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Post by Administrator on Sept 1, 2007 22:21:00 GMT -5
((Post an introductory post to be Searched by Robika))
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Post by saberlin on Sept 14, 2007 15:42:56 GMT -5
Rilliana was very excited. There was a Hall concert today and she wanted to look her finest. The Masterharper had given her the honor of another solo for her section and she wanted to shine. They would be singing the traditional ballads first, followed by a new song that the Harper had tailored to her voice. She was always so bashful when it came to such things. Her parents had been harpers and she had merely gotten the good graces of those genes. She did not like to brag about her voice, and was always startled by the parts given to her. The concert was set up out in the court and each of the Weyrs that still existed had been invited seeing as how the Harper Hall was on neutral terms with all of them. The girls all sang beautifully as the concert rang on, the songs reverberating until Fort Hold itself could hear the lingering notes. The boys in their parts were note perfect throughout the entierty of all their songs and you could see the Master Harper bow to their section after the songs for his appreciation of their dedication. A few of the girls had faultered, but the audiance would never know... Ok some of them would. they had after all been hearing the girls practicing for the past two months time on the songs. When it was time for Rilliana's part, she stepped down out of the risers, wearing her beautiful blue gown and had gotten a few blue small balls painted blue to look like blue pearl accents in her hair. Her voice rang clear and true with each note, not slurring from low to high parts, not flubbing a single word. Her voice was like an entire choir unto its own. The rest of the choir sang minor back up parts for part of her solo until the song finally died, leaving a happy chill down everyone's spine from the song. It had been about the battles of the dragon weyrs. The Master Harper wanting to bring the attention of the dragons death to the front steps of both Weyr and Hall in hopes that he could bring light to all of their eyes and stop the deaths. Rilliana bowed and began to move off of the stage as the concert ended and the applause died away. She sighed, another concert over, and still kept her head high and her bright brown gold eyes proud and happy.
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Post by Administrator on Sept 15, 2007 9:23:03 GMT -5
I sense a presence close by, Kmarath remarked as Robika soared in the air above Harper Hall. The greenrider cursed. She hadn't intended to Search today, but duty called. Giving the signal for Kmarath to land, Robika looked down as they circled in descent. It was always interesting to Search people from Harper Hall. She hoped fervently it was only a useless candidate, though- if otherwise, the Masterharper would not be a happy man.
Kmarath dropped themselves at the entrance, and Robika looked around. They seemed to have just had a concert- people were chattering and leaving a Hall. Cheerfully, Robika held up a hand to catch peoples' attention before anyone else could leave the place. "Selenitas comes on Search!" she bellowed, used to getting peoples' attention with Search. However, she flinched as some people scurried faster past her. They knew the effects of the war and wanted nothing to do with dragons.
Ignoring them, she yelled, "Anyone between the ages of twelve and twenty-two please approach!" Kmarath was already eyeing people who had ventured close enough, trying to determine who was good and who was not. Just then, the Masterharper himself darted from the Hall, irritation writ on his ancient face.
"We just had a concert today, miss," he told her firmly, looking at her in distaste. "And I warn you, if you take any of my singers-"
"I'll pay you off if I have to, but we need our candidates," she told him, her voice stronger and more fiery than his. Giving her a glare, he backed behind the sea of potential candidates, making his disapproval clear.
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Post by saberlin on Sept 15, 2007 16:28:10 GMT -5
Rilliana saw the dragon land and heard its riders call. No, her Masterharper would not be pleased with her going up to be searched....she was after all a favorite. But, duty to the world and keeping it safe called. She just hoped ferverently that it was not Benden or Fort that called on this search. She walked over to the group of growing potential candidates. A good LOT of them walking up as the Harper Hall was filled with kids ages 12-18 at the least with new ones, apprentices, and journeymen that had just walked. then there were a few of the staff that would reach the top upper age requirement of 19-22. She was in the lower age bracket, but no matter. She stood with her shoulders strait and her hair tucked behind her ears and back out of her face so that she could have as equal a chance as everyone else here at the concert.
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Post by Administrator on Sept 16, 2007 13:29:46 GMT -5
Robika smiled at the group that was forming, pointedly ignoring the Masterharper. "Hello!" she greeted brightly. "My name is Robika, rider of green Kmarath here. Now we're going to look at you all, and see if any of you seem to have the stuff riders are made of." She paused, and smiled reassuringly. "Don't worry- if you don't get in now, maybe a different dragon will choose you later. So don't be offended if you're left behind, all right?"
Nodding to Kmarath, the green quietly approached, looking through the candidates. Occasionally, she would give a sniff to a candidate, then snort in disapproval before moving on to the next eager potential candidate. Picking a couple boys out of the lineup, Kmarath soon approached Rilliana. Sniffing her, she announced to Robika, She will also make a good candidate. Beckoning Rilliana to join her and the two apprentices, she smiled. She was pleased whenever she Searched a girl- perhaps she would make a good queen candidate.
I am done, Kmarath declared, and backed away from the boys and girls with masks of disappointment on their fresh faces. Beaming, Robika turned to the three with her.
"Congratulations!" she said. "You all have been chosen as candidates! I request, on behalf of Selenitas, that you choose to join us in this upcoming Hatching- with a queen egg," she added with a smile, nodding at Rilliana.
