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Post by Amejisuto on Apr 20, 2010 13:48:17 GMT -5
Meagen stood her arms over her chest as she looked over her students - eyes narrowed faintly. Today she would get them ready for the touching which was two days hence. "Alright students get together." She called out to those int he room. The classroom was huge in comparison to her smaller class. There was only about fourty in it total. Usually she saw classes of up to a hundred. (This is PC plus NPCS)
Toath was on watch duty today - so he didn't really need her. He was doing find on her own.
"Todays lesson will be about Touching Dos and Dont's, as well as what to do when you get on the Sands. If you don't listen to me in this lesson - you won't be going on with the others in the class, to
the Touching day." She stated as she tapped her foot. Harsh woman indeed. A woman with no love more like it. Toath was the only male in her life now...
She had no one else.
Female -
Angelischiel
Karisna
Miria
Transiit
Iindi
Caleta
Sahira
Teodora
Raiin
Male-
Wulfe
Steven
Katraen
Esskin
Jekel
Raynes characters are highlighted because she is excused.
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Post by Amejisuto on Apr 20, 2010 13:49:53 GMT -5
Angelischiel was always one of the first into the class. She did her best to make sure she had always done so. Even if she had work on the other side of the Weyr, she made it back in time. Today was about the touching - interesting concept indeed. This was something she couldn't wait to hear about - at least just a little. Her hands folded in her lap almost perfectly as she waited. What would happen?
What would indeed happen? It was a lessona bout the Touching day, and what they would and wouldn't do. This also meant a new chore wheel would be instated.
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Inkith
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Post by Inkith on Apr 21, 2010 5:17:22 GMT -5
Jekel was sitting, listening to the stern words of the candidate master. She almost sounded harsh and uncaring, but there must be something hidden under that tough exterior.
This lesson was supposed to be about the egg touching. Just thinking about it made the prospect of the hatching more and more real. He couldn't wait to hear more.
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Transiit wasn't really paying too much attention at the start of the lesson, but the mention of the hatching brought her back to pern....
"Todays lesson will be about Touching Dos and Dont's, as well as what to do when you get on the Sands. If you don't listen to me in this lesson - you won't be going on with the others in the class, to
the Touching day."
That is what the candidate master said.....
Transiit looked up, Meagen was tapping her foot, probably waiting for everyone to listen. Transiit was definately listening, if this would help her get one step closer to getting a dragon, she would listen as much as possible.
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Post by ShadowReine on Apr 21, 2010 12:39:01 GMT -5
Karisna sat at neither the front of the group nor the back. She was learning that she did not really want to attract *too* much attention from the rather strict Candidatemaster.
But she was listening, leaning forward a little, her dark hair falling part of the way across her face. Hopefully, one of those eggs would include a green or barred that might be suited to her. Or maybe a blue. She thought she could live with a blue.
No, she reminded herself, she would live with whatever dragon chose her...or not. She rested her elbows on her knees, peering towards Meagan.
Had she wanted a brown? Had she hoped for one, or had it been the last possible choice for her? Was she happy now? The dragons and their hierarchy dictated the rest of the lives of those chosen by them. What her life would be did depend on them.
Just as long as it wasn't a queen.
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Post by kandykat on Apr 21, 2010 17:49:05 GMT -5
Esskin sat in the front row, leaning forward eagerly with a grin on his face. He was not frightened by the Candidate Master. He thought it was so cool that she was a woman Brownrider and he was apparently oblivious to her harshness.
He tapped his foot impatiently, waiting for the lesson to begin. Esskin was excited to see the eggs, and he wanted to get started.
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Post by gazzathegreat on Apr 22, 2010 17:13:13 GMT -5
ketrean walked in and saw almost everyone sitting down, so he introduced himself and sat down
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Post by dragonkat34 on Apr 22, 2010 19:10:57 GMT -5
Miri strolled in with steven. the two of them had been exploring around the weyr, and only miria had bothered to wash off the dirt, so steven had a film of dirt on his knees, ankles, and palms.
As soon as he realized what they were going to learn about, he'd desparately tried to wipe off the mud, though it did no good. Miri sat down in a middle seat right away, excited so much, she could barely sit still.
steven almost missed Meagen's last staement as he hop-bounched to his seat while rubbing his dirty legs.
"shhh!" Miri said, and he hustled to his seat.
they sat in rapt attention.
"i wonder why she acts so harsh?" miria wondered. "its hopefully got nothing to do with us... maybe toath?" miri snapped her thoughts back to the matter, and listened closely...
