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Post by prissy on Jan 4, 2008 19:52:47 GMT -5
"I'd really like to impress bronze but then again a blue would do just as well. I would hate to impress a Green." Kanit said as K'nor sighed and just walked over to Kintrath and grinned the bronze was a good dragon if nothing else.
{Well then, I hope to see you and your bonded in class someday soon.} Kintrath was growing sluggish the food was slowing him down quite a bit. K'nor knew what was happening now he could hear it in the dragons stomach.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 4, 2008 20:44:16 GMT -5
Laszreen nodded, " A green would suggest you had more female tendancies would it not? There is a huge difference between a Bronze and a Blue. What makes those colors most interesting to you?" She was being curious but more importantly she was talking about a subject that they all found somewhat interesting even if father and son were not going to get along.
The brunette looked over at the dragon again, used to looking at people when she talked to them, "I hope so. Its difficult for women to impress, we have but one choice in a clutch whereas boys have so many more choices. Although I have yet to see a Gold dragon..." She would never fear a Gold, any more than she feared Kintrath. Size was not what made them scary to people.
Fear of being mauled or killed is what people saw when large dragons hatched. Laszreen was not afraid of anything except perhaps actually caring about something other than vengeance.
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Post by prissy on Jan 5, 2008 1:33:16 GMT -5
"Yes it would and what interests me there is that a bronze would honor my father and a blue would allow me to ride a male dragon without having to many issues." Kanit smiled and thought carefully about the next few words he had to be careful about what he said around his father.
Kanit knods how true that was only at the freak weyr Telgar do they impress to Blues and Greens that was why Telgar and Igen were so different. Kanit knew that this would be an interesting day his father was going to say something about that soon.
"Yes, if he were to impress Bronze he thinks that I might treat him differently. He would get the same treatment as any other Weyrling." K'nor would not treat any Weyrling save Gold different from all others.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 5, 2008 23:02:40 GMT -5
She'd like to honor her parents too, when they were dead and no longer able to harm anyone or brainwash her into believing that she should take over the Lordship of Bitra. Not that she couldn't have done it if she wanted to, she could have but it would have taken many turns of planning. She had not wanted the life, not after what it had cost her and what it would have continued to cost her.
"Ranks are important to the Weyr hierarchy but assuming that impressing a certain color will earn you respect is completely untrue. Respect must be earned. It is my experience that when your parents teach you, they are harder on you than anyone else because they don't want people to think you are recieving special treatment." Laszreen wondered if they were going to continue being angry with eachother forever. K'nor could not have been that bad of a father, not compared to her own.
"Oh but Blues are important to the wing, more so than a Bronze because they are the ones who have to be extra careful in formations, just like greens. When there are so many dragons in the air at one time, one little bit off and you could kill or injure someone and/or their dragon. Personally I think its silly to have a preference at all. I for one, am glad that the dragons are the ones who choose us, not the other way around."
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Post by prissy on Jan 6, 2008 18:13:36 GMT -5
"Well I don't know, I was always under the impression that Bronzes were important because of the fact that only they could mate with Golds." Kanit spoke his father however was just a tad distracted by all that was going on, the weyrlings were having some problems but it wasn't to extreme.
"Well that depends what with our clutches still being so small, I don't think any dragon is above the others aside from Gold. I will treat all riders the same unless it is a Queenrider." K'nor gave his son a very solid look he was not going to allow the boy to have any delusions.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 6, 2008 22:03:44 GMT -5
"I've only been here a few days but I've been using that time wisely. It is untrue that only Bronzes can mate with Queens. While a Bronze- Gold match will create better clutches, Queens have been known to mate with browns as well. Being a Bronzerider simply means that you must lead and to lead you must earn other peoples respect, especially that of those who ride Gold." Laszreen finished. She wasn't an expert yet but she would be damned if she didn't learn everything she could about the Weyr before a clutch was even on the sands.
She wasn't sure that the younger man was making much sense. Truly this father son conversation was akward. She really wanted to slap them both in the face and tell them to get on with it. If they were going to argue they might as well do it. She hated this whole building up to anger process. Not only did it keep the conversation so that she was a middle man but it made her uncomfortable.
"As Weyrlingmaster you are supposed to treat everyone as equal. I don't think thats what Kanit means." Laszreen wanted to roll her eyes but refrained. She had no patience for this. Actually she had little patience for any talk that had to do with family relations or even arguments among family. She really had other things she could be doing, like lessons...
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Post by prissy on Jan 6, 2008 22:14:53 GMT -5
"Well are lessons going on soon? I do not know since I have not been asked to speak with you by the Candidatemaster. I hope to see you riding a Gold someday soon, I must go see to a Weyrling who decided to try and fly with half made straps." K'nor tol her as he looked at his son and prepared to leave the area he had to go talk to that Weyrling, once he was better.