"You can't take her!" the Masterharper complained, striding up. "She's among our finest soloists- take the apprentices, but not the soloist."
"Weyr duty," Robika replied firmly. "We can compensate if we must," she added and the Masterharper shot her the dirtiest look her could muster.
"So be it," he snapped, then gave Rilliana one last look. "You don't need to go with them, you know," he told her. He supposed another girl could take the solos, but it was so troublesome to have to train up someone new when Rilliana already knew the parts.
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Post by saberlin on Sept 16, 2007 16:57:11 GMT -5
Rilliana beamed with pleasure that the dragon had chosen her at of all of them that stood there, and two of her male friends as well. She was so happy she could burst! She was going to a Weyr! And there was a Queen Egg. She wondered if she could Impress the young Queen? She would have to try, if she didn't she could always return to the Harper Hall and none would be the difference. After all it would only be for a few years. She turned to the Master Harper who was obviously not pleased with the dragons choice,
"Sir, you are far good a teacher to think that you will be at any sort of loss when I leave. There are girls who would die to learn my parts under you. Conchesta, Lorisa, even Brianta. And if I do not Impress I will return to you and stay. Besides, its not like I will forget how to sing. Im sure I can still practice at the Weyr and even perform. Just because I might Impress a Dragon does not mean I am dying."
She was right and she knew it, though she also knew that it would be hard to leave all of her friends, Brianta the most. They had grown up together. But the girl would do well and probably fill her part the best. Turning to the green search rider she looked with eyes unwavering and gave her answer,
"I would be more than honored to join you and stand on the sands."
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Post by Administrator on Sept 19, 2007 9:04:04 GMT -5
The Masterharper sighed. Most of the other girls were such poor sight-singers, but no matter- they'd learn the music eventually. Giving Rilliana a curt nod, he turned his heel and immediately went to seek one of the eager girls who had been listening, knowing that Rilliana's Search might mean they would have a chance to shine.
Robika, on the other hand, smiled. The old Masterharper finally was finally being forced to stop being so lazy and teach someone else things. "Excellent!" she said cheerfully. Moving to Kmarath, the green stuck out a foreleg in anticipation of the mounting. "All right," she announced. "Have any of you ever ridden a dragon before?" She rather doubted they had, but sometimes there was the little surprise candidate who could mount a dragon with perfection.
Kmarath snorted. If you're thinking about that boy from Keroon, remember that he drove his heel into my side like I was a common runnerbeast, she told Robika drolly. It took everything the greenrider had to keep herself from laughing- she didn't want to appear like a madwoman in front of these new candidates, especially one she had just wrestled away from the Masterharper.
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Post by saberlin on Sept 22, 2007 14:10:37 GMT -5
Rilliana nodded her head and gave a simple and polite "Yes." Having been ferried by dragons many times to give her performances around Pern. An inner excitement began to build at the prospect of riding the dragon once more and this time to possibly be able to Impress her own dragon. To be linked mind in mind and soul in soul with another. That would be something truly amazing and she would HAVE to come back to the Hall to tell everyone about it.
"I don't know how to thank the both of you enough for even the chance to be able to try to Impress Greenrider Rokia, and beautiful Green Kmarath. I hope to prove you both Proud on the sands."
Rilliana said still standing very tall and lady like. She realized then that she was going to a Weyr and had never before been with a male in any way. She had originally planned to save herself for that one who would marry her. If she Impressed she would not marry, but she would be married of Mind to one of the greatest creatures on all of Pern. Maybe she could immure herself in a weyr room somewhere and not have to rise with her dragon? Oh that was such a silly thought. All in all she was more embarrassed about NOT having done anything and was not sure how a man, any man, with any experience would take such a woman at the Weyr. Well that was just one of the many things that she would have to ask when she got there and was out of the presence of two of her other fellow students
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Post by Administrator on Sept 25, 2007 20:06:25 GMT -5
Robika grinned. "Good, good!" she said cheerfully. She paused, trying to think of any other information that these kids would have to know. Realizing one very important detail, she coughed. "So, you are aware that Selenitas is literally in a river, correct?" she asked with amusement. Good thing it wasn't her job to teach the young'uns to learn how to paddle a boat- they would all drop off the Falls if she had to!
She laughed as the girl gushed to her gratitude. It always made her so flustered whenever people thanked her, so she dismissed it with a hand. "Don't mention it- it's our job," she replied with a mild blush at the thanks. There she goes again- getting so embarassed at the slightest kindness of a stranger. "I'm sure all of you will do fine," she told them, nodding to the boys as well. Kmarath, however, accepted the compliment with dignity, fanning her wings slightly with pride at being called beautiful.
"Any questions before I get you all up there?" she inquired, looking into each of the new candidates' faces with ease, trying to make them feel more relaxed- they would have to be if they were to come to the Weyr. Kmarath silently lowered a foreleg, and Robika pulled herself up with well-practiced grace, and looked down at them as she waited for any questions.
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Post by saberlin on Sept 25, 2007 20:23:18 GMT -5
Only one question lingered in Rilliana's mind, "Will we be able to get clothing and supplies there?" She had not thought until that point that she was still in her concert and gather finest... That would be quite the look to wander in with!
*short post award I know*
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