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Post by Amejisuto on Apr 22, 2010 21:42:03 GMT -5
Meagen looked over the class with a critical eye. Her hands held in the base of her spine as she walked back and forth. "Here is the deal, touching day is soon. In two days I will be escorting you to the sands to get your first real touch of the eggs. When you get on the sands, you are to respect the mother. Bow to her and thank her for the privilege." She said as she walked back and forth across the room. Eyes looking at all the candidates.
"You will dress nice, make sure your chores are done before we go. Do not be late, if you are late - you will not be touching the eggs. When you get to the eggs, you will politely and gently touch the eggs. Each egg can be touched, unless the mother tells you otherwise. You will listen to anything the Mother's bonded says - and you will be as respectful for a Violet as you would a gold. She is still a clutching dragon. She is still life of the Weyr." She said this as she stopped and looked at them all wrinkling her nose a little.
"I'll be teaching you about posture, and about staying clean. Both are important as riders. You need to start making sure you are sitting straight, shoulders rolled back and back straight. Your posture will help you hold back on getting back pains - that way you can sit for threadfall for even longer." She said this in a light voice, stopping for a moment. "On the sands you won't goof around. Any questions?" She stated as she looked at them all.
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Teal Rider
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Post by Inkith on Apr 23, 2010 3:33:43 GMT -5
Jekel was happy with the way this was going...
He really had on problem with what the candidate master was saying, he just couldn't wait to get on with it.....
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Oh no, my posture is not my strong point, this might be a hard lesson.... Sitting straight, shoulders back. This will not be fun...
Even as the candidate master was talking, Transiit was slouching.....
She tried to make an effort of keeping her back straight, but in the end she gave up, it was too much effort. Although she knew that the candidatemaster would probably soon correct her posture.
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Post by dragonkat34 on Apr 23, 2010 9:38:11 GMT -5
Steven blushed in embarrasment. here meagan was telling them they had to be clean and about posture, and here he was with dirt all over him and he was too tired from exploring to straighten up.. but he had to...
Miri shot him a look that read 'no-its-not-all-about-you' when he reacted to the words 'staying clean' and 'posture'. he stuck his tongue out at her, then sat straighter up in his seat. Miri shot a slight grin at her neighbor, who happened to be jekel.
then she riveted her attention on meagan again, and tried to correct her so-so posture quickly...
'i think im not too bad at this posture thing, though poor steven- hes never liked this kind of thing!' she thought to herself.
'i cant wait for the touching' both she and steven were thinking about it, the next step towards the hatching! they'd only ever seen the eggs from a distance...
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Post by ShadowReine on Apr 23, 2010 17:52:46 GMT -5
Kari lifted a hand. "Does being able to ride a runner help with riding a dragon, or does it only give you more to unlearn?" The touching part, seemed straightforward.
The posture exercises to help them sit a dragon better? She had no issues with posture...she was a dancer, after all. And a fairly competent rider of runners...but the motion of a winged beast had to be quite different from that of one that kept all four hooves on the ground. So, she asked...because it would help her think on the matter.
She might well, after all, be riding her own dragon in less than a turn. They grew quickly...much more quickly than runners, whom some said should not carry weight until their third or even their fourth turn.
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Post by Amejisuto on Apr 24, 2010 0:51:53 GMT -5
Meagen watched the candidates and stopped for a moment. Looking around she nodded to a few people. " Posture really does help, sitting with a straighter back though at first causes aches, it will later make you capable of less visits to the Healers then you need." She said with a barking laugh. "Let's see, I have two dancers in the class, from what I've heard." She said as she folded her hands in the small of her back.
"Angelischiel, Karisna - come to the front of the class." She stated as she motioned before her and grinned faintly. Watching as the Harper girl got up from her chair and walked towards her. "Show them what good posture is." She said as she motioned to the girl. "Now show them what improper posture looks like." She said lightly.
"Pay attention class!"
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Post by ShadowReine on Apr 24, 2010 18:11:09 GMT -5
Karisna tried not to laugh. She stepped forward, unable to resist putting in a couple of steps as she went to the front, then walked across the front of the class correctly, vertebrae on top of each other, ribs like a tower. She *had* seen that some of the other Candidates slouched...mostly the most common posture error, their chins dipping towards their chests.
Then she came back...and exaggerated poor posture, letting her shoulders and head fall forward, losing the natural arch in her back and shuffling. All she needed was a rock to kick to be the very image of the slumped, surly teenager.
Ham.
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