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Log Date:
	4/4/98

Log Cast:
	(People) Rylan, Mehlani, Kassima, A'lex, Ro, Maylia, Manira,
K'star (NPC), Kailia, Myshel, V'dan (NPC)

	(Dragons) Indyth (NPC), Veyath, Chymeth (NPC)

	(Fire Lizards) Mehlani's fair, Twink, Thunder

Log Intro:
	(Continued from log leilanth-flight-2.txt.)
	It is the day of Leilanth's rising at Telgar Weyr, which has proven to
be rather stormy a day in more ways than one. In the aftermath of the flight
thus far, Ximena, mother of bronze rider A'lex, has gotten far more
information than she ever wanted about her son's love life, and was last
seen sobbing in the living cavern while A'lex and Kassima shouted at the top
of their lungs at one another, making Weyr youngsters Sandar, Ro, and Rylan
surmise that the two riders were actually in love. While the shouting was
going on, two Duskfire Wing riders, S'lah and Sh'roun, were spotted by Ro
to be hauling a drunken K'star between them, off on some secret mission into
the inner caverns... and meanwhile, Mehlani, finally risking emergence from
the beasthold, has determined that the flight is over. The Weyr runnerbeasts
duly tended, the girl makes her way back towards the living caverns, intending
to get in a bath and get the muck off her clothes....

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You walk south.
Southern Bowl(#396RJL$)
Contents:
Sahl
Emmy
Rylan
Lysseth
Obvious exits:
Living Cavern  Central Bowl  Weyrleaders' Complex  Outer Infirmary  Guest Weyr 
   Records Room  

Rylan waves to Lani, "Hi hi"

Mehlani treads cautiously down from the central bowl, peering this way and 
  that under her hat brim. Holl's still on her shoulder, and there's a flurry 
  of wings following her; the rest of her fair has caught up with her, as 
  well. The girl blows out a breath as she finds the Bowl fairly unoccupied, 
  and smiles wanly at her brother.

Rylan says "Where ya been?"

"I had to calm the runners," Mehlani says softly, drawing near. "They always 
  get... nervous, during bloodings...."

Rylan ohs, "I see....going somewhere now ?", he asks.

Mehlani glances down at herself, and then looks up again, her expression 
  slightly sheepish. "To the baths," she answers earnestly.

Rylan oh, "Well ..um..see you later?"

Mehlani smiles tiredly and murmurs, "Quite probably..." Holl, on her shoulder, 
  croons to the boy, and as most of the rest of her fair zips on into the 
  cavern, Mehlani bobs her head in quiet farewell-for-now, and slips after 
  them.

You walk past the lintel and into the wide living cavern.
Telgar Weyr's Living Cavern(#750RJM$)
Contents:
Kassima
A'lex
Pierron
Obvious exits:
Lower Caverns  Kitchen  Bowl  

Kassima points out as dryly as one can while so badly drunk it's a wonder they 
  don't make sloshing sounds when they try to walk, "You've certes proven that 
  trying t'make lives into nightmares has been your style *a'fore*, and you 
  seemed t'be enjoying it enough out there." She waves in the vague direction 
  of the Bowl, or thinks she does. Actually, she more waves towards Pierron, 
  who's rather startled by the movement. "Else why would you have kept on 
  doing it?"

Kassi and A'lex sit with a casque of wine between them talking amiably.

Heralded by several of her fair on the wing, Mehlani slips tiredly into the 
  cavern. Her clothes are rumpled and dirty, and she's got the look of someone 
  who has been working in the stables for the past couple of hours -- 
  undoubtedly trying to calm several agitated runners reacting to the dragons 
  that'd been blooding in the feeding grounds. The lass has a hand on bronze 
  Holl on her shoulder, as she creeps by.

A'lex shakes his head, did she know that he put the whoopie cushion on 
  Peirron's chair the other day? "Shhhhhh, *THAT* kind of mischief is fun!"

You walk towards the inner cavern.
Inner Cavern(#1272RJL$)
Obvious exits:
Steam Baths  INFirmary  Candidate Barracks  Corridor  Weyrfolk Quarters  
  Living Cavern  

You enter the tunnel leading out to the steamy springs.
Telgar Hot Springs
Contents:
Ro
Tierth
Obvious exits:
Inner Cavern  Bowl  

Mehlani slips in, murmuring thanks to the drudge she'd intercepted in the 
  corridor for the bathing shift and robe she'd been given, and taking a 
  moment to change out of her mucked-up clothes and hand them over to the 
  woman. The drudge bobs her head at 'Lani and scurries off about her 
  business, and 'Lani then turns, surveying the baths, exhaustedly.

Ro opens an eye long enough to smile "H'lo 'lani."

Around 'Lani, just about all of her fair is in evidence -- bronze Holl, brown 
  Munki, both blues, and three of her four greens. Only Arki is nowhere in 
  sight, and this probably has something to do with the general good humor of 
  the seven remaining 'lizards. As her fair swirls in on multi-hued wings to 
  play in the water, 'Lani comes forward to slip into the pool where Ro is. 
  "Hello," she answers softly.

Ro hiccups, then looks suitably embarrassed "Did y' enjoy the flight t'day?" 
  She takes a sip of wine from her glass.

Mehlani blinkblinks at the younger girl, and offers a slightly lopsided, shy 
  smile. "I... well, I tried not to pay attention, I had to calm the runners." 
  She settles into the water, reaching for a handful of soapsand to scrub 
  herself down.

Ro says "Oh, well." She pauses for a bit before continuing "Um, Prometh won." 
  A minute later she adds "Oh yeah, Kassi and A'lex are in love. Dunno how 
  Channie's gonna take it.""

Mehlani blinks. Twice. Her delicate brows start rising over her blue eyes, and 
  she finally manages, awkwardly, "Ah... I... see...?"

'Lani, looking distinctly bemused, tries to fathom the ramifications of Ro's, 
  ah, news. She's only passingly familiar with the assorted liasions that come 
  and go amidst the riders of Telgar Weyr, but she knows enough to think that 
  the notion of Kassima in love with anyone is surely... mistaken. As she 
  scrubs soapsand lightly over her arms, she asks Ro hesitantly, "What... 
  brought this on, do you know?"

Ro shakes her head "Nah. A'lex just came out of the LC, a while after the 
  flight, and they just started into one another. Maybe the flight caused it. 
  Dunno. I was lookin' at Sandy."

Mehlani blinks. Three times, this time. Her eyes going round, Mehlani 
  considers Ro, and blurts, "You, ah... were?"

Ro peers at the lass curiously, obviously a bit tipsy "Were what?"

"Um... looking at Sandar...?" asks Mehlani hesitantly. She pinkens a bit. "Was 
  he doing something interesting?"

Ro blinks "Oh, yeah, Sandy. Nah, not really, he just had the wine flasks. And 
  he's nice to lean on. Yep, just the right height to lean on." Her words are 
  just a touch slurred.

Mehlani drops her gaze, shyly, and starts working on scrubbing her other arm 
  as her fire lizards chase one another back and forth through the steam, 
  hides glistening as moisure condenses on them. Blue Brodi somehow manages to 
  trip over his own wings and go plummeting, once, into the pool near 'Lani; 
  the girl pauses long enough to deftly pluck the little blue out of the 
  water, and he burbles gratefully to her. Taking a moment to scrub a bit of 
  sand into his hide, just to tend it, Mehlani then considers Ro thoughtfully. 
  "I, ah, see...?" And she ponders. "He'll probably get taller."

Ro nods "I seem t'be gettin' taller, too. How tall d'y' think I'll get?"
Ro giggles for no reason.

Mehlani considers this with all due gravity, peering over at her friend. 
  "You're as tall as I am, now... I think perhaps you might get taller." She 
  smiles tentatively. "I think I might be done, myself..."

Maylia decides she's finally soaked for long enough, and pulls herself out of 
  the hotsprings. The two chattering girls get a grin flashed in their 
  direction as she nabs a towel to dry off.

Ro giggles again, then, on a totally unrelated subject "D'you think there'll 
  be a gold egg?"

Mehlani smiles tentatively to Maylia, as she alternates between scrubbing 
  Brodi and scrubbing herself. 'Lani undoes her braid, attracting the notice 
  of her greens, who flitter over to try to play with the loose ends of her 
  hair, and in between trying to keep her hair out of the beaks of Elsi, Wili, 
  and Rianet, Mehlani muses, "Perhaps... we have five golds, now... but it is 
  the height of the Pass. We might need another."

Ro nods and points to the flask of wine on the ledge behind her "Want some?"

At that, Mehlani blinks a little, and smiles timidly. "It goes to my head."

Maylia pulls on her tunic, falling down to her thighs, and gathers up the 
  rest, with her towel about her shoulders. She pads over to close to where 
  the girls are, bare feet slapping wetly on the rock. "I've some more wine, 
  too, if you'd like." She offers.

Ro snorts "'nd what's wrong with that?"

[And meanwhile, speaking of drinking -- back in the lower caverns, after
 Mehlani has left....]

"That's what I'm *saying*," Kassi repeats patiently between gulps 
  of wine, whatever lucidity she once possessed by now surely naught but a 
  memory. "If'n you have fun, and he has fun, then why nay just admit it and 
  pair off together? There's naught wrong with admitting when you love 
  someone." Yep, Kassi's pretty far gone.

A'lex nods to Kassima, "Exactly! There's no reason to be afraid of 
  it, ye just need to go for it! Right?" He's so happy that his friend is 
  finally admitting her passions...
A'lex refills _AGAIN_... "S'more?"
A'lex says casually, "Ye know, my older brothers used to lay on the 
  floor under the tap and just let it fall into their mouths..."
A'lex adds, "The wine of course, not the taps..."

