Who

S'hius, Zafi & Beaumerath, Elszerath

What

One dragon makes a mess by climbing things it shouldn't. The other just has their poo cleaned up. Then they both decide to play in some makeshift sand mud for a bit after being given the idea from their charges.

Some toilet related stuff

When

It is the fifth day of Autumn.

Where

Igen Weyr: Weyrling Barracks

OOC Date 29 Mar 2020 05:00

 

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Weyrling Barracks

A cluster of small buildings punches out from the Weyr's walls here, each building just spacious enough to admit a few growing weyrlings and little else. Each has its own sturdy little hide covering the entrance to provide a modicum of privacy to its occupants, and a large stone basin for meat or water stands ready nearby. The Weyrlingmaster's office sits to one side, the smallest building in the area often doubling as class space. Within that space, the pale salted walls are covered with various charts, maps, and informational diagrams. In the small yard surrounded by these buildings, tables and chairs stand ready to seat as few or as many weyrlings as needed. A small hearth is situated at the nearest wall, with a small assortment of pots and kettles available to heat food or boil water, whether for cleaning or for klah.


Once again, there is a mess in the barracks. Once more some poor hapless weyrling has had his things rifled through. And once again, Zafi is picking things up and trying to set things to rights. Including one poor forlorn hammock that has been shredded by a blue dragon having been perched upon it. "Seriously, Beaumerath, I really outta give you two other names so I can just yell them out at you. The blue is tilting his head curiously at this remark. « What woud be the purpose of me having three names? One name is enough for me my dearest Zafi, there is no other need for one, I hear you just fine. » …. Zafi pauses in her clean up and turns around and stares at Beau. She then jabs a finger his way. "But you don't listen at all now do you? Honestly! I think your brains got scrambled in the egg and maybe you got over-cooked or… or…" She takes a breath and just sits on the ground staring haplessly at the hammock remains. He sidles up alongside her, nibbling at her clothes as he does « Now, now, my dearest and most darling Zafi. » Yes, the carm is oozing out now, cinnamon and cloves mixed along with citrus in a warming mulled wine. His crisp tones like spiced apples on a autumns evening. « I love you, don't you know. » As if that has anything to do with the chaos he's created, but the tone and the scents and it all is just soothing and relaxing. "Oh, Beau. What am I going to do with you?" And this mess.

If there wasn't one mess to clean up, there was another. S'hius worked away at scooping the poo of his Elszerath while being watched by the dragon. "Shards, I swear more comes out of you then goes in." he comments. « It's going to go somewhere is it not? » With the equivallent of what could only be considered dragon laughter. While loading up a wheelbarrrow of sorts, he catches Zafi's sudden remark. Wanted to glance over but thought better of it before Elszerath can make that remark about him worrying too much about everything again. Soph instead turns to scrape up as much of the smelly stuff that wes around Elszerath's area. And maybe a little extra from the couches on either side. "Everything okay over there?" He finally says, after hearing the second line. This does cause Elszerath's eyes to whirl just a little. « You do worry way too much you know. » "Yeah, yeah."

There's a playful shove at the blue, she can't ever stay mad at him. Nope. Just can't. Zafina glances over towards S'phius and his chore of the second, and a feeling a little embarassed at her outburst. Not like the lot of them havn't had something or another going. Lack of sleep, lots to do. Stress. Yes. "Everythings good. Just cleaning up a mess, and a better smelling mess by the looks of it." She grins a little "I think I'll be very happy when they can go ::Between:: and we no longer have to scoop up after them. Beaumerath bounds over towards Elszerath to watch as well « That's the thing isn't it old chap. It is going to go somewhere, but from what I'm getting it'll eing going nowhere when we are older, which sounds quite odd now, don't you think? »

The brown gave a little nudge at Soph with the nose « See, nothing to worry about. » S'hius sat the shovel side to pat the nose and give the dragon a little rub. Thankful he didn't have any of the excrement on his hands. He turns to nod to Zafi. "They cann be messy and playful." « We are like children, no, we are ARE children basically. » More attentions given to Elszerath for a moment before Soph turns to wheel the stinky stuff out. "Till then, we'll have to deal with the stink." he says while trying not to breath the smell in too much.

