Human Hate & Mandyr Love [J'on]

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"Come one, Caevie, you can do it." Ciara held out her arms to the standing babe who was clinging to the hands of her foster-brother standing just behind her. "You can do it, Sweetie. Be gentle, Tobe, she isn't as sturdy as Lulu." The weyrbrat smiled mischievously and bent down to plant a kiss on the ten month old baby's head. "Don't worry, Mama." She smiled at the familiar term and crawled over to carefully pull the two into her lap. Caevie squealed with giggles and waved her firsts at her mother. "What a cute little girl you are." Planting a kiss on her daughter's cheek, the greenrider set her down on the soft jungle floor.

The little family was in a vary sparse clearing Ciara had found on the edges of the jungle, and there was enough space for Toryth to relax while Ciara played with Tobby and Caevaniara. Eryn and Chatti, Ciara's two pets, were lounging on the dragon while Raka, a kitten given to Caevie from R'wign, lazed on the nearby ground. With the two weyrbrats to raise, it was easy for Ciara to ignore the very pale glow that was creeping along her salamandyr's hide. Chatti was the first gay green 'mandyr in existence and mated to green Wraith who was bonded to greenrider J'on of Rinagth.

It was almost amusing that both riders rode Greens and had gay green salamandyrs except that they were forced to sleep together every time Chatti or Wraith Rose. Unlike a normal salamandyr pair, Wraith and Chatti both experienced the need to mate instead of just one of them having to. That led to much more interaction between J'on and Ciara that normally consisted of Ciara cursing on stalking off and abandoning poor J'on to do whatever he wanted. The worse part was that she hated and loved the rider. Lovely. She despised him for "making" her deal with him and loved him because Chatti absolutely loved Wraith with her entire and very small being.

...lovelovelove wraith halehe wraith ahenanluebuakbudjkejkbaj jk jbabjkeau bewabk bhjkab yeakj wraithlovemine ahealjkbe... Chatti spoke proudly in her usual gibberish before darting away towards the Weyr. There was only one reason the salamandyr would ever go streaking off. Wraith. Grimacing for a moment, Ciara realized she couldn't avoid J'on (She never managed to anyway) and felt resigned to her fate. "Tobby, why don't you set up the picnic? I think we are going to have a visitor." She attempted a decent smile and the boy bounced off to do just that. Everything is going to be fine, Ciara. You already know he hates what happens as much as you do. Whatever. It was his salamandyr that got us into this mess. Toryth laughed quietly.

[Kisha-Ra]

Mrrrrow

‘Quiet Yu.’

Mrrrow!

‘Why did you climb the sharding tree in the first place?’

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‘You’re a prat Yu.’ J’on regarded his stuck kitten with unique doubt. He had no real idea why his feline climbed up anything he could. The first few times it happened J’on had patiently got the cat out of whatever mess he was in and thought nothing more of it. However it become apparent to him, when he’d had to fish his kitten off the back of a chair because Yu had been paralysed with fear and yowling up a storm, that his cat was actually scared of heights. However it seem Yu also possessed an irrational urge to climb up anything he could.

In this case J’on’s blue firelizard had come to fetch him because the stupid cat had got out into the jungle and gotten stuck, and while Bane wasn’t usually cooperative, and didn’t much care for Yu, he hadn’t liked the noise the cat was making. Which was noticeably louder now that Yu could see and hear J’on.

‘Alright I’m coming. Ridiculous feline.’ J’on practically bounced up the tree, he’d grown up in Selenitas Weyr and if there was a tree he couldn’t climb he hadn’t found it. Yu was so happy to be picked up and stuffed in J’on’s shirt for the journey down the tree that he started purring even though he was still plainly scared. Once on the ground J’on thought his troubles were over, but he wasn’t anywhere near that lucky.

Chattilove! in a flash J’on’s salamandyr emerged from his shirt pocket, not happy about having a feline stuffed underneath her anyway, and streaked away. Chatti Chattilove love lotlonglove Chatti come find love. J’on could only look at where Wraith had been, out here the green quickly became invisible. But J’on had an unwelcome suspicion of where he’d find her.

The greenrider walked off in the direction Wraith had taken, trusting that if she or Chatti were in his path they’d move. Eventually he’d find Ciara. He gave a heartfelt sigh and cuddled his cat (Yu hadn’t moved from inside J’on’s shirt). He knew boys around his age were supposed to experience sexual confusion, he just didn’t think it was suppose to be quite this confusing. The fact was, he was terrified of Ciara, he hated waking up with her after Wraith’s and Chatti’s Runs, and he’d rather not encounter her anywhere else either. The other fact was the Wraith adored Chatti and was totally devoted to the other green, and her emotions spilled over onto J’on just as Rinagth’s did. In short, while he was scared of the woman, he also held a deep affection for her. Confusing indeed.

While he was being confused and cuddling Yu J’on had wandered most of the way into the clearing, without seeing Wraith. As the trees fell away he blinked to see Ciara with two young children as well as her dragon and firelizard. But of course she’d had one child and fostered the older one, he remembered, well they’d make things a little less awkward maybe? At any rate he didn’t think Ciara would yell at him, or, even more terrifying a prospect, leap on him in their presence. ‘Um. Hello. Has Wraith turned up here yet?’ he asked nervously, clinging to Yu like the feline would protect him from any of the available outcomes of this situation.

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It was hard not to find something and chuck it at J'on. For one, she had Tobe and Caevie with her, and second, it was not exactly the boy's fault. Sulking just a bit, Ciara pointed to where Wraith and Chatti were snuggling on Toryth. "Chatti is going to Run soon." What a nice way to start a conversation. Toryth stated sarcastically and flicked her tail at the grumpy rider. Just be quiet, Tory. Hello, J'on. How are you doing today? The Green happily defied her rider's wishes and greeted the young man.

