatching. The things might be cute, but she plans to stay as far away as she can, Impressed or not. Though she's heard they make good messengers... Casting Jerek an odd look out of the corner of her eye, the girl reaches for the meat, asking, "What? You don't want it anymore?" Really! She goes to all this trouble, digging out the meat...

"And a speshull loverly entrancing person, perhaps?" she tacks on, whispering and blinking at her.

Kiyata ^Kiyata

Seilyn sighs lightly before continuing her humming. What a poor green. Seil'd never want to be so alone out in the middle of a bunch of huge, giants waving food in her face. "Daddy, she's all alone.. I wish she could find someone that would love her up.." she whispers, feeling sad and suddenly alone with her Panha-Baby in the tree tops. Where's a hug? Where's a cuddle? Where's that little body that keeps her unafraid at night?

Naomi stops her feeding momentarily to move her position. Not so close to the crowd anymore, but still near to the hatchling, she smiles warmly and whistles in an attempt to get some attention. She giggles and watches the hatchling until she thinks she sees a shiver, or perhaps fear, from the hatchling. Poor thing. Nao reaches out her hand with more meat, while silently thinking comforting thoughts, which might help the green to not be so scared. "It's ok, honey, I'll take care of you. Don't worry about everyone else hear, I can love you like a baby!" She pushes the open package in front of her, the meat chunks still positioned on it carefully. If the green wants the food, she can take it without anyone throwing at her.

Big and scary Kaz drops his arm as it begins to get tired and takes a deep breath. It's not all that easy trying to wave a piece of meat to greet new hatlings for a long time...Not as easy at it looks anyway. He recovers, but gives his arm a rest. He grins a very scary grin and cocks his head to the side. Who'll it be? This little one's obviously a thinking and won't put up for just anyone.

Sielle's sharp hazel stare is more something that indicates she's as likely to do well with something that can take care of itself. But the young woman still slips forward, neutral gaze sliding into a tentative smile for a moment. "Odd one, you are." It probably likes the sun, doesn't it? Eeph. Little and scary Sielle remains still.

Seilyn looks down at the Vivid Vibrant little body, "H- .. Hi .." she softly says, slowly reaching out to take the piece of wherry sitting on the meat pouch, "Hungry?" she asks, breaking a piece off for the lady. Could the green let Seil touch her? Does the vibrant doll want to be her little friend? "I'm Seilyn ..but everyone calls me Seily.." she says, softly and with a smile.

Carise realizes that Seilyn had the green coming for her the whole time. She shrugs her shoulders and waits to see what will come out of the last two eggs. Looking at Seilyn she smile. "Congrats!"

Last three eggs :>

Riina-the-human must be quite like Riina-the-hatchling, neh? Both love little Seily...

Etain smiles at Seily. "Go Seily!" She calls out her good joy to her small friend. Three more eggs to go, wow.

Mysica shrugs slightly and nods, accepting the meat. "Okay. I think I'll sit this one out and see what happens to the last two. Talk to ya later!" None would dare come for her, after all, so she's safe just sitting here watching. She does lift an arm to wave goodbye, though, letting more juice drip down her arm to even touch the sleeve. "Ugh," she mutters again, staring at her hands and cancelling her brush at it at the last minute.

Naomi smiles at the child who caught the attention of the green. She seems the perfect friend for that hatchling. Nao gives a little wink to the girl. Sigh. Will any of these little 'lizards care about /her/? Noticing the next egg beginning to hatch, she switches her focus. As it cracks, she takes in a deep breath. This one? She lets out her breath and watches. The hatchling is just as beautiful as the others. She still doesn't know about 'lizards, but she might be getting it! She hums softly while pushing her "plate" of meat closer to the hatchling. "Hello, little guy. Would you like some food?" She laughs and crawls on her belly, holding her head up with her hands.

Jerek stands and waves to Mysica, and then to Etain, and Naomia s well, as he wanders off.

Jerek walks to the StarCraft Field.

Seilyn seems shocked at first but giggles, letting the piece of wherry slip to the sweetpea going after it, "Daddy?" she says to no one in particular, "Daddy, she likes me.. She can be mine.." Careful hands scoop up Sei's newest friend and the meat pouch, letting Riina's flying twin eat away. A little wave is sent to the people. There's no doubt in Sei's mind, this is the place for her.

Seilyn calls to Vivid Vibrant Green Riina Hatchling, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.

Lilinia grins, glad Seilyn Impressed, "Yay Seily! You Impressed!" She smiles, knowing that Seilyn would be a very good owner... err... 'pet for the little green, "Whatcha gonna call her?" She continues to grin as the newest egg breaks and the blue comes out, "Ooooh. That ones /very/ cute... Pretty rather..." Lili smirks, looking over the newest hatched, he's a cute one. Very cute...

Kiyata renews her effort with the /delicious-extraordinary-incredible-awesome-beautiful-speshull-nummy-yummy-no wclean-perfect for anyone-absolutely fabulous-amazing/ piece of juicy meat, sitting just outside the crowd of people, towards the right-back. This one's cute too. All of them have been. This one especially. So, she decides to wait until the little 'un starts to move towards her before wavleing the piece o meat, cause her arm's tired. Okay. Now. Move?