Kassima's brow furrows as the long, dark confusion of the soul once 
  more sets in. "Uh... aye, if'n y'mean you in a general sense. I think. 
  Mayhaps." She brightens at the mention of this brotherly game. "I like that 
  notion! It might waste some of the wine, though... but 'tany rate, aye, I'd 
  like a refill."

A'lex nods, "Okay then, lay down, I'll fill ya up!"

Kassima's eyebrows slooooooowly arch upwards. "Wha' was that, 
  'Lex?" Please tell her you didn't just say what you just said.

A'lex looks at the Greenrider, "Get on your back and open your 
  mouth, I'll go slow so you can swallow as we go, don't worry, I've seen this 
  done before."

Kassima just rests her fingers on her temples for a moment, shaking 
  her head. "I've really got t'stop spending so much time around L'cher," she 
  mutters, ignoring the stifled whoops of laughter from some of the even less 
  pure-minded riders off in the corner. She decides that asking any more 
  questions might be less than wise, and instead declines. "I think I'll just 
  stick t'drinking from the mug, if'n 'tis all the same with you."

A'lex fehs, "Chicken." He fills her mug anyway though, grinning 
  stupidly, as only drunks can. "But shards it's good wine."

"I've been called a lot of things a'fore," Kassima muses, happily 
  leaning back in her chair with her third giant mugful of wine. "But I don't 
  know 'bout chicken. Still, I'd rather drink the wine than drown in it, eh? 
  You could waste good wine that way!"

A'lex nods, "True, true, trrrrruuue my friend. But then, we've 
  another whole casque of it eh? But still, I'll probably n'er get another 
  gift from me da like this one again. Although the other 'Tenders in the area 
  always happen by when I do my scheduled visits home... Da's a bit famous in 
  the hills now, having sired a Bronzeling and all." He giggles.

Rylan walks in from the bowl.
Rylan has arrived.
Rylan walks down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Rylan has left.

Kassima asks hopefully, "Think there's any chance I could go with 
  you on one of those visits home? I might be able t'wheedle more wine out of 
  'em." Never mind the lifelong trauma that she gave A'lex's mother just a few 
  hours ago.

A'lex has apparently forgotten it too, "I don't see why not, as 
  long as Lysseth doens't mind a little mauling by my nieces and nephews..."

"Lyss would hate that," Kassi cheerfully reports. "The silly lump's 
  still upset 'bout something. Methinks 'twas you calling me a lunatic 
  earlier. She has the exclusive right t'do that, y'know. Mayhaps you could 
  just get s'more wine and bring it back here? Just remember... Mart gets 
  really sick if'n you give him wine." That would mean that giving him wine as 
  a weyrmating gift is definitely a no-no, 'Lex.

A'lex slaps his knee with laughter, "Then it's probably best not to 
  do that eh?" That would mean that giving him wine as a weyrmating gift is 
  definitely a no-no, Kassi.

Manira walks in from the bowl.
Manira has arrived.
Manira walks down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Manira has left.

Kassima beams at 'Lex, crookedly. "Aye, aye. A shame; most people 
  like t'toast their weyrmatings and all, so 'twill be a disappointment for 
  you, but... ach, nevermind. You'll burn that bridge when you're coming to 
  it. How much wine's left in these casks? 'Cause, t'tell you the truth, I do 
  believe I am fairly well sloshed out of m'skull right now. You?"

A'lex's head wobbles oddly, "Aye, but I'm sure I shant be half as 
  dissappointed as you, eh?" He knocks on the side of the casque at a few 
  different points. "This casque is still nearly 3/4 full! I guess we'll have 
  to finish is at another time, cause right now, I've NO clue how I'm getting 
  back up to m'weyr! Nraith is up there pouting, and won't come down."

"I suppose 'twould be nice t'be toasting your weyrmating, aye, but 
  why would I be more disappointed?" Kassi wants to know. Her attention, 
  though, is on the wine. "Know what y'mean. Well, I s'pose Lyss could take 
  you up. She keeps saying I need to... lemme quote, here... 'bloody well get 
  back to the weyr a'fore I make even more of a wherry's rear end of m'self.' 
  She's been listening t'S'riv, I'm thinking."

A'lex howls! "Wherry's rear end! Actually, I think I'll go sleep on 
  the floor where ever my mother's gotten to. That way she won't be wandering 
  around getting into trouble when she wakes in the morning. But thanks for 
  the offer."

Manira walks in from the bowl.
Manira has arrived.
Manira says "sorry Kassima. And thanks for the advice"

Kassima nods, still beatific. "Hey, don't mention it, 'Lex. And 
  tell your mother I'm sorry for whatever set her off like that, eh?"

A'lex looks at Manira, "Telgar's duties to ye!" He then turns back 
  to Kassima, still silly drunk, "Feh! She'll more than likely have forgotten 
  about it in the morning! She's just road tired."

Manira says "not really but I havn't been here before"

Little does he know...

Manira says "okay"

Manira
A dark haired gil

"Duties, duties, duties," Kassi belatedly sing-songs, then beams at 
  'Lex. "Right. Why, look at me--I've forgotten it already!" Not that this is 
  any great accomplishment, as drunk as she is.

A'lex beams right back, "Well, I guess I should go find her."
A'lex stands and staggers off... somewhere...
A'lex walks towards the inner cavern.
A'lex has left.

Kassima yawns and refills her mug one last time, with some 
  difficulty since her hand isn't precisely steady. "G'night, g'night, 
  g'night," she sings rather tunelessly on her way out to the Bowl.
Kassima walks down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Kassima has left.

Manira walks down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Manira has left.

[Meanwhile, back in the baths....]

Mehlani glances up at Tierth's rider, then at Ro once more, blushing pinkly. 
  She opens her mouth to reply, then closes it again, thinking; she's tense 
  and tired, and the hot spring is helping, but if she's cautious with the 
  wine, what harm can it do? "I'll have a little bit, then," Mehlani murmurs.

Ro smiles and fills her glass, then stoppers the flask and slides it Mehlani's 
  way.

Maylia eases herself down to a seat on the thermal-warmed rock, unstoppering 
  her wine. But seeing as the two appear to have enough between them, she 
  takes a swallow from the bottle.

"Thank you," 'Lani murmurs politely, and leans back to open up the flask. She 
  does little more than a careful sip or two, enough to let the stuff within 
  slide warmly down her throat.

Ro smiles "It's Benden Red, just brought out from the crafthall.

Mehlani seems to approve, smiling softly, doing no more than her initial two 
  cautious sips. "I'm... surprised all the bronze riders haven't drunk all the 
  wine in the Weyr..."

Ro shakes her head "I grabbed two skins b'fore they even saw it. This one and 
  one for M'kla."

"Is she alright?" 'Lani asks anxiously.

Ro frowns "The healers are worried. They're only gonna let her have one small 
  glass of wine each day, so I figured I'd get her the best I could find."

Mehlani earnestly nods, saying quietly, "Father sent a note to her. M'kla used 
  to be my father's wingmate...." She trails her fingertips along the water's 
  surface, creating ripples and letting her fire lizards chase them.

Maylia takes a long pull at her wineskin, and offers it to Mehlani. "They're 
  right, you know. Just a little bit of wine won't hurt her, but too much..."

Mehlani sets Ro's flask aside and quietly accepts Maylia's, murmuring a 
  thank-you to that, as well. And she nods gravely. "I hope that she will get 
  well soon... she is only just a little older than Father...!" She bites her 
  lip.

Ro nods and says "Me too. Don't think we'll see much of 'rina for a bit, and 
  I've no one else to keep T'gota's hands off o' me."

Maylia looks as serious as she can, and nods. "She's getting the best of care, 
  she is. Despite what some might think." She considers this for a few 
  moments. "If she's careful, she should be fine. What?" The greenrider sounds 
  a little outraged. "I'll take his hands off of him, he so much as touches 
  you!"

Mehlani takes two cautious sips of Maylia's 'skin, trying to drink with care 
  in the heat of the baths. She pauses, though, frowning slightly to Ro. 
  "T'gota?" she breathes.

Ro waves away Maylia's consern "I just avoid that part o' the cavern when tis 
  my turn t' serve."

Maylia's eyes narrow. "You let me know if y'need a hand, Ro. Alright?"

Ro nods "Tisn't a problem so long as my cheeks don't get black'n'blue. 'nd I 
  don't mean the ones on m'face." She takes a gulp from her glass.

Maylia mutters something rather softly 'bout something on a certain rider 
  getting black and blue soon...

Mehlani murmurs lowly, "I've... avoided that, so far!"

Ro babbles on "If'n my hands weren't full of trays I'd o' slapped 'im silly, 
  rider or no."
Ro snorts at 'lani "You're a weyrleader's daughter. O' course you've avoided 
  it. No one'd dare."

'Lani can been seen to blush again, more rose than pink, this time. She ducks 
  her gaze down and mumbles, "They _sing_ to me, and give me gifts, instead. 
  I... I suppose that is an improvement, but..." Her blush deepens.

Ro points out "'nd they're cute and yer own age, too."

Maylia can't help but chuckle at 'Lani's discomfort. "Singing to you's, well, 
  it's louder, though. Everyone sees it." She allows. "But at least, unless 
  you faint, it doesn't leave you black and blue.

'Lani blushes even further, deciding she probably shouldn't comment upon the 
  thought that flashes through her head. Instead, she takes one more sip -- 
  no, rather, a gulp -- from Maylia's skin, then hands it back to her and 
  focuses on finishing off her bath. "I... ah... um," she mumbles, eloquently.

Ro giggles, any darkness in her mood washed away and forgotten.

Maylia smiles, taking the wineskin back, and raises it as if in a brief toast 
  to the two. She glugs down a few swallows.

