I'm in the business of misery (Tag Fear Weyrlings)

[Rei]

Sel’n was almost asleep when Erilena pulled her stunt. He eyed her with a flicker of amusement and then decided to leave well enough alone for now. If things got more complicated he would get involved. They all had to learn to interact without a babysitter eventually. Gah children. Was it any wonder he didn’t want any of his own? Kaaoloth crooned in amusement at that thought and watched the human’s with whirling eyes. When Cer’c started dragging X’rx off towards the shade however he rumbled. Mavenath quickly supplied the reasoning however and he nudged his. Eveyth’s hurt his foot with the shovel.

Pushing the large head aside Sel’n frowned before digging around in one of the leather bags attached to Kaaoloth’s straps. Pulling out his med kit he started after the two greenriders. Nice now he got to play nurse as well. Making his way over to the pair who where approaching the shade he gestured to the kit. "Get the boot off lets take a look. If your foot fell off I'd hear it from Kali." Vanity chose that moment to awaken and chime in. Lustpet fixer beat mine will. Sel'n rolled his eyes but the corner of his lip twitched upwards in a slight smile as he opened the small kit. He couldn't deny that she would most likely be unhappy with him.

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Cr’oph actually jumped when the water hit him. For a few moments he wrestled between annoyance and amusement. X’rx snapping next to him settled him firmly on annoyance. Especially when Dy’shi sounded concerned. He leveled a cold look at Erilena before leaning down to prod his green riding friend. “You..” He didn’t finish the sentence however because Mavenath took that moment to inform both him of what had happened.

Ouch. Damn it. This is why people needed to stop messing around. X’rx probably needed to get looked at. He was going to comment on such but Cer’c was already dragging X’rx off and the red head shook his head. What in Faranth's name? Okay day not going so good. It was hot as hell, he hadn’t had a good lay in way too long, they where being forced to dig a pointless moat, The majority of his classmates didn’t have a half a brain, and everyone was snappish as hell.

Just then Erilena spoke up and moved as if to go help and the bronzeweyrling rounded on her. “Don’t even. I think you’ve caused enough trouble for now don’t you? Can’t even get water right. Stupid bitch.” The last two words where mumbled and spoken softly but it was clear from his tone that they where not nice. Not that Cr’oph currently cared. All he wanted was for people to shut up and get the work done so they could all leave. That couldn’t get done with all these distractions. Now X’rx was hurt. All because people wanted to be stupid. Great day really. God how did he get stuck impressing with these idiots?

Mavenath gave a pleased brush to both his sister’s minds at their answers and had just begun to doze off when he felt the flash of annoyance form his. Raising his head he watched the humans interact for a moment before Eveyth spoke. Yes someone should be told. I am sorry he got hurt. Hopefully it is not too bad. The bronze nuzzled his sister in an attempt to reassure before informing both his and Kaaoloth about what had happened. Just as that was finished he felt a surge of anger from his directed at Feyrianth’s and in an attempt to prevent further chaos from happening he spoke to Feyrianth. I am sorry for bothering you sistermine but Cr’ophmine does not mean what he said to yours. He is just upset. Please tell yours that I apologize. Likely the human would take offense. Sigh. His needed a muzzle sometimes.

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Erilena viewed the err mixed results to her little ‘accident’. R’ven looked at least slightly amused. The other two she had soaked? Well X’rx just seemed cranky in general, and Cr’oph levered a quite cold look at her that had her bowing her head and biting her lip. Okay so maybe it had been stupid. But she had meant well. Shouldn’t that count for something? A furry of activity suddenly erupted around X’rx and the weyrling frowned as she saw Cer’c grab X’rx by the hand and begin to drag him away. By the limp the greenrider could tell he had gotten hurt. A worried look came over her face and she stepped forward. “Cer’c don’t drag him. He hurt his foot. For all we know he might have broken something....” Erilena took a step towards the retreating pair with the intention of taking a look, she did work in the infirmary after all, when Cr’oph spoke.

The greenrider flinched and turned to look at the bronzeweyrling, face flushing. Did he? Did he just call her what she thought he called her? For a few minutes Erilena just stared at him in shock, not sure what the appropriate reaction would be. A large part of her wanted to make some comment but what could she say? That she wasn’t a bitch? That he was just a pompous immature asshole who thought he was better than everyone else just because his dragon shone? Finally the weyrling just decided to hold her tongue. It wasn’t worth getting into a fight over it. The words stung yes but they where not true.