Seilyn wanders, blankie dragging behind her, to the StarCraft Field.

Etain looks curiously at the new blue as he hatches, more excitement. "Hello" she calls out softly to the new flit as he hatches. Curious eyes look over him. Hands twitch a little, slightly bored by just waiting.

Kamikaze suddenly disappears ::between::!

Kazandar grins at Seilyn. After all...it was her who brought him down here. He snickers. "Whoo Seilyn." He glances at the eggs again just in time to see the next one hatch. A blue this time! He raises hid other arm and waves the wherry flag to welcome it into the world. Slowly he wrinkles his brow. At least he /thinks/ it's a blue...Yeah..yeah..blue. Um. Sure.

Carise looks around to find the new hatchling. Seeing the amazingly colored blue hatchling, she smile and decides that this one is special and deserves new meat, not the old stuff that has been sitting out for a while now. Shrugging off her pack, Carise reaches in a takes out a few more meatrolls. Tearing them up into little pieces, she rolls over onto her belly, glancing around to see what others are doing now. She puts a few pieces of meat out infront of her, making sure that they don't get dirty. Taking the rest in her hand she waits, confused look on her face as she isn't exactly sure what she's doing wrong.

Mysica gazes after Jerek a minute, then glances around for someone else to talk to. It's no fun to be alone, after all... Finally scooting back near Sielle, she grins and offers a "Hello." Might as well talk to 'the mean one'. At least she might have the same views about the mess of a Hatching. Giving her arms another glance, Mysi settles into her former position, squishing at more meat while she watches the position. "So, how've you been?" she asks Sielle, flashing another bright grin. Conversation is good...

Kiyata smiles, blinking and waves her meat half-heartedly at the blue...no green....no, blue...no, green-blue hatchling and wunners if it'd like the "extra-speshulllll" meat? It's not close enough yet for her to /really/ try. Better save her energy until it's worth it.

Lilinia waves her meat around, and wondering why she finds this one rather attractive. He strikes her as one of those types she could get into a dress and paint his nails, well, if he was a human for that matter... nevermind. "Come here sweety... I have meat... and umm... meat. Yeah... it's all yummy too..." She smiles, luck is never on her side... But you have to admit. For all the green-like qualities... he's definitely a cute one.

Kazandar has food, and to show just that he proudly displays it by waving it in the air and that's not all...There's more where that pice came from...actually it's on Kaz's lap right now, but waving it in the air is /so/ much more fun! He grins and the greenish-blue thing and ponders if it likes sleeping under cots...

Thyme sweeps, curls bouncing, in from the StarCraft Field.

Naomi laughs and holds out some meat. This one doesn't seem so scared. Still thinking those happy thoughts she throws a piece in front of her, not even noticing that it lands a foot or two in front of her. She stares at the blue-green... Guess you'd call it turquoise? She narrows her eyes and peers at his back, wings, tail and head, and studies his muscles. "You're a strong one, aren't you? Strong 'lizards like you need food." She tosses him a piece of her meat. "Eat it, it's good!"

Thyme has received your emote.

Naomi hands out more of her rapidly diminishing meat supply. "I have food for you, lots

Running down the path, Thyme trips over a rock, panting heavily. She goes sprawling, nearly into the water. Meat is dropped, and spread across the ground before her, and she blushes thickly, sitting up, clutching at an ankle. "Ouch." she mutters softly, making an attempt at gathering her meat back up.

Etain flexes her finges some more, her other hand reaching under the splint and scraching her arm. Her hand goes out again, still full of the meat, well, not entirely full hand.

Kiyata smiles, looking closely at the gender-confused 'lil guy. Definetly her type. "Want some food?" she calls, swaying it in the air, nudging closer with a twinkle in her eye. Nevermind the come-to-me-and-I'll-feed-you take on the stuff, she's going for it. She looks toward it with an-I'm-going-to-get-you attitude, swinging the nummy-stuffs at it.

Lilinia picks up several more pieces of meat and continues to wave them in the air, watching the blue. She already has two blues, and I bet this one'd fit in perfectly... although Cheese and Blueup are well... weird. But masculine! "Comeon... I have plenty of where this came from.. and I have two blues just sitting and /waiting/ to meet you..." She rolls her eyes and can't believe she's saying this...

Mysica glances to the blue, then to Sie, then back to the blue in a double-take. In between spurts of giggling and pointing, she gasps out "He's got hips like a girl!" She slaps at her own rear, then twists around suddenly, peering at the juicy handprint she leaves with disgust. "Great! Now I have a handprint on my trousers that smells like meat!" Just wait til a 'lizard discovers /that/... Turning back toward the Hatching, Mysi sets her meat down carefully, stacking it to be as dirt-free as possible - not that a little dirt could hurt her /now/ - and starts brushing at her fingers, hopelessly trying to clean them off.

Naomi hands out more of her rapidly diminishing meat supply. "I have food for you, lots! It's all right here." She motions to the pieces set up on the wrapping in front of her. Frowning, she tries to think about what she could /possibly/ do to stand out to the 'lizards. So far, she has only done what everyone else is doing as well. Picking up her sack she bounces over to where she left her sack, and then struts back as she saw the 'lizard do. Hey, this is kinda fun...

