New Arrival (Open)

[katgod]

Destre always felt a little silly being away from the ocean. The air wasn't salty here nor was he in the scorching sun most of the day. Candidate chores, from what he had seen, were not too difficult. He sighed, standing from his bunk. Destre was used to even closer sleeping quarters so this was actually an improvement. Though it had taken Seratol to convince him to come to the Weyr, he was not going to turn back now.

The youth looked around the barracks and saw very few people so he made his way to the common room. Boys and girls could mingle there, which would make him all too happy. Meeting a couple people other than Seratol would do him some good.

As for Seratol, he had gone to one of the chores he had been assigned on arrival. He had more afternoon chores than Destre did. That didn't bother Destre, he had a lot of morning chores because he was always up in time for them. Some people here seemed to like to sleep in well past the time when the sun rose. This was not something he saw on the ship unless someone was working the night shift. These people were simply, lazy.

It was going to be another interesting day at Nova Weyr. Only his third day here. Maybe he should have gone to the Weyrhall. It seemed that there were few people in here too. Destre sat down in a chair and watched the few people in the room, dark eyes drifting from one to another.

[sarah15554]

Roscay sat down on his bed and stretched. He had gotten his chores done rather quickly and want to relax a bit before he went to explore the Weyr. He layed down but didn't feel like staying there, he got up and walked to the Weyrhall. Roscay looked around for someone he might know when he saw one of his fellow candidate's Destre, he walked over to him "Hi I'm Roscay I have seen you before but I don't think I know your name."

[katgod]

Destre was off in his own little world when the all too cheery sounding voice of Roscay entered his thoughts. Oh, someone was talking to him! He glanced up and thought the youth reminded him a little of his brother. "Greetings Roscay. Yeah, I've been around for a few days now. My name is Destre." He stood up and shook the other boy's hand. Destre's hands were rough and calloused from working on a ship.

The other Candidates in the room seemed to be minding their own business. He probably should have been too but he found their chatter to be rather amusing. "So, what do you have planned for the day?" The common room seemed to have less and less people in it as the minutes flew by. He couldn't help but wonder, what the others did with the time when they weren't learning or doing chores.

[sarah15554]

Roscoy smiled and returned the hand shake "It's nice to meet you. I was wondering if you might know any place that one could do some exploring around here?" He then sat down next to Destre as he waited for him to replay.

Roscay took a look around as the other candidates were coming and going he took in everything around him. He didn't realize the Destre had asked him another question "What?... Oh I'm sorry you asked what I was planing on doing today. Well I was hoping to do some exploring later today."

[katgod]

"I've no idea. This is my third day here so I'm not really familiar with the area. I suppose you could just head out in a direction you've never gone before, make a few wrong turns and see where you end up." Destre thought that the sea would be the hardest thing to explore. There are no landmarks when you are surrounded by blue waters as far as your eyes can see.

"Ah, I was just wondering because I've already gotten my chores out of the way and there were no lessons scheduled. Have you ever been to the Weyrling Barracks? Perhaps we should check it out. It would be interesting to see where those who do impress, move to." There would be no Weyrling dragons as of yet but that did not mean a thing to Destre. He was curious to see how so many boys and dragons could live together.

[sarah15554]

Roscay laughed "This is my fourth day here and I can bearly find my way to the candidate barracks without getting lost. So I guess that is a good idea, who know where I might end up." He thought to himself for a second and smiled "You came form Nova right? What was your favorite part of Nova my was alway the sea. I loved the smell of the salty sea air and the way the wind felt." He turned to Destre and waited for him to reply.

[katgod]

"Actually..." Destre sighed, this was a long story. "I'm from the High Reaches. My mother and father sold me into service on a merchant vessel. Since then The Golden Lady has been my home. The sea is lovely however you don't get the full effect of it till you are out in the middle of it with no land in sight and a storm heading your way. You have never seen rage like that before. The next day when the waters have calmed, its as if the sea has been reborn its so quiet and smooth."

Destre had a healthy love and fear of the sea. The sea could give but it could also take away. "So you are from Star Hold? I've never heard of that before. Where is that? Never heard of Nova Weyr before I came here. I'm sorry if that seems to be a ridiculous question." No doubt Roscay would find him to be ignorant.

[sarah15554]

Roscay smiled at what Destre had said "That sound really cool I wish I could have been on a ship like that, but the being sold part that sounds just down right wrong. I would hate my mother for the rest of my life if she did that to me." He paused for a second to cover him mouth as he coughed, he then cracked his knuckles "So you never heard of Star hold or the Nova Weyr, well don't worry your not the only one who probably hasn't....I'm mean these other candidates are form different places too." Roscay laughed "So what is the sea like do tell me all about it."