Blinking rapidly to stop herself from tearing up she just grabbed her empty bucket and then nudged Dy’shi. “X’rx probably needs some water. You should take it over to them.” Despite her best efforts her voice shook slightly. Erilena intentionally avoided looking at either R’ven or Cr’oph. The former because if he saw her upset he would probably get upset. She didn’t want to cause further trouble. The later because she could not trust herself to keep her mouth shut if she had to look at him right now.

Feyrianth watched with interest as Trilaranth picked up the flowered branch. His words caused an amused croon to emerge from her throat. Her eyes whirled in happy blues as the brown shook the flowers at her and she fluttered her wings in imitation of a butterfly. Wise you are Tril brother. Pretty flowers are very alluring. Gingerly she stepped towards him, lightly bouncing on her feet as she ‘fluttered’ closer to him. Coming to the branch she nudged it with her nose before flopping down before him and reaching up to nuzzle under his jaw.

See you have caught yourself a dragon flutterby. She said happily before tucking her wings against her back. Happy she was, until she felt the upset from hers. Tilting her head away from Trilaranth she gently brushed against her bonded’s mind just as Mavenath spoke to her. Oh dear. Lenamine. Mavenath says that he apologizes for his? The four winged green shifted restlessly. She did not like conflict and she also did not like hers being upset. It was better when everyone got along.

[rii]

The aggressive change in body language in Cr'oph had R'ven pause digging. His fingers curled firmly on the shovel as he eyes narrowed on the red head. The words – oh fewmets and dust – R'ven didn't quite fully curb the urge to roll his eyes at his bronze riding classmate. "You're not helping X'rx's any. Erilena's is a healer so it will be better if she looks." He nodded his head toward the retreating backs of the two male greenriders and the approaching Sel'n. There was not bite to the words, just a calm statement of simple observation that his fellow weyrling seemed to overlook while being – huffy. "And you deserve the water for being a dick to her."

In other words, suck it up bronzie.

Stabbing the spade of shovel into edge of the shallow moat, R'ven stepped out of the shallow depression to catch up to Erilena – nabbing her sleeve just as she finished speaking to Dy'shi. Her change in mood had not escaped his notice, nor had the way she immediately avoided interacting with any of them. "Lena," He spoke her name in a playful tune mixed with a touch of scolding; a low set of words meant only for her ears. "Just because Cr'oph rides a bronze doesn't mean he knows what's best. As far as I can see, you're the only one here with real healer experience, so please go check on X'rx's foot? Maybe apologize for catching him off guard with the water? He seems to be in a foul mood.."

Ducking his head, R'ven leaned down to place a light kiss against Erilena's temple before drawing away. A light squeeze at her fingers before he continued to walk backwards. "By the way, you'll be sorry for this–" He smiled for her, trying for a mock stern look as he picked at his wet shirt then pointing at her. "You just wait."

The brown weyrling turned on heal, stepped back into the chalked zone and resumed shoveling – only paying the occasional glance to his classmates. Trilaranth, on the other hand, paid the situation no mind at all. The activity of digging holes to teach a lesson – one that had nothing to do with how to actually dig a hole – did not interest the brown. Feyrianth was, by far, more interesting.

The only thing I have not decided.. The brown rumbled pleasantly as his green sister nudged his muzzle. He spread one wing over her, laying his neck over hers to fully play out catching the bouncy flutterby. Is what do I do after I have caught the flutterby? You cannot fly if I keep you trapped. Doesn't seem right, a flutterby that cannot flutter..

[Requiem]

Bother. Dy'shi sounded upset, and, while X'rx might well have ignored a few of the people here, Dy'shi wasn't one of them. He glanced up questioningly, at the same time that Cr'oph nudged at him and...his shovel was stolen by an overzealous Cer'c. Blinking at the other greenrider openly, X'rx managed just the slightest sound of protest before Cer'c's hand closed over his arm and he was tugged urgently toward the weyrling barracks. A stumble, a soft hiss, before the older boy broke into a half-trot half-limping gait to protect the nerves in his foot as best he could and keep the other male from dragging him over the ground. "It's not so bad as all that, Cer'c," he stated firmly, hoping the reassurance would calm the boy down enough that he X'rx could walk more comfortably.