Kazandar snickers. He's got a blur and a green, but how can one really compeat with /two/ blues. Yup..Lili does seem to atract blues. He puffs out his chest a little and flick the meat to and fro in the air, directing attention around him. Well..There's a lot of people over here, but then again there's lots of peopl everywhere. Oh dear.

[-StarCraft] Keris heees at Kaz. "You got a blur? :P"

[-StarCraft] Kazandar does! Although it's very hard to see..;)

Kiyata watches the blue-green strut, and decides it looks a bit like hers when she walks, ironically. Ah well....that'd be good if he liked her best... She swings the extra-speshulll meat infront as close as she can get to the 'lizard. Sexy-lizard. Uh-huh. "Want some meat?" she says, grinning and holding the specimen out for examination.

Lilinia watches the lizard and smiles, trying not to seem scary. She's not... she's just tall. "I won't hurt you... promise... and my blues'll love you a ton..." She nods. Well, maybe. Who knows with her two. She waves the meat somemore and looks at Kaz, raising an eyebrow, "Does he strike you as more of a green than a blue? Or vice-versa?"

Mysica winces, nearly clapping her hands to her ears before she thinks better of it. "Sheesh! If he's a guy, his voice certainly hasn't changed yet!" Wait a minute... /If/ he's a guy? All blues are male - aren't they? Anyway, she eyes the hatchling with a different look now, something distantly akin to respect. Or maybe just horror, it's hard to tell with Mysi...

Still clutching her ankle, Thyme sits up, pulling it close to her. A small bruise is visible, and she rubs it gently, wincing as her fingers pass across it. She crosses her legs beneath her, gathering up the meat she can reach from her perch. And she is obviously not going to be moving anywhere too soon.

Etain moves her hand a little more, must move it soon. "All blues are male Mysic." She nods in agreement to herself, as she always does. Another piece of meat is picked up for the gilr as she begins to chew it thoughtfully.

Carise watches the little hatchling strut around. She laughs as it squeaks and flinches from the sudden movement. Being carefull not to scare it, she pulls out another meatroll and starts munching on it. This is taking a long time and she's hungry.

Kazandar is scary. Boo. Yeah like anyone takes him seriously. He's not likely to hurt anyone..at least not intentionly. He snickers. Blues. He holds up a slice of meat and waves it tauntingly. Muah. He shrugs at Lili with a grin. "/That/ one's a green stuck in a blue's body." He nods and eyes the firelizard some more.

Mysica glances sidelong at Etain, tossing her a nod. "Oh, I know. That just came out kind of funny." She grins, a slight blush showing, but not really enough to worry about. "It's shriek sure sounds like a girl's, though, doesn't it? I hope they don't /all/ scream like that!"

Lilinia laughs as she feeds the blue the rest of her meat, making sure he doesn't choke or anything... "Eek... calm..." She wrinkles her nose and smiles. It would rot, but you never know... she might be able to work something out with dead wherries beneath her bed...

Kiyata sighs, shaking her head. She should have /known/ Lili would get it. "Congrats!" she yells and looks expectantly toward the last two eggles. Hopefully? Sadly? Resignedly? Ah well. No blue-green for Kiya. Maybe another one though?

[-StarCraft] Kiyata dies. Fuuuunnnnnyyyy

[-StarCraft] Keris snickers :>

[-StarCraft] Cipri meepses and hides! I'm not a flit! I'm nota flit!

[-StarCraft] Keris cackles!

[-StarCraft] Mysica grins. There's Cipri for ya - /do/ you sleep, Cipri, dear? ;P

Lilinia looks at the little blue and swoons. What a cutie... she feeds him some more of her meatrolls and picks him up carefully, making sure not to hurt him. "Awww... you're such a cutie!" She smiles sweetly and cuddles /him/ not /her/...

[-StarCraft] Lilinia chuckles and snugs a Cip!

[-StarCraft] Cipri: Ehm. no.

Etain passes Lili a smile and a thrumbs up sign with her good hand. She can't help but snicker at herself. Attention is then turned to the newest hatchling. Now he;s a handsome one. She streaches out her fingers again then resumes the offering of meat to the hatchling. "Hello, little one." She can't help but grin looking at him. "Doesn't he remind you of someone?" she asks to no one in particular.

Thyme offers a smile for Lilinia, although she is a little sad that she herself didn't impress. But hey, after stunt like that, (her, *cough* dramatic entrance) who would come to her? Bronze is offered a sweet smile, and she pulls her legs in tighter, wiggling the meat towards the 'lizard.

Kiyata blinks, once or twice, trying to see if she's seeing correctly. How...interesting. "Food?" she almost-chirps. "Good food?" she says, sitting down nearby. Handsome guy. Interesting....Intellectual looking....

Kazandar eeks as the blue/green suddenly goes crazy next to him, attcking meat with savagry. Sheeesh. He moves bakc a tiny bit and grins at Lili. "Congrats..you've just impressed another blue...monster." He snickers and raises his hand giving the newest firelizard the customary(at least it is now) meat flag wave! He titls his head and eyes the bronze. Is it sick?

