Tips From A Pro

Writers: April, Sunrose
Date Posted: 23rd February 2006

Characters: Nocte, Illiana
Description: Nocte introduces herself to Illiana and joins her for supper
Location: River Bluff Weyr
Date: month 10, day 6 of Turn 3

Nocte was sitting at a table in the dinning caverns, sipping on a cup of Klah. She smiled as she watched several of the candidates walk in. She always loved spending time talking to them. She noticed one that she had yet to talk to. She quietly got up and made her way over. She smiled as she tapped the girl on the shoulder.

Illiana turned around to turn her green eyes up towards the young woman, who was a Green Weyrling by the look of her shoulder knots. "Hello, how may I help you greenrider?"

"Just checking on how your doing. I have met most of those who are canidates. But I don't think I've met you yet. I'm Nocte rider of green Quylith. I am on the weyrling staff."

"Pleasure to meet you Nocte, would you like to join me?" She offered. "Oh and I'm Illiana, Journeywoman Beastcrafter."

"I would like that. Then you can tell me how you are getting on here and if you have any questions I'll do my best to answer them." She smiled as she found a nearby seat.

Illiana set down her fork and pushed her plate away from her, she'd finished eating. "Well I must admit the change from the Hall life to the Weyr life was rather dramatic, but I'm getting used to it, slowly," she admitted as she blushed a little, recalling the rather embarrassing event in the bathing room.

"I know how that feels. I was a farm girl myself. it's a lot to get used to here."

"Any tips to help me get used to it faster?" Illiana said with a small smile, the Weyr was so very different to her very sheltered and private life.

"There is no easy way to get used to it. You just have to come to grips with the difference. I promise you it isn't as bad as it seems. I love it here. Though I think having Quylith has helped." she smiled softly.

"What is being a Weyrling like?" Illiana asked as she folded her hands in front of her and rested her chin on them.

"Amazing. at times it can seem tough. I mean you have to feed and bathe a young dragon. They can be very demanding. Sometimes you feel like you will drop from exhaustion. Then the young green talks to you and shows you a love that is unmatched. You realize you will never be alone as long as that wonderful dragon is there. They make it all worth every moment of discomfort. It is the most wonderful thing in all of Pern."

Illiana smiled. "That sounds wonderful, I hope that I do Impress, and I'm used to hard work. I'm a Beastcrafter." She winked at the greenrider.

"I'm not a crafter, but my family raised herdbeast. That helped a bit. But I think having hope helped the most. She is just as bad as a dragon in some ways. She was even jealous at one time." As if saying her name was enough, she flew in and daintily landed on Nocte's shoulder. "Please meet Hope." She smiled.

"Oh she is just beautiful." Illiana said as she looked up at the miniature dragon. "No one in my family ever had one, but there were a few in the Hall, but they always seemed to be doing something important." Illiana explained as she looked over the firelizard, admiring her.

"Hope thinks she is always doing something important. Hope dear would you please step on the table." The green flit obliged with a look of, you better have something for me. "Here, give her this bit of meat and she will allow you to give her a good scratch." Nocte handed her a bite of meat.

"Really?!" Illiana said excitably. Illiana held out the piece of meat for Hope and waited for her to take a nibble.

Hope took the tidbit delicately and nibbled it as if she were a gold and not merely a green. Nocte chuckled as she watched her little green. "Sometimes I think she believes she is a gold and not a green."

"Well I think she is just beautiful, gold or not." Illiana then scratched the firelizards eye ridges very carefully, she almost pulled her hand back, not expecting the green to be so smooth.

Nocte smiled at the girls reaction, "I'm betting you haven't had a chance to help wash a dragon yet. Would you like to?"

At that offer Illiana's eyes almost bugged out of her head, her mouth flew open and she sat there like a gapping fish until she gave herself a mental shake. "Oh I'd just love to!"

"Well then, meet me tomorrow morning at sunrise by the weyrlake. Wear clothes that you don't mind getting a bit wet or oily. Quylith loves the attention. It doesn't hurt to get used to a green ahead of the time either. It will help you with your confidence." She smiled.

"Oh thank-you so much!" Illiana wanted to give the green weyrling a hug she was so happy. "Well I should be getting over to lessons, so I'll see you tomorrow morning, bight and early."

"Bright and Early," Nocte repeated with a smile.

Last updated on the February 23rd 2006

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