In Beaumeraths playful mind, a gaggle of dragons dressed as children go running and skipping through a landscape of fallin leaves. It's just a little ridiculous in it's portrayal. Zafi wrinkles her nose a little, after giving Beau a look and an eyeroll for the image. Just what she needed. "And stink it does, but then that really is typical considering their diet and all. Be different if they were herbevores and all. That smells a whole lot better. Though bovines do tend to get a kinda stinky as well, which is odd in my thinking. "

Elszerath decided to pick up on Beaumerath's thought and invision it as well. Though more in spring time, running through feilds of new growth and muddy grounds far away from any Hold, Hall or Weyr. Soph had to chuckle a slight bit at the imagery while he dumps off the stinky stuff into a pile of other stinky stuff from all the dragons. He quickly moves away from the steamy mess… "I've never known any waste like that to smell nice." Wrinkling his nose a little. Grabbing a bucket then to get some water to wash the area around Elszerath's couch some.

There is laughter "Runner feces and the berries from the caprines and ovines aren't all that bad. Especially if you keep up on top of them. You let them accumulate and all, and well it will get stinky. More so if the urine gets mixed up in it, that's what's usually gonna make things real ripe smelling." Zafi finishes fixing things up and getting it put away. At least of the clothing. The hammock on the other hand is a complete write-off. Beau is having the time of his life, the dragon children are now skipping along with large lollipops in their hands and a ball bouncing back and forth between them and a kite tailing along behind. Zafi stares at Beau "What in the blue bloddy blazes are you even thinking?! That's just.. just…" Creep maybe?

A little chuckle is added with the laughter. « See, you're easing up. There is a time for everything » was said before more of the thought rely could occure. "I know from working with my family when I was very young how that goes a bit. But yeah, I suppose some are better then others. Much like there is with everything." Scrubbing away once more. Now Elszerath was invisioning children making mud pies, kind of picking up on Soph's own memories of such things around the outskirts of his birthplace. "Okay, now that's getting a little too close to my childhood." Another snort of dragon style laughter.

At the imagery of mud Beaumerath goes still, his whole body aquiver. « What is this? » he asks curiously and starts puling images of marshes and the red mud of the Igen river and he is enamoured with this. « I want to experiance this thing called mud. We must find some mud!! » A pause and a look of you have got to be kidding me. "No, we do not need to go find this mud. At least not now." Her words however fall on deaf ears and Beau is headed for the water. THere's lots of splashing and then a kind of forlorn look as most of the water just soaks in, instead of making a quagmire. Gotta love sand.

Lets just hope that snow isn't on the list of things that get in on the imagery less this get awkward, fast. Still, there is that playful presence in the mind of Elszerath. Then suddenly gets up and starts to trude out to see if he could maybe join Beaumerath in the 'mud bath' if able. Soph was quick to follow his dragon. A small nose planting later into the quagmire later, « Oh, this is fun. » Soph's just shaking his head some but also laughing.

Zafi facepalms as Beamerath rolls in the wet sand and if a dragon could purr he would be. Zafi looks at him and looks thoughful "Well, that works." she murmurs and then just laughs, "Well, least I shouldn't have to scrub him down as much." she notes as she watches them. "Still going to need a bath though. I am so not going to want sand in my bunk, not with how often he keeps climbing up on it. One of these days it's going to fall. « My dear Zafi, are you implying that I am fat? » Facepalm again.