[-StarCraft] Keris is not a monster :(

[-StarCraft] Cipri: You are

Carise frowns for a second as the gre...uh, blue hatching is impressed. Suddenly she starts to smile as she sees the new hatchling. Under her breathe she wishes. "I hope I can impress one, and this one looks so smart." She sits up even straighter as the hatchling emerges. She cautiously reaches out a hand and meat toward the bronze, trying to coax it to her.

[-StarCraft] Keris: Shut up, or I'll have the Cipri-hatchling go wild :P

Lyana strolls in from the StarCraft Field.

[-StarCraft] Kazandar pokes both Cip and Keris. you /both/ are.

[-StarCraft] Mysica oohs. Don't shut up, then... ;P

[-StarCraft] Carise doesn't want to be there if that happens.

[-StarCraft] Cipri: And I don't have a hunch!

[-StarCraft] Keris: Yet.

[-StarCraft] Cipri grrrrs.

[-StarCraft] Keris has fun with this one. Hee!

[-StarCraft] Etain finds this priceless

[-StarCraft] Kiyata dies and does too.

Lilinia continues to coddle her newest monster and sits there with the whole maternal love flowing. Sheesh. Glancing up to see the next one, she nearly screams, except for the fact that she wouldn't want to disturb her's. "It's... it's... agh!" She ducks her head. That one's scary! And it's so like... like... Lili just ducks. Save her!

Thyme snugs Keris! Keris sighs delightedly and snuggles closer to you. Keep the snugs coming, Thyme!

Naomi winks and Lili and sighs. Of course Lili gets it. "Congratulations, Lil." She turns back to the bronze and feeds it some of her meat, while taking out some food for herself. "Would you like some food, little guy? It's really..." She sniffs. "Good!" she finishes approvingly. Still watching the bronze but keeping down on the ground she continues speaking in a nice voice. "I have food, and I'll take care of you."

Lyana walks out to the lake, an oversized towel drapped over her shoulder, a bag of something-or-other in her hand. Suddenly, she's bombarded with the sight of people blocking /her/ way. "What on Pern...??" she begins, scowling for a way to the lake. She (politely, of course) pushes some appies out of the way to see what the crowd is about. Finally, to the source of her interrupted fun, Ly's eyes bug out. Firelizards blocking her fun. Geeze!

Adar walks in from the StarCraft Field.

Adar has received your emote.

Etain pops another small chunk of meat into her mouth. Her eyes on the bronze. "Quite a handsome one." She somments to no one in particular. Her head turns as Ly and Adar enter and she gives them a greeting nod.

Keris groans slightly from his secluded spt of grass. "Not only does she produce eggs, the hatchling are ugly too!"

Kiyata sighs, and smiles a little half-smile thing, and holds out her piece 'o meat gingerly toward the bronzling-who-looks-familiar. Handsome, Intellectual....((computergeeky)) and interesting..... Why can't the lizard be /human/? she thinks.

Lilinia calls to Gender-Confused Maybe-Green Keris Blue Hatchling, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.

[-StarCraft] Cipri: Why does everyone think I' ugly!

[-StarCraft] Keris snickers. "Feel hurt? :P"

Kazandar wrinkles his nose. Yeah..that firelizard's sick. Definatly. He turns to look at Lili's dazed expresion. What? What? Is he missing something? He turns back to face the bronze. Living? He was living last time he checked...He certaintly /hopes/ they're all living. He blinks at Etain. "Handsome? It looks sick."

[-StarCraft] Cipri: yes!

[-StarCraft] Cipri laughs so hard it hurts!

[-StarCraft] Kazandar didn't say /ugly/...exactly...

[-StarCraft] Etain isn't breathing she's been laughing so hard.

[-StarCraft] Lilinia knows what Cip looks like. Awww... Cipri. We love you. We're just having a lot of fun...

Mysica squeezes another sliver of meat dry and flicks it away, turning her attention to yet another. Gee, she seems to go through meat at these things even /without/ Impressing. The girl sighs, gazing around at the crowd again, rather lonely. She needs /conversation/... "Why do these things take so long, anyway?" she mutters under her breath, gazing at the still-unhatched egg with a sigh. You'd think they'd have the decency to all Hatch at once and get it over with...

Adar jogs in from the field, out of breath, anxiety written all over her face. "Did I miss it? Is it over?" She skids to a stop in relief as she notices the hatchlings still on the ground. Phew.

Kiyata scooches foreward, gingerly proffering the nummy meat to the little bronzeling, happy to hand-feed it. "Wnat food?" she chirrips?

Carise starts slithering on her belly towards the hatchling, always keeping the food out infront of her. "Here lil one, your are really a cute one you know?"

Irritation glitters plainly on Sielle's face, the apprentice's slinking about the edges of the crowd remaining. She's more impressed by /this/ one than that blue that was earlier.... /This/ one at least seems more together than that. But her appreciation is still from afar. "Think I'll stick back here...," she once more mumbles. Dark eyes twitching about, hiding seems a good option right about now. She can go hide in her room for months on end.

Hazel eyes look at the bronze Intellectual and Handsome, and Interesting lil guy, and wonder what it's thinking about her. "Food?" Kiya chirrips again.

Carise continues to talk to the wandering hatchling. "Come her little guy, and I'll love you and feed you and never let anything hurt you. /Ever/."

