A friend for a big Bird... [Beastcrafter & Food]

[Tashe]

Technically, she hadn't wanted to come to the Gather at all, even though Healers deemed her able to move around without their supervision. Kaegan had immediately begun taking most of her work back that K'roi had graciously relieved her from, and really had little time to do anything, but she had been literally dragged from her weyr by Millieth... by means of lying to her about the end destination of their trip. And now, she stranded at the Gather with out either of her normal Gather partners, or even R'wign. Fidgeting as she wondered through the crowd, the Senior Weyrwoman adjusted her sun hat as she passed by a few stalls, glancing into them as they flicked by. Since she hadn't been expecting to come, Kaegan had no particular place she had been dying to go to, despite the fact her marks had been piling up like the hours of sleep she had lost.

Rounding one of the corners of the Tannerstall, the young woman found herself facing the Beastcrafter Area. Kaegan had always loved animals, and finding such a large area sectioned off solely committed to them perked her spirits right up. Trotting forward, Kaegan happily made her way over to the fence that confined the Runners. She already had a Gelding, and he was a handful, the silly brute. But... he had been getting lonely lately, at least it seemed as though he had been. He was stabled near the other Runners of the Weyr, but he wasn't allowed to graze with most of them, on the account of him being a little bugger and annoying the hell out of the more quick tempered ones. Leaning against the fencing, Kaegan watched as the Runners wondered to and fro. It was then she decided, why not? Pushing off the fence with her good arm, the Weyrwoman turned in a circle as she tried to locate the Runner Beastcrafter.

[Rei]

Vanir caught sight of Kaegan almost immediately and nudged his son away. “Go watch the feline and canine pens Tenga. Call Sena to help me with the runners.” After the lad had left, with a curious backward glance, the tall holder strode over to Kaegan and gave her a warm smile. “Hello Weyrwoman. Is there something I can help you with?” He crossed his arms and leaned against the temporary pen set up for the runners. The beasts inside milled about and a few of them stood trembling with nostrils flared.

“I know they seem a bit uneasy. In truth they are. Dragon’s are enough to make almost any beast uneasy including the felines and canines. The young ones are too small to know any better. You’ll find them easier to manage around the dragons.” A tall black mare whinnied and approached the fence line her large belly swinging beneath her. Vanir reached out to caress her head and she lipped at his shirt. The holder pushed her head gently away and smiled at Kaegan again. Would she know his daughter? Possibly? But did he even want to ask? That question was harder. “Tika here, nothing gets to her much. Probably the most sedate mare I own.”

[Tashe]

She had turned back to the fencing a few moments before the Beastcrafter hailed her, causing the Weyrwoman to swing back around to face him. It was weird, there was something about him that felt so familiar, yet she couldn't quite place it. "Hello." She offered him a small smile in return for his own. "Well... I'm looking to buy a Mare. Maybe around eight or nine Turns." She paused, before adding, "... possibly having been a Mother. I have a five turn old Gelding who likes to get into trouble like a newborn, so she'd have to be able to put up with him."

Looking out into the field as Vanir began to speak again, Kaegan watched as a pretty black trotted over to nose the Runnerdealer. Tika. That was a nice name, short but with a crisp sound to it. Letting the Black lip her palm after the man gently pushed her head away from him, the Weyrwoman giggled before pulling her hand away. "She's very nice." Scratching Tika's neck, the Goldrider let her hand slide as far down her neck as the temporary fencing allowed. She gave her a pat before looking back to Vanir, the smile still settled on her face. "If you don't mind, could we look at more of your Herd? Maybe some of your Greys and Dapples?"

[Rei]

Vanir smiled warmly at Kaegan. “Well if your looking for a friend for him Tika might work wonders. Like I said before she’s the most sedate mare I own and a proven breeder. She’s the mother mare of the herd. Even with her own foals she still looks out for the others. Right now she’s in foal to one of my stallion’s Tak. Her price will go up just a bit because she’s in foal but for you I might be willing to cut a deal.” He reached out and stroked the mare’s coat. “You see I have a bunch of young blooded mares I have to make breeding room for. I am opening up my bloodlines a bit. Most of my studs are related to Tika now with the exception of Tak and although I hate to lose her I really have no choice. She’s broke, just about anyone can ride her. 10 turns old now to so she fits nicely in your age bracket.”

