Post by Kisha-Ra on May 27, 2011 15:41:13 GMT -5
At least one person around here seemed to agree with him about all the girls and their ploys, although X’rx had told him that dragonriders didn’t often get joined so maybe that was understandable. ‘I doubt any of them would like to be described that way but it pretty much sums up everything.’ Illiyan chuckled softly, wondering how a couple of the most annoying specimens would react to being described as a bit of fun. Probably shrilly, he decided.
Before Illiyan had time to speculate further on what X’rx’s mysterious female friend might be like the greenrider had risen, straightened Illiyan’s clothing for him in a way that the young miner considered quite unnecessary (for some reason it also made him shiver and caused an outbreak of goosebumps although X’rx didn’t have cold hands, but that was another of those things that Illiyan wasn’t willing to think about too closely), and moved on to relive a nearby woman of her food.
Okay… that was nothing even like what he’d expected. Illiyan found himself staring at the pair of dragonriders with an expression like he’d just been smacked in the back of the head with something. The ‘friend’ in question was female, but, much like X’rx, was only a step or two off being androgynous. She was also older than he’d expected, a mature woman rather than anyone who could still be considered a girl, but nothing like the hold women that were her apparent age. What was even more startling to Illiyan was that despite the age difference, and the fact that Darya was introduced as a former teacher, was the apparent intimacy between the two of them. Well that left him more confused than ever as to why X’rx was flirting with him.
Darya made a halfhearted grab after her food and gave the miner a friendly smile that lasted a few seconds longer than the expression usually did, hopefully without looking too predatory, or too amused. The lad really did look amazingly confused by the situation, although he did seem attracted, to X’rx at least.
Wordlessly Darya pulled up a spare chair for herself and dropped into it, repossessing her food from X’rx as she did so and nibbling on it while observing Illiyan without looking directly at him.
Illiyan hadn’t managed to regain his composure any by the time the dragonriders had gotten themselves seated and quite frankly, thanks to their earlier behaviour, Illiyan now had a mental image that… well… he was just going to sit here quietly and not stand up for any reason. So when X’rx asked him a question his first reaction was to closely examine the wood of the table so neither of the pair would notice that yet another flush was creeping up his face. It just wasn’t fair, men were not supposed to turn bright red at everything! ‘I’d hardly know where to start asking questions.’ He finally answered once he felt he could look up. ‘The only things I really know are the bits that are common knowledge and the bits that you just mentioned. I would be surprised to find half the things ‘everyone knows’ are wrong, they normally are.’
Before Illiyan had time to speculate further on what X’rx’s mysterious female friend might be like the greenrider had risen, straightened Illiyan’s clothing for him in a way that the young miner considered quite unnecessary (for some reason it also made him shiver and caused an outbreak of goosebumps although X’rx didn’t have cold hands, but that was another of those things that Illiyan wasn’t willing to think about too closely), and moved on to relive a nearby woman of her food.
Okay… that was nothing even like what he’d expected. Illiyan found himself staring at the pair of dragonriders with an expression like he’d just been smacked in the back of the head with something. The ‘friend’ in question was female, but, much like X’rx, was only a step or two off being androgynous. She was also older than he’d expected, a mature woman rather than anyone who could still be considered a girl, but nothing like the hold women that were her apparent age. What was even more startling to Illiyan was that despite the age difference, and the fact that Darya was introduced as a former teacher, was the apparent intimacy between the two of them. Well that left him more confused than ever as to why X’rx was flirting with him.
Darya made a halfhearted grab after her food and gave the miner a friendly smile that lasted a few seconds longer than the expression usually did, hopefully without looking too predatory, or too amused. The lad really did look amazingly confused by the situation, although he did seem attracted, to X’rx at least.
Wordlessly Darya pulled up a spare chair for herself and dropped into it, repossessing her food from X’rx as she did so and nibbling on it while observing Illiyan without looking directly at him.
Illiyan hadn’t managed to regain his composure any by the time the dragonriders had gotten themselves seated and quite frankly, thanks to their earlier behaviour, Illiyan now had a mental image that… well… he was just going to sit here quietly and not stand up for any reason. So when X’rx asked him a question his first reaction was to closely examine the wood of the table so neither of the pair would notice that yet another flush was creeping up his face. It just wasn’t fair, men were not supposed to turn bright red at everything! ‘I’d hardly know where to start asking questions.’ He finally answered once he felt he could look up. ‘The only things I really know are the bits that are common knowledge and the bits that you just mentioned. I would be surprised to find half the things ‘everyone knows’ are wrong, they normally are.’