Not think this home {Matsi/Open}

Kisk caught up with the sound and immediately skidded to a halt. He bugled softly at the Him before him. Was it BronzeOne!? He tilted his head to one side and stared at the strange Wher. It was not one of his brothers nor was it the BronzeOne whom had hatched when he had. No! It was another Wher. It was not GoldMummy but it was a Gold. Did she take him here? Maybe she had. Maybe she wanted to show him something! He warbled to her, waggling his whole body with extreme excitement. As she made a move to walk away Kisk stopped waggling and keened unhappily. She was leaving him!? He trotted after her.
Kisk no know. DifferentGoldQuietOne know? Kisk follow!!

He wasn’t so sure whether he should but it seemed like the best option. He waggled his body once more and bounded after the Gold. As far as he was concerned she was the closest thing he had to a leader at the moment.
No Wait! Don’t go off with strange Whers Kisk!!

But Kisk was already gone when she arrived at the place Vesta had led her to. She looked about for a sign of her beautiful black Wher but he was nowhere to be seen. He had also wandered off with some unknown Wher! The only Gold she knew was Risk and she was known to Kisk as GoldMummy. Wait! It must have been a wild Wher! No. Something about that sounded wrong even to her. She stood there a moment longer, thinking it all through.

It must have been the new Gold. But she was still a strange Wher whom Kisk didn’t know. What if he had been kidnapped. Oh she was going to be in so much trouble. If Audren or Ausk found out they’d probably be booted from Wherlinghood or worse! They might try to take Kisk away from her! He would be taken all over again. She was responsible! She needed to find him before Ausk ate her.

Completely in tears now, Kire tore through the Lower Caverns, searching for Kisk. Any hints the Wher gave her were hardly useful as he merely informed her that he was following DifferentGoldQuietOne to wherever she was going. Well, at least one thing was certain. Their bond seemed to be rather strong… She could still hear Kisk even though she had not a clue where he was.

Kisk frowned a wher frown at the name. Kalesk? That was silly! No he much preferred his name for the Gold. Then again, she was a boss. Maybe one day she would be a boss anyway. He wrinkled his nose and gurgled away as he followed BossKalesk as she took him to meet Hers. It would be interesting to meet Hers! He stuck his nose to the ground again and, tail in the air waggling happily, he bounded along behind BossKalesk. She would help him out! But why was she helping him again? He couldn’t remember. Oh wait! Where was His? Oh no!

They reached the bowl and Kisk bugled a greeting to BossKalesk’s handler. He sat down and looked up at her, cocking his head to the side as she spoke to him. Oh no! BestKireKiskLove! She was missing! He keened unhappily and drooped his head.
Not know. Kisk smell, walk, look, lost, not know. See BossKalesk, follow! Not lost!
Kisk seemed a little happier now and looked about the bowl curiously. He was hungry! Very hungry. He had been sleeping in the corridor for sometime now but he was also tired.
Kisk know! We in Bowl! He spoke to both Kire and BossKalesk’s.

Kire had been following the trail left behind by her wher and listening to his half of the conversation. So he had found the young gold and she had taken him out to see her handler. Oh she was going to be in so much trouble. She sprinted her way to search for them out in the bowl. Vesta followed behind, darting off every now and then to fix any mess she saw.

Kire burst out into the bowl and looked around her. She wanted nothing more than to just call Kisk over to her and not deal with the goldhandler. She was probably going to get into trouble! Kisk had been kidnapped! It wasn’t her fault! She knew that wasn’t true but she did not want him taken from her. She loved him way too much!

Kire looked over at the goldhandler with an apprehensive expression. What if she got into trouble? Regardless, she wanted Kisk!! She was just about crying as she sprinted out to meet Kisk who waggled his whole body with happiness at the sight of her. She dropped to her knees and threw her arms around the tiny black kissing his head all over. Kisk seemed to giggle and waggled his body again.
How could you wander off like that!? I was so worried about you! Someone kidnapped you didn’t they? They probably tricked you into following them or something. Probably renegade riders or something. She knew it wasn’t likely but she was grasping at straws there.
That feel funny. Kisk kiss?

She felt a small pain of Kisk lightly chewing on her shoulder. It wasn’t at all that he thought biting her was kissing her but rather he loved her so much he felt the need to show it in a better way. Eating her seemed to be the best way to show that! He loved herdbeasts and he ate them! He stopped after a moment as Kire got to her feet, rubbing her shoulder. Vesta immediately hovered in front of Kisk’s eyes berating him for wandering off. She then landed on his back and just about started dusting it off, searching for signs of mess, which had no doubt culminated over time they had been apart.

Kire wanted to pick the little black up and hug him for the rest of their lives but she guessed that wasn’t really possible. She instead bowed slightly to the goldhandler, an apprehensive expression on her face.
“Thank you for finding him. Well, um, please thank Kalesk for me too...”

She was wringing her hands around each other as Kisk took to wandering off once more, sniffing the ground, tail high in the air. This time, Kire did not take her eyes off the Wher as she watched the shadow move around the two of them in circles, Vesta chirping indignantly every now and again. She wiped her eyes as furtively as she could manage and glanced back at the other woman. Only she could manage to lose her Wher. She was the worst Wherling ever.