Something seems to rouse a few of 'Lani's fair. Bronze Holl and green Rianet 
  both lift their heads at something unseen and unheard, and abruptly lift off 
  out of the water, hopping *between*. Their human blinks after them, puzzled, 
  as blue Enri and green Wili then vanish after them.

[And meanwhile, in the Weyrfolk dormitories...]

Dormitories(#1277RA$)
The tunnel widens into several long caverns, lit with glows, that 
  contain the residents' dormitories. The left cavern contains the cots and 
  possessions of the female members of the weyr, the right half holds the 
  those of male members. Both halves have rows on rows of cots and presses, 
  and a few other small items personalizing each space. A mirror hangs at the 
  end of either hallway, along with a washstand, sweetsand, and jugs of fresh 
  water. A blackboard against one wall has been placed for the leaving of 
  messages for various residents. Ventilation is provided through shafts that 
  may contain fires when thread is near. The nurseries are off to the south, 
  and the sound of harper songs and babies crying is nearly continual from 
  that direction. All of the rooms are kept diligently clean by the busy Lower 
  Cavern's men and women, and fresh herbs fill the air with a sweet aroma.
Most of the people in the room seem to be asleep in their cots, and 
  the glows have been covered for the night.
Contents:
Kyril
Lost and Found Cabinet (OOC)
Obvious exits:
Inner Cavern  

There are several pops overhead, as several of Mehlani's fire lizards 
  leap out of *between* and zero in on her cot. Bronze Holl is in the lead, 
  closely followed by green Rianet, blue Enri, and green Wili. The four alert 
  green Arki, who has curled up on the chest of the figure lying prone on that 
  bed, and the pale green hisses balefully at the incoming 'lizards.

There's a faint groan from said prone figure as the green hisses, not 
  all that far from his ear. Unsurprisingly, the sheer quantities of wine he 
  drank have likely given him a headache that's more than fit to beat the 
  band. "Shhhh," he mutters halfheartedly, and only half realizing what he's 
  saying at all. We are talking one very, *very* drunk brownrider, here.

The rest of Mehlani's fair follows in short order, the eight fire 
  lizards converging on the cot, all of them peering in varying degrees of 
  curiosity at the intoxicated brown rider curled up there. Arki hisses again, 
  but is finally nudged off Kes by command of Holl, and she goes darting to 
  lurk under the cot instead, eyes whirling palely orange.

[And meanwhile, back in the baths....]

Ro fliks water around with her toes "Now, I wouldn't mind if'n someone were 
  givin' me gifts and singin' t'me."

Mehlani starts to smile to Ro, but her gaze has gone distracted, her head 
  turning off in the direction of the dormitories. "What...?" she murmurs, 
  mostly to herself.

Kailia walks in from outside the room.
Kailia has arrived.
Kailia walks in, "Heya!"
Kailia shucks her stuff and hops in.

Mehlani has risen half out of the pool now, frowning distractedly to herself. 
  She gives Kailia an absent, grave little smile, and murmurs to the room at 
  large, "Please... excuse me, something in the dorms..." As she gets out of 
  the water, droplets streaming off her legs, the rest of her fair hops 
  *between*.

Kailia slides into a hot spring.

Maylia smiles at Kailia as she comes in, between confused glances at Mehlani. 
  "Where're you off to?" She asks, bewilderd.

Ro looks at Mehlani, her expression frankly curious "Somethin' wrong?"

"I'm... not sure," Mehlani says, reaching for the robe that the laundry drudge 
  had given her, and twisting her hair back into a loose braid as she goes. 
  "My fair is giving me odd impressions... excuse me...."

[And shortly...]

You head towards the corridor to the weyrfolk quarters.
Dormitories(#1277RA$)
Contents:
Kyril
Callie(#7160p)
Lost and Found Cabinet (OOC)
Obvious exits:
Inner Cavern  

Maylia walks in from the inner cavern.
Maylia has arrived.

Twink flits in from the inner cavern.
Twink has arrived.

On bare feet, clad in nothing but a bathing shift and a robe over that, 
  Mehlani comes padding damply into the dorms, looking about in general 
  bewilderment. From the direction of the girls' half of the dormitory, the 
  sound of several fire lizards can be heard, and Mehlani heads that way.

Twink flies in, crhrpling and looking worried.

Maylia pad in, barefoot, hair still dripping just a little. She's obviously 
  just come from the hotsprings, and is only wearing a longish tunic. A wry 
  look of frustration is on her face, as apparently 'Lani didn't hear her 
  calling to wait up. She hurries after the girl.

It looks like someone has left 'Lani something on her pillow... and it's 
  nothing quite so innocent as a bedtime mint. Bedecked by fire-lizards and a 
  hat that's just barely managed to stay on his head, a restlessly dozing 
  K'star has been thoughtfully left as a gift on the girl's cot--or so the 
  'Happy Turnday, Mehlani!' sign that's been attached to the front of his hat 
  might lead one to believe. For now, he's still oblivious, though 
  occasionally he murmurs something almost intelligible. 'Lani's name is often 
  heard in these mutterings, one might notice.

Ro walks in from the inner cavern.
Ro has arrived.

Kailia walks in from the inner cavern.
Kailia has arrived.

Maylia stops dead in her tracks. "Lani? That's... that's K'star?" Way to state 
  the obvious.

Mehlani glances over her shoulder to murmur a distracted apology to Maylia as 
  she approaches her cot... and then stops dead, as the sight of what's... or, 
  rather, who is lying there reaches her. Holl and Rianet and Enri all look 
  up, chirpling anxiously at her, in a sort of 'we did right to alert you, 
  right?' kind of tone.

At the sound of his name, the aforementioned brownrider stirs a bit, bleary 
  hazel eyes that clearly show his wholly and utterly intoxicated state trying 
  to fix on this green *thing* that's taken up residence on his chest. One 
  huskily murmured "Wha...?" is his ever-so-articulate and intelligent 
  reaction to the situation.

Kailia shakes her head, "Drunk brownriders in the dorms. Now what's next?"

Mehlani blinks, four or five times, and then manages to gasp out, "Yes..." to 
  Maylia. Eyes gone round, she edges towards the cot, blue gaze sweeping up 
  and down it, and accordingly up and down K'star and her seven visible fire 
  lizards. Wili has displaced Arki on Kes's chest, and she croons cutely to 
  brown Indyth's rider.

Maylia's brows peak up, and she takes a step back. Then another. Well. A 
  brownrider in 'Lani's bed. She looks more than a might bit confused.

Mehlani looks no less confused than Maylia, especially by the note pinned to 
  Kes's hat proclaiming "Happy Turnday!" She shoots a deeply startled glance 
  to the other young women who have followed her into the dorm, and mumbles, 
  "I... ah... I..."

Ro giggles near hysterically "What -were- you doin' durin' that flight, 'Lani?"

"I have a green thing on m'chest," K'star realizes. In his rather inebriated 
  state, he makes no attempt to suppress the brogue that he shares in various 
  degrees with his other family members. "Um." Naturally, this is rather 
  confusing to him since he can't for the *life* of him remember how he got 
  here. "Meh... Mehlani? 'Zat you?" Even drunk, he'd recognize *that* 
  voice--and as his eyes actually manage to focus on her for a moment, he 
  brightens perceptibly. Looking her up and down, he continues, "You... wow. 
  You look just... wow." Eloquency is not in it for him tonight. In a slurred, 
  uncertain voice, he finishes, "But... what... you're in m'weyr?"

"I was in the _stable_!" Mehlani blurts, then, as Kes makes some headway into 
  consciousness, she hastily kneels by the cot, shooing 'lizards out of her 
  way. "K'star, yes, it's me," she offers, not quite daring to touch him.

Ro wobbles over to get a better look.

K'star repeats, in a much less confused and generally happier tone, "You're in 
  m'weyr. How'd you get up here? Indyth bring you?" His brow furrows under the 
  lopsided hat... for that matter, how'd *he* get up here? As yet, he hasn't 
  noticed the other girls--Mehlani is the complete and total focus of his 
  drunken attentions. Lucky her.

Maylia smothers a giggle, taking another step away.

"Um..." Mehlani chews anxiously at her lower lip, glancing at the others for 
  support, before she risks meeting Kes's glassy gaze once more. "This... 
  _isn't_ your weyr, Kes," she explains, blushing vividly.

Ro's unsteady gait brings her a little too close, bumping into Mehlani before 
  she looses balance completely and lands on her rump with an oof!

Kailia stifles a laught the best she can.really she does. Really.

Mehlani yelps as Ro knocks into her. She instinctively grabs at the cot, then 
  swallows hard as this means she's just narrowly avoided falling right onto 
  K'star. As it happens, she's wound up only half a foot or so over him, and 
  she blinks a few times down at the rider, still blushing brightly.

Kailia loses it. She bursts out laughing, doubling over and falls down onto 
  her cot. She wipes the tears from her eyes. "Oh, this is just way too funny."

Ro is giggling herself silly, but she is stifling it, so it isn't too loud.

"But it's *got* t'be," K'star insists plaintively. "Where else would I be?" As 
  'Lani nearly falls at him, he blinks once or twice in delighted confusion, 
  and decides to take advantage of the situation to lean up and kiss her. 
  Never mind that others are watching. He doesn't notice or care. After all... 
  this has got to be a dream, since 'Lani's visiting him in his weyr like this.

Fire lizards go scattering in all directions as Kes lurches up enough to drop 
  an arm around 'Lani's shoulders, and as 'Lani finds herself dragged down 
  into a rather passionate if heavily wine-scented kiss, she squeals. Between 
  being kissed in general and the amount of alcohol on Kes's breath, it's 
  enough to make her reel, and when she comes up for air she can barely manage 
  to gasp out, "Kes, you, I mean... this is the _dorm_, not your weyr...!"