"Sorry, my father and I don't get alont that well. So anything I can help you with, I've been here my whole life I can show around places most of the other non-weyrbrats don't know about." Kanit was getting into his element he was very confident about his own abilities.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 7, 2008 21:45:52 GMT -5
"I do have a lessons in a little while." She made no comment on the impressing Gold. How were dragonriders so sure she would do well to impress. It wasn't that she couldn't handle the job she just didn't understand how they were so ready to accept that she would impress. Other Gold Candidates must get the same treatment, Laszreen decided without a second thought.
"It has been a pleasure, K'nor and Kintrath." She used no rank not out of disrespect but due to the fact that she wasn't sure how to address him properly at the end of a conversation. Holders were easier. The dragon part was the most confusing thing about Weyr etiquette.
"My parents and I don't get along well anymore either." Laszreen said with a heaviness to her words that suggested not getting along was an understatement. "Actually I do have a meeting with the Candidate Master about meeting with Junior Weyrwoman Jenafa. He said she may want to interview me if I pass his interview first." A lot of interviews after practically being begged to come with that girly greenrider.
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Post by prissy on Jan 7, 2008 22:59:07 GMT -5
"Well sounds as though you are defiantly here as a gold candidate but most get treated a little different because they are meant to impress." Kanit was smiling she was a lovely young woman and would make an awesome dragonrider once she had impressed to that gold.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 8, 2008 17:50:59 GMT -5
"Do Gold Candidates have to go through different training?" She was trying to seem knowledgeable before she went to the interviews. While she was trying her best to be civil and sweet, it was not easy for her. She'd rather of demanded that he tell her. At home that would have worked but here she wasn't in charge of anyone, least of all this other Candidate.
She had expected to be treated differently by Bronze riders but not by everyone at the Weyr. Even if there were only a few Gold Candidates only one of them would impress. What happens if you sweet talk the wrong one or even worse, become friends with the wrong one. Laszreen wasn't going to be friends with the other Gold Candidates. They were competition.
Briefly she wondered if these men would have given her a second thought if she weren't a possible Gold Candidate. No, they probably would not have. Thus the idea that Power was the greatest value on Pern extended to the Weyrs.
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Post by prissy on Jan 9, 2008 2:20:15 GMT -5
"I'm unsure but I think things are prety close to everyone elses. But I think there are some differences." Kanit said as he grinned, and thought about many things especially impression and how also why dragons chose who they did. He wanted a bronze so badly but that was only to an extent he would be content with a Brown.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 11, 2008 14:50:00 GMT -5
"Maybe I'll ask the Junior Weyrwoman when I see her. That is how I'm supposed to address her correct?" Laszreen didn't want to mess up on something as simple as Weyr etiquette and she had need of impressing the Junior Weyrwoman. Especially since she had already been in a fight with that Hierzet... the fool. If it were her Weyr, he'd no longer be living in it, let alone be living.
"Do you have to ask permission to speak or do the Weyrwoman allow people to speak freely in meetings? Also, am I supposed to curtsy?" She really hated not knowing anything here. Laszreen was used to being the favored daughter, brightest student and a lady who knew the ins and outs of court behavior.
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Post by prissy on Jan 11, 2008 23:31:06 GMT -5
"Yes, you call her Junior Weyrwoman, or if you are unsure if she is junior or senior you say Goldrider. Anytime you are around a ranking rider for the first time unless they are your teacher or lover you bow or in the case of a girl curtsy." Kanit smiled he was happy to be helping another Candidate especially since this one seemed to be in need of the help.
"She will probably allow you to speak freely in any meeting you have. Most Riders are that way, though a few Bronzers are an exception to that. As they are wherry headed, they think because they ride Bronze they are Lords over all others." He was also wondering about what Hold etiquette was like but he wouldn't ask seeing as he wouldn't see a Hold for a very long time yet.
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Post by hrsegrl on Jan 13, 2008 23:23:32 GMT -5
Laszreen listened intently to the youth. She caught on to most things fairly quickly but admittedly found this subjest boring though necessary. She needed to impress someone higher up here. That way if she made another stupid mistake she wouldn't be at risk of not standing at the next hatching.
"Its not just Bronzeriders, there are men like that everywhere. I will, however, be mindful of their apparent demeanors." She figured there were people at the Weyr as power hungry as her parents were. She had not thought they would already be people with ranking dragons. Did Goldriders get as competitive as the males of the Weyr? She wondered briefly before returning her attentions to Kanit.
"I'm sure I won't be hard to interview so I doubt I'll be speaking to her for very long. Thank you though for your advice." Laszreen was trying extra hard to be somewhat aggreeable. It wasn't her nature to be sweet or even charming.
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