Wing Interviews (Amneris and the Wingleaders)

[hrsegrl]

The Interview room of the Weyrling Barracks had always made the Wingleader a bit nervous. Today they had already seen a number of greenriders and had only two left of that color group, Amneris and Nisha. Two of the women who impressed. Any leader looking at them had to keep in mind what extra stresses the Wing would take on by having a woman on a green.

He had heard good reports on both of them, however. "Next we have Amneris of green Labeth. The Weyrlingmaster says she shows promise as a searchrider. Personality is not at all tempermental and she follows direction well. Candidate master said, she shirked chores and lessons when she could. There is a possibility that she has grown out of that. She is one of the youngest riders on our list today, at sixteen."

The rundown having been given they waited for the young woman to enter. He was expecting a small girl, being that she was young. E'riol let his head rest on his hand. Interview days were so boring.

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The tall blonde was a bit curious as to what her interview would be like. She wore her usual Weyrling attire, leathers with her Weyrling chords. She had her harir braided and then pinned up so that it could not fly away from her head and get singed in the air.

She was confident, that was simply her personality. Confidence was a good thing, she thought, especially when one had a bunch of questions to answer. They were going to find out what wing she belonged to. Labeth would be so excited!

Knocking on the door, she entered without waiting for a response. "Good afternoon Wingleaders. I'm Amneris, rider of Green Labeth." Amneris was tall, thin and looked to be just as mature as her older counterparts. She was ready to become a dragonrider!

[kayla]

M'krean had somehow inherited the role of Wingleader for Triveni. He did not mind, as the Wing tended to work pretty hard, though he had had to get used to the extra bit of work. Having said that, the interviews were both tedious and exciting - a very odd combination. Getting to the end of the Greens was a good thing. While he would not keep his Bronze from chasing Greens, when it was a male rider he had a hard time getting into the chase himself. So he was a personal fan of Female Green Riders.

However, as he heard the name of the next one he had smirked a bit. A female Green who was all but claimed by a female Blue. Not particularly helpful, but his rather bold Blue-Riding female had cornered him when she heard that interviews were coming up, and all but demanded that he grab up Amneris. While he wanted to try to honor such requests, he was primarily concerned with how any Rider would fit in with the rest of the wing.

"Rider Amneris, I'd like to hear from you a little bit about yourself and Labeth. What do you see as your strengths and weaknesses, and what do you think you could bring to a Wing?" He would want to know later if she had any preferences, but for now he was interested in what she thought she'd bring to a wing.

[hrsegrl]

The greenrider listened to the question without much thought as to who had asked it. After all, her answers were more important than anything they would say. "I feel that Labeth is a strong flyer and has great Search potential. I personally, am really good with people, almost everyone I've ever met has befriended me on some level. I've been well educated by the Harper Hall and have a good grasp on geography because of that. I can also sing and play a couple instruments." She added with a smile.

While not all of those things were necessary to flying in a wing, it gave people an idea of who she was. She wasn't a complete pushover, no matter how people friendly she was. Amneris preferred a mutual respect that she knew some Wings lacked, especially for female riders.

She wanted into one of the best Wings in the Weyr... either Triveni, Zahra or Pyralis. Labeth wasn't so choosy, as long as she got her own weyr. The dragon was almost silly in her desire for her own space. Though Amneris couldn't blame her, now that she was an adult dragon in all but name, she was feeling cramped in the Barracks.