Candidate Lesson One/Class One - {Open}

[Amejisuto]

((OOC: To be eligible to stand at a clutch - especially on Pern - you must attend lessons. I am making it only required to attend at least half of the lessons posted. With a minimum of at least one. If you are absent you are excused, but if you just miss the lesson completely - then you get a black mark against your candidate. Two black marks - and you have to go through candidacy all over again. Meaning no dragon for you when hatching time comes around. This is to encourage activity of members. To discourage those only after a dragon. As well as further character development. ))

Weyr Life, and Welcome to the Weyr
-Candidate Lesson One-


Meagen stood with her hands on her hips. The woman had come far from a scared and raped girl. Though her and Toath still didn't match up well - and she still didn't like girls like that - she was doing well. Her hair was braided and falling down her back, and her eyes were bright and clear. She had a new job and new knots on her shoulders. Toath was proud as well - to be the center of attention for candidates.

It's not a bad day, I think I'll be able to stay up for the whole lesson. he stated in a non-chalant voice. He had taken to not chasing as often - he knew his had no interest. Very few female dragons had male partners it seemed - these days. So he tended to stay grounded. How could he ever win a flight anyways?

"They should be arriving soon, and as soon as they are here - we will mark off their name." She stated as she tapped her finger on the chart. She would also be assigning chores at this time. (( Yes chores are important, they encourage interactions and teamwork. If you miss two rounds of chores - you get a black mark. Remember two black marks {If you have an excuse let me know} means you are removed from candidacy till the next class.)) She was rather proud that she was doing so well, and was glad to be the reason why young people would be getting into Weyrlife more.


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Angelischiel approached the gathering at hand. Candidate lessons - she didn't mind them. She herself was in normal Harper garb. WIth her hair in a braid and hands behind her head. Her eyes focused ahead of her as she found the great big brown - and his female Rider. She was the only female Rider that Angel had had the chance to meet so far. An amazing feat that many seemed to overlook.

This woman didn't seem like a woman lover - but that was yet to be seen. Angel looked her over and shrugged. Nice body build, not that bad. A little on the heavier side in some places - but not bad all around. She'd dance well at least. "Candidate Angelischiel, reporting for the lesson." The candidate said in a calm manner.

The first most of the time, she made sure never to be the last at things. Being last was being late and being late was slacking. She was far from a slacker.

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If you fail Candidacy by getting two black marks - You get dropped into the next Candidate class.

Bolded - Attending
Italics - Strike One
Underline - Strike Two

Candidates Class One

Female -
Angelischiel
Karisna
Miria
Transiit
Iindi
Caleta
Sahira
Teodora
Raiin



Male-
Wulfe
Steven
Katraen
Esskin
Jekel

[dragonkat34]

Steven walked quickly over to Miri "you know- there's a candidate lesson on! hurry, or we'll be late!" Miri blinked, then registered what her brother had said. her mind was wandering this morning. "oooh! a candidate lesson?! great! race ya, steven!" Miri exclaimed, racing forwards. her brother grinned and sped after her.
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they got to the lesson in time! Miri smiled at her brother, realizing he was panting , farther from the weyrbowl than she was. going over to her brother, she let him lean on her. he had always tired easily- but it didn't stop him for long! he caught his breath, and the two walked the rest of the way into the weyrbowl.
((i can only log on in the afternoon usually. told you, just in case. also, modifyed it!))

[POTMRayne]

"Come on Iindi! There's a candi lesson NOW! We have to go, come on it's gonna be soooo fun!!!" Raiin practically pulled her sister out of the chair.

"Okay, Okay, Shards, don't be so.... excited.... it's not that bigger deal..."

"I think it is! Come on.... I don't want to be late!"
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Raiin pulled her sister along behind her until Iindi gave up trying to be stubborn.
"Fine, I'll meet you there." Iindi used her longer legs and ran ahead of her sister, arriving quite a few minutes before.
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Iindi didn't feel like introducing herself, so she stood there until Raiin arrived. "You can introduced me too if you like."

Raiin rolled her eyes at her younger sister, "Morning," she said cheerily to Brown rider and her dragon, giving a slight bow, " We're Candidates Iindi and Raiin, here for the lesson!"
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Wulfe wasn't in much hurry, he was close enough to the room when he saw Iindi run past. Raiin stopped to wave at him, she called to him that there was a candi lesson, he nodded to show he understood and she took off.

Raiin looks funny when she runs... hehe

He walked in later and saw he wasn't the last one there. Good Standing a little straighter as he introduced himself. "I'm candidate Wulfe, reporting... here."

He walked over to stand by Raiin. "Well that was awkward..." She shoved him with her shoulder and he shoved back.... Well, I'll have friends her at least

[Inkith]

Transiit was running through the halls, she didn't want to be late for her candidate lesson.
I'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'mgonnabelateI'MGONNABELATE!!!!
She burst into the Weyrbowl. "I am Transiit. Don't panic, I am here."
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Jekel walked in, he came in just as Transiit was being her normal full-of-herself, self....... "Um, I am Jekel. I am late? If I am, I, am sorry." Looking at Transiit as he knew she wasn't sorry......
I wonder what we are going to do.