Ro looks up at the ceiling, trying to puzzle out what is wrong with this 
  picture. Hmm.

Kailia is now in that stage of laughing that makes no sound, but the most 
  delightful facal expressions.

Now, *that* makes Kes blink. Once he's recovered from the kiss, anyway. 
  "Dorm?" he asks, a bit thickly. "Dorm? Why would I be... no, no. This is 
  m'weyr. We're always in the weyr in this dream, remember?" He beams up at 
  her, a heartbreakingly charming smile for all that it's rather... well, 
  mindless.

Ro gets an upside down view of Kailia's contorted, polychromatic face and 
  looses it, laughing so hard she can't breathe, much less make a much noise.

Maylia nearly cackles, hand over her mouth but not doing a lot to stop her 
  giggles.

"A'course," K'star does note in a puzzled fashion, "there usually aren't 
  people laughin' in this dream, either."

"You... you dream... about me?" Mehlani breathes, thunderstruck, and 
  momentarily distracted from the fact that three sets of eyes are all on this 
  little spectacle.

K'star is now decidedly bemused. He's certain this isn't how this dream is 
  supposed to go. But, when in doubt, play along. "Aye, 'Lani... a'course I 
  do. You're wonderful! How could I stop thinking about you, even asleep?" As 
  his thoughts wander, he starts to croon another song, somewhat tunelessly. 
  "I got m'mind set on you, I got m'mind set on you...." He repeats this a few 
  times. Those are apparently the only words he knows.

Ro laughs harder, if possible, gasping for air between, and managing a few 
  words "Dreams ... wet ... spurt." Tears are coming to her eyes, she's 
  laughing so hard.
Ro adds in "SHEETS!" Of course she isn't making sense. It's been too rough a 
  day for that.

Kailia is currles up in a ball now, clutching her side. "Dream.....my 
  .......foot!"

K'star manages to look beyond Mehlani for a second to blink at Ro in utmost 
  confusion. "Don' wanna know," he mutters to himself. "Don' wanna know."

The gales of laughter bubbling up behind her make Mehlani turn crimson. Then, 
  with Kes's arm still draped heavily around her, she turns back to the young 
  rider and tells him anxiously, "Kes... you're in the dorms. Don't... don't 
  you know how you got in here...?"

Maylia does manage to avoid collapsing. Barely. She leans against the wall, 
  torn between giggles and shock.

Ro doesn't even try to get up off the floor. It would be a totally useless 
  effort.
Ro someone manages a wolf whistle. Is this really Ro? What is she going to 
  have to say for herself in the morning. The thought likely hasn't crossed 
  her mind.

K'star shakes his head, with a faint groan as this makes his head swim 
  terribly. "Auuuuuuuugh. Dorms. Nay, can't be in the dorms. Don' know how I 
  got here, wherever here is, but can't be the dorms. I'd remember dorms." He 
  smiles sweetly up at 'Lani, though. Gutter-minded though her companions may 
  be, his drunkenness lends him an aura of utter naivete. "Like it here, 
  though, wherever here is. Liked sleeping here. Reminds me of you." Yep. His 
  better judgment has flown the coop.

Kailia shakes her head, back and forth, just clutching her side, alughing her 
  heart out. Wait until Kassi hears abut this!

From under Mehlani's cot, Arki hisses in general petulance at the noise, while 
  the rest of the fair resettles. Holl and Rianet, longest familiar with the 
  brown rider, perch closest to Kes and 'Lani. The girl, in the meantime, 
  worriedly studies K'star, but her features soften noticeably at that sweet 
  smile with which he favors her. She lifts a hand to his head, intending to 
  straighten out the hat that's practically already fallen off, but the note 
  still pinned to it seems to change her mind; 'Lani's fingers brush across 
  Kes's brow instead. "You can't sleep here," she whispers gently.

Even the light brush of 'Lani's fingers is enough to send the hat toppling, 
  revealing Kes's windblown locks of light, sandy brown hair. Yes, he *does* 
  have hair. This concept of not sleeping here does not seem to be one that he 
  comprehends. "But... why nay?" he finally asks in perfect innocence. Well, 
  okay, maybe not *perfect* innocence. Maybe not innocence at all. Let's just 
  call it sincerity and leave it at that.

Ro laughs "I don't care if'n he does. He's not half bad t'look at."

Holl and Rianet helpfully intercept K'star's hat as it goes rolling off the 
  other side of the cot -- plaything, as far as the 'lizards are concerned. 
  There's a bit of a scuffle as five of Mehlani's fair converge on it at once, 
  and although 'Lani does try to peek over Kes's prone form to make sure his 
  hat isn't about to get eaten, Kes himself is holding rather more of her 
  attention. "_I_ have to sleep somewhere," she explains shyly, not daring to 
  meet the rider's hazel gaze, now.

Maylia sees that 'Lani's doing alright, and heads off, her chuckles still 
  sounding back to the dorms.
Maylia walks off towards the Inner Cavern.
Maylia has left.

Kailia peers, "Humm, we can just keep him here to take care of our every 
  need?" she giggles, the laughter having subsided a bit. "Or rather, 
  Mehlani's."

"Oh. Why, that's simple," K'star beams, pleased to have finally found a puzzle 
  he can solve. "You could sleep here, too. There's room enough." As before... 
  if not precisely *innocent*, at least he's *sincere.*

Ro blinks a few times and asks innocently "What needs?"

'Lani casts a decidedly nervous glance along the length of her cot, trying not 
  to notice how most of her sleeping place is already occupied by six-foot-yum 
  of brown rider.
Mehlani then risks looking back to Kes, her mind racing as she tries to think 
  of ways to convince him out of her bed. "Wh-what I mean is, shouldn't... 
  shouldn't you be with Indyth?" Her hand is lingering at K'star's forehead, 
  and the lass is looking distinctly flustered.

K'star coaxes most plaintively, "I mean... 'tis nay that you don't want t'be 
  near me, is it?" That thought seems to rather upset him, and his hazy, 
  pleading eyes are as fixed on Mehlani's face as their muddled state will let 
  them be. "Indyth's fine... fine, fine. Didn't chase. He's okay." Problem 
  solved, see?

Mehlani's expression practically melts at Kes's pleading tone and eyes, and 
  she smooths his hair out of his face, murmuring, "I... like you... very 
  much, Kes... "

K'star smiles blissfully, reaching up one unsteady hand to cup Mehlani's 
  cheek. She likes him. She really likes him. All is right with the world, 
  except.... "Then what's th'problem?" He'd have to ask that one.

Ro reaches a hand up in the direction of Kailia after a failed attempt to 
  stand.

Kailia seeing that Mehlani is well, um, occupied, she decided to go get 
  something to eat.
Kailia pulls Ro up, almost falling over the other way.
Kailia walks off towards the Inner Cavern.
Kailia has left.

Ro smiles at the pair and wobbles out to get herself some klah.
Ro walks off towards the Inner Cavern.
Ro has left.

[Meanwhile, in the lower caverns...]

Myshel walks in from the bowl.
Myshel has arrived.
Myshel wanders into the Living Cavern, and looks around, trying to 
  find some juice. Spying the food table, he pours himself a glass, and 
  settles himself onto a bench against a wall in a corner to let the tears out.
Myshel sips his juice, staring at a spot on the floor, but not 
  seeing anything.
Myshel finishes his juice, and gets himself another glassful.
Heading back to his seat, Myshel turns to sit down, and one of the 
  curses of adolescent boys's growth spurts occurs: his pants don't quite fit 
  correctly, and a large *RRIIPP* echoes throughout the Cavern. Furiously red, 
  Meesh now has quite the embarrassing airflow through his trousers, and sits 
  down VERY quickly, sloshing juice all over himself.
Myshel sighs, and looks up to the ceiling, as if to say 'Why me, and why here?'

Kailia walks here from the Inner Cavern.
Kailia has arrived.
Kailia skips on in, looking rather hungry.

Ro walks here from the Inner Cavern.
Ro has arrived.

Myshel looks up. His eyes widen, his face turns red, and he drops 
  his head and tries to look like part of the scenery. Not easy to do in a 
  relatively deserted Cavern.

Ro wobbles out of the lower caverns wearing a fluffy robe and wet 
  headed, and her gait suggests she's had more than one glass of wine.

Pierron puffs with pride as Kailia gives him the chance to demonstrate his 
  skill.
Pierron carves a slice from the wherry that is baking in juicy 
  plumpness over the hearth, and serves it to Kailia.
Pierron puffs with pride as Kailia gives him the chance to 
  demonstrate his skill.
Pierron dips into a pot on the oven's top and serves Kailia a plate 
  of mashed, buttery tubers. He adds a scoop of wherry giblet gravy to go on 
  top before serving them.

Kailia taker her food over to where the unfamiliar young man is 
  sitting ans plops down. "Hello there."

Ro smiles at the green-clad boy "Evenin'." she says "Mmm, you look 
  kinda familiar. D' I know you?"

Myshel shakes his head without looking up. "No, not from here."

Ro shrugs and meanders over to get herself a mug of klah. "So, 
  why're y' here for, then?" she asks amiably, if slight slurred.

Myshel clears his uncomfortably dry throat. "My mother."

Kailia peers, "And, who, may I ask, is your mother?"

Ro nods and sips her klah, giving the boy a thorough looking over 
  above the rim of her mug.

Myshel sips what's left of his juice. "M'kla," he whispers.

A concerned look appears on Ro's face, her youthful brow furrowing.

Kailia lets out a soft ohhhhh, "Have you see your mother yet?"

Myshel nods a bit. "Yes."

Kailia ahhhhs, "And how is she today, if I may ask?"