*** One pose per hatchling-pose, please! ***

[-StarCraft] Cipri: Atleast I'm bronze, unlike Keris, who was a damn blue... I think

[-StarCraft] Keris isn't too sure about that.

Etain takes another bite of her meat. She suddenly realizes how she is eating it all. Her shakes her head at herself as her hand goes out further away from herself. "Adar, two left still." She turns and smiles at Adar who descided to come it seems. Her hand twitches a little.

[-StarCraft] Keris: at least I'm speshul and pretty!

[-StarCraft] Lilinia pokes Cipri. I like my blue thank you very much...

[-StarCraft] Keris: Yeah, Lili loves me, not you! So nyah.

Mysica sighs, resting her chin on her palms again and then jerking it back up with a sigh. She forgot about the mess she's making and now her chin is stained as well. Wiping it off as best she can, Mysi rolls her eyes and gives the bronze a sidelong gaze. "You critters get me into the biggest /messes/," she mutters, more to herself than to anyone else.

Kazandar wrinkles his nose and gets this indescrible urge to poke the bronze. What is it's /problem/. Never going out to see the sun, Shards, the thinks nearly invisable. Firelizards are /supposed/ to /like/ the sun! And just /look/ at the back! All crooked and yeck...This one needs helps. Seriously. He waves the meat limply. Egh.

Lyana scans the shells to see what hatched it's gooie firelizard rear out this time. The bronze is finally sighted, and Ly starts to gape. He's so... so... cuuute (in that adorable geeky sorta way). Towel slips from shoulder to land on the ground, just as the journeywoman does the same. The something-or-other that was once in her hand is now in her lap, being opened to reveal... lunch! Why on earth that hatchling would leave the confines of his shell, even for food, is a mystery to her, but none the less, she offers her lunch. She wasn't going to do anything, was she? Nope, she's going to sit right her and oogle.

Lilinia watches the bronze, interested in who he's going to choose. "Well... I guess he's cute. Sorta. In that weird way? And he looks like he has to be fun... I guess... maybe?" She smiles and watches Ly. Lili will never guess why Ly likes that one... but who knows?

Naomi waves a few juicy pieces of meat, hoping to catch the bronze's attention. "Want some food?" She pushes her meat out in front of her and sits up, crossing her legs in front of her. She leans in to tie her bootlaces, which came undone sometime before. She pulls herself back up and begins to stretch, hearing her back crack. She turns back to the bronze. "Hey come on, little guy. Take some meat." Watching the little 'lizard, she throws a piece of meat to his feet. Maybe /then/ he'll take it.

Etain looks at Lili. "I thinl he's handsome, but then I'm me." She grins as her hand gets streached out a little more. Her fingers twitching again

Kiyata sighs, happily gazing into the little guy's eyes. Yes,s he decides firmly. He is /definetly/ Intellectual, Handsome, and Interesting. Therefore, she decides to dangle the piece of her meat right in front of his mouth, to see if he should decide to eat the tasty morsel. She doesn't have any other 'lizards that would pester him, and she could love him all herself. Perfect for Kiya. "C'mere handsome" she croons.

Etain looks at Lili. "I thinl he's handsome, but then I'm me." She grins as her hand gets streached out a little more. Her fingers twitching again, getting restless just like the rest of her. Will this be over soon? She blinks a few times to herself then looks curiously at the flit. (Repose)

Mysica finishes another piece of meat and flicks it away from her with a forefinger, surveying the growing puddle beneath her with a grimace. She can be /so/ messy. After a moment, the girl decides to find a new target patch of sand and slides away on her belly, entering another clear spot farther forward and flicking away the little piece of wherry littering it. There, now she can go back to juicing the meat. Bad as a kidlet, she is...

Carise continues to belly crawl toward the lizard, holding the meat right infront of him. "Here you go little one, please come to me? I would love you all the time, especially since you'd be the only one."

Adar raises a brow at the bronze, considering with a rather critical eye as Lili's comment sinks in. "Hm. Cute?" She's not sure. Definitely... different, though. And he's got a crafty sort of air about him. "He's - unusual." Her face lightens as, the frown fading as she decides on exactly the right word, but it returns in full force as the meat she's holding begins dripping juices down her arm. "Oh, ick..."

Kazandar blehs. "/I/ don't think he's cute. I think he's...crooked and sick loooking." He wrinkles his nose and doesn't understand how anyone thinks it's cute. Maybe they just have more imagination than him. Ha! A smart 'lizzard doesn't do any good if it's too lazy to /do/ anything. He shakes his head at everyone. He just doesn't get it.

Despite the fact that Lyana is oogling over this hermit of a 'lizard, one thing she knows for sure is she's just as lazy as him (though, she'll never admit it). Why go to the lizard, when you can coax and 'train' him to go to you? Nope, if he wants, he has to come and get it. She'll provide the food, but as her current harem already knows, Queen Ly calls the shots... sometimes. Just to bug, she rips the meat in half and eat a piece from it.

Lilinia shrugs, "Well... I dunno... ummm..." She notices her own is creeling and she doesn't have a name for him yet. "Oh dear... But the bronze /is/ a cutie... maybe not as cute as my blue, but he is cute..." She smiles. Got to find cuteness in everyone, right?

[-StarCraft Staff] Keris cackles.