Jekel didn't really feel like standing next to Transiit right now, so went to stand next to Raiin and Wulfe. He gave Transiit a look so they would know that he wanted to stand with them because of her. "Hi Raiin, Hi Wulfe." He whispered that in an undertone, so they wouldn't attract too much attention. He gave the others further down the line a little wave....

(By the way, Transiit, is with 2 i's and I think you left Raiin off the list:))

[gazzathegreat]

Ktrean stood at the door watching everyone run in. no one had noticed him but he was part of the on time group and had already introduced him self. it was funny he thought to him self no one had ever noticed him except for Miri and Raiin... But sometimes thats a good thing.. Oh well he finally said hi to everyone and took a seat.

[Amejisuto]

(( Meagen is in the Weyrbowl, so all you candidates taht went to a room need to modify that. Gazza, you do not get to shorten your name in roleplay till AFTER you impress your dragon. Those are honorifics the dragons bestow upon their bonded. If you will all modify your posts to reflect the situation, I will work on my own.

Also Gazza, Meagen and Angel were the first ones there - I do this by posts order - not by what the post itself says. Unless otherwise stated, alright? ))

[ShadowReine]

Karisna was going to be late if she did not hurry.

Late for a lesson would be bad. After all, she was sure that if she annoyed the Candidatemaster enough, he would bar her from Standing. No, wait, she.

She had not realized the Candidatemaster was a woman. One of those rare women who rode brown. That might happen to her, she thought.

Green was more likely. Or that new color that was fairly common...the green with violet markings. Well. She did not care. She would be happy just to live at the Weyr. There was a sense of freedom here that neither Hold nor Crafthall had ever given to her.

She brushed back her black hair and moved to join the other Candidates. Good. She was not late. Late would have been bad. She adjusted the way she stood and glanced around. She had not yet managed to really meet all of her fellow Candidates properly. Of course, she wore a work dress. Hopefully the Candidatemaster would not send her back and make her change into trousers.

She did not know what they were doing beyond 'lesson'.

[kandykat]

Esskin ran down the halls of the barracks, pulling on his shirt as he did so. He had accidentally fallen asleep, and now he was going to be late for the lesson! As he was hurrying through the weyrbowl, he tripped over something and went flying, landing right on his rear end. "Shard it!" Quickly getting to his feet, he brushed himself off and hurried the rest of the way across the weyrbowl.

Only to discover that he wasn't late at all. Esskin smiled sheepishly and waved at everyone. He was too out of breath to speak, and his face was red from running. So much for a graceful entrance, he thought ruefully, running a hand through his now tangled hair.

[Amejisuto]

Meagen crossed her arms over her chest her eyes watching the gathering of the Candidates. She tapped her hand on her wrist and looked towards Toath. He was pretending to sleep, silly brown. Planned on surprising the candidates it seemed. She braced her hands on her hips now and looked them all over. "From this day forward you are all the same. What you were before this - no longer matters. You are ALL the same rank. Lord Holders child - to Crafter. You are all the same rank. You are candidates, welcome to the Weyr."

"To start things off, being a Candidate means you are the highest revered in the Weyr - next to Queen Riders - and also the lowest rank in the Weyr. You are on par with drudges. Since you have no real rank as a candidate, you will be put through rigors that others have not. With the exception of full fledged dragon riders and Weyrlings. That is why when you return to the barracks there will be bunk listings - no complaining, and a Chore wheel." She stated as she braced her hands on her hips.

"Those of you that make it to this lesson, guess what! You are one step towards impressing a dragon. Not everyone will impress. Jorindath only has so big of a clutch, but there are other queens. Please understand, and I mean this - that life is for the alive. If you have any past mental problems - such as nightmares, or rape problems - speak up now. We need all of our candidates to be fighting fit. Also - any disagreeances you have with others - will be handled swiftly. There will be no fighting amongst my candidates."

Meagen made a scary candidate master. "From now on, as long as you attend lessons - and do your chores... you are safe. But you miss more then one lesson - and you won't be allowed to stand for the clutch. You will be dropped back with the next class of candidates. Am I understood?"

[ShadowReine]

Karisna did not have anything to really *say* to this woman who now ruled their lives.

Except that she was clearly very, very strict. Well, had she been accepted as a Harper, she was sure she would have had to deal with this from an Apprenticemaster. A few turns older as a Candidate? Not a big deal.

Mental problems? She did not have any of those...she was fairly sure being considered odd didn't count, and liking girls as well as guys was probably considered a bonus in the strange environment of the Weyr. Well, except that queens did not choose girls who bedded other girls.

That was fine. She did not want a queen anyway. Too big and awkward. The chores could not be too bad. Most likely boring and tedious, but she doubted they trusted the Candidates with anything too hard, with half of them only having been in the Weyr days or weeks.

As long as they didn't make her do laundry. She had always hated laundry. Which meant that they would probably make her do laundry. That would be just her luck.