Myshel says "She's fine. Tired, but fine."

Ro nods and walks over, a little more steadily now, to rest a hand 
  on the lad's shoulder "Aye. She's tough as an old watchwher. Y'needn't 
  worry."

Kailia looks at Ro, agreeing, but not quite in those words. "I'm 
  sure she'll be fine. And you're an apprentice healer yourself?" she says, 
  noticing the knot.

Myshel smiles a bit sadly. "Aye, that she is. But it's part of my 
  job to worry."
Myshel looks a bit worried, as leans carefully forward to look out 
  the door as best he can.
Myshel says "Um... Is there anywhere close where I can fall asleep? 
  I just got hit with an awful tired spell..."

Ro blinks and says "Um, well, there's the guest weyr if Kassi and 
  A'lex aren't usin' it, I suppose."

Myshel looks a bit harried now, and tired at the same time. "Where 
  can I fall asleep?"

Kailia points out to the lower caverns, "Try the men's dorm?"

Myshel nods. "And where is that?"

Ro nods "I'll show you the way, if'n you like.

Kailia says "Go out to the lower caverns, then to the weyrfolk's 
  quarters. You should see some dorms. There are some cots, ohe yeah, that'd 
  be better, RO.""

Myshel nods, and stands, then realizes something a bit belatedly, 
  and slaps his hands over his posterior, flesh hitting flesh.
Myshel takes his jacket off and wraps it hastily around his waist, 
  still a bright red.

Ro's attention is drawn to the movement, but the realization takes 
  a few moments to sink in.

Kailia blushes, "Erm, I could get you something from stores, if 
  you'd like." She trying really hard not to laugh. Really hard.

Myshel dashes as dignified as he can down the hall.
Myshel walks towards the inner cavern.
Myshel has left.

Ro turns red, but also winks.

Kailia watches the departing young man, "Well, and on that note, 
  I'mm off to bed. G'night Ro."
Kailia walks down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Kailia has left.

Ro walks towards the inner cavern.
Ro has left.

[And back with Mehlani and her drunken brown rider...]

"Wait, don't--" Mehlani yelps over her shoulder, as Kailia and Ro retreat, 
  distracting her from the young man slumped in her cot. It's with palpable 
  nervousness that she looks back to Kes, round-eyed, beginning to get a 
  little panicked. "You... I-I mean... Kes, don't you think... you should be 
  in your weyr, if you're not... f-feeling well?"

K'star really is truly befuddled. If this is a dream, everything's going 
  entirely wrong... but it's just too unbelievable to be reality. "I feel fine 
  *now*, 'Lani," he replies, still slurred. "Kinda groggy an' dizzy an' stuff, 
  but, y'know. Naught sleep wouldn't cure. Or the sight of you." The really 
  awwwww-inspiring thing is, he's too drunk to be attempting gallantry.

From Ro's bed, Thunder croons softly before turning over and going back to 
  sleep.

Mehlani's eyes turn positively limpid, and she can't help but smile down at 
  the rider. But she's also still blushing, her face heating under Kes's palm. 
  "Oh, Kes..." It's quite the lower-caverns-girlish thing to say, save that 
  Mehlani's expression holds as much caring concern as it does admiration, and 
  thus she's saved from looking vapid. "Listen to me... don't you think... you 
  should sleep in your weyr? You're probably going to feel awful tomorrow, you 
  know, and... it'd be... well, awful, if you have to have a hangover in front 
  of everyone...!"

Slowly, the sense of Mehlani's words filters into the mazed mind of the 
  brownrider. "Oh," he says intelligently. "I... guess that'd nay be a good 
  thing. And if'n you say I should... then there're just three problems wi' 
  that." He hold up one finger, a bit unsteadily. "One, you'd nay be with me." 
  A second finger joins the first. "Two, I don't know where m'hat is." And 
  lastly, a third finger is proceeded oddly by, "And five, I'm nay entirely 
  certain that I can walk."

"Oh... here..." 'Lani pulls back from Kes long enough to scurry around to the 
  other side of the bed and retrieve the fallen hat from her fire lizards. She 
  shooes the 'lizards back out of her way again, and now, on the cot's other 
  side, presents the hat for K'star's inspection. Gravely, she murmurs, "Here 
  you are..."

K'star accepts the hat from 'Lani and gravely replaces it atop his head before 
  leaning in to kiss her again, of course. "Thankee," he murmurs simply.

The girl doesn't seem to mind being grabbed and kissed a second time; she's 
  still blushing deeply, though a little less than she had when Ro, Kailia, 
  and Maylia had been in the room. She finally pulls back, though, and 
  whispers awkwardly, "I, um, I'll help you... get up, if you need me to..."

K'star sighs, still looking a bit mournful that he has to leave at all. More 
  than a bit mournful, really. "I guess I could use the help," he admits sadly.

Myshel walks in from the inner cavern.
Myshel has arrived.

'Lani nods earnestly, straightening up, reluctant to disentangle herself from 
  Kes's arms even if she _is_ trying to coax him out of her cot. "Alright.... 
  um... one moment..." She ducks to her press at the end of the cot and 
  hastily dives into it, pulling out a pair of breeches to pull on under her 
  robe. Once she has them laced, she turns back to the rider still slumped in 
  her cot... and sees Myshel dart in... and freezes.

Ro walks in from the inner cavern.
Ro has arrived.

Waiting for her heart to settle down, even more flustered now, Mehlani turns 
  shakily back to Kes. Now that she's wearing pants as well as her bathing 
  shift and robe, she's a little more decently clad, and she takes K'star's 
  nearer hand in hers, gently coaxing him towards sitting up. "Come on... come 
  now..."

Ro walks in not far behind Myshel. She smiles Mehlani's way.

K'star is only too glad to take Mehlani's hand, though his audible groan when 
  his position changes is not a happy one. "Did anyone get the vintage of the 
  wine bottle that hit me?" he asks rhetorically, clapping his other hand to 
  his pounding head.

Mehlani glances towards Ro and manages a weak, nervous little smile at the 
  other girl, as she twists deftly about to slide her shoulders in under 
  K'star's arm. "Slowly, dear one," she whispers. "Hang onto me...!"

Ro giggles softly. By the silvery sparkle of her eyes she is genuinely amused.
Ro lifts an eyebrow. Mmm, interesting choice of words.
Ro says "I'm glad m'eyes were open when you said that. M'mind's been playin' 
  tricks on me of late."

Quite content to have his arm about Mehlani's shoulders, K'star hugs her as 
  best he can (considering that 'coordination' isn't his middle name right 
  now), and kisses her on the cheek once to boot. "Gladly," he says, stealing 
  a still-bleary, bemused glance at Ro.

Evidently unaware of the words she's used, 'Lani blinks distractedly at Ro, 
  most of her attention on trying to help Kes get his feet onto the floor. As 
  several fire lizards chirrup in general confusion, she then works on the 
  rather more daunting task of getting K'star to stand up. "Can you stand? Up 
  now..."

Ro murmurs "If'n the two o' you want some, uh, privacy, I kin go back t' the 
  livin' cavern."

"I can try, heart o' mine," is K'star's gallant response. His legs wobble, the 
  knees *just* managing not to buckle. There was a good reason that his two 
  Wingmates decided to just go ahead and drag him in here in the first place. 
  "You don't mind if'n I hold onto you, d'you?"

"I-I'm going to get him to his weyr," Mehlani blurts out to Ro, blushing 
  deeply, managing to get the gist of _those_ words from the other girl. "It's 
  alright... oh!" As K'star staggers, she staggers along with him -- after 
  all, he has eight inches on her, and it's not the easiest of tasks for her 
  to be supporting the rider.

Ro blinks "You're goin' to his weyr?"

K'star curses faintly under his breath as 'Lani staggers. To make her fall too 
  wasn't his intent. He holds on more tightly, as though to help support her 
  even as she supports him, and leans his cheek momentarily against the top of 
  her head. Sighing, he murmurs, "Sorry... m'sorry."

"It's alright," 'Lani breathes, clutching at K'star with both her arms now. 
  Around him, she blurts towards Ro, "_Kes_ is going to his weyr, but... but 
  he just needs a little help, is all... Kes... can you walk?"

Ro tilts her head "Y'want my help?"
Ro seems entirely oblivious to the fact that the only stitch of clothing she 
  is wearing is a nice, fluffy robe. It has actually been a rather long night, 
  and the thought just hasn't caught up.

Kes eyes his feet as though expecting them to betray him at the first chance. 
  "Maybe," is his verdict. "If'n... you're willing t'help me, that is." To 
  prove his point, his knees wobble again, and he holds onto Mehlani with both 
  arms to help keep his balance. It's scary to be sloshed beyond all logical 
  thought and then be told you have to try and--gasp--*walk.*

Hastily, Mehlani peeks around K'star's lanky form and bobs her head at Ro, 
  mouthing, 'please' at her. She's got a secure enough hold on the brown rider 
  at the moment, but this may well be just because she hasn't tried to get him 
  to move yet.

Ro nods and slips over to the brownrider's other side, her own slight 
  wobbliness fading because of the klah she's had, and easily compensated for 
  by the whipcord strength gained working in the stables.

K'star sighs with relief that he's not quite so wobbly anymore, thanks to 
  Ro--though he looks a bit disappointed to not be alone with 'Lani anymore. 
  All things have their price. "I think m'weyr is... up, somewhere," he 
  reports vaguely to the women.

Ro gives 'lani a significant look "I hope y'know the way, 'cause I don't."

"We've got you, K'star," Mehlani says softly, clearly. "Just... hang onto us, 
  and... we'll walk, alright? Just a little bit at a time...!" As Ro takes up 
  half the task of supporting the inebriated young man, 'Lani gets a bit of 
  breath back into her voice, and she promises, "We'll just get you outside, 
  and you can call Indyth, alright?"