S'hius could only shake his head as he watched the brown clown that is Elszerath get covered. "I think you have a point…. if they keep that up, they won't need so much scrubbing." Though thinking if Elszerath isn't careful, might end up getting lost in the sand. « I would never! » Yeah, he had to tease the dragon. "You're going to go for a rinse as well Elszerath. Don't need any more stuff to clean up." Stepping closer though but not too close, to give the dragon a bit of space. Watching the playful mood, "Makes me miss being young." Soph comments suddenly.

Zafi is just happy watching Beaumerath "Reminds me of when Bo and Jynx were pups." she murmurs quietly. "Gives me hope." She laughs "I mean they were certainly a bundle of trouble, like any young can be I suppose. But then they grow up and you end up missing the shenanigans they did. Funny how it goes." She smiles at S'hius "Don't yo think? Here I'm thinking I can't wait for him to be older, to go ::Between:: so we don't have as much to clean up, to fly and all sorts of things, but, these little moments. We won't have these back again."

S'hius glances to Zafi a moment while listening to her speak for a moment. The drgons where having their fun and weren't getting hurt. Messy yes but not hurt. "I know I was trouble when I was young and I do happen to miss that some." Nodding a little. "Might as well enjoy them while we can." He agrees after a bit. Though the dragons would be joined by 4 firelizards who all wanted in on the playing. They were napping above the barracks when they heard the noise. « We will work when we need to. »

There's a glance for the sky, indeed they will work all too soon. Another firelizard pair join in, they've already learned all the little itchy spots that Beaumerath likes to have work. At S'hius words Zafi can't help but grin. "Oh, I know I was too. I was constantly wondering off, that is until they got a canine big enough to tie me to or to sit on me." She grins at the memory. "I was lucky, so much that could have happened to me but didn't."

The small fair that was Soph's would play with Elszerath some while also helping to get at the itchy spots that Elszerath complained about. The firelizards were pretty handy with a couple being really young yet with a gold and brown being older. Soph did do his best at taking care of Elszerath and the 'lizards. He chuckled a bit, "My parents never went that far with me. The times I did wander too far, I was just returned by the next family over." Nodding a bit, "I'm sure worse things could have happened to all of us. Though having Elszerath I think is the best."

We weren't for from some of the marshy areas, so I can well imagine whhat I put my family through. After all, they've lost livestock to the marsh. Be just as easy to lose a kid. Course, they'd tell me stories about men who would walk in there and never be seen again. True or not, I think they were hoping to scare me. I just wanted to see if I could find them or their skeletons." She was an odd child. Beaumerath is done playing and once more he's up and about and working his way to try and get up on top of the barracks again.

S'hius nods a little, "Mostly farmland where I was but we did have occasional times of the year where thing were muddy. That and the start of a river that wasn't too far from the main hold. We had some stories as well of people being lost. And like you said, I think it was mostly to scare us so we wouldn't go too far. Though I never went looking for skeletons. Just mostly didn't want to sit in classes with the Harper." Mild chuckle. Elszerath was still playing and being tended to by the firelizards so he wasn't paying Beaumerath any attention.

"Oh, I loved when we had a Harper around, it wasn't always very often, but whn we did. I'm afraind I would pick the poor mans brains a bit much." She sighs a little "We had one though that didn't appreciate the questions at all and told me I need not worry my head about such things, because soon enough I'd be married off and wouldn't need to know so much." She grins a little "That one didn't last too long come to think of it." Suddenly there's a bugle as Beaumerath leaps the last section and finds himself up on top of the Weyrlingmasters quarters. Zafi turns and stares and then groans "Oh for the love of little green firelizards." Katana chirrups. Her?

Gladiolus though small ang young, glances over and chirrups questioningly at the stange quip. "We had a Journeyman Harper full time at Green Feilds and I had to attend the class every day except for rest days. And if you ask me, I think its wise to ask questions, even if the person doesn't like them being asked." Soph would say while turning his head to see what was up. Though Elszerath and his fair of 4 have settled down now and were just 'preening' one another some while still in the quagmire.

