Kind of Creepy

Writers: Ainsley, AL
Date Posted: 21st March 2009

Characters: Meledei, Afkica
Description: Meledei begins to become uncomfortable with the attention from her secret admirer.
Location: Dolphin Cove Weyr
Date: month 2, day 5 of Turn 5

"Now what?" Meledei stopped as she spied Afkica standing next to a large, rectangular package that sat next to her bed. She eyed the package, then the green weyrling and crossed her arms over her chest. "I'm beginning to suspect that you know exactly who is behind all of this."

"I'm not part of it but I _have_ been investigating! I caught the delivery boy this time. He's a senior weyrling. Hy'tul. Do you know him? Has bright red hair, impressed a green the hatching before ours? Interestingly enough he's the brother to that cook who was responsible for the bubbly pie."

"Yeah, I know him." Meledei had known all of the weyrlings who had impressed for quite a few turns. She had stood with each and every one of them. That didn't mean she knew them _well_ per se, but she at least could put faces and names together. "And since he's riding a green, I'm going to assume that he's _not_ the admirer."

"That would be my guess. He was really closed mouthed, wouldn't answer any questions. Said I was being nosy. Now have you ever known me to be nosy?" Afkica's ready smile as well as the sparkle in her dark eyes indicated that she was well aware that she was just that. The question being rhetorical she continued, "I suggest you open this, maybe it will give you a clue."

"Wait, is he related to the cook that made that bubbly pie?" Meledei asked, leaning forward as if she had finally come on to something. "Oh, you know who it is, don't you?" The goldrider gently poked Afkica in the arm. "You've known all along and have been torturing me, haven't you?" She regarded the package for a moment before picking at the rope that held the cloth which covered it.

Afkica giggled, "I swear on the first egg that I do NOT know who it is. I don't know how you have been able to _stand_ it this long. I'd have gotten to the bottom to it after the flowers. It's been driving _me_ insane and the gifts aren't even for me."

Meledei giggled as she continued to unwrap, then stopped, a sharp intake of breath punctuating the area. The rectangle turned out to be a canvas, upon which there was a charcoal picture of her and Elleth in the center. Around that were other sketches of her doing various activities, even one where she was working on a carving.

There was a note with that gift too. She set aside the drawing and opened the scrap of parchment. 'In every every setting, in every mood, in everything you do...... you are beautiful.'

"Okay. Wow." The weyrling breathed, sitting down next to her drawing. "So...I really must find out who this is. Perhaps I should make a visit to the Harper Hall."

"Wow! That's really incredible. He couldn't possibly have done both this _and_ the carving could he?" Afkica didn't have an artistic bone in her body so was rather impressed. "Are those all really things you've done? In that one it looks like your are practically wrestling with that porcine? Oh look at that, isn't that cute! That must be an entire litter of canines and they all seem to be desperate for your attention. The detail on their little faces is adorable."

"Yeah, I have." In fact, she distinctly remembered that particular day. It hadn't been that long ago, though certainly before she had impressed. And the puppies...Meledei counted them. Those were from two broods back. "This is actually getting kind of creepy now."

Afkica offered her friend a sympathetic look, "Who might have been in a position to observe all of these? I'd say it's likely that his interest in you pre-dated Elleth's hatching."

"I think you're right." Meledei nodded slowly. "And, like I said, it's getting kind of creepy." How long has this person been watching her? What _kind_ of interested did he have in her? "But why do this now? Why not before I impressed?"

"Those are good questions. You may want to talk to someone at the Harper Hall, or maybe that cook, or even Hy'tul. I'm sure Hy'tul would be forthcoming if he knew that you were beginning to be bothered by this."

Meledei nodded. "I think I'm going to do just that."

Last updated on the March 25th 2009

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