Ro follows her friend's lead.

"Anything for you, 'Lani," K'star answers, watching his feet. "Indyth'll come. 
  He always does. He's a good dragon... aye, a good dragon. Good, good dragon."

"A _very_ good dragon," Mehlani agrees gravely, managing to get Kes into 
  enough motion to progress a few steps away from the cot. Blue Brodi squeals 
  as he very nearly gets stepped on, however, and Elsi and Wili chase the 
  little fellow across the floor just in front of the rider and his 
  self-elected escorts.

Ro nods "I'll have to meet him."

K'star notices the 'lizards in front of him just as he's taking one more shaky 
  step. To his blurry eyes, it looks like there're about a dozen 'lizards 
  skittering about. "Whoa!" he yelps as he tries to pull back, rather than 
  squish one of the poor creatures. Either he'll lose his balance and fall on 
  the floor, dragging the women with him, or they'll manage to hold him up and 
  things will continue as planned. The scary thing is, if Kes were aware of 
  these two possible fates, it's hard to say which would appeal to him more.

Ro is thrown off balance by the unexpected shift of weight "Whoa!!"

"Kes?!" Mehlani pipes in startlement. As first K'star and then Ro wobble, 
  slender 'Lani can't exactly keep steady herself. She feels Kes pulling her 
  backwards, and starts tilting over, trying to keep herself and her charge 
  upright at the same time. Without success.

Done in by the power of Mehlani's 'lizards, Kes falls backwards onto the floor 
  with a grunted, "Oof!" Fortunately, he's already so dazed that a bit of a 
  knock on the head isn't going to make much difference. "'Lani?!" he asks 
  anxiously. "Are you all right? And you, um... you?" He doesn't want to admit 
  that he has entirely forgotten Ro's name, you see. In fact, he can only 
  remember his own because Mehlani keeps repeating it so often.

Ro's hands futilely claw the air for a moment as she falls backwards. She 
  lands on her rump for the second time this night, only this time it's 
  already sore and she doesn't have so much wine in her to dull the pain "Ow!" 
  She gazes up at the ceiling gathering her wits about her "Well, this looks 
  familiar."

"Oh no!" Mehlani scrambles down to sit beside K'star, leaning over him 
  worriedly. "Never mind me, are _you_ alright...?"

Fire lizards have gone scattering in all directions again, and Mehlani flicks 
  a scolding glance at every little winged creature she can spy. There's an 
  agitated hiss from Arki as Munki and Rianet manage to invade what she'd 
  claimed as her private sanctum under 'Lani's cot.

"I think so..." Kes starts to reply, trying to sit up--and he then falls back 
  down, with a groan. Because of 'Lani's proximity, and the fact that he's 
  wobbling as much as a newborn child, his head lands in her lap this time 
  rather than the floor. "Could I just stay here instead of trying to move?" 
  he asks, again rather plaintively. "'Sa nice spot." Lucid, he ain't.

Ro rolls her head to the side to see what's going on.

Mehlani eeps, as K'star nearly knocks her over before sliding down into her 
  lap. She's thrown her hands back against her cot behind her to catch her 
  balance, but as Kes comes in for his landing, she sits up a little 
  straighter. Gazing down at the brown rider, she protests, "Oh, Kes, you 
  can't sleep on the floor...!"

K'star smiles up at 'Lani, doing his best to meet the eyes he can see right 
  above him. "Sure I could," he argues. "'Sides, I like the view."

Ro burst into a fit of giggles.

Oh, _my_. Mehlani turns crimson, not entirely certain whether K'star is just 
  meaning her face, and far too embarrassed to ask. "What I mean... is... I 
  mean... y-you'd have to let me... move..."

Oh. Crestfallen, but trying not to show it, Kes gallantly manages a nod. 
  "Wouldn't be fair t'ask you t'suffer for m'comfort. I'd never want you to 
  suffer, heart o' mine." With that, he starts the struggle to get back to his 
  feet. One can only wonder just how many Bollian drinks the poor man consumed.

Ro winks at Mehlani from her place on the floor "Lucky you, lass, havin' a 
  cute guy fall right int' your lap."

"Oh, be careful..." Mehlani is still decidedly more dextrous and limber than 
  K'star is, and she catches him in her arms before he falls over again. "You 
  don't make me suffer, Kes!" To Ro's comment, she blushes hotly, once more.

K'star smiles the smile of one who is very, very happy indeed to be in the 
  arms of the object of his affections, never mind that she's only steadying 
  him so that he can get to his feet. "Good. Couldn't live with m'self if'n I 
  did, 'Lani." Eventually, through much manly effort, Kes manages to get to 
  his knees... then his feet. He's wobbling pretty badly, but standing--this 
  walking stuff does get a bit easier with practice, after all.

Ro struggles back to her feet. "If only I should be so lucky. You get Kes and 
  I get T'gota." She doesn't seem to be letting it bother her, though. She is 
  more joking than anything else.

Mehlani stands along with K'star, her arms still supporting him, but as Ro 
  chimes in her opinion, 'Lani blushes yet again. "I-I haven't... I mean..." 
  She trails off and then practically babbles up at the brown rider, "D-d-do 
  you want to try again?"

Ro cautiously takes up her position on the other side of Kes again.

Kes just nods, doing his best to stay on his feet. "This has never happened 
  t'me a'fore," he tries to explain, gesturing down to his wobbly feet. "I 
  don' intend t'let it happen again. Parts weren't so bad, though." Another 
  sweet smile is favored to Mehlani, and a sort of bemused, but generally 
  pleasant one to Ro. Right. She's crazy. He can deal with crazy people. He 
  grew up in a whole den of 'em, after all.

"What's never happened?" Mehlani asks, almost afraid to, but oddly fascinated 
  nonetheless. As soon as she is sure enough that Ro has hold of Kes's other 
  arm, 'Lani starts coaxing him gently forward again. She sends out a firm 
  mental urging for all of her fair to Stay Out of the Way, in the meantime.

Ro begins the slow trek forward, steadying the brownrider as much as she is 
  able.

"Me being this wobbly," Kes replies, too out of it to even ask what she 
  *thought* he meant. Concentrating as best he can--after all, 'Lani wants him 
  to do this!--Kes manages to make some fairly steady progress across the 
  room, and doesn't once break out into yodelling. This is a considerable 
  accomplishment.

"There you go," Mehlani praises, almost tenderly. With Ro's help, she gets 
  K'star to the door, and as she coaxes the rider through it, she says very 
  gently, "I think you might be wobbly because you're... drunk, Kes...!"

You walk off towards the Inner Cavern.
Inner Cavern(#1272RJL$)
Obvious exits:
Steam Baths  INFirmary  Candidate Barracks  Corridor  Weyrfolk Quarters  
  Living Cavern  

Ro walks in from outside the room.
Ro has arrived.

"Drunk," K'star repeats thoughtfully. "Drunk. That would 'splain a lot, right 
  now." One would think this hadn't occured to him before.

"Were you drinking, Kes?" There's no recrimination in Mehlani's query; her 
  voice remains soft and concerned as she and Ro help him along. "Do you 
  remember?" _She_ doesn't need to ask. She can tell he's been drinking from 
  the smell of him. No, 'Lani's interested only in seeing if _Kes_ can 
  remember, while she gets him out to his dragon.

You walk through the large entrance to the Living Cavern.
Telgar Weyr's Living Cavern(#750RJM$)
Contents:
Pierron
Obvious exits:
Lower Caverns  Kitchen  Bowl  

Ro walks here from the Inner Cavern.
Ro has arrived.

"Methinks 'twas," Kes says vaguely, his voice still rather thick--to say 
  nothing of thickly-brogued. "We went... Boll. We went t'Boll. I drank 
  something there, and that's pretty much all I can remember 'till I woke up 
  in your bed." He seems content with this memory gap for now. Far more 
  interesting to him is the trial of trying to navigate through the LC, even 
  with the help of Mehlani and Ro.

Inwardly thankful that the cavern appears to be mostly deserted at this hour, 
  'Lani directs some of her attention towards trying to make sure K'star 
  doesn't go tripping over any furniture, felines, fire lizards, or his own 
  feet. "You'll remember more later, I'm sure," she murmurs, guiding Kes 
  towards the Bowl. "You should call Indyth, alright, Kes?"

You walk down the short tunnel and out into the bowl.
Southern Bowl(#396RJL$)
Contents:
Manira
Emmy
Obvious exits:
Living Cavern  Central Bowl  Weyrleaders' Complex  Outer Infirmary  Guest Weyr 
   Records Room  

Ro comes out of the short tunnel from the living cavern.
Ro has arrived.

K'star mumbles, "I think he's still out here...." And indeed, brown Indyth is 
  resting not far from the Living Cavern--and his bugle of relief upon seeing 
  his rider safe and sound, not to mention with Mehlani, is enough to cause 
  the poor rider in question to wince. "Yeah, that'd be him all right."

"Let's get him over to Indyth," Mehlani murmurs -- clearly to Ro. She smiles 
  tremulously at the big brown, marking his location more by the pale glow of 
  his eyes than anything else about him.

Ro nods and smiles slightly "Now I get to see this Indyth I've heard so much 
  about." as she makes her way steadily toward the indicated dragon despite 
  struggling to keep the rider upright.

"Hello, Indyth," Mehlani calls out softly. "See, we've brought your rider...!"

Indyth helps matters considerably by lumbering up closer to the Cavern, so 
  that the women won't have to drag his lush of a rider quite so far. He 
  favors each of the three with a whuffle, presumably of thanks--or of mild 
  chiding, in K'star's case. "Indyth says we should go," Kes sighs, his voice 
  slurring yet more. Fatigue is taking its toll. Turning, he asks of Mehlani, 
  "Are you certain you won't...?"

