Escaping Elfreth (Neory, Lord & Lady Holders)

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((This is going on during Elfreth's flight))


When Ionuth started to notice Elfreth was going into heat, J'var began to be worried. He could not fly after the queen, not with out endangering his position as Weyrleader. J'var was sure Ionuth could catch Elfreth given the chance, had he not proven that time and time again? But he could not, and would not monopolize the queens. At Igen, Weyrleader A'stin had both Saharth and Lyranth, but this was not Igen, and he was not A'stin. Besides, there was a little piece of him that feared Laszreen would not allow Elfreth to be caught by Ionuth simply because he had caught Sheluth. Actually, he knew she'd never let Io win Elfreth because that wouldn't be the best for the Weyr, and Laszreen always tried to do what was best for the Weyr. He had to give her that. Thus, Ionuth had no chance at winning and J'var really didn't want to be around for that.

Of course, J'var was far too proud to ever mention the fact that there was a chance he could not win a flight if he had not been Weyrleader. He'd rather hide behind the fact that he could not even compete because his dragon was mated to Sheluth. It was a far more noble excuse. So in that, he asked Neory to accompany him to Star Hold while the second queen flew, seeing as Sheluth would have to vacate the Weyr anyway.

This might be a good excuse to meet with the Star Leaders about conditions, harvests and tithes, crafters, and overall improve Star Hold's relationship with the Weyr. That was a valid reason to miss the flight, was it not?

The grand Ionuth looked well that day, and it was a great unfortunate thing that he could not fly after his long time mate. The bronze did not seem to be bothered by it as J'var told him there was a possibility Sheluth would accompany him on their voyage to Star Hold. The bronze pair landed in the courtyard, and Ionuth, never loosing the chance to show off, majestically held himself to glean in the sun.

J'var dismounted and smirked at the beast, and then looked to hold doors were he was sure the Hold Leaders would come from. They must have been alerted to his presence, for who could miss such a glamorous beast as Ionuth? That wasn't even a haughty remark, seeing as the dragon took every advantage to show his size and hide.

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Neory and Sheluth decided to join J'var and Ionuth at Star Hold. Neory tried to ignore the sense of doom she felt about Elfreth's flight. She was the one who had made the decision, she was the reason that everything had gone so very wrong, so it was not fair for her to be bitter about the possibility of Torenth flying Elfreth, of R'net laying with Laszreen.

Partly she wanted to run away more than be responsible, but she knew that she and R'net were all right now, and he was no longer letting her get away with keeping her feelings bottled up. Because of this, she was able to keep her focus. R'net and she would come through this, and duty could provide a sound distraction.

She took a deep breath as Sheluth landed beside Ionuth. She did nothing to show off, other than simply being a Gold and therefore a Queen. Neory slid gracefully off of Sheluth, and the smile she wore was sincere.

"J'var." They had developed a working relationship, friends even, though she knew that today was a difficult one for both of them.

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He turned to her voice, "Hello, Neory."

The bronzerider managed a smile. Her weyrmate would be flying after Elfreth too. Why be all doom and gloom about it? He already had his night with Neory, and that was it, why did flights have to mean automatic weyrmating? They didn't. They hardly ever did. But still... he burned thinking about another man having his Laszreen. He'd probably kill the man, or try to. It was best that he was away so he didn't interfere with the flight. Jealousy often got the best of him.

"You are looking well today." His smile was soft, nothing beaming, nothing too fake, just more of leisurely. He held out his arm to escort her to the doors, nothing too close or intimate. He smirked a little, "I thought we could picnic or search for firelizard eggs on the beach. The locals have been able to tame a few of these creatures themselves. I've seen one or two around the Weyr, brought by some of the Star Hold candidates. Your daughter might like one."

Immediately he thought of his own small children, in the care of his sister back at Igen. He shook his head slightly, because they would make him think of Laszreen, and he didn't want to think about that goldrider at the moment. He laughed lightly, perhaps a little nervously, "So I wonder if the Lord and Lady are snubbing us? If so, I guess we'll have run of the place. I didn't want to talk about boring tithes and political agendas today. I think we should have some fun. What do you say? Shall we see if there is some truth to the myths ourselves?"

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Neory raised an eyebrow at the compliment. It was not that she did not appreciate it, but that she doubted she looked her best considering what was happening right then. "Thank you. You look well as well, considering you're probably as conflicted as I am right now." She would deny reality, but she would leave it at that unless he wanted to talk about it.

She shrugged slightly, "I would not mind it if they want to give us an excuse to not have to be all stuffy."

She thought about the possibility of firelizard eggs and smiled, "You know, I think I would like to see if we can discover the myth." She smiled as she thought about being able to give Netory one, and Neoret when he was older if she could find one again.

"Well, then let's hope they do snub us, shall we? Or that if they join us they are up for a bit of discovery themselves."

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J'var smiled and looked ahead as he walked to the doors of Star Hold. "Well that settles it, we'll have a peek about inside, take some lunch, maybe a loaf of bread, and take our draggies to the beach. Sound good? I don't need the pomp and circumstance today." He moved to open one of the heavy doors himself. Once inside the confines of the hold he said with a happy effort, "Today, I will be just regular J'var and you can be regular Neory, as if there was anything regular about us."

He laughed to himself, "We can even tell people we ride green and blue and look at them strangely if they try to tell us that Sheluth is rather golden for a green." J'var was working himself into a rather light mood. It had been forever since he could let go of some responsibility and be... well... silly. He looked at her with a mischevious grin, "Now that we're in no one can deny that we tried. We can sneak off to the beach before the Lord actually does come down to greet us."