While Ciara had trouble being nice to him, Toryth had no such qualms. She was aware of the undesired feelings the woman held for the boy and tried often to convince Ara to be nicer to him, but to no avail. It was either bite his head off or just be passive-aggressive. ...wraithlovelovelove nelabnuioujea noujihu oienmauoi gyiekjagdyi byiejahbuoudgbuho looooove... Ciara rolled her eyes at the loudly cooing salamandyr.

"J'on, have you met my children? This is Caevie and the boy is my foster-son, Tobby." She picked up Caevie and held the babe close. Tobby, however, clung tightly to his stuffed dragon, Lulu, and stared at J'on. "You are the Wraith monster's owner?" He asked curiously, but Ciara blushed furiously at the question. Oh why oh why did she have to deal with this? Life could be so mean.

[Kisha-Ra]

J’on followed Ciara’s gesture with his gaze and groaned. Wraith was being very attentive today. The dark green was snuggled up against her mate, chittering and crooning lovingly as she nuzzled the other green.

Well Ciara certainly knew how to start a conversation, J’on thought vaguely aware that his face had turned white and was now shading up to bright pink. He really didn’t want to think about Chatti Running. Well it probably wouldn’t be today if Ciara had brought the children out. ‘Hello Toryth.’ He greeted the dragon with relief, somehow the dragon was if not on his side in all this then at least not openly on Ciara’s side either. J’on was actually happy to see Toryth.

Well that was worrying enough that J’on untangled his purring kitten from his shirt and put him on the ground. Yu stood up on his hind legs and braced his front paws against J’on’s leg, not quite understanding what was going on. J’on looked at the children in what he hoped was a polite manner and not one which expressed his inner panic, he was beginning to think he preferred yelling, he knew where he was with being yelled at, even when he was yelled at unjustly.

Well he could guess who’d described Wraith as a monster by the interesting colour that Ciara was going. ‘Um, yes I suppose, although sometimes I think Wraith owns me.’ He made a neutral reply, pretending that he didn’t hear Wraith babbling to Chatti about how much she loved the other ‘mandyr.

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... Lovelovelove heali wraithmine anejah kolkolkio loveminewraith... Chatti broadcast her words to everyone, proud to declare that Wraith was her mate and her special green. Soon, she would Run again and be able to claim Wraith again as hers. Snuggling closely to the other green, the salamandyr settled down to relax. It was always good to relax especially when her humanpet was not screaming loudly as Wraith's.

Oblivious to her 'mandyr's content, Ciara sat down on the spread blanket and began pulling some food out of the basket she had brought along. "Tobby, want to give Eryn and Chatti their meals. Make sure Wraith gets a few pieces too." Nodding the young boy obediently grabbed the fresh meat and divided up between the two Greens it was meant for. "Here you go, Chatti, Wraith, and here is your food Eryn." The fire-lizard grabbed her share and darted away from the "sickening" sight of the two ugly fliers.

Caevie giggled and grabbed hold of her cat, Raka, whom had wandered over to see what was happening. The feline did not struggle as one was aught to do, but relaxed and draped herself over the squirming child's lap. Ciara momentarily forgot J'on and leaned over to smile and tickle the giggling baby. As she pulled away, she remembered who was with her and a blank expression washed over her face. "Come on, Tobby. You need to come eat your food." Tobby whined teasingly, but Ciara had already turned her attention to J'on. "Do you want some food to?" It was said in a tone that could be described as 'you behave or I eat you for lunch' message.

[Kisha-Ra]

J’on winced at the sound of Chatti’s mental ‘voice’ proclaiming how much she adored Wraith, wasn’t it enough for the green that she was going to run soon and would be able to claim Wraith as her mate yet again at the expense of both salamandyrs’ bonded. Wraith caught the thought, or emotion, from her bonded and flared her orange marked frill at him. Chatti was hers! Her green, and no one would stop her claiming her mate again. Defiantly Wraith nuzzled at her mate’s back and crooned softly, wrapping her vocal sound around her mental chatter. J’on could only groan and wish that Wraith would tone it down a little. He was starting to feel possessive, and he really didn’t want to.

He really didn’t want to just run off and leave Wraith with Ciara, she hated J’on’s salamandyr almost as much as she hated him, so without him Wraith was no doubt next on the line for her temper. Although she was being nice today, to the point of really being quite creepy. Even so J’on really couldn’t believe his ears when Ciara told the little boy to make sure Wraith got a bit of the food. He realised he was openly looking shocked and tried to compose himself. ‘Um, thanks. Wraith will appreciate that, I’m sure.’ He mumbled awkwardly.

There was just a brief moment when J’on could see a less terrifying side of Ciara’s personality, he’d always suspected there was one, she couldn’t yell all the time. A slight smile emerged as he looked at the giggling baby, however it quickly disappeared when Ciara’s attention was focused on him again.

J’on thought he probably looked like a trapped animal, he certainly felt like one. The look was certainly Ciara, as was the threatening tone, but the words couldn’t possibly have come from her. Not if she was inviting him to lunch. Even worse J’on wasn’t sure wheather he was supposed to dissemble and leave or actually accept. He badly wanted to do whichever would offend Ciara least, because he didn’t want to make her angry with Chatti’s next Run due within a few days he told himself, he would like to just be able to leave without being yelled at. He looked at Wraith and Yu, but neither ‘mandyr or feline was helpful. Finally J’on made the best decision he could and folded down onto the ground. ‘Well I doubt Wraith will want to leave any time soon so I’d better keep an eye on her. You don’t have to feed me though.’ An expression that was trying hard to be a smile but ultimately failing crossed over J’on’s face, he was making an effort to be friendly. It just wasn’t going so well.