Ro tenatively reaches out to scritch the brown with her free hand.

Indyth, not quite as much the sloshed and melodramatic sort as his rider, 
  accepts the scritching philosophically. He's never been one to ignore the 
  attention of a pretty girl.

As Kes shifts in their grasp, Mehlani blinks, resteadying herself. She's still 
  got the rider's arm draped around her shoulders, and she automatically 
  reaches with her other hand to steady him, as well. "Come... with you?" she 
  whispers, again in that half-frightened, half-fascinated tone.

Ro asks Mehlani "How're we gonna get him strapped in?"

K'star opens his mouth to say something... but then thinks better of it, and 
  just nods. Some things don't, after all, need to be spoken. So intent is he 
  on his regard of Mehlani that he does not (fortunately?) register any 
  remarks about strapping him in.

Oh dear. Registering both Ro's question and Kes's pending one, Mehlani 
  swallows hard, looking deeply torn, apparent even in the darkness. She 
  finally chooses to answer Ro first, even if indirectly, by asking Kes, 
  "Can... can you get on Indyth alright?"

Not one to overexaggerate his own abilities even when drunk, K'star simply 
  says, "I can try. He wouldn't let me fall, if'n I can." Which is pretty much 
  an admission that his chances of managing straps in his current state are 
  just about nil.

"Alright, then... here, we'll help you," Mehlani promises, turning K'star 
  about. She glances at Ro to make sure the other girl is still working with 
  her on this, and does her share of pointing Kes at his dragon's flank. 
  "Indyth? C-can you... sit down a little, or something?" she calls up 
  anxiously to the brown.

Indyth rumbles a gruff, but not unkind affirmative, lowering himself to lie as 
  close to the ground as can comfortably be achieved. "You're too kind t'me, 
  Mehlani," is all Kes says, readily accepting her guidance.

"Of course," Mehlani whispers. There's no mistaking the tenderness in her 
  tone, now. "Here, here's Indyth's leg, just... climb up, alright? You can 
  make it..."

Ro does her best to help the rider up, while murmuring and appreciative thanks 
  to Indyth, mentioning in a somewhat babbly way what a sweet dragon he is.

As Mehlani bids, so will Kes achieve, or try--as they say, what love can do, 
  that dares love attempt. Or something like that. With the help of the two 
  women, he does manage to get somewhat sprawled atop Indyth's neck, in what 
  would really be a comical pose if you stepped back and looked at it. "I'm 
  up," he reports down to them. "I think."

Mehlani bites her lip as Kes finally makes it... more or less... up to 
  Indyth's neck. She glances at Ro and whispers anxiously to her, "What do you 
  think..." And then, she adds just as anxiously to the dragon, "Indyth... do 
  you have him?"

Ro looks at Mehlani, her eyes stormy grey with concern "If'n they were to stay 
  on the ground, I wouldn't worry, but I'm afraid he might fall off, no matter 
  how carefully Indyth is. Look at how he toppled in the dorms..."
Ro asks "How high up is his weyr?"

The notion of a K'star-shaped spot on the Bowl floor disturbs Mehlani deeply. 
  She squints up into the night sky, trying to make out against the dark walls 
  of the Bowl the equally dark ledge entrances of the air-based weyrs. "He's 
  in Duskfire Wing... high up enough... oh... oh shells. Indyth..." And she 
  turns back to the dragon, lifting up a hand to anxiously stroke his muzzle. 
  "Can we come with... to help him? Please?"

Indyth rumbles at Mehlani's first question, but it's a vaguely uncertain 
  rumble. Frankly, he wouldn't trust his rider to do diddly squat to save 
  himself right now. "Indyth's calling me all sorts of names right now," Kes 
  reports, a touch groggily. Lying face-down against dragonhide is all well 
  and good, but it means he's constantly presented with a view of how far down 
  the ground is--maybe not that far when sober, but drunk.... "He also says 
  that you're both welcome. Climb on up." And the smile he gives Mehlani then 
  almost, almost manages to break through the layers of fog around his mind to 
  make him seem sober for an instant, charming, crooked, and ineffably sweet 
  as it is.

Ro shakes her head and climbs carefully up, bare feet and all.

"Thank you, Indyth," Mehlani breathes in deep relief to the brown. Then she 
  hurries round to the dragon's side and climbs up as well. She's _also_ 
  barefoot, but this doesn't seem to stop her much -- if anything, it simply 
  lets her get better purchase against Indyth's hide as she deftly and lightly 
  scrambles up onto his back. And she moves to lift Kes up a little, coaxing, 
  "Here, let me get you strapped in, alright? Hold still..."

"Your wish is m'command, sweet lady," is all Kes says. He does his best to 
  hold still. This is a little difficult, given his tendency to wobble and 
  shake, but at least he doesn't wobble or shake his way clear off his dragon.

Ro begins fastening buckles as Mehlani holds the rider upright.

"Do you have the straps, Ro?" Mehlani asks the other girl softly, while 
  turning around to settle herself in front of K'star. Seeing that Ro is 
  indeed on the job, Mehlani breathes a grateful thank-you to her frined, and 
  turns to settle herself down into place before K'star, strapping herself in 
  as well. "We'll get you safely up to your weyr, Kes," she promises earnestly.

Ro nods "I've got 'em, he'll not slide off now." as she turns her attentions 
  to strapping herself in. Her Da would be totally devastated to find a Ro 
  shaped splat on the bowl floor.

Since K'star would be beyond devasated to find a Mehlani-shaped splat on the 
  Bowl floor, he loops his arms lightly around her waist, just to make sure 
  she's safe. Never mind that he's in no state to ensure safety, really. 
  "Home, Indyth," he calls to his brown, and the beaten-leather hued dragon 
  rumbles once before rearing back to launch himself up into the air.

With K'star secured between them, and K'star's arms about her, Mehlani gets 
  herself secured in time for Indyth's leap aloft. It doesn't startle her too 
  much, this second ride on this brown dragon. Most of her attention is ahead 
  on their destination -- and the rest, spent on being Aware of K'star's 
  presence behind her.

Ro tries not to be aware of the brownrider's presense in front of her, and 
  given the hour, she very nearly succeeds.

Indyth lands on his ledge, placed high up in the western Central Bowl wall, 
  with a faint rumble to let those aboard know to brace themselves for a 
  landing. The ledge itself is fairly clear of clutter, and might provide a 
  safe place to climb down. "We're here," Kes announces, half out of reflex 
  and half out of a sort of absentminded surprise.

Ro seems prepared for the landing, having been on her father's blue many a 
  time, and weathers it well. She inquires in a muted tone "Are you two 
  alright?"

"Fine," K'star sings out. "Fine, just fine and dandy... peachy, really. Tired, 
  groggy, and with a headache big enough to knock over Leilanth, but peachy 
  anyway." Could this possibly be connected to the fact that he still has his 
  arms around 'Lani? Nahhhhhhh.

Mehlani, also a dragonrider's daughter, is long used to landing dragons. She 
  murmurs an affirmative to Ro, and starts to move to unfasten the straps 
  she'd buckled about herself, only to realize... "Kes," she says shyly over 
  her shoulder, "you... um... you need to let go of me, alright?"

Ro unbuckles her own straps without difficulty, then starts to work on those 
  of the lad in front of her.

Oh, right. Necessity once again rears its ugly head. Reluctantly, K'star does 
  so, nodding a bit sheepishly and a lot wearily to 'Lani. "Need any help?" he 
  asks, never mind that he would probably only make a mess of things if he 
  tried to give it.

"We're fine," Mehlani assures the rider solemnly, as he wobblingly pulls away 
  from her. Getting herself unbuckled, she then helps Ro finish off the job of 
  unbuckling Kes, before turning to slide past him down off the dragon. 
  "Alright... just... come on down. Can you make it?"

"Indyth wouldn't let me fall." This is one of the few things Kes has said 
  tonight that both makes sense and he sounds quite confident in. Indeed, the 
  brown raises his left forelimb as near to his neck as he can; Kes has but to 
  slide down onto that, and from there, he's gently lowered to the ground. Of 
  course, he's teetering on the forelimb by the time he gets there. "Is *this* 
  m'weyr, now?" After all, he was sure it was *last* time.

Ro slides down as well, her robe sliding up in the process. Her -eep- of 
  dismay can be heard long before her toes touch the ground. She quickly 
  rearranges it, her cheeks flaming brightly. She just hopes Kes is too drunk 
  to remember this in the morning.

Infinitely grateful that she took the time to pull on a pair of pants before 
  this little excursion, 'Lani moves to help Kes off Indyth's foreleg. "It's 
  your weyr," she assures earnestly, while murmuring another soft thank-you to 
  the dragon. "You can go to sleep here."

K'star nods. He does have to admit, "I think I'd like that... sleep, I mean. 
  I'm a bit tired of everything being so confusing." His half-smile is rather 
  wry; this confusion business has had *some* benefits.

Blinking a little as her eyes adjust to the light level of the weyr, Mehlani 
  steps briefly away from K'star, long enough to find a glow basket and turn 
  it, enough to give a little more light to see by. This makes Indyth's couch 
  readily visible, and Mehlani returns to K'star's side, taking his arm and 
  turning him in that direction. "Come on over here, then... sleep right here, 
  with Indyth, alright?" she murmurs.

Ro has still to recover from the shock of her robe sliding up, and has yet to 
  say a word since.