Tika nickered and swung her head over the fence. “If you want to think about it a bit I can show you some of my other stock. The stallion she is in foal to is here as well. I am trying to sell him off. He was my daughter’s horse and since she left he has been pretty unmanageable. I can only pair him with my sedate mares. He has to be field bred since we can’t lead him anymore. The calm mares are the ones we pair him with since he leaves them alone. They don’t try to fight him you see.” The dark haired man spoke as he walked finally stopping beside a small fenced in area.

The stallion within threw his head up and stood tense, with nostrils flared. He didn’t approach the fence line right away, just stood every muscle tensed for movement. Suddenly he threw back his head and pinned his ears flat before charging the fence line, pulling up before it he trotted away, tail flagged and blowing in the slight breeze. His coat was a steel grey color the only other marking he sported was a white sock on his back left leg. His mane and tail a soft silver color. “That’s Tak. As you can see he is a bit of a snot. Don’t worry though every foal he has turned out has been perfect in temperament. So you want to see a few of the other mares now?” The man tilted his head and regarded kaegan with a slightly guarded expression. Showing her Tak might have been a mistake. He didn't want to scare her off. Any buyer was precious these days.

[Tashe]

"I agree... very calm." Itching her arm gently through it's sling, Kaegan quietly wondered what Saraina would say to her if she bought Tika. Probably something about her hoping that the Black wasn't as crazy as the Gelding, and about what she could have been thinking by buying a pregnant Runner. The Bluerider wasn't fond of buying things out of the blue, especially when it involved more work when at the moment they had to squeeze in the time to take care of Condor. It was a good thing she had made friends with the Stablemaster and his Hands, she trusted him to give Condor a workout when neither she nor Sara could ride him. Not to mention he and Gina could help her train a foal if she decided to buy a pregnant Runner, the Greenrider came from a family of Runnerbreeders. Maybe this Beastcrafter would know Gina's family? Even if it was only just in passing...

Flicking her eyes to Vanir as he began speaking again, the Redhead tilted the brim of her hat back as she knitted her brows in thought. "Your daughter left? Oh, how sad that she wasn't able to take him. Though, I suppose he's done you some amount of business in exchange." She herself would have felt terribly bad if for some reason she'd have to leave Condor behind. The Stallion sounded kind of like her own Runner, being so young when she bought him, the Gelding grew to know how she and the Bluerider rode. He threw fits during rides if not ridden by either of them, and had to often be put on a lunge-line just to unwind. Turning from the Runnerbreeder as her ears picked up the drumming beat of hooves, Kaegan stepped back slightly from the fence as the Grey thundered to them. She wasn't much afraid of Runners, her own Gelding approached the fence in much the same way, just not as... threatening. But of course it was always good to be a little cautious of Runners you didn't know, so stepping back came naturally. As the Stallion trotted away, the Weyrwoman smiled and stepped back to where she had been. "I'd love to take a look at the rest of them."

Kaegan paused as she remembered the name he had pegged to the Equine. "You said his name was Tak? I could sware... that I've heard his name before." And then it clicked, she turned to the Breeder and hoped she wasn't making an assumption. "Is your Daughter by any chance Raylin of Green Ebolath? I went riding with her not to long back and I believe that she said something about having to leave her Runner behind..."

[Rei]

Vanir nodded to Kaegan as she spoke but didn’t comment instead he kept his eyes on Tak. “I imagine she would have been upset yes. She raised him herself basically. His mother died when he was still young and she spent nights caring for him. He grew attached to her.” Shaking his head to banish thoughts of his wayward daughter he turned and smiled at Kaegan. “My other mares are this way and the geldings beyond them. I have plenty to choose from.” As the man turned to leave the Weyrwoman spoke again and this time he froze.

Vanir spun to stare at Kaegan his expression carefully guarded. “Raylin of green Ebolath?” The words where repeated in a tone of disbelief and he had to work hard to harden his expression. She had impressed then. Impressed to a dragon. She wasn’t coming back, ever. Turning his eyes up to the woman he cleared his throat. “She had been my daughter yes. But no longer. She belongs to you folks now.” Trailing off he rubbed his eyes. “Well then lets get you a runner. The mares are this way.” He continued to walk his mind preoccupied.