[dragonkat34]

Miri gave a quick smile to Raiin, and then looked back at Meagen. 'wow. shes a bit strict... but, as master of us, of course she has to be! and what she said, about us all being equal.. thats nice' Miri thought to herself. she'd been picked on a bit as a holder-bred girl, but that would stop with Meagen in charge!

Steven quite liked Meagen, though Toatht was a bit intimidating.
'hes quite big!' he thought with surprise. Steven thought she wasn't so strict, more... she did her job. nothing was personal at all- she had to keep them from doing what some their age did. Steven fought a smile thinking of that. ' i wonder, though, why a brown chose a girl- i wonder if it might happen again... and how does she deal with that? im sure she doesnt like girls, but....' he straightened up and tryed to pay more attention 'shells, now ive missed what she said!'

[Inkith]

Well that was an invigorating speech.

Jekel was in awe of the candidate master. She put everybody in their place, and made them understand where they stood. He was interested in what they were going to do in this lesson, and the following. As this person seemed to know what she was doing.

Jekel was also intrigued by Toath. It seemed to him that he was asleep although he was positive he had seem him open his eyes a little bit before.....
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Even Transiit was reasonably dumbstruck by that speech.

Wow she is really strict. COOL.

Transiit was hard pressed not to ask the BrownRider when they were going to do something. As she was really interested in what she had to say, and what she was going to teach them.

She then started thinking something else. I wonder, why would a Brown pick her. She had heard that she didn't like girls so she wondered what the Brown was thinking. That sort of thing isn't supposed to happen.....

(OOC By the way, Transiit means no disrepect to Toath:).)

[Amejisuto]

"Also, for those of you that are a Virgin - You might consider at least having sexual interactions once. Sex is commoner in the weyr then it is anywhere else. It's also something very integral. Dragons rise and often. It's better to pick your first sexual interaction - then end up having a flight pick it for you." She stated in a sharp tone. Meagen watched as Toath's eye cracked open. "Now it's open question time, ask Toath anything you want. He will gladly answer."

Angelischiel was first to step up for this raising her hand. "Toath, I have seen in records that browns often chose males with leadership capabilities. But not someone full enough of themselves to be a Bronze Rider. Why did you pick Meagen - a female - when obviously she doesn't like other women." She said in a light voice.

Mine is mine, because that is what I picked. Even from the time I hatched I knew I would save her. She had a troubled childhood and no other dragon could love her like I would. This also means that I will someday get her the recognition that we both deserve. I will catch a queen one day, wait and see.

[kandykat]

Esskin's eyes widened when the conversation suddenly turned to sex. His cheeks went bright red, but it was more from surprise than embarrassment. He not-so-surreptitiously looked around, scoping out the other candidates. It seemed awkward to just walk up to someone and ask them to, er, divest him of his virginity.

He blinked when Toath's voice sounded in his head, jolting him out of his thoughts. Esskin held back a giggle when the Brown claimed that he would someday fly a Queen. Maybe he would have luck with a Violet. A female Jr. Weyrleader, now that would be something to see!

[ShadowReine]

Karisna considered. Ask the dragon anything she wanted?

The brown was a good sized beast, she thought. Larger than she would prefer for herself...of course, she knew what she was expecting to Impress.

But the Candidatemaster did not strike her as...and then the question was asked. So. She could end up with a brown.

That would be a slight oops for her plans, but she would also deal with whatever happened...or didn't happen...on the Hatching sands.

"You're a handsome dragon," she told Toath. "How long can you usually fly before your wings get tired enough that you need to land?"

It was a silly question, really, especially as it would only be true for *that* dragon, but it was the only one the dancer could think of right now.

She wasn't very good at questions, especially not at this point. When she did not really know anything about the Weyr...so, she asked a stupid one rather than remain foolishly silent.

[dragonkat34]

Miri had blushed at meagan's statement, but now her eyes were closed as she tried to think of a good question.
karisna had actually asked something along the lines of what she had been thinking about, so she started again.
what made a good question?
hmm..
she waited for toath's answer to karisna's question, and thought, concentrating so she wouldnt forget, on her question...
she was ready to ask him... ~does a candidate's age matter to dragons?~

[Amejisuto]

Toath turned an eye towards a girl his eyes whirling calmly. When I can stay in the air? I am able to last a bit. If I feel a bought of tiredness come upon me - I ground myself to keep myself from injury. he commented as he stretched out a wing, growling low in his throat and arching back. My form is perfect, at least in my mind. Meagen is my Princess, and someday I will find her a prince. For now, she will have to guard you youngings and help you understand your place.

His eyes turned to the thought of the girl, leaning towards Miri he puffed air in her face. Age shouldn't really matter, but maturity does. Candidates must be 12-21 turns usually. Older for Queen eggs, because Maturity matters. Weyrbrats have it easier, it's harder for Hold Folk. He commented lightly.

[Inkith]

Jekel wasn't saure whether he wanted to ask the brown dragon anything.....
He was still undecided, because he was trying to phrase everything perfectly inn his head....

If I am going to say something, I might as well say it properly....
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Transiit also had a question in her head, but wasn't sure whether she was going to ask it........... She decided no........ At least..... not yet.....