Relieved when Cer'c had apparently taken him as far as intended, X'rx lowered down on one hand, stretching his leg out in front of him. He wrinkled his nose slightly, glancing up at Sel'n. "Everyone's making too big a deal of it," he insisted quietly. "Nothing, just..." Tugging off the boot was decidedly more painful than he'd expected, and he barely got the sock off at all. "...half-severed toes," he finished, a subtle note of surprise in his voice. Three, to be exact, the last three, with the little toe hanging on by very little at all. Tch. That was rather annoying, as was the small sprinking of bone shards to be found in the toe of the sock he'd peeled off. Twelve turns or so of using a shovel and now he had to go attempt to cut things off. X'rx was just a touch irritated with himself.

He picked at the end toe, wincing slightly at the jolt it sent through his nerves. "That one's pretty much done, I think." He spent way too much time in the infirmary. "Got anything useful in there, Weyrlingmaster? The blood was more controlled in the boot...I'm gonna start getting faint fast. Lots of blood go to digits you know." He was already holding closed the worst of the toes, but that wasn't going to solve his problem entirely. He lifted a brow at Sel'n. What was he waiting for? I suppose that could be a problem, couldn't it, X'rxMine? Nah. Only really need two toes to walk, and two of these should be fine if the old fart gets his butt in gear.

A touch more concerned now than before - though still not enough to make her upset - Eveyth crooned softly to her two clutchsiblings. It seems he has mostly cut off one of the wigglies, but he says they're not that important as long as there are still some left. I think he must be right. We don't have that many of them, and we walk just fine, she concluded with a certain amount of finality.

[Shiny]

Wiping a layer of sweat from his forehead with his dirtied sleeve, J'ash stabbed his shovel into the ground and lent on it with exhaustion, taking a moment to survey his surroundings. He was digging near C'erc, although he didn't think the boy really noticed him. Some of the others nearby him looked just as tired as he was, but thankfully, they were making good progress.

He frowned as C'erc rushed over to X'rx and dragged him away. He saw the blood on his foot... hopefully he was okay. Even though he still only really knew L'nu, he still cared for his fellow weyrlings.

Groaning quietly, J'ash let his head roll backwards in impatience as he stopped leaning on the tool and unstuck it from the ground. It was time to get back to work, as much as his arms were killing him. He would have to slow down the pace a bit - there was no way his muscles would let him keep digging the way he had been.

Luckily, the moat was almost complete after hours of labour. 'See? With teamwork, we can accomplish anything!' he exclaimed sarcastically in his head, causing a smile to break out on his face as he began digging again.

[Ember]

Dy'shi blinked as events unfolded. He hadn't expected so many to respond to X'rx's problem (he'd pinpointed the problem after a quick lookover of his friend) and it was kind of nice to see his class so concerned over another. Well, part of the class anyways. The anger that went along with a couple of their reactions didn't help though. The blueweyrling actually rolled his eyes at Cr'oph and turned to quickly comfort Erilena with a gentle touch to her shoulder before doing some damage control.

He sighed loudly and shook his head. "No wonder we all pick different chores. Getting angry at Erilena certainly won't help, Cr'oph. I know you're a...friend of X'rx, but really, not helping. You should go back to digging and Erilena, could you get more water?" He sighed again before Erilena nudged him and he smiled as if he hadn't just ordered people around. "Yeah." Without another word to anyone, or even bothering to listen to any protests. He didn't actually expect a bunch of people at least three turns his senior, if not more, to listen to him. If they insulted him...oddly enough he really couldn't care at the moment because his friend was hurt and he'd always put his friends first.

Dy'shi stopped with his bucket of water near the small group around X'rx. "Hey, water for the injury, for cleaning..." He trailed off and his eyes widened as he saw the damage. That was a lot of blood and...oh god, how was that smallest one even still attached? The boy was perilously close to being physically sick so he looked away from X'rx's foot and to his face. It helped not to look at the gross stuff. He wasn't quite sure what to say so he stayed quiet as he waited to either be ordered away...or not.

Chakraith sent comforting thoughts to Eveyth but didn't otherwise speak. She was a quite content to snuggle in silence. She began to close her eyes again as she felt calm settle over Hers more and she didn't snap them open at Hers'...disgust. Yes, disgust over Eveyth's' injury. Disgust and concern. The cause was known and there was no way in which the blue could help so she let the humans deal with it. They were the healers, not her. Not to say she didn't care...but there was no need to get freaked out about it.