Stopping at the fence line he gestured to a pen of six runners of varying shades of bay, black, and grey. “Pick one you like and I’ll let you know their story. I will say none of these females are as calm as Tika and all are 6 turns or younger.” The runners examined the humans with interest, some coming to the fence to get a better look. “That dapple in the back is Marlin. She’s in foal to one of my black stallions Tyth. Beside Tika she is the only one currently pregnant.”

[Tashe]

She fell behind in his wake, suddenly feeling not quite as happy as she had been. Couldn't the man still consider Raylin his daughter even though she was a dragonrider? Fiddling with the hem of her tunic, Kaegan bit the inside of her cheek. She had a problem with his line of thought, but she was to timid to bring up a possible argument with a perfect stranger. Especially one that she was trying to buy a Runner from.

Stepping backward as she almost ran into Vinar, the Weyrwoman changed the object of her gazing. The mares in the pasture varied in color, they were all pretty to look at. There were one or two though that she prefered above the rest from what she could see. One of them had come up to the fence to get a better look, she was a Black with a white blaze. "Um... what about this one? And... the one in the far back. The Bay with two black socks and a snip?" She kept Tika and Marlin in mind, eventually, she'd have to make a desicion.

[Rei]

Vanir nodded quite happy to get back on the subject of runners. “The black is Maybell. She is around 6 turns old and not broke she doesn‘t mind well at all under saddle and I haven‘t had time to work with her. Pasture wise she normally does well with other mares but not so much with geldings. She is extremely bossy you see and she likes to be the head mare in the herd. Anyone who gives her flack gets nipped and kicked into submission. Overprotective mother she is as well, Never wants to let her foals grow up.” Smiling he patted the black’s nose. ‘She’s also extremely nosy.”

The man leaned against the fence and pointed to the Bay. “That girl back there is Willow. She’s about 4 turns old. Green broke but very calm under saddle, she would be easy to finish. As far as pasture goes she’s easy to push around. That almost always leaves her lowest on the totem pole. I don’t think she has a mean bone in her body. That’s the problem with her. She isn’t very interested in her offspring and I’ve lost more foals out of her than it’s worth to keep her. I would recommend only using her for riding.”

[Tashe]

Nodding as Vanir told her about the other mares, Kaegan's mind kept wondering back to Tika. She was pretty much in the age range she wanted, and as far as Runners go, she trusted the Beastcrafter's assurance that the mare was gentle tempered. She couldn't shake the thought away, there was something about that Mare that she initially liked. Besides, the rest of the females were almost as young as her Condor, something she didn't want to tempt chaos with. Offering the other Runners a glance, she turned back to Vanir with a small smile. "They all look to be of fine health..." She hesitated before swinging her gaze back onto the herd of Mares. "Earlier you mentioned that if I decided to buy Tika, you'd have to bump her price up." She leaned a little more against the fense, her eyes quietly flickering over the roaming equines. "How much then, would she cost?"

(failpostshort )

[Rei]

"Tika?" Vanir repeated and then shifted. "Hmm well I am asking 14 to 17 marks per mare. She is a proven breeder so at least 15 marks and then 4 marks for the unborn foal. That's 19 marks total." The dark haired runner breeder smiled at Kaegan. "For her that's pretty much a steal. What do you say?"

((If you decide to purchase her I will pm you a profile for her and the foal once I get them done ;D. She has about 3 months until the foal is born.))

[Tashe]

Biting the side of her thumb, Kaegan tapped the toe of one of her boots against the ground as she thought about the proposal. It sounded very fair, getting two Runners for the price she could get for a single stallion. Of course she would have to train the foal when it was old enough, but that would be easy enough with some help from a few people. She'd have to by some new leathers, but she didn't mind having to do that at all. Letting her hand drop to her waist, she offered the Runnerbreeder a smile. "Sounds like a fine deal to me. And she'll get delivered to the Weyr Stables correct? Or will I have to find someone to come and retrieve her?"

(post fail. xD

And that sounds good. :3)

[Rei]

A broad smile lit Vanir’s face and he outstretched his hand to shake with Kaegan. “Sold, and my sons will deliver all the purchased runners to the weyr stables after the gather has finished.” After the marks where collected he had Tenga tie a bright yellow ribbon to the mare’s tail to indicate that she had been purchased. “It was a pleasure doing business with you.”

(( I will have the profile done this weekend. I haven’t had the time to sit and write them out. I promise you will get it soon <3333. Thread closed <3))