« The view is better than I expected, but it lacks something. » Beaumerath peers down and then peers up higher. "Don't even think about it, Beau. « But why should I not think of it, thinking is not doing my dearest Zafi, I am only curious to see if there is, » "No, No, No, no, NO!" The blue gazes back down « Dear Zafi, you'll only upset yourself if you keep up like that. Katana and NOsferatu swirl upwards and circle around the blue chittering brightly at this new way of playing. Zafi takes some deep breaths. "Mother did warn me that when I was older, things would get visited upon me in return for all the trouble I got into when she was quite exasperated with me." She purses her lips and glances over at S'hius "How am I gonna get him down?"

S'hius takes one look at Elszerath for a moment while listening to Zafi's words. Soon the brown pulls himself from the quiqmire, the 4 firelizards flittering around for amoment. Soph moves to stand near Zafi while trying to think of what to do or say. « Give it time and you will be up there, higher than any thing that you could stand on. » Elszerath tried to direct to Beaumerath though the though ends up going out on a wide range. Soph looks to his dragon for a moment, "We have to give them some direction… LEast that's what the Weyrlingmaster told me once."

Please, do not encourage the blue. Please. Ahem. Beaumerath sits back on his haunches « Why do you need to get me down? It is warm up here, I think this will be a good place for a nap. Yes, it will do quite nicely. Fear not, my dear Zafi. All will be well. » And with that, the blue falls asleep quite quickly. Perhaps the climb was more tiring than he would admit to? "Oh dear. Yeah, direction. Only direction he wants to go is up." She runs her fingers through her to short hair. "I suppose, if he's asleep at least he's not getting into trouble?"

S'hius stood next to Zafi with Elszerath on his other side. "I've heard that you have to be a little stern sometimes." Eyeing Beaumerath. "Are times we have to take control and I think this might have to be one of them. 'They rely on us just as much as we rely on them, sometimes more.' Aili said that to me on the 3rd day. I would say go to any of the Weyrlingmasters if you need advice or help." « Good advice. »

Zafi just deflates as she listens to the words "Yeah." She remembers some words of the sort as well, though so much seems to just mix together. "But as little as he sleeps sometimes, is it worth trying to wake him up to get him down only to have him not sleep again. Well, I never was much one for routine, I guess that's what I get."

S'hius strokes Elszerath's side some, to get some of the loose bits of sand off and cause he wants to. "It's either you getting him down or I think one of the Weyrlingmaster's does along with a nice long lecture added on." Nodding a bit, "One thing with being a healer, really is no such thing as routine. Each case is diffrent. But, we're in this together now."

As if there isn't a lecture coming anyways. There's a glance towards the office that Beaumerath is currently sleeping on. Still. "You do have a point." she murmurs and then glances at S'hius. "We are in this. Shards, I hope we're not getting you into trouble at all." She looks back up "Come on Beau." she says outloud, but the look on her face says a whole lot more. Beau stirs a little « You make me feel like such a bully for being up here. » The blue murmurs in his FOrtian voice and then stretches and then he's finding the little notches in the wall to make his way back down the to the Weyr floor.

S'hius the clases and lectures that they will all have to go through will be soon. Least so he's heard. He nod a little then shakes his head, "So long as I get Elszerath here to get into the water to get the rest of the sand off, I should be fine." Though was still brushing along Elszerath's side a little. His 4 firelizards alight on Elszerath's back and settle there for a while. They too needed a rinse off. He would turn, "BEtter get you rinsed off anyway Elszerath before you eat then sleep." Turning ith his dragon over to the bathing pools that were close by for such needs.

Brushing off Beau's hide, Zafi goes through checking for any little nicks or cracks and the like, but he's healthy as can be. "HAve you really ever compared everybodies hides? They're all so different from each other for all that they cam from the same clutch." She murmurs. "Some have what amounts to acne, some always needing to be oiled. Cracks galore and all?" she asks curiously "And I luck out with him having a hide that seems to need little extra tending. I suppose that might make up for his other little quirks." Like him finding a rock on the ground and lipping it a little "Don't eat that Beau."

