An Early Breakfast {Nick/V'ire}

[Sparrow]

Tirasha snorted. "She isn't really, and loves to make things seem a sharding lot worse than they are. I swear that's how she got the Masterhealer rank, by making people think she was curing something horrible when she was really doing something easy." ((Tirasha's opinion though, I don't know if she really does this XD))

"Alright." Tirasha glanced at Willow, who chirped happily. He wanted to see this pretty place as soon as possible. The Healer smiled faintly and took another bite of her redfruit. It was probably about half-gone now, with what she'd been eating in-between talking. Time to start on something else...

Tianthe gurgled and brought her wings quickly to her side to duck under the Blue as he darted in front of her. The young fire-lizard would have to think of better tricks than trying to cut her off if he wanted to catch Tianthe! Gurgling happily, she twisted around to zoom over V'ire's head. Her wingsail and the base of her tail hurt a little still, but she would keep playing.

[Nick]

V'ire grinned. " You could be a Master Healer! You are a great Healer Tirasha. Better than what I've heard of Nixsha." Still, he shrugged and took a bite out of a meat roll before ducking Tianthe's passing flight over his head.

" That Green is one crazy flitter. Though I can't say much better about Kiyo!" He laughed as he ducked again from Kiyo chasing after the female in fun.

Kiyo gave a happy chirp. This fire-lizard was not dumb! Kiyo paused a second in mid-air and then took off after Tianthe right over his Keeper's head. How could he trick her this time? For now he sped up and flew right behind her, nipping playfully at her tail.

[Sparrow]

Tirasha glowered at a pastry. "The people who matter don't seem to think that." They were all so fed up with Nixsha, they weren't going to pay attention to her underlings. Tirasha would get herself noticed sometime though, she didn't plan to stay a Journeywoman forever, especially under the horrid Master she was supposed to listen to right now.

"Greens are, I think." Tirasha shrugged and picked up a pastry. "And all young flitters..." How such insane creatures had managed to survive so long in the wild, she had no idea. Their sheer numbers seemed to overpower their apparent stupidity about dangerous things.

Tianthe twitched her tail aside every time the young flitt bit at it; keeping ahead of him was easy, even when she was hurt. That was the disadvantage of being young maybe. He wasn't as experienced as such a wise old Green. Not that Tianthe was old... just wise. Yes, she liked the sound of that. Chirping excitedly, she next darted around Tirasha.

[Nick]

V'ire shook his head. " To me you are. That burn was bugging me, and I get up now before Elisth. At least until she gets too big to wake me up in the morning." He grinned.

Kiyo quickly turned his body around and, thinking in a split second, darted under the table instead of at the woman. He popped up on the other side of Tirasha and chirped happily at the Green.

V'ire looked down at his slowly emptying plate. " Eating this early, I'm not as hungry as I would be later. Oh well." He tried to ignore Tirasha's glower at the pastry, but flashed a worried look at her before composing himself again.

[Sparrow]

Tirasha nodded and smiled slightly. "It's good to know someone thinks that." She thought of the young Green in the infirmary the day before... she seemed likely to get big, although Tirasha still wasn't much of a judge. "Once she gets bigger though, there'll be a phase where knocking you out of bed though would be easier, don't you think?"

It seemed likely enough. Where was the dragonet now anyways? It didn't feel likely to Tirasha that a young dragon would want to be away from its rider for very long. Maybe she just hadn't woken up yet...

Tianthe squawked with surprise as the Blue appeared from underneath the table, then began to gurgle. That was better than his last trick... but surely he could come up with something better than just coming out from under a table! Tianthe would have to see. Ignoring the ache in her wing, she ducked underneath the table herself and began weaving between the legs of chairs and the legs of Hers and Kiyo's.

Tirasha shrugged and bit into the pastry. "It's quieter if you eat earlier." That's what she preferred. A bunch of ravenous riders about when she was trying to quickly eat something? That wasn't on her agenda. Tianthe would probably get too distracted with other people's flitters being around too, and Tirasha wouldn't like taht either.

"What?" She didn't miss the worried like V'ire gave her, and didn't like it either. What was wrong with her now?

[Nick]

He thought about it for a second and grinned. " I think when she gets bigger, she'll be too worried about hurting me. Right now though, she is probably asleep. If she wakes up she will more than likely come and find me here."

