What in the world? [beastcrafter]

[Kisha-Ra]

R’aro was in a pleasantly relaxed mood, a mood which really had more to do with the half bottle of wine he’d drunk than anything else. There still wasn’t any imported wine available but the hold’s own wine was ready for purchase, moderately cheap and actually quite pleasant tasting. Good stuff.

His meandering path around the gather took him past the beastcrafter’s pens, inevitably since R’aro was actually quite fond of furry things, although in the past he’d never been able to have anything but his firelizards, Jinka tended to attack them. He was sorely tempted now by both the fluffy feline kits and the puppies that thronged in the pens. However a stranger creature caught his eye. It was long eared, wholly, and long necked with sweet doe eyes. Entranced by the strange beast R’aro approached the pen, although he stood back in case they bit.

[Rei]

Ranair stared at the rider as he approached the llama pen. The knots the man wore marked him as a bronze rider and the lad almost ran as R’aro approached Nini’s pen. “Sir! Sir! Back up!” But it was to late. Pinning her ears back Nini jutted her jaw forward and made a gargling noise. Without warning she reared back and let loose some llama spit (really digestive juices). Nini’s aim was as good as ever and the foul smelling green liquid caught the rider full in the face.

The dark haired holder was frozen in place a horrified expression crossing his face as he groaned. “Nini you runners ass. Get away from the fence! Go on get!” the animal made a bleating sound that was a cross between a grunt and a bray as Ranair approached R’aro offering a handkerchief. “I’m sorry. Nini has a slight problem with being greeted suddenly. Are you ok? There’s a trough over there feel free to wash your face. She didn’t get you reyes did she?” The young man’s voice was distraught and he turned to see two little boys in hysterics. “Elan! Linin! You get back to the cart before I tell father! Now move it!” The two twins exchanged glances before trotting off still giggling at R’aro’s expense.

[Kisha-Ra]

The strange animal’s ears flicked back and someone shouted a warning, R’aro was glad he’d stopped out of biting range, even for that long necked creature and was just mentally congratulating himself on that fact when something wet, slimy and unpleasantly warm hit him in the face. He raised his hand to brush it away and found a large glob of green slime, which really, really smelled awful. Maybe the beast wasn’t that interesting.

A holder with a comically horrified expression came running up, shooed the animal away from the fence and chased off a pair of youngsters in fairly short order. R’aro gratefully accepted the proffered handkerchief but waved off the apology. ‘It’s alright, this won’t be the first time some kind of vile substance has landed on me. You should have seen the mess when my dragon caught that cold.’ R’aro wiped at the slime with a mild feeling of horror. ‘I should have listened to you but I was so sure I was out of biting range. Guess her teeth weren’t what I had to worry about.’ He abruptly broke off and headed for the indicated trough and washed, trying not to get any of the goo in the water.

‘Do they all do that? Come to think of it what are they really? I thought she might be a kind of sheep but I’ve never had a sheep spit at me.’ R’aro asked the holder, returning to stand further away from the pen this time. He didn’t want to be slimed a second time.

[Rei]

Ranair smiled and tilted his head. “Nini isn’t a sheep. She’s a llama and a testy one at that. Can’t say that’s the first time someone got a face full of her spit.” Turning towards the pen, the lad glared at the black and white wooly dam. Bringing his attention back to the bronze rider the dark haired holder worried his bottom lip. “What brings you to this stall anyway? Interested in purchasing something?”

Nini had trotted back to the fence and she was now watching the young men with a sedate gaze as she chewed on a few strands of hay. Ranair briefly considered herding her back from the fence again but her posture was now unthreatening. R’aro was being ignored. Fickle thing. She always had been unpredictable.

[Kisha-Ra]

The question got R’aro back on track after his unpleasant experience. ‘I was thinking of buying a pet but, as you well imagine, there’s a few qualities I need from an animal. Like it not being spooked by dragons. I don’t want anything that’ll hunt my firelizard either, I just lost my other two in the attack and I don’t want to see my poor little Insi vanish down the throat of something I just bought for company.’ R’aro’s voice went slightly wobbly as he mentioned Jinka and Telba. They’d been independent and as annoying as an off key soprano in a choir but they had also been his and he missed them. ‘I’m not sure what I should be thinking about getting. Have you got any suggestions?’

[Rei]

Ranair nodded vigorously and paused, his hand coming up to rest on the bottom of his chin. “Hmmm, Not spooked by dragons and not dangerous to flits. How about a darter? My little brother takes care of those. They are pretty, tame, and it would be impossible for them to hurt a flitter. Although some flitters find them appetizing.” He shrugged and Nini brayed once before trotting back to the hay pile with the other llamas.

[Kisha-Ra]

R’aro snorted softly. ‘Insi’s well named, I should think just about any darter’s big enough that she’d leave it alone.’ R’aro had a few doubts about buying an avian himself, like he didn’t know a thing about them, still it was worth a look. ‘Thanks for your help, and the loan of you handkerchief. I’ll go and have a word with you brother.’ He gave the dark haired man a cheerful wave and the black and white llama a suspicious look.

The darters were at least easy to spot, the brightly coloured avians really stood out, and they made quite a bit of noise too. R’aro smiled at the antics of a few of the birds, maybe they would make good pets, and unlike firelizards they could be kept in a cage most of the time.

[Rei]

Ruk approached R’aro shyly. The nine turn old shifted before getting the courage to speak up. “Um sir? Are you interested in a darter by any chance?” The darters in the cages hopped about and sang. A few of them even hopped to cling on the bars and stare at Ruk. He was the food bringer he was, and in a few of their minds a mother figure, for most of them had been raised by the boy as soon as they hatched. Human raised darters made way better pets than if they had been left for their parents to raise.

[Kisha-Ra]

‘Um yes I was sent over here. I was looking for something that could get on with dragons and firelizards to some degree.’ R’aro blinked at the sudden appearance of a human in the riot of colour and song.

((Faaaaaaaaail))

[Rei]

"Well I have lots of darters to choose from. They all make great pets. Feel free to look around. Let me know if any catch your eye. All are two marks each." Ruk smiled and folded his hands behind his back as he watched the bronze rider.

((Darters have already been pmed feel free to close this when your done <3))