A little bit of a splash later which finds Elszerath with 4 firelizards in the bathing pool. Some water splashing starts up between the firelizards whuch get Soph a bit wet, not that he minds too much. "Everything is diffrent no matter where it comes from. One of the very first rules we had to learn when I first went to Healer Hall." Looking to Elszerath a moment, "I try to keep Elszerath in good care. But yeah, like these knobs and neck-ridges will be something else when he's older… acording to the Weyrlingmaster. Things would be boring if everything was the same." Then smirks a little. "Does it taste rocky?" Had to poke a tease at the blue.

« You may tell yours that I found it quite smooth but yet textured as well. Rocky really does not describe it well enough. » Beaumerath says companionably to Elszerath. « It is quite an interesting texture to be sure. » And off the blue wonders towards the tables, fourlegs rising up onto it, before he hops up onto the large trestle table. « I am not on the roof, but I need a nap. » And he settles himself down and goes back to sleep. "Well, at least he's not eating the rock anymore. "True, boring would be terrible. And a bored dragon is a terrible thing as well."

Elszerath relies what was said. Soph just shakes his head a few times while chuckling softly. He instead just focuses on Elszerath, getting close to make sure there is no sand left on the dragon. Not wanting a grain to somehow dig into the hide and cause an irritation or worse. He does step back a little just to chop up and get some meatbits ready for Elszerath and some smaller chunks for the 'lizards. He eyes Beaumerath a moment with a light chuckle. Still might get a talking to or two about that but yeah, at least it's not the roof. "I'd rather have Elszerath happy and not bored."

Zafi just gazes upon Beaumerath and then grins "Agreed." she murmurs and amazingly doesn't say anything more for several moments, just watching the blue sleep. She now gets how parents say they could jsut happily watch their sleeping babies for hours on end. While Beau may not be hungry enough to stir at the sounds of meat chopping, her two little flying stomachs notice. Both of them start creeling, eyes whirling that Zafi just has to get them some tidbits of their own. "Least you all don't wat that much. Not that Beau does either really. He's as much a grazer as the caprines he seems to take after."

S'hius finishes with chopping the meat up enough for Elszerath and his fireliards as they all start to come to him. HE does move way from the meat chopping station so the dragon nor 'lizards get any idea. Soph settled off to the side then started to feed the 5. At least S'hius is getting some consistancy with the routene now some of caring for the dragon and his small fair. "I've been told they won't eat as often later on but will eat more at once, the bigger they get. Though I'll always be feeding Sunny and the others daily."

Zafi chuckles "And later they'll be able to bring down their own food, so unless they're grounded, we won't have to chop chop. As for the lizards, that's no more difficult than fixing dinner, or getting scraps. Though I tend to find getting scraps to more troublesome thatn it's worth sometimes." As in you get dragooned for kitchen duties too.

S'hius nods some, "We'll be caring for them in other ways when that happens I'm sure." Timing each bit that he gives Elszerath and the firelizards so that they don't get too much. Keeping to the idea of not over-feeding any of them. Wanting his dragon to be fit and able when ready. Though he himself needs a wee bit more work on that. Though has slimmed down some, he still wants to loose a bit more weight. "I remember once that I had to help make the evening stew for the rest of the Weyr when we were candidates when I had to feed just Sunny and Wheat. But I'll do anything for them, all of them." Happy looking eye whirls happen from the 5.

Zafi gives a nod. I hear ya." she murmurs as she heads over to sit down in a chair along with the tidbits she got up. The firelizards trail after her and settle down around her. "I think after I get these two teken care if, I might try a bit of a nap too while he's out. I'll take it while I can get it."

S'hius nods a little, "Might as well get some rest in while you can. Hope you can rest well." still feeding his beats though Elszerath gives a little yawn « A nap does sound nice » Though content to be fed while Soph feeds his critters.

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