Kire felt uncomfortable with the gentle suggestion of reprimanding Kisk. He was just kissing her! No harm in that! Besides, Kisk could do no wrong because he was amazing! Still… She didn’t want to talk back to the goldhandler and merely nodded a little uncomfortably. Kisk looked between the two of them, tongue hanging from his maw in an almost puppy fashion.
Um… Maybe you shouldn’t bite people Kisk. She suggested to him quietly.
But Kisk love!

He looked at her with sad eyes. Kire couldn’t help it at all. She wanted to hug him again but wasn’t so sure about that. If Kalenna saw her hug Kisk she might think Kire was rewarding him for biting her. It hadn’t hurt and nor had it broken the skin… It was more of a playful bite. A love bite! She smiled again, all former worry forgotten now Kisk was safe, and nodded. At least she knew that their leaders would help them out when they needed it! She had never met Ridan or Risk except at the hatching but she guessed they must have been fairly good leaders. As far as she knew, they had been the alphas at the Weyr for sometime.

Kire became awkward again when she was asked how she lost Kisk. She was not entirely certain of the answer and took to wringing her hands around one another anxiously.
“Well…”
Kisk cut across her. He was smart enough to know that BestKire didn’t know what had happened. He didn’t know either! But he knew a little more than she did. He bugled a little and then spoke to the two females.
Kisk smell. Kisk always smell. Kisk walk and no find. Kisk sleepy. Not know how get back. It different. Many places walk. Different. Kisk fall sleep. Wake and not remember. Now remember though! AlmostBestVest tell Kisk. Kisk lost. Then know. See BossKalesk! Kisk good now. It not Kire. We meant sleep but Kisk need find smell. Kisk amazing investigator!!
He puffed his chest out proudly, having repeated the title Kire had given him and then bounded off to find the gold. He was hungry! All that sleeping had made him hungry.

Kire stared after him a moment and then turned to Kalenna.
“Well… He doesn’t seem to have the best memory. But he is really smart! He can smell heaps of things.” She started with a slight hint of a defensive tone.

Kire seemed to cheer up at the words from the gold handler. The bounce to her step that had all but disappeared over the past few hours returned as she followed the older female. She watched Kisk bounding after Kalesk with some worry, though. If Kisk happened to get in her way while she was hunting then he would be taken down.
“I think so too. I mean, he gets distracted sometimes but I think I can handle him.”

She had to really, there was no other options. Kisk had stuck his nose to the ground once again and was wandering off in search of some smell or another. She smiled fondly at him. She could have never asked for a better wher, he was everything she could have dreamed of and more. Even her father’s wher was nothing compared to Kisk. She was also rather honoured to be speaking with a gold handler. She’d never really met Ridan or Risk but they had seemed nice enough at the hatching and during their lessons.

Kisk hungry! BossKalesk hungry? We eat! Play? Play chase food!
He bounded after her jumping up every now and again as though trying to decide whether or not to lick her. He took to hopping about in excitement but tried not to annoy the gold. He wasn’t sure how to act around her because she was so different to the other whers he had met. Most of those had been greens none of them were bosses.

He scurried ahead of her and lay on his belly, scrambling under the fence to the pens. He got stuck and keened sadly, waggling his tail and bottom in an effort to free himself. Vesta flew over and hissed as Kisk managed to kick dust and dirt all over her.
BestKire… Kisk stuck. It look bigger. It not.

Kire looked at Kisk and then glanced anxiously at Kalenna before rushing over to try to free her tiny black wher. He’d half dug a hole and then stopped without finishing the hole before trying to crawl into the feeding pen.

Kisk struggled until he knew that Kire was close. He calmed himself and instead bugled at Kalesk with excitement, wanting to join her sooner rather than later. Oh! But why was he stuck? He couldn’t remember but he did want to join the other wher in her hunt! It would be fun to chase things and then eat. It was always fun to hunt for food.
Why stuck?
He gurgled softly at Kalenna’s words and looked at her before turning back to His, waiting for the explanation.

You didn’t go through the gate, that’s why.
Kire shook her head but, with the help of Kalenna, managed to dig Kisk free. As soon as he was free she directed him towards the gate, which he looked at and scurried his way over to in an excited frenzy. Kire watched him and then rejoined Kalenna with a worried expression.

“Well, um, how are you finding it in Dalibor so far?” She decided to ask to distract Kalenna from Kisk’s actions.

She loved Kisk with all her heart but she couldn’t imagine a wher that was more of a handful. She was loathe to reprimand him simply because he rarely seemed to do anything out of malice. She wasn’t even sure whether ‘malice’ was a word he understood or knew. The other part of it was that she wasn’t sure how she could tell him in a way that would prevent him getting too upset with her.

She supposed it would be necessary eventually but she hoped that time with the other whers would teach him how he should act. Most of the time he just seemed to get confused and merge two things together; like cleaning and eating… She watched as Kisk ran after Kalesk, tail in the air, sniffing the ground every now and again. It was tough to see him in the darkness but if she followed Kalesk she could usually spot Kisk’s shadowy hide following.