Indyth has indeed already elected to retire to his couch--he's had a long 
  vigil, after all--and their dragon's couch is one thing familiar enough for 
  even the drunkest rider to remember. "Sounds like a plan," he agrees. He's 
  rather easy to lead along right now. "Are you going to sleep here, too?" 
  Hard to tell whether that's to Mehlani or both Mehlani and Ro. In the 
  meanwhile, Kes's brown rumbles with the draconic equivalent of sardonic 
  amusement at Ro's predicament.

It is not, fortunately, very far for Kes to go, the distance between him and 
  his dragon's couch. 'Lani manages to get the brown rider over there without 
  too much difficulty, though her technique for getting him onto the 
  rider-sized pile of sleepfurs at one end is as much dropping K'star as 
  gently easing him down. "Don't... don't worry about that right now, Kes," 
  she blurts, trying to sound soothing and calm, and not _quite_ succeeding. 
  "You just... just close your eyes and rest, alright?"

From the air, Veyath flies over from the north end of the bowl.
From the air, Veyath wings over the spiky cliffs to the south towards the 
  springs.

Ro eyes the dragon. She may not be able to hear his thoughts, but she knows 
  that tone. She takes a deep breath and forces herself to untense. Upon a 
  quick inspection, yes, she did do a decent job of getting her robe 
  rearranged.

K'star nods. As has been stated, he's easy to lead along right now... at 
  least, when the one holding the lead-rope is Mehlani. "G'night, 'Lani," he 
  says softly--and as an afterthought, calls, "And g'night, you, too." He 
  still doesn't remember Ro's name.

Mehlani kneels down by K'star, relieved to get him down at last. She 
  considers, then gently removes his hat, setting it not far away, just within 
  reach for when he wakes up. And then she moves to take his boots off him, 
  and to get him properly covered up. It might be springtime in Telgar, but 
  this doesn't mean it still doesn't get drafty in a weyr at night.

K'star smiles drowsily at 'Lani, the warm furs, warmer hide of his dragon, and 
  general prone position already working their magic on his alcohol-besotted 
  brain. "Too kind t'me," he repeats through one last yawn. "Too kind by 
  far...."

Ro recovers enough to help her friend with the boots.

From the air, Veyath wings up from the south surrounded in clingy wisps of 
  steam.
From the air, Veyath flies towards the north end of the bowl.

Mehlani's answering smile is a shy one, accompanied by the expected blush. She 
  glances at Ro, then allows herself to gently pat Kes's brow... and then to 
  lean over and kiss it, as though he were a small child. "Good night," she 
  tells him.

Ro averts her eyes, not wishing to intrude on anything she would be best off 
  not seeing. She leans against one wall and stares out at the night sky.

Mehlani then straightens up, back to kneeling, and then lifts her gaze up to 
  Indyth... only to draw in a breath as she sees the dragon's apparently 
  gotten himself quite comfortable, curled up protectively there by his rider. 
  "Indyth?" she calls timidly. "Indyth, are you..." She glances down to K'star 
  to verify that he is, indeed, going to sleep, before getting cautiously to 
  her feet and looking for the dragon's eyes. "Indyth, are you still awake?"

K'star as indeed slipped into a state of deepening unconsciousness, 
  fortunately for him. Whether he'll remember all of this or think it was just 
  a dream after all may be a thought for debate. Indyth, eyes glowing a dim, 
  cool blue, turns his head towards Mehlani; answer enough, most likely.

Not having the heart to ask Indyth to move away from his rider, Mehlani 
  considers the brown anxiously, then creeps over to Ro. "I... I hate to ask 
  him to leave him," she whispers. "Maybe... he'll bespeak another dragon for 
  us, to get back down? Call the watchdragon, maybe...?"

Ro nods sleepily, her brain not processing things all that quickly.

Indyth rumbles faintly. It's readily apparent that, ask or no ask, he won't 
  leave his rider. Beyond that, he seems content to wait and see what solution 
  the two girls will devise.

Awkwardly, but with the same earnest fervor she's shown K'star all evening, 
  Mehlani smiles to Ro, then creeps back over to Indyth. Looking up into his 
  nearer eye, she shyly touches his dark hide and whispers, "Will you... call 
  another dragon for us? To come get us...?"

Indyth tilts his great head, apparently considering. He's a hard dragon to 
  read. Without his rider on hand, one can only guess at his thought 
  processes... but the pause before he finally gives a reluctant rumble of 
  assent suggests that, for whatever reason, he's not entirely certain he 
  should fulfill this request. It takes a moment, but eventually the 
  unforgettable and infamous V'dan and Chymeth do arrive. V'dan looks even 
  *more* unkempt than usual, and extremely tired, but seems in a peppy mood 
  anyway. "The watchpair were called to escort a few drunk riders back to 
  their ledges," the great geeky one explains. "So, you're getting us instead. 
  Hope y'don't mind."

Mehlani lets out a soft sigh, mostly of relief... though she does give a 
  lingering glance down to K'star's now soundly-sleeping form. In her personal 
  code of Behavior Towards Dragons, any request granted must be shown due 
  appreciation. She smiles timidly to V'dan to acknowledge his and Chymeth's 
  arrival, but stays by Indyth long enough to reach up and scratch his 
  eyeridge, with gentle fingers. "Thank you," she breathes softly. "I know 
  you'll take care of him...!" Only then does she turn. Straightening her 
  robe, she approaches the green and her rider with a surprising amount of 
  grace under the circumstances, and says very earnestly, "Thank you both for 
  coming, V'dan. Will Chymeth convey us down to the lower caverns?"

Ro follows Mehlani, remaining quiet for the most part.

There's a pause while V'dan just blinks at the sight of Mehlani and Ro, of all 
  people, standing on K'star's ledge while partially clad. "Huh? Oh... yeah, 
  sure. That's what Indyth told Chymeth you needed." As tactless as ever, he 
  can't help resist pointing out, "D'you two realize that you're wearing 
  robes?" Just in case they may have missed this.

Ro makes sure her robes she still in place before replying "I'd never have 
  guessed. What a shock." Her voice is deadpan flat.

Somehow, something about V'dan's demeanor seems to settle Mehlani, who offers 
  the poised, polite reply of, "It had come to our attention, yes, thank you. 
  You and Chymeth are very kind, for coming so quickly." Not knowing V'dan and 
  his green _nearly_ so well as Kes and Indyth, Mehlani gravely waits for the 
  rider to indicate that they may approach his dragon before she does so.

V'dan shrugs. "Hey, y'know, always a pleasure to serve and stuff. Weird, but 
  we've never been called kind before." Glancing down at his rather slimy 
  looking brown-tinged green dragon--*not* the most attractive of ladies--he 
  belatedly thinks to add, "Oh, yeah, and Chymeth's fine by your coming up 
  whenever it suits you. Just watch the robes."

'Lani bobs her head gravely to V'dan. As he rambles, which evidently doesn't 
  surprise her very much, she quietly approaches Chymeth and starts to climb 
  aboard her. Once she's safe on the green's back, she looks for straps with 
  which to buckle in.

Ro straps herself in behind Mehlani after clambering up carefully.

Mehlani turns and glances back at Indyth, once she's secure, and calls softly 
  to the brown, "Good night..." She doesn't really expect a reply, but she's 
  not leaving without acknowledging her friend's dragon.

Since V'dan is quite used to being called on errands--he's just a go-fer kinda 
  guy--there are straps for three extra passengers available. "All buckled in? 
  Good. Don't forget to watch the robes, now. G'night, Indyth!" he yells over, 
  receiving a mildly annoyed rumble in return that modifies to a softer and 
  less irked warble when it's directed towards Mehlani. "And awaaaaaaaaaay we 
  go! Ho, Chymeth--up, up, and away!" Leave it to V'dan to resort to 
  theatrics. Crouching, the green leaps to spring rather awkwardly into the 
  air... becoming, as is her wont, fluidly graceful once she's found her 
  wing-rhythm. Go figure.

'Lani keeps glancing back into the weyr, until Chymeth wings out of range... 
  and only then, does the girl direct her attention to the coming landing.

Southern Bowl(#396RJL$)
Contents:
Manira
Emmy
Obvious exits:
Living Cavern  Central Bowl  Weyrleaders' Complex  Outer Infirmary  Guest Weyr 
   Records Room  

Ro has arrived.
Ro says "He'll be fine, 'Lani." just loud enough for her words to not be 
  completely carried away by the wind."

Once Chymeth has safely landed and dropped off her passengers, Mehlani lets 
  out a long, slow breath. She looks rather dazed, now, and she turns slowly 
  to Ro, murmuring some sort of polite pleasantry to V'dan as the young man 
  rambles his way through letting them dismount. "I know," she tells the other 
  girl softly, once Chymeth and her rider have lifted off again. "I just..."

Jor sails here from the north.
Jor has arrived.
Jor sails north.
Jor has left.

Ro desends from dragonback, this time having the presence of mind to climb 
  down rather than sliding.

"I used... to help Father with flights," Mehlani finally admits softly. "Bring 
  him wine... and find Momma for him. But it's... _different_, with Kes..." 
  Her gaze drifts briefly back up in the direction of K'star and Indyth's 
  weyr, before returning to her friend.

[Very tired, now, the two girls sneak as quietly as they can into the
 lower caverns... where Ro and Mehlani part company, for Mehlani wants to
 make sure that K'star wakes up with some of the hangover remedy she's
 gotten very good at making. Ro lets her go, leaving 'Lani to her thoughts.
 Much bemused by the entire evening, 'Lani quietly assembles a pouch for
 K'star, and calls her fire lizards to her to take it to him... and
 convinces half her fair to stay up there with him, to keep him company.
 And at last, with a bit of the remedy saved for Ro as well, Mehlani sneaks
 off to bed, unable to keep herself from thinking of what it might have
 been like if she _had_ let Kes stay in her cot....

 End log.]