Back under the table? Well, it was her game of chase! Kiyo shot under the table after Tianthe and between his Keeper's legs. He then hid behind one of V'ire's legs to wait for the right time to jump out and surprise the Green. Kiyo enjoyed this.

V'ire looked up at her from his drink, now luke-warm klah. " Nothing, I don't want to start a fight about it again. I was just worried about you for a minute is all. Nothing wrong really...just worried why you were staring at that pastry."

He managed a little smile.

[Sparrow]

"Maybe." Tirasha took another bite of the pastry, careful not to let the jam inside spill out and make a mess as she ate. Things with other things inside them were such trouble to eat, they really didn't seem worth the time. Normal bread tasted better anyways- why had she grabbed this again?

"I was staring at it?" She raised her eyebrows. If she had, Tirasha hadn't realized it. Willow gurgled, not sure either and finding that funny for some reason. She set aside the pastry that now looked like maybe a rodent of some sort had nibbled on it a little and took a sip of her klah.

Tianthe gurgled as she noticed the little Blue duck behind the boy's leg. What was he planning now? Ducking between Tirasha's legs, she darted underneath the Healer's chair and then shot upwards again. The bite in her wing stung a lot suddenly, apparently not liking her sudden ascent. Tirasha gave a little cry of surprise and landed quickly on the table to turn and nurse it.

[Nick]

" Yeah, you were looking at it like this." V'ire mimicked her expression by staring at one of his left pieces of food. " I don't really know if that's healthy to hate your food before it even upsets your stomach." He laughed.

Kiyo waited behind his keeper's leg for a few moments, until he heard the cry from what he could only assume was Tianthe.

He darted onto the table and looked around, finding the Green licking a wound near her wing. Kiyo approached her slowly and chirped with concern, he nuzzled her side a little and then looked at her quizzically.

[Sparrow]

"No, it's probably not." She laughed softly. Really, that seemed likely to make it want to upset someone's stomach more. Picking up her redfruit again, Tirasha returned to slowly eating that. Her eyes wandered to Tianthe while she ate. The bite wasn't healing as quickly as Tirasha could have hoped, probably because Tianthe simply wouldn't rest it enough.

She hoped that was the cause at least. Willow glanced at his sister and the little Blue comforting her and rumbled softly. Tianthe got hurt a lot, and she always got better. He didn't worry about her.

Tianthe chirped softly as the Blue nuzzled her and sent him an image of the scary golden monster that had attacked her. The bite still hurt, even though she thought it hadn't been a very bad one. Giving the tear to her wing a final nudge, she stood up again and headed to Tirasha's plate for another meatroll.

[Nick]

Kiyo squawked at the horrid picture that was sent to his little mind. A monster! And she survived? That deserved something from him....a present that expressed he was glad that she didn't get eaten.

He toddled over to V'ire's plate and got one of his favorite pastries and slowly approached Tianthe. He chirped and held out the offering to her, sending her a picture of his Keeper grinning...the best thing he had for happy.

V'ire looked at the whole fire-lizard scene unfold and laughed a little. " What is going through their heads sometimes? That is a big sacrifice for him...the last one on the plate. Suppose what he could be thinking?"

He smiled at Tirasha.

[Sparrow]

Tianthe set aside her meatroll- although it remained where she could easily see it so it didn't get stolen- and sniffed at the pastry the fire-lizard held out. Did he really eat this? She didn't smell meat. Maybe it would be good anyways though. He was sending her a happy picture of sorts, although it was of a human, not himself.

Maybe he meant for her to give it to Hers? But Tianthe wanted to try it first. She accepted the offering and bit into it curiously. Nope, no meat. Something fruity, which she wasn't sure about. Tianthe was a vicious carnivore! Packtails and trundlebugs feared the sight of her!

But... maybe she could eat these too. It was good. After taking another large bite from the pastry, she held it out to the Blue again. This was something maybe she would share.

Tirasha shrugged. "It looks like she's willing to share it, which is odd too." For Tianthe at least. And now Willow was getting curious, wondering what this thing was that his sister would eat but also was willing to share with Kiyo.

[Nick]

Kiyo sat back on his little haunches as he watched Tianthe enjoy his little present. He was glad he could do something for her after that monster attacked!

Then she wanted to share? Kiyo was liking this Green more by the minute. He reached out and tore off about half of what was left and munched on it, motioning for Tianthe to eat the rest of it...after all it was HER gift.

