Eduring Boredom {Weyrling Chores}

[Rowana]

Farryl stifled a sneeze as she entered the stuffy records room. "Hello?" she called. Someone should be here to tell her what to do. How ironic that she should get assigned to help with stuff she couldn't even read? It didn't look like this would be much fun, but chores rarely were. At least this was better than being assigned to boats. She shuddered. She'd hate to have that task. At least while she worked here she might eventually learn to read properly, rather than just scattered words here and there.

"Hello?" she called again. Had she come at the wrong time? Well, the place was horribly dusty. It was amazing how dirty it could get when candidates and weyrlings cleaned it so often. She could start with that until someone told her otherwise. She rummaged about until she found a cloth and bucket she could use and set to work. It was certainly boring, but a small price to have Impressed Peppeth and Tille. She would endure the boredom for them. Farryl continued her work, humming a tone as she did.

[archenstone]

Kalina was well absorbed in the methodical strokes of the pen, copying almost absentmindedly the record of flights from...several turns ago. They where dragons whose names she didn't even recognize. Kalina yawned.

When she finally heard Farryl say hello she looked up. "Hello!" She called back. She was in a corner towards the far back. So she stood up...brushed some dust off her elbows and walked out from behind a shelf to see who else is here. It was a girl she didn't recognize. "I'm Kalina" She said, "You where one of the ones who impressed last hatching...right?"

[Rowana]

Farryl turned, a little startled to find that someone else was here after all, but she immediately smiled in greeting. Chores were always more fun with company. Saeo had taught her that much. Farryl nodded to answer the question Kalina posed. "Yes, I'm Farryl. Please to meet you!" She waved a hand holding the dusting rag. "I'm assigned to do chores here," she went on politely. "I hope I'm not disturbing you, I can always come back later." She somehow thought that reading and studying must take concentration so that her presence and noise making might actually be a bother.

[ladybug]

A'fyr took a last look at the sleeping Rudolth before leaving his room and heading for the archives. He still didn't like being apart from Rudolth for too long, even though the brown was growing remarkably fast. He took his time getting to the records room, reluctant to hole up in the cramped, dusty room.

"Good afternoon," he said politely when he walked in to find Farryl and a candidate he didn't know already hard at work. Resigned to his fate, he sat down at another desk and picked up a stack of records, these about past clutches, and began to copy them over.

[archenstone]

"No, you aren't disturbing me. I was just copying dusty records." She said. Uminth...have you met any of the hatchlings from the new clutch? She smiled when Uminth told her No....but I wouldn't mind meeting some one smaller than me. Curiosity colored her dragon's mind voice.

"Perhaps when we finish up you and your bonded would like to come meet mine. Uminth is friendly to everyone." She had been unsuccessful in finding M'ta and had been a little lonely.

"Good afternoon!" Kalina replied happily to a guy who went to do chores.

[Rowana]

Farryl smiled widely. "I'd love to meet Uminth," she agreed readily. "And I know Peppeth will be delighted too." <You'd like to meet an older green, wouldn't you?> she poked her dragon with her mind just to be sure. <A new friend?> Peppeth practically jumped for joy. <Yes! Yes!> Laughing mentally, Farryl replied: <Then you'll have to patient until I finish my chores then.> <I will!> Peppeth declared with determination.

Farryl turned to see A'fyr come in. She didn't know him as well as some of the others, so she was pleased to get the chance to know him better. "Good afternoon," she greeted warmly.