[-StarCraft] Adar kills herself laughing. :D

[-StarCraft] Keris: Easy, Adar :P

[-StarCraft] Lilinia falls over and dies! OY!

[-StarCraft] Etain can barely breath she is laughing so hard.

[-StarCraft] Keris: Hey, don't die! Sheesh, Cipri, I'll have you arrested for homicide :P

[-StarCraft] Adar acks at Mysi. Yipes...

[-StarCraft] Cipri whines and wansa hide in his shell Erhh, room!

Naomi laughs as the bronze retreats, and thinks about doing that herself. "It's ok, cutie, you can come out!" She hops up and walks closer, tossing some meat to the eggshell and hatchling as she crouches over to see him. She begins her happy-thinking again. Who knows? It could work... She puts another piece right at the bronze's feet, as if pleading with him to eat.

Kiyata watches the little guy walk back to his shell, and finds herself glaring at the people who would make him do that. "C'mere Intellegent" she says, coming over to it again and dangling the meat in front of him, taking care to make it a good piece for the extra-special Handsome-Intellegent-Interesting bronze Hatchling. If only! But yes, she'd cuddle, coddle, and love 'em if he wanted her! she thinks, all the while looking guilelessly at the little guy, hoping.

Mysica lets out a snicker at the hatchling's antics. "What's he doing?" she demands of the air around her. "Trying to get back into that shell when all these clowns," she gestures at the crowd in general with another amused shake of her head. "When all these clowns are desperate for it to eat /them/." You won't get /her/ trying to entice a critter, no sir. They can just stay away from this Crafter. 'Specially when she's soaked in meat juice...

Lyana stifles a giggle at the bronze. Surely, /that/ was expected. She wiggles the other piece of meat all seducing-like. Not trained? Ha! You'd be surprised what she can make happen with some thought. No, she isn't moving to him to give him the meat. Isn't it enough that she went to so much work just to sit down and open this pack of food? Oh, the agony...

Etain can't help but snicker. "I don't think he likes you Kaz." She states the blatently (sp) obvious. She looks at the lizzen trying to get back into his shell and tries not to laugh again, he is handsome. Hand gets adjusted again. She takes another piece of the meat and begins to chew on it thoughtfully, watching the hatchling.

Adar chuckles as the bronze makes a beeline for his pile of shards. "Poor guy. There isn't any food there, though... you'll just have to come back out here." Logic will work, perhaps... flattery hasn't seemed to do much. But he is sort of cute. She wipes meat juice off her hands on the grass, and laughs at Etain's words. "Yeah, he sort of made it obvious, didn't he?"

Kazandar wrinkles his nose at the disgusting hatchling and hisses right back. He knows plenty of cute 'lizzards, but /that's/ not one of them. Bah. Look at it! It want's to eat a /plant/. Someone should just put the poor confused thing out of it's misery. Not likeing the sun, eating flowers, being lazy. Ha! It's so confused it thinks it's /intelligent/. Smart firelizards /don't/ eat tulips! Pah..it's more confused than Lili's blue.

From Lili's seat, her blue gives a little chirp at Kaz. He's not confused, but, um... well, /different/. Right? He's special. And just because he's cute doesn't mean you have to hate him. He's adorable. And sexy also. So ha.

Kiyata sighs, watching the lil guy walk straight past her. Okaaay. She sits down dejectedly, wishing she fit in /somewhere/. No clique for her in StarCraft, no little lizard for her in life. Sigh. She's a /reject/.

Both Adar's eyebrows go up as the bronze totters towards her, and she holds out the now-sticky meat bitlets to the 'lizard. "See? Much better than tulips."

Adar calls to Constantly Coding Cipri Bronze Hatchling, who flies over and lands on her shoulder.

Mysica sighs in relief as yet another hatchling finds a match. Rolling over onto her back - after checking the ground for meat stains, of course - she peers upwards at the final egg. One more to go...

[-StarCraft] Sielle ponders. What's scarier, Cip-hatchling or Keris-hatchling?

[-StarCraft] Keris: Cipri-hatchling.

[-StarCraft] Lis: Cip-hatching. Definately.

[-StarCraft] Carise won't comment on that.

[-StarCraft] Keris beams at Lis :>

[-StarCraft] Jerek: both of them hatching at the same time?

[-StarCraft] Mysica grins. Wannabe? Cute... **And no comment, Sie...**

[-StarCraft] Jerek hehs.

[-StarCraft] Keris: Or Cipri-hatchling trying to fly Keris-hatching when it goes proddy? :>

[-StarCraft] Adar acks!

Etain smiles at Adar as she impresses. "Congrats!" She calls out, re-adjusting her hand. Another piece of meat goes into her mouth as she chews it thoughtfully. A smile appeares on her face as she brown hatches. "Also a handsome one." Her comments are directed twards herself more then others.

[-StarCraft] Lis shudders. That wins.

[-StarCraft] Mysica coughs. Ugh...

[-StarCraft] Sielle chokes! God, horrid...

[-StarCraft] Lilinia ummms. Impressing them both would be very scary... "Ewww..." *hides her blue from the evilness*

Naomi sighs and sits back, laying on the ground. As the next egg begins to hatch, she sits up. Maybe? Trying not to get her hopes up she takes out the last of her meat pieces and gets ready. Maybe? She watches the new hatchling. Beaming, she stands back and throws some meat. Love me?