V'ire gave Tirasha a smirk. " That something she doesn't do often? I guess because it's not covered or stuffed with meat. At least she likes it...if she hadn't it might have broken Kiyo's little heart." V'ire's eyes danced as he spoke.

[Sparrow]

Tianthe took another bite of the pasty after the Blue did and then held it out to Willow, who sniffed and turned down the snack. Gurgling, the Green finished the treat off. It was a good thing she wasn't as picky as her clutch-brother, that had been tasty, even if it wasn't quite as good as what she usually ate.

Tirasha laughed. "Tianthe doesn't share." It was practically a rule. But she had offered that to Kiyo and Willow. Maybe the Bronze simply because she knew he wouldn't eat it, but she would probably have been pretty sure the Blue would. "Kiyo's too young to have his heart broken though."

[Nick]

Kiyo licked his mouth that was covered in small flakes of pastry and jam. Sharing was good, but why hadn't the Bronze taken some? Oh well...more for Tianthe. Too bad that had been the last one though, Kiyo looked back at V'ire's plate and chirped.

Looking back at Tianthe, he sent her the flower meadow picture again. Flowers now, he gave an inquizative chirp.

V'ire gave a shrug. " Not like that, I mean that he would have been upset that she didn't like his little treat. I agree he's a little too young for that kind of heartbreak...though when he's old enough it looks like he's going to be chasing Tianthe."

[Sparrow]

The meadow again? Tianthe chirped back curiously. That was a pretty place. What did the Blue want with it? Willow turned to question Kiyo too, so the Green helpfully sent her brother the picture. What about the meadow?

"Mmm." Tirasha absently twisted the stem of her redfruit around in circles. "If she plays chase with him too much now, he might win too." She smiled slightly and laughed. "He'll know all her tricks."

Tianthe turned to glare at Hers. No-one could learn all her tricks, no matter how much she played with them. That was a stupid thing to say.

[Nick]

Kiyo gave the question a little thought...he remembered that flower that His had picked and sent this to both the other fire-lizards. He wanted to pick more flowers for V'ire...Kiyo only guessed that they were for the lady that Kept Tianthe and the Bronze.

V'ire laughed too. " He may, but he'll have to learn some of his own tricks. Right now all he knows is how to play, eat, and sleep."

[Sparrow]

Tianthe chirped. She liked flowers! Willow gurgled, he liked the flower Kiyo's keeper had brought for His, it would be fun to get more. Were they going now? He chirped questioningly.

"Looks like he's learning to plot too." Tirasha watched the three fire-lizards, wondering what was going through their heads just then. Willow was looking excited about something at least, and he didn't usually seem to interested in doing anything but sitting on Tirasha's shoulder.

[Nick]

Shaking his head, V'ire smiled. " I have no idea. It could be anything to get Tianthe excited...but Willow too? Hmm...they are devious little creatures aren't they?"

Kiyo gave a nod. If the others wanted to go now, they could pop in there and be back to give flowers to Theirs before long...there were lots of flowers to choose from! There wasn't much more room in Kiyo's stomach right now, so it was time to have fun and get some pretty things.

[Sparrow]

Tirasha shrugged. The smaller fire-lizards usually struck her more as crazy than devious, and the larger ones seemed more concentrated on reproducing than anything else. Ones raised by humans were different though, especially those that had been domesticated for several generations... "Sometimes, I guess."

Tianthe chirped and popped between the second she noticed the first bob of the Blue's head. She didn't want to wait to go to the pretty flower place! Willow glanced at the spot the Green had just disappeared from with some skeptism and then looked back at Kiyo. He would wait for the Blue to go.

[Nick]

Kiyo chirped and hopped away as Tianthe went between. Guess that meant yes....Kiyo got up and took flight before popping out to go to the flowers. He was going to get just a few for V'ire to maybe give to the lady...or maybe that place they had went the other day when His was hurt...

V'ire looked on in surprise when Tianthe and then Kiyo went between. " What...oh great. No telling what they are going to do."

Mine! Mine? Where are you Mine? I am hungry! Are you getting me food?

V'ire almost giggled. " Well, Tirasha. Elisth is up. Looks like its about the end of our little encounter." I am in the Kitchens dear heart. I will come soon, with food for you...let me say good bye to Tirasha.

Oooooh Mine. I will wait only so long before my stomach eats me. Elisth let this slip out to Tirasha as well.