Kiyata looks at the new hatching, seeing herself in it's eyes. "Hello me..." she mutters, tossing a bit of meat at it. The average lizard who doesn't fit in, and doesn't seem to be very... speshull. "Want some food?" she asks, and proffers her used-to-be-speshulll food to the little-un. "I'm not speshull either.

Lilinia she grins towards Adar and smiles, "Awesome..." Continuing to feed in a never ending process she sighs. The motherly parts fun, and is cute, but afterwards, the feeding gets tedious.

Kazandar eyes as the pathetic firelizard waddles off towards Adar. Gah..now he's torn between congradulating Adar and pittying her. Ah well. /She/ likes it at least. "Yeah..congrats Adar." He sighs and blinks as the brown, jaw going slack in the process. It's /amazing/ how a mood can change so instantly and Kaz is feelign that now. Grinning brighter than before he trusts up the meat banner and waves it around, like a beacon in the masses.

Carise stops her belly crawling as the bronze is Impressed. She decides that this is definately the lizard for her. He seems to blend in and not be different in any way, but is still so cute and handsome. She reaches for some meat and stretches her hand out, trying to find a friend in the midest of this horror.

[-StarCraft] Kazandar belatedly answers..Cip-Hatchling.

Blank, nodescript... Both of those describe Sielle's expression, scathing stare disappearing into a solemn, murky gaze. "Another one?" Obviously. This one's still under her sharp, testing examination, but the young woman saunters forward. She'll welcome this one, at least. /It/ doesn't seem like a freak. Standing slightly to the side of the crowd, she flicks a piece of the well-picked-at meatroll in the brown's direction. "Hey." Her usual greeting, but her gaze narrows slightly as the smile quirks her roseate lips. Another one out of the crowd. Not bad. Though it's eagerness puts her off a little.

[-StarCraft] Keris feels loved. Kinda :P

[-StarCraft] Sielle loves Keris so much she stalks him. >:)

[-StarCraft] Adar grins. Well, it's sort of a compliment. ;>

[-StarCraft] Keris meeps...

Mysica flattens herself to the ground, ignoring the hatching for the moment to stare up at the sky dreamily. She /is/ a stargazer, after all, and the daytime sky is almost as pretty as the nighttime one. Besides, she needs a break from sitting like that - her shoulders are starting to hurt.

Kiyata sighs. Well, maybe she was wrong. This one will fit in. "Good luck" she says softly, twisting around and watching it blend in with the crowd. Does she blend in with the crowd- or does she just not belong?

Aeolus disappears ::between::!

Naomi sits by herself, concentrating only on the brown. Giving more meat, she smiles to it and speaks. "I'll be your friend! Please?" Now she's sounding desperate. But isn't that what she /is/? Ugh. She takes out meat and hands it over. The last hatchling. All of her food sits in front of her as she continues to welcome the brown to her. Maybe?

Mysica snickers slightly, tipping her head upward almost completely upside-down to watch the little brown stalker. "Cute," she mutters, but that's all she gives him before her gaze turns back to the sky. With most of her friends either gone or preoccupied with the Hatching, she's almost as much of a loner as the newly Hatched - but she doesn't get to pick any friend she wants, unfortunately.

Kazandar waves his 'flag' around energeticly, directing the little brown over to him, and the people around him. His group. His friends. The browns' group and friends? He remembers to breath, watches the 'lizzard intently. He'll take in the little brown and guide him. Helping him meet people and be part of the StarCraft group.

"Could take /that/ one for a ride." Sielle stares at the Wannabe Starcrafter. Wannabe? Huh. She could teach that bugger his own way, how to blend in with the dance along the edge of the razor, flyin' to the dark side. The stalking already gets an amused, offbeat grin. She can do stalking. She can do people-less. But she's a person, with an invisible crowd... That could do, right? Tilting her head slightly, chestnut hair hanging in her eyes, she just moves into a crouch, holding out the meat as her feline trails near her ankles. Well, it's a crowd of two already, anyway. An anti-crowd.

Kiyata sighs. "You want to be in /my/ group? I guess I /am/ the speshulll group. I'm the speshull group that only /cool/ people can be in. And flits. Wanna be in mine?!" she says, straightening up with a sudden change in temperment. She holds out her piece of -now again- speshullll meat to the lizard.

Etain sighes as she sees all of this happening. She moves over a bit so she is closer to Mysica. "Want to go for a walk after this is over?" She takes another piece of meat and begins to chew on it. Her hand goes out again.

Mysica glances at Etain and smiles, starting a nod but reversing course as she catches sight of her messy hands. "Umm, I think I'd better go take my shower after this." She holds up her messy hands with a grimace, even rolling over to point out the messy handprint on her booty. "I /really/ need it... Maybe afterwards?"

Lilinia hands over some of her food in pity, placing it nicely on the ground near the brown and then going back to take care of her own lizard. You can't just let them sit there and starve... awww...

Carise starts belly crawling toward the hatchling again as it suddenly plops down. She reaches for some more meat and stretches her hand out. She mutters under her breath. "Please be my friend, I love you so much already, you are so handsome. Really, I'm just trying to find a friend here."

Kiyata determined to have /someone/ love her, she stalks her way to the Wannabe, and looks at it, one eyebrow raised. You wanna fit in? Here, be mine, lizard-baby- she thinks, and dangles the meat right in front of his face. "Here.." comes her smirking reply. This was the lizard for her. They'd fit in /together/ and /wouldn't need/ a clique to be in.

Etain nods, her face brightening as she takes another piece of meat for herself then streaches out her hand again to the flit. "Okay, but we could go swimming later if you wanted to. Much more fun if you ask me." She shrugs as she continues ot chew on the meat. Not to bad.

Naomi crawls over and brings the hatchling food. Hey, if that's what he wants, that's what he gets! "Hey, please come with me." Sob. She hates to be sappy, but in desperate situations where she might get some attention out of it... "Please be /my/ friend. I'll love you!" She gives him a few pieces of meat and sits back, watching the brown intently. Sigh. So alone.

"Wuss. Y'aren't gonna get anywhere that way." Sielle's critical eye cast on the small brown results in a slight sigh escaping the weary apprentice. But this time, she scoots forward slightly, crouched form looming as she once more extends a slender arm, tilting the food. "See? Not bad. Not poisoned, you're one of the lucky ones..." That's reserved for apprentices. And the kid might fit in fine with her lot if he can shardin' do more than sit in the end, she had to even teach that to Aft.

Kazandar raises his eyebrows at the poor, rejected looking flit. /He/ loves him...and so would his friends, because...becasue he said so? And..and..He's CM..really...He wrinkles his nose. Ew..don't sit in that goo...Anywhere's better than that. He keeps on waving the wherry flag, signaling the brown. He's got meat on his lap...and that's not far off the ground.

Lilinia has disconnected.

Lilinia curls up and falls asleep, breathing gently.

Mysica grins and nods, her eyes getting wide. "Ooh, yeah, that's a good idea. I haven't done more than sit by the lake so far..." She makes a vague gesture with one hand and wrinkles her nose for emphasis. Then, rolling over again, she sighs. "Oooh, it's starting to get all sticky." That doesn't stop her from happily squishing another piece between her fingers of course, she just has fun complaining...

Adar steps away for a moment to scrawl out a message to someone.

Adar returns, sending a firelizard off to deliver the message.

Kiyata smiles remotely. "Sure. Have fun though.." she says, turning toward the little guy. "Congrats Kaz..." she says, and sits down dejectedly again.

Etain smiles at Kaz, giving him the thumbs up sign. "Way to go, Kaz." She smiles. "Now I think I'm goign to go for a swim."

Etain paddles quietly to the StarCraft Field.

Mysica slips softly to the StarCraft Field.

Kazandar makes a quick glance at his knot, just to make sure it didn't disapear when he wasn't looking. /Not/ that it matter him bein all Cm and all...*ahem* He grins as the brown wobbles towrds him. He's got the rank, yeah, but he /loves/ having new people in the craft and that's no secrect. He takes the little brown in his arms and quickly feeds him.

"Cool." Sielle gives a slight nod Kaz-wards, popping her remaining meatroll in her mouth as she offers a grin, slinking back to her corner with Mulder. They've got some world-conquering to do, after all...

Naomi smiles to Kaz. "Good job!" Looking around, she searches for her friends. Glancing quickly in Kiya's direction and giving her a wave, she heads off to look for them.

Naomi bounces to the StarCraft Field.

*** Thanks for coming, everyone :) ***

Adar looks up from feeding her bronze and grins. "Congrats, Kaz."

Nuage> Keris steps away for a moment to scrawl out a message to someone.

Nuage> *** I love you, Mr. Disembodied Voice! ***

[-StarCraft] Jorina has joined this channel.

[-StarCraft] Jorina grins, "Lovely hatching Keris!"

[-StarCraft] Keris: Thankee :)

[-StarCraft] Kiyata: Yes, thanks.

[-StarCraft] Kazandar noddles...Out of all the hatching's I've been to on all my alts that was the most fun. Not counting that I impressed. The idea for the theme was great. :)

[-StarCraft] Adar nodsnodsnods. That was a cool idea, Keris. :)

[-StarCraft] Keris winks at Kaz. "Glad you like it. But you also got the least scary lizard :P"

[-StarCraft] Jorina baps, "Hey! Riina lizard wasn't scary!"

[-StarCraft] Kazandar snickers...not if it's a twinky wannabe...;P Am I really that scary?

[-StarCraft] Keris: Uh-huh :P

Message 48 of 48 on *StarCraft Mailer (#6574):

Date: Sun Jun 25 18:10:40 2000 CDT

From: Keris (#16771)

To: *StarCraft Mailer (#6574)

Subject: They came, they saw, they cracked, and...

Thank you everyone who came to this Hatching - it was a very good firt-time experience for me! And I had lotsa fun :D

A log will be available shortly - I'll announce the address on the mailer :)

~Keris

PS. To those of you who are disappointed in not Impressing: It's always a tough choice to choose someone and knowing you'll let someone else down. But my only advice is: keep trying, because eventually, everyone'll get a 'lizard, and after a while, they'll be nothing but annoying quota :)

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